The Power of a Praying Wife 12/17- UPDATED *** #139 - His Relationships

[live4christp1]

Today's weapons of warfare

Ephesians 4:1 & 2 - Walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love.

Jeremiah 10:23 - O Lord, I know the way of man is not in himself; It is not in man who walks to direct his own steps.

 

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Tomorrow's Topic - His Talk

 

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Wednesday September 24, 2008 - His Talk

Thankfully DH is very conscious of not using cursing or swear language, only on occasion does he slip up. But from today's chapter it just isn't the foul language that we should be concerned about in the area of our talk, something I know that I could definately work on as well.

Today's excerpt:

"Have you ever observed a man who is all talk and no action? There are some men who spend more time bragging about what they are going to do than actually doing it. They typically never get anywhere. "A dream comes through much activity, and a fool's voice is known by his many words" Ecclesiastes 5:3. Dreams don't come true when more time is spent talking about them than praying and working toward achieving them."

"Everyone has a choice about what he or she says, and there are rewards for making the right one. "Whoever guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from troubles" Proverbs 21:23. Listen to the way your husband talks. What comes out of his mouth has to do with the condition of his heart. "For out of the abudance of the heart the mouth speaks" Matthew 12:34. If you hear him complaining, speaking negatively, talking like a fool, or speaking words that bring destruction and death into his or anyone else's life, he is suffering from negative heart overflow. Pray for the Holy Spirit to convict his heart, fill it with His love, peace, and joy, and teach him a new way to talk."

Today I pray that my husband would be filled with Holy Spirit and his heart would overflow with joy that his words would speak and abudance of love and life to others. Let him not speak foolishly or complain but be thankful and joyful with his words.

 

[live4christp1]

Today's weapons of warfare

Ephesians 4:29 - Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mmouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.

Matthew 12:36 - For every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

Ecclesiastes 10:12 - The word's of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool shall swallow him up.

 

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Tomorrow's Topic - His Repentance

 

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Thursday September 25, 2008 - His Repentance

Today's chapter goes a little more in depth than I generally tend to think about repentance. Repentance is so much more than saying you are sorry for a wrong. True repentance is a deep conviction that truly brings a change to the person's life. It's hard to admit when we do something wrong. My DH has a tendency to think that if he ignores it, it will just be forgotten about or go away - which in turn tends to make me more resentful. Yes, we both have lots of issues to work through. I'm learning to stop nagging though and instead give it to God and let Him do the work.

Today's excerpt:

"Everyone makes mistakes. That's not the issue. But there is an epidemic in the world today of people who can't admit they did something wrong. God says, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" 1 John 1:9. But first we have to be sorry about what we've done."

"According to God's way of doing things, there are three steps to changing our behavior. First there is confession, which is admitting what we did. Next there is repentance, which is being sorry about what we did. There there is asking forgiveness, which is being cleansed and released from what we did. The inability or resistance to do any of these three steps is rooted in pride. A man who can't humble himself to admit he's wrong before God and before man will have problems in his life that never go away. "Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him" Proverbs 26:12."

Today I pray for my husband to have humble spirit and heart. To be quick to react to the prompting of the Holy Spirit when it comes to areas of wrong. That it would come naturally for him to seek to confess, repent and seek forgiveness. That he would not allow pride to hinder his spirit.

 

[live4christp1]

I'd love to hear from all you other praying wives!

Feel free to join in, add to, discuss, share, etc.

Cristy

 

[Piglets Mommy]

I'm so glad I found this thread!
I bought this book years ago, got through the first 2 chapters, and then never got any farther...I'm hoping that now I can find the book again, and get back on track...having other people to do it with should keep me on track!!!

 

[live4christp1]

I'm so glad I found this thread!
I bought this book years ago, got through the first 2 chapters, and then never got any farther...I'm hoping that now I can find the book again, and get back on track...having other people to do it with should keep me on track!!!

Welcome aboard! Yes, I often tell others that the first two chapters are hard. The first time I read them it took me about 3 hours as I kept being so convicted and breaking down, crying, praying, crying some more, praying some more. It really is a great book though and what an awesome gift we can give our husbands (even if they don't ask us too).

 

[live4christp1]

Today's Weapons of Warfare

Proverbs 28:13 - He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.

Psalm 139:23 & 24 - Search me, O God, and know my heart, try me, and know my anxieties; and see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

 

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Friday September 26, 2008 - His Deliverance

DH can have a tendency for self loathing and low self esteem. He allows these feelings to impact his daily life in a sense of feeling that he is not able to do more or become more, he allows it to hold him back. Although he is unhappy in what he does work wise, he allows these feelings to control him and keep him from moving forward.

Today's excerpt:

"Everyone needs deliverance at certain times, because there are all kinds of things that can pull us into bondage. God knows this. Why would Jesus have come as the Deliverer if we didn't need one? Why would He have instructed us to pray, "Deliver us from the evil one" Matthew 6:13 if we didn't need to be? Why does He promise to deliver us from temptation 2 Peter 2:9, the clutches of dangerous people Psalm 140:1, our self destructive tendencies Proverbs 24:11, all of our troubles Psalm 34:17, and death 2 Corinthians 1:10, if He doesn't intend to do it? He is ready and willing. We just have to ask. "Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me" Psalm 50:15."

"Even if your husband finds it difficult to admit he needs help-some men feel like failures if they can't do it all themselves - your prayers can still be instrumental in his finding deliverance. You can pray to the Deliverer to set him free from anything that binds him. You can stand strong, through your prayers, against the enemy who seeks to put him in bondage. "Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage" Galatians 5:1"

Today I pray for my husband to be delivered from the spirit of bondage that tells him he is less than he is, and that he isn't capable. Lord let him see and realize all that he is able to be through you, help him to say and live "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me".

