Question for married couples and singles as well

[smiley1979]

Just general question. I don't want any advice. Just curious about this. Did you pray for your husband or wife?
If you're single do you pray for a husband or wife?

 

[alexcola89]

On and off I have. I also used to pray that God would prep me for my future wife and her for me.

 

[SmileAndAHandshake]

Did you pray for your husband or wife?

No, I didn't.

 

[IDDQD]

No, I didn't.

This.

 

[ddisciple]

Before i got married i prayed sometimes for god to provide me with a suitable wife. i prayed for someone who would love me and for me to have an undying love for her.
Once i got married, i pray every night that god would guide my wife in the right path. i also pray that god would build the bond between her and i and prevent the devil from breaking away at my marriage

The day and age we live in now is so different and so far time based away from what it was back in the times of Jesus. there has been 1970 years for the devil to try slowly pull people further and further from the word of god and trick us into a false sense of worldly security.

 

[Alizera]

Nope never have.

 

[E.C.]

"Appoint for me O Lord the one whom thou hast prepared for me in thine Divine Providence" is something I learned long ago.

 

[believetheunseen]

I pray for my husband every day, and before then I prayed for him as my fiance, and as my boyfriend. Before then I prayed that the Lord's will would be done in my life, and he lead me to my husband.

 

[sun chaser]

Yes, and still pray for her 23 years later.

 

[lovelyashley]

I'm single and no I do not. I'm not looking for a relationship right now.

 

[Spirit_Star]

I am single and I have prayed for a future spouse. I just say Lord if its your will for me to get married one day I know you have the right guy in mind for me. I ask the Lord to protect and watch over him until we meet. Not that I would stop once i meet him. I also tell him some of the qualities I would prefer in a spouse some that I really would prefer and some that aren’t necessary but would be cool.

 

[ForHisGlory2009]

I haven't currently but off and on. I pray that the lord will prepare me and while prepaing me he is preparing him. I pray from time to time for the lord to keep him and protect him, I have prayed that he will keep him and supply all of his needs.

 

[BrokenWanderer]

Right now, since I'm not seeking a spouse, I'm not really praying for her. I am, however, writing her letters, even though I don't know who she is. Many of the letters will be heartbreaking if you were to read them, and some would be of joyous occasion, and some would be the kind that leaves you with a deep inner satisfaction as to what is to come. For the future, I trust God to provide my wife, even though I have made mistakes, I know that God will provide. I pray that my future wife will grow in Christ, but other than that I often have to remove the thought of having a wife in the future from my mind, so I can focus on Christ alone, and grow in Him, so I can be the man of God He desires me to be.

 

[RachieCat]

I'm going to say no right now i do not pray for a future spouse or anything because being single is best for me and fairly peaceful.

 

[katautumn]

Just general question. I don't want any advice. Just curious about this. Did you pray for your husband or wife?

No, because at the time I was really backslidden and a practicing Pagan. Still, I always felt it was more than chance that brought us together, so I do thank God that He put Jim in my life.

 

[alfrodull]

I did. It worked.

 

[Macx]

Here too. I prayed specifically, at my church's Stations of the Cross. I had known the woman for quite a while in church but was in a relationship. The relationship was going south because I was pursuing someone like my ex-wife & I took a moment of prayer to repent of that. I repented of pursuing a "worldy standard beautiful" princess (as in upper class/ father with money) and said to God, "Please send me someone who will love me no matter what & be faithful, who I can marry and have children with . . . someone who will be a good mother for my children (ex-wife would view children as a burden and sacrifice w/o joy, relationship at that time . . . I was concerned that she would get violent and probably severely hurt or kill any children we might have, she had violent rage issues & that was part of why things were going south) but most of all Lord send me the woman that you will, not my will but yours . .. somebody like that (pointing in my heart to the woman I knew from church).

Well, God didn't give me someone like that he gave me that specific woman as a wife. She has been an awesome mother to my children, both of whom are beautiful & healthy. Despite going through some unimaginably hard times, we are doing well & I have ever confidence that this marriage is the one. I am willing to do the work and she is willing to do the work and that is just something I haven't had til now.

So in short: A portion of it was letting go of the template of what I always thought I wanted and the other big portion was honestly seeking after Godly things in a mate. Forget size 0 -3, forget prestige, lay aside political agreement . . . these things are really really unimportant.

 

[Trashionista]

I think it's rather pathetic to pray for a spouse or a person that may not even exist. That type of action seems to suggest that getting married is the be-all and end-all of life.

 

[katautumn]

I think it's rather pathetic to pray for a spouse or a person that may not even exist. That type of action seems to suggest that getting married is the be-all and end-all of life.

I think most people, regardless of sexual orientation, race, religion, culture, etc. desire lifelong intimacy and companionship. Not saying marriage is the only way to attain that, but a good majority of people would prefer marriage over cohabitation or serial dating. But not everyone has that desire either. There are many people who are called to a single life and I believe God has special plans and a purpose for them just as there is purposefulness in marriage.

Marriage may not be the be-all, end-all of life, but it's pretty high on the list of most people's life priorities. It usually comes after graduating from college and making a life for yourself. Eventually you want someone to share that life with. And, with people making such bad choices in relationships and so many unhappy marriages and broken families, I don't feel it's pathetic for someone to ask for God's help in revealing that special someone.

 

[Avolarx]

I didn't before meeting my bf, because I used to plan to stay single for whole life.
Eventually this wonderful relationship developped from our friendship and now of course I pray for my fiance and for us as a couple and our relationship too.