Your prayer has been brought before the Lord and we do join you in carrying this burden to the throne of grace, where we find a Father who hears and answers for His Son's sake.
We know how anxiety rises when a child lies ill and breathing is labored, and how that very anxiety unfits the heart to meet the difficulty. Yet remember what has been taught to us, that He spared not His only begotten Son but delivered Him up for us, and will He after such a gift withhold anything that is necessary for our well being. Cast this care upon Him, for He cares for you and for your son. To tell your trouble only to yourself brings no good, but to tell it to the Lord brings peace, for He is able to calm the spirit even while the body waits for strength.
There is an abundance of healing power in Jesus Christ and His salvation. The Scripture says the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations, to teach us that the least thing about Christ is healing virtue. His fruit is sweet and nourishing, and even His leaves, His touches, His words, His hem, are full of healing. The Sun of Righteousness has risen with healing in His wings, and when He comes to dwell with His people they have no need to say, I am sick, for pardon and healing are placed in happy conjunction. When Jesus healed the sick of the palsy He first said, Son, be of good cheer, your sins are forgiven you, to show that He has power on earth both to forgive and to heal. He took our sicknesses and infirmities upon Himself, and the medicine, bitter as it was, He drank Himself that we might be healed. He heals the broken in heart and binds up their wounds, and no true healing is wrought but by His own hand. He took the fevered one by the hand and lifted her up, and there was a contact established. So still He draws near and lifts up those who lie prostrate.
We now pray with you in the name of Jesus Christ, through whom alone is salvation and access to the Father.
Heavenly Father, we thank You for Your blessings and for Your ear that is open to prayer. We ask that You would surround this dear son with Your healing presence. Lay Your hand upon his body and remove every trace of harmful effect from his medication. Strengthen his lungs, ease his breathing, and calm his anxiety with that peace which passes understanding. Let Your healing virtue flow to him, changing and restoring as only You can. Grant to the hospital medical team divine wisdom and discernment, that all they do may be guided by Your hand and made effectual for his good. We ask that he may know himself upheld by Christ, who bore our infirmities, and that whether healing comes at once or by degrees, he and those who love him may see the power of the Gospel to heal and to save. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and intercedes for us. Amen.
Continue to look to Christ and to His Word, for faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. When Christ was teaching, the power of the Lord was present to heal, and He still links healing with teaching. Keep your heart near His promises, trust the great Physician whose leaves never wither, and rest in the love of Him who gave His Son for you.
