Marriage

Dear Lord,

Thank You for Your faithfulness. Thank You for Your Joy. We lift up our marriage and ask that You would continue to shape us and transform us. We pray we would be faithful to You and to each other. We pray Your joy would flow out of our hearts. Please help to be pillars of strength for each other, always pointing each other back to You. We pray we would cheer each other on and inspire one another to walk in Your truth and Your light. We pray we would not be influenced by the...

 

You may or may not have heard of something called the four horsemen of the apocalypse. Now, if that sounds terrifying, that’s because it is. Researcher John Gottman found that people do these things when they fight, which he calls the four horsemen of the apocalypse. What he found was, if any of these four behaviors show up when a couple disagrees with each other, their chances of divorce are...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for transforming our lives. Thank You for opening our eyes to the sin that is in us so that we can repent and be reconciled with You. We pray You would show us if there is anything in our lives that has become an idol. We do not want to struggle with idolatry. We desire to live pure lives that are devoted to You. If there is anything we have put on a pedestal or have treated as an idol, please show us so that we can see clearly and repent of our sin. We pray we would...

 

A while back, I wrote about what wives wanted to hear from husbands, based on comments to a meme I reposted on the Hot, Holy & Humorous Facebook page. After a nudge from a commenter to do the same for husbands, I posted a second meme for that purpose...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for the many opportunities You have given to us to choose. Thank You for creating us with differences. Thank You for creating us with preferences and opinions. We know our opinions are shaped so much by what we are consuming and exposing ourselves to through the power of influence. We pray we would be able to communicate with each other about our preferences and opinions on things without letting the conversation divide us. We pray we would be able to understand each...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for Your Holy Spirit. Thank You for the way Your Holy Spirit guides us and helps us live out our lives according to your Word. We pray Your Holy Spirit would continue to give us strength and the ability to persevere through any trial we face together. We pray we would remain strong in our marriage. We pray we would endure together and support each other with words of encouragement. We pray we would remind each other of Your Word and all that You that is still to come...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for all that You have done to save us. Thank You for healing our brokenness. Thank You for freeing us from sin. Thank You for reminding us of who we are, especially when our past tempts us to doubt. We pray we would continue to heal from past wounds and hurts. We pray You would transform us. We pray Your will is done in us and in our marriage in Jesus’ name AMEN!

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Dear Lord,

Thank You for salvation. Thank You for setting us free from sin. We pray that You would open our eyes to any addictions we may have, whether small or great. We pray we would see our habits clearly. We pray we would not quench Your Holy Spirit when You do reveal to us the areas of our lives we are allowing ourselves to be enslaved. We pray we would believe the freedom You have already given us and that we would rely on Your strength and Your Word to transform our minds in Jesus’...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for always helping us as we make decisions together. We pray we would work together to support each other and decide things through prayer and wisdom. We pray for the transitional times we experience and ask that You would help us adjust to them. Transitions are often a catalyst for stress. We desire to help each other be less burdened by stress. Please help us to endure these transitions together by encouraging each other and serving each other in any capacity we can...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for helping us overcome so many challenges in this life. Thank You for helping us navigate marriage. Thank You for the ministry of reconciliation. Thank You for helping us learn who you are and who we are. We pray we would celebrate our milestones and all the ways we have grown together. We pray we would take time to acknowledge the personal growth we have experienced and the goals we have accomplished together. Please help us to celebrate, even if they are small ways...