Praying Through the Deeper Issues of Marriage: Protecting Your Relationship So It Will Last a Lifetime

What a wonderful book for any marriage at any stage. I wish I would have had this earlier on in our marriage, Stormie always does such an awesome job with her books. I also would recommend Power of a Praying Wife by Stormie.

This author has truly been a blessing in my life and many lives of married women. I bought this book and before I really got a chance to read it, I read a prayer in the book. That same day my husband called me to say that an old friend that spent alot of time with him during our seperation had called him and wanted him to take a ride. Before he got there to pick him up he was pulled over by the police. God immediately brought to my attention one line in the prayer I read. I didn't even remember what I prayed. I went back and read it again and I prayed for protection from anyone who might lead us into adultery. God is faithful. I believe from all of the books I have read by this author that she is truly sent by God.

I now truly believe God can work miracles. I don't know what happened to my faith over the past few years...I don't know why it wavered or where it went, because it's always been strong and very present in me, even though I have never been a regular church-goer. I have always believed, and always trusted, always looked for the good and been accepting, even when bad things happened, because I knew they were part of a larger, deeper plan for my life. Earlier this year my husband had an inappropriate relationship with a woman at work. It never got to an "affair", but it was headed in that direction. Something similar had also happened 10 years ago in our relationship (we have been together 16 years now). I had a hard time when it happened 10 years ago, but I managed to pick myself up, and after many other dire circumstances in other areas, we had healed and gotten past the previous event. So when it happened AGAIN this year, after so long of things improving for us, I was devastated. Most of this year, I have spent in tremendous turmoil. The event came along at a time when I was doing great - and I thought WE were doing great. I had just gotten back in shape, lost 36 pounds, looked fabulous, had my art career moving along quite well. My husband had been promoted and finally was making enough money to pay our bills. The financial pressure was off, things were going better, and I thought we were both happy. I was totally blindsided when this happened. I have been on a downward spiral ever since. I gained my weight back, have been so depressed I can hardly focus on my work, and my moods swing from extreme to extreme. I am fearful, suspicious, and I have turned into a horrible person I don't want to be. Forgiveness has not even been attempted. I have been so angry. Although we have attempted to reconcile things, and we would have our good days, I am still in pitiful shape and I don't like who I've become. A few months ago we started attending church, which has helped somewhat, but not enough for me. Just last week, I thought my husband was once again lying to me about something, and I went crazy, and became very, very angry. I told him I wanted him to talk to our pastor, and if he could convince our pastor this marriage was worth saving, and if the pastor could convince ME, I would work towards it. Then I quickly changed my mind, and I said, "No, skip the pastor. You are going to have to convince God to convince me, because right now I don't trust any man - pastor or not." We both went to bed angry and very upset. The next day, I woke with a numbness in myself, and although I was still angry and bitter over our argument, I decided to do something nice for my husband. I went to take him out for ice cream. We had a good discussion. We agreed that we don't need to be fighting against each other, but instead we need to be fighting against the enemy to protect our marriage. The entire discussion centered around how we could prot

I thought this book was phenomenal. I am trying to read all of Stormie's books so have read several others that were all good but this one was exceptional. I am not normally a reader but went thru it very quickly. I am now re-reading it to pull out and write down the many pertinent things that she said that pertain to my life. I appreciate this book tremendously!

I bought this book because my husband asked for a divorce a couple of months back. I just got the book and started using the prayers to pray for my marriage to be healed. I know that God will do everything in His power to heal my marriage. I feel so much better after praying the prayers and I will have to update you to see if my prayers are answered.