I read from the book of Mark, chapter 10, where the Pharisees came to Jesus asking if it was lawful for a man to put away his wife. Jesus explained that Moses allowed divorce because of the hardness of men’s hearts, but from the beginning it was not so. God made them male and female, and the two became one flesh.
Then Jesus said something very important: What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder. That’s where I want to focus. Not what man joined together, but what God joined together. I feel in my spirit that there are unions God put together, and there are unions that people put together themselves. And I wonder if that difference might be part of why we see so much separation and divorce.
This is something I’ve been praying about deeply. There may be people God joined together who never married legally, and there may be people who are legally married whom God did not join together. Every situation is complex. When you make vows, you’re making them before God, and vows matter. But still, the question remains — whom did God join together?
So tonight, my prayer is for the people God has joined together. That no person, no system, no force, and no circumstance would separate what God Himself joined. And for those who were joined by God but are now separated — whether by divorce, distance, or interference — I pray they would find their way back to each other, by the power and direction of God.
Father God, whom You have joined together, let no man put asunder. Bring clarity. Bring correction where it’s needed. Bring restoration where it’s Your will. Rearrange whatever must be rearranged, and let Your truth prevail over every human plan.
God bless, Shirah Chante, your relationship coach,
P.S. This prayer only scratches the surface. I encourage you to listen to the full episode of Midnight Prayer: Who God Joined Together to hear the entire teaching, scripture, and heartfelt intercession around what God truly joins together.