Scripture Prayers For Wives

SCRIPTURE PRAYERS FOR HUSBANDS “Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read; NO ONE OF THESE SHALL FAIL...” Isaiah 34:16 KJV

INTERCESSORS FOR A RIGHTEOUS NATION

SCRIPTURE PRAYERS FOR HUSBANDS TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction

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2. Marriage Relationship

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3. Relationship with Children

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4. Radical Abandonment to the Purposes of God

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5. Discovering the Call of God

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6. Accomplishing the Will of God

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7. The Backslidden, Estranged or Unsaved Husband

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Intercessors For A Righteous Nation Ann Kramer, Founder and President “Thus says the Lord, In an acceptable and favorable time I have heard and answered you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you: and I will preserve you and give you for a covenant to the people to raise up and establish the land [from its present state of ruin] and to apportion and cause them to inherit the desolate [moral wastes of heathenism, their] heritages, saying to those who are bound, Come forth, and to those who are in [spiritual] darkness, Show yourselves [come into the light of the SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS].” Isaiah 49:8-9.

Dear Intercessor: In every human relationship, marriage being the most intimate, there are three stages of love. The FIRST stage is SUPERFICIAL. When we are first getting to know someone, we usually only relate on a very shallow level. Initially, we try to put our best foot forward, because we are trying to win one another’s love and approval. However, as time progresses, we begin to let our guard down, revealing sides of ourselves that we would have been afraid to UNVEIL until we were more secure in one another’s love. The longer our relationship is tested through life’s circumstances, the more it tends to bring out the best and the worst of who we REALLY are! This brings us to the SECOND stage of love, which is DISILLUSIONMENT. It doesn’t take us too long to realize that this is NOT the person that we THOUGHT we married! Actually, this is a very healthy and important stage of development. We cannot be DISILLUSIONED unless we FIRST have some ILLUSIONS. An illusion is simply a FALSE EXPECTATION—and false expectations ALWAYS bring DISAPPOINTMENT. Several years ago, I knew a man who was preparing to marry, and the closer the wedding day came, the more he noticed things in his future wife that did not meet his expectations of the way he always DREAMED she would be. He had always DREAMED that she would have certain physical characteristics—and she did NOT! He had always DREAMED that falling in love would feel a certain way—and it did NOT! He had always DREAMED that she would respond to his love in a certain way—and she did NOT! One night, shortly before they were to marry, he had a DREAM. (Imagine that!). He DREAMED that he was at the altar with his bride saying his vows. He could not see her face because the VEIL obscured his view. When they finished with the vows, the minister said, “You may kiss the bride.” When he lifted the VEIL, his “BRIDE” was a grotesque DEMON! Needless to say, he was startled out of a deep sleep. He asked the Lord why he had just seen a demon instead of his future bride! He said, “That is the Spirit of False Expectations. You have been married to her for quite some time in your DREAMS. You must first DIVORCE her before you are free to marry the woman that I desire to give to you.” How many of us, when we have walked down the aisle, have committed to the person we THINK our spouse is, instead of who they REALLY are? That is why commitment wanes in so many marriages. 3

When we come to the stage of DISILLUSIONMENT—and ALL of us will sooner or later—we have three choices with which to respond. First, we can say, “I must have made a mistake—I’m out of here!” Then we are off to find someone else who will fit our illusion—only to be disappointed again—because, unfortunately, illusions are NEVER based on reality. Secondly, we can try to squeeze our spouse into the mold of our illusion through manipulation, intimidation or domination, and make life miserable for both of us—not to mention that those kind of tactics are nothing short of witchcraft! Thirdly, we can cry out to the Lord and say, “DIS-illusion me!” Remember that the man could not see his “bride” in the dream because of the VEIL. It is interesting to note that the material used in bridal veils is called, “SILK ILLUSION”. Illusions always shroud or VEIL REALITY. They are mirages that will always mislead us. So, when we ask the Lord to DIS-illusion us, we are asking for Him to strip away every VEIL—every false expectation that keeps us from loving the REAL person unconditionally. If we choose the last response, we will step into the THIRD stage of love, which is the SUPERNATURAL phase. Here, we begin to ask the Lord to help us to see our husband with HIS eyes and LOVE him with HIS love—and He will overwhelmingly meet us there with HIS ability to love. HUMAN love at its very best is simply an extension of SELF-LOVE. “I love you because you meet MY needs and MY expectations, and when you stop meeting MY needs or MY expectations, I don’t love you anymore!” Scripture Prayers for Husbands is designed to aid us in coming into the THIRD stage of love. As we begin to speak the Word of God over our husbands, we will begin to see them the way that God sees them. God is a God of FAITH—He always sees us as the finished product. When we pray, “Lord, change my husband,” it is easy to be focused on the things that do not meet our expectations. However, when we speak the Word of God over them, WE are the first ones to change. Our perspective of our husband begins to be consistent with the things that we are speaking OVER him in prayer. Then, we will even find ourselves saying some of those very things TO him. Absolutely NOTHING inspires change more than someone believing in you— someone seeing you as a winner. Proverbs 18:20-21 says, “A man’s moral self shall be filled with the fruit of this mouth; and with the consequence of his words he must be satisfied whether good or evil. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it for death or life.” May we be like the woman in Proverbs 31:26 who, “…opens her mouth in skillful and godly Wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kindness giving counsel and instruction.” May we see the Word of God which we declare in prayer transform our marriages into exactly the same

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image that we are creating with our words—into HIS very own image—into the glory of the Lord Himself! “And all of us, as with UNVEILED FACE, because we continued to behold in the WORD OF GOD as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured into His very own image in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord Who is the Spirit.” (II Corinthians 3:18).

