Prayer for Marriage
Marriage is a sacred institution that is ordained by God. Since couples enter into marriage with Gods blessing, it is important to keep Him involved in the marriage. What better way to do this than saying a prayer for marriage.
Marriage takes a lot of work from both parties. As such we need to keep God involved every step of the way. Just as in everything in life we need to pray and ask our Heavenly Father for assistance. Some good prayers to help in the marriage include.
Prayer for Marriage
Prayer for my Marriage
“Heavenly Father, we come before you to thank you for all you have done and continue to do in our lives and marriage. Lord, we come before you on this day, Father, asking for a stronger bond of unity in our marriage covenant.
Lord, we pray that you will give us the power to be a united front for you. Letting nothing come between us.
Assist us, God, to identify and work through everything that is not pleasing to you. So we can continually attain higher levels of unity in our marriage spiritually, physically, and mentally.
Father, we are thankful and happy to see the work of your hands. As we try our best to find your grace daily. We love you and thank you for all of these things.
In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen!”
Prayer for Troubled Marriage
“Caring Lord, I ask to be filled with Your courage and strength. I ask to live by every word that comes from Your mouth and speak boldly about what You can and will do.
The threats against my marriage are tiny compared to Your great power.
Father, Joshua put his godless enemies to death. He heard Your voice and obeyed You.
God, You gave him authority to do Your will. He asked the sun to stand still, and You made it happen for the glory of Your name and the protection of Your people.
Teach me, Father, to exercise the authority You have given to me. Teach me to hear Your voice and respond without hesitation.
Make me brave Lord. Use me to fight against the enemies of our marriage in prayer using the power of Your Spirit.
I believe You are able, Lord. Please help me in my unbelief.
With faith in Jesus’ blood and righteousness, I pray.
Amen.”
Catholic Prayer for Marriage
“Loving Lord Jesus,
on this day we thank you for the joy of (Name of couple).
Through out the years of their lives
you have kept watch over them,
and brought them together in holy Christian marriage.
Now Father, bless them,
for they are bonded in love for you and for each other.
Saved by your Precious Blood
and strengthened by your grace, Holy Father.
May they live in kindness and loyalty,
in unfailing trust and love
so that their whole life may be pleasing to you.
Blessed Mother Mary, who with Joseph
provided a happy home in Nazareth for Jesus,
take these dear friends into your maternal care.
You who showed concern for a newly married couple at Cana,
help and guide (Name of couple).
May their union on earth lead to that eternal union
in which all the blessed will be joined together,
praising the Saving Blood of Jesus, the Lord.
Amen.”
Prayer for Marriage to Happen
“Blessed Father, We pray for all those waiting and looking for life partners. You know the deepest desires of their hearts and You know what is best for them in life. Father, help them as they search for a good companion in life. If it is Your will, lead them Lord, to the partner You have chosen for them. Grant them the wisdom and guide them in their path to choose the right person. Father, everyone deserves a loving and God-fearing partner, for a happy life. We pray to ask You to remove all obstacles in their way and perfect everything for them. Amen.”
Prayer for Marriage Reconciliation
“Loving Father, I bow before you today with a heavy heart. My marriage is in big trouble, and I need Your guidance and closeness. Father, please make alterations in my spouse’s heart. Lord, make us compatible again, and move us closer together as we were before. Father, shower us with Your love and give us the ability to love one another, care for one another, and fulfill your life long wishes for us. God, show us the pain caused by careless, unnecessary words, and the harm caused by emotional distance. Heal the division between the two of us. Make us one again. In Your precious name I pray, Amen.”
Powerful Prayer for Marriage Restoration
“Loving God, I come before you and place this troubled marriage/relationship in your hands. Father, I pray that you would revive this couple, and lead them toward happiness shared together. I pray that you would refresh their love and passion for each another, and that you would resolve the conflicts and strife that has affected and angered them towards one another. Lord, Please give understanding and kindness of heart to both of them. May they both accept the miracle that you desire to do for them, and within their spirits. Amen.”
Prayer for a Happy Marriage
“Dear Father,
You are the maker of everything especially when it comes to love and marriage. I pray that you put in our (the couple) hearts unconditional love and grate understanding of each other. Father, please take away all the pain and hurt in my heart.
