{"id":3967,"date":"2018-01-05T23:00:46","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T04:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?p=3967"},"modified":"2026-07-05T16:11:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T20:11:26","slug":"marriage-prayer-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/marriage-prayer-wife","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer for my Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Dear Heavenly Father,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">You are amazing and wonderful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Your unchanging love surrounds me and protects me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">You bless me, and you bless my marriage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Thank you for my husband. What an impressive man he is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Teach me to love him and value him as I should.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Show me how to be the kind of encourager that he needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Continually guide our hearts toward each other and toward you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">In Jesus&#8217; name, I pray,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Amen.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Heavenly Father, You are amazing and wonderful. Your unchanging love surrounds me and protects me. You bless me, and you bless my marriage. Thank you for my husband. What an impressive man he is. Teach me to love him and value him as I should. 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