Marriage

So you’ve discovered that your spouse wants out of your marriage. This can be an extremely troubling time. I mean, you’ve invested into your relationship; you’ve tried, you’ve loved. Maybe you’re confused right now. I don’t know where you are, but I want you to know that you’re not alone. Thousands, even millions of people have gone through this, and I want you to know there is hope. Now...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for Your faithfulness. Thank You for being our refuge and strength. We praise You in the good times and in the hard times. We praise You in the valleys and on the mountains. We praise You when we experience comfort and hardship. We trust You and we trust Your plan for our marriage. Please help us to keep a heavenly perspective. Please help us to praise You and thank You no matter what circumstances we face. We pray we would remind each other to keep our eyes fixed on...

 

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Dear Lord,

Thank You for the unique way You created marriage. We pray we would encourage one another and build each other up. We pray You would use our marriage to make us more holy. When we experience the pain of sin or selfishness or conflict, we pray we would point each other toward You. Please restore us. Please help us to become more like You. We pray we would encourage each other to repent and be reconciled. We pray for healing from the ways we have hurt one another because of sin...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for today. Thank You for all of the resources and tools You have given us to use. Thank You for all of the ways we are able to get information and communicate with others. We pray You would help us to navigate the internet with boundaries. We pray we would not use the access we have online to choose sin. We pray You would keep our hearts pure and help us escape temptations. We pray our use of the internet and our interactions online would not hurt or hinder our...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for the food You have provided for us. We pray that we would have a strong understanding of how food helps our bodies. We pray we would avoid eating things that hurt our bodies or avoid food that makes it difficult for our bodies to do what they need to do. We pray we would choose to eat healthy and make wise choices with our food habits. We also pray we would be grateful and express our gratitude when we eat. Thank You for nourishing us! We pray we would be thoughtful...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for the way You designed marriage. We feel so blessed to have each other. We pray we would always be thoughtful in working together as a team for Your glory. We pray we would take turns contributing so that the weight of responsibility is not on just one of our shoulders. Please help us to consider the stresses that we each carry and how we can help each other. We pray the way we work together contributing as a team would be a testimony to others about You. We praise...

 

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Dear Lord,

Thank You for the way You care about the details of our lives. We feel loved by You. We pray Your love would overflow from our hearts and pour into our marriage relationship. We pray we would encourage one another every day to be in Your Word and in prayer. We pray we would grow boldly in our faith. We pray we would be used by You to help refine each other. Please use us to build one another up in faith. We also pray You would use our marriage to encourage others in the faith...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for the encouragement You send us everyday. We pray our eyes would be open and our hearts would be receptive to all of the ways You encourage us. We pray we would be quick to encourage one another. We pray our hearts would be full because of affirmation we give to each other in marriage. When our hearts feel empty and in need of affirmation, please help us to communicate those needs. We pray we would also be quick to recognize when we are in need of some encouragement...