Prayer for Wifely & Motherly Joy

[Clirxainarn]

I ask for prayers that God would hear and answer my cries to approach marriage and motherhood with more joy. I praise Jesus for delivering me from the anger, depression, and anxiety as a wife and mother that was growing in intensity. It was a miracle that he attached to hearing my own mother tell me she loves me, twice, when she was under anesthesia after wrist surgery. Upon hearing those words, the peace of God flowed through my being, and I understood that the darkness that was oppressing me was now gone. Now, I feel a residue of that old spirit of rejection in the form of a lack of joy. I want to have true joy from the Lord. I want to understand where it comes from: is the root gratitude, humility, patience? I know it is a fruit of the Holy Spirit, but how do I access it other than to pray that the Lord would follow me with it? I have full confidence that God will do it, as He has done so many other amazing things in my life, my husband’s life, our children, and other family members. I stand ready to claim His joy in a way that transforms how I speak (tone, inflection, speed, confidence) and look at my husband and family. Less intensity, more peace. Less of a sense of duty, more of a sense of pleasure. No matter how long it takes and what the cost, I want it Father. Thank you Lord for your faithfulness. Amen.

 

[Articles]

We rejoice with you and give thanks to God for the deliverance He has already brought in your life as a wife and mother, and for the miracle of peace that flowed through you when you heard your mother speak love over you. We stand with you in full confidence that He who began this good work will perfect it, and that the residue of rejection and lack of joy will also be lifted as you continue to walk with Him.

We hear your cry for true joy in marriage and motherhood, not just relief from oppression but a transforming joy that changes your tone, your inflection, your pace, your confidence, and the way you look upon your husband and your children. God honors this desire deeply. Marriage as a lifelong covenant between a man and a woman and motherhood within that covenant are holy callings, and He delights to give joy for that work. Your longing for less intensity and more peace, less duty and more pleasure, is a godly longing.

Scripture teaches that joy is not produced by striving or by waiting for God to follow you with it, but by abiding in Him. Galatians 5:22 says the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self-control. Joy is fruit, which means it grows as we remain rooted in the Vine. John 15:11 reminds us that Jesus spoke so that His joy may remain in us and that our joy may be made full. Psalm 16:11 says in your presence is fullness of joy. Nehemiah 8:10 says the joy of Yahweh is your strength. This joy does not depend on perfect circumstances or perfect feelings, but on His nearness.

You asked about the root of joy and mentioned gratitude, humility, and patience, and you are discerning rightly. Joy grows in the soil of those graces. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 calls us to rejoice always, pray without ceasing, and in everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you. Gratitude opens our eyes to what God is already doing. Humility, as in Philippians 2:3-4, keeps us from demanding that life fit our expectations and lets us rest in Christ. Patience, as in James 1:2-4, lets trials produce maturity as we count it all joy even while we wait. And Philippians 4:4 and Philippians 4:6-7 teach us to rejoice in the Lord always and to bring everything to Him in prayer with thanksgiving, and then the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard our hearts and thoughts in Christ Jesus. That peace is what you described flowing through you, and that same presence will cultivate joy day by day.

We encourage you to access this joy not only by asking for it, which you are right to do, but by abiding daily. Dwell in the Word, speak thanksgiving aloud in your home even for small mercies, confess quickly when intensity rises, and invite the Holy Spirit to renew your mind in Romans 12:2. As you behold your husband and children, choose to see them as gifts entrusted to you, and do your work as unto the Lord as Colossians 3:23 teaches. Joy will grow as you practice His presence in ordinary moments, speaking with gentleness and grace as Proverbs 31:26 describes, with kindness and patience rather than pressure.

We praise Jesus with you, for it is only through His name that we have access to the Father and that this deliverance and hope are possible. John 14:6 says Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life, and Acts 4:12 says there is no other name under heaven by which we must be saved. We thank Him for saving you and for His faithfulness to you, your husband, your children, and your family.

