Lord Jesus, we’re desperate for your help. Our marriage is crumbling, and we’re stumbling over the word, “divorce.” We’ve both been listening to other “voices,” telling us just to give up—it’s not worth the fight. We don’t want to destroy our relationship or break the promises we made to each other until death do us part. And we know Your desire is for healing too. But we don’t know what to do. Show us where to start to hedge up the gaps and exits we’ve created through selfishness, apathy, or pride. Reveal to us what we cannot see for ourselves. You are the Way, the Truth, and the Life. We’ve abandoned our first love for each other, and we need help to find the way back again.
The continuity of our relationship with God is facilitated by our prayer life.
When we pray, we allow God to do His work in and through us because we are making ourselves vulnerable to Him. Praying also strengthens our connection to God.
We learn more about a person through conversation and interaction. The same process takes place when we talk to God in prayer. Spending more time in conversation with Him is the surest way to become closer to Him.
As it says in James 4:8, “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you” (NKJV).
Prayer To Heal Marriage
Many times in my own life, I have experienced the peace that passes all understanding when I have drawn near to God in prayer.
Praying helps me center my thoughts on what’s most important. Praying gives us a divine perspective on life and is therefore crucial. A member of my youth group passed away suddenly. Finding effective ways to love and minister to our wounded students has been challenging. The power of prayer has sustained me through this difficult period. It has helped me communicate with God, hear His voice, and experience His presence while I grieve alongside my church and community.
Be worried about nothing, but in everything, through prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (NKJV).
Praying puts us in a position to experience God’s peace, which is beyond our comprehension. Prayer keeps my mind on the things that are dear to God, both in the happy times and the bad.
Prayer For Marriage Partner
“Oh Lord, we desperately need You to restore our broken relationship. Reveal to us what needs healing in our relationship, what needs healing in each of our hearts. Help us remember our wedding vows, because you’ve joined us together and do not want us to separate (Matthew 19:6).
Restore in us a willing spirit, and help us not to point fingers or respond defensively. Teach us how to listen to each other and to really hear. The actions, attitudes, and emotions that have brought us to this place didn’t happen overnight. And we know it will take time to undo all the things that brought us here. You have promised to teach us in the way we should go. You are a wise Counselor, and You know exactly what we need. All our hopes and expectations are in You. If outside Christian counsel is necessary to lead us back and “start over,” then direct us to ones who truly can help. You are the answer, Lord. Divorce is not what we want. In the name of Jesus, Amen.
A Prayer for Restoration of a Marriage in Trouble
Lord Jesus, nothing seems to be going right in our marriage. Lately, we argue over so many things. Or we walk out in anger or silence, too upset to deal with any issues. Sometimes we fuss about little problems that don’t really matter or hide things that really are important. But in Your eyes, Lord, everything matters. Pebbles grow to mountains when they pile up, day after day. When did it all start? Did we retreat into our own worlds? Become too busy to care? Did we stop listening to You and to each other?
Teach us how to communicate—to simply talk to each other again with courtesy and kindness. Show us again what love and respect look like, and what it means to honor and mutually submit to the other as a man and woman in love with You, Lord. We’ve forgotten all the basics. And we sense that if we don’t deal with even small problems now, we’ll be facing a much greater roadblock later. Maybe we’ve forgotten what love is really like. Or maybe we never really knew. Regardless, Lord, our marriage is in trouble. We need you. No matter how difficult the circumstances, we want to face them together—with You on our side. You’ve told us we would experience troubles on this earth, but that You are the great Overcomer. With You, Lord, we can mend the tears and amend the errors. With You, we can build a successful marriage. In Your name, Amen.
