Pray for Your Husband from Head to Toe
Ruth Bell Graham advises wives to “tell your mate the positive, and tell God the negative.” Take your concerns to God. Faithfully lift up your husband in prayer every day. By doing so, you’ll likely notice a transformation not only in him, but in yourself, as well.
Of course, we needn’t wait until there is some problem or disagreement before beginning this practice. A wife can and should routinely intercede on her husband’s behalf. Prayer should be a habit of life. Something we do continuously and “without ceasing.” (1 Thessalonians 5:17)
There are many different daily, weekly or monthly plans available that can help make praying for your husband more systematic. But one of my favorites is praying for your spouse from head to toe. I heard about this concept several years ago. What follows is my own take on it, plus a printable version you can use in your personal prayer time.
Praying for Your Husband from Head to Toe:
Pray for His Brain:
Ask that God would keep it sharp and focused and that his thoughts would not be conformed to this world, but would be transformed and renewed by the power of God. (Romans 12:2)
Pray for His Eyes:
Ask that he would guard them diligently and would set no worthless thing before them. (Psalm 101:3)
Pray for His Ears:
Ask that they’d be tuned to hear God’s still, small voice and that your husband would always remain attentive to the Holy Spirit’s promptings. (1 Thessalonians 5:19; Isaiah 30:9)
Pray for His Mouth:
Ask that no unwholesome talk would proceed from it, but only what is good for building others up. Pray that your husband would always and only speak the truth in love. (Ephesians 4:15, 29)
Pray for His Heart:
Ask that Christ would sit enthroned upon it, that your husband would love God with all his heart and soul and might, that he’d love his neighbor as himself. (Mark 12:30-31) Pray for his heart to remain soft toward you (Proverbs 5:18-19) and to be knitted to the hearts of his children. (Malachi 4:6)
Pray for His Arms:
Ask that God would strengthen them and make them firm. Pray that your husband would take delight in his labor and that God would bless the work of his hands. (Psalm 90:17, Ecclesiastes 3:22)
Pray for His Legs:
Ask that God would give him strength and stamina, that your husband might run with endurance the race that is set before him, without growing weary or fainting along the way (Isaiah 40:31; Hebrews 12:1)
Pray for His Feet:
Ask that they’d be quick to flee from temptation, to turn away from evil, and to faithfully pursue wisdom, righteousness, peace, love, and truth. (2 Timothy 2:22; Psalm 34:14; Proverbs 4:5-7)
So that’s the whole plan. It takes only a few minutes to cover your husband in prayer from head to toe. Can you imagine the benefits you both will reap if you’ll make it a habit to pray this way for your spouse every day?
This post is excerpted from my book, 25 Ways to Communicate Respect to Your Husband. For more marriage encouragement, connect with me on Facebook.
If your husband would like a matching guide to use when praying for you, tell him to check out the one my husband posted on his blog: Praying for Your Wife from Head to Toe. And if either of you would like a similar guide to pray over your children, check out this post: Praying for You Children from Head to Toe.
Thank you for sharing and creating the prayer “pray for your husband from head to toe. It a great way to pray for my husband. Thank you again.
You’re so welcome, Rosanne. I’m happy to hear you are using it.
I saw your reply in Spanish. Any chance that you have this printable available in Spanish? Or can I translate it myself? Thanks!
I don’t have a Spanish translation for that one, but would love to offer one for my Spanish-speaking readers. If you want to send me your translation, I’ll format it into a pretty printable and make it available on the website.
I’ll add that to my “projects to do” list! Thank you!
Got it done! Did you receive it? Thanks for your help in making it pretty!
Yes, Nruio! Thanks so much! Those interested may download the Spanish version here: Head-to-Toe Prayer Guide (in Spanish)
Good counsel.
Thank you so much for this! For the last 2+ years, I have used it (and your 25 ways to communicate respect list) to pray for/over my husband and our relationship daily during my quiet time. I use one point from each list every day, and I just keep rotating through. I figured if I had been using them for so long, I should comment and tell you thanks!!
That makes me so happy to hear it, Kaci! Thanks for taking the time to let me know. I pray that God will continue to pour out His richest blessings upon your marriage!
Thanks for this and for posting one for men to pray for their wives. SO much of the material for marriage is just targeting women and it takes two people to make a relationship work. I do believe as first brothers and sisters in Christ, we are called to confront men when they are not in line with God’s will for their lives, and it is to be done in love. So many men run right over their wives and sin without any confrontation because of a misinterpretation of the word of God. Brothers/Sisters in Christ confront each other, as do friends. Spouses are no different.
How can I stop querrelling in my marriage?
I’ve devoted an entire post to answering your question. You may read it here.
