A Prayer about Healing and Recovery

Merciful God,

As I prepare to go in this morning for my second new hip in 2020,

I am thankful for the variety of ways you heal our bodies.

In this past year, many of us have met our match,

a desperate need for healing and recovery from the dread COVID-19 virus.

Thank you for all of the medical personnel who have labored long,

often sacrificing their own health to care for the sick.

Thank you for all in the scientific community who have worked around the clock

to discover protection and cures for COVID-19.

Thank you for vaccines now available and being delivered.

We pray for those who need healing from any ailment:

physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual.

Show them your tender mercy and profound strength

in the midst of their weakness.

Draw our hearts toward the day of full and forever healing.

In the name of Jesus, our Great Physician we pray. Amen.

Read 3 John 1:2; Jeremiah 30:17; John 9:1-41.