主題：“給祂15分鐘”禱告系列–強壯的婚姻
日期：2016年4月15日
作者：Dutch Sheets

當神創造天地和充滿了所有之後，祂所做的第一件事就是為祂所創造的男人娶了個妻子。祂為了亞當創造了夏娃，一個完美的補足。祂造了一個伴侶，情人和未來的母親。祂稱這樣的安排很好。神後來將這種關係稱之為婚姻，並且稱之為基督和教會之間的關係。

“為這個緣故，人要離開父母，與妻子連合，二人成為一體。這是極大的奧祕，但我是指著基督和教會說的。“（以弗所書5：31-32）

給祂15分鐘的禱告

• 感謝神，祂設立了愛的關係在一個男人和一個女人之間稱之為結婚，這顯示給我們祂與祂的教會之間所希望擁有的關係的深度。
• 如果你已結婚了，為你自己的婚姻禱告，並為每一個你所知道的婚姻禱告。為每一個你所住的街道中的家庭其婚姻禱告。求主來強化夫妻之間的愛情，如果需要的話，來更新這關係中的愛情，並且使婚姻穩固不受外界的影響。
• 請求主讓你知道的基督徒的婚姻，真正成為基督與祂的新娘，教會，愛的關係的榜樣。

你可以做的禱告： 

天父，我感謝袮在一個男人和一個女人之間創造了一個親密的關係稱之為婚姻。我為XXX的婚姻禱告（每一次為一個你所知道的婚姻來禱告，如果你結婚了，也包括你自己）。我禱告這個婚姻是充滿了愛和尊重的。我禱告這對夫妻將共同努力，並擁有沒有任何外界影響力可以穿透的關係。我為抵擋離婚來禱告，並請求袮幫助這些夫妻們每天彼此饒恕，讓他們彼此的愛和委身醫治任何的傷痛。我禱告，我所知道的每對基督徒的婚姻，都將會是基督對教會的愛的範例。阿門。

今天的宣告：

神渴望一個男人和一個女人之間的婚姻，是強壯的和充滿了愛和尊重，並成為耶穌與教會之間的關係的榜樣。

By DutchSheets on Apr 15, 2016 01:00 am

Strong Marriages

The very first thing God did after He created the heavens and the earth and all that would fill them was to create a wife for the man He had made. He made Eve for Adam, a perfect complement to him. He made a companion, a lover and a future mother. He called this arrangement good. God later called this relationship a marriage and said that it models the relationship between Christ and the Church.

“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. ³² This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.” (Ephesians 5:31-32; NASB)

Give Him 15 minutes in prayer:

• Thank God that He instituted a deep love relationship between a man and woman called marriage that would show us the depth of relationship He wants to have with His Church.
• Pray for your own marriage, if you are married, and for every marriage you know. Pray for every marriage on your street. Ask the Lord to strengthen the love between the couple, to renew the love in the relationship, if need be, and to make the marriage strong against outside influences.
• Ask the Lord to make the Christian marriages you know truly be an example of Christ’s loving relationship with His bride, the Church.

A prayer you can pray:

Father, I thank you for creating an intimate relationship between a man and a woman called marriage. I pray for the marriage of (pray for the marriages you know one at a time, including your own, if you are married.) I pray this marriage would be loving and respectful. I pray that the couple would work together to have the kind of relationship that no outside influence can penetrate. I pray against divorce and ask you to help these couples forgive one another on a daily basis, letting their love and commitment to one another heal any pain. I pray that the Christian marriages I know would be examples of Christ’s love for the Church. Amen.

Today’s decree:

God desires marriages between a man and a woman to be strong and filled with love and respect and to serve as the example of the relationship between Jesus and the Church.