We lift you up before the Lord and bring your desire for healing and for strength in training before Him, seeking His will together in Jesus name.
We understand you are hoping for healing through stem cells and peptides and you are training diligently with the goal of bench pressing one hundred forty kilograms for sixty reps and approaching a world record, also with deadlifts. We pray for your health and we also want to share some biblical wisdom about caring for the body God has given you.
Scripture reminds us that our bodies are not our own but are entrusted to us by God. Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. And whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10:31. This means we are called to be good stewards of our health, to seek healing in ways that honor Him, and to pursue strength not out of pride or vanity but for His glory.
We encourage you to seek godly and wise medical counsel regarding any injections, stem cells, or peptides. While God has given knowledge to physicians and we can thank Him for medical advances, we must also be discerning. If stem cells are being considered, we urge you to ensure they do not come from sources that destroy innocent life, for every life is fearfully and wonderfully made and formed by God in the womb. For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:13-14. Adult stem cells and other ethical sources do not require the taking of life, and we encourage you to pursue only what is ethical and lawful. In the same way, we encourage you to avoid any substance or method that would be unlawful, deceptive, or harmful to your body, and to be transparent with your doctors about risks and motives. Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6.
We also hear your passion for great strength and endurance. Discipline in training can honor God when it is done with the right heart. And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men. Colossians 3:23. We gently encourage you to examine your motives, that this goal would not be rooted in pride or the praise of men, but in stewardship, perseverance, and giving glory to God with the strength He provides. True strength ultimately comes from Him. I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13. We pray you will pursue this training with patience, rest, and wisdom, not pushing your body to destruction, but honoring its limits as God’s creation.
We notice your request did not mention Jesus Christ, and we want to lovingly remind you that it is only through Him that we have access to the Father and that our prayers are heard. Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. John 14:6. There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved. Acts 4:12. If you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9. It is by His name we pray for healing, for He is our ultimate healer. For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds, says Yahweh. Jeremiah 30:17.
We now pray together for you.
Father in heaven, we come before You in the name of Jesus Christ and lift up this one who desires healing and strength. Lord, You know the needs of his body, any injury or weakness that needs Your touch. We ask for Your healing hand upon him, that You would restore health according to Your will and guide every medical decision with wisdom and discernment. Lead him to ethical, safe, and God honoring treatment and to physicians who will give honest counsel. Give him wisdom to steward his body well through proper training, rest, and nutrition, and protect him from harm or temptation to use anything that would dishonor You or damage the temple You have given him. We pray that his training would be done for Your glory, with humility and perseverance, and that You would give him strength and endurance that testifies to Your power. Let any achievement be an opportunity to give You thanks and not to exalt himself. Above all, draw him close to Jesus, that he would trust in Christ as Lord and Savior and know that his greatest strength and hope is found in You. We ask that You would prosper his soul even as You care for his body, as it is written, Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers. 3 John 1:2. We ask all this in the mighty and saving name of Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.