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Would I want to come home to my house? It’s an honest question. Depending on the day, yes. And no.
There are days when I’ve worked hard at making my home a soft place to land. I’ve spent a little time cleaning up messes, getting dinner on the table, and put some music on the iPod that helps me connect with God.
Then there are other days.
Usually the other days have involved a little too much TV and a lot too much Facebook. I end up scrambling to pray up a miracle for dinner, and am resentful that all of this is left to me to do.
When I spend time in God’s word, I go into my day being grateful for the home, husband, job and family God has given me, instead of being resentful for the interruptions that they impose on my day. How long did I hope for the husband and kids I now have? How many others would love to have the home I now have, messy and mortgage payments included?
I want to walk through my day — and my home — with an abundance of gratitude. So much so, that when my husband, or anyone else — comes through the threshold, they can’t help but get that thankfulness splashed on them.
SCRIPTURE
The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.
— Proverbs 14:1 PRAYER FOR TODAY
God, let me be the wise woman who builds up her home and all who are in it. God, don’t let me get years down the road and see that I’ve been the one tearing it down. Let it be a safe haven for all who enter, especially for my husband.
a house of peace….
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Sometimes my husband gets stuck.
Whether it’s in an old addiction that is trying to get a hold of him, a way of thinking that leaves him believing he can’t change anything in his life, a job he hates, or in a relationship that he knows isn’t good for him, sometimes my husband gets stuck.
I encourage him and love on him, but there are just some days where he feels like he can’t make the changes he wants, or needs to make.
So I pray that he would start believing God for the power to change. That he would abandon his old ways of thinking, (“I’ll never.” “I can’t.”) and start thinking in the way that God designed him to think; That all things are possible for those who believe him.
SCRIPTURE
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is–his good, pleasing and perfect will.
— Romans 12:2
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Father, I pray that my husband would not look for approval in the world, but only from you. Let his mind dwell on the matters that are important to you. God, I pray that he would know your will and find delight in living for, and loving, you.
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“If only he would listen to me . . .” Oh, that sentence has gotten me into so much trouble.
How many times have I thought that? If only my husband would take my advice, he would have a better job, be a better father, be healthier . . . (fill in the blank). When I’m trying to control my husband, what I’m really doing is trying to withhold him from God.
I want to be the kind of wife who spends twice as many words praying to God on my husband’s behalf as I do offering advice to my man. I know that what my husband thinks is nagging will drive a wedge between us, but when I pray for him, it draws us closer together. SCRIPTURE Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.— James 5:16 PRAYER FOR TODAY
God, let me live openhandedly when it comes to my husband. Help me realize that my prayers on his behalf are more effective than any words I could speak to him. Let him always feel safe sharing his needs with me, knowing I will take them only to you.
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