Marriage

When your husband wants to leave you, it’s extremely painful. You still love him. You thought you’d be together for a lifetime. You’ve been counting on it. You’ve shared your life up to this point. Maybe you have children together, and you can’t imagine why in the world he doesn’t want to be with you anymore. You have thoughts like, “Have I done something wrong? Can I not...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for being so faithful. Thank You for Your Word, which comforts us and teaches us as a light that shows us the way. Thank You for Your Holy Spirit, who also comforts us. There are moments when we feel under fire. There are times when we feel attacked by the enemy or distressed because of circumstances. It is in these moments we cry out to You in need of Your help. Please continue to protect us and protect our marriage from the flaming arrows of the enemy. When we are...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for today. Thank You for Your patience and Your lovingkindness. We pray and ask that we would continue to mature and grow in wisdom. We also pray we would grow in our relationships with You. We pray we would choose to walk in righteousness and light. Please help us to be people who bear good fruit. We also pray and ask we would grow in our relationship with each other. We pray our marriage would deepen as we pursue one another and seek to serve each other. May You be...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for today. Thank You for another day to live and to love. We pray our love for one another would be genuine. We pray we would experience incredible intimacy. We pray we would choose to lay aside our selfishness and choose to love unconditionally. Please help us to love like You love. Please help us not to be easily offended by one another. We pray forgiveness, grace, and reconciliation would be evident in our relationship. May You be glorified by the way we love in...

 

Dear Lord,

We thank You for today and we pray our hearts would serve You today. We pray we would find time to collaborate with one another on coming up with creative ways to love our neighbors. We pray we would have an opportunity to serve our neighbors and to show them Your love. We pray we would be generous, kind, and considerate of our neighbors. We pray You would use us as a team for Your glory to speak truth in love to our neighbors in Jesus’ name AMEN!

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Dear Lord,

Thank You for the transparency we have shared in our marriage. Thank You for honesty and truth. We praise You for helping us navigate hard things and always encouraging us to pursue reconciliation. We pray over our marriage and ask that You would help us to be people of our word. Please help us to have integrity. Please help us to live pure lives. We pray against the temptation of pornography. We pray protection over our hearts and minds, especially in this world that seems to...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for all of the ways we can express our love for one another. Thank You for the gift of intimacy. We pray we would spend time each day considering how we can affirm each other and how we can show one another our love. We lift up our marriage to You and ask that we would intentionally increase our romance, creatively initiating physical intimacy. We pray we would prepare ourselves for one another and that we would resist excuses or reasons that keep us from being...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for our marriage. Thank You for our love. Thank You for our friendship. We pray we would be able to pursue a regular date night. We pray we would have time to cultivate our marriage relationship and strengthen our bond of intimacy. We pray for time together. We pray for creative ways to spend that time together. Please help us to maintain our marriage and may You be glorified as we pursue loving one another in Jesus’ name AMEN!

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Dear Lord,

Thank You for all of the many talents and treasures You have given to both of us. Thank You for Your beautiful design and the purpose You have created us for. Thank You for Your thoughtfulness poured into our characters and personalities. We pray we would choose to use our talents every day to bring You glory. We also pray we would use our talents to bless each other. Please give us confidence and boldness to share these talents to build each other up. We pray You are glorified...

 

In recent weeks, I’ve been looking for more sources of both practical information and emotional inspiration to address my current chronic health issues. One personal story that struck me comes from actor Timothy Omundson, whom I was familiar with as Detective Lassiter in Psych and King Richard in Galavant. (I understand he’s now in...