We need prayer…
Once again…
Trying to catch up on my posts to continue to share SHMILY Time with you and a group of women on Facebook, and thankful for Amy’s continued guidance & updates at Dandelion Seeds while reading through The Power of a Praying Wife by Stormie OMartian.
I need to share… while I’ve kept up on my readings and written journal – we need prayer. Satan is really trying to work on breaking us; keeping hold of my husband & tearing this marriage apart. But we’re holding strong, angels are guarding our doors, hearts & (I must say) or minds! God is good. He will see me through this; and draw my husband nearer Him!
I only am going to take the time to link to Amy’s posts for the day’s missed here… so that hopefully tomorrow I can share yesterday’s notes/thoughts/Scriptures sent to & today’s too – of course 
Thank you all once again for your continued support and prayers, & for joining me on this journey.
Day 19 – His Past
Amy’s post on her blog Dandelion Seeds
Amy sends another challenge!! Challenge 5
Love Him Like HE Would Like
Day 20 – His Attitude
Amy’s post for day 20
Day 21 – His Marriage
Amy’s entry regarding His Marriage
Day 22 – His Emotions
Amy’s blog on emotions
It’s been hard, trying, convicting, nurturing, growth beyond my dreams, a blessing, … … But reminders are given wonderfully each day through phone calls, blog posts regularly visited & not so much.
Thanks for joining me here,
Welcome to Word-Filled Wednesday!
The purpose of Word filled Wednesday is to share God’s word (no famous quotes or other literature — only the beautiful word of our Father) through photo’s & a Bible verse!
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Thanks for joining me today!
Amy shares a wonderful reminder today!
Day 18 of our journey of SHMILY Time from our 18th chapter reading in The Power of a Praying Wife by Stormie OMartian, brings us to:
His Fatherhood
How fitting is it for this reading to be coming up right around Father’s Day! Hmmm… Amy’s post for this day starts out this way too – so I’ll just share my prayer; if you’ll promise to read her post!
MY PRAYER:
Lord, I pray for Dave to be a good father as You’d want him to be. I thank you for his love of his children, biological & step! I praise You too for the balance we’re able to maintain as father & mother. Continue working in him to gain a clear perspective of being a good father and the door to the Holy Spirits guidance through any parenting challenges. (p.138) Draw Dave closer to You, so he can know You as his heavenly Father and learn to imitate You; I thank You Father God for revealing Yourself to me & await the joyous day my husband is able to relate!
Please heal any hurts where his own father may have failed him. Show him when to discipline and how (Eph. 6:4). I pray, in Jesus’ name, Amen.
Day 17 of our SHMILY Time from our 17th chapter reading in The Power of a Praying Wife by Stormie OMartian, brings us to:
His Relationships
Check out Amy’s post at Dandelion Seeds for Day 17…
I can share, praying for my husband’s relationships can make a huge difference in whom he spends company with. We need to claim protection and guidance over them… while not trying to control my husband – God did give me authority over the enemy, so I can pray for our heavenly Father’s protection! And I praise Him for the protection He’s given.
MY PRAYER:
Father, I thank You for the relationships you’ve given us & I ask for protection regarding them. Please continue to open doors for godly relationships & close doors to those that are not. Bring more godly people into our lives (p.132) & take away any relationships that are a detriment & not Your will for us. I pray for my husband’s and any close friends salvation. Help Dave to desire mature, believing male friends with which he can gain wisdom, strength and encouragement from. Please help Dave to also build closer relations with his family members as You would want him to. Help him to be the husband, father, son, cousin, and friend You want, Father God. Build within him to desire a closer a relationship with You, draw him closer & help him to know the need of prayer. Draw us closer as husband and wife, for an unbreakable friendship! In Jesus’ name, Amen.
We’ve made it through half of the readings! As I continue to catch up on my blogging post for SHMILY Time reading through The Power of a Praying Wife by Stormie OMartian. I’m getting the easy way out, because Amy’s already posted; and really there is much more that I can add.
Day 16: His Priorities
PRIORITIES: Gaining A Biblical Perspective (www.FoundationsforFreedom.net)
Check out Foundations for Freedom for helps in many areas: Discipleship, New Cristians, Marriage, Parenting, etc.
