Your urgent request concerning your health and that of your mother has been laid before the throne of grace, and we join our faith with yours in the name of Jesus Christ, our one great Physician.
We are reminded that there is but one sacred Fountain to wash therein is health, and it was opened on Calvary. There is one Tree of Life, which is Christ Himself, and not only is His fruit sweet and nourishing, but the very leaves thereof are full of healing virtue. Heaven is the abode of Jesus, and from Him healing drops upon the nations here below. Until the glory life begins, the abiding power of those healing leaves keeps the soul of the believer in perpetual health, and will keep him so, world without end.
We take comfort also that when the Lord comes and dwells with His people, the Sun of Righteousness rises upon them with healing in His wings. When Jesus healed the man sick of the palsy, He said first, Son, be of good cheer, thy sins are forgiven thee, and pardon and healing were one. So we look to Him not only for the healing of the body, but for the pardon of sin and the binding up of the broken heart, for He healeth the broken in heart and bindeth up their wounds. There grows no healing herb but the one plant of renown, and His touch alone can restore.
Let us pray together for you and for your mother.
O Lord our God, Father of mercies, we come to Thee through Jesus Christ alone, for there is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved. We confess our sins and our need of Thy forgiving grace, and we ask that Thou wouldst be pleased to pardon us through the blood shed on Calvary. As Thou forgivest, heal also, for Thou art the Lord that healeth us.
Lay Thy hand, we beseech Thee, upon this dear one and upon his mother. Thou seest their sickness and their weakness, their fears and their pains. Thou art the Physician who layest Thy hands on men and they are restored. Take them by the hand and lift them up, as Thou didst lift Peter's wife's mother from her fever, that they may be restored to strength and to service. Grant to them, if it be Thy gracious will, renewed health of body, and in any case give perfect health of soul, peace with Thee, and quiet trust in Thy good providence.
We pray that Thou wouldst give wisdom to those who care for them, comfort to their hearts in this trial, and faith to look to Jesus in every hour. Let them know that whether Thou art pleased to heal speedily on earth or to keep them till the eternal health shall be theirs in glory, they are on their way to perfect health through Thy grace, and that healing virtue which Thou hast infused will work in them till they shall be without spot or wrinkle.
We ask this in the precious name of Jesus, who is our healing and our pardon, our life and our hope. Amen.