30 Days of Marriage Prayers for a Stronger, Healthier Relationship

Prayer serves as an important part of communication with God and gives us the ability to approach the throne of grace in an intimate way. Prayers for a stronger marriage are a powerful force that can help create a solid, life-long marriage bond. We’ve watched God work miracles in our marriage covenant over the years from the simple act of prayer.

If you and your spouse do not pray together, don’t let that deter you from standing strong and continuing to pray each day. Make it a point to fight for your marriage in prayer – even if it means you stand before the Lord alone. He will honor you. Start saying these marriage prayers today with an expectant heart.

We believe that prayer can make the difference between a lasting marriage and one that fails. Today we are sharing with you 30 prayers for a stronger marriage. We’ll be focusing on prayers in the areas of: unity, intimacy, honesty, forgiveness, health, and restoration. These marriage prayers can help build a strong foundation for newlyweds and are also powerful reminders for couples who have celebrated anniversary milestone.

While relationships aren't easy, God has given us Bible verses about love to help guide our words and actions. Download your own personal copy of Prayers for Your Marriage HERE. Print these prayer and Scriptures to keep them by your bedside and with you throughout the day to remember to pray for your relationship and spouse. You can say these marriage prayers alone and add your own words or pray these out-loud together.

A Short Prayer for My Marriage

Dear Lord, bless our marriage with love that grows stronger each day. Grant us the patience, understanding, and strength to support one another in every circumstance. May our relationship always reflect Your grace and truth, serving as a testament to the love You have for us. Keep us united and faithful, and let our partnership glorify You in all things. Amen.

A Prayer for Preparing for Marriage

Heavenly Father, as we prepare to unite in marriage, we seek Your guidance and blessings. Help us to deepen our understanding and love for each other, rooted in Your love. Grant us patience, kindness, and the strength to nurture a relationship that reflects Your grace and commitment. May our journey together bring glory to Your name, as we grow in faith and love, serving each other and our community with joy and devotion. Amen.

A Prayer for Unity in Marriage

Heavenly Father we come before you to thank you for all you have done and continue to do in our lives and marriage. We come before you today, God, asking for a stronger bond of unity in our marriage covenant.

Father we ask that you will give us the ability to be a united front for you letting nothing come between us. Help us, Father to identify and work through anything that is not pleasing to you so we can continually reach higher levels of unity in our marriage – spiritually, physically, and mentally.

We are thankful and excited to see the work of your hand as we do our best to seek your face daily. We love you and thank you for all of these things. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen!

“Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace.” (Ephesians 4:3 NLT)

A Prayer for Intimacy in Marriage

Heavenly Father, we ask you today, to strengthen the bonds of both physical and spiritual intimacy in our marriage. We are thankful that you have called husband and wife to intimacy with you first, and intimacy with one another.

Please show us any behavior we have been committing that has been preventing us from entering into a deeper intimate relationship with you and one another. Once trust is broken it can be nearly impossible to regain on our own, however, we know that all things are possible with you God. Heal our hearts, Father, of past hurts and help us to trust in you and one another again.

We thank you right now for increased intimacy in our marriage as we seek to honor you and one another through our marriage covenant. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen!

“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” (Ephesians 5:31 NIV)

Marriage Prayer for Honesty

Father God we come before you today to ask you to help us do everything with absolute honesty in our marriage. Sanctify us by your truth – your word is truth (John 17:17).

Help us to never lie to one another. Help us to come clean if we mess up or make a mistake that can affect our marriage – no matter how bad we may feel or embarrassed we may be. Give us the ability to be completely transparent with one another regardless of how we feel.

We thank you for the discernment to know your truth and the conviction to call on the name of Jesus. If there is anything that we have been untruthful about in the past, please help us to share it with one another and give us the wisdom to work through it. We thank you for helping us to be honest as we choose to submit to your spirit.In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

“Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.” (Colossians 3:9-10 NIV)

Prayer for Forgiveness in Marriage

Heavenly Father, as we strive to continuously build a stronger marriage, help us to forgive one another for things that may hurt or offend us. Help us to walk in forgiveness and never lose sight of the fact that you have forgiven us.

Help us to show your mercy and grace to our spouse each time they need it and not bring up past hurts or failures. Let us be an example of forgiveness to not only our spouse but to those around us so we can continue to show your love to all we meet. Help us to also forgive ourselves if we struggle with condemnation.

