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8. Read 2 Corinthians 6:18 in your Bible and underline it.
Does your husband really know God as his heavenly Father? Do you? Explain. Write a prayer asking God to reveal Himself to you both as your heavenly Father.

  
9. Do you ever feel your husband is more concerned with being a good father than he is with being a good husband? Explain. How does that make you feel?

10. Pray the prayer out loud on pages 140–41 in T
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Read chapter 19:
“His Past”
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1. Is there anything from your husband’s past that repeatedly torments him? Describe.

  
2. Is your husband’s past something from which he learns, a part of his life he tries to ignore, or a place where he lives? Explain.

  
3. Read Philippians 3:13,14 in your Bible and underline it.
Do you feel your husband is able to reach forward to all God has for him? How do you think your prayers might help him to do that?

  
4. Are you concerned that there is anything from your husband’s past that could be passed down to your children (alcoholism, divorce, anger, fear, lust, and so on)? Explain.

  
5. Was there anything that happened in your husband’s childhood that is affecting his life today? Was his childhood happy, sad, troubled, carefree, normal, uneventful, full of turmoil, or unstable? Explain.

  
6. Was your husband ever labeled with unflattering names that have imprinted themselves on his memory and emotions and perhaps colored his image of himself? Explain. Write a prayer breaking the power of those hurtful memories and asking God to heal the wounds.

  
7. Read 2 Corinthians 5:17 in your Bible and underline it.
Does your husband truly understand that he is a new creature in the Lord? Do you? Explain why you do or do not believe this truth. Write out this Scripture as a prayer, inserting your husband’s name in it. Then write it out with your name in it.

  
8. Read Isaiah 43:18,19 in your Bible and underline it.
Write below what you are to do about the past. What does God promise if you do that? Do you believe this for your husband? For yourself?

  
9. Read Ephesians 4:22–24 in your Bible and underline it.
Write this Scripture as a prayer, inserting your husband’s name. Then put your name in it. Declare it as truth.

10. Pray the prayer out loud on pages 145–46 in T
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. Include specifics about your husband’s past (and your past, too).

Read chapter 20:
“His Attitude”
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1. Does your husband frequently have a bad attitude, or is he usually even-tempered and cheerful? Explain.

  
2. Do events of the day affect your husband’s attitude, or is he able to rise above them and cast his cares on the Lord with ease? Explain.

  
3. Do you react to negativity in your husband? How so? Do you immediately go to the Lord in prayer about it? How could you respond more positively?

  
4. Has your husband’s attitude affected you as a person? How so? Have negative attitudes been brought out in you as a result of his reactions? Explain.

  
5. Has your husband’s attitude affected your marriage in a negative way or a positive way? Explain. How could you pray about that?

  
6. Read 1 Corinthians 13:2 in your Bible and underline it.
Does your husband have a full knowledge of the love of God? Do you feel he has truly experienced God’s love in his life? Have you? Explain. How could you pray about that?

  
7. Read Psalm 100:4,5 and underline it in your Bible.
Does your husband know how to do what is described here? Write this as a prayer, inserting your husband’s name. Then do it again, inserting your name.

  
8. Read Proverbs 15:13 in your Bible and underline it.
In light of this Scripture, how could you pray for your husband’s attitude?

  
9. Read Matthew 12:35 in your Bible and underline it.
Do you see good things or bad things come out of your husband’s attitude? How can you use this Scripture to pray over your husband?

10. Pray the prayer out loud on pages 150–51 in T
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. Include specifics about your husband’s attitude.

Read chapter 21:
“His Marriage”
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1. Have you or your husband ever been divorced? If so, write a prayer breaking the spirit of divorce over your lives. If not, write a prayer that a spirit of divorce will never enter into your marriage.

  
2. Is there divorce in your husband’s family, especially with his parents or grandparents? Explain. Write a prayer breaking any generational tie that would cause a spirit of divorce to become part of his life.

  
3. Is there divorce in
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family, especially with your parents or grandparents? Explain. Write a prayer breaking any generational tie that would cause a spirit of divorce to become part of your life.

  
4. Read 1 Corinthians 7:10,11 in your Bible and underline it.
Have you or your husband ever viewed divorce as an option which you would consider? Explain. Write a prayer breaking the power of those thoughts of divorce.

  
5. Has your husband ever committed adultery during your marriage or any previous marriage? If so, write a prayer asking God to deliver him from all the bondage of that sin. If not, pray for the protection, strength, and grace to keep him from ever falling into anything like that—even in thought.

  
6. Have you committed adultery during your marriage or any previous marriage? If yes, write a prayer of repentance before the Lord and ask for His forgiveness and deliverance from the bondage of that sin. If no, write a prayer asking for the strength, grace, and protection to keep you from ever falling into anything like that—even in thought.

  
7. Read 1 Corinthians 10:12 in your Bible and underline it.
In light of this Scripture, what should you never assume? How does this Scripture inspire you to keep praying for the strength of your marriage?

  
8. Is there any person or thing that threatens the stability of your marriage? Write a sentence below, taking authority over that threat in Jesus’ name and commanding it to be removed from your life. If there is nothing threatening your marriage, write a prayer asking God for protection over your marriage so no person or situation will ever be allowed to harm it.

  
9. Make a statement below, declaring to your enemy that you refuse to allow anything to come in and destroy your marriage. Declare to God that you will partner with Him and do whatever it takes as far as you are concerned to see that your marriage becomes what it is supposed to be.

10. Pray the prayer out loud on pages 155–56 in T
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Read chapter 22:
“His Emotions”
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1. Is there a negative emotion that you commonly observe in your husband? If so, what is it (anger, depression, fear, and so on)? How does it manifest itself?

  
2. Read Proverbs 22:24,25 in your Bible and underline it.
What happens when we are frequently around someone with a constant negative emotion? (In this example, it’s anger.)

  
3. Do you see from the previous Scripture how important it is for your own well-being, as well as your husband’s, to pray for his emotions? Describe how his emotions affect yours.

  
4. It’s good to pray that your husband stop being controlled by his emotions and instead be controlled by what (page 159)?

  
5. Read Proverbs 21:14 in your Bible and underline it.
What is the best gift a wife can give her husband in secret (page 159)?