{"id":2675,"date":"2016-01-21T12:53:23","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T17:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/?p=2675"},"modified":"2016-01-21T12:53:23","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T17:53:23","slug":"a-prayer-for-supernatural-matchmaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2016\/01\/a-prayer-for-supernatural-matchmaking.html","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer For Supernatural Matchmaking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>He will send his angel ahead of you, and he will see to it that you find a wife there for my son.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>\u201cO Lord, God of my master, Abraham,\u201d he prayed. \u201cPlease give me success today, and show unfailing love to my master, Abraham. See, I am standing here beside this spring, and the young women of the town are coming out to draw water. This is my request. I will ask one of them, \u2018Please give me a drink from your jug.\u2019 If she says, \u2018Yes, have a drink, and I will water your camels, too!\u2019\u2014let her be the one you have selected as Isaac\u2019s wife. This is how I will know that you have shown unfailing love to my master.\u201d Before he had finished praying, he saw a young woman named Rebekah coming out with her water jug on her shoulder. (Genesis <\/strong><strong>24:7b, 12-14<\/strong><strong>)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Finding a spouse requires supernatural help, guidance, and confirmation. The same God that helped Isaac find Rebekah can help you.<\/p>\n<p><em>Father,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You are my Lord, and I want to live my life to please and worship you. The longing\u00a0of my heart is to live a life of devotion to you alongside a life partner whose desires align with Yours. I pray that your angel would go before me to guide me to this person. I ask that you would grant confirmation, direction, and affirmation regarding this person. I realize I am asking for a considerable responsibility. Make me ready for this level of dedication and determination to be fit for marriage. It\u2019s clear when I look around me that many fail in their aspirations\u00a0to have a successful marriage. I believe that with your help, I will be successful. With your precepts to guide me, Your Spirit to convict me, Your Word to transform me, I will learn to love and be loved as you would have me.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In Jesus\u2019 Name, Amen<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He will send his angel ahead of you, and he will see to it that you find a wife there for my son. \u201cO Lord, God of my master, Abraham,\u201d he prayed. \u201cPlease give me success today, and show unfailing love to my master, Abraham. 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