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SCRIPTURE PRAYERS FOR HUSBANDS MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP Father, I declare that I am a capable, intelligent and virtuous woman. ‘s heart trusts in me confidently and relies on and believes in me safely, so that he has no lack of honest gain or need of dishonest spoil. I will comfort, encourage and do him only good as long as there is life within me. I work willingly with my hands. I diligently plan nourishing and tasty meals. I rise while it is night and get SPIRITUAL food, as well, for all of my household. I never court neglect of my present duties or responsibilities to assume others. I gird myself with spiritual, mental and physical fitness for my God-given tasks and make my arms strong and firm. All of my gain from work with and for You is good. My lamp does not go out, but it burns on continually through the night of trouble, privation or sorrow, warning away fear, doubt and distrust. My hands are creative in all that I endeavor. I see to it that my family is well clothed. ________________________ is known in the City's gates, when he sits among the elders. I am enterprising in everything I do. Strength and dignity are my clothing and my position is strong and secure. I rejoice over the future knowing that my family and I are in readiness for it. I open my mouth with skillful and godly wisdom, and in my tongue is the law of kindness, giving counsel and instruction. I look well to how things go in my household, and the bread of idleness, gossip, discontent and self-pity I will not eat. My children rise up and call me blessed and __________________________ boasts of and praises me saying that many daughters have done virtuously, nobly and well with the strength of character that is steadfast in goodness, but I excel them all. Charm and grace are deceptive, and beauty is vain, because it is not lasting, but because I reverently and worshipfully fear You, Father, I shall be praised. Give me the fruit of my hands, and let my own works praise me in the gates of the city! (Proverbs 31:10-31). Father, I declare that I am submissive to . I subordinate myself as being secondary to and dependent on him, and I adapt myself to him, so that even if he does not obey the Word of God, he is being won over NOT by discussion, but by my godly life, when he observes the pure and modest way in which I conduct myself, together with my reverence for him. I feel for him all that reverence includes—respect, deference, honor, esteem, appreciation, adoration, admiration, praise, devotion, deep love and enjoyment. My adorning is not merely external, but it is INWARD with the beauty of the hidden Person of the heart, with the incorruptible and unfading charm of a GENTLE and PEACEFUL SPIRIT, which is not anxious or wrought up, but is very precious in Your sight. Because my HOPE is in YOU, Lord, I obey, following HIS guidance and acknowledging HIS headship over me by calling him lord—master, leader, authority. I am Your true daughter because I do what is right and let NOTHING TERRIFY Me—not giving way to hysterical fears or letting anxieties unnerve me. (I Peter 3:1-6).

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Father, I declare that lives considerately with me, with an intelligent recognition of the marriage relation, honoring me as physically the weaker, but realizing that we are joint heirs of Your grace. Therefore, his prayers are not hindered and cut off. (I Peter 3:7). Father, I declare that and I are ONE and of the SAME MIND— united in spirit—sympathizing with one another, loving each other compassionately, courteously, tenderheartedly and humble-mindedly. We never return evil for evil or insult for insult, scolding, tongue-lashing, or berating; but on the contrary, blessing, praying for each other's welfare, happiness and protection, truly pitying and loving each other. (I Peter 3:8-9). Father, I declare that I am sane, sober-minded, temperate and disciplined. I love my husband and children. I am self-controlled, chaste, a good homemaker, good-natured, kindhearted, adapting and subordinating myself to my husband. Therefore, Your Word is not being exposed to reproach, nor is it blasphemed or discredited. (Titus 2:4-5). Father, I declare that loves me as Jesus loved the church and gave Himself up for her. He loves me as being in a sense his own body. (Ephesians 5:25, 28). Father, I declare that has LEFT his father and mother and has been joined to me, and we have become one flesh. (Ephesians 5:31). Father, I declare that our marriage is held in honor, esteemed worthy, precious and of great price and especially dear in ALL things by BOTH of us. Our marriage bed is KEPT honorable and undefiled. (Hebrews 13:4). Father, I declare that gives me my conjugal rights of goodwill, kindness, and what is due me as a wife, and likewise I do the same for him. I do not have exclusive authority and control over my own body, but he has his rights; likewise also he does not have exclusive authority over his own body, but I have my rights. We do not refuse, deprive or defraud each other of our due marital rights, except by mutual consent for a time that we may devote ourselves unhindered to prayer, but afterwards we resume relations, so that Satan cannot tempt us to sin in sexual matters. (I Corinthians 7:3-5). Father, I declare that drinks waters from his own cistern of a pure marriage relationship and fresh running waters out of his own well. He confines himself to his own wife and lets his children be for him alone, and not the children of strangers with him. He lets the fountain of human life be blessed with the rewards of fidelity, and he rejoices with me as his wife. He lets me be as the loving hind and pleasant doe—tender, gentle, and attractive. He lets my bosom satisfy him at all times, and he is always transported with delight in my love. (Proverbs 5:15-19). Father, I declare that he would not look lustfully upon a woman. (Job 31:1).

has dictated a covenant to his eyes that

Father, I declare that my desire and craving is for my husband. (Genesis 3:16).

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Father, I declare that and I live in HARMONY, and we are of the SAME MIND and ONE in PURPOSE, having the SAME LOVE, being in FULL ACCORD and of ONE harmonious mind and intention. We do NOTHING from factional motives—through contentiousness, strife, selfishness, or for unworthy ends—or prompted by conceit and empty arrogance. But instead, in the true spirit of HUMILITY, we each regard the other as BETTER than and superior to ourselves, thinking more highly of one another than we do ourselves. We each esteem, look upon and are concerned for not merely our own interests, but also for the interests of each other. (Philippians 2:2-4). Father, I declare that I am a virtuous and worthy wife. I am earnest and strong in character. I am a crowning joy to . (Proverbs 12:4).