Thank you for your life-giving words of truth that we may be redeemed by the blood of the Lamb. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen!

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9 NIV)

Prayer for Health for You and Your Spouse

Father God we thank you for divine health in our physical bodies, spiritual life, and marriage. We pray that you will make known to us anything that we are doing that does not directly correlate with healthy living; body, spirit, soul.

Give us the strength to honor you through our bodies as they are the temple of the Lord. Give us the wisdom to continuously build a healthy spiritual life and marriage with you at the center.

Help us to always remember the sacrifice you made that gave us the promise of healing and peace. You are worthy to be praised! In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen!

“But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:4 KJV)

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. - Rebecca Barlow Jordan

Prayer for a Christ-Centered Marriage

Today, we give our marriages to You. Forgive us for putting them and our spouses before You. Forgive us for putting ourselves as well as our desires and plans for the future before You and Yours.

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. Amen. - Meg Bucher

Prayer for Intentional Marriage

Father, help me to be the [husband/wife] you have intended me to be. Show me where I need to improve. Help me to be a better communicator, help me to love my [husband/wife] better, and help us both to grow closer to You and to each other in this new year. In Jesus' name, amen. - Brent Rinehart

A Prayer for Love and Joy in Marriage

Dear God, in Your presence we renew our whole-hearted choice to love. Bless this holy commitment with courage, strength, tenacity—and most of all joy! Amen. - Dr. James Dobson

Prayer for a Healed Marriage

We promise to trust You through the brokenness and heartbreak, trusting that it will not last forever. The process of forgiveness will begin in our hearts this very moment, but we will leave restoration and reconciliation in Your hands. 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.

“‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.’” (Jeremiah 29:11-13, NIV)

Come Lord Jesus. Into our lives with miraculous healing.
In Jesus’ Name, Amen. - Meg Bucher

A Prayer for Divorce-Proof Marriage

Father, I lift up my marriage to You today, asking that You would give us a fresh hunger for seeking Your truth- both individually and as a couple. Reveal to us just how incredible the experience of gaining wisdom and understanding of Your Word really is and how much it will strengthen our walk with You as a couple. I pray our marriage will become divorce-proof and will stand so mighty against the fiery darts of the enemy! In Jesus’ name, Amen! - Emily Massey

Marriage Prayer for Peace

Lord, we prayer for peace in our marriage – peace in our home, peace in our relationship, and peace in our decisions. Give us the wisdom and patience to create a harmonious and peaceful environment within our home. May our love be a source of solace and tranquility, a safe haven from the storms of life. Help us to be peacemakers, to resolve conflicts with understanding and compassion, and to cherish the serenity that comes from a loving partnership.

In our decisions, both big and small, guide us to seek light on our path as we walk this journey of marriage together. Let the choices we make be rooted in love and consideration for one another.

We entrust our marriage to Your loving care, believing that with Your grace, we can build a life together marked by peace, understanding, and unwavering love. In Your holy name, we pray for lasting peace in our home, in our relationship, and in our decisions. Amen.

A Prayer for Better Communication

Father, help me to be the best [husband/wife] you have intended me to be. Show me where I need to improve. Help me to be a better communicator, help me to love my [husband/wife] better, and help us both to grow closer to You and to each other in this new year. In Jesus' Name, Amen. - Brent Rinehart

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A Prayer for a Love that Reflects Christ

God, we come before You today on behalf of every wife or husband that reads this and every marriage that is reflected. We ask that You dramatically shift our focus from our happiness to Christ’s holiness. Help us to see our own flaws and mistakes and make the adjustments in our hearts that allow us to reflect You. Show us the areas where we can do better, and give us the courage to ask for help when we need it. Pour Your blessings out on the women who want to grow in You, and use their marriage to be a testimony to a world who needs to see Christ’s love. - Annah Matthews

Prayer for Restored Connection and Intimacy for Your 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. - Amanda Idleman

Marriage Prayer for God's Strength, Peace, and Unity

Today, we give our marriages to You. Forgive us for putting them and our spouses before You. Forgive us for putting ourselves as well as our desires and plans for the future before You and Yours. 

