Praying Against Storms In Marriages
Night of Divine Encounter (NODE) 10th Edition, Day 4 - Praying Against Storms In Marriages - Join us on Friday, May 6th, 2022 for the Night of Divine Encounter between 7pm to 10pm MST. Theme- The Storm Is Over
Praying Against Storms In Marriages
Today, we will be praying against storms in marriages. Many marriages today are turbulent with constant misunderstanding, in-fighting, ungodly children, fracas in extended family, and lack of trust among couples. Many homes are in disarray because of these storms in their marriages. The rate of divorce is higher. According to an article published in ‘Toronto Sun” by Jane Stevenson in January 17, 2021, she said that, “Canada has the 29th highest divorce rate out of 87 countries based on a survey. One out of every 309 adults are divorced.” For a man to divorce his wife or vice versa, it shows that something is not going on well in the marriage. We can pray to God to intervene in stormy marriages.
Unfaithfulness in marriages Could Lead To Stormy Marriages
Another challenge in marriages is unfaithfulness and God frowns at it. Malachi 2:15-16 says, “Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring. So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth. “The man who hates and divorces his wife,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “does violence to the one he should protect,” says the Lord Almighty. “So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful.”
Marriage should be triangular in nature with God at the top and the husband and wife at the bases. We must honor God in our relationship and allow Him to be at the center. The first institution that Satan attacked was marriage. He altered the relationship between man and God. Husband and wife must fellowship with each other and ultimately, they must not lose their fellowship with God. A home is not complete without an altar. We must have a family altar where we call upon God on a daily basis. Husband and wife must set aside some time to also pray to God.
Divided Home Could Be Source of Storms in Marriages
In the story of Isaac and Rebecca, the home was divided. The father wanted to bless Esau while the mother was in favor of Jacob. There was deceit between Rebecca and Isaac. Rebecca even taught his son how to deceive his father, There was infighting between the two brothers, Esau and Jacob. Jacob took the blessings of his brother and the whole home was in disarray.
Also in Jacob’s home, the father-in-law deceived him by giving him the wrong woman, Leah. There is a constant rivalry in the home front thereafter between Leah and Rachel. Jacob’s marriage was a marriage full of storms. In Elkanah’s home, there was also constant rivalry between the two wives, Peninnah and Hannah. Peninnah was always taunting Hannah when she had no child. Elkanah had to be consoling Hannah just to make her comfortable in the marriage. God eventually answered Hannah and gave her many children and that include Samuel the prophet.
Pray for a peaceful home
We need to pray that the devil will not have his way in our home and that there will be no crack for Satan to penetrate. The home of Adam and Eve was sweet until Satan crept in through Eve. Abraham and Sarah were also living fine trusting in God for the promised child. A suggestion from Sarah to Abraham to sleep with Hagar started the storm in the marriage. Definitely, Sarah’s inspiration for that suggestion did not emanate from God but from the devil. David also invited storm into his home when he slept with Beersheba and killed Uriah, her husband. Wherever the source of the storm in your marriage today, we will be praying against storms in marriages and the storm shall be over in Jesus’ name.
Prayer Points: Praying Against Storms In Marriages
- Father, I thank you for my marriage. Lord, I thank you because you are in the foundation of my marriage and you have averted every storm in this marriage
1 Thessalonians 5:18
Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
2. Father, I pray against unfaithfulness in marriages that is leading to a stormy home. Lord, I pray for the grace to raise godly children who will serve you and love you and do your will in Jesus’ name. Father, we pray against violence in marriages but we decree peace in homes that are turbulent in Jesus’ name. We pray against storms in marriages in Jesus’ name
Malachi 2:15-16
Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring. So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.
16 “The man who hates and divorces his wife,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “does violence to the one he should protect,” says the Lord Almighty. So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful.
3. Father, I pray for all Christians’ homes that their marital bed will be kept pure and there will be no sexual immorality in Jesus’ name. I pray against storms in marriages in Jesus’ name
Hebrews 13:4
Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.
4. Father, I pray that the devil will not have a chance in my home or marriage in Jesus’ name. Lord, I pray against every deceit of Satan and I pray that there will be no loophole for him to penetrate in my marriage in Jesus’ name
Genesis 3:1-6
Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”
4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
5. Father, I pray that you will intervene in every home where there is dishonesty. Lord, I pray that you will quench the fire of every storm that has been ignited as a result of dishonesty in marriages in Jesus’ name. I pray against storms in marriages in Jesus’ name
Genesis 27:1-10
When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called for Esau, his older son and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” he answered.2 Isaac said, “I am now an old man and don’t know the day of my death. 3 Now then, get your equipment—your quiver and bow—and go out to the open country to hunt some wild game for me. 4 Prepare me the kind of tasty food I like and bring it to me to eat, so that I may give you my blessing before I die.”
5 Now Rebekah was listening as Isaac spoke to his son Esau. When Esau left for the open country to hunt game and bring it back, 6 Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Look, I overheard your father say to your brother Esau, 7 ‘Bring me some game and prepare me some tasty food to eat, so that I may give you my blessing in the presence of the Lord before I die.’ 8 Now, my son, listen carefully and do what I tell you: 9 Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so I can prepare some tasty food for your father, just the way he likes it. 10 Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may give you his blessing before he dies.”
