Although I am not married, I decided to read this book because it has received raving reviews. I wanted to see what the hype was really about. As I read the book I was initially impressed, but then I began to process a little bit more and started to question some of the things in the book. In my opinion, the book doesn't hold the husband responsible for his behavior. While prayer is a powerful tool, it doesn't encourage the wife to confront her husband about his unacceptable behavior. It doesn't encourage the wife to have a voice at all in the relationship. It appears to me that her only tool is prayer and she should just accept the behavior and wait for this change to suddenly appear. The wife's will and desire is subject to her husband. There is scripture for being subject to your husband, but I'm not sure to what degree. In my opinion, it seems that the woman bears the burden of change in the marriage and he is just to continue in whatever the problem may be until he decides to change.
Has anyone read this book?
What are your thoughts?
Maybe someone needs to write a book "The Power of the Praying Husband" instead
The same author, Stormie Omartian, has written that book as well. The focus is on the subject of the book, you must read both books to get the total picture. Her objective is to equip each partner in the relationship in relationship with God for victory in the home.
I believe the books are quite good, I have read them many years ago. She is a member of Jack Hayford's church in California.
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we have the books in Portuguese...I have read them and enjoyed them. I doubt if we could even find one book that we would agree with every statement but in general I enjoyed the reading.
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In 1998 I was down praying, separated from my husband...whether anyone wants to believe this or not... I heard the Spirit speak to me about a book "power of praying wife" I got up from praying, put my kids in the car and drove to the bookstore. Pulled up front, left the door open, stuck my head inside and asked "do you all have a book called "Power of a Praying Wife"? They showed me the promotion box and I am not even sure when she wrote it, but I am pretty sure it was fairly new then.
I had never seen or heard of that book before. I went home, read it, and spent three days praying and repenting for my behavior. He had his faults...but I also had mine, and God began to show me. I prayed and about a week later he showed up, asked what he could do to make things right.
I think what I learned more than anything from that book was that we can not make anyone do anything or be what they should be. God has to be the one who deals with the heart. If God can not make changes through prayer, then there are no changes to be made. We first must keep our hearts right, praying for God to interview on the behalf of those we love.
God put our marriage back together, and we lived the happiest of our 14 year marriage for almost 5 years before he left his family for the final time. I will say that I knew in my heart I had done what I should do as a wife...and I can not make him do his part.
I went on to read Power of a praying parent and woman... I think she has some great books.
The awesome component of SO's books is that only God can truly change a person, so it's best to leave it in His hands. We can only "confront" our husbands about so much; we really can't change them, and we shouldn't delude ourselves into thinking we can. (Or even that we should.)
The power of prayer is that we often find a shared responsibility for marital issues when we take things to God, as FB pointed out. God has a way of making it "all about me" when I talk to Him. I agree that they are great books, and I hope my daughters grow up to depend on God for things beyond their control.
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In 1998 I was down praying, separated from my husband...whether anyone wants to believe this or not... I heard the Spirit speak to me about a book "power of praying wife" I got up from praying, put my kids in the car and drove to the bookstore. Pulled up front, left the door open, stuck my head inside and asked "do you all have a book called "Power of a Praying Wife"? They showed me the promotion box and I am not even sure when she wrote it, but I am pretty sure it was fairly new then.
I had never seen or heard of that book before. I went home, read it, and spent three days praying and repenting for my behavior. He had his faults...but I also had mine, and God began to show me. I prayed and about a week later he showed up, asked what he could do to make things right.
I think what I learned more than anything from that book was that we can not make anyone do anything or be what they should be. God has to be the one who deals with the heart. If God can not make changes through prayer, then there are no changes to be made. We first must keep our hearts right, praying for God to interview on the behalf of those we love.
God put our marriage back together, and we lived the happiest of our 14 year marriage for almost 5 years before he left his family for the final time. I will say that I knew in my heart I had done what I should do as a wife...and I can not make him do his part.
I went on to read Power of a praying parent and woman... I think she has some great books.
Wow. I'm sorry that the marriage ended even after doing all of this. I guess there really are no guarantees in anything you do. It always makes me wonder when a couple puts God first how they still end up in divorce. That is very scary for me.
Personally, I hope to get married and be married forever. I know everyone expects that but all too often it doesn't turn out that way.
Basically, it is all about God doing the work and answering prayer....I guess.
Wow. I'm sorry that the marriage ended even after doing all of this. I guess there really are no guarantees in anything you do. It always makes me wonder when a couple puts God first how they still end up in divorce. That is very scary for me.
Personally, I hope to get married and be married forever. I know everyone expects that but all too often it doesn't turn out that way.
Basically, it is all about God doing the work and answering prayer....I guess.
That is the key. However, the breakdown is when one isn't putting God first.
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