Recently, a good friend of mine challenged me to read through Stormie Omartian’s book, (The Power of a Praying Wife) and pray for our husbands for 30 days. I heartily accepted – not because our marriage is struggling or because he is a bad husband, (because actually we were doing well, and he is a good husband!), but because I trust my friend deeply and when she makes a suggestion like that, I know the results are going to be good. Well, i had no idea HOW good things were going to turn out. The book is a beautiful, sincere, and completely Word-based set of ideas and prayers.  A lot of benefits came from doing this challenge and the Lord blessed our marriage more than I expected. Each day, as I was reading and praying for him, my heart for him grew specifically toward each subject I was considering that day. I feel much more tenderhearted toward him than I really ever have before, simply by praying for him over very specific areas in his life. I noticed significant changes in his attitude, behavior, relationship to me, and just general happiness! In 30 days, I feel that our relationship quite suddenly became unbreakable. I know this is a fairly general post about the subject where in actuality, very direct changes happened, but I just wanted to share that there IS power in praying for your husband. I witnessed it. I”m not sure why God set it up this way; that there be any power in prayer at all, but He did, and I can’t deny that it’s true.

Currently reading The Power of a Praying Parent. love.