1. Does your husband feel hopeful about the future? Why or why not?
2. Does your husband have a vision for the future? In other words, even though he may not know specifics about his future, does he have a sense of the directions he's going in and feel good about it? Do you? Explain.
3. Hoe do you feel about your husband's family? Are you concerned about it? DO you feel hopeful? Why or why not? What could you say to your husband today that would help him to feel hopeful about his future? How could you pray? Ask God to show you and then do it.
4. Does your husband have a tendency to get overworked, overtired, overwhelmed, burned out, distanced from God or confused about his purpose? Explain why or why not?
5. Read Jeremiah 29:11 in your Bible and underline it. Does your husband ever lose sight of his dreams and forget what God says about his future ? Explain. If so, how could you help him?
6. Read Romans 8:18 in your Bible and underline it. Do you or your husband forget the glory that is set before you when there is suffering in the present? Give examples. How could you pray about this?
7. Write down what you think concerns your husband most about his future? Now ask him and see what he says. Did he say the same things you thought he would say? Did he add anything that surprised you?
8. Write a prayer regarding everything your husband mentioned being concerned about for his future. Tell him you are going to be praying for each one of those concerns.
9. God doesn't want us to know the future. He wants us to know ______________. If we do that, He can lead us into our future one step at at time. Write a prayer for your husband to know Jesus better.
Monday, April 16, 2012
Chapter 29: His Faith
1. DO you see your husband as a man who walks in faith to a certain degree in his life? In what ways and to what degree?
2. Sensing our own limitations doesn't mean our faith is weak; feeling that God has limitations indicates weak faith. Do you think your husband believes that God has limitations? How so? Write a prayer asking God to help your husband believe that with God nothing is impossible.
3. Are you and your husband in agreement about faith in God? About belief in the Bible? Are you in unity about the church where you worship? Explain. How could you pray about these things?
4. Is your husband's faith in God's love, protection and ability to answer his prayers unwavering or does he have times of serious doubt? Why? How do you feel about his level of faith? How would you like to see it change?
5. Read Matthew 17:20 in your Bible and underline it. Write a prayer asking God to help your husband develop the kind of faith that moves mountains so that nothing will be impossible in his life. Pray that for yourself as well.
6. Do you believe that there is nothing in your life or your husband's life that can't be positively affected by having a stronger relationship with God and faith in His Word? Why or why not? What things in particular do you feel would be greatly affected by your husband having a stronger faith in God?
7. Read Ephesians 6:14-16 in your Bible and underline it. Why is the shield of faith important?
8. Read James 1:6-8 in your Bible and underline it. What kind of life are we setting ourselves up for if we are controlled by doubt?
9. Read Romans 10:17 in your Bible and underline it. If faith comes by hearing the Word of God, what is another way you could pray for your your husband to increase in faith.
2. Sensing our own limitations doesn't mean our faith is weak; feeling that God has limitations indicates weak faith. Do you think your husband believes that God has limitations? How so? Write a prayer asking God to help your husband believe that with God nothing is impossible.
3. Are you and your husband in agreement about faith in God? About belief in the Bible? Are you in unity about the church where you worship? Explain. How could you pray about these things?
4. Is your husband's faith in God's love, protection and ability to answer his prayers unwavering or does he have times of serious doubt? Why? How do you feel about his level of faith? How would you like to see it change?
5. Read Matthew 17:20 in your Bible and underline it. Write a prayer asking God to help your husband develop the kind of faith that moves mountains so that nothing will be impossible in his life. Pray that for yourself as well.
6. Do you believe that there is nothing in your life or your husband's life that can't be positively affected by having a stronger relationship with God and faith in His Word? Why or why not? What things in particular do you feel would be greatly affected by your husband having a stronger faith in God?
7. Read Ephesians 6:14-16 in your Bible and underline it. Why is the shield of faith important?
8. Read James 1:6-8 in your Bible and underline it. What kind of life are we setting ourselves up for if we are controlled by doubt?
9. Read Romans 10:17 in your Bible and underline it. If faith comes by hearing the Word of God, what is another way you could pray for your your husband to increase in faith.
Chapter 28: His Self-Image
1. DO you feel that your husband is living up to his potential? Why or why not?
2. Is your husband's perception of himself that of a successful man or does he have doubts about himself that creep into his job performance? Explain.
