A Praying Wife

Wow, don't you just love when God hits you between the eyes and says "Daughter, seriously?" This morning he did that. Yep, I was reading The Love Dare and at the end of the chapter they used a verse that I repeated to myself for years. "Ask and it will be given to you, Seek and you shall find, Knock and the door will be open to you." I used that verse for prayers for a long time. Then I stopped. I don't know why, it wasn't some great event that made me stop, I just stopped. And this morning God said, "Daughter, seriously get back on your knees and pray." So that's what I'm doing. Praying for my heart, my husbands heart and the growth of our hearts together.

I know most of you think this book is for marriages that are in "trouble" but my theory is I never want my marriage to be in that state. I want to go on madly loving my husband for the rest of my days and I believe this is preventive medicine for us. I don't read everyday but most days it takes about 5 minutes to set my heart straight and get it focused on God and my husband. I love that. So this morning I pray, asking God, seeking God and watching the doors open for us as a couple.

You know what to pray for your husband better than anyone else, besides your husband. Ask God, it is truly remarkable what He can do with a question or request.

Much love and Merry Christmas!

Serving

Wow, God is really chatting with me today. Everything I read is about serving and all I want to do is be served. Isn't that interesting? The Love Dare today is to search for ways to ask your spouse How can I help you? The Purpose Driven Daily Devotional is serving God instead of serving yourself. This morning I got mad at my Dear Husband (DH) when he told me to file with my insurance for the claim for the tire blow out that happened on his car while I was driving it for work. I was complaining about how my employer doesn't want to cover the accident because they said I saw the video that stated we shouldn't use personal vehicles for company use. He shrugged his shoulders and said since I was driving I should turn it into my insurance. What happened to serving your wife? What happened to it's your vehicle and the tire YOU didn't change? What happened to.....then the devotional, then the Dare, then PRAYER...Lord, help me to change my heart to a serving heart that will figure all this out. Lord, help me to change my heart to understand serving more. I guess our Lord was really talking with me today. When you think you have served enough, serve again, it is never enough to continue to serve. It is never enough service to those you love. And God never stops serving us.

Random Thoughts

Yesterday at church we had Tommy from Hillside Church in TX talking about prayer. It was very interesting to hear him talk about how to pray and speak with our Creator. But the part that hit me the most was when he talked about the part in the Lord's prayer Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done. He was talking about how God wants to reach every person on this planet and that when we pray that we are opening ourselves up as His vessel to use. Then he said something that stuck with me. He said that this church will explode with people and that is God's will being done here on earth. I have been one of those Christians who said I would never attend a big church. If my church got too big then I would have to leave. But my thinking has changed from this one sermon. Really a growing and large church is a sign that God's work is being done here on earth. It's a sign that we are being vessels for God's work and He is using us. Praise God for that and for all that we are and do with Jesus. So now when I pray the Lord's Prayer, I'm ready. I'm ready to be that vessel for Him to use to create Heaven on earth.

May the Lord bless your day today!

The Love Dare - Day 16

Prayer...the most powerful tool to keep our marriages intact is prayer. When we are at wits end who should we turn to - God. Who do we normally turn to - friends, family. So today's dare is to pray for your spouses heart. If they aren't believers, pray that God will soften their hearts. If they are believers, pray that God will impose His will on them. By the way, this doesn't mean your will, it means His will. If you want to change something about your spouse, remember you can't nag it away but you can turn to God and ask that He change their hearts, souls, minds, moods, etc. God will do what He wants with each of our lives however it is our responsibility to pray for our spouse.

Here's the other thing, I find that praying with my spouse is easy. I seem to find the time for that however, I don't really spend time alone with God praying for my spouse. Only when he has something big happening; a meeting, presentation, trip etc. So today, I will pray for my spouse. I will pray for God to grab a hold of his heart and make it how He wants it. I pray for Gods will to be seen, heard and followed by my husband. And I pray that God will always be the third strand in our marriage, just as we said in our wedding vows.

What is the most important thing you can do for your spouse? PRAYER!