Marriage

Dear Lord,

Thank You for Your goodness. You are holy and worthy to be praised! We praise You! We give You the glory for our lives, for our marriage, for the gift of Salvation. We deserve nothing and You gave us freedom and eternal life. We give You the glory for the growth we have experienced and the understanding we have of marriage and love. We pray You will continue to be glorified by our lives and the way we choose to honor You in Jesus’ name AMEN!

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The very fact that you’re here leads me to believe that you’ve heard the word limerence before. If not, it basically means this: When a person identifies himself or herself as being madly in love. It’s kind of like a very strong infatuation. I’m guessing that your spouse is in limerence with another person. And you want to know what to do about it.

Well the good news is–limerence ALWAYS ends.

In the meantime, let’s see what we can do about it.

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Dear Lord,

Thank You for Your Holy Word, which guides us and gives us wisdom. We pray for more wisdom and more understanding of Your Word. We also pray that You would give us more wisdom in our marriage. We desire to be a wise couple as we make decisions together. We desire to honor You and honor each other as we walk wisely. Please help us in areas we are foolish and grow us. Please give us more wisdom that will benefit and bless You and our marriage in Jesus’ name AMEN!

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Dear Lord,

Thank You for the many opportunities You give us to show one another love. Thank You for the opportunities You give us to build bridges of connection in our marriage. We pray against anything that takes aim to tear down those bridges, whether it be the enemy, someone or something else, or even ourselves. We pray for protection over our connectedness. We ask that You would show us how to maintain staying connected in our everyday lives. We pray we would build up our marriage and...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for the gift of marriage. Thank You for giving us to each other. We pray we would protect each other’s hearts. We pray we would support each other every day in the endeavors we pursue. We pray Your Holy Spirit would help us to walk with integrity, in humility, considering each other’s needs above our own. May You bring our hearts even more close together as we draw near to You and near to each other in Jesus’ name AMEN!

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Dear Lord,

Thank You for saving us. Thank You for reconciling us to Yourself. We lift up our marriage to You today. We pray specifically for our hearts to be reconciled with each other. We ask that You would heal our hearts from past hurts and the pain of past sin. We forgive each other and we desire to move forward. We pray these past hurts would not creep up to offend us all over again. Help us to love unconditionally, keeping no record of wrongs. We pray the way we love is a light in...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for the time You have given to us. Thank You for our lives and thank You for our marriage. We desire to spend more quality time together. Please help us to be creative in the ways we spend the time we have to pour into our marriage. We pray we would be intentional to go on dates, staying up late to chat in bed, and take those spontaneous moments when we can to remind each other that we are near. Please help us to choose to build up our friendship in marriage by spending...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for Your grace! Thank You for Your steadfast love and faithfulness. We pray for our marriage. We pray we would have more grace for each other. We pray our communication would be covered in grace. We pray we would see each other as You see us. We pray we would have steadfast love for each other and show it every day. We pray we would see the good in each other and in our marriage. May Your name be a testimony to others because of the love and grace we share in marriage...

 

Dear Lord,

Thank You for the fruit of the Spirit. Thank You for working in our lives and producing Your fruit in us. Joy is a part of the fruit of the spirit that we have appreciated as believers. We pray we would see more joyfulness expressed in each other, especially in the moments we spend together. We pray joy would be a defining mark in our marriage, something others see in us right away. We pray joy would be something we experience even on the most difficult of days. Please increase...

 

What do you do when you find out that your spouse is in love with someone else? Do you call it quits? Leave? Do you try to get them to fall back in love with you?

I know it hurts like crazy. It’s a shock to your system, and there’s probably a ton of stuff running through your head right now.

This person promised to spend a lifetime with you… and now they’re...