If you're anything like me, you've had moments walking through your home thinking, this place feels tense… or tired… or spiritually flat.
Our homes are where spiritual battles play out quietly. Not with loud explosions, but with subtle discouragement, constant noise, confusion, and distraction.
Often those battles are discreet enough that we don't even recognize them as ones requiring God's strength. We try to fight through them on our own, and then wonder why we're so exhausted.
But here’s the good news: you don’t need to stay stuck.
You can push back darkness with the light of God's Word.
You can speak peace, protection, and truth over every room in your house — not with your own strength, but with the strength of the Lord through His Word.
This is what it means to pray Scripture over your home.
And it's simpler than you might think.
🟣 What Does It Mean to Pray Scripture?
Praying Scripture means you’re using God’s words, not just your own, to speak truth into your environment.
It’s not just asking for blessings — it’s aligning your home with what God has already promised.
When you pray Scripture, you’re not guessing. You’re asking for things that are in God's will for you, your home, and your family, because He's written those things Himself.
You’re taking verses off the page and planting them in real places — the kitchen, the nursery, the bedroom, the front door.
And here’s why that matters:
“The word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword…”
— Hebrews 4:12 (ESV)
God’s Word is not passive. It pushes back the lies. It softens hearts. It shifts atmospheres.
🟣 A Simple Way to Pray Over Your Home
You don’t need incense (it's toxic anyway) or oils (although essential oils are biblical and helpful!) or a long list of rituals.
You just need an open Bible and a willing heart.
Here’s a simple practice I often suggest:
1. Pick one room in your home.
Walk in slowly. Look around. Ask God, What needs to shift in this space?
2. Choose a Scripture that matches the need.
Here are a few to get you started:
- Living room (Peace + unity):
“And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts…” — Colossians 3:15
- Kitchen (Provision + gratitude):
“You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing.” — Psalm 145:16
- Children’s bedrooms (Rest + protection):
“In peace I will both lie down and sleep…” — Psalm 4:8
- Marriage space (Love + strength):
“Above all these put on love, which binds everything together…” — Colossians 3:14
- Front door (Safety + direction):
“The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in…” — Psalm 121:8
3. Pray it out loud.
Yes — out loud. Not for theatrics, but for authority.
Romans 10:17 says:
“So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.”
4. Personalize the verse.
Turn it into a prayer in your own words:
“Lord, let peace rule in this space. Let every conversation in this room be filled with grace and truth. Let your Word dwell richly here.”
5. Repeat as needed.
You don’t have to do your whole house in one day. This can be a weekly rhythm — or something you do when things feel “off” in your home.
🟣 I've Heard From Moms Who...
...taped verses to their children’s light switches as reminders before bed.
...left open Bibles on their kitchen counters to shift the spiritual climate.
...played Scripture audio through a speaker while cleaning or homeschooling.
...paused at the front door and whispered, “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want,” before heading out for the day.
None of these things were flashy.
But they were faithful.
And faithfulness in hidden places is where strong homes are built.
🟣 When You Don’t Know What to Pray
Here’s the beautiful thing: you don’t need the perfect words. You just need the right source.
Open the Psalms. Read one verse. Ask the Holy Spirit to apply it to your home. Speak it.
Even something as simple as this:
“Lord, let our home be a place where your peace reigns. Let your Word dwell here richly. Teach us to walk in your ways. In Jesus’ name, amen.”
That’s it. That’s prayer that calls on the One who moves mountains.
🟣 Scripture to Keep In Your Heart
- Joshua 24:15
“But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
- Proverbs 24:3–4
“By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established…”
- Psalm 127:1
“Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.”
Let Him be the builder. You just keep showing up.
🟣 Final Thought:
Mama, your prayers may feel quiet, but they are not powerless.
You’re not just cleaning your home — you’re consecrating it.
You’re not just organizing toys — you’re ordering the atmosphere.
You’re not just decorating rooms — you’re declaring truth in every corner.
You don’t need to be loud. But you can be bold.
Start today — pick a room, pick a verse, and pray out loud.
And if you need help choosing Scriptures, this month’s freebie was made just for you.
There are few things more frustrating than running into the same marriage issues over and over again.
Potty-training comes to mind as one of those few things, but that's a different topic entirely. 🤣
Whether it’s poor (or nonexistent) communication, resentment, unmet expectations, lack of leadership, or drifting intimacy, the root problems in marriage often feel complex—but many of them actually trace back to our mindset and our heart posture.
