In the wrestling of a Christian in prayer, “our fight is not against any physical enemy it is against organizations and powers that are spiritual. The apostle Paul said we “wrestle” in prayer. Prayer is work because a Christian simply can’t “make a living” without it. Sure, we can recite James 5:17, spouting the promise that the prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective, but then we rarely do the hard work of actually praying. Sadly, our answer is often, “Not enough.” Prayer is hard work and the deceiver will do anything to keep us from it. You might think you believe prayer is important, but are you praying regularly, specifically, and expectantly? My heavenly Father was inviting me to bring my requests and desires and wait with expectant faith for him to answer me according to his good plan and purpose.ĭon’t buy the lie that prayer doesn’t do much. I had to learn to pray, “In the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch” (Psalm 5:3). Learning how to pray for my husband and the ministry we were giving our lives to took time God first had to wean my heart from my own personal desires and beckoned me instead to come to him.
There certainly are sacrifices for a ministry wife, but there are also tremendous blessings.
There were creaks and moans, often quite literally, as we went about juggling ministry life and what became coined as “sermon-prep.” Instead of being a helpmate suitable to him, I found I was acting more like a dead-weight distracting him. When Brad first began the arduous and daunting task of preaching, we had a lot to learn together as a team in ministry-and we weren’t a very well-oiled machine. It sounds rather straightforward, but it hasn’t happened without a lot of-shall we say- practice. On any given Saturday, you can be sure at least two things are going on at our house: my husband will be working on his sermon, and I will be praying for him.
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