April 24-April 30; chapters 12,13; His Protection, His Trials

First of all, I'm so sorry last week had to be emailed out, I was NEVER able to get the post to publish, and have 3 drafts of the same post to prove it!! Hope this week is more successful.

-What is a time in you and your husband's life when God answered your prayers of protection over him? (and I'm not just looking for God saved his life by prevention...Ro.8:28...)

-Psalm 91:1,2 and 91:11,12 are good prayers to insert your husband's name praying over him.

-What does Romans 8:18 mean in your life?

-How often do you need to pray when you are in the heat of a battle or a trial? (Ps.55:16,17)

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend, have a great week!

April 10-16; Chapters 8,9; His Fears, His Purpose

Good grief, is all I got to say! Sorry I'm late again....the boys took turns being needy and taking naps on opposite schedules the last few days, and I ended up with headaches at night! Here's this week's food for thought: -I LOVED the paragraph on pg 89, so I'll copy it here for you. :) Hey, copy it and email it to your hubby as an encouragement while you're praying it. :) When you have the fear of the Lord, God promises to deliver you from your enemies (II Kgs 17:39), protect you from evil (Prv.16:6), keep His eye on you (Ps. 33:18), show you His mercy (Lk 1:50), give you riches and honor (Prv.22:4), supply everything you need (Ps.34:9), reveal all you need to know (Ps.25:14), bless your children and grandchildren (Ps103:17), give you confidence (Prv14:26), a satisfying life (Prv.19:23), longevity (Prv.10:27), and the desires of your heart (Ps. 145:19). What more could you ask? -Read I John 4:18. What casts out fear? Who is the only one in the universe who has perfect love? Whose love should you pray will penetrate your husband's life? -On the Purpose chapter, I really like that she goes into the wife's role in her husband's purpose. As a teenager, unfortunately, I saw more than one youth minister or pastor lose his ministry because of his wife. In all the cases, she left him; a few of them cited simply that they weren't called to be a youth minister's wife. Well, if may stand on the soap box a second, "Sorry?! you should've discussed that with your poor fiance attending college youth ministry classes..." Ok. :) Stormie says "...it will fit in with whatever your husband's calling is, it willnot be in conflict with it" whether it be a partner in the ministry or be supportive, in prayer and more responsibility with the kiddos. I also like the part where she says if your husband seeks out God's will, it may or may not mean him leaving his job; more often it does not, and they simply have much more meaning and God-given purpose behind their extra curricular activities (i.e. VBS, etc). -Have you sought God about His call on your life? If so what is it? If it seems it is in conflict with His call on your husband's life, ask God to clarify that to you. It may have to do with timing. Ask God to reveal to you how He will work out the timing of what He would have both of you do together. love ya girls, enjoy the week! :)

Week Four: April 3-9; His Temptations; His Mind

Hey girls, Hope you have a great week praying for you hubbies this week! :) Here's your food for thought for chapters 6 & 7: -Read Luke 22:40 in your Bible. What does Jesus specifically direct us to do here? Do you know what areas of your husband's life are subject to temptation? (at least in my case, I don't think we've just sat down and talked about this question specifically in quite a while...maybe this is a good week to do that. :) -Read James 1:12. If you sense there is a person in your husband's life becoming a temptation, pray this individual be taken out of your husband's life. *On a personal note, this doesn't necessarily mean another woman kind of temptation. In a past relationship I discovered that his friendships can also be just as or more detrimental to him staying in the perfect will of God... What does verses 13-15 say our own desires produce and the ultimate result of that? -Do you believe that God really has given you all the authority over the enemy on behalf of your husband? How would you address the enemy regarding the lies he speaks to your husband's mind? What are the two most powerful weapons against the attack of lies upon his mind? (p.82) -Read Hebrews 4:12. In light of this verse, how could speaking the Word of God over your husband in prayer help to reveal wrong thinking? -Just an idea/challenge: as I was praying the prayers at the end of the "mind" chapter, I thought (no...the Lord led me, as I don't have a habit of doing this!) maybe this is a good time for him to KNOW he's having this prayer prayed over him. So I sent him that Bible verse to him in a text that he will receive at work today since he was on his way in when I sent it. Sometime this week find a way to send your husband a "prayer blessing" in a way he doesn't expect it and see how it affects his day... :)