Prayer for Marriages

As much as I enjoy the stories here on MH—the sensual, heartfelt, sexual, raw, erotic, passionate, loving sex that is being described and shared —I am also encouraged by the hope that it will once again come alive in my marriage. I must be careful with the stories here (and other similar sites) as I can easily fall into desire, jealously, and lust. Thank you, Father, for the ever-cleansing blood of Jesus and your Grace.

With that, I’m sharing a prayer that I have shared/agreed with other guys living in a similar situation as myself, a season (hopefully just a season) of a sexless marriage. I know there are resources and such, but prayer is the foundational resource. I ask you to join in agreement if you so choose. (And if applicable, change the husband/wife focus as appropriate.)

We come in agreement with each other, through the blood and name of Jesus Christ. We thank you for the gift of our wives in our lives. We thank you for creating us as Men and Women, with natural, sexual desires for each other. Thank you for the gift and joy of sex and being able to enjoy unhindered, unashamed, mind-blowing, physically gratifying sexual enjoyment from and with each other. Guard our minds and our hearts. Mold us into the husbands you intended us to be. Rekindle the flame of passion, of eros and agape love. Help us to love our wives as only their husbands can make love to them—fulfilling them in every way: emotionally, physically, spiritually.

Rekindle the passion within our wives. Show us how to turn them on and be attractive to them, to be desirable for them.
Show us and give us creativity in how to cherish our wives, to woo them, to be strong for them, that they would be drawn to us as in the days of our youth.

We trust in You. We place our hope in you for the rest of our days to be filled with love and passion and that we would be an example for other couples to see the design and joy of sex that you intended, to which NOTHING this world has to offer can compare.

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10 replies
  1. AmBlessed says:

    Amen & amen! And we pray that You will give us the ability to love, woo & cherish them as You have done and do for us, with no sense of manipulation but only for their good. Give us the perseverance to play the long game.

  2. LovingMan says:

    Even for those of us NOT in a sexless marriage, the stories here on MH should be read without the tendency to compare your marriage sex to others if you feel upset that other married couples have it better. We all are different and every marriage is different. We get ideas from MH to spice up our loving sex, but we should not be coveting other couples’ relationships. We should be celebrating our own.
    That being said, if little to no sex is happening in a marriage, I would highly recommend individual therapy/counseling and marriage counseling or/& marriage sex therapy. WE did that, and it greatly improved all aspects of our relationship.

  3. CrazyHappyLoved says:

    I'm praying with you for all those whose spouses have yet to embrace their God-given role as sexual partners. There is a lot of pleasure for both husband and wife when servants' hearts lead them to meet the physical and emotional needs of their husband or wife without fear or judgment. Stay strong and patient!

  4. SouthernHeat says:

    This is such a beautiful prayer. So touching as well. I will be prayIng for these marriages that passion and desire would be rekindled. Sex is a gift from God for us to enjoy in marriage. Just because one or the other is lower drive doesn’t mean there can’t be progress and compromises made. I pray these spouses will see the importance of this gift and all that is can bring to a relationship.

    1 Corinthians 13:1 love is patient, love is kind, does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it Is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrong. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

    That scripture is something we all need to remember. We pray for the truth to be revealed in these marriages, the truth behind the issues, so they can get to the root of the problem and freedom and breakthrough can come!

  5. Maxlove says:

    Standing in agreement. Been on both sides of it, feeling like the most fulfilled husband on earth, and the most frustrated husband on earth. No place lonelier than the latter. We're both 60+, with some serious health challenges of late too, so that's a factor.

  6. Mercury7 says:

    50shsR, thank you for this prayer for your own marriage and other marriages of the folks on this site. Truly it is God who has to work in our hearts to bring about any growth or changes that He desires. I often pray for the people/situations that I read about here, and I know others do also. May God respond with grace and favor to your prayer, bringing a new season of renewal to your marriage, and to all of us here who also at times get caught in the doldrums. We all continually need God's help and power to keep developing into what He wants us (and our marriages) to be.

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