Prayer Guidance

Prayer is a vitally important part of every Christian’s walk with God. Sometimes it can be useful to have prayer guides for ideas of how to begin your conversation with God, what to thank him for and what requests to make of him. Understanding how God responds to prayer with His great wisdom is a key factor in your faith-journey. Below are some ideas for prayer for wives and husbands as well as some prayer requests for Wives Support Group Ministry.

Thank you for praying

1. Prayers for each woman

Praise for God’s faithfulness.
That her love for the Lord will grow, and her actions each day will prove her love for Him.
For her prayer life.
That by an act of faith, she will choose to live on the basis of who she is in Christ, not on the basis of her feelings.
Her victory in Christ.
Her witness in her home.
Her submission to Christ and to her husband.
Her motherhood.
Her commitment to the group and to be able to attend regularly.
Her church/pastor.
For those who are not able to attend groups that they will not grow weary or discouraged.
Opportunity to meet with Group Leaders and other Christians.
For Pastor’s sensitivity towards unequally yoked women.
For protection over all unequally yoked marriages.

2. Prayers for each husband

Praise for answers to prayer.
Continual prayer for SALVATION, ask the Lord for a burden for the husband’s salvation.

Six Steps

Believe. The Word says it, so this belongs to you. Acts 16:31

Door of utterance that another man will plant the seed and the Word in their hearts for the Holy Spirit to water and nourish. Col 4:3

Hunger and thirst after righteousness that only the Lord Jesus can give them this hunger for spiritual things and more of Him. Matt 5:6

Drawn unto the Father for only God the Father can draw them into submission by His Spirit. John 6:44, 14:6

Committal and this is the key to success. When someone is committed to the Lord he must be left in the Lord’s hands. Do not fret, question, be anxious. You are tied by your unbelief. Faith is believing before you see it. Heb 11:6

God has begun His work and so from the day of committal begin to thank Him each day, repeating each scripture key. Exodus 14:13–14

His work to remain stable and those that are unemployed that they will find work.
For the Lord to raise a Christian witness in his workplace.
His role as the head of the house.
As he goes through trials, that God would draw him to Himself and that he will not grow discouraged and despairing.
Praise for the husbands attending church regularly.
Praise for others who have attended church and other functions sometimes and have heard the gospel.
For those who have heard the gospel but have rejected it and now are aggressive towards God.
For those caught in evolution teaching, humanism, spirit of lust/pornography, spirit of rejection, alcohol and substance abuse and low self esteem.

3. Prayers for Wives Support Group

Praise for God’s faithfulness. He has and is doing wonderful things.
Praise for new groups and leaders raised so far.
Praise for many new women being ministered to.
Praise for positive acceptance from all churches contacted and pastors spoken to.
For new churches and that the response from pastors and unequally yoked women will be favorable.
All obstacles will be torn down. This is the work of the Lord.
Praise for unity and bonding between leaders and in group ministry founded in prayer, grown in prayer and kept in prayer.
Praise for 2 monthly leaders prayer meetings and training sessions.
Pray for Lorraine’s strength/empowerment through the Holy Spirit and physical health.
For Lorraine’s role as Director, counsellor/teacher and that she will walk in the power of the Lord and depend on His spirit as her only true source of ability.
For Paul, Lorraine’s husband, that they will be a team, serving the Lord. For his prayer life.
For growth of the ministry this year and next year.
For women isolated and in pain because of their unequally yoked marriages, they will stand firm in His Word and know the joy of the Lord.
Pray for young Christian women that they will not marry in disobedience and keep themselves pure as God intended.

1 Chronicles 5:20

… He answered their prayers, because they trusted in Him.

Ezra 8:23

So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.

Psalm 6:9

The Lord has heard my cry for mercy; the Lord accepts my prayer.

Matthew 21:22

If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.

Luke 11:1

One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.’

Acts 16:31

They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.”

Colossians 4:3

And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.

Matthew 5:6

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

John 6:44

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.

Hebrews 11:6

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

Exodus 14:13–14

¹³ Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. ¹⁴ The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”