Prayer Topic: Prep for Marriage

This is such an exciting opportunity to pray for the couple as they prepare to tie the knot! Express excitement as you ask when the big day is and care as you ask what's weighing heavy on them in this season. All the logistics and various details of planning their special day sometimes can distract them from the most important thing - focusing on devoted themselves to each other and surrendering their marriage to God. Celebrate with them and remind them how faithful God can be as we offer our lives daily to Him.

Possible Things to Pray for:

• Wisdom to make all the important decisions that lead up to the day of 
• Humility towards each other and to God
• A godly perspective on marriage and the love they share
• Strength to forgive and to love one another through thick and thin
• To be mindful of the enemy's attacks as they step into their life together

Verses to Share: All NIV Translation

1 Corinthians 13:13 - And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 

Ephesians 4:2 - Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 

Ecclesiastes 4:9 - Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor:If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. 

Matthew 19:6 - So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate. 

Bible Plans:

Kingdom Marriage -  https://www.bible.com/reading-plans/12962-kingdom-marriage

Choosing Marriage - https://www.bible.com/reading-plans/11569-choosing-marriage-7-choices-for-healthy-relations

Helpful Songs: 

The Prayer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vkCyY0qGzg&list=PLcZ5qEEU6kPTPYL8-0w--P74_3V8a2pkX&index=29