There are several points within this chapter that Amy already discussed… but I do need to take the moment to repeat:
- If a wife wants her husband’s priorities to be in line with God & her wants = God, wife, children, etc; then her priorities need to be that of the same = God, husband, children, etc. (p. 127)
There have been several times in our relationship, marriage, that either one of us or both of us have felt like we don’t matter to the other due to several different reasons: children, work, friends, etc. I’d always discussed (sometimes argued) that we needed to spend more time together and he needed to spend more quality time with all of us as a family & individually. It really means a lot to our boys and myself – especially since my love language is quality time. (Check out The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman & take this quick assessment to see what your Love Language is!) Anyway… my point is that, while I’ve discussed with my husband this issue, and I’ve prayed for God to please help us to spend more time together, I don’t think I’ve ever used the word priority before reading Stormie’s book! Much appreciation to Stormie OMartian for helping us to overcome this battle more often then before – yes, it’s still an issue from time to time; but it’s getting better!
MY PRAYER:
Lord, I lift myself up to You for guidance, help me to get my priorities in order of how You want them, as I choose to follow You. And help my husband to see he is my top priority after You Lord. Please remove any hurts, bitterness or anger from me and/or him for the times we haven’t made each other feel loved, protected, and/or covered: a priority in our lives. Help us to stop putting our children, friends, work, etc. before each other. I’m not asking for him to forget others, I praise You for giving Dave a heart of interest in others, being helpful when he can. (Phil. 2:4) I ask, Father God, for Your help in remembering and completing the things my husband asks of me, as long as it is part of Your will. I ask for Your continued protection over our marriage, helping us to work together and not further apart. Help us to seek You first, which in the long run will help us to set our priorities in order with what You intend for us. Amen!
Thanks for joining me today – and don’t forget to check out Amy’s post (link at beginning) on her blog at Dandelion Seeds. Great appreciation to Amy for following God’s will in her priorities of getting the group together & seeing it through. ~Hugs~
Sorry, sharing late… its worth it
My Six Words for 6/20/09
My Little Man Turns Eight Today!
My Little Man is enjoying the ride with his friend driving his new go-cart (pic from a couple of weeks ago!).
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Trying to catch up on my posts to continue to share SHMILY Time with you and a group of women on Facebook, and thankful for Amy’s continued guidance & updates at Dandelion Seeds while reading through The Power of a Praying Wife by Stormie OMartian.
Day 15: His Reputation
Honestly, I never thought of praying for my husband’s reputation; but it makes perfect sense as we should pray without ceasing regarding everything. We need the protection of the Father in every circumstance of our life, especially our reputation.
Stormie points out “that prayer is our only defense” (p.121) while our husbands, & us for that matter, still have free will and can make the wrong choice going his own way and get into trouble. (p.122)
Take the time to read through Amy’s post regarding His Reputation as we wives need to make sure we’re not ruining our husbands reputation by what we share regarding him. I agree with Amy when she shared that we need to check the motive in our heart as to why we’re sharing. I have one friend, my prayer warrior, that I share everything with regarding my marriage. But it’s not done out of spite or wanting her to be on my side… I share for her
- guidance, as she’s been in my shoes,
- prayers,
- real-ness; as she won’t let me continue to gripe, she helps me look at my husband in a different way to help me through each situation. The way God would want me to look at him.
There are a few (three) other women/men that I speak to regarding different situations in my marriage. But my husband knows who I share with & understands its best for our marriage to help me turn around.
MY PRAYER:
Lord, I lift up Dave to You asking for protection over his reputation. Help him to choose the right way (and me too) and choose godly friends, so no disparaging words are spoken of him. If either of our reputations have been ruined in any we we ask You Father to redeem our reputation & trust/thank that You can restore our good name. I praise You Father for your protection regarding our reputation & am sorry for not praying in the past specifically for this part of us. I ask for Your continued protection of our reputation. Help me to remain (BE) a virtuous (good) wife and to know how to pray for Dave, so he’ll continue to receive the respect he deserves. Draw Dave closer to You, helping him to be sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit so he may choose Your way. I pray Psalm 17:8,9 over us both
and protection from destruction. In Jesus’ name, amen.
