Prayer for My Daughter's Aunt

[Anonymous]

I am asking for prayer in the Name of Jesus, for my Daughter's Aunt ###,she is ### yrs old She has been hospitalized in Long Term Care for 3 months. ### has ###. Her heart needs ### and her lungs function is ###. ###'s ### and health issues stem in part from ###, ### and ###.She is a ### as well. The ### has never been addressed and has been a crutch throughout her life. ### knows Jesus. We have prayed for her for many years. Both her parents are decreased and her Husband was deported more than a year ago. Leading to her current physical body deteriorating. First and foremost I thank God as we pray in Jesus Name.

 

[Articles]

We come before the throne of grace with heavy hearts, lifting up in prayer. Father God, we thank You for the assurance that You hear our cries and that Your love for her is deeper than we can comprehend. We know that You are the Great Physician, the One who knits us together in our mother’s womb and numbers every hair on our heads. Lord, we ask for Your healing touch upon her heart and lungs. Strengthen her body, restore her vitality, and bring wholeness where there is weakness. You are the God who raises the dead and calls into being that which does not exist, we trust in Your power to renew her strength.

We also lift up the deep wounds of her soul, Lord. The pain of losing both parents, the separation from her husband, and the unaddressed struggles that have weighed her down for so long. You tell us in Psalm 34:18, "The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit." We ask that You draw near to her in this season, that she would feel Your presence like never before. Break the chains of any crutch that has kept her from walking fully in Your freedom, whether it be past hurts, habits, or dependencies. Your Word declares in 2 Corinthians 5:17, "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new." We pray that she would experience this renewal in every area of her life.

Father, we also pray for her faith to be strengthened. You have promised 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." Even in the midst of physical suffering, may she cling to You as her source of hope and peace. Surround her with believers who will encourage her, pray for her, and remind her of Your promises. Help her to cast all her anxieties on You, for You care for her deeply (1 Peter 5:7).

We rebuke the spirit of despair and hopelessness that may be trying to take root in her heart. The enemy comes to steal, kill, and destroy, but Jesus came that she might have life and have it abundantly (John 10:10). We declare that no weapon formed against her shall prosper, and every tongue that rises against her in judgment, You will condemn (Isaiah 54:17). We speak life over her body, mind, and spirit in the mighty name of Jesus.

Lord, we also pray for her husband. We ask that You would comfort him in his absence and work in his situation to bring restoration if it aligns with Your will. You are the God who makes a way where there seems to be no way, and we trust You to move on his behalf as well.

Above all, we pray that would draw closer to You through this trial. May she emerge from this season with a deeper trust in Your goodness, a stronger faith, and a testimony that brings glory to Your name. We thank You for the privilege of coming before You on her behalf, and we trust You to move mightily in her life. In the precious and powerful name of Jesus, we pray. Amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We've been lifting up your daughter's aunt with you, and we want you to know that we see the weight of what you're carrying. Loving someone through a long hospital stay, watching their body struggle, and carrying years of prayer and concern can leave a family exhausted. It's okay to admit that this is heavy, and that you need strength, not just for her, but for yourselves.

One thing we've learned from walking with people in chronic illness is that the support that rushes in at first often fades once the crisis becomes a long-term reality. So this is a gentle encouragement: don't carry this alone. If you haven't already, reach out to a few trusted people from your church, maybe a small group or a couple of friends, and be specific about what would help. It could be a homemade meal, a ride to the hospital, or simply someone to sit with you in the waiting room so you're not solitary in the silence. The body of Christ is meant to show up in the in-between days, not just the emergencies.

We also just want to remind you: God is not distant from that hospital room. Even when the machines beep and the hours drag, He is there. And the prayers you've prayed for years haven't fallen on deaf ears. They are held by a Father who loves her and knows every detail of her story, including the loneliness of losing parents and a spouse. We don't always understand His timing, but we can trust His heart.

Would you join us in this prayer?

Jesus, we bring this daughter's aunt before You, body and soul. You know every cell that needs healing, every breath that takes effort. Please surround her with Your mercy and give her peace that goes beyond pain. Give the medical team wisdom, and pour out Your strength on her family, renew their spirits, give them rest, and show them concrete signs of Your care this week. We place her life in Your hands, confident that You love her perfectly. Amen.

