The man that God wants you to be

Ephesians 5;15-21

15 Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,16 making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,19 addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart,20 giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,21 submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ. 
This passage really spoke to me tonight.  Like many men, I do my best to work hard to provide for my family.  I try to make wise decisions about our future and make sure that I'm not making rash or full hardy decisions. But even then, there is so much more that God demands of us as men of God.
My prayers request for myself and all men tonight is for these things:
 I pray that we will seek to understand God's will and when that understanding comes, we act with boldness and conviction.  We must be the spiritual leaders in our families, our places of business, our community, etc.
I pray that we will not be distracted by the many ways of the world, but would instead be filled with the Holy Spirit.  We are the Human example that our spouse and children look to.  If we are not demonstrating and living the word every day, then we fail our families.
I pray that we would encourage not only each other, but our spouse, our children, that we would speak to each other and to our families in Psalms, Hymns, Spiritual songs, and making melodies to the Lord with all of our heart.  CORPORATE worship both as brothers in Christ and as a family bind us together in the sweet worship of God Almighty!
I pray that we would always be thankful to God the Father for everything.  We need to be an example of how to be thankful to God and to others.  Everything we have is only because HE has allowed us to have it.  We must make our lives ALL about Him, we are a part of the story, but it is HIS story.
I pray that we would be the men of God that He has called us to be.  I pray that we would submit to one another out of reverence for Christ, for the life that we now live is not ours but the one that Christ lives in us.