Pray for Finance
Day 10
Finance is not the problem for poor people. It’s a problem for every person who fails to be a good steward in terms of money and generosity. In every couple there will be one spouse who is not good at managing the money
and also ends up dominating the other while making financial decisions.
It’s funny how they know that they are weak in that area and yet hate to be helped by the spouse who is good at planning finance well. There are some rare extra ordinary couple where the husband and the wife spend lavishly.
Men like to have financial freedom so most of the time the lavish expenditure comes from Men (there are exceptions) and since the man is the head of the family he (generally) doesn’t cope well when the wife gives sound
financial advice. Even for those men who commit this responsibility to the wife
accepting the wife’s advice is something that puts them under a lot of stress.
This is because women look at money as resource and men look at money as a tool to derive freedom, status and definitely their ego. Let’s not forget that a lot of women are joining this club these days.
The old culture is for the wife to have complete control of the finances. In my opinion it’s NOT healthy for the marriage. Women who take full control of the finance end up becoming a nagging wife and the husband is put under a lot of stress and he becomes an angry man.
A nagging wife + Angry husband = Sad Family
(Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife. Proverbs 21:19, A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention. )
As men are the heads of the family and women are helpers/administrative unless the man changes his ways, the finance will remain a nightmare. Finance should be under the leadership of man and administration of women. By all means the husband should make a decision only if the wife is completely happy about it and wife should make a decision only when the husband approves.
Let’s pray!
For you
- Lord I pray that I don’t become a nagging wife who irritates the husband in terms of financial decisions. May I politely and wisely convey my suggestions without dominating my husband or looking down on him.
(Proverbs 27:15,16) - Lord I pray that we as a family keep track of finance really well and prioritize saving money for the future of the family. Teach us to be wise like Joseph who saved many lives during famine through prudent saving of grains.
(Proverbs 27:18a, Proverbs 6:7,8) - Lord make us a blessing to all the relatives especially who are in GENUINE need for money. May our hands be open to give.
(Proverbs 3:27) - Lord, teach me to be transparent in terms of money no matter what the consequence be. Lord help me to be wise in knowing where to invest the money. May I guide my husband accordingly. When I’m faced with situation where my husband makes hasty decisions that affect our finance, teach me to trust you.
(Proverbs 31:16 – 18) - Lord teach me never to compare our life style with that of others and try to fit into the worldly culture. Teach us to lead a peaceful life by staying away from entering into debts. Lord I pray that through saving, investing and
waiting for the right time may my family overcome the temptation to get into debt. Lord! I humbly pray for a life without debt!
(Proverbs 22:7, Romans 13:8)
For your husband
- Lord! I pray that you open my husband’s eyes to see the consequences of lavish spending. I pray that he supports me in saving the money for the future needs of the family just as the Pharaoh supported Joseph
in saving the grains.
(Genesis 45:6,7)
- Lord! I pray that my husband will be generous in giving to God’s work and people who are in genuine need. Lord! unite us together in this. May we have the same mind when it comes to giving.
(2 Corinthians 9:6-8)
- Lord! I pray that you protect my husband from all the baits that make him spend on useless things. Keep him away from
entering into debts for luxuries that can be replaced with simple and economic things.
(Proverbs 15:27) - Lord! I pray against all the ego that blinds diligent judgement and understanding of the financial decisions.
May pleasing you and the family’s wellness be the priority while making decisions and not to prove others wrong or to do what came to mind
in haste without consulting with the wife.
(Proverbs 28:25,26) - Lord! I pray that my husband never looks down on my wisdom and my experience in terms of finance. Provide favor in the eyes
of my husband so that we can make united decisions for finance. Give my husband a heart to listen to the financial suggestions I give.
Remove all the advice that come to my husbands ears that are outside marriage bounds.
(Proverbs 31:11,26,27 & Proverbs 3:18)
Today’s Promise
For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours; our wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table. Psalm 128:2,3
Today’s command
The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty. Proverbs 21:5
