The Power of a Praying Wife Devotional

The Power of a
PRAYING
®
WIFE
DEVOTIONAL

STORMIE
OMARTIAN

HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS

EUGENE, OREGON

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THE POWER OF A PRAYING
®
WIFE DEVOTIONAL

Copyright © 2011 by Stormie Omartian
Published by Harvest House Publishers
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I will give you a new heart
and put a new spirit within you.

E
ZEKIEL
36:26

Whatever things you ask in prayer,
believing, you will receive.

M
ATTHEW
21:22

CONTENTS

How Can This Praying Wife Devotional Help Me?

1. When I Desire Greater Persistence in Prayer

2. When He Needs to Walk Closer to Jesus

3. When We Must Work Together in Unity

4. When I Need to Trust God in the Situation

5. When He Must Make the Right Decision

6. When We Need to Have Better Communication

7. When I Don’t Feel Like Praying for Him

8. When He Needs a Better Attitude

9. When We Must Break Our Silence

10. When I Have to Rise Above the Things That Irritate Me

11. When He Needs to Understand the Power of His Own Words

12. When We Want to See Answers to Our Prayers

13. When I Have to Confess Something to My Husband

14. When He Must Hear What I Have to Tell Him

15. When We Need to Talk Things Out

16. When I Want to Be More Like Jesus

17. When He Must Say He’s Sorry

18. When We Want God to Breathe New Life into Our Marriage

19. When I Am Disappointed in Him

20. When He Needs Direction

21. When We Want the Kind of Love That Pleases God

22. When I Need to Be Delivered from Bad Habits

23. When He Carries a Heavy Burden

24. When We Need God’s Power on Our Behalf

25. When I Know I Must Speak Pleasant Words

26. When He Needs Freedom from Destructive Behavior

27. When We Should Not Rush into Anything

28. When I Must Rethink My Expectations

29. When He Needs Deliverance from Fear

30. When We Must Recognize the Enemy’s Lies

31. When I Long to Excel in What I Do

32. When He Needs a Change of Mind

33. When We Must Make Each Other a Priority

34. When I Want Reassurance of My Place in the Marriage

35. When He Needs the Leading of God About His Occupation

36. When We Must Get Out of Debt

37. When I Need to Show More Affection

38. When He Must Be Gone a Short Time

39. When We Want Freedom from Depression

40. When I Find It Difficult to Trust Him

41. When He Must Sow in the Spirit and Not the Flesh

42. When We Seek Protection from Sexual Immorality

43. When I Need to Show Him Honor and Respect

44. When He Has Lost Vision for Tomorrow

45. When We Need to Remember the Purpose of Family

46. When I Have Wrong Thoughts

47. When He Must Find the Liberty God Has for Him

48. When We Should Be in Agreement About Our Children

49. When I Need to Build Him Up

50. When He Has Done Something That Is Hard to Forgive

51. When We Need Financial Wisdom

52. When I Want the Inward Renewal Only God Can Give

53. When He Has Unrest in His Mind

54. When We Need a New Perspective

55. When I Must Apologize

56. When He Needs to Be Selfless

57. When We Seek God’s Provision

58. When I Desire to Make Our House a Sanctuary

59. When He Needs to Put Away All Anger

60. When We Must Send Our Children the Right Message

61. When I Need to Sense His Love for Me

62. When He Must Not Take Our Marriage for Granted

63. When We Need Others to Pray with Us

64. When I Don’t Want to Nag

65. When He Needs God to Establish His Work

66. When We Must Put a Stop to Strife

67. When I Need to Confess My Attitude

68. When He Seeks Financial Blessings

69. When We Need to Simplify Our Lives

70. When I Have Lost Sight of Our Future

71. When He Must Stay on the Path God Has for Him

72. When We Should Be Anxious for Nothing

73. When I Think of Divorce as an Option

74. When He Leaves Home for an Extended Time

75. When We Must Become One

76. When I Need Emotional Restoration

77. When He Is Injured

78. When We Need God’s Word to Come Alive in Us

79. When I Want to Be Transformed

80. When He Must Make Peace with His Father

81. When We Need to Resist All Sexual Pollution

82. When I Should Take Better Care of My Body

83. When He Needs to Have a Cheerful Heart

84. When We Have to Agree Concerning Intimacy

85. When I Must Forgive All Other People

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