Praying for our Husbands - As Spiritual Leader

Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Psalm 51:10

 
Welcome back to Marriage Monday and our series on Praying for our Husbands. I have so enjoyed all that I have learned as I have read Stormie Omartian's book The Power of a Praying Wife. If you've missed the last two weeks you can catch up here and here. We have been discussing how we can pray for our husbands. 

Do you pray for your husband's spiritual walk?  Do you pray that he will be guided by the Holy Spirit? Do you pray for him to seek God's guidance and leadership in his job, family life and church?

I have 2 friends who, this past week, have leaned on their husbands to make some tough decisions spiritually for their families. Both of these ladies shared with me that they had definite opinions on the subjects before them but, they were looking to their husbands to be the spiritual leader in their house and were going to defer to their decision.


As spiritual leaders in our families our husbands have a tremendous amount of burden on their shoulders. We as wives need to daily lift our husbands in prayer. We need to pray that our husbands will seek God's direction for their lives and for our families lives. In Matthew 7:13, 14 Jesus says "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, only a few find it." Our husbands may sometimes be called on to make difficult, unpopular decisions. We need to support them with our prayers and words of encouragement.


My prayer for my husband is that he will delight in the law of the Lord, and on his law he will meditate day and night (Psalm 1:2). When he is in God's word and surrounded by godly counsel it will help him to see God's direction for our lives. 


I love that my husband takes his roll as spiritual leader of our family with the utmost respect. When I see him actively seeking God's direction for our family I am excited to follow his leading. I love that my children are growing up in a family where they can see a wonderful example of what a spiritual leader looks like.


I pray that through this series God is showing you how you can pray for your husband. I have listed a few more verses that I pray for my husband.


"Walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love." Ephesians 4:1,2

"My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in a perfect way, he shall serve me." Psalm 101:6

In His Calm,

Mary 

I am linked today with Julie at Come Have a Peace.