n.b. - this review is of a book aimed at husbands. As such, it is quite niche! You were warned.
When the wonderful folk at 10ofThose offered me the chance to review this book on prayer, I jumped at it. As books on prayer go, this is pretty niche. Andrew Case, the author of Water of the Word: Intercession for Her is a bible translator in Africa, and a graduate of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. This little book is simple in aim and heart-impacting in delivery: to increase the prayer of husbands for their wives by equipping them with prayers plucked from Scripture.
This attractively presented volume, then, is essentially a devotional-cum-prayer-book for husbands looking to pray for their wives. In his endorsement, Thomas Schreiner hits the nail on the head; "Andrew Case's prayers for a wife illustrate practically and devotionally how scripture should be the fuel for our prayers. Read, meditate, and pray!". This book is a model - reminiscent in philosophy if not content to Don Carson's excellent A Call to Spiritual Reformation - of what it means to integrate the words of Scripture into our prayers, with the particular focus on the husbands intercession for his wife. Whilst welcome, one does wonder if a similar wife-for-husband version might appear!
Case grounds his book - the bulk of which is made up of prayers and quotes from godly Christians - in the imitation of Christ, challenging husbands; "Are you a husband like Jesus? Do you want to be?", as he reminds us that "Every earthly marriage has been ordained to point to the perfect union in the age to come - to reflect, albeit dimly, the intimacy and ecstasy of knowing our Saviour face to face". This book equips husbands to participate in that, to pray deeply biblical prayers for their wives and to allow the Bible to shape their prayer life.
Whilst reading this book, and beginning to use it occasionally in prayer for my own wife and marriage, I was struck by its fundamental similarity to Stormie Omartian's 'The Power of a Praying _____'. The difference here - and I've read enough of Omartian's stable of books to be well aware of their pitfalls and the formula behind them - is that Case appears to have thought more deeply, to have meditated more patiently, on the Scriptures behind his prayers. Whilst some are stark to modern ears, they are biblically rooted, and I hope that many husbands will find this book to be a help in their prayer life as they pray for themselves, their wives, and their families. I heartily recommend this book to husbands!
Thanks for reading! I'd really encourage you to check this book out. I'd also love to connect with you via Facebook and Twitter. If you enjoyed reading my review, then I've got a page packed with reviews, arranged by category, which you can find here.
When the wonderful folk at 10ofThose offered me the chance to review this book on prayer, I jumped at it. As books on prayer go, this is pretty niche. Andrew Case, the author of Water of the Word: Intercession for Her is a bible translator in Africa, and a graduate of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. This little book is simple in aim and heart-impacting in delivery: to increase the prayer of husbands for their wives by equipping them with prayers plucked from Scripture.
This attractively presented volume, then, is essentially a devotional-cum-prayer-book for husbands looking to pray for their wives. In his endorsement, Thomas Schreiner hits the nail on the head; "Andrew Case's prayers for a wife illustrate practically and devotionally how scripture should be the fuel for our prayers. Read, meditate, and pray!". This book is a model - reminiscent in philosophy if not content to Don Carson's excellent A Call to Spiritual Reformation - of what it means to integrate the words of Scripture into our prayers, with the particular focus on the husbands intercession for his wife. Whilst welcome, one does wonder if a similar wife-for-husband version might appear!
Case grounds his book - the bulk of which is made up of prayers and quotes from godly Christians - in the imitation of Christ, challenging husbands; "Are you a husband like Jesus? Do you want to be?", as he reminds us that "Every earthly marriage has been ordained to point to the perfect union in the age to come - to reflect, albeit dimly, the intimacy and ecstasy of knowing our Saviour face to face". This book equips husbands to participate in that, to pray deeply biblical prayers for their wives and to allow the Bible to shape their prayer life.
Whilst reading this book, and beginning to use it occasionally in prayer for my own wife and marriage, I was struck by its fundamental similarity to Stormie Omartian's 'The Power of a Praying _____'. The difference here - and I've read enough of Omartian's stable of books to be well aware of their pitfalls and the formula behind them - is that Case appears to have thought more deeply, to have meditated more patiently, on the Scriptures behind his prayers. Whilst some are stark to modern ears, they are biblically rooted, and I hope that many husbands will find this book to be a help in their prayer life as they pray for themselves, their wives, and their families. I heartily recommend this book to husbands!
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Thanks for reading! I'd really encourage you to check this book out. I'd also love to connect with you via Facebook and Twitter. If you enjoyed reading my review, then I've got a page packed with reviews, arranged by category, which you can find here.
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