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6. Do you have any negative emotions that are frequently reoccurring? If so, what are they? Why do you think you have them? How could you pray about them?

  
7.  How do your negative emotions affect your husband? What could you do to not be controlled by your emotions?

  
8. Read Psalm 34:1–4 in your Bible and underline it.
From this Scripture, what is it we should be doing to combat anger, depression, and fear? How often are we to praise Him?

  
9. Read Psalm 23:3 and underline it in your Bible.
In light of this Scripture, do you believe that negative emotions are part of a person’s character that can or cannot be changed? Why?

10. Pray the prayer out loud on page 161 in T
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Read chapter 23:
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1. How would you describe the kind of walk your husband has through life? Does he walk close with God or independently from God?

  
2. Does your husband have a sense of direction and purpose, or does he wander aimlessly, or somewhere in between? Explain.

  
3. Read Psalm 84:11 in your Bible and underline it.
What are the rewards for those who walk in righteousness before God?

  
4. Read Psalm 1:1; 128:1; Proverbs 10:9; 13:20 in your Bible and underline them. According to these Scriptures, how are we supposed to walk?

  
5. We are supposed to walk in the______________ and not in the______________ (page 165). Which do you believe your husband walks in most of the time? Why?

  
6. Do you trust your husband to walk righteously, or do you fear he can easily be led off the right path? Explain why you feel the way you do.

  
7. Read Romans 8:5–9 in your Bible and underline it.
How can we live according to the Spirit? What happens when we live in the flesh? How can you be sure that you are not walking in the flesh?

  
8. Read Romans 8:13,14 in your Bible and underline it.
What is the ultimate end of living in the flesh? In the Spirit?

  
9. Read Jeremiah 10:23 in your Bible and underline it.
From this Scripture, describe how we are to walk through our lives. How then should you pray for your husband’s walk?

10. Pray the prayer out loud on pages 165–66 in T
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Read chapter 24:
“His Talk”
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1. Read Ecclesiastes 10:12 in your Bible and underline it.
Do you feel the 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 truth?

  
5. Is your husband a complainer? Does he always see the glass half empty or 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 weighs 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?

10. Pray the prayer out loud on page 171 in T
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Read chapter 25:
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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 the three steps to changing our behavior (page 174)?

  
First there is ___________, which is ___________.

  
Second there is ___________, which is ___________.

  
Third there is ___________, which is ___________.

  
4. What does true repentance mean (page 174)?

  
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 difficulty? How could you pray about that? Answer these same 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
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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?

10. Pray the prayer out loud on page 175 in T
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Read chapter 26:
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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. Read Proverbs 24:11 in your Bible and underline it. Does your husband ever do things that seem self-destructive, careless, or dangerous? Explain.

  
4. 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.

  
5. 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.

  
6. Read Psalm 91:14 in your Bible and underline it.
Often simply by setting our sights on 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?

  
7. Everything from which we need deliverance comes from the enemy. State here again what you have been given over the power of the enemy (Luke 10:19). How do you intend to use that in order to see your husband set free from things that control him? How do you intend to use it for your own deliverance?