The Power of a Praying® Wife

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If you feel you’re able, try this little experiment and see what happens. Pray for your husband every day for a month using each one of the 30 areas of prayer I’ve included in this book. Pray a chapter a day. Ask God to pour out His blessings on him and fill you both with His love. See if your heart doesn’t soften toward him. Notice if his attitude toward you doesn’t change as well. Observe whether your relationship isn’t running more smoothly. Inside this Book – I wish I could say that I’ve been regularly praying for my husband from the beginning of our marriage until now. I haven’t. At least not like I’m suggesting in this book. Oh, I prayed. The prayers were short: “Protect him, Lord.” They were to the point: “Save our marriage.” But most commonly they were my favorite three-word prayer: “Change him, Lord.” When we were first married, I was a new believer coming out of a life of great bondage and error and had much to learn about the delivering and restoring power of God. I thought I had married a man who was close to perfect, and what wasn’t perfect was cute. As time went on, cute became irritating and perfect became driving perfectionism. I decided that what irritated me most about him had to be changed and then everything would be fine. It took a number of years for me to realize my husband was never going to conform to my image. The Power of a Praying Wife PDF When my husband, Michael, and I were first married and differences arose between us, praying was definitely not my first thought. In fact, it was closer to a last resort. I tried other methods first such as arguing, pleading, ignoring, avoiding, confronting, debating, and of course the ever-popular silent treatment, all with far less than satisfying results. It took some time to realize that by praying first, these unpleasant methods of operation could be avoided. Chapter 3: "But your prayers will certainly help protect your husband from unnecessary struggle and loss. God's desire is to bless those who have obedient, grateful, and giving hearts, whose true treasure is the Lord." New prayers that will help both husbands and wives be more attuned to the Holy Spirit so they don’t let negative emotions or unclear thinking get in the way.

After taking excerpts from the books, I want to now look at the book as a whole in context. This book does not apply to you if you are not a White, middle/upper class cishet able-bodied woman. If you are disabled, POC, queer, poor, or anything else, this does not apply to you. (I don't exactly hit all those marks either, but as I mentioned, I am doing research on religion, after growing up in a large Christian/Catholic community). Jennifer's review from October 17th 2014 is a spectacular review that covers these issues. This book has a lot of internal misogyny. This book is classist, it is ableist, it is many things. It ENCOURAGES women to remain in ABUSIVE relationships with their husband, despite everything. I really want to highlight that. Stormie Omartian ENCOURAGES you to stay in an abusive relationship. Omartian has, within this book, openly admitted many times that her husband, Michael, is abusive to her and their kids. But it is ok because it is under the guise of a good ole Christian marriage. To divorce grieves God. Author Stormie Omartian has done it again! Taking The Power of a Praying Wife a step further, this devotional captures all the feel of her former books, with a practical method for putting these prayers into regular daily use. The topics are divided into three categories--me, him, and us--which rotate throughout the 100 days. This takes the focus off of "God, fix him," types of prayers and invites the reader to look inward and see where God might be wanting to work in her own life, and then to look at her marriage as a partnership.Praying for your husband and your marriage is one of the toughest things we must do as a wife. Stormie shares the details of events that have taken place in her life and the strategies she put in place to receive the change she needed not only from her husband, but also herself to better their marriage and relationship with one other. I know this book is about praying, and so all the focus is on that. Which is great. But prayer isn't the only tool, and there seems to be an assumption in a lot of her example stories that husbands don't respond well to any bit of loving criticism or request (maybe due to the above anger issues of her own husband that's what she sees as the norm?) The Lord showed me if I would really lay down my desire to leave and give that part to the Lord, He would show me how to pray for my husband, and in the process He would resurrect this marriage and restore it. That really hurt to say yes to because, first of all, God was saying I had to stop praying my favorite three-word prayer, which is the “Change him, Lord” prayer that I had been praying for fifteen years. I had been praying that a long time, and God was not answering that. You have the means to establish a hedge of protection around your marriage because Jesus said, Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven (Matthew 18:18). You have authority in the name of Jesus to stop evil and permit good. You can submit to God in prayer whatever controls your husband—alcoholism, workaholism, laziness, depression, infirmity, abusiveness, anxiety, fear, or failure—and pray for him to be released from it. Shallow. This could’ve been a great, deep book on prayer, but it was so shallow and poorly executed.