3. Does your husband have feeling of rejections? Did he feel rejected in his past? Des he feel rejected by you? His children? His family members? Does he commonly anticipate being rejected by people? Explain.
4. Does rejection run in your husband's family? Are his family members easily made to feel rejected? Have there been misunderstandings because he or a family member feels rejected? Explain.
5. Do you ever have feeling of rejection? Do you ever feel rejected by your husband? Is rejection a part of your past? Explain.
6. Read Ephesians 1:3-6 in your Bible and underline it. Write this Scripture as a prayer for your husband for yourself.
7. Part of being accepted by other people has to do with accepting who we are in the Lord first. Do you feel your husband accepts himself or is he hard on himself? Explain. Do you accept yourself or are you hard on yourself?
8. Write a prayer below asking God to help your husband fully receive His love and acceptance and be able to find his identity in the Lord.
9. Read Colossians 3:9,10 in your Bible and underline it. Write this Scripture as a prayer, inserting your husband's name.
2. Is your husband's perception of himself that of a successful man or does he have doubts about himself that creep into his job performance? Explain.
3. Does your husband have feeling of rejections? Did he feel rejected in his past? Des he feel rejected by you? His children? His family members? Does he commonly anticipate being rejected by people? Explain.
4. Does rejection run in your husband's family? Are his family members easily made to feel rejected? Have there been misunderstandings because he or a family member feels rejected? Explain.
5. Do you ever have feeling of rejection? Do you ever feel rejected by your husband? Is rejection a part of your past? Explain.
6. Read Ephesians 1:3-6 in your Bible and underline it. Write this Scripture as a prayer for your husband for yourself.
7. Part of being accepted by other people has to do with accepting who we are in the Lord first. Do you feel your husband accepts himself or is he hard on himself? Explain. Do you accept yourself or are you hard on yourself?
8. Write a prayer below asking God to help your husband fully receive His love and acceptance and be able to find his identity in the Lord.
9. Read Colossians 3:9,10 in your Bible and underline it. Write this Scripture as a prayer, inserting your husband's name.
Chapter 27: His Obedience
1. Do you feel your husband has as deep and committed a relationship with God as you do? Or is it deeper and more committed than yours? Of the two of you, who do you feel needs the most spiritual growth in order to catch up with the other? Write a prayer asking God to help you grow together in the Lord.
2. Do you consider your husband a man of prayer? How much does he pray? Would you like to see him pray more? Write a prayer about that.
3. Do you feel that your husband has a heart to obey God and live His way? Explain.
4. Do you ever see your husband doing thins that are opposed to the way God has asked us to live? Do you speak to him about those things? If so, how does he respond? How can you pray for him about this?
5. Do you believe that praying for your husband first before saying anything or just praying and not saying anything at all, could have a positive effect on his ability to change? How so? Do you do that?
6. One of the best ways to learn how God wants us to live is to read His Word. Does your husband read the Bible regularly? Does he get good Bible teaching? Write a prayer below asking God to open your husband's heart to an ever-increasing knowledge of the truth of His Word.
7. Read Matthew 7:24-27 in your Bible and underline it. In light of this Scripture, how important is it to you and your family that your husband obey's God?
8. Read Proverbs 28:9 in your Bible and underline it. What happens when we don't walk in obedience? Does your husband experience frustration over unanswered prayer. Explain.
9. Read Proverbs 29:18 in your Bible and underline it. When we don't have revelation, we get careless. Bad thing happen to people because they have no revelation, and as a result throw caution to the wind. When we have revelation, we see the wisdom of walking in a manner totally dependent upon God and of living God's way every moment. Write a prayer below asking God to give your husband that kind of revelation and a desire to obey Him.
2. Do you consider your husband a man of prayer? How much does he pray? Would you like to see him pray more? Write a prayer about that.
3. Do you feel that your husband has a heart to obey God and live His way? Explain.
4. Do you ever see your husband doing thins that are opposed to the way God has asked us to live? Do you speak to him about those things? If so, how does he respond? How can you pray for him about this?
5. Do you believe that praying for your husband first before saying anything or just praying and not saying anything at all, could have a positive effect on his ability to change? How so? Do you do that?
6. One of the best ways to learn how God wants us to live is to read His Word. Does your husband read the Bible regularly? Does he get good Bible teaching? Write a prayer below asking God to open your husband's heart to an ever-increasing knowledge of the truth of His Word.
