We definitely need to pray for Christian marriage to survive right now in a society which often attempts to separate couples in our highest goals.
"And the two shall become one. So they are no longer two, but one" Mark 10:8
"Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." Mark 11:24
Although Jesus professes this specific proclamation over the Christian marriage, the actual process of becoming one stretches virtually all of our relationships. It may take all of us awhile before all of us actually feel as if we are one, but the Lord says that our sacred marriage makes us one unit. So within God's eyes we're not individuals. When we pray for our husband or wife we have to talk just like we have been praying for our own bodies, because we are.
It is important for all of us to understand that prayer is just direct communication with The Lord. Our selection of speech does not need to be amazing at all!
There are many resources for learning the proper parts of prayer if you are intrigued, but we need to all keep in mind that God is our Heavenly Father and most importantly He wants to hear from us. In the dark experiences, it may take everything in order to round up enough strength to cry out at all and the Lord completely understands!
The initial step to praying with or for your spouse should be to know that the Lord will answer your prayer.
In the course of a Christian marriage getaway we were attending, there had been a testimony session where a couple of couples were selected to express the way the Lord has blessed their marriages. One of the testimonies stood out to me simply because I had never been told anything like it.
The wife pointed out that her husband had a destructive habit that she was not aware of for some time. She was a praying women and the more often she interceded she sensed something had not been right. She talked about how she always felt like some other person was in their bed along with them. As if her husband was focused on a past partner or something. She couldn't figure out what it was. Her husband eventually confessed his struggle with pornography. She was thankful that he confided in her because then she could pray more directly.
She prayed, " Lord, you revealed that whenever my spouse and I got married we became one flesh. I know that where he is weak I am able to be powerful. Half of my body is fighting a pornography dependency. But the other half of my body does not possess an addiction to porn. And So I pray using the stronger half of my body and I command this harmful spirit to depart from my body in the name of Jesus."
All married couples are called to intercede with similar confidence and power over the spirits that can come against each of our Christian marriages!
Challenge: Ask your husband or wife exactly what one issue, goal or element of their life you possibly can pray for. Then dedicate time throughout the day making that one concern your prayer focus throughout the day. You don't need to to agree, respond or even have a conversation regarding it at all. Just make their concern your own greatest concern.
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