Well, just after I posted the first post about this, I had a mini panic attack. My inner-monologue went something like “What are you doing? Are you crazy?” Further confirming that I probably really need to do this.

First a little business…

This will be the last post about it until Friday. I’ve determined to go a little more in-depth with it and post something each Friday. You know, like “The Friday Night Fights”. I’ve made the button above available for you to post on your own blog if you’d like to share it. You can get the code from the right hand side bar.

Now, on to the good stuff…

We could start a lot of places, but I think the most important place is prayer. A lot of times prayer is thought of as a last resort or something that we can do while we look for something real and tangible to do.

Prayer is the most important thing to do. I know, we all know that, but please hear me. Prayer is the most important thing to do.

1 Chronicles 5:18-22 describes a battle that was being fought between God’s people and their enemies. Read what verse 20 tells us:

“They were helped in fighting them, and God handed the Hagrites and all their allies over to them, because they cried out to Him during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they trusted in Him.”

We need to cry out to God during this battle and trust Him to help us.

The Reubenites won that battle because “the battle was God’s.” (vs. 22)

When we pray for our marriages we make the battle God’s.

What else do we know about prayer? Here are a couple of things: Matthew 21:22, and Mark 11:24

How and when should we pray? Romans 12:12, Ephesians 6:18, and Colossians 4:2.

What struck me as I did a little research is that two of those verses say to be alert and watchful. This implies to me that we are to be on the lookout. We must be continually watching for what needs to be coated in prayer in our marriages.

If you need more help with this, or some prayer suggestions, check out

The Power of a Praying Wife

or check out Stormie Omartian’s website.

Here’s your assignment for between now and Friday. Pray for your marriage at least once a day. Not your family, but your marriage specifically. (You could pray for your family too, of course ) But choose one specific aspect of your marriage and pray each day. Maybe it is your communication level, or intimacy, or arguing, or attitude, or priorities. Don’t forget, this isn’t about asking God to just change your husband, be daring, ask Him to change you too.