Holy Happiness

Pray for Each-other

How often do you pray for your husband? I know it can be hard because we have so many other people to pray for sometimes. But do you pray for God to help guide your husband to be a strong leader of your family? Do you pray for his emotional and physical health so he can continue to provide for your family? Our husbands do a really good job of being stoic and acting like they have everything taken care of, but what if he doesn’t? Maybe he is just as scared as we are. I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made for all people. 1 Timothy 2:1. I love Paul, he is always encouraging us to pray. He knows that is how we have the best relationship with our heavenly father. He knows that the first relationship we need to be at its best is ours with God and then the one with our spouses. Paul also recognizes how incomplete we are, but how God completes us. But as believers, we must humble ourselves through prayer and ask for God’s guidance. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. James 5:16. By being a humble believer, we can acknowledge our need for God, and how much our spouse needs God and our prayers for them. God already knows what we need before we even ask, but he still wants us to pour our hearts out to him in prayer. So what are some practical things to pray for your spouse? I’m so glad you asked, here’s a list.

Pray for his health.

Pray he will be obedient to the Lord.

Pray for the challenges he is facing.

Pray he would have spiritual strength.

Pray for him to lead you and your family.

Pray he would be fulfilled in the work he is doing.

Pray for his decision-making.

Pray for his role as a husband, father, and leader.

Pray for his relationships with other people

Pray for protection. 

Pray for his future.

Pray for peace.

Pray for the presence of Christ in your marriage.

No Grumbling

Holy happiness does not mean that all your days will be filled with rainbows and unicorns, but what it does mean is that you will have God’s peace upon your heart regardless of what’s going on around you. Our circumstances should not dictate our level of peace. One way we can make sure that we are happy and at peace in the Lord is to not focus on the bad. This is why we are told not to grumble against each other. But why do we so easily fall into that trap? Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door! James 5:9. In James (4:1) said it’s because our passions are at war within us. We feel like something is absent that should be present, or something’s present that should be absent. We constantly have this struggle inside of us of wanting to please God but being hard-hearted with evil desires. This is one of our weaknesses where when we rely on God, we are made complete.

God also doesn’t want us to grumble because when we grumble we forget all God’s benefits. We forget his incredible forgiveness and healing and salvation. We fail to remember all the blessings and good things he has heaped upon us. The same is true for marriage, when we grumble against our spouse, we tend to forget all the good qualities that we first fell in love with. What if we were to focus on how our husbands are a blessing in our lives rather than a nuisance? What if we focus on how many times he has had to forgive us? How many times we have wronged him and he has not sought his own justice? The list could go on and on about how wonderful our husbands truly are. Stay focused on their good qualities and praise them for that, don’t grumble over their weaknesses.