Day 8 - Praying for your Husband

Day 8
Pray that your husband will work hard to provide for your family, to the best of his ability. Pray
that the character qualities necessary for a successful career and ministry will be a growing part
of his character – persistence, decisiveness, strength, an analytical mind, organizational skills,
positive relationships with people, determination, etc. (Rom. 12:11; 1 Cor. 15:58)

As I'm praying this morning for Marc, he is at his teacher orientation meeting at Northpointe for his semester of student teaching. He got home & in bed shortly after 3am and was up at 6:30am to head to this meeting. He will come home, change and head back to work. :( I'm hoping his meeting ends a bit early so he can sneak in a nap.

Marc is certainly a hard worker. He started going back to school about 4 months after we got married and has been going to school AND working full time for almost 5 years straight. And honestly in those 5 years, I have probably heard him complain about it maybe 5 times. He is so determined and ambitious and I truly admire his work ethic. To top it off, he still finds time to help me with things around the house.

Both of us have obviously had to make sacrifices for him to be in school, but I truly believe for him to use his gifts and passions in his work are so important. It is worth the chaos of the last 5 years to have Marc in a career he is excited about.

4 more months, folks!

Day 7 - Praying for your Husband

Day 7
Pray that your husband will safeguard his heart against inappropriate relationships with the
opposite sex. Pray that his heart will be pure and undivided in his commitment to you. (Prov.
6:23-24, 26; Rom. 13:14)

This is a prayer that's a bit hard to talk about sometimes. We like to think that as Christians we are somehow safeguarded against this type of temptation. I think all of us can think of at least a handful of Christians who have been somehow affected by affairs or other types of sexual sin. There is no magic Christian bubble around us to keep Satan from using these types of temptations to ruin relationships. It is so important to pray this prayer for ourselves and our spouses.

Day 6 - Praying for your Husband

Day 6
Pray that your husband will love righteousness and hate wickedness, especially the evils of the
culture. Pray that he will recognize and avoid wickedness in his own life, and if necessary, take a
clear, strong stand against evil. (Prov. 27:12; John 17:15; 1 Cor. 10:12-13)

Today is a fun day. I got to teach Children's Worship this morning with 6 little ones and we read the stories of Samson and Daniel & the Lions Den (one just wasn't enough for these kids!). One of the little boys prayed and included me and my baby in the prayer. Precious!

I just got back from spending some quality time with my sister in laws, and we are soon headed to my father in laws for dinner & to let the kids play in the little pool. Getting in some good family time before our little guy/gal decides to come.

Speaking of which, I'm 39 weeks and 3 days pregnant. Aye. I have another appointment tomorrow so we'll see if anything is promising there. I'm expecting I'll still be pregnant a week from now, but time will tell. Yesterday we rearranged our bedroom to accomodate the bassinet and a glider and we've got baby's room pretty much set. My bathrooms are still dirty, there is laundry to do and toys to be picked up, but overall we are ready.

Anytime now, anytime.

Day 5 - Praying for your Husband

Day 5
Pray that your husband will be faithful to his wedding vows. Pray that he will have a desire to
cultivate your relationship as a sign of his loyalty and commitment to you, and as a picture of
Christ’s love for the Church. (Prov. 20:6; Gen. 2:24)

Day 4 - Praying for your Husband

Day 4
Pray that your husband will grow in leadership skills in your relationship—protecting and
providing for you. Pray that he will lead you wisely and love you sacrificially, so that God will
be glorified in your marriage. (Eph. 5:25-29; Col. 3:19)