Omartian - The Power of a Praying Woman Prayer and Study Guide

STORMIE

OMARTIAN

HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS

EUGENE, OREGON

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THE POWER OF A PRAYINGWOMAN PRAYER AND STUDY GUIDE

Copyright 2002 by Stormie Omartian

Published by Harvest House Publishers

Eugene, Oregon 97402

www.harvesthousepublishers.com

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ISBN-13: 978-0-7369-1987-6

ISBN-10: 0-7369-1987-2

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A supplemental workbook to THE POWER OF A PRAYING WOMAN by Stormie Omartian, for in-depth group or individual study.

T his PRAYER AND STUDY GUIDE is designed to be a companion to THE POWER OF A PRAYING WOMAN book. As you answer the questions in each of the following chapters, you will be able to better understand what the truth of your situation is and how you can pray specifically about your life. Answering the questions will also help you to remember what Gods promises are to you as you incorporate Scripture into your prayers.

This 30-week plan for personal or group study can also be used as a 30-day plan if you have the time and desire to move forward at a more rapid pace. You will need to have the book THE POWER OF A PRAYING WOMAN and a Bible in which you feel free to write.

While most of your answers will help you gain an understanding of the Scriptures pertaining to a specific area of prayer focus, many of them will reflect your own personal feelings, experiences, and needs. Be completely honest with yourself. There are no right or wrong answers, only honest answers. They will help you to determine exactly what your prayer needs are and enable you to think more clearly about how to pray about them. Write something for each question, even if it is only a sentence or two.

If you are doing this book as a group, before each meeting read the designated chapter in THE POWER OF A PRAYING WOMAN and fill out the corresponding chapter in this PRAYER AND STUDY GUIDE. When the group comes together, the leader may go over some or all of the questions and ask what insights were gleaned and what God spoke to the heart of each woman as she read and wrote. Some women may feel led to share what their particular prayer needs are regarding this area of prayer focus. Its always encouraging to hear other women tell of their struggles and how they are overcoming them. It may even be that many of the members of the group will have similar prayer needs and so can pray for one another about them. However, no one should share more than they feel comfortable doing.

I recommend praying the suggested prayer together at the end of the chapter in the book and then embellishing it with individual requests. If the group is large, you may want to break into smaller groups of three to five women for the individual prayer requests. I encourage everyone to participate in the prayer time, even if it is praying only a few sentences. If it is difficult for you to pray aloud in front of others, youll find that the more you do it, the easier it will become. Remember, God is not looking for eloquence, the perfect spiritual words, or volume (and neither is anyone else). He is looking for fervency and honesty of heart.

It is very important that you understand there is great power in writing out a Scripture as a prayer or including Scripture in your prayers as you pray aloud. When you are asked in this book to write out a particular Scripture as a prayer, it is so that you will be able to appropriate and apply that Scripture to your own life. Doing this not only increases your knowledge and memory of what Gods Word says and how it applies to you, but it also increases your faith. If you have never done that before, this is the way to do it. For example, Matthew 6:31-33 could be written out as a prayer like this:

Lord, help me not to worry about what I will eat or drink or what I will wear. I realize that You know I need these things. Help me to, instead, seek first Your kingdom and Your righteousness, trusting that all these things will be given to me.

May this workbook help you to pray effectively and in depth about your life and the people you care about most. As you proceed, be prepared to see great things happen in both. Shall we get started?

Read The Power and Chapter 1: from THE POWER OF A PRAYING WOMAN

Before you begin, ask God to help you be completely honest with yourself and with Him in answering these questions. Remember, He already knows the truth, and no one else should be reading this but you.

1. Do you feel you are growing mentally?______________. Emotionally?____________. Spiritually?_____________. Explain each of your answers.

2. In what ways would you like to see yourself grow and develop in the future?

3. What are the greatest longings of your heart? What would satisfy those longings and desires? Do you believe it is Gods will for you to have those desires met?

4. Do you find it harder to pray for yourself than you do for others? Explain why or why not.

5. We will never be happy until we make_________the source of our__________ and the_________ to our ____________. He is the_________ __________ who should have__________ over our__________. (See page 14, first paragraph, in THE POWER OF A PRAYING WOMAN.)

6. Read 2 Corinthians 12:9 in your Bible and underline it. In light of this verse, why is it okay to feel weak?