We have heard your burden for your father and we join you in carrying it to the throne of grace, where the great Physician still reigns.
Human strength, even at its best, spends itself and fails, and how much more after so great a trial as a stroke and surgery. Yet it is written, They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. What is impossible with man is possible with God, for His strength is not derived or measured, but inexhaustible and eternal. To those who have no might He increases strength, and He Himself has said, I will strengthen them in the Lord. We do not look to flesh to sustain itself, but we wait upon the Lord who can lend strength fitly infused and wisely balanced.
There is abundance of healing power in Jesus Christ and His salvation. The Scripture speaks of the tree of life whose leaves were for the healing of the nations, and the least thing about Christ is healing virtue. Not only His fruit but His leaves are full of healing. When our bodies suffer long from illness and a dreadful weakness remains, restoration is often a slow process, yet the Lord can cause the weakened limbs to recover by His own hand. We pray that you may taste those healing leaves and find revival out of decline.
Let us pray together.
O blessed God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, viewed aright Thou art not a Judge to be dreaded by Thy children but a Father to be loved and trusted, and the Father Himself loveth us. We come through Jesus Christ alone, in whose name alone salvation and access are found, and we ask for pardoning mercy first, for pardon and healing are one in Thy hands. Forgive his sins through the blood of Christ, and let the spirit of adoption speak peace to him and to his household.
Lord our Saviour, lay Thy hand upon this dear father who is bedridden and under rehabilitation. Resolve his neuro issues and regulate his blood pressure and all vitals to that which is normal and healthful. Restore, as it pleases Thy wisdom, his bodily movement, his senses and reflexes, and grant him strength again to eat and to talk and to walk. Cure his infections, stay his seizures, and heal those non healing sores which so afflict him. Give to the medical team who labour for his recovery true wisdom and skill, for all skill cometh from Thee.
We ask also for his family in this difficult season. Renew their strength as they wait upon Thee, and keep them in unity and peace and faith. Sanctify their house by Thy presence, and let them know that Thou art their protector. We do not fear black magic or curse or witchcraft as though any power could stand against Thee, for Thou art the Father who keepeth His children, and greater is He that is in us. Safeguard them from all evil and from the fear of evil, and teach them to trust not in charms but in the living Christ who hath purged every evil by His own sacrifice.
We ask not as those who demand, but as those who wait and trust, saying, Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Thy sight. Do according to Thy riches in glory by Christ Jesus. If it be Thy will, grant perfect restoration, as a father receiveth a returning child and maketh him as though he had never been away, with music and rejoicing in Thy mercy. And whatever Thy answer, let this family find their strength to sit still while Thou arisest to be their arm every morning and their salvation in time of trouble.
We offer this prayer in the powerful and only saving name of Jesus, our righteousness and our all. Amen.