How To Pray for a Future Spouse

“She is out there. My Cinderella. She is real. She exists. I pray for her constantly. May God satisfy the desires of her heart, draw her close, consume her. May He claim her passions, her identity, her refuge, her hopes, her strengths and weaknesses, every fiber of her being. May she treasure and cherish her Savior more than anything of this world and cling to His will with every ounce of her stamina. By all that she is, does, and strives to be, may He draw near to her and she to Him.”
- Adam Young (Owl City)


Girls, change the gender and pray for your future spouse.  Pray for yourself in this manner too.  How you live now will matter to your future self later, so weigh out your decisions carefully in the dating arena.  


Do not conform to the world in this area.  Our culture today has destroyed boundaries, and tried to convince us that no commitment and meaningless everything is what you actually want in a relationship, but broken hearted woman a few years older than you are now show us that these lies fade away to loneliness and discontent.  The truth is most of us are created for communion with a spouse that mirrors the church's communion with Christ, honoring Creator God.  You do not have to date a thousand people to understand what it is you like in a guy-- you simply need to look for a guy running hard and fast after Christ, and God will likely step in and reveal one that happens to enjoy similar tastes in music, books, etc.  Although I can tell you that Joey and I differ in about every way other than our faith and love for Christ and call to student ministry and God has stepped in and made this marriage work for His glory for 10 years now. 


If you are going to be worthy of the guy running hard and fast after Christ, you must be running the race well too.  Keep a steady pace, and date those who are running next to you.  Don't slow down to wait for a guy to catch up, he should be running alongside!  


So here are the verse for today, all keeping the in  RACE theme.  Run the race well, ladies.  


Hebrews 12

 ¹ Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, ² fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. ³ Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

 ²⁴ Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. ²⁵Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. ²⁶ Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. ²⁷ No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.