How To Pray For Your Wife

By John Yates  

Once or twice a year a year I prepare a formal list of items that I pray about all year long on behalf of my wife.

I ask God to show me the major priorities, patterns, and purposes in her life. It's helpful for me to distinguish between the day-to-day concerns and the more long-term, overarching prayers.

When I am considering my annual list of prayers for Susan, I ask myself questions like these:

* What are the concerns that she's most aware of in her life right now?

* What are issues of character that she's struggling with?

* What other relationships does she have in which she needs God's help now?

* What particular responsibilities is she dealing with in which she needs God's help?

I want to think of her life from her point of view.

How is she feeling about herself? How is she feeling about our relationship? How is she feeling about our future? What are her deep longings?

Some of these questions might be best answered by your wife directly, but your goal in preparing a prayer list is to walk in her shoes and seek her needs.

Content taken directly from How a Man Prays for His Family by John Yates. Published by Family Life Publishing.