7 Guided Prayers For Your HusbandExemplo

A Prayer for Mutual Respect

Heavenly Father, respect and honor are building blocks in the foundation of any marriage relationship. Without these, the laws of love, like kindness, mercy, trust, and grace, go out the window. I praise You, Jesus, that You operate in the realm of both respect and honor and have modeled for us what these qualities look like, even in the face of Your persecution, rejection, and betrayal. You are the hallmark of these two qualities, and I thank You for living with me in an understanding way when I fail to give You or my husband one or the other. I praise You that Your Word instructs us in the path of love and highlights this as the ultimate covering for all relational issues, disappointments, and challenges.

Use this portion to ask God to forgive you for any time you have failed to speak or act with respect or honor toward your husband. Bring up specific things that you remember so that you can address them directly with God and, if necessary, with your husband. Ask God to give you a spirit of forgiveness and to remove the spirit of bitterness with regard to any of the times your husband has failed to treat you with respect or honor. Seek the Lord’s provision of both traits in the various areas of your marriage where you may feel they are lacking most, whether in your conversations, actions, decision-making processes, money-spending habits, physical intimacy, or any other. 

Gracious Lord, please give my husband and me the blessing of living in a marriage that is highlighted with both respect and honor. Bless us with this gift from You in a way that comes naturally to us. Pour out Your lovingkindness on each of us so that it overflows to the other. Where there has been disrespect, let the other respond with gentleness and grace. Where there has been dishonor, let the other respond with peace and patience. May our responses to each other be punctuated with the spirit of love so that we habitually operate wholly and completely in an atmosphere that knows nothing other than respect and honor. 

In Christ’s name, amen.

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