How to Pray for Your Wife: A 31-Day Guide (Paperback)

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Key Phrases: answered your prayers, excellent woman, own prayers, Holy Spirit, Old Testament, Brother Lawrence

Editorial Reviews

Review

-What a great idea! What a great book! And what a gift for a man to give to his wife-regular, intentional, and focused prayer.- -Steve Brown, Professor of Homiletics, Reformed Seminary; speaker, Key Life Network -Mark Weathers- fresh translation and application of this ancient wisdom poetry makes the text come alive and invites a husband to pray biblically for his wife.- -Denis & Margie Haack, Ransom Fellowship -Mark Weathers has written an informative and practical book that will help every godly man enhance his prayers for his wife.- -Daniel Doriani, Senior Pastor, Central Presbyterian Church -Provides clear, practical, and grace-centered guidance for Christian husbands to learn how to pray for and love their wives as Christ loved the church.- -Dave Vosseller, Associate Pastor of Ministry Development, Spring Valley Presbyterian Church --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Description

One of a husband's most important responsibilities is to pray for his wife. Unfortunately, though, many men do not know how to pray for their wives and often end up not praying at all.

How to Pray for Your Wife, an interactive prayer journal, is intended to help husbands study and better understand the uniqueness of masculinity and femininity as expressed in marriage. Author Mark Weathers unpacks Proverbs 31 and helps husbands apply this Scripture in prayer for their wives.

This book is for all husbands who wish to better understand how God made their wives and how they can pray biblical prayers for them. The study guide at the end of the book, designed to help pastors and leaders in their teachings on marriage, draws from the themes of the book's daily readings and can be adapted for men's Bible studies, men's retreats, premarital counseling, or discipleship meetings.

"What a great idea! What a great book! And what a gift for a man to give to his wife--regular, intentional, and focused prayer."
--Steve Brown, Professor of Homiletics, Reformed Seminary; speaker, Key Life Network

"Mark Weathers' fresh translation and application of this ancient wisdom poetry makes the text come alive and invites a husband to pray biblically for his wife."
--Denis & Margie Haack, Ransom Fellowship

"Mark Weathers has written an informative and practical book that will help every godly man enhance his prayers for his wife."
--Daniel Doriani, Senior Pastor, Central Presbyterian Church

"Provides clear, practical, and grace-centered guidance for Christian husbands to learn how to pray for and love their wives as Christ loved the church."
--Dave Vosseller, Associate Pastor of Ministry Development, Spring Valley Presbyterian Church

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Crossway Books (September 20, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581347863
• ISBN-13: 978-1581347869
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #246,035 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Glorify God/Rescue your wife's heart . . . , October 13, 2006

By	S. M. Cox "Southern Sojourner" (Traveling in NC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights . . ." (James 1:17). All too often we take the gift of a godly wife for granted. Mark Weathers refocuses men on the joy of glorifying God by daily loving our wives. In the process, we learn not only how to pray for our wives but also how to rescue their hearts. Are 6 stars available?

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Guidance on an Important Topic, November 23, 2006

By	Tim Challies (Oakville, Ontario) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

"As a husband, I know it is my responsibility to pray for my wife. Often, though, I do not know the words to use, and I end up feeling that my prayers for her could be more effective. From marriage counseling and pastoral experience, I have met many men who share the same concern. The average Christian man does not know how to pray for his wife. Unfortunately, when we do not know how to pray, we end up not praying at all."

Because of this concern, Mark Weathers, co-pastor at Providence Presbyterian Church in Concord, North Carolina, decided to write a book--a 31-day study guide--to help men learn to pray for their wives. How To Pray For Your Wife follows through the well-known words of the thirty-first chapter of Proverbs, providing 31 brief meditations and prayer suggestions.

Weathers considers this book an "interactive prayer journal." Each day's entry features three things: the author's translation of the original Hebrew words; his explanation pointing out significant details about the text and how they point to Christ and the covenant; and supplication--starting points for your own prayers. There are blank spaces provided for husbands to write their own thoughts and prayers. The book also features a short study guide designed to help pastors and teachers in their teachings on marriage.

On the whole I found the meditations and prayers quite helpful. I opted not to make this into a 31-day read, but may well do that in the future. The meditations are nearly always grounded in Scripture and the prayers were often very helpful in pinpointing exactly what it is I should pray for on my wife's behalf. The book was beneficial to me even though I did not read it in the way it was intended. Though there were a couple of small missteps where the author quotes Brother Lawrence or Henri Nouwen rather than focusing on Scripture, the majority of the text is focused on the Bible.

Leslie, who writes reviews for Discerning Reader says rightly that "All Christian husbands and wives will enjoy and benefit from How to Pray for Your Wife. Encouraging and thought provoking, it will deepen a husband's prayers for his wife. The study guide included at the end may prove helpful to pastors who frequently counsel couples. Young men desiring excellent wives may also profit from this book." I would gladly recommend this book to any husband who desires to pray for his wife more earnestly and more effectively.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No Christian Husband Should Be Without It!, November 22, 2006

By	David A. Vosseller "davhoops" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Guys, if you are married, you need to get this book. If you are single and would like to pray for your future wife now - you need to get this book. Mark Weathers has spent a lot of time looking at Proverbs 31 and using it to learn how to pray for his own wife, and this book is the fruit of his work in both studying the Bible and learning in marriage. His book is practical, grace-centered, and helpful. For each day of the prayer guide, he explains a theme from the verse to help men understand their wives better and learn to pray for them better. Then, for each day there is a list of suggested prayers based on the passage, space to journal about what you read, and then a section for recording answered prayers. The back of the book has a study guide with further questions and discussions on three themes: Sacrifice & Submission; Security & Significance and Physical & Spiritual. As far as I know there is nothing else like this on the market and it fills an important need for Christian husbands.

Here's a great sample of one of the explanation and prayers in this book (from Day 5 "Rewards"), based on Prov. 31:12 "She shows him good, not evil, all the days of her life"

"When loving and respecting are done in God's strength, the marriage becomes a beautiful cyclical dance: The husband shows his wife love by cherishing and protecting her, and the wife gives honor and respect to her husband. When one partner happens to give in to sin and `misses a step,' the other partner does not retaliate but keeps the dance moving forward."
Suggested Prayer
1. Lord, give me the grace to love my wife always and to provide her with the security she needs.
2. Help me to be a deserving husband my wife can easily respect, and help my wife to show goodness and grace to me even when I don't deserve it. (p. 40).


Husbands, you are called to lead your wives spiritually. If we are honest, most of us have no idea how to do that. One of the best ways to learn how to do this is to pray for her - specifically, biblically and daily. This book is a tool that will help you do just that. Get it today! And wives, if you are reading this, grab one for your husband!