Dear God,
I come before You today with a heavy heart, asking for Your healing touch. I know that You are the Great Physician and that nothing is impossible for You. I believe in Your power to restore health and strength, but I also trust in Your sovereign plan and Your perfect timing.
I ask that You would bring healing to my body and strength to my mind and spirit. I pray for the courage to face each day with hope and trust in Your love, even if You do not choose to heal me in the way that I desire.
Please be with me in my suffering and give me peace and comfort. I also pray for those who are caring for the sick, that You would give them wisdom and compassion as they minister to the needs of others.
I thank You for the promise of Your loving presence with me always, and I trust in Your goodness and mercy.
In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
Suggested Bible Readings
Psalm 23:6 ESV
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.
Psalm 34:18 ESV
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted
and saves the crushed in spirit.
James 5:14 ESV
Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
James 5:15 ESV
And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
Exodus 15:26 ESV
saying, “If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, your healer.”