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Many waters cannot quench love, nor can rivers drown it. Love flashes like fire, the brightest kind of flame. For love is as strong as death, its passion as enduring as the grave. Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm. And these are the hands that even when wrinkled and aged, will still be reaching for yours, still giving you the same unspoken tenderness with just a touch.Ġ2 of 05 Bible Verses Song of Solomon 8:6-7, New International Version These are the hands that will give you strength. These are the hands that will hold your family as one. These are the hands that will countless times wipe the tears from your eyes, tears of sorrow and joy. These are the hands that will hold you and comfort you in grief and uncertainty.

These are the hands that will work alongside yours as together you build your future.

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These are the hands of your partner, young and strong and full of love, holding your hands as you promise to love each other today, tomorrow, and forever. God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, bless, preserve and keep you the Lord mercifully grant you the riches of his grace, that you may please him both in body and soul, and, living together in faith and love, may receive the blessings of eternal life. We ask this through Jesus Christ your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Let their love for each other be a seal upon their hearts and a crown upon their heads.īless them in their work and in their companionship awake and asleep, in joy and in sorrow, in life and in death.įinally, in your mercy, bring them to that banquet where your saints feast for ever in your heavenly home. Pour out the abundance of your blessing upon N and N in their new life together. The Blessing of the Marriageīlessed are you, O Lord our God, for you have created joy and gladness, pleasure and delight, love, peace and fellowship. May the world be forever a better place because the two of you fell in love. May you face every challenge hand-in-hand and side-by-side knowing that with God's grace, you'll conquer all obstacles together. May love and laughter fill your hearts and your home for all at the days of your lives. May your marriage always bring glory to God, joy to one another and blessings to your family for many generations to come. Bless them in their work and in their companionship in their sleeping and in their waking in their joys and in their sorrows in their life and in their death.įinally, in your mercy, bring them to that table where your saints feast for ever in your heavenly home through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Let their love for each other be a seal upon their hearts, a mantle about their shoulders, and a crown upon their foreheads. By the power of your Holy Spirit, pour out the abundance of your blessing upon this man and this woman. We thank you, also, for consecrating the union of man and woman in his Name. Most gracious God, we give you thanks for your tender love in sending Jesus Christ to come among us, to be born of a human mother, and to make the way of the cross to be the way of life. This we ask through Jesus Christ, great Lover of our souls. May they serve Thee happily, faithfully, together, until at last one shall lay the other into the arms of God. When life is done and the sun is setting, may they be found then as now, hand in hand, still thanking God for each other. May they never take each other's love for granted, but always experience that breathless wonder that exclaims, 'Out of all this world, you have chosen me.'

May they seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and the other things shall be added unto them. Give them great spiritual purpose in life. Teach them that marriage is not living merely for each other it is two uniting and joining hands to serve Thee. Give her that inner beauty of soul that never fades, that eternal youth that is found in holding fast the things that never age. Giver her tenderness that will make her great, a deep sense of understanding, and a great faith in Thee. May his strength be her protection, his character be her boast and her pride, and may he so live that she will find in him the haven for which the heart of woman truly longs.īless this loving wife. Bless him as provider of nourishment and raiment, and sustain him in all the exactions and pressures of his battle for bread. Thine was the plan, and only with Thee can we work it out with joy.īless this husband. O God of love, Thou has established marriage for the welfare and happiness of mankind. 01 of 05 Wedding Day Blessings Marriage Prayer for Bride and Groom