The Power of Prayer for CHANGE In Your Marriage - If Hardness of Heart Causes Love to Die

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Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)

Lord, I pray that You would protect my marriage from any hard-heartedness that could develop between us. I pray our hearts will never grow hard toward one another. Take away any pride or bitterness in us so that we will not displease You. I ask that rivers of Your living water will flow in and through us at all times to soften, mend, and restore our hearts (John 7:37-38). Heal any brokenness so that the damage is not irreparable, and take away any scars that form. I ask that we will always feel love for one another in our hearts. Where our hearts have become hard, soften them toward one another. Amen.

The Power of Prayer for CHANGE In Your Marriage - If Children Start to Dominate Your Lives

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All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children. Isaiah 54:13

Lord, give me Your wisdom, revelation, and discernment. Give me Your strength, patience and love. Teach me how to truly intercede for my children without trying to impose my own will when I pray. Teach me how to pray so I can lay the burden of raising them at Your feet. Increase my faith to believe for all the things You put on my heart to pray about for them. Lord, I know I don't have the ability to be the perfect parent, but You do. I pray that You would protect and guide them. Help me not to live in fear about my children because of all the possible dangers, but to live in peace trusting that You are in control. Amen.

The Power of Prayer for CHANGE In Your Marriage - If Children Start to Dominate Your Lives

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May the Lord give you increase more and more, you and your children. Psalm 115:14

 Lord, I pray for my husband(wife) to find the perfect balance between being overly focused on the children and the other extreme of not spending enough time with them. Let no issues of child rearing change his(her) heart toward me or undermine our relationship. Help him(her) to see the need for us to spend time together alone so that we can stay strong and connected as a married couple. Help my husband(wife) to obey You and do what is right in Your sight so that his(her) prayers will be answered - especially for our children. Give him(her) wisdom and revelation about all aspects of child rearing and help him(her) to be a great father(mother) to our children. Amen.

The Power of Prayer for CHANGE In Your Marriage - If Children Start to Dominate Your Lives

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The righteous man walks in his integrity; his children are blessed after him. Proverbs 20:7

Lord, help me to be balanced in my parenting. Help me not to be obsessive about my children, but rather to relinquish control over their lives to You. Help me to find the balance between focusing too much on my children and neglecting my husband(wife), and the other extreme of neglecting my children in any way. Help me to put You first and my husband(wife) second in my life, so that my focus on our children doesn't come between those two relationships. Wherever there are disagreements between me and my husband(wife) as to how to raise and discipline our children, help us to be able to communicate well with each other and resolve whatever conflict we have. Amen.

The Power of Prayer for CHANGE In Your Marriage - If Children Start to Dominate Your Lives

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He has strengthened the bars of your gates; He has blessed your children within you. Psalm 147:13

Lord, help us to learn how to pray for our marriage and our children so that we never leave any aspect of our lives or their lives to chance. Your Word says that "unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it" (Psalm 127:1). So I invite You right now to build our house, our family, and our marriage. I pray that we will never be divided or torn apart. Give me and my husband(wife) great wisdom and revelation about how to raise our children. Help us to talk things through and be in complete unity, especially in the area of discipline and privileges. Show us what we need to see about ourselves and each child. Amen.

The Power of Prayer for CHANGE In Your Marriage - If Finances Get Out of Control

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The God of heaven Himself will prosper us. Nehemiah 2:20

Lord, I ask that You would establish the work of my husband's(wife's) hands (Psalm (90:17). Help him(her) to know that "there is nothing too hard for You" (Jeremiah 32:17). Help him(her) to know that even though there are times when he(she) is not seeing the desired fruit of his(her) labor now, that he(she) can still rejoice and say, "The Lord God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer's feet, and He will make me walk on my high hills" (Habakkuk 3:19). I know that we must not trust in uncertain riches but in You, for it is You "who gives us richly all things to enjoy" (1 Timothy 6:17). Amen.

The Power of Prayer for CHANGE In Your Marriage - If Finances Get Out of Control

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He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much. Luke 16:10

Lord, I pray that You would give my spouse wisdom with our finances. Help him(her) to trust You with all his(her) heart and not depend on his(her) own understanding (Proverbs 3:5). Help him(her) to not be wise in his(her) own eyes, but to fear You and stay far from evil (Proverbs 3:7). Give him(her) good business sense and the ability to be responsible with money. Show him(her) insight into Your truth and give him(her) the power to resist temptation when it comes to needless spending. Where he(she) has made mistakes with money, I pray You would reveal Your truth to him(her). Amen.