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RELATIONSHIP WITH CHILDREN Father, I declare that I am a joyful mother of children, and because ____________________ fears You, I am like a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of his house and his children are like olive plants round about his table, and he shall see his children's children. (Psalm 113:9; Psalm 128:3-4). Father, I declare that our children HEAR ’s instruction, and they do not reject or forsake my teaching. When they go, the Word of their parents’ God is leading them. When they sleep, it is keeping them; when they waken, it is talking with them. (Proverbs 1:8; Proverbs 6:22). Father, I declare that tends, nurtures, guards, guides and folds our children; NOT by COERCION or CONSTRAINT, but WILLINGLY; NOT DISHONORABLY motivated by the advantages belonging to his office as father, but EAGERLY and CHEERFULLY, NOT as an ARROGANT, DICTATORIAL and OVERBEARING father, domineering over his children, but being an EXAMPLE, PATTERN, and MODEL of Christian living to them. (I Peter 5:2-3). Father I declare that does not irritate and provoke our children to anger. He does not exasperate them to resentment, but he rears them tenderly in the training, discipline, counsel and admonition of the Lord. (Ephesians 6:4). Father, I declare that the Spirit of Elijah is turning and reconciling, through repentance, the hearts of our children to ______________________ and his heart to them. Therefore, our children OBEY their parents in the Lord, they HONOR, ESTEEM and VALUE, as PRECIOUS their father and mother. As a result, ALL is WELL with them, and they shall live long upon the earth. I have confidence in You, Father, that our children are DOING and will CONTINUE TO DO the things which ________________________ and I suggest and charge them to do. (Malachi 4:5-6; Ephesians 6:1-3; 11 Thessalonians 3:4). Father, I declare that our children are ATTENTIVE to wisdom, which he has learned by actual and costly experience. (Proverbs 5:1).

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Father, I declare that loves You with all of his mind and heart, and with his entire being, and with all of his might. Your Word is FIRST PLACE in his mind and heart. He is whetting and sharpening Your words so as to make them penetrate, and teaching and impressing them diligently upon the minds and hearts of his children. He is talking of Your words when he sits in his house, and when he walks by the way, and when he lies down, and when he rises up. He is binding them as a sign on his hand, and Your words are as frontlets

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between his eyes. He is writing Your words upon the doorposts of his house and on his gates. Because has such a mind and heart in him always, it is going well with him and will go well with his children forever. (Deuteronomy 6:5-9; Deuteronomy 5:29). Father, I declare that our children HEAR the instruction of their father, and give attention to gain and to know intelligent discernment, comprehension and interpretation of spiritual matters. (Proverbs 4:1). Father, I declare that our children ATTEND to ____ ’s words. They CONSENT and SUBMIT to what he says. They do not let his instruction depart from their sight. They keep his words in the center of their hearts. (Proverbs 4:20-21). Father, I declare that our children HEED and are the FRUIT of and instruction. (Proverbs 13:1).

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Father, I declare that disciplines our children while there is hope, but he does NOT indulge his angry resentments by undue chastisements and thereby set himself to his ruin. (Proverbs 19:18). Father, I declare that is driving foolishness far from the hearts of our children and saving their lives from hell, because he does not spare or withhold the rod of discipline. (Proverbs 22:14; Proverbs 23:13-14). Father, I declare that responds to our children with long forbearing and calmness of spirit. His soft speech breaks down even the most bonelike resistance. (Proverbs 25:15). Father, I declare that because him rest and bring delight to his heart. (Proverbs 29:17). Father, I declare that because yield to him and respect him for training them. (Hebrews 12:9).

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corrects our children, they give disciplines our children, they

RADICAL ABANDONMENT TO THE PURPOSES OF GOD Father, I declare that the day of Your power. (Psalm 110:3).

is offering himself, WILLINGLY in

Father, I declare that is cleansing himself from what is ignoble and unclean. He is separating himself from contact with contaminating and corrupting influences. Therefore, he is a vessel set apart and USEFUL for honorable and noble purposes, consecrated and profitable to You, FIT and READY for ANY good work. (II Timothy 2:21). Thank You Father, that You are clearing of hidden and unconscious faults. You are making the words of his mouth and the meditation of his heart to be acceptable in Your sight. (Psalm 19:12,14). Father, I declare that is FORGETTING what lies BEHIND and he is STRAINING FORWARD to what lies ahead. He is pressing on toward the goal to win the supreme and heavenly prize to which You are calling him upward. (Philippians 3:13-14). Father, I declare that is keeping himself from IDOLS—from ANYTHING and EVERYTHING that would occupy the place in his heart due to YOU. He is keeping himself from ANY SORT of SUBSTITUTE for You that would take first place in his life. (I John 5:21). Father, I declare that trusts in You with ALL of his heart and mind, and he does NOT rely on his own insight or understanding. In ALL of his ways he acknowledges You, and You are directing his paths. He is not wise in his own eyes, but he reverently fears You, and he is turning entirely away from evil. (Proverbs 3:5-7). Father, I declare that is stripping off and throwing aside EVERY ENCUMBRANCE, UNNECESSARY WEIGHT, and SIN that so readily clings to and entangles him, and he is running with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the APPOINTED COURSE of the race that is set before him, looking AWAY from ALL that DISTRACTS, to Your Son, Jesus. (Hebrews 12:1-2). Father, I declare that is DENYING, DISOWNING, FORGETTING, REFUSING, GIVING UP and LOSING SIGHT of HIMSELF and his OWN INTERESTS, and taking up HIS CROSS DAILY and FOLLOWING YOU. (Luke 9:23).

