“Our prayer must not be self-centered. It must arise not only because we feel our own need as a burden we must lay upon God, but also because we are so bound up in love for our fellow men that we feel their need as acutely as our own. To make intercession for men is the most powerful and practical way in which we can express our love for them.” John Calvin
When things are going well, there is nothing better than being in love with the man you have committed your life to. When you agree on finances, plans, and what to have for dinner, there is almost nothing better than the safety and security of going through life with 
someone you love.
But when life is stressful, there is no place the stress shows up faster than in your marriage. And that is just plain painful. I know when I get overwhelmed, stressed out, or scared, Roger is the one I naturally take those feelings out on. I don’t mean to—really! But he is usually the one standing closest to me when things explode, and he takes the brunt of the hit. One of the things I need to remember in that situation is that God did not intend for my husband to become my emotional dumping ground. God wants us to bring every worry, every anxiety, every problem, every sin to him.
I want you to be encouraged. I want you to know that you are already doing more for your marriage by committing to pray for him than most wives will ever do for their husbands Just the simple act of praying for your husband and asking for God’s direction is a huge step in having a better relationship with your man.
When I dropped the agenda I had in praying for Roger (though not without a lot of conviction and soul wrestling), I had a new freedom in my prayer life. It wasn’t up to me to change Roger into the kind of husband I wanted. God started to show both of us that we needed to stop looking to each other to meet all of our needs and start looking to our Creator to meet them. It took a lot of the pressure off Roger, and off me.
Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. (Heb. 12:14–15)
Dear God, Sanctify our relationship with your holy presence, that we might be for each other a blessed oasis in a dry and desert land. Help us to resolve disagreements and hurts gently, with love, patience, and abiding respect, so that neither bitterness nor resentment will ever take root in our hearts. Let the divine light of your love so shine through our marriage that we present a holy example to others and lead them to your truth.
I would like to help one of you keep the prayer going by giving you my latest book, Praying God’s Word for Your Husband. Just let 
me know in the comments below that you prayed for your man and we will choose one winner at random.
I am so glad to be reminded that we are to cast all our cares on GOD not our husbands! Sometimes we put worries on them without thinking. Thanks I prayed for my man, but didn’t get to log ;-(
I really like this praying for my husband thing
I am praying for my husband, men carry a very heavy burden in so many areas.
I am praying for my husband daily, thank you so much for your input on how better to pray and how to pray, this is very helpful, as my husband carries heavy burdens each day as we run our own business.
I’m praying for my husband!
I prayed for my man! 🙂
Praying that my husband’s heart will break for what breaks His.
praying for my husband!
Thanks for posting these. Very timely and helpful! I prayed today for my sweet husband.
Prayed for my MAN today! 🙂
Oh, my Kathy, you again are a woman after my own heart! I love this praying for our husbands! I shared today’s blog with my daughter who has been married 8 months now. Her husband is searching and I know he will find our Savior and Lord soon. I thought how wonderful for her to be apart of this 7 days.
My husband is planning on retiring early next year and God brought to my mind today to pray for Eric to be an effective witness for change in people’s lives where he works at the Student Health Services at University of California, San Diego over the next 12 months. Thank you, God for your uniqueness in placing that in my heart for him!
I prayed for pur marriage to be more Christ centered.
Praying hard! We need intervention desparately….too much stress in our marriage and not setting date nights to keep the love alive.I am faithful though….Thanks for helping bring the words and inspiration to pray.
Praying for my husband daily! Thank you for creating this email – it is a simple reminder and guidance as to what to pray for – many times it’s hard to remember specific things but so far every day (especially day 3) has been so meaningful. I am going to save these emails just to continually pray for him.
Thanks
God has been showing me a lot lately about surrender- I have never thought about myself a control freak, but I have been learning that when I worry about things, it’s because I am trying to take control back from God. This also holds true in my relationship with my husband (he has a chronic health condition), so I have been trying to actively pray for him, instead of worrying about him.
I’m praying for him daily and it has helped our relationship so much. Thank you for your encouragement and for inspiring me daily to pray!
Praying for my hubby and our marriage. Thank you for the guidance
Praying for my hubby
Praying for our marriage today!
