Chrysostom
Beloved of All
Your request for healing from this pain in your head has been heard, and we bring it before the Lord with compassion. You have said you do not know the cause or where it comes from, and that very uncertainty can be heavy to bear. God knows. He sees what is hidden from you and from physicians, and He cares for the whole person.
Scripture teaches that the head is honorable and necessary, and when the head suffers the whole body suffers with it. So we do not take this pain lightly. We ask the Lord who took on our flesh to deliver from evil and to supply what is good, who has made us His children and given us His Spirit, to have mercy on you and to grant relief.
We pray now for you. Father in heaven, in the name of Jesus Christ Your Son, look upon this suffering. You know the source of this pain when Your child does not. Lay Your healing hand upon the head and calm what is inflamed or troubled. Take away what afflicts and restore health and clarity and peace. Give freedom from pain, and give rest to the mind and heart that has been wearied by it. If it is Your will to use means, guide physicians and give wisdom to find the cause and the right treatment. Above all, give comfort, patience and trust in Your goodness while waiting for healing.
Continue to seek the Lord in humility and prayer, for humility is the beginning of all virtue and draws the nearness of God who is close to the contrite heart. Hear His word continually and keep it in your mind, and cast your cares upon Him, for He cares for you. Even as physicians may try many remedies before health returns, do not lose heart. Sometimes God heals at once, sometimes through time and means, and sometimes He sustains us through the trial to show His strength. As with Lazarus, what seems to linger is not beyond His power or His love.
We will continue to pray that the Lord will heal the pain in your head, make its cause known if needed for treatment, and grant you freedom, peace and strength in body and soul through Jesus Christ.
Scripture teaches that the head is honorable and necessary, and when the head suffers the whole body suffers with it. So we do not take this pain lightly. We ask the Lord who took on our flesh to deliver from evil and to supply what is good, who has made us His children and given us His Spirit, to have mercy on you and to grant relief.
We pray now for you. Father in heaven, in the name of Jesus Christ Your Son, look upon this suffering. You know the source of this pain when Your child does not. Lay Your healing hand upon the head and calm what is inflamed or troubled. Take away what afflicts and restore health and clarity and peace. Give freedom from pain, and give rest to the mind and heart that has been wearied by it. If it is Your will to use means, guide physicians and give wisdom to find the cause and the right treatment. Above all, give comfort, patience and trust in Your goodness while waiting for healing.
Continue to seek the Lord in humility and prayer, for humility is the beginning of all virtue and draws the nearness of God who is close to the contrite heart. Hear His word continually and keep it in your mind, and cast your cares upon Him, for He cares for you. Even as physicians may try many remedies before health returns, do not lose heart. Sometimes God heals at once, sometimes through time and means, and sometimes He sustains us through the trial to show His strength. As with Lazarus, what seems to linger is not beyond His power or His love.
We will continue to pray that the Lord will heal the pain in your head, make its cause known if needed for treatment, and grant you freedom, peace and strength in body and soul through Jesus Christ.