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Thank You, Father, that You are revealing the PRECIOUS TREASURE in the field to __________________________. Therefore, I declare that in his JOY he is selling ALL to possess the field. (Matthew 13:44). Father, I declare that no matter how many plans has in his mind, it is YOUR PURPOSE for him that will stand. You are causing his thoughts to become agreeable to Your will. (Proverbs 19:21; Proverbs 16:3). Thank You, Father, that You have opened ’s ears to hear You as a disciple. I declare that he has NOT been REBELLIOUS or turned backward in FEAR. (Isaiah 50:4). Father, I declare that is not merely walking, but RUNNING the way of Your commandments, because You have given him a heart that is WILLING. (Psalm 119:32). Father, I declare that is motivated by faith to leave ALL that is behind him, and he is unawed and undismayed by the wrath of those people or adverse circumstances that would oppose him. He NEVER FLINCHES, but HOLDS STAUNCHLY to his purpose and endures steadfastly as one who gazes on You, the Invisible One. (Hebrews 11:27). Father, I declare that because You have called , he is OBEYING and going forth to a place he is destined to receive as an inheritance; and HE IS GOING, although he is NOT troubling his mind, nor does he know about the place where You are sending him. (Hebrews 11:8). Father, I declare that even though You are revealing to______________________________ events that as yet have NO VISIBLE SIGN, he is TAKING HEED and diligently and reverently OBEYING You EXPLICITLY. (Hebrews 11:7). Father, I declare that ’s way is NOT of those who draw back to eternal misery and are utterly destroyed, but he is of those who BELIEVE. You are effectually at work WITHIN him ENERGIZING and CREATING in him both the POWER and DESIRE to WILL and to WORK for Your good pleasure, satisfaction and delight. Therefore, he is VIOLENTLY SEIZING the kingdom by force as a PRECIOUS PRIZE. He is seeking for a share in Your kingdom with most ARDENT ZEAL and INTENSE EXERTION. (Hebrews 10:39; Philippians 2:13; Matthew 11:12) Father, I declare that when harden his heart. (Hebrews 4:7).

hears Your voice, he does NOT

Father, I declare that is NOT allowing the cares and anxieties of the world, and the distractions of the age, and the pleasure and delight and false glamour and deceitfulness of riches, and the craving and passionate desire for other things to creep in and

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choke and suffocate the Word, so that it becomes fruitless in his life, but he is ALLOWING the seed of the Word which You have spoken to his heart to fall on good soil—he is RECEIVING, ACCEPTING and WELCOMING it and bearing fruit one hundred fold. (Mark 4:19-20). Father, I declare that is FORSAKING, RENOUNCING, SURRENDERING CLAIM, GIVING UP and SAYING GOODBYE to ALL that he has in order that he may be counted worthy to be Your disciple. (Luke 14:33). Father, I declare that is GOING ON and getting past the elementary stage in the teachings and doctrines of Christ, and ADVANCING STEADILY toward the COMPLETENESS and PERFECTION that belongs to spiritual maturity. (Hebrews 6:1). Father, I declare that WHATEVER does, no matter WHAT it is, in WORD or DEED, he does EVERYTHING in the name of the Lord Jesus and in dependence upon His Person, giving You praise through Him. (Colossians 3:17). Father, I declare that is EARNEST, UNWEARIED and STEADFAST in his prayer life, being both alert and intent in his praying with thanksgiving. He prays at ALL times, on EVERY occasion, in EVERY season—in the Spirit, with all manner of prayer and entreaty. He keeps alert and watchful with a STRONG PURPOSE and PERSEVERANCE. (Colossians 4:2; Ephesians 6:18). Father, I declare that is holding true to what he has already attained, and he is walking and ordering his life by that. (Philippians 3:16). Father, I declare that ATTENDS to Your words and CONSENTS and SUBMITS to Your sayings. He does not let them depart from his sight, but keeps them in the center of his heart. Your words are life, healing and health to ALL of his flesh. He keeps his heart with all vigilance, above all that he guards, for out of it flows the springs of life. He puts away from him vain and dishonest speech, and willful and contrary talk he puts far from him. He lets his eyes look right on with FIXED PURPOSE, and he lets his gaze be straight before him. He considers well the path of his feet and he lets ALL of his ways be established and ordered aright. He turns not aside to the right hand or to the left; he removes his foot from evil. (Proverbs 4:20-27). Father, I declare that HUNGERS and THIRSTS after righteousness; and therefore, he is completely satisfied. (Matthew 5:6). Father, I declare that knows You; therefore, he is proving himself STRONG, STANDING FIRM, and DOING EXPLOITS for You. (Daniel 11:32). Father, You have said in Your Word that in a race, all the runners compete, but only ONE receives the prize. Therefore, I declare that is running HIS race so that HE may lay hold of the prize and make it HIS. He, like every athlete who goes into training, is conducting himself temperately, and restricting himself in ALL things. He is not

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running uncertainly—without definite aim, or boxing as one beating the air and striking without an adversary, but he looks CAREFULLY to how he walks. He lives PURPOSEFULLY, WORTHILY and ACCURATELY, not as the unwise and witless, but as a WISE, SENSIBLE and INTELLIGENT man; making the VERY MOST of his time—buying up EACH opportunity —because the days are evil. He is not vague, thoughtless or foolish, but he UNDERSTANDS and FIRMLY GRASPS what Your will is. (I Corinthians 9:24-26; Ephesians 5:15-17). Father, I declare that the ZEAL—the fervor of LOVE—for YOUR HOUSE has eaten up ____________________________. He is CONSUMED with JEALOUSY for the honor of Your house. (John 2:17). Father, I declare that NEVER lags in ZEAL and in EARNEST ENDEAVOR; he is AGLOW and BURNING with the SPIRIT, serving You. He REJOICES and exults in HOPE; he is STEADFAST and PATIENT in suffering and tribulation, and he is CONSTANT in prayer. (Romans 12:11-12). Father, I declare that _ ’s attitude is like that of the boy, Samuel. When You speak to him, his reply is, “Speak, Lord, for Your servant is LISTENING.” (I Samuel 3:9). Father, I declare that knows what a critical hour this is, and how it is high time NOW for him to wake up out of his sleep and rouse to reality. The night is far-gone and the day is almost here. Therefore, he is dropping and flinging away the works and deeds of darkness and putting on the full armor of light. He is living and conducting himself HONORABLY and BECOMINGLY as in the open light of day. He is clothing himself with the Lord Jesus Christ, and making NO PROVISION for indulging the flesh. He is putting a STOP to thinking about the evil cravings of his physical nature to gratify its desires and lusts. (Romans 13:11-14). Father, I declare that is working the works of Him Who sent him and he is BUSY with YOUR business while it is daylight. (John 9:4). Thank You, Father, that You have given the capacity to HEAR and OBEY You. Therefore, I declare that he DELIGHTS to do Your will. Your law is within his heart. (Psalm 40:6, 8). Thank You, Father, that You are with MIGHTY MAN of FEARLESS COURAGE. (Judges 6:12). Father, I declare that DILIGENTLY, and he is FINDING You. (Proverbs 8: 17).

