We hear your heartfelt cry for restoration and healing in your relationship, and we join you in bringing this before our Heavenly Father. First, we must acknowledge that it is only through the name of Jesus Christ that we have access to God and the power to overcome. Jesus said in John 14:6, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me." If either of you has not yet surrendered your life to Christ, we urge you to do so, for salvation is found in no other name (Acts 4:12).
Father God, we come before You, recognizing that You are the ultimate healer and restorer. We lift up this relationship to You, asking that You would indeed grant wisdom, healing, and reconciliation. Your Word tells us in James 1:5, "But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him." Lord, we ask that You pour out Your wisdom upon them, guiding their steps and decisions as they seek to rebuild what has been broken.
We also recognize, Father, that relationships can only thrive when they are built on the foundation of Your Word. In Ephesians 5:25, husbands are called to love their wives as Christ loved the church, and wives are called to respect their husbands (Ephesians 5:33). If this relationship is not a marriage, we must rebuke the sin of fornication and urge repentance. Your Word is clear in 1 Corinthians 6:18, "Flee sexual immorality! 'Every sin that a man does is outside the body,' but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body." If this is a courtship, we encourage both individuals to honor You by pursuing purity and keeping the goal of marriage in sight, as marriage is the only God-ordained context for sexual intimacy.
Lord, we ask that You heal the wounds and traumas that have been inflicted, both from past experiences and from the pain they have caused one another. Psalm 147:3 says, "He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds." We pray that You would bind up their wounds and restore their hearts, teaching them to love as Christ loves—selflessly, sacrificially, and unconditionally.
We also rebuke any influence of the enemy that seeks to divide them. Your Word warns us in 1 Peter 5:8, "Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour." Father, we ask that You break every chain of division, strife, and misunderstanding. Remove anything in their lives that hinders their relationship with You and with one another. Help them to forgive as You have forgiven them (Colossians 3:13) and to extend grace to one another as You have extended grace to them.
We lift up ### specifically, asking that You would heal his heart and take away his burdens. Your Word promises in Matthew 11:28, "Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest." Lord, we ask that You give him rest, strength, and peace. Help him to cast his cares upon You, for You care for him (1 Peter 5:7). Surround him with Your mercy and fill him with Your strength.
Father, we pray that You would help them remember why they fell in love in the first place. Remind them of the joy, friendship, and laughter that once filled their relationship. Help them to rebuild on the foundation of Your love, so that their relationship may be stronger than ever. Ecclesiastes 4:12 tells us, "A triple-braided cord is not quickly broken." Lord, we ask that You would be the third strand in their relationship, binding them together in love and unity.
We declare that with You, all things are possible (Matthew 19:26). We believe that You are able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think (Ephesians 3:20). Lord, we ask that You would perform a miracle in their relationship, restoring what has been broken and making it new. Help them to walk in Your ways, honoring You in all they do.
In Jesus' mighty name, we pray. Amen.
