Enjoy For Free The Power Of A Praying Wife: Prayer And Study Guide Authored By Stormie Omartian Released Through Printable Format

book and other Stormie Omartian books have been a huge influence in my life, in how I pray for my family, MY REVIEW:

I truly appreciate the concept of this book having devotionals and prayers coming from the three perspectives of "I", "He", and "We" and all focused on a godly marriage.
However, while there is truth in the pages, it is presented together with a very weak focus on the gospel and way too much focus on the act of prayer being the magic act needed for change.
I believe there is power in prayer and I am not here to bash prayer in anyway, but I do not agree with phrases like: "The more you pray for your husband this way, the more his heart will become sensitive to the Holy Spirit's promptings.
" In reference to an unsaved husband, While I don't disagree with that being possible, I do disagree with the presentation that it will happen if you just pray these prayers, The focus on this book is heavily on our part in prayer rather than praying from a heart overwhelmed with Christ and the gospel,

Again, I appreciate the idea of this book, but I personally think it's lacking in a gospel centered focus and if you choose to read it I highly recommend reading with great discernment.


BOOK OVERVIEW:

New from bestselling author Stormie Omartian is a book close to her own heartThe Power of a Praying Wife Devotional, Following up on the insights and prayers of The Power of a Praying Wife more than,million books soldbrandnew devotions, prayers, and supporting Scriptures offer a praying wife fresh ways to pray for her husband, herself, and her marriage,

These easytoread devotions will increase any wifes understanding, strength, and peace, as well as provide her with perspective on the situations and challenges she faces, And each prayer will help both husbands and wives be more attuned to the Holy Spirit so they can do whats right without allowing negative emotions or unclear thinking to get in the way.


A musthave for anyone wanting Gods best for this most important relationship,



This review copy was provided by NetGalley along with Harvest House Publishers but the opinion expresses is my own, I truly enjoyed this book, I went with my gut on this rating, The stories, the scriptures were really good, and the prayers were AMAZING! I read some reviews and prior to rating it for myself, so I wanted to touch on this one point.
There werestories in this book and allstories ended with answered prayers, I would be missing the point of this book if I ACTUALLY THOUGHT, she only prayedtimes in her entire marriage and God answered each of those prayers,

NOOOOOO!!!! This book only capture some of Stormie's memories and they just happen to be when God answered her prayers, She is showing us how she prayed to bring about change in her marriage, She tells us several times, that she had to ask more than once and so things took months and even years before she received her answer from God,

Praying for your husband and your marriage is one of the toughest things we must do as a wife, Stormie shares the details of events that have taken place in her life and the strategies she put in place to receive the change she needed not only from her husband, but also herself to better their marriage and relationship with one other.


Do I recommend this book, yes, Especially, for the prayers and scriptures, they were phenomenal, The stories were good too, Probably the best book to help a marriage with God's blessing, This book was so helpful, I recommend it for those interested in strengthening their prayer life, Nope. Condescending, condemning and awful. I did not find the heart of God within these pages, This book serves as a wonderful resource book, I've read it from cover to cover, I've read it several times, And, I've referenced it several times, The title pretty much sums it up, In my personal experience, I can definitely serve as witness to the POWER of a Praying Wife, In a nutshell, the theme of the book encourages the reader to allow God to handle your marriage, In letting go of trying to make your spouse change, YOU will be changed, Any improvements you witness in your husband's life from his health to his job and spiritual life will come from God, alone! This book reminds me that the best witness to anyone not just your spouse is modeling after Jesus.
He spoke to His heavenly father on our behalf and demonstrated love, patience, forgiveness, and faith, I find this book to be quite sexist, and feel that it tries to resurrect some old and trite stereotypes about men and women, It is also very hard on women, There seems to be an unhealthy tradition to place the blame on the woman and the entire burden and responsibility upon her for the success of her marriage,

Not only that, this book only applies to a very narrow sector of married women in the world, It may be applicable if you are young, healthy and not disabled, and affluent,

What about the majority of women in poor countries, who dont have the money or even the access to stores to buy sexy lingerie, or a special perfume to be worn for him alone, or skin care products that make my skin look dewy and fresh

I have a disability called autistic spectrum disorder, which is a real disability.
It gives me continuous and multiple daily challenges, It is literally impossible for me to meet the extremely high expectations that this book puts forth, All I wanted was some prayers to read and pray for my husband, but unfortunately, if came packaged with this sexist advice to be the perfect wife at all times, and to pander to my husbands whims, no matter how ludicrous and unreasonable.


Im to be sexy, a good cook, keep a clean house at all times, be a great mother, and make sure we are never out of ligh bulbs or batteries REALLY Where in the bible does it say a woman is to be an unpaid slave to her husband That is totally alien to the gospel.
And if my husband calls me one day and demands a specific chicken dish, Im to scramble to buy the ingredients, fix it for him, and then when he comes home and says I dont want chicken I want lamb chops, Im to just grin and bear it Really That is utterly dysfunctional.
I think what the authors husband really needed was a good swift kick in the back side, He sounds like a narcissistic jerk, And for a wife to allow this behavior only enables his selfish attitude, Wow!!

What about the middle aged and elderly couples who no longer desire or are able to be at the ready for sex on demand at all times What about marriages where one person is disabled I am disabled and so could not be the perfect wife shame on me!.
However, God has used this challenge to make my husband into a more gentle, patient, and less selfish person, And his patience with me has helped me to be grateful to him, and makes me love him more,

The most tragic thing is, what about the many women in abusive marriage Unfortunately this book has a strong flavor that the problems in a marriage are up to

the woman to fix, and that she is to totally sacrifice herself to met her husbands every whim.
That is just plain unbiblical, Ephesianssays that the husband and wife are to mutually submit to each other, The husband is also to love and protect and sacrifice himself for the wife, just as Christ did for the church, This book is very unbalanced in placing all the responsibility for the marriage on the wife, There is a sick perverted view of wifely submission in certain Christian fundamentalist subcultures that this book seems to perpetuate, The gospel message is so simple, Believe on and trust in the atoning death of Jesus on the cross and you will be saved, Also make Jesus and His kingdom first and all these things shall be added to you, If we walk in the Spirit and truly submit to Jesus, then being a good spouse will naturally flow out of us, and the spirit will enable us to love and serve our spouse.
And what this means on a practical level is unique to each couple, as no two marriage relationships are alike, I actually read the chapter on sex to my husband and he found it offensive, I feel this book promotes a lot of stereotypes of men and women, He was offended at the idea that sex is the biggest need for men,

The bottom line is, this book is man centered and not God centered, It caters to the world's idea of a good marriage, It seems like a primarily humanistic book cloaked in religion and scriptures, A lot of the advice feels like a legalistic burden being placed upon me, Jesus said "come to me all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest", This book does the opposite, I find it to be very legalistic and works oriented, We are saved by grace, And our marriages should be grace based, not works based, .