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The phrase ‘pray for your husband’ is not a cliché. It is something you should do as a matter of responsibility. This is because the man, who is the head of the home, is saddled with the responsibility of taking certain decisions from time to time. A wrong decision can put the family ten years behind. Conversely, the right decision can propel the family.

One major area you should focus your prayer on is those surrounding your husband. You see, a man doesn’t just cheat on his wife. Someone close to him must have suggested it to him. A man doesn’t wake up from sleep one morning and begins to beat up his wife. Somebody somewhere around him must have suggested it to him.

It’s good to pray for the business of your husband. How about his friends, business partners? How about those with which he sits on a daily basis to make decisions?

Let’s see a story from the bible.

The king threw a party, and being in high spirits, wanted to show forth his wife’s beauty to all and sundry.

On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was glad with wine, he gave orders to Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven unsexed servants who were waiting before Ahasuerus the king, ‎That Vashti the queen was to come before him, crowned with her crown, and let the people and the captains see her: for she was very beautiful. ‎But when the servants gave her the king’s order, Vashti the queen said she would not come: then the king was very angry, and his heart was burning with wrath.

Est 1:10-12 [BBE] ‎

The king was very angry, and the next thing he did was consult those who were closest to him.

And the king said to the wise men, who had knowledge of the times,… ‎What is to be done by law to Vashti the queen, because she has not done what King Ahasuerus, by his servants, gave her orders to do?

Est 1:13a,15 [BBE] ‎

Are you trying to tell me the king did not know what was to be done by law? No, he knew exactly what to do. He only needed the input of the wise men who were probably his cabinet members.

If they had advised the king otherwise, he would have done their bidding.

It’s beautiful when you pray for your husband, but don’t stop there. Pray for those surrounding him, so that one day, they won’t advise him to make a decision that will affect you negatively.

“So if it pleases the king, here is a suggestion: Let the king give a royal command and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media. The laws of Persia and Media cannot be changed. The royal command should be that Vashti is never again to enter the presence of King Xerxes. Let the king also give her royal position to someone else who is better than she is.

Est 1:19 [ERV]

May your royal position not be given to someone else!

Shalom!

CONFESSION FOR THE DAY
I will go the extra mile in praying for my husband.

PRAYER FOR THE DAY
Ask God to surround your husband with the right people.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Est 1:19 [CEV]Your Majesty, if you agree, you should write for the Medes and Persians a law that can never be changed. This law would keep Queen Vashti from ever seeing you again. Then you could let someone who respects you be queen in her place.

ACTION PLAN FOR THE DAY
Pray for your husband

BIBLE READING FOR THE DAY
Esther 1

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