DO not be blinded by your love for your husband,


P - Prepare.
We need to make ourselves ready for prayer, bringing
ourselves to a place where we can concentrate on God and
hear His voice. Christ Himself went away to a quiet place
to pray:

R - Recognize God's authority, and remember that He can do
anything to accomplish His will. God can and will do
anything - no matter what it takes - for His children. To
defeat the Amorites, He even stopped the sun from setting
at just the word of Joshua:

A - Acknowledge our weakness. As we come before the Lord,
we know He is righteous and we are sinners. "Have mercy on
me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to
your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away
all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin."Psalm 51:1-2
(NIV)

Y - Yield to the will of God. Without yielding ourselves
to God, He cannot do anything in our lives. "Not everyone
who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of
heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is
in heaven." Matthew 7:21 (NIV)

E - Expect a miracle.
We cannot expect a miracle unless we yield our wills to
God. The man with the withered right hand trusted Christ.
When Christ told him to do so, he brought out the hand that
was withered and stretched it out. "And when He had looked
around at them all, He said to the man, "Stretch out your
hand." And he did so, and his hand was restored as whole as
the other." Luke 6:10 (NKJV)

R - Rejoice in Him, irrespective of the result.
Paul was a great man of faith. He prayed to the Lord
constantly, and in his own affliction, he prayed for God to
remove his "thorn of the flesh." "Three times I pleaded
with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to
me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made
perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more
gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest
on me." 2 Corinthians 12:8-9 (NIV)


"A man of knowledge uses words with restraint, and a man of understanding is even-tempered. Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue." Proverbs 17:27-28