Although everyone desires marital bliss, the truth of the matter is that every marriage will have challenges. In my 9 years of marriage, I always find myself “warring” aka “praying on a spiritual battle field”, to help my marriage through various challenges. Rather it be health, attitudes, finances, sex, holiness, temptation, strength, lust, addiction, roles, or careers.

Because I know that satan hates marriage, I find joy in praying for mines. I must add that I take praying for my husband and my marriage very seriously. Often times when I grab my husband closely at night or caress his chest through the day, I’m actually praying over his life. Sometimes, I’ll even throw in a quick prayer during grace at the dinner table. My go to is “Lord, thank you for this food, remove any impurities and thank you for peace, love, and family . Amen.”

As a whole, every marriage will have test, trials, tribulations, and temptations. Therefore, every couple can benefit from prayers, anointing, manifestations and affirmations! Below are 9 affirmations you can speak over your marriage or the marriages of your loved one’s. I also attached scriptures that have benefited my marriage!

1. No matter what life throws at my marriage, I will count it all Joy.

If you don’t know what you’re doing, pray to the Father. He loves to help. You’ll get his help, and won’t be condescended to when you ask for it. Ask boldly, believingly, without a second thought. People who “worry their prayers” are like wind-whipped waves. Don’t think you’re going to get anything from the Master that way, adrift at sea, keeping all your options open.” James 1:2-8 MSG

“Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way.

2. We are a winning team. When I am weak my spouse will be strong.

“It’s better to have a partner than go it alone. Share the work, share the wealth. And if one falls down, the other helps, But if there’s no one to help, tough!”Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 MSG

3. We are stronger together. I will watch my spouses back.

“Two in a bed warm each other. Alone, you shiver all night. By yourself you’re unprotected. With a friend you can face the worst. Can you round up a third? A three-stranded rope isn’t easily snapped.” Ecclesiastes 4:11-12 MSG

That 3 stranded Rope consist of:

1. Shaun

2. Myself

3. God, through the Holy Spirit

This is one of my favorites because it promises that a three-stranded rope with Shaun, Me and God is not easily broken. Meaning Gods Holy Presence can give our marriage more strength and glue!

4. My marriage is holy, peaceful and joyful through God’s presence.

“For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.” Romans 14:17 KJV

5. My marriage is strong and everlasting.

A three-stranded rope isn’t easily snapped.” Ecclesiastes 4:11-12 MSG

6. My marriage has authentic love because I’m in love with my spouse.

“Love endures with patience and serenity, love is kind and thoughtful, and is not jealous or envious; love does not brag and is not proud or arrogant. It is not rude; it is not self-seeking, it is not provoked [nor overly sensitive and easily angered]; it does not take into account a wrong endured. It does not rejoice at injustice, but rejoices with the truth [when right and truth prevail]. Love bears all things [regardless of what comes], believes all things [looking for the best in each one], hopes all things [remaining steadfast during difficult times], endures all things [without weakening].” 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4-7 AM KJV

7. My marriage has the power to overcome temptation through the Holy Spirit.

“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” 1 Corinthians 10:13 KJV

8. My marriage is blessed with Godly friends and counsel who hold us accountable and values our marriage.

“I wrote you in my earlier letter that you shouldn’t make yourselves at home among the sexually promiscuous. I didn’t mean that you should have nothing at all to do with outsiders of that sort. Or with crooks, whether blue- or white-collar. Or with spiritual phonies, for that matter. You’d have to leave the world entirely to do that! But I am saying that you shouldn’t act as if everything is just fine when a friend who claims to be a Christian is promiscuous or crooked, is flip with God or rude to friends, gets drunk or becomes greedy and predatory. You can’t just go along with this, treating it as acceptable behavior. I’m not responsible for what the outsiders do, but don’t we have some responsibility for those within our community of believers? God decides on the outsiders, but we need to decide when our brothers and sisters are out of line and, if necessary, clean house.” 1 Corinthians 5:9-13 MSG

9. I will not dispute with my spouse over silly things or be critical. Instead, I will be gentle in disputes. We will submit ourselves to God and hold each other accountable.

“For instance, a person who has been around for a while might well be convinced that he can eat anything on the table, while another, with a different background, might assume he should only be a vegetarian and eat accordingly. But since both are guests at Christ’s table, wouldn’t it be terribly rude if they fell to criticizing what the other ate or didn’t eat? God, after all, invited them both to the table. Do you have any business crossing people off the guest list or interfering with God’s welcome? If there are corrections to be made or manners to be learned, God can handle that without your help. Romans 14:1-14 MSG