Praying during February is like praying at any other month, week, or day in that you still pray for what you usually pray for or whatever it is that you want to pray for. However, for this article, we will talk about prayers that you can pray in line with what is especially celebrated during this month of love—Valentine’s Day.
Heavenly Father, as we celebrate love this month, I pray that the people shall know the One true love, which is not a concept but a person—You. It is only by Your love that we can love You back. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.
A February Prayer
What Can You Pray for the Month of February?
The prayer points that you can pray in February in addition to what you usually pray for concern what we celebrate during this month. February is known as “love month” because Valentine’s Day is celebrated on the 14th of February. That in itself suggests what your prayers for February could revolve around.
So what can you pray in line with the fact that February is known or celebrated as the love month? One thing is for all the couples that are celebrating Valentine’s Day. Pray that if the couple is dating, they will celebrate morally, valuing chastity and sexual purity. If the couple is married, pray for love to persist and shield all circumstances. You can also pray that men would treat their girlfriends or wives with gentleness and chivalry.
Another prayer you might have addresses current liberal movements and organizations that fight for being able to love whomever they want to love, even if they are of the same sex. Pray for the return of objective and universal truth; that it is never abandoned so that any person’s truth, even if it is a lie, is accepted just for the sake of love. In other words, you can pray that the people will remember what love is and not forsake objective truths for the sake of feelings.
In line with that, the best prayer you can pray is that those who do not know Christ will get to know Him. We can never expect a dating couple to uphold purity and holiness unless they submit themselves to the Lordship of Christ first. In the same way, we can never expect those who have liberal views to respect love and truth if they haven’t encountered Truth itself, which is Jesus Christ. Therefore, pray that just as romantic love is celebrated during the month of February, what people will come to know more about is the “agape” (sacrificial) kind of love that God has shown us through the person of Jesus Christ (John 14:6)(1 John 4:19)(1 John 4:7-12). (Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6) (We love him, because he first loved us.1 John 4:19)
A February Prayer
A February Prayer
There is also a prayer that you can pray for believers during February. Besides having the boldness to preach the Gospel to unbelievers and knowing what real love is, you can also pray for married believers, especially men, to love their wives just as Christ loved the Church. If Christ showed us sacrificial love, then husbands ought to show the same to their wives. Likewise, wives must also submit to their husbands and respect them just as they submit themselves to Christ out of love for Him. In other words, we pray for love to abound in Christian marriages where couples love with agape love (Ephesians 5:25-33).
How Can I Pray For February?
You can pray for this month by first thinking about what it is about love that you want to pray for. Do you want to pray for the millions of couples who will have a date on Valentine’s Day? Or for married couples to rekindle love if their marriages seem to be on the brink of falling apart? Or would you pray for people to know what real love is rather than fall for how other people with their own ideologies would describe what love is? As you pause to think about what February is all about, remember that only the Gospel can save troubled relationships.
Heavenly Father, I pray that the couples celebrating Valentine’s Day this February will value chastity and commitment. I pray they would know Christ and center their relationships on Him. I also pray that the truth of the Gospel shall permeate every sector of society so that all may know the truth about love. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.
A February Prayer
February is not just for praying for things related to love, even if it is the so-called love month. For example, pray for other happenings or events that are going on during the month, even if those are not love-related.