, and You see him as a is seeking You EARLY and

Father, I declare that PLEASES You by his faith. He is COMING NEAR to You because he believes that You exist, and that You are a rewarder of those who diligently seek You. (Hebrews 11:6).

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Father, I declare that like David, is serving YOUR WILL, PURPOSE and COUNSEL in his own generation; like David, he is a man after Your own heart, who is doing ALL Your will and carrying out Your program FULLY. (Acts 13:36; Acts 13:22)

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DISCOVERING THE CALL OF GOD Thank You, Father, that You are faithful Who has called ___________________________, and You will fulfill Your call upon his life by hallowing and keeping him. You are making known to him the mystery and secret of Your WILL, Your PLAN and Your PURPOSE for his life. (I Thessalonians 5:24; Ephesians 1:9). Thank You, Father, that You are granting a spirit of wisdom and revelation—of insight into mysteries and secrets—in the deep and intimate knowledge of You, by having the eyes of his heart flooded with light, so that he knows and understands the hope to which You have called him and how rich is Your glorious inheritance in the saints, and so that he knows and understands what is the immeasurable, unlimited and surpassing greatness of Your power in and for him. (Ephesians 1:17-19). Thank You, Father, that You are instructing and teaching him in the way that he should go. You are counseling him with Your eye upon him. (Psalm 32:8). Father, I declare that does not quench, suppress or subdue the Holy Spirit. He does not spurn the gifts and utterances of the prophets. He does not depreciate prophetic revelations nor despise inspired instruction, exhortation or warning, but he tests and proves ALL things UNTIL he can RECOGNIZE what is GOOD, and to THAT he HOLDS FAST. (I Thessalonians 5:20-22). Father, I declare that is enriched in EVERY respect through Your Son, Jesus, in FULL POWER and READINESS of SPEECH, and COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE and ILLUMINATION to give him FULL INSIGHT into the meaning of that which You are speaking to him. (I Corinthians 1:5). Thank You, Father, that Your Spirit rests upon ; the spirit of WISDOM and UNDERSTANDING, the spirit of COUNSEL and MIGHT, the spirit of KNOWLEDGE and the reverential and OBEDIENT FEAR of the Lord. Therefore, I declare that You are making him of QUICK UNDERSTANDING, and his delight is in the reverential and obedient fear of You. He does not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither does he DECIDE by the hearing of his ears, but he judges with righteous judgment. (Isaiah 11:2-4). Father, I declare that the things that are hidden in ’s life regarding his future, are only as a means to revelation. There is nothing hidden except to be revealed, nor is anything temporarily kept secret except in order that it may be made known to him. (Mark 4-22). Father, I declare that is zealous and is exerting himself and striving diligently to enter into Your rest, which comes when he FINDS OUT where YOU, the Ancient One, have been walking, and HE WALKS WITH YOU fulfilling Your generational

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purposes for his life. Therefore, he is not failing or perishing by the same kind of unbelief and disobedience into which those in the wilderness fell. (Jeremiah 6:16; Hebrews 4:11). Thank You, Father, that You are showing where he belongs in Your church. You are joining and firmly knitting him together with the proper joints and ligaments in Your body. He is working properly in all of his functions with a power adapted to his need in Your church. (Ephesians 4:16). Father, I declare that because _ fears You, he has Your secrets. You are showing him Your covenant and revealing to him its deep, inner meaning. (Psalm 25:14). Thank You, Father, for giving the faith to know that You can do ALL things, and that NO THOUGHT or PURPOSE of YOURS can be restrained or thwarted. (Job 42:2). Thank You, Father, that before You formed in the womb, You knew and approved of him as Your chosen instrument, and before he was born, You separated and set him apart, consecrating him, and You appointed him to his specific calling and destiny in You. (Jeremiah 1:5). Thank You, Father, that as You have thought and planned concerning _____________________, SO SHALL IT COME TO PASS; and as You have purposed, SO SHALL IT STAND. For what YOU have purposed—WHO CAN ANNUL IT? When YOUR hand is stretched out, WHO WILL TURN IT BACK? What YOU speak is DONE. What YOU command, STANDS FAST. YOU bring the counsel of nations to naught; YOU make the thoughts and plans of the peoples to NO EFFECT. YOUR counsel stands forever; the thoughts of YOUR heart to all generations. (Isaiah 14:24, 27; Psalm 33:9-11). Thank You, Father, that ’s Teacher will not hide Himself anymore, but his eyes shall CONSTANTLY behold YOU, his Teacher. His ears shall hear a word behind him, saying, “This is the way, walk in it," when he turns to the right hand and when he turns to the left. (Isaiah 30:20-21). Thank You, Father, that You are opening wondrous things out of Your law. (Psalm 119-18).

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Father, I declare that EVERY PURPOSE or UNDERTAKING that is of HUMAN origin in ________________________’s life is FAILING, being OVERTHROWN and coming to NOTHING, and EVERY PURPOSE or UNDERTAKING that is of YOU is NOT able to be STOPPED, OVERTHROWN or DESTROYED. (Acts 5:38-39). Thank You, Father, that You are with ____________________________, and You see him as a mighty man of fearless courage. (Judges 6:12).

