15 Relationship Prayers for Couples and Married People
December 2021
Alberta Vadnais
I love finding ways to feel God in my day, whether I’m going to work or cooking dinner. I make sure I’m connected to Him by listening to Bible stories, sermons, praying, and singing praise songs. All the apps I test are introduced into my everyday life so that I can feel their usability on a daily basis.
Love is patient, love is kind, therefore we all feel the need to have the perfect person to walk beside us. With whom we can interlock our eyes passionately and fill our hearts with of love. Love is beautiful, but not perfect.
You might have heard that a couple (married, dating, or engaged) that prays together, stays together. This sounds cliche but it stresses a very important aspect of relationships, especially as Christians. Being together with a person from a background different from yours is not easy. No matter how much you both love each other, differences will arise, stirring up unwanted feelings like jealousy and anger that can stifle the relationship.
Moreover, the devil is out to destroy anything good in the lives of Christians, and a beautiful relationship is not out of his list. The relationship has to be fruitful and God’s plan must come to pass. Forever is such a long time to be with the wrong person or have an unhappy marriage. Prayer serves as a means of strengthening the relationship, providing clarity on the way forward, and birthing God’s purpose for the relationship.
Not sure how to start? Here are 15 prayer points to guide you in praying for your relationship.
PRAYER OF THANKS
Lord, we praise you for your love and faithfulness. We thank You for grace. We thank You that You give us the power to love appropriately. Thank You for my partner. Thank You that You’re for us; that You fight for us. Thank You have so much good in store. We ask that You would make us more like You. Please fill our union and lives with truth and cover it with blessing. Give us the power of your love that we may forget ourselves and live for each other so that we may have truly one spirit.
Amen
PRAYER OF TRUE LOVE
We pray that our lives would be filled and overflowing with Your love so we can make a difference in this world and bring honor to You. We ask for Your help in reminding us that the most significant thing we can do in this life is simply to love You and to choose to love others. Help us to love as You love. Fill us with your Spirit so that we can choose what is best. We are weak Lord, but we know also, that Your strength works best in our weakness. Thank You that You equip us to face each day with the power of Your love, Your forgiveness, and Your grace.
Amen.
PRAYER OF FORGIVENESS
Dear Heavenly Father, we come before you today asking that you would teach us to walk in humility. Forgiveness sometimes costs so much and hurts even more! Teach us the importance of forgiveness and grace. Help us to lay down our pride, and to pick up the instruments of peace, kindness, and grace. Help us to forgive just as You forgive us. We will bring this gift of love to our marriage again and again.
Amen
PRAYER FOR GROWTH AS A COUPLE
Lord, give us the clarity and wisdom to make decisions together as a couple. As we face our trials and challenges and choices, give us a new perspective. Help us see life through your lens, through the lens of the gospel. Strengthen our relationship so that we may become one and let our lives continue to be on the same path.
Amen.
PRAYER FOR DATING OR ENGAGED COUPLE
Precious Father, please help me to know my partner better so that in dating, I can have clarity as to whether this is the person You would be pleased to have me marry. Open my eyes to see who they truly are on the inside. I trust that You know what is best for me. Guide me and I will follow.
Amen.
PRAYER ABOUT MAKING GOD THE CENTER OF YOUR MARRIAGE
Heavenly Father, thank you that you are our creator, you know us better than anyone else. You brought us together and you have promised that you have plans and a purpose for us, plans to prosper us and not to harm us. You are at the center of our marriage, now and forever. May we look to You for wisdom and guidance. May Your peace, which surpasses all understanding, guard our hearts and our minds in Christ Jesus.
Amen.
PRAYER FOR THE PROTECTION OF YOUR MARRIAGE
Father, we ask that you protect the union of our marriage. Lord be our shield. When the arrows of hurt tear us down help us to draw strength from You. Lord be our hope. When despair starts to rise, keep us afloat.
Amen.
PRAYER TO SEE THE GOOD IN YOUR SPOUSE
Dear Father, thank you for the spouse you have given me and all her/his wonderful qualities. Help me look for the good in my spouse every day and overlook any imperfection. Help us stay committed to one another through thick and thin. When we disagree, help us to approach one another with humility and respect. May we put you first, and in turn see our love grow.
Amen
PRAYER FOR BEING A BETTER PARTNER
Lord, help me be a better version of myself for my partner so our marriage can grow stronger. Strengthen the integrity of my character. Teach me how to be what my loved one needs at every point in time as we do life together.
Amen
PRAYER FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
Dear Lord, when our communication is off, please help us have the patience to put back on track. Enable us to communicate our hopes, difficulties, joy, desire and all that there is to us to each other..
Amen.
PRAYER ABOUT FINANCES
Generous Father, thank You because You know our every need. Please guide us as we make good decisions over our finances. You have said that we do not need to be anxious about anything, but in every situation, we should present our requests to you. Hear our prayer and give us wisdom. Please help us to let You lead us in all our choices. May you bless us financially so that we may be a blessing to others.
Amen.
PRAYER ON RESISTING TEMPTATION
Help us Father, to patiently endure tests of our faith and resist temptations that could hurt our marriage. Set us free from anxious thoughts that cause me to become jealous towards others. Give us Your spirit to protect and persevere us through temptations. Help us keep Your will for us always in our hearts and minds.
Amen
PRAYER FOR JOY AND HAPPINESS
Dear God, please bless our marriage with an abundance of joy. We started strong and it’s our deepest desire that we finish that way. We want more for our marriage. We want to be able to laugh together and to enjoy this journey we are on. Remind us to look for joy and choose it over our sorrow. As long as we’re living, may we always find a way to smile.
Amen.
PRAYER ON DEALING WITH LONG DISTANCES
God give me the patience to endure the distance between myself and my loved one during this time. You say that love is patient, and I am struggling to see an end to the distance that separates me from my loved one. Keep our love alive and strong while we have to be apart. Thank you for the blessing of this relationship, Father. I pray that it will forever be kept in love.
Amen.
PRAYER TO CONNECT AS ONE
Lord, may our hearts beat as one, as we go through this journey with you.
Amen
Conclusion
You can pray these prayers on your own or with your partner. Set a convenient time to pray regularly so that the bond between you two increases. Prayer is just one of the numerous ways to show love. Supplement your prayers with the right action for that strong union that you both desire.
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