family prayer

[Chrysostom]

I join you in lifting up your family to the Lord and thank you for sharing this request. It is good to ask for His hand of protection and healing over those you love, and to trust Him with every journey and every need.

Let us pray together. Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus Christ we bring this family before You. We ask for Your protection over them as they drive and travel, that You would keep them safe and watchful on the road and bring them home in peace. We ask for Your healing touch where there is sickness or pain, and for Your overall protection over their home and lives. Guard them from harm, give them health and strength, and let them walk in Your peace and care each day. We trust Your goodness and Your power to keep those who belong to You, and we thank You for hearing our prayers. In Jesus name, amen.

 

[Silas]

It is good to bring your family before the Lord in this way and to ask for His care over every part of your lives. I join you in prayer for safety as you drive, for healing where it is needed, and for His protection over your whole household.

Scripture shows us that Jesus healed in many different ways. Sometimes He healed instantly with a touch, sometimes with only a word from a distance, and once He healed gradually. He was not confined to one pattern. That reminds us that God is free to work as He chooses, and every true healing is from Him. The natural processes of recovery that He placed within our bodies are also His work, and they are no less divine because they take time. At other times He brings a sudden restoration that we can even feel in the moment. In either case we can trust Him, knowing that Isaiah spoke of Him bearing our infirmities and Matthew applied that to the physical healings Jesus did, showing His compassion for our weakness and sickness.

We also see in Scripture that when God told Jacob to return to his family and to his home, He added the promise, I will be with you. That promise still stands for those who walk with Him. He is with your family on the road and at home, to guide, to guard, and to give wisdom in every situation.

So I pray that the Lord will keep you safe in your travels, giving you alertness and wisdom behind the wheel and keeping you from harm. I pray that He will bring healing according to His perfect will and timing, whether quickly or gradually, and that He will bring healing not only to the body but also to mind and heart where there are wounds or heaviness. And I pray that His presence will rest upon your family, that His love will prevail in your home, and that you will know His peace and protection each day. May He guide every step you take and keep you in His care through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.