I occasionally look back – always with fondness – on my engagement period to my husband.
It was a sweet time. One of excited anticipation and wistful daydreams, tempered by lots and lots of work. Between completing my degree, fulfilling the requirements for teacher licensure, student teaching, and planning a wedding – not to mention frequently making the six-hour round trip home from college to visit my beloved – I rarely had a moment to spare.
How I wish that I knew then what I know now: there is one needful thing, and it’s not working harder. It’s not doing more.
But unfortunately, the one needful thing is something that was lacking during that season of my life.
Prayer.
I wish I had prayed more – alone, with my husband-to-be, and even with others who cared about us and would’ve welcomed the opportunity to pray over us and our impending marriage.
If you’re engaged, I hope you’ll often take the opportunity to bathe your relationship in prayer by praying the Scriptures below. Because a wedding isn’t the finish line.
It’s only the beginning of a life devoted to serving your King together, as one.
And while that is a wonderful, beautiful venture, it’s no small feat, dear one.
Perhaps some of you will offer these prayers on behalf of an engaged couple you know and love. Thank you for your investment. Because time spent praying is never wasted time.
Prayers for Engaged Couples
Pray that you and your spouse-to-be would let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, and that the two of you would be firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel (Philippians 1:27). Ask the Lord to grant you even now a vision of the joint ministry He has planned for your marriage.
Acknowledge to the Lord that although your heart makes plans, the LORD establishes your steps (Proverbs 16:9). Ask Him to direct your path and that of your beloved, as you both trust in Him. Yield your will to His in all things.
Confess the truth that unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain (Psalm 127:1). Share with God your heart’s desire that He would “build your house,” and be the foundation on which your home is established.
Recount back to God that without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed (Proverbs 15:22). Ask the Lord to place the right counselors into your life and the life of your betrothed; that He would give your advisers wisdom; and that He would grant you a teachable spirit.
Praise the Lord for the gift of His divine power which has granted you all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called you to His own glory and excellence! Revel in the His precious and very great promises granted to you, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. Pray that you and your beloved would progress in spiritual maturity during the time of your engagement and in your marriage, making every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Peter 1:3-8).
Ask that the God of endurance and encouragement would grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 15:5-6).
Dear Heavenly Father, how good You are to give us the gift of anticipation about joyous occasions to come! Thank you for the person You have ordained for me to marry, and for directing our relationship thus far. I pray that you would continue to make your will known to us, in big ways and small, as we pursue your will together. We long to glorify you in our relationship, now and forevermore. It’s in the name of my Savior, Jesus Christ, that I pray. Amen.
I am blessed by these prayers and with great anticipation, I and my wife to be will pray these prayers with earnest determination. God bless you and continue to use you. Amen.
God bless you I am so Joyful that I found your blog
I’m glad, too! 🙂 Thank you for reading!
Thank you for this, i and my fiance will use this as a guide. Happy new year
I’m glad you found this helpful! Happy New Year to you, and may God richly bless your marriage.
I and my betrothed are blessed and will continue to as we will keep praying the incorruptible seed of the word of God in our relationship.
Amen! Thank you for stopping by.
I am blessed by this prayer. Thank you!
Amen! Thank you for letting me know, Anna.
osei-Buapim Am blessed and will start to use this insightful wisdom from God and teach all to be couples.
God enlarge your coast in his word
May God bless His Word in the lives of His people. Thank you for reading, and for taking the time to write this kind word.
I’m happy I found this blog and prayer. Though my fiancé and I are not on good terms at the moment, I will not stop praying it
Hello, and thank you for taking the time to say hello! I will pray for you and your betrothed, that God would work in your relationship and draw each of you closer to Himself.
Thanks for this, my fiance love this prayer
More grace in God
I’m so glad you were blessed by these prayers. May God bless your marriage and make the two of you a shining testament of His grace.
I am glad to join you on this journey and read what you have shared with others. Indeed a good place to start. I will remember that prayer is more than important.
Amen, Klestina. I’m glad the Lord allowed our paths to cross and that you’ve been blessed here.