[day 1] PFYH: tender heart

by tascha

[day 1] pray for your husband: a tender heart

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8

This is a truly a thought we should pray for our husbands {as well as ourselves!}. These things are GOOD… and require humility and tenderness of heart.

In order for our husbands to have a tender heart towards the Lord’s voice, he must first desire God to cleanse his heart…

Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.  For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. Psalm 51:2-4

There are obviously many other verses we could turn to, but these few show us the importance of a man of God to have a heart tender towards God’s voice.

Let’s pray for our men to desire the Lord’s cleansing
and have tender hearts towards the Lord’s voice today!

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8

This is a truly a thought we should pray for our husbands {as well as ourselves!}. These things are GOOD… and require humility and tenderness of heart.

In order for our husbands to have a tender heart towards the Lord’s voice, he must first desire God to cleanse his heart…

Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.  For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. Psalm 51:2-4

There are obviously many other verses we could turn to, but these few show us the importance of a man of God to have a heart tender towards God’s voice.

Let’s pray for our men to desire the Lord’s cleansing
and have tender hearts towards the Lord’s voice today!

          

[day 2] PFYH: fear the Lord

by tascha

[day 2] pray for your husband: to fear the Lord

This thought goes along with having a heart tender towards the Lord’s voice.

A godly man must also fear the Lord to become
a man of wisdom and understanding. 

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.  It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. Proverbs 3:7,8

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. Proverbs 9:9,10

Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. Psalm 112:1

Let’s pray for our men to fear the Lord
and delight in His commandments. 

This thought goes along with having a heart tender towards the Lord’s voice.

A godly man must also fear the Lord to become
a man of wisdom and understanding. 

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.  It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. Proverbs 3:7,8

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. Proverbs 9:9,10

Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. Psalm 112:1

Let’s pray for our men to fear the Lord
and delight in His commandments. 

          

[day3] PFYH: spiritual growth

by tascha

[day3] pray for your husband: to have spiritual growth

But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. 2 Peter 3:18

We need to pray that our man desires to grow in the Lord!

Accountability before God is an important spiritual discipline.

20-My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21-Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22- For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 23- Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. 24- Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. 25- Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26- Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. 27- Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. Proverbs 4:20-27

And one way to grow is to remember to guard the heart!

We must pray for our husbands to guard what they see, hear, think and say! This is not only guarding AGAINST things but also purposing FOR looking at the pure, hearing truth, thinking on the lovely and speaking honestly!

Let’s pray for our men to grow spiritually and
guard their hearts from wickedness!

 

But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. 2 Peter 3:18

We need to pray that our man desires to grow in the Lord!

Accountability before God is an important spiritual discipline.

20-My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21-Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22- For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 23- Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. 24- Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. 25- Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26- Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. 27- Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. Proverbs 4:20-27

And one way to grow is to remember to guard the heart!

We must pray for our husbands to guard what they see, hear, think and say! This is not only guarding AGAINST things but also purposing FOR looking at the pure, hearing truth, thinking on the lovely and speaking honestly!

Let’s pray for our men to grow spiritually and
guard their hearts from wickedness!

 

          

[day 4] PFYH: to love righteousness

by tascha

[day 4] pray for your husband: to love righteousness

We want our men to LOVE RIGHTEOUSNESS! 

Conversely, this means they must learn to hate evil.

11-My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. 12- A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. Proverbs 27:11-12

Learning to hide oneself from evil requires a wisdom
that comes only from the Lord.

We should pray for this for our man!

11-Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. …15-I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 16- They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. John 17: 15-16

Here we are given an example from our Lord Jesus to pray for others to be kept from evil… because we are not to be OF the world even while we are IN the world!

12-Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. 13- There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. 14- Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. 1 Corinthians 10:12-14

It is so easy to think we can stand in our own strength. And there will be days in which our husbands may come to this conclusion.

Let us pray that they remember:

pride in our own strength will cause us to stumble [Proverbs 16:18];

BUT God is faithful and will always be there in times of temptation.

