The specialist called the surgeon and said, "You've got to see her, you've got to come in - something must be done." And the surgeon came in and said, "I think your appendix has exploded. His prayers for me really saved my life - literally - because he prayed for me to live and that someone would find what it was and do something to help me, and that's what finally happened. My husband prayed for me right at that point, and there was no one else praying at that time. All I could pray at that point was, "Help me Jesus, help me Jesus. I could feel all of my strength going out of my body. My husband and I were saying, "Lord, reveal this to somebody!" I knew I was dying - I knew that I couldn't hold on much longer. They did a lot of tests, including a CAT scan. You've just got to get me in the car - I don't have time to change or anything." So I just had to go in my pajamas, and my daughter and my housekeeper helped me in the car.Īt the hospital, they still couldn't figure out what was wrong. So he came running downstairs and said, "I don't know what to do! You've got to tell me what to do." I said, "You can't do anything. It just kept getting worse and worse, so I finally just fell over onto the button and called him.
I thought the pain would eventually pass, but it didn't pass. I couldn't reach the button, though - I was in too much pain. It was so horrible! I was doubled over and I tried to call my husband in from another room with our intercom system. So I'm going to wait and go to the doctor in the morning."īut at 3 a.m., my body just exploded on the inside - it felt like dynamite had exploded. It's late, I'm not going to go to the hospital and have them do all these tests again if there's nothing wrong. I was in a lot of pain on a Sunday night, so I thought, "Well, I'll go in to the specialist on Monday morning. They'd do all these tests and I'd be there forever, but they couldn't find anything, so I'd think, "What was that? Maybe it's all over now." But then I'd go back to the hospital again. I'd go to the emergency hospital and they could never find anything wrong with me. I'd get these attacks of excruciating pain, where I was just doubled over with nausea and vomiting and fever, and I knew it was serious. I had been sick since the previous summer - in and out of emergency hospitals. Stormie: It happened January 8th of 2001 when my appendix exploded at 3 a.m.
We need to have a clean heart before Him and ask according to His will, and He will be right there.Ĭ: What's the most powerful thing your husband's ever prayed for you and how did it affect your life? So God wants to answer our prayers - He wants to move, He wants us to ask, but we need to ask from the right heart.
I saw him as precious and beloved of the Lord.Īs I began to pray for him that way, I began to see immediate answers to my prayers. Lord, create in me a clean heart, help me to see this man from your perspective." And that's what God did - He really helped me to see my Michael as a child of God and not just as my husband. I just found that every time I'd start a prayer and I'd feel irritation, unforgiveness, or hurt, I had to confess that to the Lord as sin and just say, "God, I confess my attitude. It wasn't easy because you have to pray with the right heart. But God said, "If you're willing to lay down your life and pray for your husband, if you're ready to surrender and stay there and learn to be an intercessor for your husband, I'll make you an instrument of deliverance for him as well."
I feel like I'm dying in the marriage." I just wanted to take my kids and leave at that point. I just got to the end of my rope and said, "God, I can't live with this strange person anymore. I used to always pray the "Change him Lord" prayer for my husband, and I never received an answer whatsoever from God. Stormie: Well, prayer has to come from the right heart, because when you're praying for someone else, you can't be praying manipulative prayers or angry prayers or prayers with unforgiveness in your heart. How is the power of prayer unleashed when you are praying for your family? Omartian is the author of several books, including "The Power of a Praying Husband," "Lord I Want to be Whole" and "The Power of a Praying Parent."Ĭ: The response to "The Power of a Praying Wife" and "The Power of a Praying Parent" has been phenomenal. Please enjoy this interview that 's former Family Living editor did with Stormie Omartian. Because today is the National Day of Prayer, we wanted to stay with the theme of prayer for our feature article.
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