A Prayer for the Presence of God in Your Marriage
By Gina Smith Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. – Mark 11:24 Today's devotional is a little different – will you pray this prayer with us for God's presence in your marriage? Father, marriage is truly a gift from you, meant to bring you glory and point others to you. Like any other relationship, marriage can be challenging, but since marriage is a unique picture of your relationship to the Church, we know that you want to work miracles in and through us and our marriage relationship. We know you are able! I pray that our focus would be you alone and that we would be careful in how we speak about our spouses, even when we are going through difficult times in our marriage, "letting our speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt ( Colossians 4) and may I show myself in all respects to be a model of good work… show integrity, dignity, and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us. (Titus 2) I pray that we would turn to you before we turn to any person, becoming totally reliant on you to meet our needs in a way that only you can do, seeking first the kingdom of God and his righteousness… (Matthew 6) seeking you, your strength, and your presence continually!" (Chronicles 16) 
I pray we would never forget that our accountability is ultimately to you, an all-powerful God who is ever-present and all-knowing; each of us will give an account of ourselves to you (Romans 14). We know we will give account for every careless word we speak, so let us speak words of tenderness, faithfulness, sincerity, and love. Help us to remember that our first and most important responsibility is to pour out our hearts to you before we pour out our hearts to a person or group of people. To seek your face before we call a friend. To know your word, to fellowship with you, and to allow you to renovate our hearts and renew our minds. As we are in the Word please, renew our minds. Change us from the inside out. We are desperate for you and your presence. I know that we will only see our spouses through eyes of grace if we have taken the time to know your heart, asking you to give us the eyes to see our spouses in that same way. Help us to know you so well, that we go out into our day with our expectations focused on you and not on our precious, flesh and blood spouses. Please cause us to cherish each other in a way we never imagined and knit us together from the heart in a way that only you can knit two people together. Please grow in us a loving relationship that will weather the storms that come as we continue to learn how to walk this marriage journey together. | 
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