A Spiritual Warfare Prayer for Relationship Restoration
Lord God, we can no longer remain stagnant in our marriage. Yet we can’t move forward, and we refuse to go backward. Our relationship feels broken like an old fashioned phonograph needle stuck on the same groove. So we are reaching out to You. Protect us from becoming another divorce statistic. In the name and through the blood of Jesus Christ, we resist our enemy who wants us to end this marriage. Lord, we ask You to rebuke the devour who is trying to rip apart the beautiful covenant began in us as a couple. We run to You, our Defender and Protector, our Refuge and Shelter in the time of trouble. We declare in the name of Jesus that our enemy, the devil, has no right to interfere in the sacred building of our relationship because You live in us and You are greater than the one who roams around looking for victims to destroy.
We know it is Your will to pray and believe for the healing of our marriage, and we are willing to work on it together. We stake our lives on Your promise, Lord, that when we trust in You with all our heart, You will direct our paths. You have connected our two spirits in oneness and cemented them with the bond of Your Holy Spirit. And what God has joined together, we give no room for our enemy to bring division. Your Word brings us truth, and wearing the spiritual armor You have given to us, we will fight for our marriage with You as our Supreme Warrior and Commander, and the third strand in our relationship together. In the precious and powerful name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we pray, Amen.
How to Pray for Your Marriage to Be Restored
- Submit yourself to God and each other, confessing any wrong attitudes or actions that have caused or that might contribute to a troubling relationship.
- Recommit your marriage to the Lord, inviting Him to take control daily.
- Through prayer, use God’s Word and other spiritual warfare as weapons to protect your marriage, asking God to give you wisdom in building a successful marriage that stands against all odds.
- Pray for God to show you creative ways to enhance and build a healthy spiritual, emotional, and physical love relationship in your marriage.
- Pray often alone and together for your mate, and ask the Lord how you can bless your spouse daily.
Intercessory Prayer For Marriage
Additional Prayers for Healing and Restoring Your Marriage
Heal Our Marriage
As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.” He called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?” “Lord, I want to see,” he replied. Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised God. Luke 18:35–43
Lord, I want our marriage to be healed. Let the healing begin with me. Have mercy on me, Lord, a spouse who has failed so often to demonstrate Your love.
I want to love my spouse the way You love me. Help me. I want to be a vessel of Your love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control in _’s life. Use me. I want to love in such a way that is inspired to praise You. Glorify Yourself in me, Lord. (by Jennifer O.White, 5 Hope-Filled Prayers for Your Marriage)
A Hopeful Prayer to Heal Broken Marriage
Search our hearts, Lord. Convict us and clear out all the hardness and ick that is clogging up the flow of Love in our lives. Reset our relationship with You. Restore our hope in Jesus Christ and open our minds and hearts to the healing truth that only He can rush into our lives in these moments of madness.
Give us the strength to be brave. Replace the fear of what might happen and what the future might hold with Christ-centered courage. We can’t be strong right now. We are broken and barely breathing. But You, the living God, in us, are our strength.
Through the Holy Spirit of the One True God, empower us with humility, gentleness, patience, peace, and unity (Ephesians 4:2-3). Curb our anger from morphing into bitterness and hatred. Forgive us for the times we lose our tempers and our sanity towards our spouse.
Take it all – our marriage and our lives. We have come to the end of ourselves and the ability to repair what has been broken in ourselves, our spouses, and our marriages. We are taking a backseat to Your sovereignty. Break it all if you must, in order to restore completely what has been lost. As we walk through the unknown state of our futures, we are believing You for who You say You are. (by Meg Bucher)
A Prayer for Forgiveness and a Healed Marriage
Lord, I know I have messed up in my marriage. Sin has gotten in the way of me being faithful to love my partner well through different seasons of our life together. I confess my sins before you and ask that you would forgive me.
Would you open the heart of my spouse so that they may also be able to truly forgive me. Jesus, by your grace, give us a fresh start in our marriage. I invite your healing and restorative powers into our relationship.
Heal the broken spaces that only you have the power to fix. I thank you that my prayers are heard by you and that there is great power in prayer.
