Marriage

Dear Lord,

Thank You for creating us with emotions. We are deeply and profoundly grateful to be able to experience this life with emotions. Being able to feel helps us understand You, ourselves, and the world around us. As much as we appreciate our emotions, they can sometimes get the best of us. We pray we would have self-control over our emotions. We pray that when we feel strong emotions we do not let them overwhelm us or overtake us. We pray we remain in control and that we do not...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for Your Word and for truth. Thank You for leading us as we live out our lives together. We pray our marriage would be a representation of the love Your Son, Jesus Christ, has for His Bride, the Church. We pray our marriage would be marked by our transparency and our honesty. Please help us to be truth tellers. Please help us to have integrity. We pray trust can grow because of the honesty we choose to live out every day in Jesus’ name AMEN!

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Dear Lord,

Thank You for today. Thank You for our marriage. Thank You for the growth we have experienced and the love we have for each other. We pray our love for one another would continue to grow stronger. We pray for a marriage revival that starts in our relationship today. We pray our hearts would prioritize our our marriage, concerning ourselves with the most important aspects of our relationship that needs attention and improvement. We pray our love would inspire others to make their...

 

Sex seems purely physical to some, as if it couldn’t be associated with our soul. Frankly, the only time God is brought into many marital bedrooms is when someone yells “Oh my God!” in the heat of climax.

But while sex is physical, this act can also honor God and touch our spirit. Maybe you don’t always feel it, but do you believe it? When we make love according to...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for the many resources You have provided to us so that we may increase our knowledge and understanding of all things in life. Most importantly, we thank You for Your Holy Word. We pray we would always be learners. We pray we would eager to know more about the world around us and apply that knowledge so that we can make informed decisions and walk in wisdom. We pray we would consume information through a biblical perspective, filtering through what is truth and what is...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for the ability to experience physical touch. Thank You for the message it sends and the intimacy that forms from being able to share physical touch with one another. We pray we would take every opportunity we have to hold hands, hug, and many other ways we can affirm one another through physical touch. We pray we would be quick to take advantage of every small and big opportunity that time allows. We pray our marriage would grow stronger as we love each other in this...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for Your faithfulness. You have carried us through some extraordinary times. We are grateful to be able to put our trust in You. We pray a blessing over our marriage. Please keep us close to You and close to each other. We pray we would be a better team. Please show us and help us to share the workload in our lives. We pray we would be quick to support and encourage each other. We pray we would work together to do Your will. We pray that our commitment to working...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for our marriage. Thank You for our bodies and how You designed them to do all that we have been able to do. Thank You for the way You created us to be attracted to each other. We pray we would do our best to take care of our bodies and remain healthy. We also pray we would be motivated to take care of our physical appearances. As we continue to age, we pray we would understand how our bodies change over time and that we would not become prideful or discouraged in our...

 

Welcome to another monthly roundup of recent posts, podcast episodes, recommended resources, and much more. Scroll through to find what you might have missed or your next great resource for marriage.

First, a Reminder!​

What with pandemic and health issues, I haven’t been able to do much speaking in the last year or so! So I was thrilled to...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for family. Thank You for our marriage and thank You for our in-laws. Thank You for our extended family. We pray for both of our families right now. We pray we would make it a priority to connect with them, check on them, visit them if we can, host them, and share Your love with them. We pray we would have the courage to share Your gospel with them. We pray our family would see You when they see our marriage. We pray our marriage would be an encouragement to them...