When you married your husband, you promised to stay with him and accept him for who he is. However, acceptance is not the same as tolerance. Although you love your husband, it doesn’t mean that you must tolerate his bad habits and weak values. We cannot change other people, not even our husbands, but we can ask God to transform their hearts (Deut. 30:6). Here is a prayer for God to change your husband:
Abba Father, I pray for my husband. Although I accept him for who he is, I believe that his sinful habits should never be tolerated. Father, you are the only One who can change my husband. Transform him as you have transformed me. Shower him with Your love, changing him from the inside out. Amen.
Prayer for God to Change my Husband
Is it okay to pray to God to change my husband?
God wants us to be who He created us to be. Sticking to our old natures would make it difficult to experience the Lord’s plan for our lives. You should not feel guilty about asking the Lord to change your husband. God knows how much you love and care for your spouse. Here are some of the Bible verses showing that God truly can change people:
Paul’s transformation from a persecutor to a great apostle (Acts 9:1-19)
If there is one person who can testify that God truly changes people, it is Paul of Tarsus. He was one of the greatest persecutors of the early Christians, sending many of them to prisons. Paul also approved the stoning of Stephen, one of the followers of Christ (Acts 8:1-2). However, on the road to Damascus, he encountered Jesus Christ. The great persecutor then became a great apostle.
The Lord can change people who hate him and his people. He will open their eyes and touch their hearts. Don’t lose hope if your husband persecutes and mocks you because of your faith. Pray for him, and let God extraordinarily transform your spouse.
Zaccheus’ transformation from a greedy tax collector to a generous man (Luke 19:1-10)
Zaccheus was a greedy tax collector who was hated by many Jews. However, after learning that Jesus was in the city, he climbed a sycamore tree to see Him. The Lord Jesus Christ asked Zacchaeus to come down because He would go to his house. After witnessing God’s love and mercy for him, the tax collector’s heart was transformed. He brought back the money and gave back more than he had taken to those he had stolen from.
Once we encounter God in our lives, our callous hearts will melt in the face of His grace and mercy. If you pray for your husband’s transformation, expect the Lord to move in his life. One day, he will know how much the Lord loves him. After receiving His love, your spouse will truly love you as the Lord loves him.
The transformation of the Samaritan woman (John 4:1-42)
While the Samaritan was getting water in the well, she encountered Jesus Christ. The Lord knew who she was and all about her life. She looked for love in the wrong places, remaining thirsty. However, her encounter with Jesus changed her life. She proclaimed to the whole city the good news about the Savior. As a result, many Samaritans believed that Jesus was the Messiah.
Our desires affect our deeds and principles. Like the Samaritan woman, we may be looking for something to satisfy us, but we remain thirsty for more and never satisfied. But once we drink the living water, we will never thirst again. Our desires will change, leading us to love God more and more.
What should I pray for God to change my husband?
Transformation happens when a person encounters Jesus Christ, accepting Him as their Savior. Self-improvement can change one’s principles, but only God can truly change one’s heart (Ez. 11:19 – I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.). Instead of arguing with your husband, pray and ask God to change him. Below are some of the prayers that can help you:
Prayer for God to Change my Husband
Prayer to change your husband’s heart
As mentioned earlier, only God can change a person’s heart. Whatever the condition of your husband’s heart, the Lord can transform it. With His touch, He can break callous hearts and fill them with so much love (Ez. 36:26 – I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.). When one’s heart is genuinely transformed, the desires of the heart change. Here is a prayer to change your husband’s heart:
Prayer for God to Change my Husband
Dear Lord, break the callousness in my husband’s heart so that he may receive Your love. I renounce pride, unbelief, and self-righteousness in him, in Jesus’ Name! Humble my spouse and let him submit to You, listening and following Your Word. I set him free from selfish and evil desires in the Mighty Name of Jesus! Amen.
Prayer for God to Change my Husband
Prayer to change your husband’s mind
A man whose mind is not aligned with the Word of God cannot submit to His will. However, the Lord gave us the authority to take every thought captive and make it obedient to Jesus Christ (2 Cor. 10:5 – We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.). Through spiritual warfare, we can bind the wrong thoughts and declare the truth over one’s mind. If your husband is struggling with false beliefs, utter this prayer for him:
Prayer for God to Change my Husband
Almighty God, I lift my husband to You. Break every wrong and confusing principle in him. Let the truth from You fill his mind, renewing his thoughts. I renounce the enemy’s lies and deception in my husband’s mind, in Jesus’ Name! Let the scales from his eyes fall off so that he may see You and understand the truth. Thank You for Your goodness, Lord. Amen.
Prayer to change your husband’s habits
Do bad habits enslave your husband? Instead of nagging, pray for your husband. Only God can deliver him from such destructive habits. Remember that we are not waging war against flesh and blood but against the power of darkness (Eph. 6:12). You are not battling against your husband but against evil spiritual forces. Utter this prayer of deliverance and expect God to free your husband:
Heavenly Father, I invite Your presence today as I pray for my husband. Let the Holy Spirit move in his life and deliver him from all the evil forces causing his destructive habits. I break the yoke of addiction in my husband’s life, in Jesus’ Name! I renounce and cast out all the evil forces that are enslaving my husband. Let the spirit of freedom be upon him. I praise You for the victory over my husband’s life, Father. Amen.
Conclusion
God loves and accepts us for who we are, including our weaknesses and shortcomings. However, He doesn’t want us to remain the old sinful versions of ourselves. As 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, the old is gone, and the new has come. As we draw closer to God, we are being transformed from grace to grace. Whatever the condition of your husband’s heart and mind, the Lord can change him from the inside out.