Thank you for praying faithfully with us. Believe me, the Lord does answer earnest, continued prayer with great power! Last week we prayed against violence. Please don’t stop praying about it and the other issues on this blog. The idea is “earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer” as per James 5:16 (Amp).
This week we pray for marriages.
Pray with the SOUND CLIP below the prayer points.
In preparation for this prayer offensive you can start by studying this teaching below called What does it mean to be Salt of the Earth?, which introduces a new angle to being The Salt of the Earth. We are going to look for the Lord’s solution to certain issues on earth, and then pray it through via the audio clip below. You can agree with our prayer and then continue on your own. We will only add a new clip every few days to give you time to pray continually on the same subject, to give us time to listen for the Lord’s guidance on how to pray for the next subject, and to give more people opportunity to join in.
Whilst you pray with us, allow the Holy Spirit to lead you to pray for specific people that come to mind in your sphere of influence. We’ll do the same, and as people join us all over the world and do the same; this heap of salt will cleanse, preserve, and purify and make a huge difference on the earth from within each of our communities. “The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working],” (James 5:16). And those of hundreds of righteous men and women generate even more power!
Marriages
God instituted marriage with a purpose, which is to create a powerful unit that would withstand any onslaught if we understand the power thereof. It is also meant to function within the guidelines and directives provided in the Word of God. This is why marriage is called sacred, for it is set aside by the Lord, for Him. It was God's intention that man and woman unite in every possible area in life to the glory of God.
This is something that Satan fears intensely, which is why he makes every effort to ruin marriages. If he could hinder spouses to work together or get them to oppose one another's calling, he has achieved a major accomplishment.
Therefore partners are regularly distracted to pay more attention to other people or interests rather than to the purpose that God united them for. Here I'm thinking of time devoted to children, friends, hobbies, sports, ministry etc. that are not shared, which causes either spouse to be neglected. This leads to spouses drifting apart. Satan (then often) sends other men or women to attract a spouse's attention; or uses children, friends or responsibilities to demand more attention than is required from either or both spouses, etc.
Any marriage needs to be worked at and needs guarding. It is said that it always takes two to tango. When issues arise it is never only one spouse's fault. It usually is a combination of issues that both spouses bring into the marriage due to our selfish carnal nature, which lead to an increasingly complex conflict within the marriage relationship. These are instigated and cheered on by evil forces.
In this brief introduction, which by no means is meant to be marriage counselling in any way, we have identified a few prayer points.
We will focus on both the human influence as well the influence of evil forces on the marriage.
Whilst praying please bring specific couples, whom you know or know about, by name before the Lord for each situation.
Lord we pray for marriages now.
· Due to a lack of knowledge spouses in marriage do not necessarily understand the purpose with which you instituted marriage. We pray that you create opportunities for every spouse in both troubled and healthy marriages to learn why you destined for them to be in a covenant of marriage. Open our understanding that you have need for the power embedded in the unit of marriage to affect the world around us.
· We realize that this unit and its potential are opposed in many ways. Various circumstances, people, misunderstanding etc. are used to attack and weaken this unit. The sole purpose thereof is to hamper the plans that you o Lord intends to accomplish via marriage unity. Therefore we take authority in the following areas:
o We pray that mothers who put their children superior to their husbands will receive revelation to the error of their way. They will receive understanding of how their husbands feel about this, obtain compassion in their hearts, will repent of their behaviour, and take the necessary steps to remedy this crack in their relationship.
o We pray for both men and women who put ambition ahead of God's ordinance for their marriage. We think of this in the context of career, sports, ministry, hobbies, acceptance by friends, religion, etc. (whilst praying about this please take liberty to list issues you are aware of).
o We pray for children, both minor and mature, who through their selfish behaviour and sinful lifestyle put strain on their parents' relationship. We pray that you bring them, by means of circumstances as well as people you use to talk sense into their minds, to a realization of what they are doing to their parents, so they can repent and change.
o We pray that where love in the marriage has been replaced by bitterness, fear, deadness and even hatred, that you would rekindle the love and make it blossom again.
o We pray that any third party involved in marriage relationships be exposed and that their relationship, rather than that of those bound in holy matrimony, be destroyed. We pray that you lift the veil that blinds them to the consequences of their action. Reveal the lies they believe to justify their actions, so that they can become aware of what they are doing, repent of it and work anew at the restoration of their marriage. Please protect spouses against temptation from outside parties.
o Inclusive in the above we pray against the power of the third parties in the marriage bed - the nude women and men portrayed in nudist and pornographic material. We pray for deliverance of those struggling with this addiction and curse. We pray that you would send them a solution to their problem, make them aware of the consequences of their behaviour and preferably set them free miraculously. If they prayed about it, please reveal their problem to a caring believer friend, who would care enough to support them through a process of deliverance from this curse. Please protect them against the temptation as promised in 1 Corinthians 10:13.
o We ask for an increase in the efficiency of communication between spouses and where training to this effect is required, that you would create in them the desire to look for it and then bring them into contact with people providing such training.
o We pray for men to head up the partnership and to care for their wives as Christ head up the church and cares for her. Please break down the reluctance some experience, give them courage, and prompt their wives to let them take the lead. Please convict wives who wear the pants to the error of their behaviour.
o We pray for wives to submit to their husbands and to renounce any involvement in worldly and unbiblical ideas and movements such as woman’s liberation activities, even if it is only such talk among their female friends.
o We pray for each partner to honour their spouse as God's gift and instrument to help make the building of His Kingdom most effective.
o Divorce is such an easy way out these days, my Lord, in spite of your power to save. We pray that you nullify the lie that divorce is the solution to marriage problems. We ask that you renew the desire in the hearts of both spouses to try again and again. Warm their hearts to one another, create in both the desire to seek help, and then put them in touch with help.
o We take authority over the evil forces that only have destruction and pain in mind when it comes to marriages. We tell you 'the Lord rebukes you'. Lord, we ask that you counter every lie whispered in the ear of either spouse. Please give your angels command concerning spouses in trouble, in danger of losing what is actually dear to them, to serve and protect them.
o In closing we declare a blessing over each and every marriage, whether blossoming or struggling. We pray for your presence to be there for them. We ask Holy Spirit to remind spouses to pray without ceasing for their marriages.
Pray with the SOUND CLIP above.
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