 

[live4christp1]

Today's weapons of warfare:

Psalm 18:2-3 - The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.

Psalm 91:14 - Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name.

 

[breezy1077]

Friday September 26, 2008 - His Deliverance

DH can have a tendency for self loathing and low self esteem. He allows these feelings to impact his daily life in a sense of feeling that he is not able to do more or become more, he allows it to hold him back. Although he is unhappy in what he does work wise, he allows these feelings to control him and keep him from moving forward.

Today's excerpt:

"Everyone needs deliverance at certain times, because there are all kinds of things that can pull us into bondage. God knows this. Why would Jesus have come as the Deliverer if we didn't need one? Why would He have instructed us to pray, "Deliver us from the evil one" Matthew 6:13 if we didn't need to be? Why does He promise to deliver us from temptation 2 Peter 2:9, the clutches of dangerous people Psalm 140:1, our self destructive tendencies Proverbs 24:11, all of our troubles Psalm 34:17, and death 2 Corinthians 1:10, if He doesn't intend to do it? He is ready and willing. We just have to ask. "Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me" Psalm 50:15."

"Even if your husband finds it difficult to admit he needs help-some men feel like failures if they can't do it all themselves - your prayers can still be instrumental in his finding deliverance. You can pray to the Deliverer to set him free from anything that binds him. You can stand strong, through your prayers, against the enemy who seeks to put him in bondage. "Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage" Galatians 5:1"

Today I pray for my husband to be delivered from the spirit of bondage that tells him he is less than he is, and that he isn't capable. Lord let him see and realize all that he is able to be through you, help him to say and live "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me".

Thanks Cristy! I'm going to share this one with DH tonight....I think he can use this one right now.

Thanks.

 

[Piglets Mommy]

This is very fitting for us right now too...ever since I have gone back to work, DH has been feeling kind of down, I think. He felt like it was his job to support the family, and I think he feels like less of a man bacause we needed another income coming in to stay afloat....to me, all it means is that we are living in a tough economy. He needs to know that I love, hoor and cherrish him, no matter ehat. Our wedding vows said in sickness in health, for richer or poorer and in good times and in bad....we just happen to be poorer and going through some hard times, but that has nothing to do with his abilities to be a good DH.

 

[live4christp1]

Monday September 29, 2008 - His Faith

My DH has periods of doubt, not really doubting that God is who He says He is but doubting that God loves him and cares for him and is work in his life.

"We all have times of doubt. Even Jesus wondered why God had forsaken Him. It wasn't that He doubted God existence or ability to come to His rescue, He just didn't expect to feel forsaken. Sometimes we don't doubt God's existence, or whether He is able to help us, we just doubt His desire to have any immediate impact on our lives. Surely He is to busy for my problems, we think. But the truth is, He's not."

"Does your husband have times of doubt? If so, your prayers for him to have ever-increasing faith will make a big difference in his life. Even if he doesn't know the Lord, you can still pray for faith to rise in his heart and look for an improvement in his level of peace. There is nothing in your husband's life that can't be conquered or positvely affected with an added measure of faith in God. Jesus said of any man who has faith to believe in Him, "out of his heart will flow rivers of living water" John 7:38. That alone can be enough to wash away a lifetime of pain, trouble, fear, sorrow, apathy, hopelessness, failure, and doubt."

Today I pray that my husband's faith would be renewed and increased. That he would feel a sense of peace and know that the Lord is with him and concerned with his life. That the Lord will be there with him along whatever path He has called him to when he is willing to submit to His will.

 

[live4christp1]

Today's weapons of warfare:

Matthew 17:20 - If you have faith as a mustard see, you will say to this mountain, "Move from here to there," and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

James 1:6-8 - Let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

 

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Tomorrow's Topic - His Future

 

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Tuesday September 30, 2008 - His Future

This is also a struggle for my DH....he is usually going from one job to another with no clear direction of where he is supposed to be or what he is supposed to do. This has been very stressful for me so I am continually in prayer about him having clear direction for his life.

Today's excerpt:

"None of us can live without a vision for our future. If we don't have one, we flounder aimlessly. Without it, life seems pointless and we die a little every day. "Where there is no vision, the people perish" Proverbs 29:18."

"Having a vision doesn't necessarily mean knowing the specifics about what is going to happen next. It has to do with sensing the general direction you're moving in and having hope that something good is on the horizon. It's knowing that you do have a future and a purpose, and that it is bright."

"Not every man has that certainty. When he doesn't, you can almost see life draining from him. Even the ones who do, don't necessarily have it all the time. Even the most spiritual man can get overtired, burned out, beaten down, distanced from God, confused about who he is and why he is here, and lose his vision for the future. He can misplace his sense of purpose and become overwhelmed and hopeless because of it. If he loses sight of his dreams and forgets the truth about himself and his situation, he can end up believing destructive lies about his future. "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" Hosea 4:6."

Today I pray for my husband to have a clear direction for his future, that the Lord would impress upon him the will for His life and that my husband would be ready to hear and receive it. That the Lord would open the appropriate doors and close any others that are not of His doing.

 

[live4christp1]

Today's weapons of warfare

Jeremiah 29:11 - I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Jeremiah 31:17 There is hope in your future.

 

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Tomorrow we go back to the beginning of the book and our topic will be:

The Power

Thank you to all of those who are joining in or just along for the ride. Hope this is a blessing and that we can all learn to intercede on our husband's behalf more effectively.