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1. Unconditional love – <\/strong>The\napostle Paul commands husbands to love their wife with an unconditional way.\nPray for God to guide husbands to have humble and loving hearts toward their\nwife (Ephesians 5:25).<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. <\/strong>Focus\non the best things <\/strong>– \u201cReligion that God our Father accepts\nas pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their\ndistress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.\u201d (James 1:27)\nLord, show me how to care for the widows and orphans in my life and to keep\nmyself pure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Love in strained relationships – <\/strong>Unfortunately, divorce strains relationships and squelches love.\nPray for God to strengthen fathers and stepfathers to love their children\u2019s\nmother as God leads (Matthew 5:44).<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. Overcoming old self – <\/strong>Sometimes\nmen succumb to the pressures of supporting a household by allowing anger, rage,\nand filthy language to flow from them. Pray that these husbands and fathers\nwill put on love as a demonstration of their trust in Christ (Colossians 3:14).<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. Self-care – <\/strong>A healthy love for one\u2019s\nself is an important part of loving their family. Pray that God will impress on\nhusbands and fathers the need for spiritual, emotional, and physical self-care\n(Mark 12:31) <\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. Godly perspective – <\/strong>Oh Lord, You said\nthat evaluating things based upon my human senses is ineffective. Your Heavenly\nFather, who is one with You, enabled You to judge righteous judgment. And now\nYou have made me one with You. As the righteous judge, I ask you to cause me to\nevaluate things correctly. (John 7:24)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. Victorious living – <\/strong>Lord Jesus, sometimes when I look at my life, I feel so miserable, and so wretched. I want to do good but instead I find myself doing evil. I hate it! Thank You Lord that You have delivered me from the body of this death. I trust You Lord to live Your victorious life through me.\u00a0(Romans 7:24-25)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. Stability in God – <\/strong>Dear God, in a world that\nis shaking and breaking all around me I need stability. Thank You for making it\npossible for me to have an unbreakable bond with You. You are the unshakeable,\nunbreakable One and I can find stability in You. Thank You for giving me true\nsolidarity through my union with Christ! (1 Corinthians 6:16-17)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9. Fear not – <\/strong>Dear Lord, the perilous times\nin which we live can give me a sense of fear. But then You remind me not\nto succumb to fear. Your Almighty presence is within me. And You are here to\nprotect and sustain me. Therefore, as King David did, whenever I am afraid, I\nwill trust in You. (Isaiah 41:10)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10. Become a true worshiper – <\/strong>\u201cTrue worshipers will worship\nthe Father in spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the\nFather seeks\u201d (John 4:23). Help me Lord never to forget who you are in your\nutmost might and awesome holiness. I want to surrender my will and my life to\nyou in heartfelt adoration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 11. Obey from the\nheart – <\/strong>\u201cTo obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than\nthe fat of rams\u201d (1Samuel 15:22). Keep me Lord from meaningless religiosity and\nfrom following my own understanding. Help me to know and obey the truth you\nhave revealed in Scripture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 12. Accept\nresponsibility – <\/strong>\u201cHe who is faithful in very little things is faithful also in\nmuch; and he who is unrighteous in very little things is unrighteous also in much\u201d\n(Luke 16:10). Thank you, Lord, that you expect from me no more than I can give.\nTeach me to be responsible in what I say and do in order to develop a\nChristlike character. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 13. Absolute truth – <\/strong>\u201cAll scripture is\ninspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for\ntraining in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for\nevery good work\u201d (2Timothy 3:16.17). Thank you, Lord, that in a time of\nrelativism and contradiction your word is absolute truth. Please write it on\nthe tablet of my heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 14. Bless and be\nblessed – <\/strong>\u201cIn this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their\nown bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself\u201d (Ephesians 5:28). Thank you,\nLord that you want me to have a happy marriage. Help me to love my wife with\nrespect and understand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 15. Fatherly duty – <\/strong>\u201cFathers, do not\nexasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and\ninstruction of the Lord\u201d (Ephesians 6:4). Thank you, Lord that you have become\nmy dear, heavenly father, when you made me a child of God through faith in the Lord\nJesus Christ. Help me to care for and bring up my children in such a way that\nthey to will seek you with all their heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 16. God gives only\ngood things – <\/strong>\u201cIf you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your\nchildren, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to\nthose who ask Him?