Here is a great prayer which I believe was originally posted by Starsky. This is a good place to start.
MY PRAYER FOR MY MARRIAGE:
Father, thank you for my family.
Thank you for giving my children to me to care for, and (wife's first name) to me to help.
Forgive me for the times that I haven’t appreciated them, or done my very best.
Father, I lift up (wife's first name) to you and ask for you to protect her today.
Protect her from physical and emotional harm, and from the enticements of this world. Strengthen her to be the godly woman and strong mother that you want her to be.
Give her encouragement that there is hope for our marriage, and that her efforts can result in a better, happier life for her, me and our children and grandchildren someday.
Please open her eyes to the painful realities of divorce and separation and infidelity, and give her wisdom to make good decisions.
Lord, I acknowledge that you gave us all Free Will, but I ask for your extra grace for (wife's first name) during this difficult time.
Father God, I lift up myself to you, and ask for you to give me strength today.
Give me the strength to do the daily work that needs to be done to restore my marriage, my family, and my finances.
Give me the wisdom to make good decisions, and please give me the godly discernment to detect potential danger to my family, and give me the courage to be vigilant and do what’s necessary to protect my wife and my family.
Lord, give me the PATIENCE to keep working at this, and help me put my faith in the substance of things HOPED FOR, And in the evidence of things NOT YET SEEN, instead of in appearances and the seeming hopelessness of a given situation.
Father, help me restore my marriage.
Help me to be a better father, a better husband, and a stronger example to my children, especially my young men.
Help (wife's first name) to be a better mother, a better wife, and a godly example to our children, especially our young women. Help her display, in her daily life today, the balance between strength and independence of a confident woman, and the humility and godliness that you require of her, and let that be an example to our daughters.
Lord, help me get thru this day, and live it in such a way that if it were to be the last day of my marriage, That you would be proud of the effort I gave, and the example I led.
Heavenly Father, I know you desire our marriage to last a lifetime. Please protect, preserve, sustain, redeem, and restore our covenant. Do not allow sin, the enemy, circumstances, difficulties, or other people separate what you have joined together. In Jesus name, Amen.
Me 47 - W 35 M 9 - T 10 2 Daughters - 7 & 9 Discovery of EA- 8/4/14 S - 8/5/15 D mentioned - 9/11/14 R & Piecing - 3/17/15 Regard one another as more important than yourselves. - Philippians 2:3
Great prayer Jefe, here is one I found on the interweb somewhere:
"Father, I said, 'Till death do us part.' I want to mean it. Help me love You more than her, and her more than anyone or anything else. Help me bring her into Your presence today. Make us one, like You are three-in-one. I want to hear her, cherish her and serve her—so she will love You more and we can bring You glory. Amen."
From Joyce Meyer Ministries: Prayer for Grief and Loneliness: "Lord, I am crying out to You right now. I need You, my heart is broken and I am overcome with sadness. You have sent Your Holy Spirit to comfort me, so at this very moment I open myself up to Your presence, Your peace and Your love. Thank You, Lord for filling me with Your overwhelming comfort, holding me in Your arms and surrounding me with Your healing love. Father God, the Bible says that because I am Your child, that You suffer when I suffer. Your Word is true, and so are You. With You by my side, I am never alone, and I have strength to face each day ahead. Thank You for holding me in the hollow of Your hand and for wiping away my tears. You are always here for me, and You will never leave me. In Jesus' name, Amen."
Me:40 W:39 M:Dec 95 Split: Jul 14 W Filed: 9/16/14 Several Children (including adopted)
I like it, Wet. Fundad, I think I grabbed that one from you the other day. Love it.
Me 47 - W 35 M 9 - T 10 2 Daughters - 7 & 9 Discovery of EA- 8/4/14 S - 8/5/15 D mentioned - 9/11/14 R & Piecing - 3/17/15 Regard one another as more important than yourselves. - Philippians 2:3
My question this morning is, when we turn our walk away wives over to the Lord, what should we be praying for them?
It seems controlling to me to ask God to keep the WAW away from sin, infidelity, the other man, and other "enticements of the world". I pray for my W to return to God and be blessed with more faith. Shouldn't we trust God in dealing with this, and trust He will use whatever our W's are dealing with and going through to return our W's to Him first?
Do we not ask God to "lead us not into temptation" in the Lord's Prayer itself, which was the prayer that Jesus used as our specific example to follow?
I ask daily that God will heal my wife's mind. We know that people in affairs have elevated levels of the "love chemicals" (PEA, dopamine, etc.) in their brains and that affairs are therefore like addictions.
I also fast from time to time and pray Isaiah 58:6 for my wife: "Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?"
M 16 T 17 W moved in w/ AP (OW) 5/14 ILYBNIL 5/14 A discovered 6/14 D papers served via USPS 8/14 Filed my response 9/14 D final 5/15...