7. Read Matthew 7:24-27 in your Bible and underline it. In light of this Scripture, how important is it to you and your family that your husband obey's God?
8. Read Proverbs 28:9 in your Bible and underline it. What happens when we don't walk in obedience? Does your husband experience frustration over unanswered prayer. Explain.
9. Read Proverbs 29:18 in your Bible and underline it. When we don't have revelation, we get careless. Bad thing happen to people because they have no revelation, and as a result throw caution to the wind. When we have revelation, we see the wisdom of walking in a manner totally dependent upon God and of living God's way every moment. Write a prayer below asking God to give your husband that kind of revelation and a desire to obey Him.
Chapter 26: His Deliverance
1. Is there anything in your husband's life from which you know he needs to be set free (alcohol, drugs, pornography, lust, eating disorder and so on)? Explain.
2. Read Psalm 50:15 in your Bible and underline it. What do you have to do to see God's deliverance happen in your life? Do you believe that Jesus is your Deliverer? Does your husband?
3. Everything from which we need deliverance comes from the enemy. Stat here again what you have been given over the power of the enemy (Luke 10:19). How do you intended to use that in order to see your husband set free from thing that control him? How do you intend to use it for your own deliverance?
4. Don't hesitate to get mad at the enemy and tell him you will not allow his plans to succeed in your husband's life. Write that below and be sure to state in whose name you have been given authority to make that statement. Do the same for yourself.
5. Read Galatians's 5:1 in your Bible and underline it. Because you are one with your husband you can stand strong with him to resist the power of the enemy wherever the enemy seeks to put him into bondage. Hoe can you address the enemy sing Scripture?
6. Read Proverbs 24:11 in your Bible and underline it. Does your husband ever do things that seem self-destructive, careless, or dangerous ? Explain.
7. Does your husband ever feel hopeless, as if there is no way out of a situation? In what kinds of situations does he feel that? Explain.
8. The ultimate result of feeling that there is no way out is suicide. Has your husband ever had suicidal thoughts? If so, how often and how serious were they? Whether he has had those thoughts or not, write a prayer asking God to keep him free from any suicidal thoughts in the future.
9. Read Psalm 91:4 in your Bible and underline it. Often simply by setting our sights onto the Lord, having a heart for Him, and living His way, deliverance will happen. How could you pray this Scripture over your husband, trusting that deliverance will happen for him?
2. Read Psalm 50:15 in your Bible and underline it. What do you have to do to see God's deliverance happen in your life? Do you believe that Jesus is your Deliverer? Does your husband?
3. Everything from which we need deliverance comes from the enemy. Stat here again what you have been given over the power of the enemy (Luke 10:19). How do you intended to use that in order to see your husband set free from thing that control him? How do you intend to use it for your own deliverance?
4. Don't hesitate to get mad at the enemy and tell him you will not allow his plans to succeed in your husband's life. Write that below and be sure to state in whose name you have been given authority to make that statement. Do the same for yourself.
5. Read Galatians's 5:1 in your Bible and underline it. Because you are one with your husband you can stand strong with him to resist the power of the enemy wherever the enemy seeks to put him into bondage. Hoe can you address the enemy sing Scripture?
6. Read Proverbs 24:11 in your Bible and underline it. Does your husband ever do things that seem self-destructive, careless, or dangerous ? Explain.
7. Does your husband ever feel hopeless, as if there is no way out of a situation? In what kinds of situations does he feel that? Explain.
8. The ultimate result of feeling that there is no way out is suicide. Has your husband ever had suicidal thoughts? If so, how often and how serious were they? Whether he has had those thoughts or not, write a prayer asking God to keep him free from any suicidal thoughts in the future.
9. Read Psalm 91:4 in your Bible and underline it. Often simply by setting our sights onto the Lord, having a heart for Him, and living His way, deliverance will happen. How could you pray this Scripture over your husband, trusting that deliverance will happen for him?
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Chapter 25: His Repentance
1. Read Proverbs 28:13 in your Bible and underline it. Does your husband have difficulty confessing his faults? What will happen if he doesn't confess his sins? What will happen when he does confess his sins?
2. When your husband confesses his faults, do you feel he is truly repentant and intent on changing his behavior? Explain why or why not?
3. What are 3 steps to changing his behavior?
First there is _______, which is _________.
