Marriage

Dear Lord,

Thank You for the gift of communication. We appreciate the way we are able to share how we feel toward one another. We also know how important it is to share daily with each other about all that is on our hearts. We pray we would get better at communicating our expectations with each other. Please help us not to wrestle with unmet expectations or disappointment. Please help us to confidently and respectfully talk through the things that matter to us so that we avoid arguing with...

 

I was listening to a podcast this morning as I was on my morning walk. It was about how the science of relationships work. And one of the things that really stuck out to me was the person being interviewed kept saying, “If you want to have a happy relationship, here is what your partner needs to do.”

But here’s why that’s not helpful, and doesn’t work. Because you can’t control what your spouse or your partner does. You can only control what you do.

I’m going to explain some of the things...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for all of the growth You have helped us to accomplish. Thank You for the power of Your transforming love. You have shaped and continue to shape our character. We pray our character would resemble Yours. We pray we would be a couple who is faithful, patient, gentle, and generous. We pray we would love deeply and show compassion. Please help us to grow in these areas of character, so that we would bless one another in the ways we interact. We pray we would continue to...

 

Dear Lord,

We praise You for You are good and Your love endures forever. We praise You for how You created both of us so uniquely. You have given us different abilities and gifts that bless and benefit our marriage. We pray we would use our abilities and gifts to walk in the roles You have given to us. We pray we would understand and know our responsibilities. We pray our contributions would help us to work together to bring You glory. Please help us not to desire one another’s gifts, but...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for the opportunity we have today to be a light in this world. We pray our marriage, the way we communicate, the choices we make, and all of the small and big moments we walk in would honor You and point others toward You. We pray we would have a heavenly perspective. We pray we would be Kingdom minded. Please help direct our hearts and minds as we pursue You and join You in what You are doing. We give our marriage to You and ask that You use us to carry out Your will...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for our lives. Thank You for the opportunities You give us each day to love one another. We pray we would remember that we are one. Please help us to cultivate our relationship. Please help us to encourage and support one another. When hard times come our way, please help us to remember we are on the same team. We pray we would work together and not against each other. We pray Your will would be done in us and through us in Jesus’ name AMEN!

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How many of us have said something to our spouse that we wish we could take back? I’m raising my hand, and I see a lot of other hands up out there!



In my recent post, Blogging About Sex: I’d Say It Differently Now, I talked about how much I’ve learned from the time I began blogging and how I’d rephrase some things differently now. I received a lot of...

 

Dear Lord,


Thank You for all that You have provided for us. Beyond basic necessities, You have given us so much more. We pray we would be good stewards of the things You have given to us. We pray we would value our things, even if others don’t or if the actually cost is low. Please help us to be grateful for all that we have. We pray we would not take any of it for granted. We also ask that You would help us to be content. We desire to be people who are grateful and content. We pray we...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for Your Word. Thank You for Your Holy Spirit. Thank You for showing us areas of our lives that we need to repent of and change. We pray You would continue to refine us and shape us into the people You created us to be. We pray we would continue to pursue holiness in our lives and in our marriage. We pray we would walk in obedience to Your Word and honor You. May our lives be a testimony of the work You are doing in us and through us in Jesus’ name AMEN!

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Dear Lord,

Thank You for giving us purpose. Thank You for encouraging our hearts to do what is right. Thank You for Your Word, which affirms us that You created us to do Your will. We pray we would do Your will and that our marriage would be used by You to do good works in this world. We pray our marriage draws people closer to You. We pray others would see us and the love we have for You and desire to be close to You. We pray our marriage would be a good example to other couples. Please...