Day 13 of 40 Days of Prayer: "Prayer for Understanding of God's Deep Love"

"And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God."

Ephesians 3: 18-19(NLT)

Let's Pray:

Lord, I pray that (___) would have the power to understand, as all your people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep your love is. I pray he will experience Christ's love, though it is too great to understand fully. Then he will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from YOU. Lord, I pray that he will feel your power today. I pray he will feel your loving arms around him, wherever he is right now. I thank you. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

Wives,

We can also be encouraged that we don't have to understand God's love fully either. That's what makes him God and not us. Maybe your husband struggles with believing God really loves him like mine does. In his mind, it just doesn't seem logical. Well, it doesn't seem logical because it isn't.

We often find ourselves believing this lie instead: "He doesn't really love you. He couldn't, he's perfect and you've done some really mean things so you have no chance" We go over it and over it in our minds using our limited mental abilities concluding that it just doesn't make sense so we don't believe its real.

I know from my own experience that the thoughts I allow my mind to meditate on are what dictate my actions. If I believe that a person's love is fake, I will be defensive, I will distance myself from that person, and I will definitely not trust them.

This is precisely why we need to be on our knees everyday for our husbands praying for them to understand how much God really loves them. The more they begin to understand how much God really does love them; they will be changed forever.

-Kristy

What is 40 Days of Prayer??? You're asking...
It is a special time you set aside each day for period of 40 days where you pick scripture verses specifically chosen for a special person and turn them into prayers to God.