Lord, fill my heart with love, joy, patience, and understanding. Bless me and my partner, shower our hearts with love for each other, and may you make each one of us comprehend each other’s worth. Father, please touch the heart of my partner, fill it with a pure love for me. Please make our complicated relationship become simpler.
Lord, I pray for your mercy and blessing. That you may let us to spend the rest of our lives with each other. Please make this feeling mutual for both of us. Lead us not into temptations. Lead us wherever we go. Always put us in each other’s heart and mind.
Father,help build our new life and make our marriage one worthy of admiration. Father, let our marriage inspire people to the knowledge of you. Lord, when our children start arriving, make us wonderful parents to them. Give us wisdom and unity in our hearts and minds to understand the right way to raise them as godly and blessed children.
Father, please give us all we need to live a very comfortable life. Grant us victory over the enemy, and all of life’s struggles.
Thank you Lord for answered prayers. Amen.”
Prayer for Marriage Partner
“Blessed Jesus, care giver of the young, the dearest Friend I have. In all trust I open my heart to You to pray for Your light and guidance in the important task of planning my future. Father, give me the light of Your grace, that I can decide wisely on the person who is to be my partner through life. Loving Jesus, send me such a person whom in Your divine wisdom You deem best suited to be united with me in marriage.
Lord, may their character reflect some of the attributes of Your own Sacred Heart. May they be upright, loyal, pure, sincere and noble. Lord, so that with united strength and with pure and unselfish love we both may work to perfect ourselves in soul and body. Also, as well as the children it may please You to give to our care. Father, bless our friendship before the marriage, that sin may have no role in it. May our shared love bind us so closely, that our future home can always be more like Your own at Nazareth.
Blessed Mary Immaculate, caring Mother of the young, to your special care I place the decision I am to make as to my future wife/husband. You are my guiding Star! Lead me to the person with whom I can best cooperate in doing God’s Holy Will, with whom I can live in peace, love and harmony in this life, and attain to eternal joys in the next.
Amen.”
Prayer for Marriage Protection
“Loving Lord,
I thank you for my marriage. I am so blessed to have my spouse. Irregardless of the conflict we face, the trials and challenges. Marriage is a blessing. Father, I pray protection over my marriage. I pray that you would guard us from our flesh and selfish ways. Grow us and purify us so that we seek the good in each other. I also ask for protection against the schemes of the enemy. Lord, may you bind them in Jesus name! Holy Spirit protect us and anoint our marriage. Destroy any strongholds in our life and break our heart for what breaks yours. May compassion, love, and grace motivate our every actions in Jesus name AMEN!”
Prayer for Marriage in Crisis
“Loving God,
I come before You today to pray for marriages that are facing any kind of crisis. You understand everyone’s situation well, so I pray that You intercede on behalf of husbands and wives. May You fill their hearts with courage, comfort, understanding and love. Please shine a light on the different circumstances and remind everyone of the hope they have in You. Father, I ask for protection against the schemes of the enemy. Please send angels to guard our hearts and minds. I pray for reconciliation, I pray for healing, I pray for stability, I pray for transformation, I pray for anointing, I pray for joy, I pray for encouragement, I pray for accountability, I pray for more strength and more faith in Jesus’ Name. Amen!”
Prayer for Love and Marriage
Dear Almighty Father,
Thank you for our life together, for the gift of our love, and the blessing of our marriage. We offer you praise and thanks for the joy you’ve showerd into our hearts through this bond of love we share.
Thank you for the satisfaction of family, and the joy of our home. May we always cherish the experience of loving each other in this holy union. Father, lead us to remain forever faithful to our vows, the promises we made to each other, and to you, Lord.
We need your help daily, Lord, as we live together with the aim of following, serving, and honoring you. Create within is us the character of your Son, Jesus, that we might love each other with the love he demonstrated. With patience, sacrifice, respect, understanding, honesty, forgiveness, and kindness.
Lord, allow our love for each other to be an example for other couples. May others seek to copy our commitment to marriage and our dedication to God. May others be inspired as they see the blessings we enjoy because of our faithfulness in marriage.
