10 Prayers for the Right Partner in Life

Say these heartfelt prayers for God to lead you to the right partner in life, seeking His wisdom, discernment, and direction in singleness, dating, and marriage.

Many people are still searching for the right partner in life. Especially when you are a Christian, it can be difficult to find someone who you truly click with who also holds all of the same values that you do in your faith. 

In fact, many people pray for years to find the right person and feel as though God isn’t hearing those prayers. However, this isn’t the case. God hears every prayer and answers in His timing.

To help you continue to pray, you can use each of these prayers as a prayer for the right partner in life. Use each of these as an opportunity to truly connect with God, tell Him your desires and needs, and petition Him to fulfill your request. 

You are not alone in your search for the right person. God is right there with you and He wants to hear from you today about what you need from Him.

Prayer for the Right Partner in Life

1. Powerful Prayers for Your Future Husband and Wife

Heavenly Father,

Although I know that I am never alone, I find myself feeling lonely and hopeful for finding a true life partner sometime in the future. I long for someone to live alongside, someone to share my life with. However, I have not found the right person yet.

God, please prepare for me the right person on my path. Help me to be patient and wait for the person that You desire me to be with. Remind me that Your ways are best and Your timing is perfect. 

On the harder days, give me the strength to wait and the wisdom to know that You know best. Prepare my future partner’s heart as well, Lord, that when we do find one another, we will build a relationship that is wholly founded on You and Your truth.

In Jesus Name,

Amen.

2. Prayer for the Right Partner in Life – Taking the Right Path and Surrendering to the Perfect Will of God 

Lord God,

Life is full of decisions and sometimes it is hard to make decisions that are in line with Your desires for my obedience. I know that I should wait for You to bring the right person into my life, but there is also a temptation to jump into every chance at a relationship without prayerfully considering Your will in it all.

I pray that as I wait for the right partner in life, I will take the right path in every situation and make the right decision that honors You. Help me to be patient and wait for that right person without jumping into other relationships that aren’t what You desire for me. Help me to surrender to Your will and remember that it is perfect.

In Jesus’ Name,

Amen.

3. Prayer Request Asking Almighty God to Help You See All the Good Things In Your Waiting Season

Dear God,

I know from Your Word that You make all things work together for me. From this, I know that the reason that I am not yet with the right partner is that it isn’t the right time. Yet it isn’t easy to be patient in this time of waiting.

Please give me the strength to see all of the good things that You have given me in this season of waiting. Help me to remember to trust in Your timing and wait on You for all that is good. Give me strength, wisdom, and clarity.

In the Name of our Lord Jesus,

Amen.

4. Prayer Asking for a God-Fearing Partner and a Loving Future Home

Father God,

I pray for a God-fearing partner to be in my future. I ask that You would prepare someone for me that I can build a home with that is focused on serving and glorifying You. Give me and this person the wisdom and strength to stay committed to Your truths for our family.

Help me to be patient in waiting for this person that You are preparing. Prepare in me the right heart and attitude to create the family that I desire and commit them wholeheartedly to You daily.

In the Mighty Name of Jesus,

Amen.

5. Prayer Asking the Lord Jesus to Help You Give Unconditional Love to Your Future Spouse 

Dear Lord,

Although I do not know who my future partner will be, I do know that I want to be able to show them the kind of love that You have for us. I ask that even now, You will develop within me the potential for unconditional love. Help me to learn how to love unconditionally so that my bond with my future spouse will be unbreakable.

Help me to learn patience, grace, and love. Help me to learn how to show these no matter what circumstance I find myself in. By learning to do this, I can begin to scratch the surface of unconditional love and prepare myself for my future spouse.

In the Name of Jesus Christ,

Amen.

6. Prayer to Meet a Good Spouse and Build a Happy Family Life Together in God’s Perfect Time 

O Lord,

I look forward to the day when I find my spouse so that we can begin building a happy family together. I know that finding a good spouse is a difficult but good thing, so I will choose to wait on You as You work all things together for my good.

Please give me the faith to trust in Your perfect timing. So often, I try to work things out when I want them to work out, but that isn’t what is best for me. Your timing is best, so I ask that You would give me the strength to trust it as I wait for my future spouse.

In Jesus Name,

Amen.

7. Prayer of Surrender – Aligning the Desires of Your Heart to God’s Will

Faithful God,

Today, I commit my search for a spouse to You. Although I have been very anxious to find someone to spend my life with, I know that it is ultimately better in Your hands and Your timing. Please work in me to align my heart with Your will, not my own. May Your will be done in all of my life.

Help me to be patient and to trust what You’re doing in my life. Give me the strength to wait and find contentment in who I am without a spouse. Help me to do the work to prepare myself for marriage and to grow closer to You daily.

In Jesus Name,

Amen.

8. Prayer Asking for Divine Guidance – To Evaluate Every Failed Relationship and Seek God’s Holy Will

Almighty Father,

I ask today for divine guidance in how to look for a godly spouse to marry and build a God-honoring family with. As I look over past relationships, help me to see why they failed and how I can do better next time.

Help me to seek Your will in every aspect of this search so that I can learn to trust You over my own desires. Give me patience and strength every day and clarity to make good decisions for my future.

In Jesus Name,

Amen.

9. Prayer for the Right Partner in Life – Suitable Life Partner Handpicked by God

Dear God,

I pray that whoever I find in this life to be my partner will be the person that You handpicked for me. Help me to trust in Your guidance rather than my own so that I can find the person that You want me to be with.

Help me to not look at superficial aspects of someone but rather look at what is deeper and more eternally valuable to You. Show me the path You want me to walk and the person that You want me to end up with.

In Jesus Name,

Amen.

10. Prayer of Gratitude for the Gift of Marriage