Do you know that the decisions you make today will affect your future as well as the future of your offspring? This does not just relate to married couples, but to the engaged and unmarried as well. I am learning on a whole new level the power of prayer and planning! Prayer and planning has been key for me as a married woman (just as it was key for me as a single woman!). Before I said I do, I remember women from every age and background telling me how essential prayer would be to my marriage and family.
1. What should I pray about?
Pray for your husband of course, but don’t stop there. Pray over your household’s finances, your job, extended family and your children — whether born or unborn. God hears your prayers. He is a God who lives in the future! He loves talking about the future with you and enjoys the process in which you discover those plans through prayer and quiet time with Him. As you are faithful in prayer, watch the temperature and presence of your home increase in love, peace, and joy! Yes — you have the ability to be a conduit in which God will use to bless your house now and the houses of your offspring.
2. What do I need to plan?
The Word of God tell us to write the vision and make it plain, so that whoever reads it may run with it and understand for it will be released at an appointed time. (Habakuk 2:2) Planning and casting vision for your future as well as your family’s is something I believe every woman should partake in. I’m learning that absolutely nothing is too big for God! Create a vision board, journal it, or discuss with your spouse your plans and vision for the future and watch God bless you beyond your wildest dreams.
At the end of the day, it’s not about you. It’s about those who are before you and those who will follow after you. Pray over them now and cast vision over your life and the lives of your family. You have the power to change, rearrange, and restore with your prayers, words and vision!