Father, let us always be a helper to one another, a friend to listen and encourage, a refuge from the storm, a companion to lean on, and, most importantly, a warrior in prayer.
Holy Spirit, help us through the difficult moments of life and comfort us in our grief. May our lives together bring glory to you, our Savior, and testify of your love.
In the name of Jesus we pray.
Amen.”
–Mary Fairchild
Prayer for Peace in Marriage
“Lord, in the name of Jesus, we bring (names of the couple) before You. We pray and profess Your Word over them, and as we do, we use our faith, knowing that Your Word will come to pass.
lord, therefore we pray and ask that (names of the couple) will let all bitterness, resentment, evil speaking or blasphemous language be removed from them. Lord, also all spite, ill will or baseness of any kind. We pray that
(names of the couple) have become useful and helpful and kind to each other. Forgiving each other readily and freely as You Father, in Christ, forgave them.
Therefore Lord, (names of the couple) will be imitators of You. They will copy You and follow Your example.
Father, we are against the spirit of separation and divorce, and we lose you from your assignment against them. Devil, your power is broken from their marriage in the name of Jesus.
Father, we thank You for (names of the couple) will be constantly renewed in the spirit of their minds, having a fresh mental and spiritual attitude. They have put on the new nature and are created in God’s image in true righteousness and holiness. They have come to their senses and escaped out of the trap of the devil who has held them prisoner and henceforth will do Your will, which is that they love each other with the God-like love, united in total peace and harmony and happiness.
Thank You for the answer, Father. We know it is accomplished now in the name of Jesus. Amen.”
Prayer for Marriage and Family
“Loving Father, we come before your presence today and declare The Glory of Our Lord is all around us, we so value your love that has been spread abroad in our hearts, glorious Father listen to our prayer this day.
Lord, we come before you to raise up our brothers & sisters in leadership. Father, much more is asked of them in this calling, we humbly beg you Father to guide, shower these leaders with your Holy Spirit that they, in turn, will guide all that they minister to in the Body of Christ and to those who are yet to be called into your kingdom.
Father, we give praise for the sacrifices that are made by the ones in leadership on their families Lord, pray that the families will feel your love in the absence of their own fathers or mothers as they reach out to others.
Heavenly Father, we ask this in Jesus precious Name,
Amen.”
Prayer for New Marriage
“Heavenly Father, we praise You for bringing us together in love and as we have knelt together to make vows to each other and to You we ask that You would be with us through this glorious and exciting trip through life, as man and wife.
Father, we want You to guide and govern our lives together and we ask that we may build each other up and strengthen one another rather than tearing each other down with careless actions and hasty words. Help us to watch our tongues and conduct our lives in a godly manner. Father, help us to maintain our eyes and hearts faithful to each other and to You and may we learn to live and move and have our lives founded on Christ, Who is the founder and finisher of our faith and our only help in time of need.
Teach us, Lord, to listen to one another. To listen and to pray together and to answer each other with wisdom and grace. Help us to build a transparent wall of trust between us and to wear the inner garments of grace and love, patience, wisdom, and joy. We ask this in the Name of Jesus our Lord and Saviour, in Whose name we pray.
Amen.”
Prayer for a Healthy Marriage
“Thank You, God, for our marriage and life together. Father, I still feel so fresh to married-life and know that there is so much more that I need to learn. But in Your strength Lord, I pray that our love for each other and married life together will become one that glorifies You in all we do.
Father, thank You for all You have been teaching me over the past months. That marriage is truly a giving partnership. Continue I beg to open my eyes and my heart to what it really entails to be married for life. For better and for worse.
God, thank You for showing me the importance of not always expecting my own way and I pray You help me to grow and develop into the sort of spouse You would have me be.
Father, keep us both away from selfishness and self-seeking attitudes. Help each of us to honor the other above ourselves. Help us to love and to submit to the other in the true biblical way and to value the type of humility and gentleness that was seen in the life of the Lord Jesus Himself.
Keep us, God, under Your wings of protection and may we be pulled ever closer to each other and to You day by day as we look to grow in grace and in a knowledge of the Lord Jesus together through Your Word. We ask this in Jesus Name.
Amen.”
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