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My heart is already growing in love for a man I've never met.
This was the thought that flashed across my mind this morning as I got ready to post the following prayer and pray for the future husband God has for me. Every time I pray for him, I know I'm laying a foundation for the prayer life I want to continue to cultivate as his wife. I keep thinking about what my pastor's wife said about prayer in her Bible study (His Word for Wives). The part about how prayer binds our hearts to the person we're praying for and I love to think how my heart is already being knit with his and supporting him through prayer even now. *insert beaming smile here* :)
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 future 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 mater 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).
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. I only want to support him so that he will get through this battle as the winner. 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).
Lord, I pray that in the midst of trials my husband will look ot 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). Teach him to cast his burdens on You and let You sustain him through everything that is happening in his life. Amen.
