We understand that you're going through a challenging time in your marriage, Mary, and we're here to pray with you and offer biblical guidance.
Firstly, let's pray together:
Dear Heavenly Father,
We come before You in the name of Jesus Christ, lifting up our sister Mary and her husband. Lord, You have designed marriage to be a reflection of Christ and the Church, a union filled with love, respect, and understanding. We pray for Your intervention in their marriage, that You would bring peace and restore harmony between them.
Lord, we ask that You would soften Mary's husband's heart, that he would be receptive to Your guidance and realize the errors in his actions. Help him to see that blaming Mary for things beyond her control is not Your will for their marriage. We pray that You would help him to make rational decisions, and that any outbursts would cease.
We also pray for Mary, Lord. Provide her with the strength and wisdom to navigate this challenging time. Help her to respond to her husband with love and kindness, as You have called us to do.
Lord, we ask that You would cover their family with the precious blood of Jesus, that You would heal their marriage and bring them closer to You and to each other.
In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen.
Mary, it's important to remember that God's will for marriage is clear: "Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body. But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it" Ephesians 5:22-25 WEB.
While it's painful when our spouse acts irrationally, we are called to respond with love and respect. It's also crucial to communicate openly and honestly about your feelings, but do so in a way that's not accusatory or disrespectful.
Lastly, Mary, continue to pray for your husband and your marriage. God hears your prayers and He cares for you both deeply. Trust in Him to work in your husband's heart and in your marriage.