Marriage

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

Dear Lord,

Please help us grow in our faith and in our love for one another so that when we experience conflict, we respond in a way that honors You. We yearn to be reconciled quickly, not letting pride get in the way of the restoration of our relationship. Destroy our pride, in Jesus’s name! Create in us a clean heart, Lord, and renew a right spirit within us.

In Jesus’ name...

 

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Welcome back to Marriage After God — week 21 of our 30-week marriage devotional series. We’re pulling from Husband After God and Wife After God, and we’re inviting you into our prayers, and our conversations about praying for your spouse.

Today’s focus: praying for your spouse and what that does for your oneness with God and with each other.

Genesis 2:24 says, “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother...

 

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

Dear Lord,

We recognize that in all You have given us, You have also trusted us to manage it well. We consider it an honor to have the responsibility of being good stewards. Open our eyes and our hearts to what You are doing in this world and how we can use what we have to support Your work and fulfill Your will here on earth.

In Jesus’ name, AMEN!

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

Dear Lord,

Will You bolster our faith and give us the courage to initiate prayer together? Make us brave to pray for each other, without being concerned with messing up our words or not praying perfectly. Bless our marriage with unity as we commit to praying for each other.

In Jesus’ name, AMEN!

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

Dear Lord,

Although our flesh often opposes Your will, making it challenging to follow You, we strive to surrender those desires and walk in a way that pleases You. We ask You to fill us with patience as we seek to follow Your ways. We humble ourselves and ask You to align our hearts with Yours.

In Jesus’ name, AMEN!

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Before I began speaking up about sex in marriage, I looked to see what resources were already out there. It was over 15 years ago that I hunted for books on the subject and came across four or five. Some of that content involved stereotypical assumptions and/or weren’t all that practical.

After I launched my website in December 2010, I discovered several others...

 

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

Dear Lord,

Please help us recognize what an extraordinary gift our marriage is, and help us use it to bring You glory! Give us eyes to see one another as a gift from You. Show us how to cherish our relationship and prioritize quality time together. May we lay aside our selfishness so that we serve one another in love.

In Jesus’ name, AMEN!

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We recently had the privilege of sitting down with Casey and Meygan Caston — the founders of Marriage 365. They have been in the trenches of marriage ministry for over 14 years, and what they shared was honest, and biblical.

Casey opened with this:“If the two greatest commandments are love God and love others, our first other is our spouse.”

When Jesus said in Matthew 22:37-39, “Love the Lord your God...

 

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We are on week 20 of our 30-week marriage devotional series. This week we are diving into something that might sound a little surprising at first — praying for yourself. This is one of the most important things we can talk about when it comes to your marriage and your walk with God.

We want to remind you that this series is based on our devotional books, Husband After God and Wife After God. If you have not...

 

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

Dear Lord,

Thank You for the unique way You created marriage to refine us. Show us how to embrace the trials and challenges we experience as a couple in eager expectation, trusting You to use those situations to mature us. Please increase our desire and ability to reconcile with each other as we practice obeying all You have taught us through Your Word.

In Jesus’ name, AMEN...