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Daily prayer points

I am reading a book given to me by a wonderful friend of mine who is serving as a missionary in Africa. The book, The Power of a Praying Wife by Stormie Omartian has a lot of good prayer points for a wife to pray over her husband. I am not done with the book, and I am not writing in an effort to promote it, rather, her prayer points got me thinking again about having a daily prayer focus for my husband, my kids, and other important things in my life.

My favorite prayer points come from Monica Andrews at Daily Dwelling. She has created beautiful art to go along with the prayer points, and they would be great to print and put into a prayer journal if you are into that, but she only has twenty points. So, if you do one point a day, in the typical month you would repeat the first ten points on days 21-30 in the month, or maybe do two points a day on those days. Why not instead have thirty prayer points? Omartian has 31 listed prayer points in her book, but I would feel like that 31st point would often get left behind.

Tonight I was working on prayer points for my three girls. I was looking at other articles and their suggestions as a springboard, and it seems that they don't all apply at the age that my children are (4, 2, 1), so it sure seems like prayer points sure be personally developed. Some things should always be prayed for (faith, patience, health, protection, peace, etc.), but other things are according to season. However, it doesn't really make sense to pray for an infant to have discernment or help with their words.

Thinking on all these things, I came up with the following for my girls at this stage. Although, for my oldest I will also need to add school and I will surely have to have multiple lists at certain points in time as they will be at somewhat different stages.

Children
1. Faith and/or salvation
2. Joy
3. Future Spouse
4. Self-control
5. Obedience
6. Desire to learn about God/grow closer to Him
7. Patience
8. Forgiveness
9. Thought life (Philippians 4:8)
10. Words
11. Fruit of the Spirit
       "love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control" (Galatians          5:22-23)
12. Relationship with sisters
13. Health
       Spiritual
       Physical
       Emotional
14. Protection
       Spiritual
       Physical
       Emotional
15. Peace
16. Generosity
17. Honesty
18. Desire to hear and learn Your Word
19. Thankful, worshipful heart
20. Strength and courage
        mostly courage and peace when it comes to childhood fears, but also future courage and                      strength to stand up for Truth
21. Compassion
22. Contentment
23. To know they are loved
24. Humility
25. Grace
26. Mindfulness
27. Healthy development (brain and physical)
28. To find identity in Christ (self-worth)
29. Development of gifts
30. Wisdom

In case you were also wondering, here is the list of 31 prayer points from Omartian's book with some of my notes included.


Husband Prayer Points
    1. Myself
      1. to be a good servant to You and that I be a godly wife
    2. His work
      1. To honor You with his work
      2. Wisdom
      3. Stress stay low because he gives You his worries
    3. His finances
      1. His handling of our money
      2. Wisdom in decision-making
      3. Generosity
      4. Helping to reign me in
    4. His sexuality
      1. That his desire be only for me
      2. That I work to stay desirable
    5. His affection
      1. That he be better at speaking my love languages in showing affection
      2. That I fulfill his need for affection in ways that he understands
    6. His temptations
      1. Give him strength in his weaknesses
    7. His mind
      1. Help him to hold every thought captive
      2. Help him identify where his thoughts are coming from, if they are from the enemy, flee
      3. Help him to not entertain thoughts from the enemy or his own sinfulness
      4. Help him to be flowing with good thoughts
    Philippians 4:8, ESV: "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable,whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things."
    1. His fears
      1. Keep him from fear of failure
      2. Keep him from fear of the unknown
    2. His purpose
      1. That he seek You for wisdom and guidance
      2. That he desire to fulfill Your will for his life
    3. His choices
      1. Wisdom
      2. Leaning on You
    4. His health
      1. Healthy eating
      2. Staying active
      3. Restful sleep
      4. Keep him from medical problems
    5. His protection
      1. Safety
      2. Protection from the enemy
      3. Protection from sickness or disease
    6. His trials
      1. Hope in the knowledge that You are in control
      2. Wisdom in how to get through
      3. Leaning on You
    7. His integrity
    8. His reputation
      1. Protect him from slander and gossip
      2. Let his integrity be evident to all
    9. His priorities
      1. Give him wisdom and judiciousness in right priorities
      2. Having where he spends his time be evidentiary of his right priorities
    10. His relationships
      1. Godly relationships
    11. His fatherhood
      1. Patience
      2. Love
      3. Tenderness
    12. His past
      1. That it not harm his present or his future
    13. His attitude
      1. That you help him have more
        1. Optimism
        2. Hope
        3. Patience
        4. Love
        5. Tenderness
    14. Our marriage
      1. Gratitude for one another
      2. Helpfulness
      3. Patience
    15. His emotions
      1. That he go to You and also come to me, when he is having trouble
    16. His walk with You
      1. Spend more time with You
      2. Know You more intimately
      3. Trust You more
    17. His talk
      1. That his words be edifying
      2. No gossip or slander
      3. Positive talk
    18. His repentance
      1. That You convict him where he needs conviction and that he be repentant
    19. His deliverance
      1. specific needs
    20. His obedience
      1. Looking to You for wisdom and being obedient when You lead him
    21. His self-image
      1. That he remember who he is (Yours)
    22. His faith
      1. That it grows abundantly
    23. His hearing
      1. That he learn to quiet himself and listen to You
      2. That he learn to listen better in general
    24. His future
      1. That he seeks You continuously
      2. That this is his best year yet
      3. That he have abundant hope of what is to come, but still live in the present

I hope this is a benefit to you. Yours would almost assuredly be different, but ideas help give you a place to start. Blessings!

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