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30 days of Praying for you and your husband! Day 8

Day 8

Pray against pride

Pride is something that can creep into anyone. Most of us think pride comes only into people who are successful or good at something. But the truth is from the beggar in the corner to celebrities in bungalows pride can attack anyone. Pride doesn’t need a valid reason to creep in. I have seen people who are so talented and good looking to be really humble, after getting to know them personally and many less talented people boasting about themselves and gossiping about others all the time. I have had some ridiculously crazy pride for things I’m not good at and had been very humble things I’m good at, as I knew that God gave it to me! Weird but true!

In relationships pride plays a huge role.
Proud people don’t forgive easily.
Proud people get easily offended.
Proud people blow up a simple problem.
Proud people hate to say “sorry”, “please” and “Thank you”!
Proud people hate to take help and correction.

Let’s pray!

For you

  • Lord, I pray that you remove haughty eyes from me. May I never look down on my husband or any one in his family.

(Proverbs 21:4)

  • Lord, I pray that I always look up to my husband with all due respect in my heart no matter what is his qualification or talent or what he has done for the family. In my heart let there be humble attitude of submission and may I never fake it.

(2 Samuel 6:16 &23)

  • Lord, keep me away from speaking boastful words about myself or slanderous words about others. May I never consider myself better than others but consider everyone equal and valuable. Sometimes I find it very difficult not to talk about the people who are hurting me. Help me Lord!

(Proverbs 27:2, Psalm 101:5)

  • Lord, may I never seek recognition for the things I do for the family. I find it difficult to bear when my hard work is not recognized especially when the family members falsely accuse me or don’t show enough love through actions. May I remember that you know my hard work and you know my efforts.

(Psalm 56:8, Matthew 6:1 )

  • Lord, teach me to be an observer of the good side of my family members and appreciate it with all my heart. Let pride not intervene and blind my eyes from seeing the good in others.

(Proverbs 3:27)

For your Husband

  • Lord, I pray that you will give my husband a humble heart, remove all the pride about his intellect, skill, brought up, family background and his abilities. I pray that he will humble himself and give all the glory and credit to you in his heart. (Psalm 115:1)
  • Lord, I pray that you will remove haughty eyes from my husband. May he never look down on anyone, especially not me. May he never look down on the  corrections I bring to him and the advice / suggestions that I bring assuming that I lack knowledge and wisdom.

(Proverbs 3:7)

  • Lord, may my husband never boast about tomorrow on the basis of the things that he does for the family today.

(Proverbs 27:1)

  • Lord, I pray that his pride shall not spoil the decision making in family matters. May he never think that he will win only when his decision is made final. May he lend his ears to hear from me without assumption. Lord! Keep him away from arguing over making his decision win. (I pray that I don’t do this either)

(Romans 12:16)

  • Lord, guard his mouth from saying words that belittle me in front of others or in private. May his words encourage and uplift me and not break my frame!

(Ephesians 4:29)

Amen!

Today’s Promise: 

The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life. Proverbs 22:4

Today’s Command:

 For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. Matthew 23:12
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30 days of Praying for you and your husband! Day 7

Day 7

Pray for purity

We live in a world where the impurities have been advertised as “It’s not wrong”, “it’s the perspective of the viewer”,”Everybody does it”. Purity has become an object of mockery and is scheduled for boring people. When I was a teenager I started receiving a lot of teaching on purity from my Sunday school teachers, Sunday sermons in the prayer center that I attended from childhood, the mission camps and youth retreats and not to forget about my strict parents. One famous quote that I heard often was this “Holy life is a Jolly life”. This statement sounds funny to people who are stuck with impure lifestyle not knowing the joy in purity. But the problem gets a little too messy when purity is not a priority in marriage. Many marriages are broken due to virtual relationships, pornography and adultery. Today let’s commit our lives to purity and protect our husbands from the clutches of the sexist world.

Let’s pray!

For you

  • Lord, I submit my body as a living sacrifice to you! My body belongs to you as you have bought it with your precious blood. May I not submit that to any physical pleasures outside marriage.
    (Romans 12:1)
  • Lord, I submit my body to be modest in my dressing. May I adorn me with beautiful clothing of dignity and avoid anything that draws unnecessary attention. I dedicate my body to my husband as a pure gift under the umbrella of the marriage covenant made in front of you.
    (Proverbs 31:25, I Timothy 2:9)
  • Lord, remove all the pride that I have about my complexion, height, body shape and my facial beauty. Make me pure with the humility about my outward appearance may I never look down on others for their outward appearance. Remove all the inferior thoughts about my complexion, height, body shape and my facial beauty. Lord, I accept my body just the way you have fearfully and wonderfully made and submit it to purity.
    (Psalm 139:14)
  • Lord, remove all the worries about the physical intimacy between me and my husband. I shall submit that area into your hands and prioritize wisdom and love and affection between me and my husband. Lord, I know that physical intimacy is quite important but the highest priority is love and when the love is strong physical intimacy will be stronger.
    (1 Corinthians 13:13, Song of Solomon 7:10)
  • Lord, I submit my marriage bed into your hands, protect it from all the impure thoughts, impure actions, porn and impure intentions. I understand that every lustful thought and action outside the boundaries of marriage is impure. Lord, I proclaim that the physical intimacy between husband and wife is Holy in the eyes of God and I declare and decree your blessing over our marriage bed today! (Proverbs 5:18,19)

For your Husband

  • Lord, I pray that You bless my husband’s health pertaining to the sexual abilities(Proverbs 5:18). Heal all the emotional wounds that are creating stress in the husband in getting into intimate relationship with the wife.
    (Jeremiah 30:17)
  • Lord, remove all the hatred, ego and anger over the wife that is affecting the physical intimacy. May the husband be filled with love and affection when he approaches the marriage bed.
    (Ephesians 5:25)
  • Lord, remove all the temptations that draw him towards adultery, extra marital affairs and pornography. Teach him the dangers of sexual impurity and teach him the blessings behind pure marriage bed.
    (Proverbs 5:20,21)
  • Lord, provide favor for the wife in the eyes of the husband so that she may look beautiful and attractive to him even if there are many attractive women outside, just like how Esther was attractive to Agasaurus.
    (Esther 2:17, Proverbs 5:19)
  • Lord, guard him from wrong advice from worldly friends in terms of porn and adultery. Guard him from the seductive words, behavior and clothing of perverted women. Protect him from falling for virtual cheap instant relationships that swim through the social networking platforms.
    (Proverbs 7:4,5 & 21 – 23)

Amen!

Today’s Promise: 

He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD. Proverbs 18:22

Today’s Command:

 Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral. Hebrews 13:4