That's why, when we come before Him to pray, God asks us to first confess anything in our hearts that shouldn't be there. What is in our hearts when we pray has more effect on whether our prayers are answered than the actual prayer itself. We all - men and women alike - jeopardize our own prayers when we don't pray them from a right heart. Our hearts have to be right when we pray. "If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear" (Psalm 66:18). If there is one thing I have learned about prayer, it's that if we have any unforgiveness, bitterness, selfishness, pride, anger, irritation, or resentment in our hearts, our prayers will not be answered. Fervent and honest prayer causes the depths of our hearts to be exposed.
It means that any negative thoughts, bad attitudes, hardness of heart, or selfish motives are going to be revealed by the Lord. This means we can't get away with anything. The good thing about prayer - or the problem with prayer, depending on your perspective - is that we have to go to God to do it. This is the most important place for a man to begin praying. In my survey of wives, 85 percent of them said the most important prayer their husband could pray was that he would become the man, husband, and head of the home God wanted him to be. When your wife knows you are praying, she is confident of all of these things. She wants you to trust that with God nothing is impossible, and because of that you will never give up hoping for the impossible to happen. She needs the assurance you have a play in your pocket that can take you down the field with the ball for a possible winning score. And she wants the security of knowing that when things are tough and down to the wire - even when the enemy is already celebrating your demise and all appears to be lost - you have the faith to believe that up to the very last second everything can turn around. Your marriage is like that football game. It was so amazing that news reports of it even referred to it as a miracle. Instead they pulled an unlikely play out of their book, and through the most astonishing sequence of events, the home team made a winning touchdown in the last few seconds of the game. But the losing team and coach didn't give up or let their morale fail. Some people were even leaving the stadium. The game appeared to be over, and the opposing team and fans were already celebrating. They needed a touchdown to win, but everything was against them making a score in that amount of time. In May 2002, The Power of a Praying Wife broke a 21-year industry record by claiming the number one spot on the CBA Marketplace bestsellers list for 27 consecutive months.I once saw a football game where the home team was losing and there were less than 15 seconds left in the game. She also appeared in several amateur theatrical productions in the California area, and appeared later in nationwide television shows, before her marriage. She is the wife of Michael Omartian, with whom she recorded several musical albums before she launched her writing career. Stormie Omartian (born Stormie Sherk) is an American Christian author. – Christeena About the Author : Stormie Omartian By no means am I one to brag about being a faithful Christian, I’m not perfect by no means but this book is helping me realize that I can be a firm believer and that is really is easy, I just have to believe. This book has helped me realize that it’s okay to pray and how simple it really is.
I’m on my 2nd copy of this book and love it! – Maria Philip Those prayers have helped us through hard times and we’re still standing strong. He doesn’t go to church or pray much, but I saw God working in him as I prayed Stormie’s prayers in the book! Each chapter has a specific prayer. As I read and prayed I would hear my husband say or do just what I had spoke to God about. I found help and hope as I read this book.
Sometimes you need to pray but don’t know how to start or what to ask for. Stormie Omartian’s key insights are revealed through real-life illustrations, inspiring Scriptures, encouraging quotes, and sample prayers to help every wife pray for her husband’s …Īny woman who desires a closer relationship with her husband will enjoy receiving this refreshing look at the power of prayer in marriage. In this beautiful new padded hardcover edition, Stormie Omartian’s key insights are revealed through real-life illustrations, inspiring Scriptures, encouraging quotes, and sample prayers. The Power of a Praying Wife has sold more than 3,000,000 copies and has encouraged countless women to trust God for their marriages.