You are already a kind, thoughtful, loving, praying husband, and you want to always be learning new and effective ways to further bless your wife.Ħ. You have longed to see meaningful and lasting changes happen in your wife, yourself, and your marriage, and you're hoping this book wil help.ĥ. You bought this book yourself because you've wanted to pray effectively for your wife, but you didn't know where to begin.Ĥ. Your praying wife bought this book for you so dial you would never again have to feel guilty about not praying enough for her.ģ.
You found this book mysteriously placed on the seat of your favorite chair, on the floor next to the commode, on the pil ow on your side of the bed, inside your briefcase or lunch box or toolbox, on the front seat of the vehicle you drive to work, or on your desk, worktable, or TV remote.Ģ. I don't want to be presumptuous in anyway, but I believe it is quite possible that you fit into one of the fol owing categories.ġ. I'm sure that no one is holding a gun to your head to make you do it, but if she is, tel her to put it down because you intend to keep going. He who finds a wife finds a good thing And obtains favor from the Lord. And I know you'l enjoy it, because I have been praying for my wife as she writes it. It is with this confidence in God's answering the prayers of a husband for a wife that I recommend this book to you. The more I understand how my wife benefits directly from my prayers for her, the more I understand how God uses those prayers to build my faith and how He changes and blesses me in the process. Throughout my marriage to Stormie I have witnessed miraculous answers to prayer-everything from seeing bondage from her damaged past broken in her, to the saving of her life in a medical emergency, to the flourishing of her ministry as an author. But what a resource for success awaits us when we pray! We see not only answers to our prayers for our wives, but things happen in us as wel. Without prayer, the success of our marriages depends on our own wisdom and effort. Praying for those changes invites God to do great things in our lives. Yes, the God of all creation has His ear inclined toward us, and in Him we have the opportunity to defuse bombs the enemy has planted that are set to destroy what God has joined together.Īre there things about our wives we would like to see changed?
Praying specifically for our wives is a powerful thing. That's why a man's communication with his wife is dependent upon his communication with the Father. God intends each of our marriages to be a way for us to be totally fulfil ed, but we have to live as an example of Christ's love for us. Either God has a tremendous sense of humor, or a desire to keep us continually growing. We are faced with the need to communicate, compromise, submit to one another, and be unselfish. Suddenly we are joined, for a lifetime, with a mate who has also brought many years of experiences, habits, personality traits, memories, preconceived notions, and personal ambitions into the marriage with her. Let's face it, men, by the time we marry we bring many years of experiences, habits, personality traits, memories, preconceived notions, and personal ambitions with us into the marriage. To my Harvest House family, especially Bob Hawkins Jr., Carolyn McCready, Julie McKinney, Teresa Evenson, Terry Glaspey, Betty Fletcher, LaRae Weikert, Barb Sherril, and Peggy Wright, for all your prayers, e-mails, letters, calls, and support. To my prayer partners Susan Martinez, Roz Thompson, Katie Stewart, Donna Summer, Bruce Sudano, Michael and Terry Harriton, and Tom and Patti Brussat, without whose prayers I would not have survived this year, let alone written a book. To my daughter, Amanda, for all the meals cooked, errands run, and rooms cleaned so I could have time to work. To my husband, Michael, for cooking all those great dinners and praying for me to be able to hear God as I wrote this book. To Susan Martinez, my secretary, life manager, sister, and friend, without whom I would never make a single deadline. To the hundreds of praying wives who shared with me the ways they longed to have their husbands pray for them. I hold each of you in highest esteem for the kind of husbands, fathers, and men of God that you are. Long, Neil Anderson, James Robison, Michael Harriton, Mike Goldstone, Rodney Johnson, and Steven Curtis Chapman for your stories of answered prayer that you contributed to this book. Especially to Pastor Jack Hayford, Bishop Kenneth C.
To the many faithful praying husbands who told me about the joys of seeing their prayers answered for their wives.