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For Clear Communication Around Money in Marriage

All-Providing Father,
Couples often cite money issues as a significant source of stress in their marriage. While financial concerns can contribute to conflict, it’s often a lack of good communication about the topic that is the real issue. When matters like large expenses, unpaid bills, or debt come up, they can be uncomfortable conversations, so couples often avoid them. It may also be that one spouse knows the other will worry, so they attempt to protect them by withholding certain details. And, sadly, some are just deliberately dishonest and don’t want their spending habits to be discovered by their spouse, so they intentionally seek to hide things from them.

Let your Spirit be present in these marriages with truth and transparency. Remind spouses that they are on the same team. Bless them with straightforward communication in financial matters. Lead them to appreciate the unique money mindset the other brings to the marriage. Guide them to find a balance that allows them to manage well what you entrust to them, to be generous with it, and to enjoy it – together. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For Spouses to Connect Through Shared Interests

Caring Savior,
Building connection is an essential element of a healthy marriage. One way spouses can achieve this is through shared interests. While they certainly have their individual pursuits and interests, help spouses see the value of being curious about each other’s interests. In some cases, they may end up discovering that they very much enjoy the same things. Or, even though they may not both enjoy the same things, there is a closeness that is built in still choosing to experience them together out of love for each other. And, when they decide there are some things they simply don’t both enjoy, they can still learn more about each other by asking questions about their preference for those hobbies or leisure activities. However you see fit, Lord, draw husbands and wives closer to each other as they share their lives in these ways.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For Spouses to Pray With and for Each Other

Dear Savior,
You command us to pray, invite us to pray, and promise to bless us as we pray. If these truths all apply to us individually, then surely any marriage will be enriched when spouses enjoy healthy prayer lives. Move husbands and wives to pray with and to pray for each other. Lead them to be open, genuine, and vulnerable with each other, fostering a close connection that allows them to build a powerful prayer life together. Build them up in their faith so that prayer becomes as natural as breathing. Through a healthy prayer life, deepen spouses’ spiritual intimacy with you and with each other, and use their prayers as a dynamic force for good in your church and in their communities. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For Spouses to Speak Well of Each Other

Lord Jesus,
Lead husbands and wives to speak well not only to each other, but also about each other. When wives are together with other wives or husbands with other husbands, conversations can at times turn into gripe sessions about spouses, highlighting their negatives and piling on disrespectfully. Rather than celebrating respective spouses, expressions of disappointment and discontentment are shared. Whether intentions are light-hearted or more serious in nature, these kinds of complaint sessions cause damage to the marriages involved, while also dishonoring marriage in general. Help marriage partners not only to guard their tongues in such situations, but also to seize these opportunities to praise their spouses, to speak well of them, and to highlight their growth and progress. Rather than tearing down the fabric of marriage, let positive and productive conversations about spouses be more prominent, elevating marriage to the high and holy calling you have made it to be.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For Spouses to Feel Loved

Loving Lord,
Since people express love and feel love in different ways, we should expect the same to be true in marriage. The way husbands and wives communicate their love for each other varies. Help them to explore and discover this about each other. When one spouse feels loved one way, that doesn’t mean the other experiences love in the same way. One desires to spend time together doing anything at all, another cherishes thoughtful gifts. Others long to care for or be cared for, build up with words, or hug and hold hands. Sometimes this variety can be frustrating when a spouse expresses love in one way, but it isn’t received as such by the other. Instead of frustration, Lord, make spouses continually curious, searching together for all the wonderful ways to make sure their partner feels exceedingly loved. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For Spouses to Keep Dating

Dear Jesus,
Dating is a natural part of a relationship when two people begin seeing each other. Going out together provides the opportunity for two people to get to know each other better, as well as observe one another’s social interactions and see how they treat others. Dates build connection and create shared memories together. 

