The Good Wife-Prayer Battle Day 22-24

DAY 22

PRAYING FOR HIS EMOTIONS

Emotions are strong feelings that are usually expressed. Some men have emotions filled with anger and most women tend to live with them that way, causing them to act in fear rather than love.

Anger, jealousy and depression are 3 negative emotions that can torment a man’s soul, don’t watch your husband be manipulated by his emotions. Pray that your husband’s emotions be controlled by the Holy Spirit and not himself, freedom may just be a prayer away.

PRAYER

Lord, You have said in Your Word that You redeem our souls when we put our trust in You (Psalm 34:22). I pray that (your husband’s name) would have faith in You to redeem his soul from negative emotions. May he never be controlled by depression, anger, anxiety, jealousy, hopelessness, fear, or suicidal thoughts. Specifically I pray about (area of concern). Deliver him from this and all other controlling emotions (Psalm 40:17). I know that only You can deliver and heal, but use me as Your instrument of restoration. Help me not to be pulled down with him when he struggles. Enable me instead to understand and have words to say that will bring life.

Free him to share his deepest feelings with me and others who can help. Liberate him to cry when he needs to and not bottle his emotions inside. At the same time, give him the gift of laughter and ability to find humor in even serious situations. Teach him to take his eyes off his circumstances and trust in You, regardless of how he is feeling. Give him patience to possess his should and the ability to take charge of it (Luke 21:19). Anoint him with the oil of joy (Isaiah 61:3), refresh him with Your Spirit, and set him free from negative emotions this day.

POWER TOOLS

·         Proverbs 28;26

·         Psalm 33:18-19; 40:1-3; 23:3; 34:22

DAY 23

PRAYING FOR HIS WALK

A man’s walk is his direction or focus in life, basically the way he journeys through life. Every day he chooses a path that will launch him forward. And the way he journeys affect every part of his life…..family, friends, co-workers, etc

We are to walk with moral correctness, walk without fault, walk with godly advisor, walk in obedience, walk with people of wisdom, walk with integrity, and most of all walk a path of holiness. Pray for your husband to walk in the right direction through life.

PRAYER

O Lord, I know the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man who walks to direct his own steps (Jeremiah 10:23). Therefore, Lord, I pray that YOU would direct my husband’s steps. Lead him in YOUR light, teach him YOUR way, so he will walk in YOUR truth. I pray that he would have a deeper walk with You and an ever progressing hunger for Your Word. May Your presence be like a delicacy he never ceases to crave. Lead him on Your path and make him quick to confess when he strays from it. Reveal to him any hidden sin that would hinder him from walking rightly before you. May he experience deep repentance when he doesn't live in obedience to Your laws. Create in him a clean heart and renew a steadfast spirit within him. Don’t cast him away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from him (Psalm 51:10,11).

Lord Your Word says that those who are in the flesh cannot please You (Romans 8:8). So I pray that You will enable (your husband’s name) to walk in the Spirit and not in the flesh and thereby keep himself from the paths of the destroyer (Psalm 17:4). As he walks in the Spirit, may he bear the fruit of the Spirit, which is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22,23). Keep him on the Highway of Holiness so that the way he walks will be integrated into every part of his life.

POWER TOOLS

·         Ephesians 4;1-2

·         Isaiah 33:15-16

·         2 Corinthians 7:1

·         Psalm 15:1,2; 101:6

DAY 24

PRAYING FOR HIS TALK

Some men are fond of bragging about what they can and will do but never do them, such men hardly get anywhere. I believe in less talk, more action with a constructive plan. Pray that your husband’s heart to be convicted by the Holy Spirit, and teach him a new way to talk.

PRAYER

Lord, I pray Your Holy Spirit would guard my husband’s mouth so that he will speak only words that edify and bring life. Help him to not be a grumbler, complainer, a user of foul language, or one who destroys with his words, but be disciplined enough to keep his conversation godly. Your Word says a man who desires a long life must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit (Psalm 34:12-13). Show him how to do that. Fill him with Your love so that out of the overflow of his heart will come words that build up and not tear down. Work that in my heart as well.

May Your spirit of love reign in the words we speak so that we don’t miscommunicate or wound one another. Help us to show each other respect, speak words that encourage, share our feelings openly, and come to mutual agreements without strife. Lord, You’ve said in Your Word that when two agree, You are in their midst. I pray that the reverse be true as well – that You will be in our midst so that we two can agree. Let the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, our strength and our Redeemer (Psalm 19:14).

POWER TOOLS

·         Ephesians 4:29

·         Matthew 12:36; 15:18

·         Psalm 34:12,13

·         Ecclesiastes 10;12

The Power of a Praying Wife by Stormie Omartian