Marriage

Dear God,

Thank You for my beautiful marriage. We have our ups and downs, we have our good times and hard times, but we continue to grow from our experiences together. Our love is deepening and our marriage is strengthening. I am incredibly grateful for the man you have gifted to me. I pray that I can be his helper and that I would humbly serve him. Fill my heart with compassion for his needs and wants. Please give me understanding so that I may know him better. I also pray that we take...​

 

Dear God,

I pray for wives who are experiencing hardship, stress, pain, sorrow, or worry as they go through a major life transition. Transitions come and go. Our circumstances come and go. I pray that our faith helps us to stand strong amidst transitions and circumstances. I pray for peace, joy and strength to fill our hearts and motivate us to carry out Your will in Jesus’ name AMEN!​

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Dear Lord,

I pray You would use my marriage for Your glory. I pray my husband and I would be on the same page, unified, and working together as a team to carry out Your will. Please use us for Your purpose. I love working together with my husband. I pray others would come to know You because of the love we share in Jesus’ name AMEN!

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Dear Heavenly Father,

I try to make good decisions. I desire to make good decisions. However, sometimes I am weak, I slip, I fail, I am unwise. Thank You for Your grace and forgiveness. I am forever grateful. I pray for Your wisdom to guide me and that I can make good decisions for me, my marriage and my family. I also pray that You would anoint my husband so that he would also make good decisions, especially as he leads our family. I pray as we are faced with decisions together we can...​

 

Most years, I’ve given a gift to my readers at Christmas. This (totally frustrating, can we have a do-over) year, it’s been a bit more challenging to put it all together. So I’m posting this later than intended. But you’ve all been so nice, or properly naughty, or just here … that I’m happy to present Marriage & Mistletoe, an original, printable...

 

Dear God,

I run to You today! I lift up all wives who struggle with fear. I ask that You help us not to be afraid anymore. Help us to trust You more with our lives, with our families, with our finances, with our everything. Sometimes worry will cause so much stress we become paralyzed, fear cripples our ability to thrive, and our joy is stolen from us. Please help us to be stronger. Fill us with confidence and an unwavering faith. No matter what may come our way, no matter what the...​

 

Dear Lord,

I come to You in need… in need of more of You! I realize that I cannot live day to day without You as a priority in my life. Please give me and my husband a desire to get to know You even more. Thank You for always pursuing me and I am sorry that sometimes it takes so long for me to respond. Fill my heart with a desire to seek You every morning and fill my husband with a desire to search You throughout his day. I pray that we can focus on You daily, as You guide us. May our...​

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for the gift of marriage. Thank You for my husband and the gift of companionship we have. I pray that You move powerfully in our marriage and in other marriages and bless us all with the gift of companionship. I pray for husbands and wives who have drifted apart, may You consume them with Your love and ignite their passion for one another. Give them a desire to experience companionship with their spouse. Give them peace when they hang out together and encourage them...​

 

Dear Lord,

I lift up wives who are injured, in pain, diagnosed with a disease, or disabled for any reason. I pray for miraculous healing. May Your Holy Spirit anoint these wives, may they experience freedom from the hardships they endure, and may the testimony of their healing glorify You Lord! Even if never healed, I pray their faithfulness and hope would honor You and inspire others to draw closer to You. I pray You would equip these wives to fulfill every role You have given them and...​

 

Through the years I’ve received emails from wives who’ve described sexual misuse and even abuse from their husbands and went on to say that they were trying to be submissive. Many shared how they’d had scriptures cited at them—by husbands, church leaders, or other Christians—as evidence that they need to shut up and put up with it. They were raised or instructed to believe...