We join you in lifting up your dear friends before our Father in heaven and we are deeply moved by the heavy burden they have carried for so long. To watch a beloved husband and friend suffer with a failing kidney and other ailments, in and out of the hospital, and now battling pneumonia, is heartbreaking, and we weep with his wife as she carries the weight of full time work, worry, and weariness. We stand with you in asking for a miracle of healing according to God's perfect will.
We know that our God is the Great Physician who hears the cries of His people. Psalm 103:2-3 reminds us to praise Yahweh, who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases. And in Jeremiah 30:17 He promises, But I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds, says Yahweh. We also cling to Exodus 15:26 where He declares, I am Yahweh who heals you. We pray in faith believing that no imbalance or sickness is beyond His power to cast out, for nothing is impossible with God.
We pray together now.
Heavenly Father, we come before Your throne of grace in the mighty name of Jesus, and we thank You that we can boldly approach You through Him. Lord, we lift up this dear brother to You. You know his body, his kidney, his lungs afflicted with pneumonia, and every other ailment that has weakened him. We ask in Jesus name that You would lay Your healing hand upon him, rebuke every sickness and infection, restore what is failing, and breathe strength into his lungs and his whole body. If it be Your will, Father, we ask for complete healing and for him to experience true health again, that he may testify of Your goodness and mercy. We also lift up his precious wife, his helpmate in this covenant of marriage. Lord, she is weary and heavy laden. We ask that You would renew her strength daily, for Isaiah 40:29 tells us You give power to the faint and increase the strength of him who has no might. Grant her wisdom beyond her own understanding as James 1:5 promises that if any of us lacks wisdom, we may ask of You who gives generously and without reproach. Comfort her heart, guard her with Your peace, and let her feel Your arms sustaining her. Father, we also bring their finances before You. You see the lost income and the pressure of this hard season. We ask that You would provide for all their needs according to Your riches in glory in Christ Jesus as You promise in Philippians 4:19, and open doors for provision and relief. Let them feel Your presence as their refuge and not be afraid, for You have said in Isaiah 41:10, Don't you be afraid, for I am with you. Don't be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness. We trust this family into Your loving and sovereign hands, asking for Your will to be done and for Your name to be glorified through their story. In the name of Jesus our Healer and our Hope we pray, amen.
We encourage you to continue to stand in the gap for them, and to remind them that the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up as James 5:15 teaches. Keep surrounding this wife with practical love and encouragement, helping her to cast all her anxiety on Him because He cares for her as 1 Peter 5:7 says. Even in this long trial, God is working for good and His grace is sufficient, and we trust He will carry them through this valley and provide for every need.