Hear my cry for help and do a new work in our home that only you can do. I praise you for giving me the gift of marriage. Bless the commitment we made to one another and help us honor you through the way we love one another. Amen. (by Amanda Idleman, Prayers for a Troubled Marriage)
Prayer for Restored Connection in Marriage
God, would you help restore the lost connection and intimacy in my marriage? Give me the empathy for my spouse that I need to be able to share their burdens well. Remove the distractions, deadlines, obstacles, fatigue, selfishness, or pride that keeps us from remaining connected as a couple.
Help me to prioritize time spent with my partner and not let our responsibilities zap away every opportunity we have to converse during the day. Give me the ability to respond warmly to them when they need my attention. Restore trust between us so that we feel safe when confiding our cares and concerns.
Even when my spouse and I don’t see eye-to-eye help me to still be willing to hear them out. Let me words and actions show that they are loved, safe, and cherished by me.
Help me to keep my heart open to them even if I have felt hurt or disappointed in the past. Knit us back together in a way that only you can. Amen. (by Amanda Idleman, Prayers for a Troubled Marriage)
Short Prayer To Heal Marriage
Father, thank you for bringing us together. It is written in your word that two are better than one, but Lord of late, we have been struggling to stay together as husband and wife. Come to our rescue, dear Lord. Bind us with cords that will never be broken. Take away the pain that we have inflicted on each other’s lives and show us the right path to take as a married couple. May the promises that you have made over our marriage prevail. May your peace rule richly in our marriage, and may the peace of Christ rest in our hearts and home. In Jesus’ name, I believe and pray, Amen.
Strength Prayer
O Lord, unforgiveness and anger are poisoning our marriage. Nothing seems to be working; all we do is fight when we are together. We have made so many mistakes, and now we are on the verge of a divorce. We seem to be happy apart than when we spend time together. But Lord, this is not what you promised us. Remove unforgiveness and anger from our hearts and help us to love one another with a love of Christ. Give us the strength to fight for our marriage until we experience restoration. In Jesus’ name, I believe and pray, Amen.
Unity Prayer
Dear Lord, we come before your throne this day to ask you to bring unity between us. We used to be very close but, now we cannot stand each other or be in the same room. When we are together, all we do is scream at each other. Lord, even though we have drifted apart, we know that you can bring us back together. Reconcile us back to each other. Fill our hearts with the same love that we had for each other and remind us why we fell in love with each other. In Jesus’ name, I believe and pray, Amen.
Rekindle Our Love Prayer
Lord Jesus, please rekindle our love for one another as a husband and wife. Lord, cause our hearts to be drawn to each other. Wrap us in your arms of love and remove pain from our hearts. Help us to start afresh and grow stronger in love. Remind us of your unconditional love wherever we fall out with one another. Father, we thank you for you are turning our mourning into dancing. In Jesus’ name, we believe and pray, Amen.
Restore Trust Prayer
Father in heaven, you know me inside out, and therefore, I cannot lie to you. Honestly, I do not trust my husband anymore after all the times he has hurt me. But I do not want to lose him because I know that you’re the one who brought us together. He has told me recently that he is changing for the better, and as much as I want to trust him, I keep on struggling and remembering the things that he has done to me. Lord, you are the only one who can restore the trust I had in him, so please show me how to trust him again. Remove any doubts that are in my heart and fill that void with your love. In Jesus’ name, I believe and pray, Amen.
Wisdom Prayer
Father God, we stand firm on your word, which says that if anyone lacks wisdom, he should ask you for you give generously without finding fault. Lord, our relationship is in shambles, and we do not know how to deal with each other. Give us wisdom that we may heal our broken marriage. May your mighty hand be upon us as we try to resolve our differences and come together as one. We love you and adore you. In Jesus’ name, I believe and pray, Amen.
