Lord, I pray that You will send the perfect marriage partner for me. Send the right wife at the perfect time, and give me a clear leading from You as to who it is. I pray that I will be submissive enough to hear Your voice when it comes time to make a marriage decision, and that I will make that decision based on what You are saying and not just fleshly desire. I pray that I will trust You with all my heart and lean not on my own understanding; that I will acknowledge You in all my ways so that You will direct my path (Proverbs 3:5-6).
Prepare that person who will make the perfect wife for me. Help me to know the difference between simply falling in love and knowing for certain this is the person with whom You want me to spend the rest of my life. If I become attracted to someone I should not marry, I pray that You, Lord, would cut off the relationship. Help me to realize that unless You are at the center of our marriage, it will never stand. Unless You bless it, it won't be blessed. For Your Word says, "Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it" (Psalm 127:1). I pray that You would build our marriage around which our house is established.
When I do find the right one to marry, I pray that person will be a godly and devoted servant of Yours, who loves You and lives Your way, and will be like a daughter to my mom and a blessing to all other family members. Once I am married, let there be no divorce in my future. May there never be mental, emotional, or physical abuse of any kind, but rather mental, emotional, and physical unity that is never touched by division. I pray for our deliverance from any spirit of divorce, separation, or disunity that would attempt to drive a wedge into our relationship. Give us each a strong desire to live in fidelity, and remove any temptation to infidelity. May I have one mate for life, who is also my closest friend. May we be mutually loyal, compassionate, considerate, sensitive, respectful, affectionate, forgiving, supportive, caring and loving toward each other all the days of our lives. AMEN.