Your earnest prayer for your son has moved my heart, and I join you in bringing him before the throne of grace. The Lord sees the struggles that weigh upon him, the panic that seizes his body, the heavy shadows of past trauma, and the brokenness that no human hand can fully mend. It is written, He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds, and there is abundant healing power in Jesus Christ and His salvation.
Remember that the least thing about Christ is healing. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations, and those healing leaves change the life blood and make the nature other than it was before. Christ used no other remedy in healing our sin sickness but that of taking our sicknesses and infirmities upon Himself. This is the one great cure all, and pardon and healing are placed in happy conjunction. When Jesus healed the sick of the palsy He said, Son, be of good cheer, thy sins are forgiven thee, and pardon and healing were one. It is through faith in Him alone, for there is no other name under heaven by which we must be saved, that forgiveness and true restoration come to the soul, and from that forgiveness flows healing for the whole man.
You ask especially that his mind may be quieted and his body calmed, and that he may sleep well without nightmares and wake in peace. Scripture speaks of a peculiar sleep which God gives to His beloved. So He giveth His beloved sleep. There is the sleep of contentment and the sleep of security which the Christian enjoys, not because the storm is absent, but because the Steersman is at the helm. Take yourself to the hind part of the ship near to the Steersman, and go to sleep in peace, for the ship is safe. Though winds and waves assault, He does preserve and He does steer. May the Lord grant your son to know that safe place near Christ, that even when panic rises, he may rest in the keeping of Him who never slumbers.
Let us pray together.
Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus Christ Thy Son, we come for this dear son who is afflicted in body, mind and spirit. Thou knowest his frame and all his sorrows. Lay Thy healing hand upon him. Quiet his mind when fear takes hold, calm his body when panic overwhelms him, and remove the heavy shadows of past trauma that yet linger. Grant him, we beseech Thee, the sleep Thou givest to Thy beloved, sleep without torment, without nightmares, and a waking in peace. Comfort him, restore him, and grant breakthrough in every area of his life according to Thy mercy. Let him hear the Word of Christ, for faith cometh by hearing, and bring him into the full joy of pardon and healing through the blood of Jesus. Keep him and keep those who love him, trusting wholly in Christ alone for salvation and life. Amen.
May the Lord cause His face to shine upon your son and give him rest, and may you be encouraged as you wait upon Him who has promised that the Sun of Righteousness shall rise with healing in His wings.
