We join you in bringing this beloved sufferer before the great throne of grace, and we do so with confidence in our heavenly Physician.
You have done well to tell the case to Jesus just as you would mention a physical case to a doctor, for He is ready to hear it all and to consider it. Calvary is the place for the healing balm, and there abundant streams of healing flow down from our great conduit Head to men below. Scripture tells us the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations, and we learn from this that the least thing about Christ is healing. His very touch brings virtue, and those who are washed in His blood find their nature changed and their spirits made whole.
Remember also that healing and pardon are placed in happy conjunction. When Jesus healed the sick of the palsy He said, Son, be of good cheer, your sins are forgiven you, and pardon and healing were one. The Sun of Righteousness has risen with healing in His wings, and the healing virtue which His grace infuses will work health and cure till we are without spot or wrinkle. We very speedily care for bodily diseases, for they are too painful to let us slumber in silence, but our Lord cares both for the body and the soul, and He will not despise the cry of a broken and weary frame.
So we pray with you now. O Lord our God, You who knit this body together in the womb and see all that is hidden, lay Your gentle and mighty hand upon his stomach and intestines. Calm every inflammation, ease every spasm, and wash away all discomfort and pain. Restore the natural harmony of his digestive system as You first created it to be, grant him complete relief and deep, restoring rest, and fill his heart with that peace which surpasses all understanding as his body heals. May he feel the contact of Christ who took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses, and may this affliction draw him nearer to the Savior in whom alone is salvation.
We leave him in Your tender keeping, trusting that whether You grant immediate relief or sustain through a longer trial, Your grace will be sufficient and Your healing leaves will not fail.
In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, who alone saves and heals, Amen.