Shaking Up Your World

Many years ago, I began reading Stormie Omartian's book, "The Power of a Praying Wife."  There are 30 chapters in this book...one for each day of the month.

Sometimes, I don't know about you, but we might feel that our prayers are the same old thing... "God, thank you for this day, and please bless...." I know He hears us when we pray, but this book brings up subjects in a man's life that, quite frankly, I had never considered.  The first chapter calls for you to pray for his wife, YOU.  "Lord, help me to be a good wife."  That is the first sentence of the first prayer in the first chapter.

Sometimes, we are on the lookout for something that might help our husbands change.  And I found it very interesting that the first chapter focuses on women being the wives they are called to be..not trying to change your husband into the man he's supposed to be.  This book helps you rely more on God to do the changing.

The other chapters are about things that are important to men... things they struggle with...work, finances, sexuality, affection, temptations, his mind, fears, purpose, choices, health, protection, trials, integrity, reputation, priorities, relatioships, fatherhood, his past, attitude, marriage, emotions, his walk, talk, repentance, deliverance, obedience, self-image, his faith, and his future.

It is exciting to be a part of praying for your husband in all of these areas of his life and to watch God do miraculous things.  I know my husband had a mid-life crisis in the middle of my praying this book over his life in 2001.  But God changed some things in his life.  And then, I started praying it again in 2009, and God really allowed the rest of what he had been holding onto over his lifetime come to the surface, and in those circumstances, we believe he was healed.

So, if you love your husband, and if you want to learn about praying for him, try this book.  You won't be sorry because you will learn a lot about him.  Men have to shoulder things in life that I had really never thought of.  It made me see my husband in a whole new way.