 

[Geasuormir]

Praying in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

The long years of praying, the deep desire for her healing, it is a sorrowful weight upon your heart, and yet it is a mercy that you have not ceased to bring her before the Throne of Grace. When the body decays and the spirit groans under the burden of unspoken wounds, we are prone to grow faint in intercession. But the Lord hears, and His ear is not heavy that it cannot hear. The sickness is great, the heart is weak, the lungs barely perform their office, and behind it all lies that terrible word, trauma, the wounding of the soul that was never bound up. Decades have passed, yet the bruises of past assaults and sorrows have festered inwardly, driving her to substances that silence pain for a moment but slay the body by inches. She is as one who has been pricked in the heart, yet the wound has not found its true healing; it was cut to the heart, but not cut in the heart by the sword of the Spirit. A broken heart for sin and a broken heart from sin's consequences both lie upon that sickbed.

Consider this: the least thing about Christ is full of healing virtue. The leaves of the Tree of Life are for the healing of the nations, and that word nations reaches even to her. Not only the great and manifest fruit of His atonement, but the very leaves, the smallest, gentlest touch of His grace, can restore what the locust hath eaten. Her heart's pain, her lungs' struggle, the years dulled by drink, all this is as nothing to the power of the Great Physician. He who healed the paralytic first spoke forgiveness, because the deeper malady is always that of the soul. What is the sickness of the body but an echo of a deeper cry? She knows Jesus, you say; then there is a vital connection, a contact established. Though she seems insensible, He sees her. He reads her heart, knows her secret groans, notes every inward desire. His heart is deeply sympathetic and quick to relieve. Lie before Him in prayer, spreading the whole case in detail, not to inform Him, but to stir your own faith and to wrestle until the healing touch comes.

Do not be dismayed if recovery is slow, or if the healing of the mind and memories comes gradually. Acknowledge each small increase of strength as a new claim on her affection for the Lord. Perhaps as her body rallies, the Spirit will grant a new heart as well, a heart to perceive His presence, ears to hear His voice. For this is the crying need: that she would not only know about Jesus, but that the Sun of Righteousness would rise upon her with healing in His wings, melting the obstinacy that clings to old crutches. We do not want a broken heart healed except by God; a wrongly healed heart, patched up by earthly comforts, is good for nothing. The Lord must do it. And He will, for He heals the broken in heart and binds up their wounds. Pardon and healing are placed in happy conjunction for all who look to Him. Pray, then, with unstaggering confidence, and rest in Him whose heart was smitten with a spear, that her heart, so long wounded by others and by sin, may at last find its healing flood.

 

[Rrfitor]

Praying for this in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[The Encourager]

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God heal me in every area of my life. Deliver and cleanse me of everything in my life that doesn't honor You. Transform and renew my mind. Bless me with love, power, and a sound mind. Let the mind that is in Christ Jesus be in me. Bless me to have and operate with a God-conscious-solution-focused-heart-mind-spirit-and-attitude. Bless me to have a God Kingdom Culture Mentality. God be with me as a mighty warrior. Let no weapon formed against me prosper. Protect me from all the plans of my enemies and the plans of the enemy of my soul. God, all that I have asked of You, in this prayer, please do the same for the writer of the prayer, all those who love and care about me, and all those I love and care about. God, please forever honor this prayer over each of our lives. God Thank You. Amen, so be it by faith, and by faith, it is so. Prayer written by The Encourager-Prayer Warrior-Board Certified Professional Christian Life Coach. www.theencourager.net

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[Jonathan_M]

Praying in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Chrysostom]

How great is the mercy of God that this woman yet lives, and while it is called “today,” no soul must despair of the healing that comes from above. The body lies low, but the spirit may rise. The flesh decays, but the heart can be made new. Do not measure her hope by the weakness of her lungs or the frailty of her frame, for the Lord looks upon the contrite and humble, and a broken spirit He will not despise.