Yes for wonderful marriage with me and my wife to joy daily and helping others to feel good with blessing of the Lord over us and be thankful for goodness of God daily and for our big familys with 5 daughrts and 1o grand children to be joyful with so thankful in Jesus name,thanks and bless,keijo sweden
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Please send me some information regarding interceding prayer for my Husband now i do pray for him everyday.
If you’re looking for more in depth information on how to pray for your husband, Catina, I’d recommend The Power of a Praying Wife
by Stormie Omartian. It’s been a few years since I read it, but I remember it being very good. Plus, it has been newly updated and now comes with a study guide.
Thank you for sharing these! Is there a Praying For Your Child From Head to Toe?
There wasn’t when you wrote, but there is now! You can find it by following this link: https://lovinglifeathome.com/2014/01/21/pray-for-your-children-from-head-to-toe/ . Thanks for the inspiration!
Thank you for this prayer and thinking God also I would like to start saying this for my husband because I know prayer does change things.
I love this, as I love my husband. Thanks!
I do every day!!
That is so true
Thanks for making this available. I will begin using it this evening and every morning thereafter. What a great & easy way to cover my husband in prayer! PTL!
Prayer is a powerful tool claiming God’s power over my husband. For without Him, he can do nothing.
Yes, the back and feet could also be added.
I do disagree with the “tell your husband the positive/tell God the negative” premise, however. If taken literally, it makes the wife emotionally isolated from and untruthful with her husband. Look at the man’s biblical role toward his wife. She is his helpmeet, but not just. He is to be there for her as well. The idea that a wife must hide her grievances (on whatever topic) in the closet of prayer is unfair to the husband, and deprives him of his opportunities to grow in the relationship with her. It is dishonest, too. Marriage is two people who are all in, and who can count on one another above all other people in the world. It is not the lie that living out this statement literally would create. I agree with prayer, but not with keeping your pains or concerns from your spouse.
Amen to that.
Do you really think prayer should be a bucket list of wishes you want? I’m more inclined to be grateful and pray that we all have the courage to trust God’s plan for us?
God’s plan for us is outlined in the Bible, and this prayer along with the one for the wife and kids are absolutely in line with God’s plan for us. God wants us to be specific in our prayers, if you read the Lord’s prayer you can see that.
beautiful and very practical. Thank you have told self severally to get on with praying for my husband and has ended as a good thought. thanks for a practical guide and as i begin praying it will flow and become part of my daily life. will definitely follow your blog
This is a big ole pile of hokum.
There’s plenty more where that came from, Gail, and your comment compels me to send some of that so-called hokum up on your behalf this evening. I’m praying God’s richest blessings will be yours in 2014!
I find this prayer to be a solid foundation for marriage especially for a Blended Family. Instead of complaining about issues that seems to be difficult sometimes it helps to let go and let God building your spouse at the same time. May God continue to give you wisdom helping others.
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Thank you for this easy format to follow, I have always prayed the Word over my husband, for the last 40 years,it’s great to see this in a very teachable format! Maybe my girls will pray for their husbands understanding this outline! God bless you, I’m looking forward to following your blog!
Donna Perkins
Thanks, Donna. Forty years of praying the Word over your husband? What a blessing that has been to your family!
I really needed to read this and begin doing it.Very good suggestion.Pray and build him up instead of fussing and knocking him down.
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I pray for my “husband to be” often…. I’ll pray this for the both of us :).
I definitely needed to read and adhere to this advice. I am struggling right now and have not been the praying wife that I should be.
I believe prayer has the power to change things like nothing else, Elaine. It’s never too late to start!
Wow, this is real good advise and I mean that sincerely! Unfortunately, it wasn’t good enough for my marriage. Yes, I know, somehow I must not have prayed enough… I will continue to pray over my husband, as I have for 20+ years now and try to be what he wants/needs. Divorce is NOT an option…adjusting to being not good enough is difficult but is better than tearing apart my family. Besides, it’s my job as a wife to love him…for better or worse! I suppose I’m just one of the few that actually lives out the “worse” throughout my marriage instead of bailing.
I admire you for honoring your marriage vows, even when it has not been easy or convenient to do so.
I like this list, it’s awesome. If you’d like something more detailed, the book “The power of a praying wife” by Stormie Omartian is great.
I would love to receive more topics like this. This is a possitive way of praying.
Thanks
hmmmm. No prayers for the most important parts??!
Only silent prayers for those 😉
My sister sent me this link and I have also found the praying for your wife prayer too. This is sooo timely, wonderful! I can’t leave this site as there is a wealth of information and so many links to go on; one stop shop for Christian family related resources. Thank you for all these wonderful resources.
You are so welcome, Ruth. I’m glad you and your sister have found us. Hope you’ll come back again often!
