Care and Share Night

We had a women's gathering at our church tonight where one woman shared lessons God had taught her, and we talked and prayed together. One woman asked for prayer for her husband to become a Christian. She realized that her efforts and zeal for him to know Christ were driving him away, and purposed to talk more to God about her husband, than to her husband about God.
Her approach struck me and I wondered about its effectiveness in a variety of relationships. Sometimes talk is just that, but prayer brings transformation - both to the prayer and the recipient. We do need to remain open to what the transformation that God brings will entail.