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Thank You, Father, that the Holy Spirit is announcing and declaring to _____________________ the things that are to come—that will happen in the future. (John 16:13). Father, I declare that because believes in You, he shall NEVER be disappointed in his expectations or put to shame. (I Peter 2:6).

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ACCOMPLISHING THE WILL OF GOD Thank You, Father, that You Who began a good work in ______________________________ will continue developing that good work and perfecting and bringing it to FULL COMPLETION in him. (Philippians 1:6). Father, I declare that bringing him before great men. (Proverbs 18:16).

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Father, I declare that is crying unto You, Who performs on his behalf and rewards him. You are bringing to pass YOUR PURPOSES for him and SURELY COMPLETING them. (Psalm 57:2). Father, I declare that does NOT fling away his fearless confidence, for it carries a great and glorious compensation of reward. He is ENDURING STEADFASTLY so that he may PERFORM and FULLY ACCOMPLISH Your will. Therefore, I am rejoicing because I know that he will RECEIVE and CARRY AWAY and ENJOY to the FULL what You have promised him. (Hebrews 10:35-36). Father, I declare that because love is abounding in ’s life, every fear has been turned out of doors, and every trace of terror has been expelled. (I John 4:18). Father, I declare that is a disciple—taught of You and OBEDIENT to YOUR WILL—GREAT is his PEACE and UNDISTURBED COMPOSURE. (Isaiah 54:13). Thank You, Father, that Your gifts and callings upon ’s life are IRREVOCABLE—without repentance or regret—You NEVER withdraw them once they are given and You do NOT change Your mind about those to whom You give Your grace or to whom You send Your call. Therefore, I declare that because You are imparting this revelation to him, he is ALL THE MORE solicitous and eager to MAKE SURE and STRENGTHEN his CALLING and ELECTION. Therefore, he NEVER stumbles or falls. (Romans 11:29; II Peter 1:10) Father, I declare that freedom of utterance has been given to_____________________________ that he may open his mouth to proclaim boldly the mystery of the good news of the gospel. (Ephesians 6:19). Thank You, Father, that You, the God of Peace, are strengthening, completing, perfecting and making ________________________ what he ought to be. You are equipping him with EVERYTHING GOOD that he may CARRY OUT YOUR WILL; while You Yourself work in him and accomplish that which is pleasing in Your sight. (Hebrews 13:20-21).

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Father, I declare that is making the prophetic words that have been spoken over him firmer still, by paying close attention to them as to a lamp shining in a dismal, squalid and dark place UNTIL the day breaks through the gloom and the Morning Star rises in his heart. (II Peter 1:19) Father, I declare that is not growing weary, exhausted, losing heart, relaxing and fainting in his mind, because You are giving him power, and You are increasing his strength and causing it to multiply and abound. Because he is waiting on You, he is changing and renewing his strength and power; he is lifting his wings and mounting up close to You as eagles mount up to the sun; he is running and not growing weary; he is walking and not fainting or becoming tired. (Hebrews 12:3; Isaiah 40:29, 31). Father, I declare that is strong in You. He is empowered through his union with You. He draws his strength from You—that strength, which Your boundless might provides. He puts on Your whole armor that he may be able successfully to stand up against all the strategies and deceits of the devil. Having done all that the crisis demands, he stands firmly in his place. (Ephesians 6:10-11, 13). Father, I declare that is filled with the full, deep and clear knowledge of Your will in all spiritual wisdom and comprehensive insight into Your ways and purposes, and in understanding and discernment of spiritual things, so that he is walking, living and conducting himself in a manner worthy of You, fully pleasing to You and DESIRING to please You in ALL things, bearing fruit in EVERY good work and steadily growing and increasing in and by a knowledge of You, with fuller, deeper and clearer insight, acquaintance and recognition. He is invigorated and strengthened with ALL POWER, according to the might of Your glory, to exercise every kind of endurance and patience WITH JOY. (Colossians 1:9-11). Thank You, Father, that You have called . You have brought him, and You are making his way prosperous. You will do ALL Your pleasure and purpose concerning him. What You have spoken to him, You are bringing to pass; what You have purposed, you are DOING! (Isaiah 48:15; Isaiah 46:10-11). Father, I declare that although has many plans in his mind, it is YOUR PURPOSE for him that will stand. He is rolling his works upon You and committing and trusting them wholly to You; YOU are CAUSING his THOUGHTS to become AGREEABLE to YOUR WILL; and therefore, his plans are being established and succeeding. (Proverbs 19:21; Proverbs 16:3). Father, I declare that ’s love is abounding yet more and more and extending to its fullest development in knowledge and all keen insight. His love is displaying itself in greater depth of acquaintance and more comprehensive discernment, so that he is surely learning to sense what is VITAL, and approving and prizing what is EXCELLENT' and of REAL VALUE, recognizing the HIGHEST and the BEST, and distinguishing the moral differences. Therefore, he is UNTAINTED, PURE, UNERRING and BLAMELESS, with a

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heart that is SINCERE, CERTAIN and UNSULLIED. He is approaching the Day of Christ, not stumbling nor causing others to stumble. He is abounding in and being filled with the fruits of righteousness. Your glory is being both manifested and recognized in him. (Philippians 1:9-11). Father, I declare that is working out, cultivating, carrying out to the goal and fully completing his own salvation, with reverence, awe and trembling—self-distrust, serious caution, tenderness of conscience, watchfulness against temptation—timidly shrinking from whatever might offend You and discredit the Name of Christ. Not in his OWN strength, for it is YOU Who are all the while effectually at work in him —energizing and creating in him the POWER and DESIRE—both to WILL and to WORK for Your good pleasure, satisfaction and delight. (Philippians 2:12-13).

