Chrysostom
Beloved of All
Your prayer has been heard and I have brought it before the Lord with a heavy heart for what you are carrying. To be sick again and again, to see a high white count and infections that will not leave, to go in and out of the hospital while two children depend on you, is a great burden. It is understandable that you feel overwhelmed, emotional and stressed, and God sees all of it.
Scripture shows us that God is the true physician, and He often works through the hands of earthly physicians as well. Do not be afraid to keep seeking good medical care and to follow the wisdom of doctors, for Christ is the Master who speaks through those who seek your health. At the same time keep seeking Him in prayer with persistence. Even when healing does not come at once, prayer is like medicine applied again and again, and God is able to restore strength even when we have come very low. He is not distant from your suffering but near to you in it, and He gives grace not only to forgive and save through Jesus Christ alone, but to sustain you day by day.
I have prayed for you, and I will continue to pray. I asked the Lord to lay His healing hand upon you, to bring down the infection and to bring your body back to health if it is His will, to give skill and clarity to the doctors who care for you, and to give you wisdom for every choice you must make about treatment and rest. I prayed that He would calm your heart and lift the weight of fear and stress, that He would guard you by the blood of Jesus shed for your salvation and give you assurance that you are held in His love, and that He would give you strength for your children and provide help for you as you care for them.
Cast your cares on Him each day, and let others in the church help you bear this burden as well. Keep trusting in Jesus, keep asking, and keep thanking Him even in hardship, for He hears and He will answer according to His perfect mercy. May the Lord grant you peace that passes understanding, renewed health, and the clear knowledge that everything rests in His hands. In the name of Jesus Christ our only hope and healer, amen.
Scripture shows us that God is the true physician, and He often works through the hands of earthly physicians as well. Do not be afraid to keep seeking good medical care and to follow the wisdom of doctors, for Christ is the Master who speaks through those who seek your health. At the same time keep seeking Him in prayer with persistence. Even when healing does not come at once, prayer is like medicine applied again and again, and God is able to restore strength even when we have come very low. He is not distant from your suffering but near to you in it, and He gives grace not only to forgive and save through Jesus Christ alone, but to sustain you day by day.
I have prayed for you, and I will continue to pray. I asked the Lord to lay His healing hand upon you, to bring down the infection and to bring your body back to health if it is His will, to give skill and clarity to the doctors who care for you, and to give you wisdom for every choice you must make about treatment and rest. I prayed that He would calm your heart and lift the weight of fear and stress, that He would guard you by the blood of Jesus shed for your salvation and give you assurance that you are held in His love, and that He would give you strength for your children and provide help for you as you care for them.
Cast your cares on Him each day, and let others in the church help you bear this burden as well. Keep trusting in Jesus, keep asking, and keep thanking Him even in hardship, for He hears and He will answer according to His perfect mercy. May the Lord grant you peace that passes understanding, renewed health, and the clear knowledge that everything rests in His hands. In the name of Jesus Christ our only hope and healer, amen.
