Title: Praying God’s
Word for your Husband
Author: Kathi Lipp
Year: 2012
Pages: 208
Publisher: Revell
Note: I received a
copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Other reviews can be read at http://seekingwithallyurheart.blogspot.com/
or on Twitter @lcjohnson1988
Prayer. You may be thinking not another book on
prayer! Then again you may be thinking,”
I have been praying for my husband and it didn’t change a thing”. Perhaps it changed you or your husband. You might think you don’t need another book
telling you “how to” when you struggle just get through the day liking him let
alone loving him. Maybe you’re like me
in that you feel some guilt because what “should” be done is not what you are
doing. Don’t go just yet. Read on and see if you receive encouragement
from the Word of God to help direct your prayer time. After all, it isn’t about “should have” or
“could have” or even “would have”. It is
all about conversing with God in a deeper way than just a quick prayer before
you lose your temper, although those don’t hurt either.
One of
the lessons we ladies forget is that we aren’t responsible to change our
husbands, wouldn’t you agree? Oh, I am
not saying we don’t want to, but what I am saying is God doesn’t hold us
responsible to change them, but to just be willing to allow Him to change
us. Now perhaps a thought just flashed
in your mind that went something like this: “Why am I always the one who has to
change? Why not pick on him for a change
God?” Ever feel that way? I have and I struggle sometimes with it
too. However, God hasn’t made us to be
“mothers” to our husbands. What He has
made us to be are helpmates. God did say
it wasn’t good for man to be alone, which it isn’t unless He calls you to a
life without a mate. Then, it is a
different ball game altogether.
One of
the author’s thoughts on page 20 I found quite thought provoking. Maybe it may help you too. “God is not looking for us to impress him with
our prayers, but he does want us to be open to letting him impress our hearts.”
Well, what do think about that
statement? Maybe we don’t pray because
we can’t seem to get past the many ways we think we “ought” to do
something. Yet God in His infinite
wisdom gave us His Word that we can use as a guide for when we pray to
Him. There are many ways to use this
guide, which is full of Scripture and prayers for our use in our time with the
Lord. The author suggests many ways to
use the guide such as in a small group setting or with another friend. However you choose to use it, the main thing
is being consistent in praying for your husband. Prayer can sometimes be a threatening
activity in a room of people or even with one friend. Why is that?
We women for the most part love to talk; some are more extroverted than
others. When it comes to prayer though,
we tend to hear what others are saying and compare ourselves, thinking we don’t
“measure up”. Maybe it is threatening because
it deals with the heart and we prefer to keep people on the outside because we
think once they see the inside they will bolt.
Perhaps some of you have had your heart broken by that very action,
either you felt judged or were judged or you lost a person’s respect once they
saw the “real you”. In either case,
while it is risky to share your deepest heart with some person, don’t keep you
to you. God has a wonderful way of
bringing the right person into your life to share Himself with you in that
friendship and vice versa. Allow God to
help you get past the “front porch” of your heart so you can experience the
inner Presence in the deepest places of your heart.
Rating for this guide is 5 stars.
