Prayers for Healing
I’m having a hard time putting into written words what exactly I want to say. I thank God that He knows the meditations of my heart, even when words fail me.
There are so many people in my life right now that are in need of healing. I find myself checking social media more often for health updates. I wanted to share these prayers here… because I think that the process will be good for my prayer, and maybe it will speak to others.
I think specifically of two little premature babies—Baby J. and Baby A. I pray for continued growth and health as each new ounce is counted and celebrated. Lord, bless their tiny bodies and bring them up to be a testament of Your kingdom and glory. I lift up their mommas and daddies who are my friends from college. Keep them healthy as they fight for their babies daily.
Father, be with my future sister’s older brother as he continues radiation and chemo treatments for the cancer he’s fighting. Be with him and give him strength and courage in the days ahead. Be with his family so that they can support him in whatever ways necessary. Surround him with Your love and peace. Give the doctors wisdom as they carry out his treatment.
Be with my sweet sister-in-Christ as she tries to become a mother. Make her whole and give her doctors answers. You know the desire of her heart—to be a mother and make her husband a father. Her eyes are turned on You. Give her peace and understanding in the days to come.
Lord, be with my mentor and her husband as he continues to recover from emergency surgery. Give the doctors answers—solve the mystery of the complications. I ask for clarity and wisdom for the doctors. Be with their kids as they continue with their routines.
There are just so many people that are in need of being uplifted—and I know that there are people that are not included in this humble blog post that need prayers just as badly.
Over it all, I find myself praying, "Your will be done, Lord, on earth as it is in heaven. Your will be done." And I find myself waiting with bated breath to see what His will is in these things. I know that He has knit us together in our mothers' wombs and I know He has counted our days just as the hairs on our head. He is sovereign and it is with faithfulness that I give Him these petitions.
“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know hat suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.”