These easy-to-read devotions will increase any wife’s understanding, strength, and peace, as well as provide her with perspective on the situations and challenges she faces. And each prayer will help both husbands and wives be more attuned to the Holy Spirit so they can do what’s right without allowing negative emotions or unclear thinking to get in the way.

faith and future

As I sat there, God also impressed upon my heart that if I would deliberately lay down my life before His throne, die to the desire to leave, and give my needs to Him, He would teach me how to lay down my life in prayer for Michael. He would show me how to really intercede for him as a son of God, and in the process He would revive my marriage and pour His blessings out on both of us. We would be better together, if we could get past this, than we could ever be separated and alone. He showed me that Michael was caught in a web from his past that rendered him incapable of being different from what he was at that moment, but God would use me as an instrument of His deliverance if I would consent to it. It hurt to say yes to this and I cried a lot. But when I did, I felt hopeful for the first time in years. Seems to be for women who think their husband is desperately immature spiritually; at least, that’s the picture she paints of her own husband. She seems to think his unique struggles are universal.

In Chapter 1 she says "I assume no woman would marry a man she didn't love." Which sounds nice in a perfect world, but there are many women who might marry to escape circumstances, because they feel like they don't have other options, or even have their marriages arranged. Chapter 10: "If your husband is not a full-time fool, so to speak but he does occasionally engage in foolish behavior, don't try to fix him. God is the only one who can do that." And maybe lovingly correct him and try to point out the error of his ways?

I think the wife praying for her husband takes a lot of pressure off him. It gives him that support, and it makes him really feel loved. I’ve found that husbands are really appreciative of a wife who will pray for them, who will intercede for them every day. It makes all the difference. You know how you feel when you’re prayed for. You can feel the prayers. You feel like you can just rise above anything when you’ve got people praying for you. The Power of a Praying Wife Devotional is a book close to bestselling author Stormie Omartian’s heart, and she is eager to share it with you. This latest edition, with its new cover, will inspire you to experience comes the transforming power of prayer in your marriage. More than 100 devotions, prayers, and supporting Scriptures encourage and support your desire to lift up your husband, yourself, and your marriage to God’s care. Stormie’s godly wisdom and relevant insights bring deeper understanding of God’s will for you and your future strength for the trials and for your marriage’s every need peace in knowing God’s voice, faithfulness, and purpose hope to fill your marriage and home with joy prayers to keep you in tune with the Holy Spirit’s leading Join Stormie for this amazing adventure of talking to God and seeking His presence in every part of your life. The Power of a Praying Wife Devotional: Fresh Insights for You and Your Marriage by Stormie Omartian – eBook Details

A lot of the reasons I didn’t like this book were personal and related to my preferences, so take my review with a grain of salt. If you like cheesy Christian devotionals you’ll probably enjoy it. STORMIE OMARTIAN es la autora de la serie de éxitos de librería «El poder de la Oración»®, (más de 32 millones de libros vendidos) la cual incluye El Poder de la Esposa que Ora, El Poder del Esposo que Ora y El Poder de los Padres que Oran. My Husband Would Not Be Happy If I Wrote This (And - Taking Relationship Advice From That Friend Who Doesn't Have a Good Relationship): Look to God as the source of all you want to see happen in your marriage, and don't worry about how it will happen." How is sometimes a good question to ask. Is counselling a helpful answer to you? God might be leading you to that. Is better communication what you need? How do you work toward that? Relationships take work and prayer. In the Bible, it says how a husband should love a wife, and how a wife should respect her husband. I think it’s worded that way because a wife’s respect for her husband means so much to the husband. If a wife loses respect, it just kills him. The fact that she’s praying for him shows such respect. I think that’s one of the things that makes him feel loved. That’s another reason why it’s very important for a wife to intercede and lift her husband up.Sometimes he doesn’t change. Sometimes he never changes, but what happens is God will change your heart so that you can either rest with it or tolerate it or it won’t bother you as much. He’ll either change your husband or change you, or both, which is great. But either way, He will answer your prayers, one way or the other. Of course you can't force him to do something he doesn't' want to do, but you can access God's power through praying for His Voice to penetrate your husband's soul. Praying for your husband is not the same as praying for a child (even though it may seem similar), because you are not your husband’s mother. We have authority over our children that is given to us by the Lord. We don’t have authority over our husbands. However, we have been given authority over all the power of the enemy (Luke 10:19) and can do great damage to the enemy’s plans when we pray. Many difficult things that happen in a marriage relationship are actually part of the enemy’s plan set up for its demise. But we can say, I will not allow anything to destroy my marriage. Chapter 13 "If your husband is going through a difficult time, carry it in prayer, but don't carry the burden. Even though you may want to, don't try to take away his load and make it yours. That will ultimately leave him feeling weak or like a failure." Galations 6:2 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. That's it. That's the Bible. Marriage is a partnership, and you help each other through it. I probably would’ve had nicer platitudes to add at a different time in my life, but early November 2020 is not that time. I’m tired.