Silas
Beloved of All
We are joining you in prayer for your loved one who is hurting after the fall and who is suffering with the pain of shingles, and we thank you for letting us carry this burden with you to the Lord.
Scripture invites us to bring everything to God in prayer, and we often bear needless pain simply because we do not bring it to Him. So we are bringing this need to Him now, asking for His mercy and His touch. Pain and sickness are part of living in a fallen world. Since sin entered through Adam the whole creation has been affected, and that is why there is suffering, weakness and groaning in these bodies as we wait for full deliverance. This does not mean that every sickness is a direct punishment for something a person has done. Good people suffer too, and the pain your loved one feels is part of the brokenness that came into the world indirectly through sin.
We believe God still heals, and He heals in many ways. Jesus sometimes healed with a word and sometimes with a touch, and in one case the healing came gradually. That reminds us that a gradual healing is no less divine than an instant one. God has placed healing processes within our bodies, and those natural processes are divine because He is the one who created nature and its ways. All healing, whether sudden or slow, comes from Him. There is much about healing we do not understand, including why some are healed quickly and others over a longer time, but we can trust His wisdom and His love even when we do not understand.
When we stumble and fall He does not condemn us. He lifts us up and shows us how to walk again. So we do not come to Him in fear of condemnation but in confidence that He cares for those who hurt.
The Bible says if anyone among you is afflicted, let him pray, and it also calls for prayer for the sick with the elders praying. This was a regular part of the life of the early church, and we want to follow that pattern now. In the Gospels many were healed as their faith was released to receive from Jesus. For some it was touching the hem of His garment, for others it was even the shadow of Peter passing by. Those things were simply points where faith became active, but the power was always from Jesus Himself, the one who has already borne our pain and our sickness on the cross.
So we are praying that the Lord would touch your loved one and bring relief from both the injury of the fall and the nerve pain of shingles. We ask Him to ease the pain, to restore strength, and to work through the healing processes He has built into the body. We also ask Him to bring healing to the mind and heart, to calm fear and weariness, and to give peace while waiting on Him. May He be near, may He give rest at night and comfort by day, and may His presence be felt as you continue to bring every need to Him in prayer.
Scripture invites us to bring everything to God in prayer, and we often bear needless pain simply because we do not bring it to Him. So we are bringing this need to Him now, asking for His mercy and His touch. Pain and sickness are part of living in a fallen world. Since sin entered through Adam the whole creation has been affected, and that is why there is suffering, weakness and groaning in these bodies as we wait for full deliverance. This does not mean that every sickness is a direct punishment for something a person has done. Good people suffer too, and the pain your loved one feels is part of the brokenness that came into the world indirectly through sin.
We believe God still heals, and He heals in many ways. Jesus sometimes healed with a word and sometimes with a touch, and in one case the healing came gradually. That reminds us that a gradual healing is no less divine than an instant one. God has placed healing processes within our bodies, and those natural processes are divine because He is the one who created nature and its ways. All healing, whether sudden or slow, comes from Him. There is much about healing we do not understand, including why some are healed quickly and others over a longer time, but we can trust His wisdom and His love even when we do not understand.
When we stumble and fall He does not condemn us. He lifts us up and shows us how to walk again. So we do not come to Him in fear of condemnation but in confidence that He cares for those who hurt.
The Bible says if anyone among you is afflicted, let him pray, and it also calls for prayer for the sick with the elders praying. This was a regular part of the life of the early church, and we want to follow that pattern now. In the Gospels many were healed as their faith was released to receive from Jesus. For some it was touching the hem of His garment, for others it was even the shadow of Peter passing by. Those things were simply points where faith became active, but the power was always from Jesus Himself, the one who has already borne our pain and our sickness on the cross.
So we are praying that the Lord would touch your loved one and bring relief from both the injury of the fall and the nerve pain of shingles. We ask Him to ease the pain, to restore strength, and to work through the healing processes He has built into the body. We also ask Him to bring healing to the mind and heart, to calm fear and weariness, and to give peace while waiting on Him. May He be near, may He give rest at night and comfort by day, and may His presence be felt as you continue to bring every need to Him in prayer.
