A Visual Prayer Guide for Your Husband (Present, Future or Ex)

“The prayer power has never been tried to its full capacity. If we want to see mighty wonders of divine power and grace wrought in the place of weakness, failure and disappointment, let us answer God’s standing challenge, “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not!’” J. Hudson Taylor

Marriages are falling apart.

I want to Fight For My Marriage.

One way I can fight is through PRAYER.

My roommate in seminary had a prayer guide for her future husband. It was just a stick drawing of a man. There were lines at specific parts of the body to guide you in praying for your future spouse (from head to toe).

I have been wanting to make one as a guide for me, when praying for Justin.

I decided to use an old wedding picture. I added the specific requests and Scriptures to pray over him. I also added some for myself (specifically in being a godly wife).

I encourage you to make one. 

Prayer is not about us.

I need to tell myself that again… prayer is not about ME! It is about GOD. Do not lay your request before the Lord in a selfish way (asking the Lord to make your husband “perfect”).

I struggle in this area. Prayer is a way of you coming along side your husband (current, future or ex) and lifting him up to the LORD.

GOAL: Isaiah 26:8 – “Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts.”

Single Ladies (yes, Beyonce’s song is playing in my head): draw a stick figure or pull a picture of a really good looking guy off the internet (kidding, kind of). Pray for your future husband.

Married Ladies: scan in an old wedding photo. I don’t ever want to lose the love and feeling I felt on one of the best days of my life. I want that love to grow deeper. A wedding photo is the best reminder.

Divorced Ladies: Prayer is powerfully healing and a powerful tool for allowing forgiveness. I recommend you praying for your ex. Especially if you have kids.

Make it specific to what the Lord lays on your heart. Keep it in your Bible or frame it.

Here is what I made. I used Photoshop, but you can use any software that allows you to add text to pictures. Paint.net is free and works pretty good. I printed it out on my printer. I used 5×7 photo paper. You can also take a picture and a sharpie and write out your guide.

I have the specifics listed below.

Here are some things I pray over Justin and myself.

Justin:

Wisdom: Leading & Parenting, Proverbs 4:5-7

Mind: Purity, Fear God & Lead with Integrity, Philippians 4:8, Nehemiah 7:2

Ears: Hear and Obey God, James 1:22

Mouth: Grace, Kindness, Clearly proclaim Gospel, Colossians 4:3-6

Heart: Peace & Purity, Colossians 3:15, Matthew 5:8

Hands: Hard Working, Proverbs 21:5

Feet: Protect, Bless, Guide, Romans 10:15, Psalm 119:105

Specifics: These are prayer request you know or he has specifically shared with you. If you don’t know any… ask him.

For me… I noted key areas where I struggle GREATLY and often FAIL. (I need alot of help! I’m thankful for God’s grace!)

Eyes: Protect, Romans 13:14

Mind: Imagination, Set above, 2 Corinthians 10:5, Colossians 3:2

Mouth: Kindness, Respect, Encouragement, Proverbs 31: 12, 26

Heart: Undivided, Psalm 86:11 (My life verse)

Hands: Diligent, Proverbs 31:17

Specifics: Fight Selfishness. Show me sin and changes I need to make. Be a true helpmate. Wisdom in parenting. To love and respect him.. deeper and more than I did in this photo.

Overall prayer: “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen” Eph. 3:20

James 1:2-4

James 1:2-4 says,

"Consider pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4 Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything."

When I was reading this today, I linked it with my Resolution 2013: Focus, Faith and Perseverance. I think this is related closely to my Resolution 2013. Now I seem to understand deeper why I faced challenges and obstacles in 2013.

This verse encouraged me to continue to persevere on because it was clearly stated that perseverance must finish its work so that (I) may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

God gave me a big word this year, which I feel that it ought to be shared end of the year. Perhaps my resolution for 2014 shall remain as FOCUS, FAITH & PERSEVERANCE [II]!

Should Poor People Give?

Should Poor People Give?

~Chuch for All~

ACTS 20:35 NIV

35 . . . the Lord Jesus himself said: `It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

Giving benefits the giver. The poorer you are the more you have a need to give.

Those who don't understand giving as planting seeds usually think it's wrong for a poor person to give to God. But giving is planting seed for a harvest.

