A Prayer about Praying for Miracles of Healing
And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, ‘If you will, you can make me clean.’ Mark 1:40
Life-Changing God,
Thank you for inviting us
to bring all of our prayer requests before you,
especially regarding healing.
Throughout Scripture, we see you reversing the course of nature,
healing supernaturally,
as you did when the leper asked you to make him clean.
Because you healed many people,
we are invited to pray for healing.
And yet, may we remember,
we should never treat you as a magician,
asking you to wave a wand
and reverse the course of nature.
When our loved one is suffering and dying,
eaten up with disease,
may we pray to accept the reality of death
in your timing and in your way
as an answer to our prayer.
May we continue to lament the horror of death
until the day Jesus returns to raise us all to new life
in the new heavens and new earth.
May we never forget
your most miraculous healing work—
the raising of the spiritually dead
to new life and eternal life.
Lord, give us wisdom when we pray for healing,
and give us acceptance of your every answer to prayer.
In Jesus’ healing name. Amen.
Luke 2:29-31; James 1:4-5; Mark 1:40-44.