Let us pray for our husbands
to rest in God’s strength
and keep themselves from evil…
and to LOVE RIGHTEOUSNESS!

 

We want our men to LOVE RIGHTEOUSNESS! 

Conversely, this means they must learn to hate evil.

11-My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. 12- A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. Proverbs 27:11-12

Learning to hide oneself from evil requires a wisdom
that comes only from the Lord.

We should pray for this for our man!

11-Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. …15-I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 16- They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. John 17: 15-16

Here we are given an example from our Lord Jesus to pray for others to be kept from evil… because we are not to be OF the world even while we are IN the world!

12-Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. 13- There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. 14- Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. 1 Corinthians 10:12-14

It is so easy to think we can stand in our own strength. And there will be days in which our husbands may come to this conclusion.

Let us pray that they remember:

pride in our own strength will cause us to stumble [Proverbs 16:18];

BUT God is faithful and will always be there in times of temptation.

Let us pray for our husbands to rest in God’s strength
and keep themselves from evil…
and to LOVE RIGHTEOUSNESS!

 

          

[day 5] PFYH: be a man of INTEGRITY

by tascha

[day 5] pray for your husband: to be a man of INTEGRITY

I know I want my husband’s reputation to be one of integrity!

But what does this word, integrity, mean?

the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness;
being undivided in loyalty; internal consistence or lack of corruption.

We should pray for these qualities in our man. 

The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. Proverbs 20:7

…because, I, for one, do not want his name to rot! 🙂

Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: 1 Timothy 1:5

We should pray for our husband to have these qualities:

a pure heart,

[the innermost man would be free of corruption, blameless, even cleansed as by fire]

a good conscience

[to have a healthy, or Godly, distinction of right and wrong],

and a faith unfeigned

[a sincere trust in God, not false or for show]. 

Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. 1 Timothy 3:7

I realize this verse comes in the qualifications of a bishop, but these traits should be the desire of ALL men of God. And the ability for those “without” [presumably outside the faith, or lost] to think well of a Godly man speaks volumes of his closeness to the Savior. When Christian men go around and leave a foul taste towards the things of God on the taste-buds of the unsaved, there is reproach on our Lord’s name and a snare from the devil is allowed in!

We can think we know if our man is truly full of integrity,
but our prayers for him can only strengthen that integrity!

10-Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11- Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12- For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6:6

And lastly in this prayer, we should pray for our husband to daily put on the WHOLE ARMOUR OF GOD! Because the devil is tricky and the powers of darkness really are all around us, all the time.

Let us pray for our husbands to be men of integrity!

 

I know I want my husband’s reputation to be one of integrity!

But what does this word, integrity, mean?

the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness;
being undivided in loyalty; internal consistence or lack of corruption.

We should pray for these qualities in our man. 

The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. Proverbs 20:7

…because, I, for one, do not want his name to rot! 🙂

Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: 1 Timothy 1:5

We should pray for our husband to have these qualities:

a pure heart,

[the innermost man would be free of corruption, blameless, even cleansed as by fire]

a good conscience

[to have a healthy, or Godly, distinction of right and wrong],

and a faith unfeigned

[a sincere trust in God, not false or for show]. 

Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. 1 Timothy 3:7

I realize this verse comes in the qualifications of a bishop, but these traits should be the desire of ALL men of God. And the ability for those “without” [presumably outside the faith, or lost] to think well of a Godly man speaks volumes of his closeness to the Savior. When Christian men go around and leave a foul taste towards the things of God on the taste-buds of the unsaved, there is reproach on our Lord’s name and a snare from the devil is allowed in!

We can think we know if our man is truly full of integrity,
but our prayers for him can only strengthen that integrity!

10-Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11- Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12- For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6:6

And lastly in this prayer, we should pray for our husband to daily put on the WHOLE ARMOUR OF GOD! Because the devil is tricky and the powers of darkness really are all around us, all the time.

Let us pray for our husbands to be men of integrity!