5 Day Challenge

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What's better than experiencing 5 days of focused prayer? Not that you can't have a general prayer that covers everything under one umbrella, but it's just nice to have a focus point. On Instagram I saw a post about 5 days of prayer for your future spouse via the website marriedandyoung.com. The website is ran by an amazing young coupled named Jamal and Natasha Miller. I've been seeing a lot of books about this and other posts. I thought to myself, why not? It's not that I haven't and don't pray about this already, but maybe I'm not being specific enough. Specificity doesn't hurt though I believe that the Lord already knows the desires of your heart. What's been ironic about this 5 day journey is that each day, the topic is relevant to a convo that I may have had that week or the day before. It's mind blowing to refresh yourself on the things you already know and a reality check to make you feel as if you need to step your game up as well.

Day 1- Pray their house isn't built on sand
Anything you love most, is essentially your God. You want someone who loves God more than they love you. Your relationship with God as individuals is what can make and break a marriage. Make sure they have a good foundation.

Day 2- Pray they are breaking ties with every ex-lover
From emotional soul ties to addictions and attachment issues with things... anything can be a lover if it takes priority in your life over Christ. He truly can't make room for the new if you're hanging on to the old.

Day 3- Pray for "Godly Chemistry"
You need to have purposes that have chemistry. You need to have the desire and purpose to aid your spouse in walking into the fullness of their destiny and purpose in life. A person who doesn't know who they are, doesn't need to be in a relationship.

Day 4- Pray they don't eat the apple.
You nor your mate should be ones that indulge in temptation. When times are rough or hard or when you're lonely, you need to be able to resist the temptations of social media inboxes, a nice looking person, etc. Pray that your significant other has no bondage to things that are of temptation. Whom the Son sets free is free indeed and this can only happen through Him.


Day 5- Pray they are "hiding & seeking". 
Once you've establishes a relationship with God, break past ties, and know who you are through Christ, and know what it takes to have a successful Godly marriage, it's ok to be in "seeking" or "hiding" mode. A man is to find, and a woman is to be found. You should want to be the right person for a marriage. As Jamal Miller states so eloquently, "God is STILL writing love stories the way HE wants to write them, and He really doesn't care about our fairy tale stories, but is more committed to you finding, or being found, by the RIGHT one...versus the one who is perfect for your 'story'." Align your idea of love and expression of it with Godly principles.

Though I can only briefly touch on these topics without completely posting the emails, I found this info so nicely organized and simple that I had to share. The message is necessary for where I am in my life. It's no secret that I desire to one day marry. I am amazed when some people question that since I'm not married yet. I do know that I need to be as most prepared spiritually as I possibly can be. Shaky grounds and storms may present, but a relationship that has Christ as the foundation is the one that is bound to last with faith and the aligning works. I intend to focus on these prayers/topics and associated scriptures a little deeper. God will allow the desires of my heart to be fulfilled as I gain more of the tools that I need like such and as I gain more patience.

Peace and Blessings!