Week 34: Newly Weds

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Please join us this week in praying for newly married couples.  Though the issues faced by newly married couples are common and often joked about, they can really be troublesome and cause a marriage not to get off to the best start.  The adjustments of living with another human being everyday can be a strain.  Although these adjustments can be tough for young persons who haven’t yet established routines as independent adults, they can be even more troublesome for individuals who have been independent adults for a number of years prior to the marriage and have habits and life-styles with which they have become comfortable.  Another issue for young marriages is the personal baggage the newly weds bring with them.  Often not all this baggage gets opened during the dating and engagement period, so surprises, and not always pleasant surprises, are frequent.  A spouse’s reactions to these unknown tidbits can lead to disappointment and disagreement.  These negative reactions can cause a spouse to conceal other revelations for fear that these will just bring more negative response and hurt.  Finally, every person entering a marriage has expectations, mental pictures of how the marriage is to work.  Rarely are the spouses’ pictures the same and even more rarely does either set of their pictures fully depict what the new marriage actually looks like.  These unfulfilled expectations can cause the new spouses to face some uncomfortable realities.

This week please pray that newly married couples will
  
  • Extend to each other extraordinary grace and understanding
  • Communicate kindly, humbly, openly and continuously
  • Be quick to forgive and even quicker to seek forgiveness as they work through the process of becoming one
  • Daily affirm their love for each other in word and deed
  • Understand they are painting their unique marriage picture that will look different than any other they have ever seen or imaged
  • Submit their marriage and themselves to the lordship of Jesus Christ
  • Face disappointments and disagreements as opportunities to grow and help their spouse grow in grace and maturity

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