Prayer Challenge: Praying The Proverbs For Your FUTURE Husband

Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she smiles at the future. Proverbs 31:25

When I was eighteen years old, I remember being on the freeway, driving to work, thinking (and genuinely believing) that I was never going to find love. I was a few months away from graduating high school and throughout those four years I felt like I had been unsuccessfully searching for that all-consuming elusive thing called love, you know the kind of love you see in the movies. When I saw my friends or even those who weren’t my friends, having boyfriends and falling “in love” it made me feel like it was never going to happen for me. About a month after concluding that I was going to be alone for the rest of my life (dramatic I know, but isn’t everyone at that age?), I met the man who one day would become my husband.

Now, I would love to tell you that when we met, we had already been praying for one another for years and that we were both on fire for the Lord, but that wouldn’t be true. Although we both grew up in Christian homes, we weren’t living for God. Like so many young people, we were living for ourselves while simultaneously lying to ourselves (and others) that we were living lives pleasing to God just because we both “loved” and believed in Jesus. You can read more about this here.

Ryan and I dated for five years before we were married and it wasn’t until after our first wedding anniversary that I rededicated my life to the Lord. It was then, for the first time in my life, that I started seeking God and His will for my life. I surrendered my life to Him and truly started living for him. Thankfully so did my husband, but this isn’t always how the story goes.

Already Married? You can start fervently praying over all aspects of your husband’s life with the 14 Days Of Praying The Proverbs For Your Husband Prayer Challenge here.

I have seen and talked with so many Christian women who instead of following Jesus and His plan for their lives, followed their heart when they were young and married either a non-believer or a man they thought was a Christian, but who turned out not to be a true believer. When I think about how my life and marriage would have been if my husband and I did not both give our lives to Jesus I know many of my days would have been filled with heartbreak, regret, and strife. And I know that our marriage would be nowhere near as solid and intimate as it is now. But I would have still stayed married to him and I would have had to deal with the consequences that came from not seeking God and living my life for him when I was younger.

When I think of all the young girls out there who are selling themselves short and who are robbing themselves of God’s best for their lives, it breaks my heart (scroll down for a video that will show you the type of man every girl should be waiting for). When you’re young and in love, it’s hard to imagine your relationship ending in any other way than, “and they lived happily ever after.” But, feelings can be deceptive: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?” (Jeremiah 17:9). And the Lord has never once told us to follow our hearts when making decisions, but rather to follow Him: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths” (Proverbs 3:5-6).

Who you choose to marry is one of the most important decisions you will ever make in your life (if not the most important choice behind choosing to follow Jesus). Marriage is a lifetime commitment between two people who have decided to join their lives together for better or for worse. If you choose a man who loves the Lord and lives out his faith daily, you will have a beautiful marriage and life. But, if you choose the wrong person, if you don’t seek God’s will for your life, if you simply follow your heart instead of following your God, your life and marriage will not turn out how God intended it to be. This is why I created the 14 Days Of Praying The Proverbs For My Future Husband Prayer Challenge. 

My prayer is that this challenge will realign your heart and mind with the will of Christ, that it will sharpen your discernment, and that it will prepare you to choose the right man to marry. God wants you to experience His best for your life. I want you to not only experience God’s best but to want God’s best and to understand how important this decision is. Wait upon the Lord. Wait upon the man whom God has appointed to be your husband. It will be well worth the wait. Trust the Lord God.

Who this Challenge Is For

This prayer challenge is for the single girl who is waiting for her future husband. For the girl who wants to be faithful and honor her husband long before she even knows him. This is for the girl who wants what God wants for her life. This is for the girl who trusts God more than her own heart. This challenge is also for the mother, grandmother, aunt, sister or best friend who wants God’s best for her daughter, granddaughter, niece, sister or her best friend. This one is for the girl who can smile at her future because she has entrusted it to her all-knowing and loving God and Father.

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The Two Week Challenge

When you download the Fourteen Days Of Praying The Proverbs For My Future Husband Prayer Challenge, you will receive a beautifully designed 40+ page FREE Ebook that includes:

1. Fourteen Orginal Prayers Inspired By The Proverbs: Every day, over the next fourteen days, you will be presented with 1-3 proverbs that address either a specific aspect of your future husband’s life (his burdens, prayer life, the people he surrounds himself with, etc.) and/or your future together. After each proverb, you will find a prayer that is inspired by that very verse. You can pray this prayer for your future husband exactly as it is written or you can customize and add to it. Before you begin praying, it’s important to ask the Holy Spirit to direct your prayer and to bring to mind anything else that your future husband may need prayer for. God knows better than anyone exactly what your future husband needs.
2. Prayer Journal Pages: For every day of the challenge, there is a dedicated space underneath each prayer where you can write out your thoughts, an extended prayer, or anything that you feel led to write. These pages are meant to encourage you to spend some intimate one-on-one time with the Lord, seeking Him and searching your own heart.
3. Reflection Questions: At the very end of the challenge, you’ll find a 10-page section that is meant to not only help you reflect on the entire two-week process but also guide any future prayers for your future husband.
4. Proverbs 31:25 Printable: A reminder and encouragement in the form of an art print that I pray will comfort and motivate you in this time of waiting. Print it out and hang it somewhere prominent where you will be able to see it every day of the challenge. Over the next two weeks, it will serve as a reminder to stay faithful in praying for your future husband. I also pray that seeing this every day will cause this beautiful promise from the Lord to be permanently imprinted in your heart and mind all the days of your life.

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After The Challenge

Once these fourteen days are up and you’ve successfully finished the challenge, don’t stop praying for your future husband. Pray for him every day. You might even want to start the challenge over once you’ve completed it or even begin praying for another woman in your life who is waiting for her future husband. Know that these prayers are powerful because they are inspired by Scripture and are being prayed by you for your future husband. I know that the Lord will use these prayers to not only draw you and your future husband to one another but also closer to Jesus. Let us all be the type of women who trust in God and His plan so completely that we don’t try to rush Him. Let us be women who smile at what He has in store for our futures, even though we don’t know what our futures will hold. As you pray, know that I am praying for you, your future husband, and your future marriage.