Praying for marriages & families

During the following prayer time, consider playing worship music softly or lighting a candle as a sign of the presence of the Holy Spirit. If you would choose to do so, light some incense, which was a symbol of continuing prayer in the Bible. Consider fasting for an entire day when you choose to pray for these items. Or, consider fasting for one meal as you pray for them. Fasting in the Bible is often associated with intercession, which is praying on behalf of others.

Duration

• 5-10 Minutes

Experience

• Thank God for your own parents. If they were great parents, thank God for that. If they were not, thank God for how he used them to shape your life. Ask God to show you how you can use those experiences to help others.

• If married, ask God to help you glorify him through your relationship with your spouse.

• If not married, ask God to meet your needs and let you experience his presence.

• Ask God to help men love their wives as Christ loved the church. Ask God if there are any specific men you should pray for. Take time to listen, and then pray for those men.

• Ask God to help women respond to their husbands as the church is to respond to Christ. Ask God if there are any specific women you should pray for. Take time to listen, and then pray for those women.

• Pray for children to honor and obey their parents. Ask God to help them grow in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

• Ask God to bring an end to the terrible practice of abortion.

• Ask God to steer our society to define marriage as he does.

• Ask God to help young adults to be morally pure and holy.