Temptation Prayer
O Lord, the temptation to quit this marriage is too strong. I don’t see how I’ll be able to work things out with my partner. We have grown apart, and it is like we do not love each other anymore. But Lord, you have laid it in my heart not to quit but to keep on fighting for this marriage. Please bring healing in our hearts that we may be able to go through this tough season together and come out victorious in the end. May your loving-kindness be upon us. In Jesus’ name, we believe and pray, Amen.
Deeper Understanding Prayer
Lord Jesus, the truth is I do not understand my spouse anymore, and I don’t know how to go about it. Please give me a deeper understanding of who my spouse is and how to help them. Help me to understand why my partner behaves the way he does and how to go about it without causing more friction in our marriage. Dear Jesus, help me to set aside selfishness so that I can love my partner the way you love me. In Jesus’ name, I believe and pray, Amen.
Change Prayer
Lord, my relationship with my partner, needs change that only you can bring. No man can help us at this point. We need divine intervention. Change our hearts that we may be able to love each other all over. Reveal to us things that we need to change individually and as a couple. If there are things that we are hiding from each other, bring them to light, and help us to repent and make informed decisions. Lord, we know that we have to take responsibility for our lives and make the necessary changes. Help us to take the required steps so that we can work towards change. In Jesus’ name, I believe and pray, Amen.
Transformation Prayer
Everlasting Father, your word says that we should not conform to the pattern of this world, but the renewing of our minds should transform us. Lord, my spouse and I have sinned against you by letting our marriage to conform to the pattern of this world. Forgive us, Lord, and transform our marriage. Help us to see it as a ministry and not just an ordinary marriage. Lord, when problems arise, help us to handle them as a team and not competitors. Remind us that the real enemy is out there to destroy our marriage. In Jesus’ name, I believe and pray, Amen.
Connection Prayer
Father, I lay my troubled marriage before you today. I ask you to please revive our relationship. Renew our love for one another and help us to work through our differences with respect. Lord, I declare and decree that any plans of the enemy to scatter this relationship will not prevail in the name of Jesus. Let our hearts burn with love, and may our thoughts align with your thoughts. Show us how to treat each other with respect and knit our hearts together with your love. In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen.
Joy Prayer
Dear Lord, I ask you to fill my marriage with joy. We have been using anger and unforgiveness as a weapon to fight against each other. We forgot that you brought us together as one. Lord, let the joy of marriage that has been stolen from us by the enemy be restored sevenfold. In Jesus’ name, I and pray, Amen.
Forgiveness Prayer
Heavenly Father, you said that if we confess our sins, you will forgive us and purify us from unrighteousness. Lord forgive my partner and me, for we have sinned against you with our bad conduct towards each other and towards the institution of marriage. Help us to bear with one another and to forgive as you have forgiven us. Help us to walk in the spirit that we may not gratify the desires of our flesh but may glorify your holy name. May your word dwell richly in us that we may admonish one another with wisdom and worship you with gratitude in our hearts. In Jesus’ name, I believe and pray, Amen.
Growth Prayer
Father, our marriage almost ended, but you came and helped us. Thank you for coming to our rescue, dear Lord. May your name be exalted in heaven and earth. God help us to learn from our mistakes. When we are facing challenges, remind us of how far you have brought us. Help us to put our past behind and to focus on the great plans you have for us as a couple. Teach us how to make our relationship better and give us beauty for ashes. In Jesus’ name, I believe and pray, Amen.
Patience Prayer
Lord, I am having a rough time. My partner and I have agreed to work on our marriage, and I want to do that with all my heart, but I keep struggling on the inside because I’m afraid of being disappointed again. I am becoming anxious on the inside, and this is making me lose my patience. I keep getting agitated by everything because I don’t know how to handle what is happening. Draw me back to the days when I was not hard on my spouse. Give me patience so that I can be kind and compassionate towards my partner. Drown my anxiety with your everlasting love and fill me with peace. In Jesus’ name, I believe and pray, Amen.
