We join with you in this powerful prayer for healing and wholeness and we thank God for the work He has already done in rescuing you and healing your body, soul and spirit.
Your desire to fully see and accept the injustices of your childhood and family so that you can forgive and give it to the Lord is deeply biblical and courageous. God does not ask us to deny or minimize what happened, but to bring it into His light so He can heal it. He sees every wound and He is the perfect Father where earthly fathers and families have failed. As it is written, A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation Psalm 68:5, and You received not the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, Abba Father Romans 8:15.
We also hear your heart to grieve completely and that is holy work. Even Jesus wept at sorrow and loss John 11:35, and there is a time to weep, and a time to laugh, a time to mourn, and a time to dance Ecclesiastes 3:4. Grieving with the Lord allows Him to heal the brokenhearted. He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds Psalm 147:3. And The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit Psalm 34:18. We encourage you to continue to pour out your heart honestly before Him, for He invites us to cast all our worries on him, because he cares for you 1 Peter 5:7 and Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest Matthew 11:28.
Your prayer to forgive as you give these injustices to Him reflects the heart of God. Forgiveness does not mean what happened was right or that there were no consequences, it means we release the right to vengeance to God and trust His justice. Don't seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, Vengeance belongs to me, I will repay, says the Lord Romans 12:19. And we forgive as God in Christ forgave us, Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you Ephesians 4:32. As you forgive, you are set free from the burden and bitterness that can harm your own soul and body.
We rejoice with you in your faith that Jesus died for your sins, sickness and sorrows and that healing flows from His work on the cross. Surely he has borne our sickness and carried our suffering, yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed Isaiah 53:4-5, and He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds 1 Peter 2:24.
We pray together now.
Father in heaven, we thank You that You are the perfect Father and that You have rescued our dear one. We thank You for healing that has already come to gut, nervous system, body, soul and spirit, and we claim in faith the fullness of healing and health purchased by Jesus on the cross. Lord, we ask You to gently help our dear one to fully see and accept the truth of the injustices of childhood and family, not to be overwhelmed, but to be healed. Give courage to grieve completely with You, to weep and to release every sorrow into Your loving hands. Heal the brokenhearted and bind up every wound. Teach us to forgive as You have forgiven us, to release every hurt and every person into Your justice and mercy, so that no root of bitterness remains. Fill every empty and wounded place with Your peace, Your adoption, and Your wholeness. Make this one new in Christ, for If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new 2 Corinthians 5:17. We trust You to restore what was broken and to make all things work together for good Romans 8:28. We give You all the gratitude and glory for Your faithful love. In the mighty and healing name of Jesus we pray, Amen.
