The power of a praying wife

• Prayer is your declaration of Dependence. When you don’t pray it’s your declaration of independence.

• Prayer works like glue in a marriage. Prayer is like a window to the heart of your spouse. We rarely stay angry at someone when we listen in on their conversations with God. People reveal more about themselves in prayer than any other form of communication. They drop the excuses and masks.

They open up and are vulnerable before God. Because prayer is intimacy with God, a natural by-product of praying together is intimacy with each other.

• Pray for your husband—not so much for your sake but for his that he won’t miss the blessing God has for him.

• WIVES: Pray over your husband’s clothes, that God will protect him physically, mentally, and spiritually —protecting his heart, so it will be fully yielded to God’s ways of doing things.

• Pray for your marriage as you have never prayed before. Ask God to increase your affection toward your husband and to increase your husband’s affection toward you. Thank God for every good quality your husband has and for every sweet memory you have shared. Plead with God to deliver you from any unforgiveness or bitterness you still hold in your heart. Allow God to give you beauty for ashes. Invite Him to become the center of your life and the Lord of your marriage.

• Never underestimate the power of praying together. God is really is in the business of answering prayer. He can break through our stubborn spirits if we give Him the opportunity. I know it’s hard to invite Him in when a quarrel is in process, but if we will do it, He will surprise us with joy and forgiveness.