Every season of prayer and fasting is set to align us more with God’s desire for our lives in that season. It is important that you begin this season with all readiness of heart and expectation to receive all that is available for you. So, as you read through this devotional this morning, pause and speak them aloud as a confession.

Proverbs 3:5-6 
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5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 

6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

Make this confession:
I Trust in the LORD with all my heart, And lean not on my own understanding; [6] In all my ways I acknowledge Him, And He shall direct my paths. 

Psalm 37:4-5 
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4 Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. 

5 Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.

Make this confession:
I Delight myself in the LORD, And He shall give me the desires of my heart. I Commit my ways to the LORD, and Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.

Psalm 55:22 
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22 Cast your burden on the LORD, And He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.

Make this confession:
I cast my burdens on the LORD, And He shall sustain me; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.

1 Peter 5:6-7 
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6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, 

7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

Make this confession:
I therefore humble myself under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt me in due time, casting all my care upon Him, for He cares for me. 

These confessions aren’t made because we believe that simply confessing these words would force God’s hand in our lives or over our future & current marriages.
But rather because we know that these words reflect God’s reputation and His power.

Often, we go through life as though it is by our strength alone that we have all that we have or that we are even surviving.

David, in the Psalms, spoke after deeply considering and meditating on God’s word.
Peter, too, spoke from his understanding of both God’s reputation and the revelation of Jesus.

Through this, we realize that these words hold truth for us as well.

These confessions are for you. They don’t guarantee that things will automatically come to pass simply because you’ve declared them, but they help shift your focus toward the endless possibilities and abilities of God, particularly on the subject of your future marriages.
Have you trusted the lord with it? Have you placed it in his hands?
Have you prayed about it? Have you prayed that it would follow God’s divine will for Marriage?

That you would have a peaceful, Godly home with a loving, Godly partner.
Well, you can trust God with your marriage today.

Yes, you might be anxious, and rightly so, the world can be uncertain, and the future often feels unpredictable. You might have experiences of broken marriages around you. But placing your future in God’s hands is an act of trust, acknowledging that He is sovereign over all things, including the unknowns ahead.

As you read these words, begin to picture a marriage built on the rock of Christ.
A marriage that mirrors the relationship between Christ and the church, just like the Apostle Paul says in the book of Ephesians.

Ephesians 5:31-32 
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31 For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” 

32 This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

This is so powerful.

That the joining of the Husband to his wife, that one flesh Idea is supposed to mirror us being one body in Christ.
That the mystery of Marriage is that as you become one in your marital union, inseparable, you are showing how believers as well have become one with each other and with Chirst.

And so your marriage has a deep spiritual meaning as well, according to God’s design.

And so every good marriage you see is mirroring and storytelling our brotherhood in Christ as well.

Ephesians 5:22-26 
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22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 

23 For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. 

24 Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 

26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word,

God’s order for how we show love in marriage is that he has graced men to lead and love like Christ and women with power in submission to nurture and tend in the partnership which is marriage.
Knowing this, pray about your future or current marriage.

Prayer Point: Father as I fast and pray today, I commit my marriage into your hands, that it would be built on the rock which is Christ. That it would follow your divine pattern.
I declare that my marriage is strong and truly mirrors the union between Christ and the church. It would not fail for any reason.

With love,
The Catalyst,
Pastor Michael Ipaye