Day 13 of the July Prayer Challenge! A little something for a wife to pray as well as a parent! For your husband: His Trials If we are filled with anger and bitterness, or insist on complaining and blaming God, things tend to turn out badly. If we go through them with thankfulness and praise to God, He promises to bring good things despite them. He says to “count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience” (James 1:2,3). Trials can be a purifying fire and a cleansing water. You don’t want your husband to get burned or drowned; you want him to get refined and renewed. “Lord, You alone know the depth of the burden my husband carries. I may understand the specifics, but You have measured the weight of it on his shoulders. I’ve not come to minimize what You are doing in his life, for I know You work great things in the midst of trials. Nor am I trying to protect him from what he must face. I only want to support him so that he will get through this battle as the winner. God, You are our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble (Psalm 46:1). You have invited us to ‘come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need; (Hebrews 4:16). I come before Your throne and ask for grace for my husband. Strengthen his heart for this battle and give him patience to wait on You (Psalm 27:1-4). Build him up so that no matter what happens he will be able to stand strong through it. Help him to be always ‘rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer’ (Romans 12:12). Give him endurance to run the race and not give up, for You have said that ‘a righteous man may fall seven times and rise again’ (Proverbs 24:16). Help him to remember that ‘the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for the Lord upholds him with His hand’ (Psalm 37:23,24). I pray he will look to YOU to be his ‘refuge until these calamities have passed by’ (Psalm 57:1). May he learn to wait on You because ‘those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint’ (Isaiah 40:31). I pray that he will find his strength in You and as he cries out to You, You will hear him and save him out of all his troubles (Psalm 34:6).” “You have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ.” (1 Peter 1:6,7) “You, who have shown me great and severe troubles, shall revive me again, and bring me up again from the depths of the earth. You shall increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.” Psalm 71:20, 21) --------------------- For your child: Having the Motivation for Proper Body Care “Lord, I lift (name of child) to You and ask that You would place in her (him) a desire to eat healthy food. I know that throughout her (his) life she (he) will be tempted to make poor food choices and eat that which brings death instead of life. Help her (him) to understand what’s good for her (him) and what isn’t, and give her (him) a desire for food that is healthful. Let her (him) be repulsed or dissatisfied with food that is harmful. I pray that she (he) be spared from all eating disorders in any form. By the authority given me in Jesus Christ (Luke 10:19), on my daughter’s (son’s) behalf, I say ‘No to anorexia,’ ‘No to bulimia,’ ‘No to food addiction,’ ‘No to overeating,’ ‘No to starvation diets,’ ‘No to any kind of unbalanced eating habits.’ Lord, Your Word says, ‘You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free’ (John 8:32). Help her (him) to see the truth about the way she (he) is to live, so that she (he) can be set free from unhealthful habits. I pray that along with the desire to eat properly, You would give her (him) the motivation to exercise regularly, to drink plenty of pure water, and to control and manage stress in her (his) life by living according to Your Word. Whenever she (he) struggles in any of those areas may she (he) turn to You and say, ‘Teach me Your way, O Lord’ (Psalm 27:11). Give her (him) a vision of her (his) body as the temple of Your Holy Spirit. I pray that she (he) will value the body You’ve given her (him) and desire to take proper care of it. My she (he) not be critical of it, nor examine herself (himself) through the microscope of public opinion and acceptance. I pray that she (he) will not be bound by the lure of fashion magazines, television, or movies which try to influence her (him) with an image of what they say she (he) should look like. Enable her (him) to say, ‘Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things’ (Psalm 119:37). Help her (him) to see that what makes a person truly attractive is Your Holy Spirit living in her (him) and radiating outward. May she (he) come to understand that true attractiveness begins in the heart of one who loves God. Establish YOUR vision of health and attractiveness in her (his) heart this day, and permanently instill in her (him) the desire to take proper care of her (his) body because it is the temple of your Holy Spirit.” “If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.” (1 Corinthians 3:17) “Put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.” (Romans 13:14)
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