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....Your wife's emotions will affect your relationship. What she experiences in her emotions will have dramatic effects in your marriage. When your wife's emotions are in the hands of the evil one, everything gets out of control and the results are unpleasant and upsetting. Yet, when God is in charge, her emotions are an asset and the end result in peaceful and soothing.
....Men react in a variety of ways to their wives' emotions. Some men ignore their wives' emotions. Others withdraw from the wife. Some men make light of what their wives are experiencing. And some men turn up the volume of their lives in order to drown out what their wives are experiencing.
....However the best way to deal with your wife's emotions is to ask God to help you understand what your wife is feeling and pray accordingly. God can and will use your prayers to protect her from the enemy's lies. He will use your prayers to enable her to experience emotional stability. You are not required to heal your wife of her emotional hurts. You are not responsible to fix her. Only God can heal her and grant her emotional stability. You are responsible to love her and pray for her.
....The following prayers are offered to help you plead for your wife's emotional well being. In order to use them, place your wife's name in the blank and plead the truth of the Scripture.

Father, I plead that You will enable me to love _______________ unconditionally. Help me show this love to her in all the circumstances of our lives together (Romans 5:5).

Father, I ask that I would be a servant to ___________________. Enable me to give myself to ministering to her and encouraging her (Matthew 20:28).

Holy Spirit, sensitize me to ________________'s tasks, weariness, joys, uncertainties, trials, and needs (Ephesians 5:18).

Father, I pray that You would deliver __________________ from a spirit of fear. Yet, I plead that You would create within her a spirit of power and of love and of a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7).

Father, I ask that __________________ would be filled with joy given by the Holy Spirit. I pray that ________________ would pray without ceasing and give thanks to You in all circumstances
(1 Thessalonians 5:16-18).

Father, I pray that would you grant ____________________ emotional stability. I plead that by Your almighty power You would strengthen her emotionally and help her to yield to sinful emotions (Psalm 115:3).

Father, I ask You to guard __________________'s mind from the lies of the evil one. He is a liar and will attempt to deceive _______________. He will lie to her in order to create any and all kinds of sinful emotions in her. Protect her from these lies. Give her the wisdom and the strength to recognize them and overcome them (John 8:44).

Mighty God, I ask You to show ____________________ that she is fearfully and wonderfully made. Teach her that she is precious in Your sight and that You love her unconditionally (Psalm 139:14-15).

Father, I pray that __________________ would not surrender to fear, frustration, worry, or guilt. I plead that she will not be afraid in any circumstance but will know that You are her God and that You will be with her no matter what. I ask You to strengthen her and uphold her by Your righteous hand (Isaiah 41:10).

Father, I pray that ________________ would love her enemies, do good to those who hate her, and pray for those who mistreat her. Enable her to treat others, as she would have them treat her (Luke 6:27-31).

Father, create within _________________ a forgiving spirit. I pray that You would protect her from bitterness and anger (Ephesians 4:32).

Father, I plead that _________________ would be diligent to confess and repent of her sin. I pray that she would not be bogged down by past sins and guilt. Deliver her from guilt and grant her the blessedness of pardon and peace (1 John 1:9; Proverbs 28:13).

Father, it is You alone that makes a person safe and secure. I plead that _____________ will trust in You and that she will experience Your safety and Your security (Psalm 4:8).

Father, You are the Healer of the brokenhearted. You bind up the emotional wounds of the past. Father, I ask in the name of Jesus that You will grant emotional healing in ____________'s life. I plead that You would deal with any emotional weaknesses in ____________'s life (Psalm 147:3).

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