AWESOME!!! This is a Godsend for marriages & relationships (& in life in general) all over the world. I find that when we become more “like Christ”, selfless & unselfish in our prayer life towards our mates and others is when we reap the best results in our own lives.
I’ve found that to be true, too, Rhonda. Thanks for your encouraging words.
Jennifer! I clicked on this link from a friend’s facebook and immediately loved this guide to pray scripture for your husband, and then saw your picture. I had to call my mom because I knew I recognized you but didn’t know where from. She said that we attended Believer’s Chapel with your family years ago. I am 28 now and it was probably 20 years ago? My maiden name is Tara Edwards and my parents are Steve & Jane Edwards, love that I ran across your blog and loved seeing pics of your beautiful family! Hope you are all well! Still in the Dallas area?
Small world, Tara! I remember your folks from our days at the chapel. Give them our best. We’re no longer in Dallas. We’ve been living in Tyler for 16 years now. Still get weekly updates from the Chapel, though, via Will Pherigo.
RIGHT ON TIME…..THANK YOU LORD!!!
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This year one of my goals (not resolutions…see previous post on that one) is to lift up my husband in prayer more often. This is a great guide. Thank you, Jennifer Flanders, for the Head to Toe idea. And I just have to say, I love the advise from Ruth Graham Bell of “tell your mate the positive, and tell God the negative.” Ouch…I usually do the complaining to my hubby….another goal to work on I guess.
Thank you for this. I have not been praying for my husband as I should all the time and I will take this to heart. AS OF THIS MOMENT. He is worth the prayer and I know God will take care of all the negatives in both he and I and replace them with all of HIS positives if I just continue to pray and believe. thank you again.
PRAYER!!!
What a simple declaration yet ! powerful
Exegesis of Gods Holy writ, in prayer for
for a partner/ spouse! I am un married.
Now but, this prayer plan format I wouespouseld definitely apply if God espouse me!!
Desde Costa Rica buen articulo Dios les bendiga.
Muchas gracias, señor. Dios te bendiga, también.
Love this
uh…OBVIOUS oversight: Pray for His Loins. DO NOT LEAVE HIM NEGLECTED.
So beautiful praying for your husband head to toe. Cover his whole being.
This is great
I will share this information. I love it.
Thanks, Lynne. I appreciate it.
And dont forget the passage that talks about “how beautiful are the feet of him who brings good news”- that’s a good passage to help pray for his witness to the world. its not just about praying for his protection but also for the gospel to go forth through him.
That’s a great point, Rachel. I love that verse (and I always hear the corresponding part from Handel’s MESSIAH playing in my head when I read it)!
Have you contacted a psychiatrist at all?
Do you have one you’d recommend? 🙂
I truly needed this… Thank you
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This prayer can be for any many in your life. I speak for myself when I say that nagging is 2nd nature! Sometimes I’m convinced that my voice will create change in a way my prayers will not. But, we all know (on some level) that isn’t the truth. God can change what man cannot. Prayer works, ladies. Whenever I’ve decided to pray for something (instead of nag), it always happens in the most magical of ways. That magic…His name is Jesus. Keep your man prayed up, ladies. It’ll be a blessing to you both.
With Love,
thank you brandihawthorne . It is so refreshing to see a young woman realize how blessed she is and cherish her husband through prayer.
Thanks for your sweet reply, Anne. I want praying for my husband to become as easy as breathing.
I’m wondering if there is a companion prayer for husbands to pray for their wives…as a set, framed, would look great in a bedroom, and would remind each spouse to pray for the other.
As a matter of fact, there is a matching guide for wives. Thanks for asking! You can find it on my husband’s blog by following this link: Pray for Your Wife from Head to Toe.
Thank you, so much. You’ve made a bunch of we girls happy. God bless, have a great weekend!
Im getting married on the 28th of september this month and I thank God I stumbled onto these prayers. They surely will transform our marriage life. Im definitely going to share these with other women in my church and teach about them as general prayers for all the people that God has given us. God bless you more !!
Best wishes on your upcoming wedding, Lelo. May God grant you and your husband many long and joyous years together!
What a wonderful idea! Sometimes just figuring out where to start is the hardest part of prayer for me, and I like the “head to toe” plan 🙂
Thank you for sharing the pdf! That is a beautiful illustration!
You are so welcome, Betty Jo. I’m glad you like it!
This is great! If we would all do this, it might transform our world. Thank you for sharing. BTW, I am so fond of the Grahams.
Thanks so much. I agree with you about the transformative power of prayer. I enjoyed reading the “five finger prayer” pattern you have on your website. And I, too, admire the Grahams. 🙂
We went to the Billy Graham Library in N.C. and it changed my life. So good.