The God Empowered Wife: How Strong Women Can Help Their Husbands Become Godly Leaders

By K.B. Haught

Book Overview

"Dear God, please change my husband " This book is written to help strong women understand how they can be a godly influence their husband's lives, without sacrificing their strength, creativity, or wisdom. The author, a certified biblical counselor, teaches and speaks on practical applications of biblical principles in honest yet bold, new ways. As one pastor-reviewer wrote, "This is not just another marriage book. I see this struggle so often in marriages - but I've never had a great resource to put into the woman's hand. This is NOT a basic marriage book. This is also not a book that is pushing the old 'shut up and submit and just serve your husband concept. You're going to want to get this book...read it...and get copies to give away to others." Readers write: "It feels like you've been in my living room, watching our marriage " "Wow--liberating " "I thought at one point it was actually my own diary " ("The God Empowered Wife" is also available in Spanish as, "La Esposa en el Poder de Dios")

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0615176240
• ISBN13: 9780615176246
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Intendion
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 20 years and up

Customer Reviews

What a blessing!

I have read & re-read this book. It stays on my nighttand for when I need reminders of how I can enjoy the best that God has for me and my marriage by acting with a pure heart which is aimed at pleasing Him!! I encourage each & every one of you to take the time - read the book - apply the lessons - you will NOT be disappointed. I even had the awesome opportunity to enjoy meeting with Karen over a period of weeks for a small group study of her book and that added even more insight into the things that I have done (and am still doing - this is not an instant cure!!) which have undermined my heart's desire to have a Godly marriage. Read the book!! (Then watch for her next one about the idols of our heart!!)

ONE OF A KIND...

I am a new Christian and joined Karen's class through my church. Not only am I reading the book but I have had the honor of participating in Karen's class that is outlined from the book. She is an amazing teacher, as well as a gifted author. Karen is biblically on target and defines what true submission really is from God's word. She is a strong, independent, successful woman that has defined for me how a person can be successful and also fulfill God's will to be a Godly Wife. Karen's classes are also available at The Met in Houston, Texas. The name of the class is "God Empowered Wife". You can find it under the list of catalyst classes at: http://www.themetonline.org/catalyst

All I can say is WOW

I have always been "agressive" and made to feel that this part of me that God created was wrong, but in this book I have learned how to allow God to use ALL of what He has put in me to be a blessing to my family and especially to my husband without suppressing the woman God has created me to be. There are some hard pills to swallow, but the encouragement that comes from understanding what God wants to accomplish in me and in my marriage is AWESOME. I pray that God will create numerous opportunities for me to introduce other young wives to the wisdom He has placed in this book.

Nothing Else Like It!

I've been married 21 years now, and I've been a pastor for 21 years. I've also been doing biblical counseling for over 15 years now - with marriage being 85-90% of all the counseling I do, and so I can say, "We needed this book!" It's not just another marriage book. Praise God for what Karen has put into writing. She has put into words the struggle that so often exists but doesn't get addressed. I see this struggle so often in marriages - but I've never had a great resource to put into the woman's hand that could guide her in making practical changes to let her husband lead (Of course I was already hammering away on the men with great resources like Lou Priolo's 'Complete Husband' and Doug Wilson's 'Fidelity'). This is a NOT a basic marriage book. There's no chapter on communication, or sex, or in-laws, or parenting. This is focused solely on an area that desparately needs to be addressed, and Karen has done a great job. This is also NOT a book that is pushing the old 'shut up and submit and just serve your husband' concept. This is a biblical approach to what it really means for a gifted and Spirit-filled woman to still be all that she can be... without 'taking over' and leading. She gives specific examples and scenarios of exactly what she's talking about, then walks you through what it would look like to do what she's asking you to do in your marriage. Karen and her husband, Jim, have given us a great gift in allowing us to look into their own struggles, and to see what God has done for them, and what God has taught them that they can pass on to the rest of us. It took real humility to peel back the cover of their lives and allow us to look in as Karen describes what God has done for them, and can do for so many others. You're going to want to get this book... read it... and get copies to give away to others. As I read it I was making my 'list' of who I could use this great resource with.