“Your wife is like an automobile.”
That’s a strange statement to make, isn’t it? Yes… but it’s true. To better understand what Stormie Omartian means when she compares your wife to an automobile, plus additional advice she has for you as a praying husband, please click onto the web site link below to read:
• THE POWER OF A PRAYING HUSBAND
In addition, the following is something that Stormie’s husband Michael Omartian has written on a husband praying for his wife and then you will find a written prayer afterward which you can use as an outline to pray for your own wife, if you choose. Michael writes:
“Prayer requires forgetting your own agenda and letting God set the agenda. Many times prayer would focus my attention away from the need to see Stormie change and become more accommodating to me, instead how I could change and be more accommodating to her. Scary stuff for the ego! But through prayer we have been able to make changes and work things out. Now we have been married for 28 years and I can’t imagine anyone else as my mate. but our problems only work themselves out when she and I join with God to solve them.”
PRAYER POWER:
“Lord, I pray that You would establish in me and (wife’s name) bonds of love that cannot be broken. Show me how to love my wife in an ever-deepening way that she can clearly perceive. May we have mutual respect and admiration for each other so that we become and remain one another’s greatest friend, champion, and unwavering support.
“Where love has been diminished, lost, destroyed, or buried under hurt and disappointment, put it back in our hearts. Give us strength to hold on to the good in our marriage, even in those times when one of us doesn’t feel love.
“Enable my wife and me to forgive each other quickly and completely. Specifically I lift up to You (name any area where forgiveness is needed). Help us to ‘be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving,’ the way You are to us (Ephesians 4:32).
“Teach us to overlook the faults and weaknesses of the other. Give us a sense of humor, especially as we deal with the hard issues of life.
“Unite us in faith, beliefs, standards of morality, and mutual trust. Help us to be of the same mind, to move together in harmony, and to quickly come to mutual agreements about our finances, our children, how we spend our time, and any other decisions that need to be made.
“Where we are in disagreement and this has caused strife, I pray You would draw us together on the issues. Adjust our perspectives to align with Yours. Make our communication open and honest so that we avoid misunderstandings.
“May we have the grace to be tolerant of each other’s faults and, at the same time, have the willingness to change. I pray that we will not live two separate lives, but will instead walk together as a team. Remind us to take time for one another so that our marriage will be a source of happiness, peace, and joy for us both.
“Lord, I pray that You would protect our marriage from anything that would destroy it. Take out of our lives anyone who would come between us or tempt us. Help us to immediately recognize and resist temptation when it presents itself.
“I pray that no other relationship either of us have, or have had in the past, will rob us of anything in our relationship now. Sever all unholy ties in both of our lives. May there never be any adultery or divorce in our future to destroy what You, Lord, have put together. Help because it has developed a non-working part. I pray that we will turn to You —the Designer —to fix it and get it operating the way it was intended.
“Teach us to seek each other’s well-being first, as You have commended in Your Word (1 Corinthians 10:24). We want to keep You at the center of our marriage and not expect from each other what only You can give.
“Where either of us have unrealistic expectations of the other, open our eyes to see it. May we never waver in our commitment and devotion to You and to one another, so that this marriage will become all You designed it to be.”
The above article and prayer came from the book, “The Power of a Praying Husband, written by Stormie Omartian and Michael Omartian (with additional contributors such as Neil Anderson, Steven Curtis Chapman, Jack Hayford and others), published by Harvest House. “In 20 short, easy-to-read chapters, Stormie Omartian shares how you can intercede for your wife” in prayer in various areas “where she longs for your prayers” You’ll also receive “advice and personal stories from well-know Christian men, prayer ideas and words from Scripture.” Preview or Purchase this book now.
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Below you will find additional prayers you can pray for your wife, located at another web site location. Please click onto the link below to read:
• PRAYER PORTIONS: Praying for Your Wife
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(USA) What is sad is when God says no to such prayers. I recall years ago, when my now ex-wife was in her affair and I got this book. I faithfully prayed every prayer in the book numerous times as I went through it daily, and nothing changed. The affair continued, no protections, no strengthening of the relationship, no insights on how to love, etc.
So how would I recommend this course of action to others, given how fruitless it was for me? Notice the key is in this statement, “…but our problems only work themselves out when she and I join with God to solve them.” If only one is praying, it apparently is a fruitless exercise.
Just felt the need to share that, lest anyone think that their prayers alone will help.
I almost lost my faith due to the lack of answers to the prayers in this book not to mention how the prayers of my family and friends to see the marriage restored were given a “no” answer.
I really don’t want to see anyone else have to experience the pain of knowing they are praying for something clearly in the will of God, yet God doesn’t act in a fashion that brings about His well stated will with regards to family and marriage.
(GUYANA) Dear Tony, One thing I’ve learn from God is that we need to examine our life. First, did you obtain the gift of salvation from the Lord? Did you confess all your sins to God and man (whoever you may have wrong)? Did God give you assurance that your sins are forgiven from the Bible?
If our life is not in order with God, we sometimes wonder why things are not working out for us, but sometimes we are the one who are hindering the progress.
Faith is something that has to be worked at. I don’t think people get married to be separated. We need to continue in prayer. Sometimes changes does not happen right away, sometimes it takes years. (Please read the life of JOB in the Bible) I have read a book too about marriage titled “His needs Her Needs”. Maybe you can read that too. May God help you to be strong and show you all his plans for your life.
(USA) Shanti, I’ve been a born again believer for almost 40 years. It’s only by grace through faith that I’m saved, that my sins are forgiven, and that I’m washed as white as snow through the blood of the lamb that was slain on Calvary.
I actually worked with Dr Harley’s son in coaching when I was still married to my ex-wife. I eliminated LB’s, worked on meeting EN’s (which she really wouldn’t allow since she had run off with her affair partner.)
So not only do I have the books, but I worked personally with the Marriage Builders team to no benefit to my former marriage. I have the notes, the assignments, etc. I’ve done the questionnaires. But then none of that is useful if your spouse doesn’t end the affair and do the work as well. So I’m now divorced and since remarried years after the divorce.
But again, it’s only by faith in God I still believe. Because if my belief require proof, I’d have left the faith years ago, given the lack of answers to prayer.