2 CORINTHIANS 9:6-8 NKJ

6 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

7 So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.

8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, have an abundance for every good work.

LUKE 6:38 NKJ

38 "Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you."

By giving, seed is planted for a larger harvest of blessing. Nobody needs that more than a poor person.

Jesus commended a poor widow for giving all she had.

LUKE 21:1-4 NKJ

1 Then He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,

2 and He saw also a certain poor widow putting in two mites.

3 So He said, "Truly I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all;

4 "for all these out of their abundance have put in offerings for God, but she out of her poverty has put in all the livelihood that she had."

SAY THIS: Giving is a way to be blessed.

Psalm 37

I was doing my devotion and when I came across this Psalm, I love it and would like to share it with all of you here :)

1 Do not fret because of evil man or be envious of those who do wrong;

2 for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plant they will soon die away.

3 Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

4 Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.

5 Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him and He will do this:

6 He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.

7 Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.

8 Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret - it leads only to evil.

9 For evil men will be cut off, but those who hope in the Lord will inherit the land.

10 A little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.

11 But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace.

12 The wicked plot against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them;

13 but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for He knows their day is coming.

14 The wicked draw the sword and bend the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.

15 But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

16 Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked;

17 for the power of the wicked will be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous.

18 The days of the blameless are known to the Lord, and their inheritance will endure forever.

19 In times of disaster they will not wither; in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.

20 But the wicked will perish: The Lord's enemies will be like the beauty of the fields, they will vanish - vanish like smoke.

21 The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously;

22 those the Lord blesses will inherit the land, but those He curses will be cut off.

23 If the Lord delights in a man's way, He makes his steps firm;

24 though he stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with His hand.

25 I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.

26 They are always generous and lend freely; their children will be blessed.

27 Turn from evil and do good; then you will dwell in the land forever.

28 For the Lord loves the just and will not forsake His faithful ones. They will be protected forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off;

29 the righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.

30 The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks what is just.

31 The law of his God is in his heart; his feet do not slip.

32 The wicked lie in wait for the righteous, seeking their very lives;

33 but the Lord will not leave them in their power or let them be condemned when brought to trial.

34 Wait for the Lord and keep His way. He will exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

35 I have seen a wicked and ruthless man flourishing like a green tree in its native soil,

36 but he soon passed away and was no more; though I looked for him, he could not be found.

37 Consider the blameless, observe the upright; there is a future for the man of peace.

38 But all sinners will be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.

39 The salvation of the righteous comes from the Lord; He is their stronghold in time of trouble.

40 The Lord helps them and delivers them; He delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in Him.

SCRIPTURE GUIDE

The Master - Key of Prayer
John 15:7
If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.

The Plan of Salvation
Romans 10:9
That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

The Mind of Christ
Philippians 2:5
Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus

The Heavenly Desire
Colossians 3:1
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.

The Duty to Work
2 Thessalonians 3:10
For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat."

The Soldier's Separation
2 Timothy 2:4
No one serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs--he wants to please his commanding officer.

A Tender Appeal
Philemon 15
Perhaps the reason he was separated from you for a little while was that you might have him back for good--

The Soul-Winner's Achievement
James 5:20
remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

Love and Obedience
2 John 1:6
And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.

The Divine Protector
Jude 24-25
24: To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy--
25: to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.

Worldwide Missions
Habakkuk 2:14
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

Life Insurance
Exodus 12:13
The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.

The Pilgrims Guide
Numbers 9:17
Whenever the cloud lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites set out; wherever the cloud settled, the Israelites encamped.

The Secret Things
Deuteronomy 29:29
The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.

The Price of Success
Joshua 1:8
Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

The All-Seeing Eye
2 Chronicles 10:9
He asked them, "What is your advice? How should we answer these people who say to me, 'Lighten the yoke your father put on us'?"

An Enriching Prayer
Job 42:10
After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD made him prosperous again and gave him twice as much as he had before.

L.O.V.E

Love is patient, Love is kind.

It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails.


And now these three remain:

faith, hope and love.

But the greatest of these is LOVE.


Isn't LOVE wonderful? Especially God's LOVE, which is unconditional...