Help me rest in Your faithfulness to work in both of us. Give me grace and faith that You are working even when I can’t see it. Lord, thank You that You have begun a good work in _ (husband’s name) and that You will be faithful to complete it! Please allow me to see Your hand at work in _ area. Here are some Scripture prayers I regularly use to lead me into my own prayers for my husband and my marriage: No wonder this challenging time was even harder! We often talk about keeping intimate passion alive, but what about the passion of our prayers for our marriage? Are they diligent? Are they passionate? Are they expectant? Instead of replaying the hurt, remember the blessings God has worked into your marriage and the good He has brought you through your husband.Īt one particularly low point in our journey, I poured out my complaints to the Lord, and I felt deep conviction over the fact that I had allowed disappointments to move my heart away from my once dedicated and fervent prayer for my role as a wife, for my husband, and our marriage in general. Speak truth to your heart about your husband and your marriage. So often, the enemy of our souls turns us on each other at the very moments we need to team up to defeat the real enemy! 3. Remember that your spouse could be facing the exact same spiritual bait to feel that you are their enemy! But especially in moments where the temptation to see your marriage in such hostile terms is on the line, cut off those negative emotional influences. One could argue that they ought not to have a place in a Christ-following woman’s life at all. Social media, TV, movies, music, friends, and family that speak unbiblical discontent into your heart about your marriage shouldn’t be given heart/mind space while you fight for your marriage. Guard your heart by removing non-Scriptural, perspective-influencing inputs. Here are five practical steps to center your perspective in truth when your husband feels like the enemy: 1. The moments you feel like your husband has become the enemy, take heart and slow down your thoughts and feelings to get a better hold of your emotional responses. And there will be times he tempts us so fiercely to see the battle as if it were against our spouse instead of against the thief himself. Our marriage will come face to face with the thief Jesus warned us about. In John 10:10, Jesus said, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” All places of influence and importance in our lives have bright red targets on them for the enemy of our souls to pursue his ultimate goal.
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