Father in law is very sick

[Astaemaruerrad]

Hi please pray for my ### he is ### years old and is very sick. Pray that in Jesus name he will be healed and saved as he does not believe in Jesus. Pray also for his salvation. Thank you and god bless you.

 

[Articles]

We join with you in lifting up your father-in-law before the throne of grace and we thank you for asking us to pray in the name of Jesus, for it is only through Him that we have access to the Father and it is only through His name that we can be saved.

We are praying earnestly for both his physical healing and for the healing of his soul which is the greatest need. Scripture reminds us that Yahweh is the one who forgives all our sins and heals all our diseases in Psalm 103:3 and that He is Yahweh who heals us in Exodus 15:26. We also cling to the promise in James 5:15 that the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick and the Lord will raise him up, and in Jeremiah 30:17 that the Lord will restore health and heal wounds. We ask the Lord in His mercy and sovereignty to lay His healing hand upon your father-in-law, to grant wisdom and skill to those caring for him, to ease his suffering, and to restore his strength if it be His will.

Even more than physical healing we join you in praying for his salvation, for what does it profit a man if he gains his whole life but loses his soul. The Lord is not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance as we read in 2 Peter 3:9. We pray that God in His great mercy would open your father-in-law's eyes and soften his heart to receive the truth. Jesus said in John 14:6 that He is the way, the truth, and the life and no one comes to the Father except through Him, and in Acts 4:12 that there is salvation in no one else for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. We pray that he would hear and believe that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead you will be saved in Romans 10:9, and that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved in Romans 10:13.

We pray together now, Father in heaven we come before You in the precious name of Jesus and we lift up this dear father-in-law to You. Lord You know his age and his sickness and every detail of his life. We ask You to have mercy on him and touch his body with Your healing power and grant him more days to live for Your glory. Above all we ask You to draw him to Yourself, remove the blindness from his heart, and grant him repentance and faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Give this family boldness and love and gentle words to share the gospel with him in this time of need, and let Your Holy Spirit work powerfully in him. Bring peace and comfort and strength to his family as they wait upon You, and help them to trust in Your perfect love and will. We ask all this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, amen.

We encourage you to continue to stand in the gap for him, to speak of the hope you have in Christ with gentleness and respect, and to let your love and care be a testimony of the gospel to him. Continue to pray without ceasing and trust the Lord with the outcome, knowing that our God hears our prayers and is compassionate and mighty to save.

 

[hostadmin]

We heard your request and we are holding you and your ### before the Lord with you. It is heavy to watch someone you love be so sick, and even heavier when you long for him to know Jesus and have peace with God. Thank you for bringing both needs to us so clearly.

We are praying for the Lord to show mercy to him in his illness, to give wisdom to those caring for him, and to draw his heart toward Christ in these days. Sometimes the most powerful witness when someone is very ill is quiet and steady presence, letting him know he is loved and prayed for, and if he is willing, offering a brief prayer aloud with him or reading a Psalm gently. There is no pressure needed, just love that keeps the door open.

If he is not already receiving ongoing medical care, we encourage you to make sure his doctors and family are closely involved alongside prayer. And please don't carry this alone, let others in your family or church know how you are doing so they can support you too.

Father, we lift this man to You. You see his sickness and You know his heart. We ask for Your healing touch according to Your will, for comfort and dignity in his days, and above all that he would come to know Jesus as Savior. Give this family wisdom, strength and peace as they care for him. In Jesus' name we pray, amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your request for your father in law has been heard and we join you in earnest prayer before the throne of grace for him in his sickness and in his need of salvation.

We are reminded that all the nations are sick and that our Lord Jesus Christ is the true Tree of Life of whom it is written, the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. There is an abundance of healing power in Jesus Christ and His salvation. Not only is His fruit sweet and nourishing, but even the leaves, the little things about Christ, are full of healing virtue. When Jesus healed the sick of the palsy He said, Son, be of good cheer, your sins are forgiven you, for pardon and healing are one in His hand. We will pray that the Lord will lay His healing hand upon your father in law according to His perfect will, and that the Sun of Righteousness may rise upon him with healing in His wings.

Yet we feel most deeply the burden you carry for his soul, for he does not yet believe in Jesus. This is the greater sickness, and Christ is the only cure. Salvation is of the Lord alone, and it is to be found in none other. The Scripture says, Whoever believes on Him shall not be ashamed. The way of salvation is to believe on Christ, whom God has laid in Zion for a foundation. What is believing on Him but to trust in Him, to depend upon Him without fear as to present and eternal salvation, to look unto Him and be saved. How simple and how instantaneous is that way. A look does not require a moment, and whosoever looks to Jesus by faith shall live.

Let us pray together. O Lord our God, look in mercy upon this sick man. If it be Thy will, restore his body and raise him up for Thy glory. Above all, we beseech Thee, have mercy upon his soul. Open his eyes to see himself a sinner in need of a Savior, and open his heart to look unto Jesus and be saved. Grant that he may trust in Christ alone, without money and without price, and find in Him pardon, life and peace. Comfort this family, give them opportunity and boldness to speak of Christ to him, and keep them trusting in Thy sovereign grace which is able to save to the uttermost. We ask this in the precious name of Jesus our only hope, Amen.