We pray together now in Jesus name.

Father, we thank You for our sister, for her marriage and her children, and for the mighty deliverance You have already given from anger, depression, and anxiety. We thank You for the moment You used her mother's voice to break the darkness and pour out Your peace. We ask now that You would fill her anew with Your Holy Spirit and cause the fruit of joy to grow and remain in her. Teach her to abide in Christ, to rejoice always, to give thanks in everything, and to walk in humility and patience. Wash away every residue of rejection and let her know deeply that she is fully loved and accepted in Christ. Transform her speech, her tone, her eyes, and her heart toward her husband and family, that her home would be marked by less intensity and more peace, less duty and more delight. Let the joy of Yahweh be her strength each morning, and let her life bear witness to Your faithfulness no matter how long it takes and whatever the cost. We trust You to do it, for You are faithful. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray, amen.

 

[hostadmin]

Thank you for sharing such a tender and honest story. We rejoice with you over the miracle of that peace flooding in when you heard your mother say she loves you, and over God lifting that heavy anger and oppression. It makes sense that after such a real deliverance there would still be a residue to walk through, and your hunger for His joy now is itself evidence that He is still at work.

What you asked about joy is so perceptive. You are right that it is fruit the Holy Spirit grows in us, not something we can produce by trying harder to be grateful or patient on our own. Fruit is not given in an instant, it is grown over time as we stay close to Jesus. That growth is often cyclical, with days of lightness and days when the old intensity tries to return, both part of being formed more into His likeness.

One gentle way to cooperate with that growing is to pause for just a moment before you respond to your husband or children and quietly invite the Spirit to shape your tone, your pace, your eyes toward them. Not as a performance to get right, but as a simple turning to Him in ordinary moments. Over weeks you may notice less sense of duty and more quiet pleasure, not because you forced it but because He is cultivating it in you.

Father, we thank You for how You have already delivered our sister and for Your faithfulness to her family. We ask You to continue to fill her with Your joy and peace as she abides in You, and to make that joy visible in her words and her home. Form her gently and at Your pace, and let her know Your nearness each day. In Jesus' name, amen.

 

[Reumore]

Praying for this request in Jesus Name.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your testimony has given us great cause to praise the Lord with you, for He has shown Himself faithful to hear the cries of His people and to give peace where there was darkness. To be delivered from anger and depression and anxiety as a wife and mother is no small mercy, and that He should use even the tender words of your mother to open the floodgate of His peace is according to His gracious way of working. We rejoice that the oppression is gone and that you now know the peace of God flowing through your being.

You ask now for that which is very precious and very desirable, that you might approach marriage and motherhood with true joy, and you ask wisely where it comes from and how it is to be had. Hear this truth which the Scripture sets before us, that there is such a thing as joy and peace in believing. It is pleasant to read and hear and think about joy, but to be filled with joy and peace through believing is a far more satisfying thing.

Many make the mistake of believing in joy and peace, waiting to feel joy and then thinking they will believe. That is to put the cart before the horse. Joy and peace come as the consequence of sacred faith which looks to Christ. As long as you trust simply to the blood and righteousness of Christ and think nothing of yourself, His joy will remain in you and your joy will be full. You do not obtain joy by praying that joy would follow you as a thing apart from Him, but by abiding in Him who is Himself your joy.

You ask if the root is gratitude or humility or patience. These are indeed the gracious fruits and companions of joy, and where Christ reigns they will be found. Humility empties the heart of self, gratitude fills it with remembrance of His mercies, patience waits upon His hand in trial. Yet the well itself is Christ. If we draw water from the well of God, we may draw one day as well as another and never find the water abated. But if we make our joy to depend in part upon creatures and circumstances, even upon dear husband and children and home, we may find our joy leak out through the cracks in the cistern. Your joy as a wife and mother will not be sustained by a change in tone or speed or outward manner alone, though you rightly desire that transformation, but by a deeper drinking from the promises of God which are full and varied and sure and rich.

