november 30th – inside/out 2.0

Happy Anniversary Kirst,

I wanted to include this prayer with your card to show how much you mean to me.  This prayer comes from the book you sent me, The Power of a Praying Husband.  God has blessed me with a wife who exceeds my dreams and loves me with His love.  I pray this prayer often.

Lord, I pray that you would establish in me and Kirsten bonds of love that cannot be broken.  Show me how to love my wife in an ever-deepening way that she can clearly perceive.  May we have mutual respect and admiration for each other so that we become and remain one another’s greatest friend, champion and unwavering support.  Where love has been diminished, lost, destroyed or buried under hurt and disappointment, put it back in our heart.  Give me the strength to hold on to the good in our marriage, even in those times when one of us doesn’t feel love.

Enable my wife and me to forgive each other quickly and completely.  Help us to ‘be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving,’ the  way you are to us (Ephesians 4:32).  Teach us to overlook the faults and weaknesses of the other.  Give us a sense of humor, especially as we deal with the hard issues of life.

Unite us in faith, beliefs, standards or morality and mutual trust.  Help us to be of the same mind, to move together in harmony and to quickly come to mutual agreements about our finances, our children, how we spend our time, and any other decisions that need to be made.  Adjust our perspectives to align with yours.  Make our communication open and honest so that we avoid misunderstandings.

May we have the grace to be tolderant of each other’s faults and, at the same time, have the willingness to change.  I pray that we will not live to separate lives, but instead walk together as a team.  Remind us to take time for one another so that our marriage will be a source of happiness, peace and joy for us both.

Lord, I pray that you would protect our marriage from anything that would destroy it.  Help us to immediately recognize and resist temptation when it presents itself.  I pray that we will turn to you–the designer–to fix any part of the relationship that needs your touch to get it operating in the way it was intended.

Teach us to seek each other’s well-being first, as you commanded in Your Word (1 Corinthians 10:24).  We want to keep you at the center of our marriage and not expect from each other what only you can give.  May we never waiver in our commitment and devotion to you and to one another, so that this marriage will become all that you designed it to be.  Amen.

I love you Kirsten Noel.  I am overjoyed that the Lord designed our two lives to be intertwined in marriage and ministry.  May we continue fully trusting in him for everything.

Your loving husband, Scott

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