Praying for the choices of our husbands can bring about a tremendous change in our lives.
Women tend to have an intuition about decision making(call it a God-given intuition), which are mostly accurate upon execution but it is not always possible to make a man see it from their point of view. Whether the choices men make are made known to you or not, praying in this area helps them avoid making bad choices which can be costly.
We have to remember that all men think they are doing the right thing. "Every way of a man is right in his own eyes" (Proverbs 21:2). But Gid is the only one who can give true discernment. He can give us wisdom when we ask for it. Wisdom brings success (Ecclesiastes 10:10) and it enables us to learn from experience (Proverbs 15:31). We want our husbands to be wise men.
The opposite of a wise man is a fool. The Bible describes a fool as someone who only "trusts on his own heart" (Proverbs 28:26). He despises wisdom (Proverbs 23:9). He only wants to talk all and doesn't want to listen (Proverbs 18:2). In other words, you can't tell him anything. He is quarrelsome (Proverbs 20:3) and he rages and is arrogant when you try to reason with him (Proverbs 14:16). A fool is someone who is incapable of weighing thoroughly the consequences of his actions. As a result, he doesn't make wise choices. If you keep praying for your husband to have wisdom and Godly counsel, then even if he does make a bad decision, you can enjoy the comfort of k owing you did your part and Gid will bring good out if it.
PRAYER
Lord, fill my husband with the fear of the Lord and give him wisdom for every decision he makes. May he reverence You and your ways and seek to know Your truth. Give him discernment to make decisions based on Your revelation. Help him to make Godly choices and keep him from doing anything foolish. Take foolishness out if his heart and enable him to quickly recognise error and avoid it. Open his eyes to clearly see the consequences of any anticipated behaviour.
I pray that he will listen to Godly counselors and not be a man who is unteachable. Give him strength to reject the counsel of the ungodly and hear Your counsel above all others. I declare that although "there are many plans in a man's heart, nevertheless the LORD'S counsel, that will stand"(Proverbs 19:21).
Instruct him even as he is sleeping (Osalm 16:7), and in the morning, I pray he will do what's right rather than follow the leading of his own flesh. I know the wisdom of this world is foolishness with You, Lord (1 Corinthians 3:9). May he not buy into it, but keep his eyes on You and have ears to hear Your voice.
Amen.
SCRIPTURES FOR MEDITATION
Proverbs 1:5
A wise man will her and increase learning, and a man if understanding will attain wise counsel.
Proverbs 3:7
Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and depart from evil.
Proverbs 1:7
The dear of the LORD is the beginning of knowedlege, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:28-30
They will call in me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but they will not find me. Be a use they hated knowedlege and did not choose the dear of the LORD, they would have nine of my counsel and despised my every rebuke.
Proverbs 21:16
A man who wanders from the way of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
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*Stomie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Wife(2006)
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