Pray Big for Your Marriage by Will Davis Jr

Author:Will Davis Jr.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: REL087000, Marriage—Religious aspects—Christianity, Prayer—Christianity
ISBN: 9781585589425
Publisher: Revell
Published: 2008-07-01T00:00:00+00:00

Your Husband’s Best Role Model

You’re never going to do any better than Jesus. Without exception, he is the best example of a loving, caring husband. In the same way that Jesus loves, leads, and serves his bride, the church, pray that your husband will love, lead, and serve you. Don’t pray this just for your benefit. Your husband will be more fruitful and fulfilled as he obeys God’s calling on his life. Pray that his joy may be complete as he leads, loves, and serves you the way that Jesus does.

Your husband isn’t perfect. He’s not going to be the flawless person Jesus is. But he can be Christlike. So pray that your man will be like Jesus as he functions in his God-given role as your husband. Let’s look at the perfect example of Jesus and see how you can pray powerful pinpoint prayers for your man.

In his lofty passage on the roles of husbands and wives in Ephesians 5, the apostle Paul commanded husbands to love their wives in the same way that Jesus loves the church (see v. 25). Paul presented Jesus as the ultimate example of a loving and caring husband and instructed husbands to set their sights on Jesus as their marriage role model. In light of this command, here are some pinpoint prayers that you can pray for your husband as he seeks to fulfill his God-given assignment.

Pray that he will be a great intercessor. Jesus was a man of prayer. In fact, he was the greatest role model for prayer who ever lived. You might think that it was easy for Jesus to live a godly life and love sinners because he was God’s Son. But in reality, everything Jesus did—love, forgive, heal, teach, lead, and change the world—he did as a fully submitted human. Prayer made the difference for Jesus. He lived an anointed life by the power of God’s Spirit in him, and he fueled the fire of God’s Spirit through prayer. If you want your man to live like Jesus, ask God to help him learn to pray like Jesus.

Hebrews 7:25 tells us that Jesus is praying for us right now in heaven. He is always interceding before his Father on our behalf. He prays for us because he loves us and sees prayer as part of his duty as a loving husband. I love knowing that my Savior lives to intercede and seek God’s best for me. I love knowing that he loves me enough to pray for me. Would you feel differently toward your husband if you knew that he prayed for you every day? Would you feel more secure in your relationship and more loved by him? Start praying for him. Pray that he will feel led to intercede for your marriage.

This may seem like an odd prayer to start with. You might be thinking, Isn’t this a waste of time? Why should I put so much effort into praying about my husband’s prayers? I want him to help out with the car pool.

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