Managing Your Household

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Father just as you put man in the Garden of Eden to take care of it and to look after it; likewise you have called us to manage our own households well. Psalms 127:1 tells me it is useless and a waste of time to build a home without your help LORD. God it’s my heart’s desire to obey you in managing my household well. I pray with the help of your Holy Spirit, I will manage my household decently and in order. I desire to be a wise woman as your Word declares, who builds her house with wisdom, understanding and knowledge; and the rooms of my home will be filled with rare and beautiful treasures.

God, you are the strong foundation I want my household/family built upon; so that we can stand strong through seasons of storms, trials and tribulations and my household/family will not fall! Lord I pray that my home will be filled with virtues of love, which binds my family together in perfect unity. Bless my family with a blessing that will continue forever so that we will stand before you and serve you all the days of our life. I believe as I obey you God in managing my household well, you will cause me and my family to live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, and in undisturbed places of rest. In Jesus Christ name. Amen! 

Marriage is ordained of God. For this reason a man shall leave his mother and father and cleave to his wife. Lord, may those whom you join together in marriage remain together until your divine timing for eternity comes. May we with all humility and gentle- ness, with patience, bear with one another in love, eagerly maintaining the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Let love and faithfulness never leave our union. Let your favor rest upon our marriage always. I decree, that we are kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other as God has forgiven us. We are generous towards one another invoking no harm. We do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that we may devote ourselves to prayer. We submit to one another as unto the Lord. We are one in Christ; two is better than one... if one of us falls, the other can lift up the other. Our conversation is always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that we may know how to answer one another. Our words one to another heals the soul. Our love for each other bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things and endures all things. Our love for one another abounds more and more with knowledge and discernment; so that we may approve of what is excellent... and be pure and blameless. Our love for one another is unconditional! Above all else, we guard our hearts, keeping our marriage in the unity of God’s Spirit by faith. God perfects our marriage union. Our marriage union is blessed by God and protected by the blood of Jesus Christ. In Jesus’ name, Amen! 

Lord, thank you for the call on my life to reconcile your people back to you. I pray to be a minister that is above reproach, not self-willed, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not addicted to wine or argumentative (quick-tempered), but gentle (hospitable), peaceable, loving what is good, sensible, just, devout, self-controlled, not a gossiper, free from the love of money, and faithful in all things. I pray to be a minister of good reputation, full of the Spirit and of wisdom. I pray to devote myself to prayer and to the ministry of your Word so that I will remain faithful to the call and not lose heart. I pray to manage my own household well. I pray to be free from reproach and to avoid every snare of the devil. I pray to run with perseverance the ministry marked out for me, fixing my eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher of my faith. I pray to be steadfast and immovable concerning your call on my life. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Romans 1:1; Romans 15:16-17; 2 Corinthians 5:18; Ephesians 3:7; 2 Corinthians 3:6; Zechariah 4:6; Colossians 1:23; 2 Corinthians 4:1; Acts 6:3-4; 1 Timothy 3:2-13; Titus 1:7-9; Hebrews 12:1-2a; Philippians 4:13; Philippians 1:6

Lord, it is you who gives me the power to get wealth! Forgive me if I have mismanaged my finances. I pray for your wisdom and guidance concerning all monetary decisions. Help me by the power of your Holy Spirit to be a good steward! I pray to be mindful and obedient to your biblical principles about money; to honor you with the first fruits of all my increase so that there may be provision for your church; the windows of heaven to be opened over my life; and your blessing poured out so greatly that I do not have enough room to take it all in! For where my treasure is, there my heart will be also (Matthew 6:21). Lord, guard my heart from greed. The love of money is the root of all evil. Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like the palm tree. 

Lord concerning matters about purchases, giving and/or investments, help me not to lean to my own understanding. Guide me so that I will make financial choices that are according to your will and plan. I pray to be diligent in knowing the state of my financial affairs and to wisely attend to all my financial business. I pray to count the cost by taking all things into consideration (who, what, when, where, why and how), before making any major financial decisions, to avoid financial pitfalls. According to Proverbs 24:27, I am to plan and to prepare my fields before I began to build (spend). Thank you, Father, for making me a wise master builder. Keep me from foolish spending! For the wise have wealth and luxury, but fools spend whatever they get. I pray not to be an impulsive spender! By your grace I will manage well that which you entrust to me! In Jesus’ name, Amen!

Proverbs 3:9-12; Deuteronomy 8:18; Proverbs 10:4; Luke 12:15; Luke 14:28; Romans 13:8; Matthew 25:14-30; Proverbs 11:28; Malachi 3:10-12; Acts 20:35; 1 Chronicles 29:12; Proverbs 21:20; Proverbs 14:29; Proverbs 27:23; 1 Corinthians 3:10