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 toward our spouse. -  Meg Bucher

Prayer For Marriage Protection

We know Satan is on a mission to kill, steal and destroy marriage and that His attacks are constant. I pray that I would be sober-minded and watchful. Because “my adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour” (1 Peter 5:8). He wants to cause confusion, division, and conflict. I know our only hope is found as we sit in your presence, interrupting Satan’s attacks, and allowing you to flood us with your perspective, grace, and love for our spouse. - Gina Smith

Marriage Prayer for Your Wedding Day

Heavenly Father, on this joyous day, we come before You with grateful hearts. We thank You for bringing us together in love and for the commitment we are about to make. Bless our marriage with strength, patience, and understanding. May our love deepen with each passing day, and may we always cherish and support one another. As we embark on this journey, grant us the wisdom to navigate the challenges and the joy to celebrate the blessings. We entrust our union to Your loving care, and we pray for a lifetime filled with love, respect, and happiness. In Your name, we ask for Your blessings on our wedding day and the days to come. Amen.

A Prayer for Jesus at the Center of Your Marriage

We want you to be the center of our marriage. Help us to choose to do what it takes and turn to you throughout the day. Not just at the beginning or end of the day – but moment by moment, with every task and interaction. Help us to remember that you are with us every second and are present as we live out your calling as married people. - Gina Smith

A Prayer to Bring Glory to God Through Your Marriage

Father, marriage is truly a gift from you, meant to bring you glory and point others to you. Like any other relationship, marriage can be challenging, but since marriage is a unique picture of your relationship to the Church, we know that you want to work miracles in and through us and our marriage relationship. We know you are able! - Gina Smith

Never let us forget how very desperate we are for you and how needful of keeping your presence central we are! As we practice your presence, cause us to hear your voice leading us through the daily life we have been given, and cause us to trust that you are working in our lives. Enable us to experience and intimacy with you, and with our spouses, that can only happen when we practice being in your presence in all that we do. - Gina Smith

Marriage Prayer for Peace

Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for leading me on the path to everlasting love, peace, and joy. Sometimes I let my circumstances steal my peace, which affects my marriage and other relationships in my life. When that happens, I pray you will search my heart and begin to renew me from the inside out.

I fix my eyes on you once again, Lord, as I take steps toward the peace I know is possible.  - Kristine Brown

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When the Storms in Marriage Come

Help us to find refuge in you when the storms in marriage come. Wash away our selfish ambitions. Help us to be there for our spouse when they are weak, when their spiritual life seems dry, when we can’t see where they are coming from, or when they simply don’t care to try in return.

Help us to be patient with them while continuing to hope for a better marriage, better communication. Help us love them as our brother or sister in Christ. May you be at the center of our marriage, helping us withstand the rain and droughts of rough seasons. May our love be a fire, burning for you. Help us strive side by side for the gospel.

Lord you can redeem all things. I pray we can come together and communicate the way you would have us, God, so that our marriage would point others to you. That we would be an example to our kids, friends, family, and all, of what good communication and a healthy, thriving marriage looks like. We are thankful to be able to come to you even when we can’t come to our spouse. - Sarah Nichols

Marriage Prayer for Faithfulness

Gracious God, I look to You to bless my marriage with a hope-filled future and pray for a deep, committed faith in You. Please draw my spouse close to Your heart and strengthen their faith right where they are. Remind us of Proverbs 3:3, which says, “Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.” Please fill our marriage with good fruits - the fruit of Your Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, and self-control. Help us live by these characteristics and show these holy attributes in the way we interact. Remind us of our wedding vows - vows to be faithful and true to one another through good times and bad. Strengthen our commitment to remain in Your will and walk in the hope you provide. Our faith is in You, Lord, and we trust You to do mighty things in our home and in our marriage. In the name of Jesus, our Savior, amen. - Jennifer Waddle

A Prayer to Be of One Mind and Spirit

Prayer: Father, your greatest command was to love You and love each other ( Matthew 22:36-40). You’ve given marriage as a holy relationship that reflects our relationship with You. Show us how to follow your example and set aside our selfishness and pride and humbly serve each other. Help us to be of one spirit and of one mind and value each other above ourselves, looking out for each other’s interests ( Philippians 2:2-4). In the midst of our busy lives, help us take time to love each other deeply from the heart, as you have loved us ( Ephesians 5:1-2). May the love we have for each other be an example to the world of how You love them and gave Your life for them.

