Prayer for My Husband’s Honesty

In addition to love and respect, honesty is needed for a marriage to work and last. Honesty is one of the key ingredients in maintaining a healthy marital relationship. You can ask God for your husband to be honest through a prayer such as this:

Dear Heavenly Father,

You are great and loving. You established a relationship with us. Thank you for blessing me with a husband. I pray that You work in his life for him to be honest as You have intended him to be. This I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.

5 Ways to Pray for My Husband’s Honesty

To pray for your husband, to be honest, is to show a longing for God to grant your request. Here are certain ways you can pray for your spouse:

1.    Pray for obedience

A strong foundation for your husband’s honesty is for him to obey God. Obedience comes from reading and hearing the Word. Pray for your spouse to set aside time to read the scriptures and meditate on them. It is written in the book of Deuteronomy 11:1 (NIV) that we should obey his commands. Ask God that your spouse will have an obedient and willing heart to do God’s will. Request God to open your husband’s eyes and heart to embrace the word of God and make the necessary changes and applications in his life. When your spouse obeys God, he will be honest as well, for the Spirit will be working on his speech. You may pray this way:

Dear God,

Your words are life. They are our food, and they keep us going. Please bless my husband with an obedient heart. Move him to obey You wholeheartedly. Let him indeed be honest as he obeys Your word. I pray this in Jesus’ name. Amen.

2.    Pray for wisdom

Wisdom is another major contributor to becoming honest. Pray for your husband to be wise every day. In James 1:5 (NIV), we are reminded to ask God for wisdom. Petition God for your spouse to be wise in his ways and actions. Request of God that your partner is filled with wisdom by being honest. You can come to God this way:

Dear Lord,

You are the author of true wisdom. You have opened the door for us to be wise. Please grant my husband the wisdom that he needs. Let him be wise in his conversations and dealings. Let him grow in wisdom so he will be truly honest. I pray for this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

3.    Pray for good communication

Good communication leads to truthfulness and honesty. When you speak pleasant, unjudging, sincere, and gentle words to your spouse, he will most likely respond in a similar way, which will make him honest with his thoughts and feelings. He will want to open up to you what is in his heart. Pray for you and your husband to have good communication. The Bible says in Colossians 4:6 (NIV) that we should have proper conversations. Ask God for your spouse to live in the way of truth and transparency. Here is a simple prayer that you can say:

Dear Father God,

You are our true and everlasting God. You want married couples to communicate well, and now I am asking You to please help me and my husband have good communication. Let our words communicate love, kindness, gentleness, and purity. Help my husband to appropriately express what he feels and thinks. I ask You these things in the name of Jesus. Amen.

4.    Pray for respect

Another strong binder in marriage is respect. Respect sparks and fuels honesty. Show respect for your husband even though he repeatedly makes mistakes. When you plant respect, you will gain respect, and that respect can bring forth honesty from your partner. A respectful husband is an honest one. According to 1 Peter 2:17 (NIV), we need to respect each other. Pray for God to touch the heart of your husband to respect you. Ask God for your spouse to favor you. Request from God that your partner gives you the honor due you. You may say these words in prayer:

Dear God,

You deserve all the glory and honor. You want respect in any relationship, especially in marriage. You want me and my husband to respect each other. Please let me continually honor and respect my husband. Help him to respect me and honor our marriage. I pray for this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

5.    Pray for commitment

When you desire honesty from your husband, a commitment from him is needed. Once he commits himself to love you, it goes with his commitment to be true and honest with you at all times. Pray for him to fully commit himself to the Lord and your relationship. Jesus said in Matthew 22:37-39 (NIV) that we should love God first and foremost and, secondly, we should love others. And part of loving others is committing yourself to love your partner. Ask God for your spouse to be committed to doing his part as a husband, which includes loving you completely, abiding by the truth, and living in honesty. You can petition God with this prayer:

Dear Lord,

You are faithful and just. You are committed to caring for us. Please make my husband fully committed to loving me by being real and honest with me. Let him show his commitment through his ways, words, and actions. I ask this in the precious name of Jesus. Amen.

Conclusion

While honesty from your husband is ideal, it can take boldness on his part to be a hundred percent honest with you, even more so when the truth that he is about to reveal could cause you to be hurt. However, do not be dismayed when that happens because God is in control, and honesty will gear your relationship to a higher level. Therefore, pray all the more for God’s will to be done in your marriage.