Prayers for

Marriage

“Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.”

Ecclesiastes 4:12

For the covenant you’re building, on the good days and the hard ones, with the Lord woven right through the middle.

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Marriage

A Cord of Three Strands

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“Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”Mark 10:9

Lord, weave us together with You at the very center.

Where we are frayed, mend us. Where we are tired, renew us. Teach us to choose each other again this morning, with patience, with kindness, with grace we don’t always feel but choose anyway.

Hold our marriage in Your hands, and let it hold fast because You are the third strand. Amen.

The strongest marriages are the ones held by a third strand.

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