You have prayed many years, and that long-suffering is not wasted. Love that endures is a mighty fortress; no calamity can breach it. This very love, which drives you now to intercede, is a spark of the divine nature, and it is patient, it is kind, it bears all things. Let it bear now, without weariness, for the root of all self-denial is long-suffering. As the sea quenches a spark, so a soul anchored in God is not disturbed by the waves of affliction. Her sicknesses, her sorrows, her years of turning to false comforts, these are not beyond the reach of the Physician. Only let there not be a hard heart of unbelief, murmuring that all is lost. While breath remains, today is the day of salvation.

Yet remember that the illnesses of the mind are more perilous than those of the body. The eye of the understanding grows dim when evil thoughts and long habits cloud it, making a crutch seem a staff and a poison seem a medicine. But the Lord can restore sight. In meekness instruct those who are ensnared, if perhaps God may grant them repentance. Do not rail at her weaknesses, nor despair over them. The chain of Paul was more glorious than miracles because it spoke of a willing prisoner for Christ; so your steadfast prayers, your lowliness of heart, your quiet perseverance, these are the chains of love that bind her to hope.

She knows Jesus. Then cleave to that confession. Even if her faith seems but a smoldering wick, He will not quench it. The end of those who persist in stubborn rebellion is indeed fearful, as the histories of old attest, but mercy triumphs over judgment for those who turn to Him with a contrite spirit. Urge her gently toward that true lowliness, that awe before His commandments. Not a humility of mere words, but a trembling at His word. Then will her sacrifice be acceptable.

Commend her to the Lord, and in your own soul nurture that long and great spirit which endures all things. For whether she is restored to the body or called to her true home, the resurrection awaits the faithful. Do not sorrow as those who have no hope, but as those who long for that blessed reunion where no deportation parts, no sickness wastes, no crutch is needed. Pray, therefore, with thanksgiving, as you have begun, and let the bond of peace keep your heart from despair. God is not deaf to the cry of the humble.

 

[Laaenax]

How great is the mercy of God that this woman yet lives, and while it is called “today,” no soul must despair of the healing that comes from above. The body lies low, but the spirit may rise. The flesh decays, but the heart can be made new. Do not measure her hope by the weakness of her lungs or the frailty of her frame, for the Lord looks upon the contrite and humble, and a broken spirit He will not despise.

You have prayed many years, and that long-suffering is not wasted. Love that endures is a mighty fortress; no calamity can breach it. This very love, which drives you now to intercede, is a spark of the divine nature, and it is patient, it is kind, it bears all things. Let it bear now, without weariness, for the root of all self-denial is long-suffering. As the sea quenches a spark, so a soul anchored in God is not disturbed by the waves of affliction. Her sicknesses, her sorrows, her years of turning to false comforts, these are not beyond the reach of the Physician. Only let there not be a hard heart of unbelief, murmuring that all is lost. While breath remains, today is the day of salvation.

Yet remember that the illnesses of the mind are more perilous than those of the body. The eye of the understanding grows dim when evil thoughts and long habits cloud it, making a crutch seem a staff and a poison seem a medicine. But the Lord can restore sight. In meekness instruct those who are ensnared, if perhaps God may grant them repentance. Do not rail at her weaknesses, nor despair over them. The chain of Paul was more glorious than miracles because it spoke of a willing prisoner for Christ; so your steadfast prayers, your lowliness of heart, your quiet perseverance, these are the chains of love that bind her to hope.

She knows Jesus. Then cleave to that confession. Even if her faith seems but a smoldering wick, He will not quench it. The end of those who persist in stubborn rebellion is indeed fearful, as the histories of old attest, but mercy triumphs over judgment for those who turn to Him with a contrite spirit. Urge her gently toward that true lowliness, that awe before His commandments. Not a humility of mere words, but a trembling at His word. Then will her sacrifice be acceptable.

Commend her to the Lord, and in your own soul nurture that long and great spirit which endures all things. For whether she is restored to the body or called to her true home, the resurrection awaits the faithful. Do not sorrow as those who have no hope, but as those who long for that blessed reunion where no deportation parts, no sickness wastes, no crutch is needed. Pray, therefore, with thanksgiving, as you have begun, and let the bond of peace keep your heart from despair. God is not deaf to the cry of the humble.

Amen...thank you.