Our Savior has said, These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. As heaven is the place of unalloyed happiness, so in proportion as we are made ready for heaven we shall have some of the joy which belongs to heaven, even now. And in proportion as Christ can look upon you with joy as you walk in obedience and faithfulness to Him, your conscience will be at ease and your mind will find joy in the thought that you are acceptable to Him through His finished work.

Do not be discouraged that a residue of the old heaviness remains or that the joy seems not yet full. Trial comes to us as chastisement, as a discoverer of divine grace, or as a test, and in each the Lord has purpose. Thus faith glories even in tribulation, and in the lion of adversity finds the honey of joy. The Lord whom you love will rebuke and chasten that which hinders your joy, not because He loves you less, but because He loves you tenderly. Continue as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him. Look upon Him as your way and follow Him day by day. When you have prayed, thank God and pray again, for this is the way to keep Paul's joy.

We will pray for you that the Lord would establish you in this believing joy, that it may show itself in your home in less intensity and more peace, less of mere duty and more of holy pleasure, in speech seasoned with grace and in a countenance that reflects the quiet confidence of one forgiven and kept.

O Lord our God, we thank Thee for what Thou hast already done for this Thy daughter, wife and mother, in delivering her from darkness and giving her peace. Fill her now, according to Thy word, with all joy and peace in believing, that she may abound in hope through the power of the Holy Ghost. Let the joy of Christ remain in her and let her joy be full, not from outward things but from abiding in Thy Son. Teach her to draw daily from Thy well, to walk humbly and thankfully and patiently before Thee, and to adorn her holy calling in marriage, that lifelong covenant of one man and one woman which Thou hast ordained, with a gentle and quiet spirit which is in Thy sight of great price. Transform her speech and her looking upon her husband and children, that her home may know the harvest joy which Thou alone canst give. Keep her trusting only in the blood and righteousness of Christ, and make her to grow more and more as His disciple all her days, until she swims in seas of joy forever. In the name of Jesus Christ our only Savior we ask it. Amen.

 

[The Encourager]

May God in Jesus' name answer your prayer request according to God's perfect love, wisdom, will, timing, grace, and mercy. God is so in love with you. Be Encouraged!

Psalm 37:4: Delight yourself in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 6:33: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. God bless me to prosper, walk in excellent health, and never stop growing in the love, grace, wisdom, and knowledge of Christ Jesus. God bless me to know You in truth, fall in love with You with all my heart, mind, soul, body, and strength and never fall out of love with You. God, bless me to have an ever growing closer stronger, more intimate relationship with You. Bless me with the love, desire, strength, and the spirit of obedience to always delight myself in You, seek first Your kingdom, Your righteousness, and to always respect and obey You. Bless me to know You, the way You want me to know You. So that I will trust You with my life and anyway that You move in my life. Bless me to trust You with all my heart, lean not to my own understanding, acknowledge You in all my ways, and allow You to direct my footsteps and actions. Bless me with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding in all You have called me to do.

God heal me in every area of my life. Deliver and cleanse me of everything in my life that doesn't honor You. Transform and renew my mind. Bless me with love, power, and a sound mind. Let the mind that is in Christ Jesus be in me. Bless me to have and operate with a God-conscious-solution-focused-heart-mind-spirit-and-attitude. Bless me to have a God Kingdom Culture Mentality. God be with me as a mighty warrior. Let no weapon formed against me prosper. Protect me from all the plans of my enemies and the plans of the enemy of my soul. God, all that I have asked of You, in this prayer, please do the same for the writer of the prayer, all those who love and care about me, and all those I love and care about. God, please forever honor this prayer over each of our lives. God Thank You. Amen, so be it by faith, and by faith, it is so. Prayer written by The Encourager-Prayer Warrior-Board Certified Professional Christian Life Coach. www.theencourager.net

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