The Power of a Praying Husband Quotes

“Let God mold your heart, and He will also enhance your appearance as you are transformed into His likeness.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband

“You, Lord, are the only One who knows the whole story, so we don’t have the right to judge.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband

“A man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh…let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. EPHESIANS 5:31,33 One who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination. PROVERBS 28:9 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her. EPHESIANS 5:25 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. JAMES 5:16 Husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. EPHESIANS 5:28-29”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband

“Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. ISAIAH 43:18-19 The Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. 2 TIMOTHY 4:18 You have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness. EPHESIANS 4:21-24 If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 Forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. PHILIPPIANS 3:13-14”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband

“He who finds a wife finds a good thing, And obtains favor from the LORD. PROVERBS 18:22”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband

“But your prayers will have a positive effect on your wife’s ability to hear God about what’s right for her.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband

“It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. PSALM 118:8”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband

“Ultimately, you are a picture of our Father God to your wife and your children. If you can be trusted, it will be easier for your spouse and your kids to trust their heavenly Father.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband

“So while God gives the husband a position of leadership in relationship to his wife, He also requires the price of self-sacrifice from him. The”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband

“Help us to never cast aside the whole relationship just because it has developed a nonworking part.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband

“Even if you have the most perfect marriage ever known to man, the enemy will still try to tear down the fence and destroy it by one means or another.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband

“There is nothing more wonderful than the male voice. It is strong and deep and rich.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband

“Try as we may, we can’t change ourselves in any significant way.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband

“Neither is man independent of woman, nor woman independent of man, in the Lord” (1 Corinthians 11:11).”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband

“When you pray for your wife, it keeps the world at bay, it transforms selfish hearts, and it derails the devil’s plans.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband

“During the first 14 of the 40 years Michael and I have been married, we experienced great strife and misery because we tried to do things in the flesh and not in the spirit.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband

“The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies. PSALM 18:2-3 Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge, even the Most High, your dwelling place, no evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling; for He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone. PSALM 91:9-12 I will restore health to you and heal you of your wounds. JEREMIAH 30:17 Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s. 1 CORINTHIANS 6:19-20 The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. JAMES 5:15”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband

“You may be asking yourself at this very moment, Why isn’t Stormie’s husband writing this book? The answer is simple. He’s just like you. He is a busy man, with places to go, people to see, work to do, a family to support, food to eat, a life to live, golf to play, ball games to watch, channels to flip, and a chronic lack of patience when it comes to writing. It’s not that he doesn’t pray.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband

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― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband

“There is a lot of growing required.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband

“Our flesh takes over when we decide to be self-centered instead of self-sacrificing. Then there is Satan. God”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband

“What is in our hearts when we pray has more effect on whether our prayers are answered than the actual prayer itself.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband

“Misery or divorce don’t ever have to be your only two options.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband

“If busyness, workaholism, unforgiveness, strife, child-rearing, careers, separate interests, boredom, or miscommunication has crept in between you and your wife, God can work through your prayers to bring down the wall that separates you, melt the armor that has been put on for self-protection, and mold you together in unity.”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband

“we can’t force our spouses to do what we want them to do,”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband

“in Him we have the opportunity to defuse bombs the enemy has planted that are set to destroy what God has joined together. Are”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband

“We are faced with the need to communicate, compromise, submit to one another, and be unselfish. A tall order, to be sure. Either God has a tremendous sense of humor, or a desire to keep us continually growing. Probably both. God”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband

“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him. 1 CORINTHIANS 2:9 There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off. PROVERBS 23:18 NIV Keep sound wisdom and discretion; so they will be life to your soul and grace to your neck. Then you will walk safely in your way, and your foot will not stumble. When you lie down, you will not be afraid; yes, you will lie down and your sleep will be sweet. Do not be afraid of sudden terror, nor of trouble from the wicked when it comes; for the LORD will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being caught. PROVERBS 3:21-26 Houses and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD. PROVERBS 19:14 I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. JEREMIAH 29:11-13”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband

“As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him. 2 SAMUEL 22:31 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. PROVERBS 3:5 Let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them; let those also who love Your name be joyful in You. For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous; with favor You will surround him as with a shield. PSALM 5:11-12 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. PSALM 118:8 Let him trust in the name of the LORD and rely upon his God. ISAIAH 50:10”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband

“God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2 TIMOTHY 1:7 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. 1 JOHN 4:18 The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD shall be safe. PROVERBS 29:25 Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. JAMES 1:12 I sought the LORD, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. PSALM 34:4”
― Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Husband