How to Be a Praying Wife

To be prayerful is not just about the prayer rituals you do, but also about your relationship, commitment, passion, and desire to seek God, relate to Him, and get to know Him more and more each day. Praying is about fellowship and connection with God through Christ Jesus. You want God to be a part of every detail and everything that happens in your life. When you do, you should pray at all times about anything under the sun—about your family, your spouse, your children, your job, your friends, your enemies, and anything else there is to know about you. You want God involved in your day-to-day activities. Lets look at How to Be a Praying Wife

 

You can wash the dishes, take care of the family, do the laundry or clean the house… all while talking to the LORD. Praying is a lifestyle of continuous communication with the One who loves you like no other being on Earth. The more you immerse yourself in the knowledge and understanding of who God is, as well as how much He loves you and cares for you, the more you will want to be close to Him. Prayer won’t become a responsibility or a routine that you must do, but a key part of your life because you don’t want to lose sight of Him—the lover of your soul.

 

God knows every detail about you, and all that matters to you also matters to Him. He wants to relate and be a part of your life, not just on Sundays or in the church, but also in your laundry area, your living room, your dinner table, the bathroom, the grocery store, and wherever else you may go. This is how you become a praying wife. Prayer becomes a lifestyle, without forcing yourself to pray. Think about your spouse. You can’t let a day go by without talking to him. When your husband is home, you want to converse with him, learn how his day went, what he wants to eat, and so on. It’s the same with God, except He is far above our spouse, for He can be anywhere, wherever you are. You are God’s dwelling place, and He is your source of peace, strength, joy and love. You are inseparable from the love of Christ, and your hunger for His presence and His Word encourages you to pray, communicate, and share fellowship with Him every day.

Here is a short prayer about becoming a prayerful wife:

 

Dear Father, thank You for the relationship I have with You. My desire is to know You more and to know Your heart. I long to have a deeper connection with You, for You and Your Word alone can satisfy me, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

 

How do I pray for myself as a wife?

 

There are many things you can pray for yourself, depending on your needs, concerns, dreams and desires. While praying for your spouse and children should come first, it is also important that you pray for yourself and constantly be aware that God cares for you too, because you are His precious daughter. You may be a wife and a mother, but to your Heavenly Father, you are His child. So, how do you pray for yourself? First, think about your daily needs as a woman. Are you tired from all the household work? Are you stressed out by your job, while also being pressured to keep up with things at home? You can pray to God for daily strength. Isaiah 40:29 says He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. You may pray in this manner:

Heavenly Father, thank You for giving power to the weak. You increase my strength and help me accomplish all the things that need to be done each day. You are my strength and my power, and I rely on You for all things. I know that I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

 

Aside from daily strength, you can also pray for your spiritual life. You can pray for your spiritual hunger to increase, for your faith to be strengthened, and to continuously get to know God in a deeper way. Sometimes, the Holy Spirit also leads you to pray about the things God wants to correct and discipline in your life. For instance, God may reveal that you are easily offended or impatient. These call for repentance and a change in your character, so you may want to pray for the fruit of the Spirit, as in Galatians 5:26-27.

As you pray for yourself and others, it is always best to partner with the Holy Spirit. You let Him lead you in what to pray for at all times. If you want to know more about how to let the Holy Spirit lead you in prayer, you should check out this article, “A Deeper Understanding of Praying in the Spirit.” The Holy Spirit knows the deepest secrets of our hearts, and He helps us in our weaknesses, such as when we don’t know what to pray for (see Romans 8:26). As you let God’s Spirit lead you in praying for yourself and others, there are many more things He will reveal to you in the spirit for which you must pray.

 

Why should a wife pray for her husband?

 

Prayer is like the gas in a car. Think of your marriage as that vehicle. Without the gas, it won’t go, it won’t work, and it can’t take you anywhere. Your connection to God keeps you and your spouse strongly connected in love, patience, understanding, sacrifices, selflessness, joy, and peace; that is why praying for your husband is so important. You are the biggest support system for your husband, and it is a wonderful blessing to have a prayerful wife like you beside him. He may not know that you are praying for him, but it still impacts him in the spirit. The more you pray for your husband, the more connected to you he will feel, because God is at work. God and His angels can’t work if you don’t ask Him to do anything for your spouse.

 

Here are some of the most practical reasons why a wife should pray for her husband every day:

 

1. He is the head of the family, and the enemy is always going after the head. If you have played chess, the most important piece is the king. Once the king is taken out, the opponent wins. This is similar to marriage, and you certainly don’t want the enemy to have its way with your husband, so you need God’s help in everything by praying for him each day.

 

2. As the strongest member of the family, he also needs to be strengthened physically, mentally, spiritually, and emotionally every day. Men may seem to have unlimited strength because of how God designed them, but they may not communicate their struggles, even if they are already pushing themselves beyond their limit. With that in mind, it is best to pray for your husband’s strength daily.

 

3. He faces spiritual warfare every day, whether he is aware of it or not. Marriage is not for the faint heart. The enemy hates marriage, and he will try his best to destroy the unity, bond, and God-ordained connection between every husband and wife, and between mother and father, which impacts the next generation—your children. It is crucial to pray for your husband’s discernment, wisdom, and connection to God in order to keep him strong and alert against the works of the enemy.

 

4. He is one of the key role models of your children. What is the best way for the enemy to sabotage children? By working through their role models. It is important that you cover your husband in prayer and God’s protection against negative influences and evil company. Pray that he remains surrounded by godly friends and company that will influence him to be a better person.

 

5. Fathers have the power to impart blessings and destiny upon their children, as this is one of God’s designs for the role of men in the family. In the Bible, Esau wept bitterly upon losing the blessing of his father, which was stolen by his brother Jacob (see Genesis 27:38). If you notice, most broken families are caused by the loss of a father through divorce, abandonment, or death. At that point, children are left in the care of the mother. The enemy’s strategy is always to remove fathers in every home, so that children grow up lost, rejected, insecure and abandoned.

 

These are just a few of the reasons you should pray for your husband as a wife. He plays a significant role not just in your marriage, but in your family, which can impact homes, communities, cities, and nations. As you let the Holy Spirit lead you in your prayer, and making prayer a part of your lifestyle, the enemy won’t stand a chance because victory already belongs to you in Christ Jesus. If you want to know more about what to pray for as a couple, you can check out these articles, “A Couple that Prays” and “A Christian Marriage Prayer.”

 

Keep your relationship and communication with God burning, and let the hunger for heavenly things continue to be stirred in you through Christ Jesus.