\u201d (Matthew 7:11). Thank you, Lord for demonstrating your love\nthrough the ultimate sacrifice of your Son. Help me to trust you in any\ncircumstance, knowing that you give only good gifts to your children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 17. Prayer is ordained\n– <\/strong>\u201cTherefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up\nholy hands, without wrath and dissension\u201d (1Timothy 3:8). Lord, I confess that\nI live by sight and so easily limit you to my understanding. As your word tells\nme to tune my heart to you and to be a man of prayer, I ask you, please teach\nme to pray. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 18. A fearless witness – <\/strong>\u201cIf anyone is ashamed\nof me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his\nglory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels\u201d (Luke 9:26). Dear\nLord, forgive me when I try to please men more than you. Burden my heart with a\ntrue love for the people I live with and for a world for whom you died. Make me\na fearless witness for you. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 19. Change my affections<\/strong>\n– \u201dConsider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of\nmany kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces\nperseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and\ncomplete, not lacking anything.\u201d (James 1:2-4) Father, change my heart so I\nvalue spiritual maturity so highly, that I count it pure joy when I face trials\nof many kinds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20. Gain godly wisdom<\/strong>\n\u2013 \u201cIf any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all\nwithout finding fault, and it will be given to you. But when you ask, you must\nbelieve and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea,\nblown and tossed by the wind\u2026Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all\nthey do.\u201d (James 1:6-8) Lord, grant me your wisdom for handling matters in my\npersonal, home, church, or work life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 21. Accurate self-evaluation<\/strong>\n\u2013 \u201cBelievers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high\nposition. But the rich should take pride in their humiliation–since they will\npass away like a wild flower. For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers\nthe plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the\nrich will fade away even while they go about their business.\u201d (James 1:9-11)\nLord, thank you for using me to bring you glory regardless of my circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 22. Pursue the crown of life<\/strong>\n\u2013\u201cBlessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test,\nthat person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those\nwho love him.\u201d (James 1:12) Lord, when things get tough, help me to cherish the\ncrown of life more than temporary comfort and rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 23. God does not tempt me to do evil<\/strong>\n– \u201cWhen tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God\ncannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each person is tempted\nwhen they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after\ndesire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown,\ngives birth to death.\u201d (James 1:13-15) Lord, alert me to my own evil desires\nthat could drag me down the road of death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 24. Challenge self-deceptions<\/strong>\n\u2013 \u201cDon’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. Every good and perfect gift\nis from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not\nchange like shifting shadows.\u201d (James 1:16-17) Lord, show me the goodness and\nperfections of your gifts so that I am not distracted by counterfeits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 25. He chose me, I didn\u2019t choose him<\/strong>\n– \u201cHe chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind\nof firstfruits of all he created.\u201d (James 1:18) Lord, thank you for saving me.\nI know I would not have made the right choices if you had not enabled me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26. I can control my emotions <\/strong>\u2013\n\u201cMy dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to\nlisten, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not\nproduce the righteousness that God desires.\u201d (James 1:19-20) Lord forgive me\nfor using anger as a weapon to get my way at home or at work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 27. I can control my thoughts<\/strong>\n– \u201dTherefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and\nhumbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.\u201d (James 1:21) Lord,\nshow me how to guard my thoughts so that I am not so easily enticed by images\nand impressions that distract me from pure and healthy relationships with you\nand others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 28. I can be a doer of the word<\/strong>\n\u2013 \u201cDo not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it\nsays. \u2026Whoever looks intently into the\nperfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it–not forgetting what they\nhave heard, but doing it–they will be blessed in what they do.\u201d (James\n1:22-25) Lord, open my eyes so I can see opportunities to apply your word to my\ndaily life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 29. I can control my tongue <\/strong>\u2013\n\u201cThose who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on\ntheir tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.\u201d (James\n1:26) Lord, help me to keep a tight rein on my speech so I do not speak too\nhastily or allow myself to engage in ungodly conversations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 1. Unconditional love – The apostle Paul commands husbands to love their wife with an unconditional way. Pray for God to guide husbands to have humble and loving hearts toward their wife (Ephesians 5:25). 2. 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