Motivate Him Monday!

It's Monday and here at www.helpmeethis.blogspot.com that means it's time to get to motivating our husbands! I am so excited to see what God will do not only in the lives of our husbands as we commit to this, but in us as wives as well. Whenever we set out to be an encouragement to someone else, we are always blessed as well.

So, how can we motivate our husbands? By encouraging and affirming him. With all the things our man has coming at him during the course of a day, he may lack motivation to do anything, be anything or even aspire to anything. However, when his queen comes along side him and begins to affirm his manhood and character, that stirs something up in him to want to do better and be better.

Here are some practical ways to motivate your man:

1. Pray for him. Don't let a day go by without lifting your husband up before the Lord. Covering him in prayer helps to protect and shield him from the attacks of the enemy. Your praying for him on a daily also helps to shift your focus and perspective of him. As you pray for your husband, your heart will begin to soften towards him in areas where it may have hardened. 
2. Fix him breakfast or a cup of coffee. Send your man out the door in the morning with a full stomach and a kiss...a 15 second kiss! I know you have a lot to do as well, but taking time to care for your husband says to him that he matters to you and that you enjoy taking care of him.
3. Send him a text, email or call him during the day to check in with him and see how his day is going. If he is having a rough day, offer him some encouraging words or offer to pray with him. 
4. Write your husband a "love note" listing all the things you love about him. Leave it on his pillow or wherever he will notice it.
5. Men love bed ministry...yes...bed ministry! Our husbands feel loved when they feel wanted by us. So, take a nice shower or bath, put on something cute (not your big terry cloth bathrobe!) and snuggle up to him tonight. 

You get the picture. Motivating your husband is really ministering to his needs. As you begin to be intentional in looking for ways to affirm, encourage and motivate him you will begin to see your husband walk just a little taller, his chest stick out just a little further because his queen thinks he's special!