5 Things I Pray for Myself to Become a Better Wife
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1. To have my spiritual eyes and ears open to hear the needs and desires of my husband.
When my husband is stressed from work with heavy loads of projects, I don’t want to just think he’s being cranky and I should stay clear from him. I want to be able to look deeper than the surface. I hope to use spiritual discernment in this area.
2. To have confidence in myself first, not man.
When my husband and I first married I depended on my husbands affirmation! I wanted him to constantly notice my new outfit, a new way I tried doing my hair, or even just notice my presence whenever I walked into a room. I wanted his compliments on every meal I made and every time I folded his clean laundry. This is unrealistic!
I had to find confidence in me as a child of God which that is whom I am foremost. I can not claim this and then depend on man to achieve it for me. I had to learn to pray the verse:
“And I am sure of this, that He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.” --Philippians 1:6
over myself so that I would be fully confident that it is God who brings completion to me, not man. I was putting an impossible task on my husband.
3. To be a woman of grace and wisdom.
When I think of a woman of grace and wisdom, I think of the Titus woman.
Titus 2:3-5 describes a woman that I think of having elegant beauty. I imagine that it shined straight through her with a graceful beauty.
As I become a older with many years to offer as an example to the younger generation it will take wisdom to teach. I prayerfully hope I am able to receive and give with grace and wisdom for I am not just affecting myself but other woman of the generations coming. As I do this, my husband reaps the benefits of me living out the scriptures.
4. To win with action not words.
One of my biggest flaws in general before getting saved (and a little bit now) was that I could talk too much. What I mean by too much is that I would try to explain myself over and over about decisions made or things that I wanted to do.
I had to learn that my actions are what speaks louder than my words. Trying to convince my husband or children to understand my intentions is not what I was supposed to do. I needed to set an example of understanding by setting an example behind my decisions. I was to do this by being confident there is already trust and a positive communication set in place.
5. To walk in my anointing.
I believe this is one the most important things we should be praying for ourselves as a wife.
When we are walking in our anointing it means we must be walking in the Spirit; and as we all know, walking in the spirit means we are dwelling in peace, being led by God, chasing after righteousness.
Our husbands and children will become witnesses to who God is in our lives and reap the abundance when we walk in our anointing. For me, walking in my anointing is prayer. When I’m in the Spirit praying consistently for the body of Christ (which is anything the Lord has placed in my heart) then I am in the presence of God.
Your home will be a home of peace, your job site will have a shift in the atmosphere, your marriage will experience a change in communication and intimacy, because all things will be set on Christ when you allow yourself to walk in your anointing.
