Marriage

Dear Lord,

We ask You to help us value honesty in our relationship. Help us to reveal our hopes and dreams as well as our disappointments and hurts. If we ever feel like hiding our hearts from each other or coping with our feelings in unhealthy ways, will You please convict us and pull us close together? Urge us to carve out time to talk. Lead us to dive deeper beyond surface-level topics. Holy Spirit, guide us to engage with grace and understanding. Make us good listeners, quick to tune in...

 

Dear Lord,

Right now we ask You to bless our marriage. Lord, bless our communication, bless our intimacy, bless our finances, and bless our work. Help us recognize the blessings You give us and to praise You for each one. Please help us to persevere in our relationship while also enjoying one another. Cover us in love.

In Jesus’ name, AMEN!

This prayer is adapted from The Marriage Gift: 365 Prayers For My Marriage Devotional

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Dear Lord,

May our apologies always be given and received in sincerity. Give us the right words as we explain what happened and what we are sorry for. Guide us to be thorough in addressing our hearts. Please help us never to grow weary in doing good and never to give up. Infuse us with Your strength so that we never tire of apologizing when it is in our power and obligation to reconcile. Our hope is to reap the benefits of walking in humility and truth. We desire connectedness and...

 

Dear Lord,

Soften our hearts toward one another, and help us to not be easily offended. Sometimes we irritate each other, and other times we argue to prove who is right. Remove our pride, in Jesus’s name! When we choose to reconcile and be unified, please help us to truly let go of past offenses. Loosen our grip so that we don’t hang on to offenses when we have already extended forgiveness to each other. In moments of weakness, keep us from reminding each other of our mistakes. Purify our...

 

Dear Lord,

Inspire us with creative ways to show our devotion to each other. We invite You to help us plan fun date nights, take time to write love letters and affirming texts, randomly shower each other with our favorite treats, and look intently into each other’s eyes when we talk. Intensify our willingness to kiss and hug more often. Help us make the effort to hold each other’s hands when we walk side by side. May we tell and show each other how much we love each other every chance we...

 

Dear Lord,

Help us to see our sin clearly so we can repent of it and turn from our ways. Give us hearts full of patience for each other as we strive to walk in holiness. Lord, reinforce our faith, believing our marriage will continue to grow deeper. Remove the perceptions we have held of each other based on past experiences, and instead give us eyes to see who we are becoming. Lord, we ask You to increase our admiration for each other with each passing year. As we remain determined to...

 

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Dear Lord,

Please continue to bear our load, alleviating the compression and tension that builds up over time. Equip us to persevere no matter what pressures we face. Unify and bind us together in perfect harmony so that we can build each other up and experience intimate connection. May true peace radiate throughout our marriage and our home.

In Jesus’ name, AMEN!

This prayer is adapted from The Marriage Gift: 365 Prayers For My Marriage Devotional

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Dear Lord,

We want our marriage to be marked by purity. We yearn for our hearts to be pure. We desire our thoughts to be pure. If anything in our lives is hindering us from being blameless, please forgive us. Lord, may our influence in each other’s lives be good and beneficial. May we have the courage to speak up when we notice impurity in each other’s lives. We acknowledge that living in purity will bless our marriage and protect our relationship from the pain that comes from making poor...

 

Dear Lord,

Help us to communicate clearly, to be open and honest with each other, and to show affection. Remind us every day why we choose to love each other no matter what—even when it feels hard, even when there is conflict, even when we feel far from each other. May we hold each other tightly as often as we can. Please help us to continue to pursue each other as much as we did before we married. Lord, refresh our souls! Refresh our prayer life! Stir us up to do good to one another, and...