Perhaps you’re looking for ways you can help inspire your husband. Maybe he’s facing an uphill battle. Or, you’re hoping God can help guide his role as a father or in your marriage. No matter why you’re turning to God, we have some suggestions for any wife who is praying for a husband.
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Here are some sample invocations you might consider as you’re offering prayers for your husband:
Perhaps your husband is having a difficult time at work — or maybe he’s looking for employment after losing a job. Here is a potential prayer to consider:
Dear Lord, I want to offer this prayer for my husband. Please guide him at work. Help him to deal with difficult personalities. Please guide his interactions and bring him success. I pray that you would guide him through each day with Your grace and love. Help him to learn and grow and to come alongside others to help them do the same. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
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Bible Verse to Reflect On: “The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.” - Proverbs 31:11-12 (KJV)
God, please guide my husband. Help him to find employment. Guide his path and connect him with the right people who can lead him toward the opportunities You have for him. Please keep my husband in positive spirits as he searches for an opportunity that will bless our family. Please protect him and all of us. In the name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
Bible Verse to Reflect On: “So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.” - Ephesians 5:28, KJV
Lord, I pray that you would direct and guide my husband this morning and throughout the day. Fill his heart and soul with Your love. Help him to live out your command to “love God and love others.” Thank you for his caring and loving spirit. I pray for his protection and that you would speak to him throughout the day, guiding his path along the way. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
Bible Verse to Reflect On: “Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord." - Proverbs 19:14 (NIV)
Lord, as the day comes to a close, I ask that you protect my family as we sleep. I also want to lift up my husband. Please help him to seek Your face tomorrow and throughout the week. Regardless of the challenges and victories that come his way, please continue to build his faith so that he looks to You and no one else. I thank you and love you. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
Bible Verse to Reflect On: “And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.” - 1 Peter 4:8, KJV
Dear God, as I offer a prayer for my husband I ask that you would protect him. Please protect his life and his health. Please also protect him from anyone or anything that could do him harm. He is such a blessing in my life and to our family. I thank You for his love and I ask that You help him live out Your purposes. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
Bible Verse to Reflect On: “And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.” - 1 Corinthians 7:10-11, KJV
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Lord, please guide my husband as a father. Give him the knowledge needed to guide our child (or children). Please give him Your wisdom and help him impart that wisdom on our child (or children). I ask that you help guide us as parents and prepare us for the challenges and victories that naturally unfold with parenthood. We are grateful for our family. Please protect and guide us. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
Bible Verse to Reflect On: “And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.” - Ephesians 6:4, KJV
That brings us to a close on potential prayers for your husband. You can find more inspiring scripture for your spouse here — and be sure to read the Pure Flix Insider blog for more daily, inspiring content.