Restoration to my Marriage

Heavenly Father, During this season of fasting, I bring my marriage before You in prayer. Although the future remains unknown to me, I trust in Your Word, as written in Jeremiah 29:11-12: “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.” Lord, I come before You seeking guidance and strength for the road ahead. I am uncertain of what lies before me, yet I feel compelled to lift up my marriage to You, asking for Your intervention and support. Help me to be the wife You desire me to be. I recognise my limitations and my need for Your assistance. Transform my tendencies toward selfishness, impatience, and irritability into kindness, endurance, and the ability to bear all things. Take my ingrained habits, reactions, and protective defences, and replace them with patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Break down any walls around my heart with the revelation of Your love. Grant me a new heart, filled with Your peace, joy, and love, as described in Galatians 5:22-23. Lord, I invite You to reveal any sin within me, especially in my relationship with Andus. I confess the moments when I have been unloving, critical, angry, resentful, disrespectful, or unforgiving toward him. Please help me to set aside my own hurt, anger, and disappointment, enabling me to forgive him fully and without reservation. Guide me to be an instrument of reconciliation, peace, and healing in our marriage, and grant us the ability to communicate effectively. Rescue us from the brink of separation, and let us not venture into the realm of divorce. Lord, help me to be my husband’s helpmate, companion, supporter, and friend. Teach me how to create a peaceful and welcoming home, a refuge where he feels safe. Show me how to take care of myself and maintain my attractiveness to him. Shape me into a confident and creative woman, rich in spirit, mind, and soul, so that he may feel pride in me as his wife. Today, I lay my expectations at the foot of the cross and release Andus from any responsibility to fulfil me in areas where I should seek fulfilment in You. Help me to accept him as he is, without trying to change him. While acknowledging that he may not change in some areas, I also release him into Your hands to change in ways beyond my expectations. I entrust any necessary changes to You, recognising that only You are perfect, and I look to You to work in both of us. Teach me, Lord, to pray for Andus with a heart of love. Where love has faded, rekindle it with new life between us. Grant me understanding of what it truly means to love unconditionally and show me how to express it in a way that speaks clearly to him. Unite us so that we may be in agreement on all things, as written in Amos 3:3. May You, the God of patience and comfort, help us to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus (Romans 15:5). Make us a team, working together for the good of our marriage, forgiving one another’s weaknesses, and building each other up. Help us to pursue peace and edify one another, as in Romans 14:19, and may we be “perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment” (1 Corinthians 1:10). Lord, I pray that our commitment to You and to each other may grow stronger each day. Enable Andus to lead our home as You have ordained, and show me how to support and respect him in this role. Help me to understand his dreams and perspective, and reveal to me what he desires and needs. Grant me insight into potential challenges before they arise and breathe new life into our marriage. Today, I ask You, Father, to make me a renewed person. Give me a fresh outlook, a positive perspective, and a renewed relationship with the husband You have given me. Let me see him with new eyes, filled with appreciation, love, compassion, and acceptance. May You bless him with a new wife, and let it be me. In the name of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior, Amen.

