Prayer for Marriages

These are excerpts of what was actually a Valentine's Prayer by Beth Moore, but it's equally applicable any other day of the year:

...I come before Your Throne to intercede on behalf of marriages...
Breathe fresh life into each of our marriages....
Raise marriages from the dead, O Lord!...
Cause each husband to thrill to the touch of his wife. Cause each wife to thrill to the touch of her husband...
Forgive us our serious trespasses of dishonoring or belittling our spouses in any way. Forgive us for making our men secondary priorities to our children. Help us to see that the best thing we could ever do for our children is to have a wonderful relationship with their father.

Cause each man to be lavish in his demonstrations of love toward his wife. Open his eyes to see how hard she works and how badly she needs his blessing. In turn, open her eyes to the pressures that fall daily upon her man and enable her to love him in a way that soothes and relieves him...
Cause any other person that has become dangerously attractive to now become utterly repulsive to them. Empower every person at risk to flee for his or her life from sexual temptation and immorality. Make each spouse TRUE, Lord, in heart, soul, and mind...

I don't just pray for couples to stay together. I pray for them to LOVE staying together. I pray for the return of laughter, flirtation, desire, and life-long commitment. Interrupt mediocrity with fresh fire...
We know we'll never have perfect marriages and homes but we are fully capable in Your sovereign power to have good ones. Healthy ones. FUN ONES. L-A-S-T-I-N-G ONES!...
Now, compassionate and wonderful Father, do what only You can do. Out-do everything we ask. Do more than we could think to request so that Your great Name can be magnified above all else. I set before You every marriage represented by those who read this entry. Cause every couple to have a glorious Head-on collision with You, Lord, the Maker of Heaven and Earth. Nothing is too difficult for You...

Lord, keep this going on in my life. There is never a time to think my marriage is safe from attack or decay. It must continually be fortified and fed. Protect it and grow it, Lord.