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THE BACKSLIDEN, ESTRANGED OR UNSAVED HUSBAND Father, I declare that is coming up weeping as he comes to seek You, inquiring FOR and OF You, and requiring You both by right of necessity and of the promises of Your Word. He is asking the way to Zion with his face in that direction, saying, "I am coming to join myself to the Lord, in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten." (Jeremiah 50:4-5). Thank You, Father, that You are pouring out of Your spirit upon_________________________ with prophecies, dreams and visions. Therefore, I declare that he has repented and changed his views; and he has purposed to accept Your will in his inner self instead of rejecting it. By faith, I see him baptized in water, and having received the gift of the Holy Spirit. I see him CONTINUALLY being filled and stimulated with the Holy Spirit. (Joel 2:28; Acts 2:38; Ephesians 5:18). Thank You, Father, that You are certainly delivering and drawing_________________________ unto Yourself from EVERY ASSAULT of evil. You are preserving and bringing him safe unto Your heavenly kingdom. (II Timothy 4:18). Father, I declare that as Your Word is going forth in prayer over__________________________, it is bringing healing to him, and rescuing him from the pit and destruction. (Psalm 107:20). Father, I declare that as I speak Your Word over _______________________________, it is cleansing him and pruning him. (John 15:3). Thank You, Father, that You CHOSE and formed him FOR YOURSELF, that he might set forth Your praise and HE SHALL DO IT. (Isaiah 43:20-21). Father, I choose to SING PRAISE in advance for the FULFILLMENT of YOUR WORD over _________________________. (Psalm 119:172). Thank You, Father, that You are giving as a GIFT of Your GRACE, the ABILITY to KEEP Your precepts, HEARING, RECEIVING, LOVING and OBEYING them. (Psalm 119:56). Father, I declare that as Your Word is going forth in prayer over _________________________, it is REVIVING him and giving him LIFE. (Psalm 119:50). Father, I declare that the words of Godly WISDOM which You are giving me to speak over ___________________________ IN PRAYER are bringing him HEALING. They are going forth as PRODDING GOADS, urging him to ACTION, and are firmly fixed in his mind like NAILS. They are like FIRE consuming ALL that cannot endure the test in his life, and like a HAMMER that breaks in pieces the rock of MOST STUBBORN RESISTANCE. Then, AFTER

I have prayed, I ask for the sensitivity to know when and how to speak and when NOT to speak to HIM. Help me to remember that, “....he who REPEATS or HARPS on a matter separates even close friends.” Help my life to ALWAYS LOVINGLY express TRUTH in ALL things in my relationship to . Keep me ever mindful that YOUR WORD is TRUTH, and NOT what I perceive with my senses; therefore, it is YOUR WORD that I need to be speaking over him—NOT CRITICISM, FAULTFINDING or JUDGMENT, knowing that even if he does not obey the Word, You have promised that he would be won over NOT by DISCUSSION but by my godly life. May I always respond to him with a SOFT ANSWER, that it would turn away wrath, and grant me a GENTLE tongue, that it would bring healing. (Proverbs 11:18; Ecclesiastes 12:11; Jeremiah 23:29; Isaiah 50: 4; Proverbs 17:9b; Ephesians 4:15; Psalm 119:160; I Peter 3:1; Proverbs 15:1, 4). Father, I declare that as Your Word is going forth in prayer over , it is CAUSING him to avoid the ways of the VIOLENT and the paths of the DESTROYER. (Psalm 17:4). Father, I declare that as I pray Your Word over today, I can rest in the assurance that Your Word declares that as many as are Your promises, they ALL find their YES answer in Jesus. I praise You, that You have bestowed on him Your precious and exceedingly great promises, so that THROUGH THEM he is escaping from the moral decay, rottenness and corruption that is in the world because of covetousness, lust and greed, and he is becoming a sharer and partaker of Your divine nature. (II Corinthians 1:20; II Peter 1:4). Father, I declare that is ACKNOWLEDGING his OFFENSES, FEELING his GUILT, and EARNESTLY SEEKING Your FACE saying “…let me RETURN to the Lord.” He is returning with ALL of his heart—with fasting and weeping—until EVERY HINDRANCE is removed, and broken fellowship is restored. He is rending his HEART and NOT his garments. Therefore, You are having pity on him. You are healing him, binding him up, reviving him and raising him up, that he may LIVE before You. He is determined in his heart to be ZEALOUS to KNOW You—to APPRECIATE, give HEED to and CHERISH You. You are coming to him as the heavy rain, as the LATTER RAIN that waters the earth. (Hosea 5:15-6:3; Joel 2:12-13, 18). Father, I declare that when sinners entice , he DOES NOT CONSENT. He will NOT associate with the rebellious or disobedient, but he tries to learn in his experience what is pleasing to You. His life is a CONSTANT PROOF of what is most acceptable to You. He takes NO PART in and has NO FELLOWSHIP with the fruitless deeds and enterprises of darkness, but INSTEAD, he lets his life be so in contrast as to expose, reprove and convict those in darkness. (Proverbs 1:10, Ephesians 5:6b -7, 10-11). Father, I declare that sets NO base or wicked thing before his eyes. He HATES the work of them who turn aside from the right path. IT SHALL NOT GRASP HOLD OF HIM. A perverse heart has DEPARTED from him. He knows NO evil person or thing. (Psalm 10 1:3-4).

