A wedding is the most important day in the lives of many people. Some women start planning for their weddings from the time they become young girls. They fantasize about how handsome their grooms will be and how beautiful their dresses and gowns will look. They think of it as the biggest occasion in their lifetime.
To the men, weddings are days they finally marry the girl of their dreams. The woman who will make it all better and share their lives with them, the mother of their children, the shaper of their dreams, and the one who satisfies their pleasures.
They say that women look for traits of their fathers in the men they want to marry and men look for traits of their mothers in their intended brides.
A wedding is a day we commit our lives to our partners and vow to love and keep them regardless of future circumstances. The pageantry and awesomeness of a wedding do not determine the destiny of a marriage. An approaching wedding date can be nerve-racking to the intended but God wants us relaxed and looking up to him for guidance.
Wives submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church for we are members of his body. For this reason, a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” This is a profound mystery but I am talking about Christ and the church. However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Ephesians 5:22-33
A wedding in God’s eyes is a day of sacrifice. Just as He sacrificed His Son for our salvation we must also sacrifice our lives for each other. When you marry you become one with each other. Imagine yourself fused with someone in one body. You will not do anything to harm that person because you know that you will harm yourself also in the process.
When all is said and done you should be able to look back and say boldly that I was one with my partner and they were one with me. Just as we expect Christ to be one with us and recognize our friendship when we meet him we must honor our partners and be one with them throughout our marriage lives. This is what God expects us to understand before our wedding day.
Prayers for wedding
Prayer for the wedding day
Heavenly Father,
We thank you for our lives today
We have waited for this special day all our lives and you have made it possible and beautiful
We commit our wedding ceremony into your hands
We pray for perfect weather that day
We pray that all preparations go smoothly without a hitch
We command goodness from heaven on that day
Let all who travel to celebrate with us have a safe and wonderful day
Replace all they lose because of us on that day
We rebuke all evil plans concerning the ceremony that day
Let all that happen be according to your plan
Give us grace and mercy in all we do
Give us strength and wisdom in all our actions
Preserve our lives and give us peace within
Let that day be memorable and renew the love between those already married
Let it cause others to meet their soul mates as well
We give thanks to you because we know you have already done it for us
Amen
A groom’s prayer on his wedding day
Dear Lord,
Thank you for bringing me this far
I have searched and found someone I think will be a good wife for me
I met a lot of people during my search and chose this one
I pray today that you prepare her for me
I know I prayed to you to help me find her
But I still need your guidance today and always
Help me relate well to her
Help me be one with her
Help me share in her happy and sad days
Let her presence in my life bring blessings and prosperity
Let our union bring children and generations
Let my life be enriched by her presence
Let my soul be happy with hers
Let everything we do together be a success
Remove failure from our doorstep
Replace our setbacks with glory and let me be able to love her in the way that she deserves
Amen
A bride’s prayer on her wedding day
Merciful Father
Thank you for giving me someone for me
I am thankful and grateful that you have heard my prayers
I met a lot of people I thought would be the one but it turned out you had a plan for me all along
I pray for your guidance to help me be a good partner to him
Help me submit to him and help him achieve his dreams
Let me not be a hateful, bitter, or a nagging wife
Help me appreciate anything he does for me
Let me be a helper and not a discourager
Help me take care of my family like you take care of me
I cover my marriage with your grace and protection
Open my womb and fill it with children
Help me raise my family with love and care
Give me the strength to be there for them
Give me the grace to care for them and raise them in you until I am strong no more
Thank you for hearing my prayer,
in Jesus’ name, I pray
Amen
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Wedding prayer for son
Merciful Father
Thank you for giving our son a wife to complete him
We pray that their union brings our two families together in harmony and love
We pray that whatever generational curses and diseases end with this union
We bless them with financial prosperity and a happy home
Let them seek you always in times of confusion
Help us to help them when they need assistance
Help us welcome the bride into this family with open arms
Let her not feel alienated or have any feelings of resentment
Bless the work of her hands and let our son love her with all his strength
Amen
Wedding prayer for daughter
Dear Father in heaven
Thank you for all the grace and mercies you have bestowed on us
We pray for our daughter at this time of her life
Help her in this marriage and help us support her in all she needs
Let our two families co-exist in harmony and love throughout this union
We bless their union and speak unending blessings unto their lives
Let every decision they make bring prosperity and success
Give our daughter all the love and support she needs
Open up her womb and make her fertile
May her shadow never diminish and may her life be filled with joy and happiness
Amen
Wedding prayer for couple
Dear Lord in heaven
We commit this marriage into your hands
Come and take dominion of it
Let your love grace good health cover the walls of our home
Let everything we decide to do end in success and happiness
Cover our marriage with the blood of Jesus
Help us raise our children in your love and care
Order our steps and clear our paths
Let us begin and end each day with you
Provide us with all we desire and need
Give us peace and prosperity
Be our healer and provider
Be our guidance and protector
Help us solve all the issues we face
Thank you for being with us through it all
Amen
Marriage is a union between two souls who agree to share their lives on earth together. Let God be the foundation of your marriage. Let Him be the pillars of your marriage. Begin with Him. The wedding is just an initiation ceremony for your long marriage. Commit yourselves unto the Lord before you take the first step. Let Him dwell in your home.
The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”
Genesis 2:18