That’s where renewing your mind through the Word becomes powerful.
Scripture doesn’t just teach behavior modification—it transforms you from the inside out.
When you turn to the Bible for wisdom instead of turning only to other people for advice, you will start seeing deeper solutions to the struggles you face in your marriage.
Let’s look at a few examples:
- Communication struggles? James 1:19 reminds us to be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.
- Bitterness or unforgiveness? Ephesians 4:31–32 calls us to put away all bitterness and instead be kind and forgiving.
- Missing intimacy or drifting connection? 1 Corinthians 13:4–7 paints a picture of love that is patient, selfless, and not easily offended. (That one is TOUGH.)
- Lack of leadership? 1 Peter 3 instructs wives to submit to their husbands - even those who disobey the Word - out of reverence and obedience to God, not because their husbands are perfect leaders (this godly submission on your part is one way to influence your husband to grow in leadership, and grow towards Christ).
- Feeling purposeless? Titus 2 describes the role of older women teaching the younger - so whether you're in the "older" category, your role is to teach the younger the things listed in that passage, and if you're in the "younger" category, your role is to spend time learning those things and implementing them well within your home and family.
God’s Word is practical, powerful, and personal.
When you take time to meditate on His truth and apply it—even to small situations in your marriage—you'll notice yourself responding differently intuitively.
You'll become more aware of your tone. You'll notice when you're assuming something without actual facts behind it. You'll slow down and seek understanding and wisdom.
And as you change, it will create space for healing and growth in your marriage.
Not only will you notice yourself changing, more than likely your husband will notice too - and God can use that to draw your husband to Himself.
This week:
Choose one challenge you’ve been facing and look up 2–3 verses that speak into that issue.
Write them down and pray over them daily.
The Word won’t return void (Isaiah 55:11)—it will accomplish exactly what God intends.
Need some help getting started? I created a free Marriage Scripture Journal to help you dig into God's Word. Grab your copy at the link below.
In the beginning...
I'm sure you know the story. God creates all the things, then He breathes life into man.
He sees the first male as alone, and decides he needs a helper; then He creates woman FROM man.
Notice the reason woman was created was to be a helper. That role wasn't a result of the fall; it was assigned to her prior to the fall.
On the other hand, what WAS a result of the fall was woman's desire "for" her husband - most understood and recognized as her desire to control him.
As a result, one of the most common struggles for wives is the tendency to take control—over the schedule, the parenting decisions, the finances, the way things are done.
But underneath that need to control is often fear. Fear of failure, fear of chaos, or fear that things won’t go “right” unless she steps in (which - SPOILER - is also a HUGE indication of pride).
But God doesn’t call you to live from a place of fear. He calls you to trust Him—and one way that trust shows up is in how you relate to your husband.
When you spend time renewing your mind in Scripture, you begin to release the tight grip of control and instead gain quiet, Christ-centered confidence.
Confidence in the Lord allows you to respond with grace when your husband leads differently than you would.
I've heard it said that the measure of a woman's trust in God can be seen in how she submits to her husband.
Trusting the Lord helps you speak with wisdom instead of worry. It builds your ability to communicate with love rather than criticism. And most importantly, it strengthens your faith in God’s sovereignty over your home and marriage.
Practical steps in this area might include:
- Choosing not to "correct" every small thing your husband does differently than you.
- Praying before giving your opinion in a tense conversation.
- Trusting your husband with a parenting or financial decision—and supporting him, even if it’s not what you would do.
- Respecting your husband's decisions - even if you think they're completely wrong - because you know God can protect and guide your family THROUGH any decision, wrong or right.
- Meditating on verses like Isaiah 26:3 or Proverbs 3:5–6 that refocus your mind on God’s control, not yours.
Christ-centered confidence isn’t loud, harsh, or forceful. It’s quiet strength that flows from being anchored in the Word.
When you shift from controlling everything to trusting God in everything, your home—and heart—will experience peace like you could never imagine.
Need a little help? Grab the Marriage Scripture Journal—a 4-week guide to help you study full chapters of God’s Word and apply them to your marriage with clarity and confidence.
If you're anything like most wives today, you're trying your best to do it all—manage your home, caring for your children, serve at church, and do your best to love your husband well.
But far too often, those efforts are fueled by pressure, emotion, a sense of "Christian" duty, or even cultural expectations - rather than the truth of God's Word.
