We rejoice with you, Grace, as you seek to start a Christian family rooted in faith. It is a blessed endeavor to create a home that honors God and reflects His love. Let us pray and consider the Word together.
"Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it." Psalm 127:1 WEB
In Jesus' name, we pray for your future spouse, that God would prepare them even now, drawing them closer to Him and making them ready for a godly marriage.
We pray Jesus Christ is the head of your future household.
We ask for God to be at the center of your courtship and eventual marriage.
We pray for purity and holiness to be maintained in your relationships.
We pray that your future spouse's relatives will accept and respect you and your new family.
We pray that you will both be fruitful, serving God and others.
We pray your future spouse will be a believer in Jesus so the two of you will be equally yoked.
May God guide your steps, and may His will be done in your life and in the life of your future family.
"Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh." Genesis 2:24 WEB.
"A prudent wife is from Yahweh." Proverbs 19:14 WEB
We encourage you to stand firm in your faith, and to trust in the Lord with all your heart. Lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6 WEB.
Remember, a family that prays together stays together. Make prayer a foundation in your current and future family life.
We rebuke any thought of fornication or sex before marriage as it is a grave sin to God.
We ask Christians to be aware of these sins and to strive for purity.
We are reminded in 1 Corinthians 7:2 that, "because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife and each woman have her own husband."
Because the Bible is clear on this issue we ask that you consider the following scripture to be cleared on this issue.
1 Corinthians 6:9-10 WEB
Or don't you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don't be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit the Kingdom of God.
We are excited to see your commitment to Jesus and salvation.