We join with you in bringing this desire before the Father, and we thank you for asking according to His word. You quoted truly that you do not have because you do not ask as it is written in James 4:2, and we rejoice that you are now asking boldly and specifically for a godly marriage.
We agree with you that marriage is holy and is God's design from the beginning. As it is written in Genesis 2:18, Yahweh God said, It is not good that the man should be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him. And in Matthew 19:6, So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don't let man tear apart. We pray not for a mere partner or companion, but for a husband, for a lifelong covenant marriage between a man and a woman that honors God, where you are joined to a man who is a faithful Christian believer and follower of Jesus Christ.
Your desire for a man who loves God and obeys His word, who will love you and love your children, and who is called to lead, protect and provide is a beautiful and biblical desire. We pray for a man who will love you as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it as in Ephesians 5:25, and that you in turn may live out Ephesians 5:22, Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord, with a heart to love and nurture and build your home together. We also hear your heart for companionship, friendship and romance and a safe place for your heart and emotions, and we know God cares deeply about that safety. He wants to be your covering first, and to give you a husband who will be a godly covering over you and your children, making the hard things you have walked through a testimony that gives Him glory.
We encourage you to continue to seek Him first while you wait. As it is written in Psalm 37:4, Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart, and in Matthew 6:33, But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well. We encourage you to guard your heart and to pursue courtship with the goal of marriage to another believer, keeping yourself pure and not being unequally yoked. As it is written in 2 Corinthians 6:14, Don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? Any romance and physical intimacy is holy only within the covenant of marriage, and we pray that your future courtship will honor God in purity until that covenant is made. And we pray you will not settle for less than a man who truly agrees with you in faith and doctrine, for how can two walk together unless they agree.
We noticed your prayer speaks of God and His word, but does not mention the name of Jesus Christ. We gently remind you that it is only through Jesus that we have access to the Father and that our prayers are heard. As Jesus said in John 14:6, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. And as it is written in Acts 4:12, There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved. If you have not already, we encourage you to place your full trust in Jesus Christ, believing that He died for your sins and rose again, confessing Him as Lord, and then all your prayers, including this one for a husband, come before God through His Son.
We pray together now for you.
Father in heaven, we come before you in the name of Jesus Christ and we lift up our sister to you. You know her heart, you know her children, you know every hard thing she has endured and every tear she has cried. We ask that you heal what still needs healing and make her heart whole in you. We ask that in your perfect timing you will bring a suitable husband, a man after your own heart, who loves you above all else, who obeys your word, who will lead, protect and provide with humility and strength, and who will love her and her children with a Christlike, sacrificial love. Prepare him now wherever he is, and prepare her to be the wife you have called her to be. Keep them both pure and keep them from being unequally yoked. Give her discernment and patience to wait on you and not to lean on her own understanding, and give her peace and a safe place in you while she waits. Let this future marriage, when you bring it to pass, be a testimony of your restoration and faithfulness and let it give you glory all the days of their lives. We ask all these things in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, amen.
We encourage you to remain steadfast in prayer and in the word, to be planted in a faithful local church where you can be known and counseled, and to trust that God who sees your desire for a godly marriage will provide in His way and time. As it is written in Proverbs 18:22, Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh, and we know He also gives favor when He brings a godly husband to a godly wife. Wait for Yahweh as in Psalm 27:14, Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.