And when that’s the case, discouragement usually isn’t far behind.
The role of a godly wife wasn’t designed to be driven by emotion, pride, obligation, or performance. It was designed to be rooted in the truth of Scripture and faith in God.
When a woman renews her mind with the Word of God, everything changes—her tone, her perspective, her posture, and even her purpose.
She begins to see that her role isn’t just about meeting needs or keeping peace (and - spoiler alert - we're called to be MAKERS of peace, not keepers of peace).
The role of a godly wife is about glorifying God through her words, her attitude, and her trust in Him.
But you can't live out that role without understanding what God's Word says - not what other people tell you it says.
Wives who consistently spend time in the Word often begin to notice a shift:
🟣 their respect becomes more intentional
🟣 their love becomes more selfless
🟣 their communication becomes more patient.
Why? Because the Word sanctifies (John 17:17). It reshapes how you think, and therefore how you respond.
If you’ve felt stagnant or frustrated in your role as a wife, ask yourself: am I being shaped by the Word or by the world? Are my thoughts toward my husband rooted in truth, or in emotion?
This week, start small—spend 10–15 minutes reading one passage (Ephesians 5, Proverbs 31, or 1 Peter 3 are great places to begin).
Ask the Lord to show you something specific to apply. Write it down, pray it over your marriage, and revisit it daily.
Over time, you’ll see the transformation—not just in your actions, but in your heart.
I have a confession...
I am very, very easily influenced.
For many years, I used to take someone’s word for it when it came to Scripture. If it was in a bestselling book, a Christian podcast, or spoken from a pulpit, I assumed it had to be true.
But eventually, I started hearing things that didn’t sit right.
Promises that sounded too good.
“Truths” that contradicted each other.
I realized I needed to know the Bible for myself.
Sweet friend, we live in a time where false teaching is everywhere—and it doesn’t always sound false. It’s often mixed with just enough truth to make it seem right.
Remember how Satan first deceived Eve? In Genesis 3:1, he asked her, "Did God really say you must not eat of any tree in the garden?"
Notice, Satan didn't just flat out lie; he used what was partially true to create confusion in Eve. She responded in the next few verses saying that God also told them not to touch the tree of life - which He hadn't.
Let's keep in mind at this point that God's instructions were given directly to Adam, before Eve was created - so she is hearing them second-hand from him.
My point is two-fold:
First, we need to be reading the Bible for ourselves. If Eve had heard firsthand from God what His instructions were, she would have been better able to recognize Satan's deception tactics.
Which leads me to my second point: we must be on guard against anything that seems Christian, or simply sounds biblical, and diligently study Scripture for truth before making a decision or standing firm on a topic.
God doesn’t want us to be led by clever words or viral reels. He wants us rooted in His Word, unshaken and discerning.
Bible literacy—the ability to study, interpret, and apply Scripture—is our guardrail against deception.
As wives and moms, we are often the spiritual thermostat of the home. If we’re filling ourselves with half-truths, shallow interpretations, or worldly wisdom dressed up as “Christian,” we can throw our whole family off course.
But when we know Scripture deeply, we are able to recognize what isn’t of God. We can teach our kids truth. We can lovingly challenge our husbands in grace. We can stand firm when culture shifts.
If you don’t know where to start, try reading one book of the Bible slowly and deeply. Check out this link for a graphic that breaks down exactly how long it takes the average person to read each book of the Bible. According to that article, "Did you know that many of those books can be read in less than an hour? 40 out of the 66 books (61% of the books) can each be read in less than an hour? In fact, some of the books will take the average reader 2 minutes to read."
And yet we often claim we don't have time to read the Bible.
Use the SOAP or Verse Mapping method to help you engage. Check out the free Bible Study Toolkit to learn more about those and other ways to help you engage with and intentionally study God's Word.
Follow along with a solid Bible teacher, but always go back to the text. If you need a list of recommended teachers, this list by Michelle Lesley is a great place to start.
Finally, ask God to sharpen your discernment. James 1:5 tells us that if we lack wisdom, we should ask God, because He gives generously and without reproach. That means we can ask again, and again, and again, and God will never fault us for not having enough wisdom and needing to ask for more. He will patiently supply the wisdom we need, when we need it...when we ask.
Sweet friend, there is so much freedom in not being easily swayed anymore. Are you ready to have that freedom? Let's dig into the Word together! Share with me what you're most interested in learning about from Scripture!
