Several months ago I wrote a post on 10 things to pray for your wife. I’m finally getting around to complete those thoughts with a list of prayer items for your husband. For the wife I followed closely to the Proverbs 31 passage, not wanting to assume I know what I wife would need. However for the husband I took liberties. Here are things I would like my wife to ask God for me.
10 Things to Pray for Your Husband
- Grant him more than enough income to provide for your family.
- Give him success in all that he puts his hands to.
- Recharge him at home more than at work or play.
- Help him develop friendships with other men that would encourage, validate, bless, and focus him on who God says he is.
- May he will see you as his helpmate and may you be his best friend, supporter, and lover (Proverbs 5:18-19).
- Make your image the model of beauty for him. (This is a concept I got from Gary Thomas’ book, Sacred Marriage)
- Help him to know that you believe in him, trust his decisions for the family, and are proud of what he is able to accomplish at work.
- May both of you take every opportunity to bless each other and allow the Holy Spirit to be the one to convict of sin.
- Allow him to truly enjoy time with Jesus and look to Him for direction and life to give to the family.
- Open his eyes to God’s plan for his life. May the plan he was created for and would stir up energy and passion in him.
Additional resources:
- The Power of a Praying Wife by Stormie Omartian
- Prayer Resources
- More from the Prayer Coach Blog
I do not see the date on this. it came up when i was searching for prayers for my husband. thank you so much
I am glad that you have found this helpful. Marriage is such a complete blessing from God. May your marriage be a testimony to this.
What an excellent article. I will add the 10 items to my prayer agenda.
Thank you for your kind words.
I am a firm believer in the power of prayer. I am a young mother and wife undertaking a lot of new obstacles the past of couple years. I give thanks for all the blessings I have but forget to stop and remember my husband in the right ways. I truly want him to feel the good man and father that he can be. His heart is so big. He and I are both working on resolving past issues, from childhood and our marriage. Seeing these 10 ways to pray for your husband shed a lot of light on my prayers. I am still learning on honing in my prayers. With God’s grace and a strong Church family I hope to be better by God. My husband is so lost right now and I feel the power of prayer is with him. I am so thankful for this being on a website and being able to access it. Thank you!
Dear Lillian,
Thanks for coming by and leaving a comment. You words are incredibly encouraging to me. God is for you and is cheering you on. Keep holding on to Him and His love for you and your husband. I pray that each day there is some encouragement from the Lord that He is listening and answering your prayers.
Blessings,
Kevin