I prayed for my husband today:)
Praying today for my husband & our marriage!
Great prayer.
thank you for reminding me to cast all my cares and worries onto my Creator instead of my husband.
Praying today!
Thank you for the reminder that I need to pray for my husband everyday. Truly enjoying this prayer series!
Praying day four, for my husband and our marriage. I get amazed each day, it is exactly what we/I need. Thanks so much!
I had to pray for me and my heart quite a while before I could get there. I finally did pray for my husband.
Once again praying for him, as he had a hard night last night. Spent time puking and we don’t know why. And, yet, he is at work today (as we are self-employed) in spite of having been sick and a definite lack of sleep. Love him!
Praying for my husband. Thanks for the prayer!
Praying for my husband.
Kathi,
Thank you as I am praying for my husband!
What a great way to start out the day, praying for our marriage!
I often use my husband as my “dumping ground”. Thank you for the reminder that we need to bring everything to God and rely on Him first!!!
Continuing to pray….. thanks for the awesome reminders!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much for this, I am praying
Praying.
Thank you for the reminder to pray for my husband and our marriage.
Thank you for being so real and honest! I’m praying!
Praying for my husband!
Praying for my wonderful husband
Still praying! Great way to start my day 🙂
Praying.
Oh, so there.
Praying for my man!!
What a great message to start the day with. I am praying for my husband and my marriage!
Praying for my husband and our marriage. This has been so powerful!! Thank you Kathi!
Thanks for this wonderful reminder. I have the need specifically to pray that bitterness will not take root in our hearts. Often, hurts that my husband causes with his words or actions, I have been able to forgive him for, will later they rise to the surface of my thoughts and emotions and lead to deeper hurt and lies. Praying and seeking counsel to get rid of these lies and hurts in my heart and mind has been helping, but I need to remember to pray and cast over these things daily. I need to pray that the bitterness towards my husband does not creep into my thoughts. The devil has no power in our marriage or lives for we are bought and paid for with Jesus’ blood, and we have complete victory in Him!
Your timing for this is perfect, Kathi! Hubby just returned home 4 weeks ago from deployment and next week we head off to house hunt in another state. Getting prayed up so we can make it through the next challenge ahead of us!
Praying for my husband today!
We have 8 kids and a chaotic life…Receiving the prayer emails are TERRIFIC! They truly help me to focus my heart on “Praying continuously.” THANK YOU!
Praying for my hubby:)
Prayed! Love that you are doing this.
I prayed for my hunny today. I love this prayer! The devotion led to a definite AHA moment today!
Needed this this morning! I prayed for my man this morning, as well as for our marriage!
Thank you for this series of prayers. It is all to easy to pray for someone hurting or in need. A lot of times I forget about praying for good things. Thank you for the reminder of how important my husband is.
I am praying for my husband and marriage, God bless you and thank you for sharing this with me!
I am praying for my husband, our marriage, and our family. Thank you for the encouragement.
Just prayed for my man. He is a great encourager. I need to work on being that for him.
Thanks so much for saying our husbands can’t be A dumping ground. I just did that on my birthday. And learned for the first time that I can only found on God to love me the way I need. But I was so hurt by wanting my husband to fill that spot on my birthday I couldn’t see straight. I prayed that I would lean less on my husband and more on God. Thanks again Kathi. Aloha Shawna
Kathi,
It was so encouraging to read the John Calvin quote. I love to pray for the people I love–and a whole list of others! 🙂
I am so grateful for this praying for our husband week. It definitely helped me feel closer to my husband during this time of deployment. Thank you Kathi!!!
Praying for my man tonight as I rock our 4 month old to sleep. Thanks for the great reminders of God’s truth.
Thanks for the examples of how to pray for my husband – I’ve enjoyed praying through them so far in this series!
You have been in my mind and wrote this one just for me. Things have been a little stressful….okay a lot stressful and we have been taking it out on one another. We know its just happening and that we will be okay, but its happening none the less. Thank you. I needed to see this today. <3
Praying for my hubby and our marriage.
I am praying for my man and my marriage.
I’m praying for my man and our marriage!
Thank you for the reminder to pray for my husband and my marriage today!
Thanks for day 4 – praying for my husband.