This page offers short prayers for couples, written for husbands and wives who want to bring their marriage before God together or on their own. Pray them at the start or end of a day, before a hard conversation, or when the house is quiet and you both have a few minutes. You can read the prayer aloud exactly as written or use it as a starting point and speak in your own words.
Short Prayers for Couples
Lord, thank You for bringing us together. We come to You as two people who love each other and also sometimes fail each other. Thank You for the ordinary good of this marriage: the coffee made without being asked, the phone call from work just to say hello, the forgiveness we have already received from You and given to one another.
Father, we ask You to be at the center of our home. When we are tired and short with each other, slow us down. When money, schedules, in-laws or children pull us in different directions, remind us that we are on the same side. Help us listen before we answer, speak kindly even when we disagree, and admit it quickly when we are wrong. Keep our hearts soft toward each other and toward You.
Give us patience for the seasons that are hard and gratitude for the seasons that are good. Protect our marriage from pride, from silence, and from anything that would pull us apart. Make us a place of rest and safety for each other. We trust You with our future together. Amen.
A Shorter Version to Pray in a Moment
Lord, we are both here, and we need You between us. Calm what is anxious in me and what is anxious in my spouse. Help us hear each other clearly and speak gently. Forgive what we have done wrong today and help us forgive what has been done to us. Make our home a place where You are welcome. Amen.
Scriptures to Pray Alongside
Genesis 2:24
Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
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Pray this verse by thanking God for the bond He created between you. Ask Him to strengthen the commitment that holds you together when feelings run low or outside pressures grow heavy.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
4 Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, 5 doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; 6 doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
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Read this slowly and let each quality become a request. Ask God to make your marriage patient and kind, and to help you bear, believe, hope and endure for one another.
Ephesians 4:32
And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
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Pray this as an honest confession and a request. Name a specific hurt you are still holding, ask God to soften your heart, and ask Him to help you extend the same forgiveness you have received.
Colossians 3:14
Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.
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Use this verse to ask God for the unity that love brings. Pray that love would be the thing that binds your marriage together in every season, not just the good ones.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. 10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn’t have another to lift him up.
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Pray this verse with gratitude for the help your spouse gives you. Ask God to make you a steady companion, someone who lifts the other up when they stumble and does not leave them alone in trouble.
How to Pray This Prayer
Choose a time when you are both rested and not in the middle of a disagreement. Many couples find the last few minutes before bed works well, or a quiet moment in the car before you go into the house. Sit close enough to hold hands, and if you prefer, take turns reading a paragraph each so both of you have a voice in the prayer.
Keep a copy of the prayer somewhere you will see it, such as the kitchen counter, the bathroom mirror or the notes app on your phone. You might also invite a trusted friend or pastor to pray it for you both on a day when you feel stuck. Over time, the words will become familiar, and you may find yourselves adding your own sentences as God shows you what your marriage needs.
A Blessing to Close
May the Lord bless this marriage and keep it strong. May He fill these two hearts with patience, kindness and joy, and may they grow closer to Him and to each other with every passing year. May His peace rest over this home, now and always.
