Reviews for The Power of a Praying Wife

The average rating for The Power of a Praying Wife based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-07-09 00:00:00 Ador Galendez Just finished (re)reading this book this morning. I first got it the year after we got married, back when I thought my husband and our marriage was perfect. I read it cover to cover in a very short time period and thought it was great. Then we moved to AZ, I was invited to a women's Bible Study that just happened to being to doing this book. It was life changing at that time, as things were a little rocky and this book gave me the hope and tools I needed to see me through that period of time. Fast forward a couple more years, things got even rockier. But God gave me a desire to pray for and a love for my husband that at the time I didn't even think was possible. The darkest time in our relationship came a few months after I started fervently praying for him daily. I firmly believe that if it had not been for this book, coupled of course with my Bible and the prayer and faith in God, I would have walked away when that storm hit without a backward glance. That's not to say that everything got magically better over night because I was praying. It was a long hard process. I had some very dark days. BUT God gave me the hope, and just enough light to keep me moving in the right direction.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-07-11 00:00:00 Paul Wenzel I have to be honest about a book that's been so popular. The main value in this book for me was (1) it spurred me on to pray intentionally for my husband more regularly and (2) the prayers at the end of each chapter provided a good tool for prayer. However, I have a big issue with her theology that seems to put too much emphasis on the power of the one praying instead of the power of the God who hears prayer! I didn't agree with her teaching that my lack of prayer can limit God's work in my husband's life, or that if I prayed enough, God will bless my husband in tangible here-and-now ways. Of course I want that, but the Bible is filled with examples of godly people with godly spouses who were not blessed on earth (see Hebrews 11) because they were waiting for the Unseen Kingdom. I would love to see a book written with prayers guiding a wife to pray for the realities of THIS Kingdom for her husband. Like perseverance, endurance, choosing to do with less in order to make others rich, courage to choose suffering rather than sinning, etc. Maybe I'll write it ... !