Marriage

“When is it time to get a divorce?” This is honestly one of the hardest questions you could answer—and definitely one of the hardest questions for me to answer, because I should not be answering or making that decision for you. However, if you’re asking this question, I have some very good tips and things for you to think through (that you likely have not heard anywhere else!).

What I’m going to tell you is based on my training as a marriage and family therapist, my master’s in psychology...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for today. Thank You for our marriage. Thank You for all of the ways, big and small, that You are faithfully moving and working. We pray You would continue to grow us in our marriage relationship. Help us to be more humble, gentle, kind, and patient with one another. We pray we would take time to celebrate the growth we have already made and celebrate the victories in our lives. We pray our eyes would see the victories so that we do not overlook them. Victories made...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for today. We recognize the responsibilities You have given to us each day and we pray we would create healthy habits that would make our daily routines efficient. We desire to accomplish the work You have for us and we pray we will enjoy the process as well. We pray our daily routines would reflect our trust in You and our desire to please You. Help us not to be selfish in our daily business and help us to keep things flexible. We pray we would not allow our daily...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for today. We pray over our minds and our thoughts. We ask that You will cover our minds with peace. There are plenty of things going on in this world that consume our thoughts. Please help us not to dwell on things that stir up anxiety, fear, or doubt. Please guard our thoughts and help us to take every one of them captive. We also pray our thoughts toward each other would be pure. We pray our thoughts toward each other would lead to us affirming each other and...

 

Dear Lord,

We praise You for Your lovingkindness is deep and wide. We praise You and we thank You for the grace and mercy Your pour out over us. We pray we would remain faithful believers, faithful to reading Your Word, and faithful to our marriage. We pray integrity would be an evident mark of our character. We pray we would walk righteously in the presence of each other and others, as well as when we are alone. We pray we would have integrity and we pray we would be people who can be...

 

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Dear Lord,

Thank You for the gift of words. We pray we would be a couple who uses our words to glorify You. We pray we would say things that uplift one another. May Your Words flow from our hearts and may You use them to strengthen our relationship. We pray we would choose to affirm each other and not use our words to tear each other down. We pray we would not be critical toward each other, but that in love and respect we would communicate clearly. We pray we would honor You with our words...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for Your provision. Thank You for all that You have given to us to use as a means to live. We pray we would have wisdom as we manage our money. Please shape our perspectives and our views about money. Teach us how You desire us to save it and spend it. We pray we would hold our money loosely, so that it is not an idol in our lives. We also pray we would be generous with our money, giving it as You see fit. We pray You are glorified in how we manage our money in Jesus’...

 

Dear Lord,

You are righteous and good! We praise You and we thank You for being our Father in Heaven. We lift up our marriage to You. We pray for protection from the enemy. Guard our hearts. Help us to keep You first above all other priorities. Help us to put You first in the morning as we read Your Word. Helps us to put You first when we make decisions. We pray we would have no idols in our lives and nothing that we put above You. We pray our minds would be on You! Help us to be united in...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for the good news of Your Son. Thank You for what Jesus Christ has done in His death and resurrection, our atonement for sin. We pray we would be ambassadors of Your Gospel. We pray we would have courage and boldness to speak Your truth. We pray the words we share and the testimony we share would fall on hearts that need to hear Your Word. We pray they would turn to You today in Jesus’ name AMEN!

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