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Summary
- 1 Peter 3:7 calls husband and wife “heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered,” and Matthew 18:19 promises an answer when “two of you shall agree.”
- Ten short prayers for couples cover mornings, bedtime, an argument, money, a partner who is struggling, trust, closeness, a decision, thanks and a shared purpose.
- The 1928 Book of Common Prayer’s wedding prayers ask that a couple’s “home may be a haven of blessing and of peace.”
- In the Book of Tobit, Tobias and Sara pray together on their wedding night, and Sara asks, “let us grow old both together in health” (Tobias 8:10).
- Prayers for new couples and for a marriage in trouble come with help lines for anyone in an abusive relationship.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (1611), text of Project Gutenberg eBook no. 10 (Genesis 2:24; Proverbs 3:6; Ecclesiastes 4:9–10, 12; Song of Solomon 4:9; 8:6–7; Matthew 18:19; Mark 10:9; Romans 12:10; Ephesians 4:2–3; Hebrews 13:4; 1 Peter 3:7). https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10
- Tobias 8:4–10 is quoted from the Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), Project Gutenberg eBook no. 1581. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1581
- The Book of Common Prayer (Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A.), Standard Book of 1928. The Solemnization of Matrimony, p. 303. PDF facsimile: https://www.artisticdailyprayers.org/uploads/3/0/1/6/30164961/bcp1928std.pdf
- National Domestic Violence Hotline. https://www.thehotline.org/
- GOV.UK. “Domestic abuse: how to get help.” https://www.gov.uk/guidance/domestic-abuse-how-to-get-help
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