If you are looking for Christian prayers for weddings, this page offers a written prayer you can pray for a couple before their wedding, on the morning of the ceremony, or in the years that follow. You can read the main prayer aloud exactly as written, or use it as a starting point and speak your own words in the same spirit. A shorter version and a set of verses to pray alongside it are included below.
Christian Prayers for Weddings
Father, thank you for the gift of marriage and for the way you join two lives into one. We come to you today for the couple whose wedding is drawing near. Some of the nerves they feel are about the ceremony itself: the words they will say, the vows they will keep, the family that will be watching. Others run deeper, into questions about whether they are ready to give themselves fully to another person. Calm their hearts, Lord, and remind them that you are the one who holds them together.
We ask that you would bless their love with patience, kindness and honesty. Teach them to forgive quickly and to speak tenderly, especially on the hard days that every marriage will have. Give them wisdom for money, for in-laws, for work and for the decisions that will shape their home. Where they have doubts, let them bring those doubts to you and not hide them. Where they feel joy, let them thank you for it. Make their home a place where your presence is felt, and let their faithfulness to each other point others toward your faithfulness to us.
Lord, we also pray for everyone standing with them on this day: the parents who are letting go, the friends who have prayed for them, and the guests who have traveled to be there. Give all of them peace, and keep the day from being about anything other than your goodness. Amen.
A Shorter Version to Pray in a Moment
Lord, bless this couple as they begin their life together. Steady their nerves, guard their love, and help them to choose each other with patience and grace. Let your faithfulness be the foundation of everything they build. Thank you that you have been faithful to us all along. Amen.
Scriptures to Pray Alongside
Genesis 2:24
Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
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Pray this verse for the couple as a reminder that marriage is a new family, formed by choice and commitment. Ask God to help them put each other first while still honoring the people who raised them.
Ecclesiastes 4:12
If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
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Use this verse to ask God to make the couple’s bond strong in the hard seasons. Pray that they would always have each other, and that God himself would be the third strand holding them together.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
4 Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, 5 doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; 6 doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
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Pray through this passage slowly, asking God to shape their love into the patient, kind and forgiving kind described here. Ask him to show them where they need to grow in these qualities.
Colossians 3:14
Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.
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Pray that love would be the garment they wear every day, binding together every other virtue in their marriage. Ask God to keep their love deep and steady even when the feelings of the day run low.
Psalm 127:1
Unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.
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Use this verse to lay the couple’s plans before the Lord, asking him to build the house they are starting. Pray that they would trust him more than their own strength for their future together.
How to Pray This Prayer
Many people find it helpful to pray for the couple early in the morning, before the day’s details take over. Find a quiet chair, a window with some light, or a spot in the kitchen where you can sit for a few minutes. Holding a cup of tea or a small object that reminds you of the couple can keep your mind from wandering while you read.
You can also invite others to pray this prayer with you. A small group of friends, a family gathering, or a bridal party can each take a paragraph and read it aloud together. If you are praying for a couple after the wedding, read the prayer on their anniversary or during a season when you know they are facing something difficult.
A Blessing to Close
May the Lord bless this couple and keep them, and may his face shine on them with grace. May their love grow deeper with every year, and may they always find in each other a faithful companion for the road ahead. Peace be with them and with everyone who loves them.
