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Here’s a question every Christian husband and father should ask: Is there anyone praying for your wife and kids today—by name?

Yes, it’s possible your pastor may include your family in his prayers from time to time when he comes across you in the church directory. Maybe a grandmother or elderly uncle lets you know you’re on a prayer list. Perhaps a faithful friend texts you a prayer emoji and assures you that your family is being lifted up.

But no one—and I mean no one—has the same God-given responsibility or motivation to intercede for your wife and children as you do.

So let me ask again: Is anyone praying for your wife and kids today—by name? The only way you can be sure the answer is yes is if you’ve made it part of your daily rhythm to step into that sacred role. As the spiritual head of your home, you’ve been entrusted with more than provision or protection—you’ve been called to intercession.

Why? Because there’s a battle raging for the souls of your family.

We don’t always see it. It’s not always obvious. But it’s real. The Scriptures are clear: “Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this darkness, against evil, spiritual forces in the heavens” (Eph. 6:12).

The Evil One is after your family. He is crafty. He studies your weaknesses. He knows where the armor is thin. That low-grade resentment between you and your wife? He’ll widen it into a chasm. That insecurity your teenager hides? He’ll twist it into despair. That temper in your child? He’ll fan it into flame.

He is the Accuser. The Divider. The Destroyer. The effects of sin and evil will spread: the lustful gaze, the perils of pride, the tentacles of idolatry.

What should we do when we sense a heaviness in our home—a haze of discouragement, confusion, or distraction? Not ignore it. Not accept it as normal. We resist. We fight. Not with fists raised but with knees bent.

This is the battle. You bow before your King and plead for the precious ones he’s entrusted to your care. You pray for your wife’s peace and your children’s purity. You ask God to push back the darkness and let light flood your home. You stand in the gap. You name names. You cast burdens. You intercede like a man going to war.

With the helmet of salvation, the breastplate of righteousness, and the sword of the Spirit—which is the Word of God—you fight back against the darkness (Eph. 6:13–17). You pray in the Spirit at all times, staying alert, interceding for your family (v. 18).

There’s a mysterious power present whenever a man of God brings his family before the Lord. Even if his wife is experiencing a dry season with the Lord. Even if his kids seem spiritually indifferent. Even if he’s the only one in the household following Jesus with passion. Sin spreads, yes, but so does holiness—and what could be more sacred than to love your wife like Jesus loved the church, to pour yourself out in self-sacrificial love, to care about the sanctification of your household, to set aside sacred time to utter sacred yearnings for God to heal you and make you whole and holy?

But it’s hard. Yes. But we’re called to hard things.

I don’t have time. But you do. You make time for what matters. Maybe not an hour a day, but anyone can set aside five or ten minutes—on a commute, on a walk, or first thing in the morning or last thing in the evening.

I’m alone in this. But you’re not. Invite a faithful friend or two to pray daily for you and your family. Draw strength from the Spirit, who helps us when we don’t know what to say (Rom. 8:26).

I don’t see any results. So what’s the alternative? Silence? Surrender? To drop your shield against the fiery darts that would rob your family of the blessing of God working in and through you? To extinguish the candle and let the darkness rush in?

To get on your face and pray for your wife and kids is one of the greatest privileges and responsibilities you steward as the head of your house. To pray God’s blessing and holiness over your home. To pray against the wiles of the Evil One who would draw your wife and kids away from Jesus. To pray for the goodness of God to sanctify and satisfy your souls. “The prayer of a righteous man is very powerful in its effect” (James 5:16).

Let me encourage you: Take up this task. Don’t let a day go by without bringing the names of your wife and kids before the throne. Don’t underestimate what God might do through your passionate, persistent, persevering petitions.

Stand firm in grace. Strap on the truth. Bend the knee. Be the man God has called you to be. Your family is worth fighting for.

If you’re not praying for your wife and kids, who is?

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