God Sanctified Marriage

It was God and not man Who sanctified marriage and blessed it.. and it was God who commanded that a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. As with all of God's sacred ordinances and commands, marriage was established for man's benefit and joy, and no power in heaven or earth is exempt from God's divine institutions.
It was God who used the beautiful picture of marriage between a man and a woman as a lovely illustration of the sacred union between Christ and His bride, which is the Church. And it was Christ, Who loved the church so much that He gave Himself up for her, so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the Word  and so that He might present the church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing. That she might be holy and without blemish.
"Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh."

Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father We thank You for the institution of marriage and the many benefits and joys that stream from the this holy ordinance. Draw close to all who are married.. and we pray for Your protection over the sanctity of marriage, and ask that You will guard and protect those that in standing up for Your truth or being persecuted for righteousness sake. We pray that Jesus would speedily return to overturn the pride of man and set up His kingdom on earth, as promised in Your word - this we ask in Jesus name - Amen.