6. Father, I pray that you will touch the hearts of parents to teach their children the truth and raise them in a godly way in Jesus’ name, Lord, I pray that the parents will not be the cause of the storm in the relationship among their children in Jesus’ name. I pray against storms in marriages in Jesus’ name
Genesis 27:11-17
Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “But my brother Esau is a hairy man while I have smooth skin. 12 What if my father touches me? I would appear to be tricking him and would bring down a curse on myself rather than a blessing.”
13 His mother said to him, “My son, let the curse fall on me. Just do what I say; go and get them for me.”
14 So he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and she prepared some tasty food, just the way his father liked it. 15 Then Rebekah took the best clothes of Esau, her older son, which she had in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob. 16 She also covered his hands and the smooth part of his neck with the goatskins. 17 Then she handed to her son Jacob the tasty food and the bread she had made.
7. Father, I pray for homes where there is infighting among the children that your peace will reign in such homes in Jesus’ name. Lord, I pray that every root of misunderstanding will be uprooted amidst them and your peace will reign in Jesus’ name. I pray against storms in marriages in Jesus’ name
Genesis 27:41-44
Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
42 When Rebekah was told what her older son Esau had said, she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him, “Your brother Esau is planning to avenge himself by killing you. 43 Now then, my son, do what I say: Flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran. 44 Stay with him for a while until your brother’s fury subsides
8. Father, I pray that my spouse will not give me a wrong suggestion that will invite a storm into my home in Jesus’ name. Lord, I pray that every suggestion that will come from my spouse will be inspired by the Holy Spirit in Jesus’ name
Genesis 16:1-4
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar; 2 so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.”
Abram agreed to what Sarai said. 3 So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian slave Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife. 4 He slept with Hagar, and she conceived.
When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.
9. Father, I pray against the spirit of trading blames among couples in Jesus’ name. Lord, I pray that you will give husbands and wives to take responsibility for their actions and make amends where necessary in Jesus’ name. I pray against storms in marriages in Jesus’ name
Genesis 16:4-6
Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the Lord judge between you and me.”
6 “Your slave is in your hands,” Abram said. “Do with her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai mistreated Hagar; so she fled from her.
10. Father, I pray that the Spirit of humility will be enthroned among couples in Jesus’ name. Lord, I pray that husbands and wives will submit to one another in Jesus’ name. Father, we pray that there will be submission at the home front and there will be increase in Jesus’ name. We pray against storms in marriages in Jesus’ name
Genesis 16:7-10
The angel of the Lord found Hagar near a spring in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur. 8 And he said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?”
“I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered.
9 Then the angel of the Lord told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.” 10 The angel added, “I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.”
11. Father, I pray that parents will not make a terrible mistakes in their marriages that will have impact on generations yet unborn in Jesus’ name. I pray against storms in marriages in Jesus’ name
Genesis 16:11-12
The angel of the Lord also said to her: “You are now pregnant and you will give birth to a son. You shall name him Ishmael, for the Lord has heard of your misery. 12 He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone’s hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”
12. Father, I pray against the spirit of infighting in marriages in Jesus’ name. Lord, I pray that you will remove every shame or storm in my marriage that will make people to despise or ridicule me in Jesus’ name. I pray against storms in marriages in Jesus’ name
1 Samuel 1:1-7
There was a certain man from Ramathaim, a Zuphite from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. 2 He had two wives; one was called Hannah and the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.
3 Year after year this man went up from his town to worship and sacrifice to the Lord Almighty at Shiloh, where Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were priests of the Lord. 4 Whenever the day came for Elkanah to sacrifice, he would give portions of the meat to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters. 5 But to Hannah he gave a double portion because he loved her, and the Lord had closed her womb. 6 Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her. 7 This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the Lord, her rival provoked her till she wept and would not eat
13. Father, I pray that you will take away every reproach in my marriage in Jesus’ name. Lord, please meet me at the point of my needs just like you attended to Hannah’s needs in Jesus’ name
1 Samuel 1:9-11
Once when they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his chair by the doorpost of the Lord’s house. 10 In her deep anguish Hannah prayed to the Lord, weeping bitterly. 11 And she made a vow, saying, “Lord Almighty, if you will only look on your servant’s misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the Lord for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head.”
14. Father, I pray that your peace will reign in my marriage and you will grant me all my heart desires in Jesus’ name
1 Samuel 1:17-20
Eli answered, “Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of him.”
18 She said, “May your servant find favor in your eyes.” Then she went her way and ate something, and her face was no longer downcast.
19 Early the next morning they arose and worshiped before the Lord and then went back to their home at Ramah. Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her. 20 So in the course of time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I asked the Lord for him.”
15. Father, I pray that you will be constantly present in my home and marriage in Jesus’ name. Lord, I pray that my marriage will not lack wine in Jesus’ name.
John 2:1-10
On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. 3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 4 And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” 5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
6 Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.[a] 7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it. 9 When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom 10 and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.
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