Marriage
20 Scriptures to Pray To Strengthen Your Marriage
Marriage is a beautiful covenant, but it takes work. Commitment. Communication. Love. Forgiveness. And a whole lot of prayer. Satan is always trying to sneak into our marriages, distracting us with lies and busyness and sin and other things that we must fight against. I hope this list of Scriptures will be a mighty sword to use to fight against the devil's schemes in your marriage (Ephesians 6:11, 17). There's something powerful about praying God's words back to Him, while adding a few of your own personalized requests. It helps align your desires with God's because you are praying for the exact things God wants for you and your marriage. Personalize each verse to make it applicable to your own prayer requests for you, your spouse, and your marriage. You may want to post a few around the house or perhaps pray one a day and focus on it throughout the day. Pray that you would remember your marriage is a holy covenant. "God made them male and female.
PrayerScriptures to Pray for Your Spouse
My husband and I met at college, while we were both involved in an organization called Campus Crusade for Christ. Our final year of college, I started experiencing an intense spiritual battle. My boyfriend (at the time, he's now my husband) was my rock when I felt a mess. It was during this time, seeing his endless love and prayers for me, I knew I wanted to marry him. I don’t remember if we were at his dorm, or mine, but we were watching the Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. There’s a scene near the end where Frodo is supposed to carry the One Ring up Mount Doom and throw it into the fire to destroy it forever. But he’s exhausted. He’s been traveling for a long time, and the One Ring has power that negatively affects Frodo. He’s so close to finally ending this chapter of his life, and yet it seems impossible. His friend and companion, Samwise Gamgee (Sam) tries to encourage him, telling him about how wonderful it will be back at home in the peaceful Shire.
PrayerEmbracing Our Roles to Cultivate a Godly Marriage
I love my husband dearly. But like most couples, we are opposites in many ways. No matter how much we argued or discussed the areas we differed or wanted the other to be more like us, neither of us changed, because neither of us could change how God created us. Or the roles that God gave us. "The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and protect it ." Genesis 2:15 God designed our husband to provide for his family . Yes, sometimes our lives demand that both husband and wife work. Or if there is no husband in the picture or he is not working, the woman must work to provide for her family. But if your husband is fulfilling his role of providing for his family, of bringing home a paycheck that pays your bills and puts food on the table, well then he is fulfilling his role as the provider. And the second role Genesis 2:15 says the man is to protect his home and family . A husband fulfilling this role will have different ways of doing that.
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