Am I the only woman that has tried to change her husband? How many of you have found out that you can’t! The more you fuss, the more you have an attitude, the more you cry or get upset, the worst the thing you want to see changed, gets worse!
So, what’s a girl to do?
I remember going to God very frustrated about some things regarding my husband; I was convinced would never change. He had made some business decisions that had cost our family dearly. I had decided I was going to take things in my own hands and start handling things. As I begin to put my plan into motion, the Father ask me a question.
“So, where has all your fussing, and controlling attitudes gotten you?” I had to admit I was no closer to my goal in changing my husband. God said, “You think the power is within YOU, well its not! The power of change lies within ME! If you want to access this power, you have to find it on your knees.”
God challenged me!
Pray for your husband everyday! Pray that he would operate in wisdom and knowledge; pray that the traps of the enemy would be thwarted and that God would give him the power to be successful. I would ask my husband every morning, “How can I pray for you?” Sometimes he would have a specific request, but most of the time, he would just say, “Let the Lord direct you,” but all the time, he was extremely grateful that I would even care enough to ask! Within no time I begin to see significant change in my husbands decision making. To my surprise he even begin to ask me my opinion before he made a decision. This was quite different and it made me feel important and needed.
So, ladies, I discovered that being in a humbled position on my knees praying for my husband has more power than my words, my attitude or any other manipulative behavior.
God said to me, “If you are in your place (on my knees) I will make your husband’s wrong decisions right for you!”
Over the past 30 years, I have found that to be so true and so I continue to pray for my husband every single day!
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