Speaker 1: Life Audio. Thank you for listening to your daily prayer,
Speaker 1: where we help you find the words you need to
Speaker 1: connect to your Father in Heaven. No matter what's happening
Speaker 1: in your life today, you can trust that God wants
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Speaker 1: husbands to trust in the Lord. A Prayer for Fathers
Speaker 1: and Husbands to Trust in the Lord, written by Emily
Speaker 1: Rose Massey, read by Leah Gerard. Praise the Lord. Blessed
Speaker 1: is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights
Speaker 1: in his commandments. His offspring will be mighty in the land.
Speaker 1: The generation of the upright will be blessed. Wealth and
Speaker 1: riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever,
Speaker 1: Psalm one twelve one through three. My husband and I
Speaker 1: have this game we play tell me something you love
Speaker 1: about me, where we list quality we admire about each other.
Speaker 1: Since we've been married for ten years now, I'm sure
Speaker 1: we've repeated some of the answers, but I always try
Speaker 1: to come up with something new or something that pertains
Speaker 1: to our current season of life. Without hesitation, I replied,
Speaker 1: I love that you're a hard worker. He is always
Speaker 1: working hard to provide for our family and help me
Speaker 1: take care of things around the house. I have never
Speaker 1: mowed a law in in my life, and I'm thankful
Speaker 1: for that ques quality of his because this man is
Speaker 1: anything but lazy. Yet, if I'm being honest, because my
Speaker 1: love language is quality time, it sometimes can get under
Speaker 1: my skin that he has trouble slowing down and resting.
Speaker 1: Most men and women have a drive to work, work, work,
Speaker 1: and find pleasure and accomplishment and productivity and a longing
Speaker 1: to provide for their family. But I think it's important
Speaker 1: to find a balance between work and rest, much like
Speaker 1: we see how God rested on the seventh day in creation.
Speaker 1: God has given us husbands and wives and vice versa,
Speaker 1: so it's important to pray for them in this area
Speaker 1: so that they don't become exhausted physically and mentally. But
Speaker 1: more important than praying for them to find balance and
Speaker 1: rest is their walk with the Lord. Apart from God's grace,
Speaker 1: we're all limited, so we need to make sure we're
Speaker 1: leaning upon the Lord and looking to him for wisdom
Speaker 1: and strength for everything we put our hand to. We
Speaker 1: see the benefits of a man who fears the Lord
Speaker 1: in Psalm one twelve, which says, praise the Lord blessed.
Speaker 1: Is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights
Speaker 1: in his commandments. His offspring will be mighty in the land.
Speaker 1: The generation of the upright will be blessed. Wealth and
Speaker 1: riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.
Speaker 1: Psalm one twelve one through three. A man who seeks
Speaker 1: the Lord and trusts in his word is a reason
Speaker 1: for praise. God calls this man and his children blessed.
Speaker 1: This isn't a passage about getting rich quick, but it
Speaker 1: shows that in addition to the blessings of God's peace, joy,
Speaker 1: and love in our lives, God also provides for us materially.
Speaker 1: As a father's love for God grows and he leads
Speaker 1: his children in God's righteous ways, his children will want
Speaker 1: to imitate him and follow in his footsteps, much more
Speaker 1: than teaching them how to work hard and use the
Speaker 1: gifts God has given them. A father with a fear
Speaker 1: for the Lord and a hunger for God's word is
Speaker 1: one of the best treasures he could give them. As women,
Speaker 1: we should pray for the men in our lives, especially
Speaker 1: when they have children, that we would learn to find
Speaker 1: a balance between work and rest, and most of all,
Speaker 1: to seek God first in all things. Let's pray, Heavenly Father,
Speaker 1: we pray for the men in our lives. If the
Speaker 1: father of our children does not know you, we pray
Speaker 1: that you would draw him to yourself, and that he
Speaker 1: would have a hunger for your word. We pray that
Speaker 1: he will learn the importance of rest so that he
Speaker 1: can be restored. We ask that he would lean upon
Speaker 1: your grace in all that you've called him to do.
Speaker 1: We thank you that you are a faithful father who
Speaker 1: always provides for our needs. We pray that the father
Speaker 1: of our children always looks to you first for wisdom
Speaker 1: and strength as he learns how to walk in your
Speaker 1: righteous ways and leads his children in the admonition of You.
Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, Amen. Your Daily Prayer is a production
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