Strengthening and Equipping Marriage Together Prayer Guide
Here are six prayers you can pray for another couple’s marriage. Pray that they will understand real love, recognize their sins, give grace to each other, be humble, understand their differences and know God’s priorities.
Marriage Prayer Guide
Understand Real Love
“God, help this couple understand Your kind of love. If their idea of love is distorted by this world, open their eyes to their false beliefs. Help them recognize any non-biblical relationship habits they may have seen modeled by their parents. Reveal the lies of Satan that would keep them striving against each other. Prompt them to admit when they’re wrong, to overlook small offenses and to forgive large ones. Remind them to be honest, kind and patient with each other. Lord, show this couple how to demonstrate true love to each other. Guide them to encourage and serve each other. Most of all, Jesus, make it clear to them that they first need You and Your love in order to extend sacrificial (agape) love to each other. And if someone in this marriage doesn’t know You, Jesus, please remove any obstacles in their way. Draw them close so they’ll believe in their heart that You are LORD. “
Recognize Sin
“Lord, please reveal to this couple any sins they may not recognize and purify their hearts. Help them know that they are broken without You, because all of us are sinful. Please remind them that apart from You, they can do nothing and that they cannot expect their spouse to be perfect either. Show them if there is any pride, anger, selfishness or desire to control in their hearts. Shine a spotlight on any sin that’s coming between them as husband and wife. God, You don’t reject people with repentant hearts, so break their hearts because of their sins if needed. I ask you to create clean hearts in this marriage. Help this husband and wife to surrender completely to You so You can help them love each other.”
Give Grace to Each Other
“Father, You have given us more grace than we deserve, and You want us to give grace to each other as husbands and wives. Please help this couple be rich in mercy to each other, as You are with them. Show them that keeping score of faults and mistakes is the opposite of grace and isn’t the way You treat them. Help this husband and wife to assume the best about each other. If one of them disappoints or is hurtful to the other, prompt the other spouse to extend grace instead of lashing out.”
Be Humble
“Lord Jesus, please help this husband and wife act in humility toward each other. Remind them to put their spouse’s desires before their own and to not demand their own way. If either spouse acts from selfish ambition or with conceit, convict them so they will seek You and be free from arrogance and pride. Point out ways that this husband and wife can grow in serving each other and communicate without being defensive or unkind. Help them see that as they serve each other, they are also serving You, who came “not to be served, but to serve.”
Understand Their Differences
“God, help this couple understand Your kind of love. If their idea of love is distorted by this world, open their eyes to their false beliefs. Help them recognize any non-biblical relationship habits they may have seen modeled by their parents. Reveal the lies of Satan that would keep them striving against each other. Prompt them to admit when they’re wrong, to overlook small offenses and to forgive large ones. Remind them to be honest, kind and patient with each other. Lord, show this couple how to demonstrate true love to each other. Guide them to encourage and serve each other. Most of all, Jesus, make it clear to them that they first need You and Your love in order to extend sacrificial (agape) love to each other. And if someone in this marriage doesn’t know You, Jesus, please remove any obstacles in their way. Draw them close so they’ll believe in their heart that You are LORD.”
Know God's Priorities
“God, help this couple understand Your kind of love. If their idea of love is distorted by this world, open their eyes to their false beliefs. Help them recognize any non-biblical relationship habits they may have seen modeled by their parents. Reveal the lies of Satan that would keep them striving against each other. Prompt them to admit when they’re wrong, to overlook small offenses and to forgive large ones. Remind them to be honest, kind and patient with each other. Lord, show this couple how to demonstrate true love to each other. Guide them to encourage and serve each other. Most of all, Jesus, make it clear to them that they first need You and Your love in order to extend sacrificial (agape) love to each other. And if someone in this marriage doesn’t know You, Jesus, please remove any obstacles in their way. Draw them close so they’ll believe in their heart that You are LORD.”
Written by Julie Holmquist. © 2022 Focus on the Family. All rights reserved.
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