“ 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.
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“ He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.
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“Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
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“Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.”
“Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,”
Every good project starts with good planning. God is a master planner, and even his word says before he formed us, he knew us (Jeremiah 1:5). It is interesting to see how God’s plan has been put in place in his word. Jeremiah 29:11 tells us he has a plan. God cannot lie; whatever he says, we must believe it. For those waiting on God for a partner, God already has a plan. We just need to be able to descend that plan and walk into it by faith. Sometimes it can be difficult to understand directly from the Lord. That is why we must always rely on the Holy Spirit. Marriage is a good thing that God ordained, and the expectation is that it be carried out in a good way as well. God’s word has laid the pattern for every marriage, and if this is carefully followed, surprises will be avoided.
Proverb 18:22 “He who finds a wife……. A man has to go look for his wife. A man is expected to have been transformed into a husband at the time he is looking for the wife, who is also supposed to have been transformed into a wife. It is not a boyfriend-girlfriend matter. This means both of them must have been at God’s quarry site (His presence/word/prayer) and been molded into wife and husband, for God is the porter, and he understands which two will match. God is the potter, and we are the clay (Isaiah 64:8). When God molds a man into a husband and sees that he is ready for marriage, he broadens his spiritual vision so that he is able to look and find his wife who has also been molded into a wife. The Lord then directs the steps of the husband to meet the wife accordingly to Psalm 37:23 “The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.”
Ask the Lord to forgive and have mercy upon any generational sin that may have any impact: Numbers 14:18 “The Lord is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and fourth generation.”
Pray that God will open the eyes of those waiting for Godly partners so they can see God’s perfect plan: Jeremiah 29:11 “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.”
Pray that God will arise and frustrate every plan or counsel of man/evil that wants to stand against the plan of God: Job 5:12 “He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd so that their hands cannot attain success."
Pray that as they wait, they will display good moral Christian character in every aspect of life, wait in humility and God’s timing: 1 Peter 5:6 “Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you.” 1 Timothy 4:12 Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
Pray that God will order the steps of every husband prepared for marriage to meet the wife in due season with delay: Proverbs 18:22 “He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.”
Pray that as they wait, they will pursue God’s righteousness so that their marriage will not be defiled and will bring honor and glory to the Lord: 2 Timothy 2:22 “So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.” Hebrews 13:4 “ Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.”
God’s will for us is to be holy as He is holy. There are certain things permitted only in marriage, such as sex. God is calling everyone waiting for a godly relationship to walk in purity and be abstinent from sexual relationships before marriage. Pray for divine help from above: 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 “ Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body”.
Pray that none of those waiting will get entangled in any form of these kinds of relationships. This is not only about someone who goes to church. Pray that the only Holy Spirit will grant revelation knowledge so they can see clearly who these partners are spiritual: 2 Corinthians 6:14 “Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?”
Pray that they will understand this verse and will so present their bodies on the wedding day as sacrifices unto the Lord that is living, holy and so that God will accept them as they come to him: Romans 12:1 “I appeal to you, therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.”
Pray for patience in waiting on God's perfect timing to avoid any form of regrettable errors: Song of Solomon 2:7 “I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the does of the field, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases. Psalm 27:14 “Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!”
Ask the Lord to renew strength in the place of waiting: Isaiah 40:31 “But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
Ask that God will arise and release the husbands and wives for those who have been waiting at the place of prayer: Isaiah 34:16 “Seek and read from the book of the Lord: Not one of these shall be missing; none shall be without her mate. For the mouth of the Lord has commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them.
Pray that those who have been waiting and sowing holiness and prayer will not miss their divine harvesting time: Genesis 8:22 “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer, and winter, day and night will never cease.”
Pray that the fire of God will visit the foundation of families on the mother and father's side and destroy anything that has been standing against the ability to get married: Amos 1:10 "But I will send fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof."
Any foundation from her past/past that wants to decide on marriages let the Lord send his word (fire)to break it down. The only foundation that should stand and make a decision or speak is Jesus. Jeremiah 23:29 "Is not my word like fire," declares the LORD, "and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?1Corinthians 3:12 “For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ."
Pray that the fire of God will descend upon any person born by a woman, anything, any power, any spirit, demon, whatever name or kingdom they represent, that has said these ones will not marry: Psalm 97:3 "Fire goes before Him and burns up His adversaries round about " Isaiah 9:19 " By the fury of the Lord of hosts the land is burned, And the people are like fuel for the fire; no man spares his brother."