Marriage Prayer to Grow Together

Father, help us not to just go to church on Sunday, but to recognize that your presence goes with us wherever we go. May we know a deep communion with you every day. May our marriage be a place where we grow together and lean on You in every situation. Help us to grow to be more like You every day, having a unity in Spirit, being patient, humble and gentle with each other, and bearing each other’s burdens with Your love and strength. Fill our marriage with Your peace. When a struggle or strife arises, may our first response be to come to You together for help. Help us make talking about You and Your Word a priority. We ask your Spirit to help us understand Your Word and grow together in our love and service to You. - Amelia Rhodes

Marriage Prayer for Closeness

Father, life gets so busy and things can creep into our marriage and cause distance. Help us be intentional in spending time together and reveal things that are creating a chasm in our relationship. Protect us from things that will divide us, whether it be time spent online or a recreational activity or a friendship that is taking away from our marriage. Help us know how to remedy the situation and bring a closeness back into our marriage with You at the center. - Amelia Rhodes

Prayer for a Strong Marriage

Heavenly Father, we come before You with hearts full of gratitude for the foundation upon which our marriage is built. We thank You for the love, trust, and commitment that bind us together.

Help us to keep our focus on showing Christ-like love to each other - to remain steadfast, rooted in love, faith, and mutual respect. Help us to nurture our relationship daily, as we strive to build a strong and lasting marriage.

Grant us the wisdom to weather the storms of life together, and the grace to celebrate the joys. Let our love for each other deepen with each passing day, as we grow together in understanding and patience.

Lord, be the cornerstone of our marriage, the rock upon which we stand. With You at the center, we believe our love will endure and flourish. In Your name, we pray for a marriage that remains strong, resilient, and full of love. Amen.

Marriage Prayer for Humility

Father, enable us to forgive each other as You have forgiven us. Help us not to hold onto bitterness, keep records of wrong, or allow the enemy any foothold in our relationship. Keep our hearts sensitive to You and each other, and move us to the work of reconciliation quickly. When we are wounded, help us be honest with each other and not fear retaliation. Help us to work through our differences in a way that honors You and strengthens our relationship. Help us grow in humility and recognize when we have wounded each other. Give us Your strength to ask for and give forgiveness. - Amelia Rhodes

Marriage Prayer for Financial Trouble and Disagreements

Heavenly Father, we come before You in a time of financial difficulty and disagreement within our marriage. Grant us the strength to communicate openly and honestly about our financial concerns and differences. Help us find common ground, make wise decisions, and manage our resources responsibly.

 We want to be on the same team in our marriage - we want to fight for our relationship and each other. Lord, may our love for each other be unwavering, even in the face of financial stress. Teach us to support and encourage one another during these trying times, and remind us that we are a team, bound by love and commitment.

In moments of disagreement, help us to seek compromise and understanding, putting the unity of our marriage above all else. Grant us the patience and grace to work through our financial issues together, with respect and kindness.

We trust in Your providence and ask for Your blessings upon our financial situation. Guide us towards financial stability and peace, and help us grow stronger as a couple through these challenges. In Your name, we pray for harmony, understanding, and resolution in our marriage. Amen

A Prayer to Seek Marital Help When Needed

Father, grant us the humility and wisdom to know when our marriage needs outside help. Provide wise counsel in the form of friends, pastors, and professionals who will guide us back to You and show us how to rebuild trust and unity in a way that honors You. Help us not be afraid of the work of rebuilding our marriage or making it stronger, but instead help us each be humble and gentle and willing to grow and accept counsel. - Amelia Rhodes

Some ideas of when to pray are:

• just before you get out of bed
• meal times
• while in the shower
• while brushing your teeth
• on your way to work
• before bed

Of course, there are many, many other times of the day you can pray for your spouse and marriage, but start off by doing it during the same time each day, and soon it will become second nature to you. Then gradually increase it to one more times each day until you find yourself living a lifestyle of prayer. 

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Michael and Carlie Kercheval have been blissfully married since June 10, 2000. They have been blessed with three precious children that they have been able to raise while traveling the world as a military family. They are co-authors of the popular marriage devotional: Consecrated Conversations. Together they founded Fulfilling Your Vows in obedience to the ministry God has placed in their hearts to help equip couples for biblical marriage.

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