Day 2 prayer

Good morning, Abba Father,

All glory and honor belong to You, Holy God. Today, I come to praise and worship You with all my heart. Thank You for the precious rain, a reminder of Your grace upon all creation. As I look out my window, I see the water nurturing the grass, plants, and all living things, a beautiful display of Your love. Thank You for this wonderful blessing, Lord. Father, I feel blessed to have this time to be in Your presence. You know me by name, You understand my heart, and You know my deepest thoughts. I’m grateful for each moment I can dedicate my life back to You, seeking to purify my heart, mind, and body in Your presence. As I continue this second day of fasting, I confess my struggles, Lord. I battle with negativity in my thoughts, actions, and words. Please forgive me for these shortcomings, for my anger and frustration. I lift up those around me, even those who test my patience, releasing them to You in Jesus’ name, asking that You bring them peace and fulfil their heart’s desires. My husband is away for a time of rest. May You bless him during this time, and may he find true restoration. Lord, You know why I am fasting and coming to You. Today, I lift up Andus, me, Alezandra, Pieter, Andus Jnr., Jacques, Didi, Gizel, Cuba, Devan, Johan, Odette, Anabelle, Briana, Jean, Jacklyn, my mom, Oom Frik, Elsa, Llewelyn, Zelda, Sean, Patrick, Duane, Nikita, Matthew, Elijah, Paul, Carla, Jadyn, Adam, Jocelyn, Aurther, Dante, Benjamin, Violette, Alison. Father, I pray for supernatural favor, protection, and guidance for each one, that Your angels would watch over us. You know my mother’s struggles with her breathing, Lord; please bring her relief and strength in her body. I pray for healing, restoration, and peace in all my relationships, blessing each person I’ve named. Lord, I also lift up my friends: Elma, Alette, Peet, Elmarie, Ben, Douw, Zayeen, Lea, Megan, Josh, Hannelie, Alan, Rina-Hannes, Karina, Petro, Bianca, Wilma, Koos, Saddika, Kevin, Moosa, Aneesa, Ras, Lorraine, Kiewiet, Deon, and Veronica. You know their needs, Lord. Elma is still hurting after being robbed; Alette is anxious about her job loss. Please guide, protect, and bless each of them and bring new opportunities into their lives. Today, as I draw closer to You, I dedicate my life to You. I want to be intentional about my relationship with You and those around me. I ask that You, Holy Spirit, would reveal the purpose You have for me. I’m weary, and my body is tired. I ask that You strengthen me to approach this fast with conviction and with Your guidance. Lord, I acknowledge my faults, my struggles with resentment, and my tendency toward hurtful words. I release my pain and anger, and I forgive those who have wronged me, as You have forgiven me. Please grant me the wisdom and understanding that only Your Holy Spirit can give. I pray for this fast to renew my mind, body, and soul. Throughout this day, as I pause to pray and seek You, I ask for refreshment through Your Spirit. Help me adopt a spiritual perspective that brings both physical and spiritual renewal. Jesus, I long to rekindle my relationship with You. I want my mind to be renewed, my words to reflect Your goodness, and my life to have a positive impact on my family, work, and the restoration of my financial situation. Please guide me out of the debt I’ve incurred and help me make wise choices. Finally, I bring my mother before You, asking for Your healing touch on her lungs, that she may breathe freely. Please, Lord, bring life and healing to her body. In Your holy name, I pray, Amen.

Prayer for forgiveness

Dear Father God, O Lord, my God, I come humbly before You, asking that You cleanse my heart of every fault and renew a right spirit within me. Please, Lord, forgive me for the thoughts I have held, the words I have spoken, and the actions I have taken that have not brought glory to You or have strayed from Your commands. Specifically, I confess to You my thoughts about others who seem to succeed through dishonesty or harm. I acknowledge the words, thoughts, and actions within me that are not pleasing to You, Lord, and I ask Your forgiveness. I repent of these and choose to turn from this path, desiring to live fully in Your way. I trust in Your mercy, for You are gracious and slow to anger, full of compassion and loving-kindness. Forgive me, Lord, for any times I have taken Your mercy for granted. Lord, You alone "know the secrets of the heart." Reveal to me any hidden sins that I may not yet see. Show me any place in my life where sin remains unrecognised. Open my eyes to the truth about myself, that I may clearly see and understand it. Search my soul, O God, and lay bare my innermost motives, helping me to discern where I need change. I am willing, Lord, to surrender any unfruitful patterns that do not align with Your best plan for my life. Give me strength to make the necessary changes and courage to align my heart with Yours. As I pray, I ask for Your mercy upon me, O God, according to Your loving-kindness and the greatness of Your compassion. Blot out my transgressions, wash me thoroughly from all iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. Lord, create in me a clean heart and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Cleanse me from hidden faults and lead me in the way everlasting. O Lord, my God, I desire to stand clean and right before You. I receive Your forgiveness now, with gratitude, so that I may experience times of refreshing in Your holy presence. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen