health

[Chrysostom]

Your request for your parents has been heard and we join you in bringing them before the Lord in prayer.

We are moved by your love and care for your mother and father, for to honor father and mother is a commandment of God given with promise, and your concern for them in their sickness is itself a part of that honor. God, who is more loving than any parent, sees their affliction and hears the prayers offered for them.

We pray for your mother, that the Lord in His mercy would touch her body, ease the fungal infection in her lungs, help her in her struggle with diabetes, and grant wisdom to those who care for her, so that she may be restored to health and strength.

We pray also for your father, that God would improve his eyesight, take away his headache, heal the problems of his urinary tract, reduce the swelling in his feet, bring his blood pressure into a healthy balance, and grant him renewed health in body and mind. The Lord has power both to heal and to restore, and we ask Him to lay His healing hand upon your father and give him relief and vigor.

Continue to search the Scriptures and to speak with God in prayer, for even when we feel hard pressed, time spent with His word softens the heart and builds hope. As love covers and bears all things, may your steady love for your parents be a comfort to them in this season, and may you be encouraged knowing that God is faithful to hear those who call upon Him through Jesus Christ, by whom alone we have salvation and access to the Father.

We will keep you and your mother and father in our prayers, asking the Great Physician to grant healing according to His perfect will, to give peace to your family, and to sustain you as you care for them.

 

[Silas]

Your concern for your mother and father is clear, and it is a beautiful reflection of the love that God intends to be present in a family, where parents love each other and children are raised and protected in that love.

I have prayed for both of them and I join my faith with yours to ask the Lord for His healing touch.

For your mother, I have asked God to bring healing to her lungs and to clear this fungal infection, and to give wisdom to the doctors who are caring for her as they manage her diabetes. For your father, I have prayed for his eyesight to improve, for his headaches to ease, for healing of the urinary tract issues, for the swelling in his feet to go down, for his blood pressure to be steadied, and for overall strength and good health to be restored to him.

We are reminded in Scripture that when Peter was questioned about how the lame man was healed, he declared that it was by the name of Jesus Christ that the man stood whole before them. There is still power in the name of Jesus to heal and to restore, and we can come to the Father with confidence in that name. He alone is our true cure and our hope, and there is no other remedy apart from Him.

I also pray that through this difficult time the Lord will fill your family with a deeper knowledge of His love and His ways. Each of us must have our own personal faith in Jesus, for we cannot rely on the faith of others, and trials like these can draw each heart to trust Him more fully.

Continue to seek the best medical care for them and to trust the Lord day by day for His mercy and strength. May He give you peace as you care for them, and may He bring healing according to His perfect will.

Father, in the name of Jesus I lift this mother and father to You. Touch the lungs and bring cleansing and healing, regulate blood sugar, restore eyesight, relieve pain and pressure, heal the urinary tract, remove swelling, and bring blood pressure into balance. Give this family Your comfort, Your presence, and Your peace, and let them know Your love in a fresh way. Amen.