A lot of wives today wonder what to do about the influence of technology on their husbands and marriages. Conversations about video games, phone use, time online, and internet content have joined traditional conflicts about finances, kids, and sexuality. Wives today want to recapture their man’s time and attention. Technology has become the new habit, excuse, and crutch to create a wedge in marital oneness. It’s the new tool the Enemy of marriage uses to separate the “one flesh” that “God has joined together.”
So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate. (Matthew 19:6)
Some women fear what enters their marriage through the internet gate. It’s fertile ground for nagging. Out of desperation, some women try to expose or control how their husbands use technology. Tears, arguments, and suspicion often result. Nagging never works.
- Is it the amount of time he spends?
- Is it his attention that you miss?
- Is it the content of what he’s watching?
- Is it the money he spends on tech?
Praying about our Husband’s Technology
Instead of taking on the task of our husband’s walk with God, what if we funneled our energy to pray over our husband’s technology? Instead of only using our words of frustration or personal offense, what if we used scripture about integrity, purity, and time to engage God’s power in the life of our beloved?
No one can pray for your husband like you can.
Today I want to share a practical tool with you. This printable tool with 31 Scriptures to Pray over your Husband’s Technology provide God’s own words of His intentions for you and your husband, along with a prayer starter. Download and print out the 31 Scriptures and watch God work in your own heart and in your man.
God’s word is living and active and able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart (Hebrews 4:12), making it a powerful tool for praying about our marriages.
The next time you envision dropping your man’s iPhone in the blender, starting a winter fire with the video games, or ranting to your man over Twitter … STOP. Take your marriage back through prayer! Stop and use the very words of God to lay your man and your needs before the Lord.
Has technology become a wedge in your relationship?
