When Wives Pray: A Strategic Prayer Guide to Help You Win in Your Marriage

By Tangie Henry

When Wives Pray was inspired to be a tool to support, nurture and protect your marriage. Issues such as infidelity, communication, physical health, infertility and much more are addressed as a means to tackle some of the pressing issues in marriages today. Written with the Word of God as a guide, this book will help women to stand as bold, courageous wives who cover their household with love and prayer.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tangie Henry
• Release date: Jun 30, 2016
• ISBN: 9781311368706

Tangie Henry

Married for over 20 years, Tangie Henry has a heart for married or soon-to-be-married couples. She understands the challenges marriage can present, so she is passionate about inspiring couples to use the difficult times as a foundation for a strong, healthy marriage. Frustrated by the rising divorce rate, she founded Marriage Ain’t for WimpsTM, a ministry dedicated to encouraging couples to have rich, abundant marriages. Visit her online: www.MarriageAintforWimps.com.

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Preface

Prayer has saved my marriage. Period.

Several years ago, I discovered the power of specifically laying out my prayers before the Lord. I found that many of the issues I was having in my marriage were simply a prayer issue. I had failed to commit them to the Lord; therefore, inattention set in and so did anger, resentment, bitterness, and apathy. It wasn’t that things were so bad in my marriage; it was just that I had failed to properly tend my garden and water it with prayer. Once I started praying specifically about my marriage, God began to show me ME more than anything. And that revelation drove me deeper into the Word and closer to the foot of the cross.

I wanted to write this book to give wives another weapon to use against the enemy. It is my desire that, no matter what stage their marriage is in, when they begin to pray these prayers, their hearts will be fertile to receive God’s instruction for their marriage. This book is specifically geared toward seasoned wives, but it is also applicable to those just starting out and wanting to get in the habit of strategically bathing their marriage in prayer and setting up a fortress against attacks from the enemy.

It is no secret that the divorce rate among Christian couples is at an astronomical level. But, why? Do we not know God, the very embodiment of Love? The reasons are multi-layered, but one thing I know for sure is that we don’t have to stand idly by and let the enemy run roughshod over our marriages. It is imperative that wives pray for their husbands, for their children, and for their homes. We need to war with the tools of warfare outlined in the Word of God (Ephesians 6:10-17) and take the enemy’s head off! Too long we have been complacent and have allowed apathy to settle into our marriage, rebellion to set up in our children and breaches to fortify in our home. This must stop. This WILL stop! Using the Word of God as our guide, we will put on the whole armor of God, pray bold, specific prayers and WIN.THIS.WAR.

How to Use This Book:

Although the prayers are topically listed, please feel free to take the liberty to pray them as you are led. Perhaps a topic may not pertain to you at a particular season in your life, but you may know another wife who could benefit from that prayer. Why not pray it on her behalf? Or better yet, gift her with this book so that she can be empowered to pray for her marriage herself.

At the end of every prayer there is a brief REFLECTION. You will be challenged to THINK about the topic of prayer, but then I want you to take it one step further and WRITE about it. Remember, we are being strategic. We have to expose areas of weakness in our marriage so that they can be strengthened. Writing/Journaling is a great way to do just that. It gets it out of your head and heart and onto paper where you can visibly see areas that need special attention. And then finally, PRAY about it. This prayer will not be the one that was written in the book. This prayer is specific to you, your marriage & your family. This is the prayer that will be like a guided missile straight to the ears of the Father, stimulating the release of angels to war on your behalf and bring about victorious results.

Ready? Let’s get started!

Table of Contents: Prayer Topics

Preface

Love

Faith

Trust

Sexual Intimacy

Communication

Friendship

Finances

Parenting/Blended