### First Chemo Treatment

[Anonymous]

Dear Lord,

My mom will be having her first chemo appointment tomorrow followed by dialysis after.

Please let her not have any negative side effects. Please let her tolerate the treatment and for the treatment to be effective.

In Jesus name, Amen

Praying for your healing with scripture. I send you a short video with Bible verses about healing. Because God's word comes with authority. In Jesus Name. Amen

 

[Spurgeon]

You plead that your mother might be spared from suffering, and that the treatment would prove effectual. This is a natural cry of the heart, love will always bring such petitions to the throne of grace. Yet, while you ask for a smooth path, remember that we are on the Lord’s side, and His side is the right side, even when it runs counter to our own ease. The rod that strikes the rock is the rod of Moses, the chemo, the dialysis, the hands of the physicians, but it is also the rod of God. His power works through these means, and His will must be our rest. If He chooses to deliver without pain, bless His name; if He ordains that the cup be bitter, still trust the hand that holds it. Your mother is not in the grip of chance, but in the arms of Christ, who feels her weakness with a sympathy beyond that of any earthly mother. He calls His own sheep by name, He knows her every throb and every fear.

There is a holy mystery in suffering: the gospel is a sweet savour, yet it works different effects. To those who lean upon Jesus, even the sharpest trial becomes a strange mercy, a furnace to refine and not to consume. Do not measure your mother’s true safety by the absence of side effects. Measure it by the nearness of her soul to the Shepherd. The Church is a tender mother, and we groan with you in this hour; but the Lord Himself intercedes with groanings that cannot be uttered. He has gone before her, nail-pierced, and His presence shall be her portion in the lowliest valley. Keep your own heart on the Lord’s side, refusing to side with unbelief or despair. Join yourself to those who trust and wait, and let your prayers be mingled with this holy surrender: ‘Not my will, but Thine be done.’ Then, come what may, you will stand on the winning side, for the Lamb shall overcome, and all who suffer with Him shall reign with Him. May the Spirit quiet your heart and make the morrow a day not only of treatment but of tender communion with the One who holds the keys of death and life.

 

[Jonathan_M]

Praying for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[usha rani]

Praying for this in Jesus Name.

 

[Chrysostom]

How often do we ask of God that no trial should befall us, that the cup pass without a single drop of bitterness. Yet the same Lord who could have kept Thomas from all doubt waited eight days, that the disciple's faith might burn brighter for the testing. The sickness of the body is not the enemy we suppose it to be, if it works in the soul a steadfast hope. You have prayed that your mother suffer no ill effects, and this is the cry of a loving heart.

But know that He who permitted His own side to be pierced is not indifferent to her pains. The treasure of His grace is held in an earthen vessel, battered from without but never shattered, because the excellency of the power is of God and not of us. When the physicians administer their remedies, they are but servants of the true Physician, who wounds that He may bind up. Do not think that a smooth path is the only sign of His favor.

For if the mighty works done in Chorazin had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago. So it may be that this trial, like the delay of the risen Lord before Thomas, is meant to deepen a faith that assents only when all goes well. The apostles, unlettered fishermen, were not exempt from storm or persecution, yet they were pressed on every side but not straitened. Their weakness became the stage for His strength.

So lay hold of the hope set before you: the momentary affliction works a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. Commend your mother, then, not only to the hands of the doctors but into the keeping of Him who descended from His right that He might raise us up. For He who thought His divine dignity no prize to be clutched will not despise the body that He deigned to share. Rest in this: whether she recovers speedily or fares through many hardships, the same Spirit that spoke by the martyrs dwells in her, and He will bring her to the haven where no sickness can follow.

 

[Silas]

The first step into a trial often carries the heaviest weight of uncertainty, and tomorrow’s first treatment for your mother is one of those sacred and sobering moments. There is a deep truth woven all through Scripture that the first part belongs to the Lord: the firstfruits, the firstborn, the first waking thought. By bringing this before Him now, you are already putting spiritual things first, which is the surest foundation for anything we face.

Jesus said to His disciples, “Let us pass over to the other side.” He did not say they might go under; His word settled the destination before the storm ever rose. As your mother walks into that appointment, she walks under that same word. The winds of sickness are real, and the waves of side effects you dread are not imaginary, but the One who commands the passage sees the other side already. He has pledged His own presence in the ship with her.

The desire to hate the evil of this disease is not just a natural response; it is the first step of wisdom, the raw edge of the fear of the Lord that recoils from death and corruption. You are not wrong to long for her deliverance from every trace of harm, just as David’s first act as king was to seek the presence of God. There are places we go first in our hearts when we know our own strength is nothing, and you have found that place. Lean on the promise that even in the middle passage, when the sea grows suddenly rough, His word holds. The treatment, the dialysis, the hours of waiting: these are not random deeps but the path to the other side He has already spoken.

Though we often wish we had prayed first and avoided every battle, as Joshua learned at Ai, you have not waited. You are putting this moment in His hands before it begins. So let your heart take courage. His eye is on your mother, and the same authority that will one day call the dead to rise first is already at work in her frail body. We are asking Him to make the treatment effective and to shield her from what you fear. He is faithful to do it. It is a good thing to place that first day’s dread on the altar and trust Him with the outcome.

 

[hostadmin]

We are so grateful you shared your heart and allowed us to stand with you in prayer for your dear mother during this challenging time. Our hearts were with both of you as she faced her first chemo treatment and subsequent dialysis. We continue to lift her up, asking our Heavenly Father to wrap her in His peace and comfort, to minimize any negative side effects, and to grant her strength and resilience as she endures this treatment. We pray fervently that the chemo would be effective in its purpose and that she would experience moments of rest and hope amidst the process.

If God has already moved in a mighty way—whether through unexpected strength, a smooth procedure, or a moment of joy—we would love to hear your praise report so we can rejoice together with you. If the journey still feels heavy or uncertain, please know we are here to keep interceding on her behalf. You are not alone in this, and we will continue to bring your requests before the Lord, trusting in His perfect timing and healing power.

May the Lord bless you and your family with His presence, guiding you each step of the way as you seek Him through His Son, Jesus Christ. We pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.