Thank You, Father, that You are CLEARING of HIDDEN and UNCONSCIOUS FAULTS. You are making the words of his mouth and the meditation of his heart to be acceptable in Your sight. (Psalm 19:12, 14). Father, I declare that is coming out from among unbelievers. He is separating and severing himself from them. He touches not any unclean thing. (II Corinthians 6:17). Father, I declare that knows what a CRITICAL hour this is, and how it is high time NOW for him to rouse out of his sleep and rouse to REALITY. The night is far gone and the day is almost here. Therefore, he is dropping and flinging away the works and deeds of darkness and putting on the full armor of light. He is living and conducting himself honorably and becomingly as in the open light of day. He is clothing himself with the Lord Jesus Christ, and making NO provision for indulging the flesh. He is putting a STOP to thinking about the evil cravings of his physical nature to gratify its desires and lusts. (Romans 13:11-14). Father, I declare that has been delivered from corrupt and evil companions. He has repented and come to know the truth. He has come to his senses and escaped out of the snare of the devil who has held him captive, henceforth to do YOUR WILL. He walks as a companion of the WISE, and therefore HE is WISE. (II Timothy 2:25-26; Proverbs 13:20; I Corinthians 15:33). Father, I declare that is arising from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept him, and he is rising to a new life. He is shining radiantly with Your glory. His light has come and Your glory has risen upon him. (Isaiah 60:1). Father, I declare that by ’s obedience through the Holy Spirit, he has purified his heart for the sincere affection of the brethren, and loves them fervently from a pure heart. (I Peter 1:22). Father, I declare that braces up his mind. He is sober, circumspect and morally alert. He has set his hope wholly and unchangeably on Your grace, and he lives as a child of obedience. As You are holy Who has called him, he is also holy in all his conduct and manner of living. (I Peter 1:13-15). Father, I declare that is awaking from his stupor and returning to sober sense and his right mind, and he sins no more. (I Corinthians 15:34). Father, I declare that is coming progressively to recognize, know and understand from observation and experience the time of his visitation from You. (Luke 19:44). Thank You, Father, that as Your Word is going forth over , it is alive and full of power—making it active, operative, energizing and effective; it is sharper than

any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line between his soul and spirit, exposing, sifting, analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of his heart. He is not concealed from Your sight, but all things in his heart are open, exposed, naked and defenseless to Your eyes. (Hebrews 4:12-13). Father, I declare that is fearlessly, confidently and boldly drawing near to Your throne of grace, that he may receive mercy for his failures and find grace to help in good time for every need—appropriate help and well-timed help, coming just when he needs it. (Hebrews 4:16). Father, I declare that is obeying his spiritual leaders and submitting to them—continually recognizing their authority over him. He is doing his part to let them watch over his soul with gladness, and not with sighing and groaning. (Hebrews 13:17). Father, I declare that is exercising foresight and is on the watch to see that he does not fall back from and fail to secure Your grace by allowing a root of bitterness, resentment, rancor or hatred shoot forth and cause trouble and bitter torment, and the many become defiled by it. Instead, he is letting all bitterness, indignation, wrath, passion, rage, bad temper, resentment, anger, animosity, quarreling, brawling, clamor, contention, slander, evilspeaking, abusive or blasphemous language be banished from him, along with all malice, spite, ill will or baseness or any kind, and he has become useful, helpful and kind to all— tenderhearted, compassionate, understanding, and loving-hearted—readily and freely forgiving everyone as You have forgiven him. (Hebrews 12:15; Ephesians 4:31-32). Father, I declare that does not insist on his own rights or his own way. He is not self-seeking, touchy, fretful or resentful. He takes no account of the evil done to him nor pays attention to a suffered wrong. He bears up under anything and everything that comes, and he is ever ready to believe the best of every person. His hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and he endures everything without weakening. (I Corinthians 13:5, 7). Thank You, Father, that as I pray Your Word over see the fruit of the travail of my soul and be satisfied. (Isaiah 53:11).

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Thank You, Father, that You are giving as a GIFT of Your GRACE, the ABILITY to KEEP Your precepts, HEARING, RECEIVING, LOVING and OBEYING them. (Psalm 119:56). Thank You. Father, that You are replacing and restoring for ________________________ the years that the locust have eaten. (Joel 2:25). Father, Your Word says that a backslider in heart is filled with the fruit of his own ways. Therefore, I declare that _________________________is filled with the fruit of his own ways, and he is returning to You, so that You would heal him of all his backsliding. (Proverbs 14:14; Hosea 6:1; Jeremiah 3:22 KJV).

Father, even though is presently an unbeliever, by faith, I claim him for Your kingdom. I cover and remit every sin and ask You not to lay them to his charge. I call forth the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the deep and intimate knowledge of You, by having the eyes of his heart flooded with light, so that he can know and understand the HOPE to which you have called him, and how rich is his inheritance in the saints, and so that he can know and understand what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of Your power in and for him. I declare that he is set apart, separated and withdrawn from heathen contamination and affiliated with Christian people by his union with me, because I am consecrated and set apart unto You. Therefore, our children are partakers in the Christian covenant, and they are prepared for You, pure and clean. (John 20:23; Ephesians 1:17-19); I Corinthians 7:14). Father, I declare that the determination of ______________________’s way is NOT in HIMSELF; it is NOT in HIM—no matter how STRONG he is—even at his very BEST—to direct his own steps. But instead, according to Your Word, I declare that his steps are directed and established by You. You delight in his way and You busy Yourself with his every step. Even if he falls, he shall not be utterly cast down, for You grasp his hand in support and uphold him. May Your face shine upon him and save him in Your loving-kindness and for Your mercy’s sake. (Psalm 37:23-24; Psalm 31:16). NOTE: When constructing a building, a scaffold is often needed to aid in the process of completion. However, when the building is finished, the scaffold is no longer needed. These scripture prayers are merely a scaffold. They are not the building itself. They are designed to assist us in building the Word of God into our hearts, and teach us how to pray the Word in any given situation. The more the Word of God is deposited within us, the more spontaneous our prayers will become, as the Holy Spirit brings to our remembrance specific scriptures which apply to the area upon which we are focusing. Once we have the mentality of praying the Word, we will find that as we are reading the Word, many other scriptures will begin to “come alive” for the purpose of prayer. COPYRIGHT 1990. Revised 2003. All scriptural quotes and prayers are taken from the Amplified Bible (Zondervan), unless otherwise notated. All emphasis is added by the author. Feel free to make copies as long as it is not for the purpose of resale.