Second there is ________, which is _______.
Third there is ________, which is _______.
4. What does true repentance mean?
5. DO you feel your husband moves fully in those steps of confession, repentance and asking forgiveness? With which step does he have the most difficulty? The least difficult? How could you pray about that? Answer these questions about yourself.
6. Read Romans 2:4 in your Bible and underline it. What leads us to repentance? What will lead your husband to repentance? What will lead you to repentance? How could you pray about that?
7. Does pride ever keep your husband from admitting he is wrong? Do you feel this may have kept him from some of the blessings God has for him? Explain. Write a prayer breaking any stronghold of pride in your husband. Then do the same for yourself.
8. Are there instances where you believe your husband's true repentance would bring needed healing to you or to someone else you know? How could you pray about that?
9. Read 1 John 3:21,22 in your Bible and underline it? How will admitting your sins ultimately affect you or your husband?
2. When your husband confesses his faults, do you feel he is truly repentant and intent on changing his behavior? Explain why or why not?
3. What are 3 steps to changing his behavior?
First there is _______, which is _________.
Second there is ________, which is _______.
Third there is ________, which is _______.
4. What does true repentance mean?
5. DO you feel your husband moves fully in those steps of confession, repentance and asking forgiveness? With which step does he have the most difficulty? The least difficult? How could you pray about that? Answer these questions about yourself.
6. Read Romans 2:4 in your Bible and underline it. What leads us to repentance? What will lead your husband to repentance? What will lead you to repentance? How could you pray about that?
7. Does pride ever keep your husband from admitting he is wrong? Do you feel this may have kept him from some of the blessings God has for him? Explain. Write a prayer breaking any stronghold of pride in your husband. Then do the same for yourself.
8. Are there instances where you believe your husband's true repentance would bring needed healing to you or to someone else you know? How could you pray about that?
9. Read 1 John 3:21,22 in your Bible and underline it? How will admitting your sins ultimately affect you or your husband?
Chapter 24: His Talk
1. Read Ecclesiastes 10:12 in your Bible and underline it. Do you feel that words that come from your husband's mouth are generally good or sometimes foolish? Have his words ever hurt you? Have you had to forgive him for his words? Explain.
2. Read Ephesians 4:29 in your Bible and underline it. Write this Scripture as a prayer over your husband.
3. Do you feel your husband is a man of truth? To what degree is he or isn't he? Explain.
4. Read Psalm 34:12,13 in your Bible and underline it. In light of this Scripture what is a good reason to pray for your husband to be a man who speaks the truth?
5. Is your husband a complainer? Does he always see the glass half empty or the glass half full? Explain. Write a prayer asking God to give him a sense of hope, peace and joy.
6. Does your husband speak too quickly before he thinks or weights the consequences of his words? How do his words reveal what's in his heart? Explain. How could you pray about that?
7. Read Matthew 12:37 and 15:11 in your Bible and underline them. Have you ever seen your husband's words bring negative results into his own life? Explain.
8. Read Proverbs 15:23 in your Bible and underline it. What can we derive from the words we speak? Does your husband need more of that in his life? DO you?
9. Read Proverbs 13:3 in your Bible and underline it. What is the ultimate consequence of not watching what you say? How could you pray this Scripture over your husband? How could you pray it over yourself?
2. Read Ephesians 4:29 in your Bible and underline it. Write this Scripture as a prayer over your husband.
3. Do you feel your husband is a man of truth? To what degree is he or isn't he? Explain.
4. Read Psalm 34:12,13 in your Bible and underline it. In light of this Scripture what is a good reason to pray for your husband to be a man who speaks the truth?
5. Is your husband a complainer? Does he always see the glass half empty or the glass half full? Explain. Write a prayer asking God to give him a sense of hope, peace and joy.
6. Does your husband speak too quickly before he thinks or weights the consequences of his words? How do his words reveal what's in his heart? Explain. How could you pray about that?
7. Read Matthew 12:37 and 15:11 in your Bible and underline them. Have you ever seen your husband's words bring negative results into his own life? Explain.
8. Read Proverbs 15:23 in your Bible and underline it. What can we derive from the words we speak? Does your husband need more of that in his life? DO you?
9. Read Proverbs 13:3 in your Bible and underline it. What is the ultimate consequence of not watching what you say? How could you pray this Scripture over your husband? How could you pray it over yourself?
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