I’ve been trying to get this post done for days… and keep getting interrupted.
Day 14’s journey took me on an adventure through the Word searching for:
INTEGRITY
I’m excited to continue to share SHMILY Time with you and a group of women on Facebook, and thankful for Amy’s continued guidance & updates at Dandelion Seeds while reading through The Power of a Praying Wife by Stormie OMartian.
You’ve got it – Chapter 14 is regarding His Integrity.
I had several thoughts rush through my mind when I saw the title. Beginning to turn negative; (UGHHH… the illness in my house took a toll on me, but thanking God I kept up mostly on the readings/prayers – just unfortunate that I share my journal entries late) thinking wrongly & thankfully knowing I needed to call my prayer warrior for help. She (Laura – thank you so much for being open/honest with me) helped me see I was being unreasonable allowing my thoughts to overtake what I was to see in this reading.
So, with Laura’s help, being guided by the Holy Spirit, I overcame wrong thinking! I can thank God for blessing me with a husband that has a lot of integrity. If he states that he is going to do something, he gets it done. It may not be in the time that I wanted, but it does get done. I have to remind myself there are often more times that I do not complete things quickly enough for my dear husband. And then I have to consider how many times did I not complete something in God’s timing? WHOO – conviction.
I can stand by my husband’s word, he is an upright man & stands by what he believes in. I sit here… taking this all in & thanking God for my hubby’s guidance he’s giving our children. It’s important to instill certain moral’s in our children & integrity is a huge one. Yes, there are times he still messes up; but mostly I can depend on him being strong for what he believes needs to be done.
So on day 15… I spend the day off/on searching the Word for integrity. Looking for character examples, whom God considered a man of integrity. Of course we all look to Jesus (Matthew 22:16; Mark 12:14) as a man of integrity, teaching the way of God in accordance with the Truth. He is considered a man of integrity for many reasons - but here in this Scripture it notes Jesus is not swayed by men, because He pays no attention to them. We need to pray and ask for God’s protection & help to not be swayed by fleshly desires. Then we can look to Reuben in Genesis, Joseph in Genesis,Gomar in Hosea, Joseph (Mary’s husband) in Matthew, or how about King David throughout several Books.
King David taught his son, Solomon, principles we need to learn & share with out own children as well:
- Get to know God personally.
- Learn God’s commands and discover what he wants you to do.
- Worship God with wholehearted devotion.
- Serve God with a willing mind.
- Be faithful.
- Don’t become discouraged.
See 1 Chronicles 28:9,10... NIV Life Application Bible p.645
Integrity: honesty, without compromise or corruption.
There are several Scriptures that either have/discuss integrity:
- Deuteronomy 9:5
- 1 Kings 9:4
- 1 Chronicles 29:17
- Nehemiah 7:2
- Psalm 7:8
- Psalm 25:21
- Proverbs 10:9
- Matthew 22:16 & Mark 12:14
There are more… share what you’ve found. I’d like to focus on certain Scriptures mentioned above.
9 The man of integrity walks securely,
but he who takes crooked paths will be found out.Proverbs 10:9
Are you listening? A man of integrity walks (is) secure! My NIV Application Biblerefers me to two other Scriptures regarding Proverbs 33:15!
Integrity
15 He who walks righteously
and speaks what is right,
who rejects gain from extortion
and keeps his hand from accepting bribes,
who stops his ears against plots of murder
and shuts his eyes against contemplating evil-Isaiah 33:15
Walks securely
4 Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death, [a]
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.Psalm 23:4
What more explanation, example, do I need? This is an awesome word picture God has given us!
MY PRAYER: (Along with Stormie OMartian’s p.118-119)
Lord I praise You for my husband’s integrity & his strength to let his Yes be Yes and his No be No. My husband has shared so much with me; helping me to learn to be firm in this area & I thank You for using him to do so. I lift Dave up for his eyes to be open to know Your truth… to be able to stand strong for You.
In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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