A Bride Without Spot or Wrinkle: Prayers of Restoration & Transformation for the Body of Christ

By Thelma C. Smith

Author Thelma C. Smith gives a call to all believers to join her in praying for the body of Christ, the church, to become the bride Christ desires. Readers will be given key scriptural verses to speak forth God’s Word and move in preparation to receive all of God’s promises. Understand the Lord’s relationship with the church and how it is paralleled to an earthly covenant marriage between man and wife. Various prayer targets are given to focus on strongholds of the enemy for deliverance of women, marriages, children, and families. These simple, quick prayers will help transform the body of Christ into the bride without spot or wrinkle that Christ is returning for in the last days.

As a small prayer booklet, Smith lays out specific Bible verses to help readers in their Bible study of how the relationship between Christ and the church is relevant to the relationship between a husband and wife. Women will be drawn to the focus of God’s plan for them and will receive restoration for past hurts. Prayers in each chapter engage the reader to take on the enemy, Satan, and stand in faith to see change within the church.

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Creation House
• Release date: Jul 6, 2012
• ISBN: 9781621360810

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THELMA C. SMITH

A BRIDE WITHOUT SPOT OR WRINKLE

by Thelma C. Smith

Published by Creation House

A Charisma Media Company

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Lake Mary, Florida 32746

www.charismamedia.com

This book or parts thereof may not be reproduced in any form, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise—without prior written permission of the publisher, except as provided by United States of America copyright law.

Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are from the New King James Version of the Bible. Copyright © 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc., publishers. Used by permission.

Scripture quotations marked KJV are from the King James Version of the Bible.

Scripture quotations marked NIV are from the Holy Bible, New International Version of the Bible. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, International Bible Society. Used by permission.

Scripture quotations marked NLT are from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL 60189. All rights reserved.

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Cover design by Rachel Lopez

Copyright © 2010 by Thelma C. Smith

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2010931339

International Standard Book Number:

978-1-61638-199-8

E-book International Standard Book Number:

978-1-62136-081-0

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Why We Pray

2 Co-dominion: What the Enemy Does Not Want Women to Know

3 Prayer Targets

About the Author

Acknowledgments

MANY THANKS…

• To my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for giving me the inspiration to write this book.

• To my husband, Pierce, for his patience, love, and support.

• To my mom, Mildred Cromartie, for her unending love and support.

• To my daughter, Dawn, Dr. Sharon Byrd, Rev. Davine Brayboy, Doreen Stafford, and others who have given me editing assistance, prayer, and support.

• To the many who have helped me birth this book through prayer.

• To Virginia Maxwell, my editor at Creation House for the many hours of diligent labor and expertise in helping to complete this book.

Introduction

IINVITE YOU TO pray with me about an issue as old as Adam and Eve. In fact the issue began with the fall of man. I invite you to pray with me about the preparation of the bride of Christ for His return.

This book is different from many that you may read in its perspective and position. In the pages of this book you will see the parallels between the natural and the spiritual. It is written from a spiritual perspective that is not often publicly acknowledged, even though it is based entirely on the Bible, the inerrant Word