Pray for Marriages (The Healing Son)

Greetings Prayer Warriors, 

Many of you struggle with your marriage, or perhaps pray fervently for the marriage of a loved one. Your prayer is so important, because in long and difficult struggles, couples are at risk of losing not just their marriage, but their faith, feeling that perhaps the Lord doesn’t hear their prayers. Within this doubt, you may even  hear Jesus say, with a kind and gentle voice,

“O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” Matthew 14:31

 We may never know this side of heaven, why the Lord allows for long, painful struggles, or why he reunifies some marriages and not others. What we can be sure of, is that sometimes the Lord uses the difficult journey to bring about some type of healing. Maybe He is stripping away excess pride, earthly delights, self-love, selfishness, or other, so that real healing can begin. With his encouragement, he beckons you to open the old baggage brought into your marriage to expose all the unhealed wounds and memories. He wants to heal them or take them from you, if only you'll weaken your grip. The heavier the baggage the longer it takes to unpack, but the Lord remains unwaveringly by your side.

But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. Malachi 4:2

Do not give up hope that the Lord will bring about some kind of transformation.  Keep your eyes on Christ, and reflect on His Passion.  That’s what love looks like. 

Lord, have mercy on us, the weak, the timid, the fearful, the doubters, the prideful, the angry, the spiteful, and the apathetic.  Do not let us be blinded by hate, frustration, rage, despair, or apathy. You remain with us  during all the highs and all the lows even when we think we are alone. Be the balm for not only our woundedness, but  that of our spouse, and bring us to new life in You.  Whether our wounds be few or many, give us the courage to acknowledge them, and ask for your healing grace. And Lord, we ask not just for us, but that your grace may flow on all, so that marriages around the world will be renewed in joy, love, and peace.

Jesus, the Healing Son, we trust in You!

Peace, Joy, and Love,

Janet

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