Prayer 7

HIS MIND

Lord, I pray for Your protection on my husband's mind. Shield him from the lies of the enemy. Help him to clearly discern between Your voice and any other, and show him how to take every thought captive as You have instructed us to do. May he thirst for Your Word and hunger for Your truth so that he can recognize wrong thinking. Give him strength to resist lying thought. Remind him that he has the mind of Christ. Where the enemy's lies have already invaded his thoughts, I push them back by inviting the power of the Holy Spirit to cleanse his mind. Lord, You have given me authority over all the power of the enemy (luke 10:19). By that authority given to me in Jesus Christ, I command all lying spirits away from my husband's mind. I proclaim that God has given my husband a sound mind. He will not entertain confusion, but live in clarity. He will not be tormented with impure, evil, negative, or sinful thoughts, but be transformed by the renewing of his mind, that he may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God (romans 12:2).
Enable him to be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. (ephesians 6:10) Help him to be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let his requests be made known to You; and may Your peace, which surpasses all understanding, guard his heart and mind through Christ Jesus (philippians 4:6-7). And finally, whatever things are true, noble, just, pure, lovely, of good report, having virtue, or anything praiseworthy, let him think on these things (philippians 4:8).
(page 84 in TPOPW)

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Again, this hits home. My husband's mind is filled with words like "hopeless, no good, failure, impossible, it's over, and why try" in regards to our family. I am praying that my husband will discern these lies and hear instead words like "hope, success, prosperity, possibility, and new beginning." These words are the words of God and the ones that I pray my husband hears.
I didn't realize that I could take on my husband's mind battles too...in PRAYER. That's what this is, I am fighting the Devil with my prayers to Jesus and anyone who joins in on these prayers is fighting side by side with me. My family deserves reconciliation. It is God's will that a husband and wife should love each other and be One with Him. My husband needs Jesus and to be the head of this family as Christ is head of the church.
We can make this happen! I love my husband!