Who is your husband's prayer warrior?
By Lady Brenda Likely

Over 4 years ago, I woke up vexed in my Spirit. The more I tried to ignore it, the more troubled I became. Although I went to work, I couldn't focus on my daily tasks. I knew that God was stirring, but I didn't know what or why. I took a few hours off from work so that I could go home to pray and meditate. It was at that time that the Holy Spirit brought back to my remembrance a dream that I'd had the night before, and began to give me revelation of that dream.

The setting of my dream was in our home. My father-in-law placed a box on the ground, and told me to open it. He informed me that there were some generational curses that wanted to run rampant in my husband and my children. After he sat the box on the ground, he also got on the ground and began laughing at me, and telling me to open the box. I didn't know what to do, other than to call on the name of Jesus. I began to pray in the Holy Ghost, and plead the blood of Jesus over my household. My dream ended with me praying and giving God the praise.

After seeking God, he revealed to me how powerful and needful my prayers were for my husband and my children. God showed me that although generational curses are real, believers do not have to walk in them. The reason that my father-in-law kept asking me to open the box is because the devil does not have any power of his own; yet God gives us power through his son, Jesus Christ to see and rebuke the attacks of the enemy. That's why he didn't open the box and wanted me to open it - he was hoping that I would unleash the curses in my household. God continued to show me that I needed to keep my husband and family in prayer - that I needed to be his "prayer warrior".

As a mature Woman of God, God will reveal to you areas in your husband's life. God does not reveal to you his areas of lack for you to point them out to him and tell him what he should do about them. God shows you those areas for you to know what areas you need to intercede on his behalf. Tell God about it. Tell God that you see an area that will hinder him in his walk with him, and ask God to manifest Himself in your husband's life. Then, sit back and patiently wait on God to move in the spiritual realm. It took me a long time to learn this life lesson, and I'm getter better at it everyday.

The challenges come when we try to fix it. I'd like to share a brief testimony with you. My husband hasn't always known how to talk openly with his sons, because he didn't have that type of relationship and communication with his natural father (generational curses that I spoke of earlier). There have been many occasions where I've told him that he needed to do this or shouldn't do that. Then, I would become frustrated and lose focus when I didn't see a change. I was trying to do it. I began taking that situation to God, regardless of how emotional I would get when a situation arose. Then, I looked around one day and God had shown up and shown out! I didn't know exactly when the change occurred, but I knew that it was God that changed him.

As believers, we are fighting a war, a spiritual war. There are times when our spiritual walk is a matter of life or death. Daily we are faced with the fiery darts the enemy throws at us. Woman of God, don't be fooled. Don't sit back and wait on the prayer line to come around for someone to pray for your husband. Don't wait for your pastor or his wife. You know him a lot better than they do. Don't wait for a situation to occur to go to God on his behalf. And please, don't pray selfish prayers, but pray for things that take him to a higher level in God. Not only will it help him to be a better priest, provider, and protector of your home, but God will elevate you in your walk with Him and strengthen your relationship with your husband.

Woman of God, profess to the world that you are your husband's prayer warrior. Boldly walk in that God given role with confidence that you have the victory through Christ Jesus!