HEALING AND WISDOM

[Chrysostom]

Your request for wisdom and healing has been heard and we join with you in prayer before our Heavenly Father in the name of Jesus Christ.

We pray that God will give you a wise and understanding heart, for true wisdom does not come from ourselves or from our own efforts, but from the grace of the Holy Spirit. As Scripture says, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and virtue is the root and spring of prudence. We ask that the Lord will make you both faithful and wise as a steward of all He has entrusted to you, that you would not waste what He has given nor use it for yourself alone, but dispense it as is fitting for His glory and for the good of others. This is the wisdom not of this world, which passes away, but the hidden wisdom of God which He prepared for those who love Him.

We also pray that the Father will draw you to seek Him with all your heart and to pour out your whole soul before Him in prayer, and that He will give you grace to learn His Word with understanding. We pray that Proverbs 13:20 will be fulfilled in your life, that as you walk with the wise you will become wise, and that as you separate yourself to hear His teaching, your mind will be kept clear and healthy, free from confusion, and fixed on Christ.

We bring before the Lord your body and ask for His healing touch. We pray for your teeth, especially the upper wisdom tooth on the right, for your eyes, for the entire left leg and the left side of the pelvis, for the area in the upper part of the left leg, for the spot on the abdomen, and for your stomach, intestines and entire gastrointestinal tract. We ask for complete and lasting healing in the name of Jesus Christ. While bodily exercise profits a little, godliness is profitable for all things both now and to come, and we trust the Lord who is able to restore both soul and body according to His mercy.

Continue to seek Him daily in prayer and in the Scriptures, asking for His Spirit to teach you. We thank God for your desire to be faithful, and we will keep praying that He will strengthen you, grant you wisdom, and bring healing and peace. May the Lord bless you abundantly and keep you in His grace.

 

[Silas]

Your desire for a wise and understanding heart is pleasing to God, and it is right to bring it to Him in prayer. Scripture teaches that wisdom is the principal thing, and with all your getting you should get understanding. It begins with the fear of the Lord and with departing from evil, and it grows as you receive His words, hide His commandments with you, incline your ear to wisdom and apply your heart to understanding, even crying out and lifting your voice for it.

When you seek Him with all your heart and pour out your soul before Him, He promises to be found by those who seek Him early and love Him. He will pour out His Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the same Spirit that rested upon Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. As wisdom enters your heart and knowledge becomes pleasant to your soul, you become discreet and your paths become pleasant and peaceful. The Lord by wisdom founded the earth and by understanding established the heavens, and He is able to establish your life the same way. His wisdom is more precious than silver and gold and rubies, and its merchandise is better than all earthly gain. It brings length of days, riches and honor, favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man, and it builds and establishes a house.

Part of that wisdom is learning to trust in the Lord with all your heart and not lean on your own understanding, writing His mercy and truth on the table of your heart and keeping His words before your eyes. As you learn in His Word and let it minister to your heart, say to wisdom you are my sister and call understanding your close kin. That close walk will keep you in the way of righteousness. And as it is written, walk with the wise and you will become wise, for understanding is a wellspring of life to the one who has it. Forsake what is foolish and go in the way of understanding, for wisdom invites all who lack it to come and eat of her bread and drink of what she has prepared.

I join you in praying that the Father will give you that wise and understanding heart, that you may be a faithful steward of all He has entrusted to you, that you will seek Him with your whole heart, pour out your soul in prayer, and learn His Word with clarity and joy, walking daily with wise counsel so that you grow in wisdom.

I also pray for your healing in the name of Jesus Christ. I ask the Lord to touch your teeth and especially the upper wisdom tooth on the right, to touch your eyes, to bring complete healing to your entire left leg and the left side of your pelvis, to the lump in the upper part of your left leg and the lump on your abdomen under the skin, and to your stomach, intestines and entire gastrointestinal tract. May the Lord who formed your body restore you fully, for a merry heart does good like medicine and safety is of the Lord. May He grant you health and strength to serve Him and to walk in His ways with wisdom and understanding all your days.