Stormie Omartian - A Book of Prayers for Couples

STORMIE
OMARTIAN

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A BOOK OF PRAYERS FOR COUPLES
Copyright 2011 by Stormie Omartian
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97402
www.harvesthousepublishers.com

ISBN 978-0-7369-4669-8 (padded hardcover)
ISBN 978-0-7369-4670-4 (eBook)

Compilation of:

The Power of a Praying Wife Book of Prayers
Copyright 2004 by Stormie Omartian
ISBN 978-0-7369-1985-2

The Power of a Praying Husband Book of Prayers
Copyright 2004 by Stormie Omartian
ISBN 978-0-7369-1980-7

The Power of Prayer to Change Your Marriage Book of Prayers
Copyright 2009 by Stormie Omartian
ISBN 978-0-7369-2054-4

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meanselectronic, mechanical, digital, photocopy, recording, or any otherexcept for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher.

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THE POWER OF A PRAYING WIFE BOOK OF PRAYERS
Copyright 2004 by Stormie Omartian
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97402
www.harvesthousepublishers.com

ISBN 978-0-7369-1985-2

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meanselectronic, mechanical, digital, photocopy, recording, or any otherexcept for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher.

W hen I wrote the book The Power of a PrayingWife, I received countless letters filled with testimonies of restored marriages and changed lives. I was deeply touched by the hearts of women who were willing to do anything to see their marriages become all God wanted them to be. Included in many of the letters were requests to have the prayers in this book made available separately.

In the midst of our busy lives, its often hard to know how to pray beyond the immediate or urgent. Thats why praying from this book will set your mind at peace, knowing that when you have prayed each prayer, you will have covered your husband and your marriage thoroughly. Not only will he be blessed, but the rewards will be great for you, too. There are blessings that will come to you from God simply because you are praying.

Dont be overwhelmed by the many ways there are to pray for your husband. You dont have to do it all in one day, one week, or even one month. Just pick a prayer, any prayer, and let the Holy Spirit lead you from there. And dont worry about the answers. As long as you look to God as the source of all you want to see happen in your husband and your marriage, you dont have to be concerned about how it will happen. Its your job to pray. Its Gods job to answer. Leave it in His hands.

Stormie Omartian

They cried out to the L ORD in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses. He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.

Psalm 107:19-20

L ord, help me to be a good wife. I fully realize that I dont have what it takes to be one without Your help.

Take my selfishness, impatience, and irritability and turn them into kindness, long-suffering, and the willingness to bear all things.

Take my old emotional habits, mindsets, automatic reactions, rude assumptions, and self-protectiveness, and make me patient, kind, good, faithful, gentle, and self-controlled.

Take the hardness of my heart and break down the walls with Your battering ram of revelation. Give me a new heart and work in me Your love, peace, and joy (Galatians 5:22, 23). I am not able to rise above who I am at this moment. Only You can transform me.

Whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.

Mark 11:24-25

L ord, I confess the times Ive been unloving, critical, angry, resentful, disrespectful, or unforgiving toward my husband.

Help me to put aside any hurt, anger, or disappointment I feel and forgive him the way You dototally and completely, no looking back. Make me a tool of reconciliation, peace, and healing in this marriage. Make me my husbands helpmate, companion, champion, friend, and support.

Help me to create a peaceful, restful, safe place for him to come home to. Teach me how to take care of myself and stay attractive to him. Grow me into a creative and confident woman who is rich in mind, soul, and spirit. Make me the kind of woman he can be proud to say is his wife.

Through wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

Proverbs 24:3-4

L ord, I lay all my expectations at Your cross. I release my husband from the burden of fulfilling me in areas where I should be looking to You.

Help me to accept him the way he is and not try to change him. I realize that in some ways he may never change, but at the same time, I release him to change in ways I never thought he could.

I leave any changing that needs to be done in Your hands, fully accepting that neither of us is perfect and never will be.

Only You, Lord, are perfect, and I look to You to perfect us. May we be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment (1 Corinthians 1:10).

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.

Ephesians 4:32

L ord, teach me how to pray for my husband and make my prayers a true language of love. Where love has died, create new love between us. Show me what unconditional love really is and how to communicate it in a way he can clearly perceive.

Bring unity between us so that we can be in agreement about everything (Amos 3:3). May the God of patience and comfort grant us to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus (Romans 15:5).

Make us a team, not pursuing separate, competitive, or independent lives, but working together, overlooking each others faults and weaknesses for the greater good of the marriage. Help us to pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another (Romans 14:19).

Let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.