Below is a guest post by my lovely fiancé, Alyssa Fenton. You can chat with her, give her feedback, or ask her something on her twitter here. I know she’d love to hear from you. Man, I’m so thankful for this woman and thankful she prays for me. Hope the below post encourages.
Continuing the blog post I wrote on “The Greatest Thing You Can Do For the Men In Your Life”, and because of the multiple requests, I wanted to share 5 specific things that the Lord has laid on my heart to pray for Jeff (and other important men in my life, like my dad, pastors, and friends). Obviously there are so many things you can pray for that are specific to the men in your life; by no means is this an exhaustive list! But my hope is that this will encourage and spur you on to pray for specific things regarding your guys’ hearts, minds and souls.
Here are 5 things that I regularly pray for Jeff:
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He’d passionately love Jesus above all else, with all of His heart, mind, soul and strength & that he would be intimate with our Lord.
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He’d walk in purity, integrity, & honesty.
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He’d walk in humility.
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He’d continue to be a light, persevering in passionately proclaiming Christ and making disciples.
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He’d know, rest & rejoice in who he is ‘in Jesus.’ i.e. forgiven, new, loved, clean, blameless, washed, righteous, and spotless.
Next week I will go more into the why behind these five things.
What are specific ways you pray for the men in your life?
For further resources on this topic, click on the titles below:
- “How to Pray for Your Future Husband” by Robin Jones Gunn.
- “The Power of a Praying Wife” by Stormie Omartian.
Thank you do much for this! It will be 2 years in October since I’ve given my life to the Lord. What a great journey it’s been!! Praying is something that I love. ( not perfect in the area though
) Sometimes I struggle with my words. Especially when it comes to praying for my fiancé. Thank you again for this guide. Can’t wait to use it and make it my own! God bless!!
I love this.
Thank you so much for sharing this!
Those are perfect ways to pray for the men in your life. As a child my mom always told me to pray for my future husband and I didn’t do it very regularly. However, I lucked out and have a wonderful man in my life and we are about to celebrate 5 years of marriage this month. Prayer has been an area that I have lacked in for many years and I am just now starting to spend more time in prayer for my husband. I am also now praying for my daughters future husband (she is only 18 months). Prayer works and it is needed for everyone!
I love this!….newly married and so this is very timely!!! many thanks
this is really nice. You reminded me to pray for specific areas in my husbands everyday life. I always pray for him but i realize God wants me to go deeper into prayer for him everyday;)
I find it so hard to pray for my Dad, I guess I’ve been deeply hurt by him. But these guidelines help me in where to begin praying for him. Thank you so much Alyssa!