After marriage, though, dating can often diminish or even cease as responsibilities pile up and schedules fill up. Nevertheless, all of the reasons for dating before marriage are still every bit as beneficial after marriage, and sometimes even more necessary. The busyness of life and challenges of managing a home and family can unintentionally result in husbands and wives becoming more distant from each other. Therefore, help married couples be intentional about continuing to date each other. Let them be determined to guard and protect time in their schedules for each other, and to prioritize date nights. In these ways, Lord, strengthen their bond of commitment to each other, bring them joy through shared experiences, and increase their affection and connection as they actively pursue each other. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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To Prioritize Spiritual Health in Marriage

Caring Savior,
In marriage, your intent for husband and wife is not only to bring them together physically and emotionally, but also spiritually. In fact, when they share a deep spiritual bond together with you, it sets the tone for all other aspects of their relationship. While it isn’t uncommon for spouses to feel frustrated when it comes to challenges regarding sexual or emotional intimacy, they often fail to see how much the role of spiritual intimacy plays into it. If we are not close to you, we often lack the tools necessary to cultivate deeper intimacy with each other. Understanding, patience, compassion, care, grace, selflessness – such qualities are not naturally found or fostered within us, but rather find their source in you. Therefore, help husbands and wives make their time together with you their priority. Then, as you work grace and forgiveness in them through your Word, you also equip them with what is needed to lovingly, selflessly put spouse before self, just as you, Lord, did with us. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For Trust in Marriages

Loving Lord,
Trust is foundational to any healthy marriage. When husbands and wives trust each other, their relationship thrives. But once that trust is lost or broken, it is not easily restored. Therefore, guide spouses to be thoughtful about how their words and actions create trust. It isn’t built accidentally or automatically, but deliberately. Steer them away from half-truths, questionable or unwise behavior, and a lack of boundaries with the opposite sex. Instill honest communication, transparency, and truth in their relationship. Lead husbands, who often tend to be light on words and communication, to consider how their lack of communication can raise doubt or uncertainty for their wife. Help wives to speak their intentions clearly to their husband and not say one thing while meaning something else, mistakenly assuming their husband can read their minds. Grant husbands and wives the continuous desire to actively pursue each other, so that as their affection and connection grow, so does their trust. And ultimately, Lord, increase their trust in you, which will also deepen their trust in each other. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For Struggling Spouses to Keep Fighting for Their Marriage

Loving Lord,
When a marriage is healthy, it can stand alone as the most incredible relationship two people can experience. But when on life support, a dying marriage can feel like one of the most loathsome relationships imaginable. Today I pray for those in unhealthy marriages who are struggling so mightily that divorce seems imminent. Intervene, Lord, and in your mercy do whatever it takes to help them turn the corner. I pray that you guard and protect all marriages from the specific sins of adultery and desertion that can shatter a marriage and open the door to permissible divorce. Even when those sins do take place, though, lavish husbands and wives with an abundance of your grace to extend to each other liberally. Make them strong and willing to fight – not against each other, but for each other.  Give clarity to their communication, so they know what the real issues are, and where the real work needs to take place. Surround them with other couples in strong marriages who are willing to guide, counsel, and support them in any way. Provide them with hope and renew their love for and dedication to each other and to you, so they come to embrace their marriage as a treasure worth fighting for.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For Those Getting Married This Summer

Lord of Love,
I ask you to bless the weddings scheduled over the course of the summer months. Let your hand guide the plans that are still in motion, so that everything goes as smoothly as possible for so many on their special day. Yet, even when there are hiccups or disappointments, equip the bride and groom with the resiliency to manage them, since they will inevitably encounter similar discouragements together in their marriage as well. Fill husband and wife with so much mutual joy and elation over each other that any slip-ups are easily overshadowed and forgotten. Cause their hearts to swell with gratitude as they experience your goodness. See that the message in the ceremony highlights the necessity and blessing of growing a marriage around you, centering it on your perfect obedience for them and building it on the foundation of the cross and empty tomb. Let such marriages be conduits of your love, overflowing with boundless grace and unlimited forgiveness, so that they beautifully mirror your loving, sacrificial devotion to your Church.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.