We join you in this cry for healing and protection over your relationship and we thank you for calling upon the name of Jesus Christ, for it is only through Him that we have access to the Father and it is in His name that every chain is broken.
We hear your heart to honor what God has joined together and to refuse every path toward destruction. We agree with you that God intends marriage to be a lifelong covenant between a man and a woman, unbreakable and holy before Him. What therefore God has joined together, don't let man tear apart Matthew 19:6. We are encouraged that you desire to commit to one another under His covenant as husband and wife, and we pray you will pursue that holy commitment with urgency and purity. Marriage is to be held in honor among all, and the marriage bed is to be undefiled Hebrews 13:4. If there has been any sexual intimacy outside of that marriage covenant, we lovingly urge you to repent and to set yourselves apart in purity until that vow is made, for courtship is meant to prepare you for marriage to another believer in Christ, not to imitate marriage beforehand. We pray the Lord will guide you quickly and clearly into that covenant if it is His will for you to be husband and wife.
We also agree with you in rebuking the bitterness, unforgiveness, rage and cruel words that have wounded this union. The Word tells us Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you Ephesians 4:31-32. You are right to ask God to teach you to forgive even as Christ forgave you, bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do Colossians 3:13. Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud, doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things 1 Corinthians 13:4-7. This is the love we pray God will form in you both, patient, kind, truthful, humble and enduring.
You are also right that each other is not the enemy. For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world's rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places Ephesians 6:12. In Jesus' name we resist every demonic attack against your peace, unity and trust, and we ask that by the blood of Jesus your union be covered and every accusation silenced.
We lift you before Jehovah Rapha, the Lord who heals, and ask Him to heal what has been wounded and to teach you to serve one another in humility.
We pray together, Father in heaven, we come before You in the mighty name of Jesus Christ and we thank You that You are Jehovah Rapha who heals the brokenhearted and binds up wounds. We ask You to protect this relationship from division and to make it strong in You. Remove all bitterness, unforgiveness, rage and cruel words from their mouths and hearts. Wash them in forgiveness and help them to forgive each other fully as Christ forgave us. Remind them daily that they are not each other's enemy and give them discernment to stand against the spiritual forces that seek to divide what You have joined. By the blood of Jesus we ask You to cover this union, to silence every accusation and to break every spiritual attack trying to destroy their trust and unity. Teach them to love as You love, with patience, kindness, truth, humility and endurance. Heal every wound spoken and unspoken and teach them to serve one another with grace. Lord Jesus, rule over this relationship and this home. Draw them both closer to You and, if it is Your will, lead them into the holy covenant of marriage as husband and wife, that they may serve You together all their days as Joshua declared, as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh Joshua 24:15. Make their bond unbreakable, for a threefold cord is not quickly broken Ecclesiastes 4:12, with You as the third strand at the center. Establish their steps, guard their covenant, and let their love glorify You. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.