The Reality of Marriage

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What if you’re actually ready for a marriage, but your future spouse is not? Like you’re waiting and this whole time you’ve been complaining and waiting for your future spouse and your future spouse has been struggling without your prayers. Wow, wow. What if praying for them right now could actually make a significant difference in their healing journey?

— Gabriel Arruda

Arruda, Gabriel, “How to Pray for A Godly Spouse” (AudioVerse teaching 43647).

The point

Praying for a future spouse now, even while waiting, can make a real difference in their healing and readiness for marriage.

Audience

Adults

Tone

Encouraging

To tell aloud

about 1 min · 59 words

Subjects

Waiting On God Prayer Prayer for Others Realism Marriage

▶ Heard on AudioVerse: Arruda, Gabriel — “How to Pray for A Godly Spouse” ↗

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