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shmily 30 days of prayer
Amy of Dandelion Seeds is hosting a SHMILY 30 Days of Prayer for the month of June, using The Power of a Praying Wife by Stormie OMartian as a guide. We will be praying specifically for our husbands over the next 30 days. The Power of a Praying Wife has 30 chapters ~ we’ll read one chapter each day, then pray for our husbands concerning that day’s chapter topic.
If you’ve never read The Power of a Praying Wife, this would be a great time for you to read it. You’ll be able to communicate with other women regarding the topics. There are over 1200 women signed up!
Amy will be posting both on Facebook and her blog. A Facebook account is not necessary to participate. Neither is a blog. But if you have either one of those (or both, as I do), you can share with your friends, loved ones and readers about your experience of praying for your husband every day.
I have read The Power of a Praying Wife a couple of times, and have used Stormie’s topic suggestions to pray for my husband. The most important thing I have learned about praying for my husband is that the main outcome of praying for someone else is that God works in YOUR life and changes YOU, not the person you’re praying for. Praying for someone else is supposed to be a selfless act, not an attempt or means of changing the other person. Stormie wrote:
First of all, let me make it perfectly clear that the power of a praying wife is not a means of gaining control over your husband, so don’t get your hopes up! In fact, quite the opposite. It’s laying down all claim to power in and of yourself, and relying on God’s power to transform you, your husband, your circumstances, and your marriage. This power is not given to wield like a weapon in order to beat back an unruly beast. It’s a gentle tool of restoration appropriated through the prayers of a wife who longs to do right more than be right, and to give life more than get even . It’s a way to invite God’s power into your husband’s life for his greatest blessing, which is ultimately yours, too.
Roger and I had been married about 6 years when I read The Power of a Praying Wife for the first time. We weren’t in a great place relationally, and praying for him was very hard for me to do. But let me tell you, after reading this book and praying each and every day for my husband, my attitude began to change. Stormie’s right ~ the power of a praying wife is not gaining God’s (or your) control over your husband. It’s the humble position of laying down your desire for control, your desire for your husband to change in some way, and realizing that we worship an amazing God Who can do anything, even save a marriage that seems lost to us.
I highly recommend The Power of a Praying Wife ~ and if you would like to read and pray along with a group of women, please visit the SHMILY 30 Days of Prayer Facebook page (become a “Fan” of the page so you can receive updates as they’re posted) or Amy’s blog, Dandelion Seeds.
I’m so excited about what God is going to do in marriages all over the world over the next 30 days! And I can’t wait to read the accounts of God working in other women’s lives to change their hearts and their attitudes. God’s going to do some mighty works in the month of June ~ come be a part of it!
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