A Prayer about the Peace and Healing Jesus Brought
“But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; on him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and by his stripes we were healed.” Isaiah 53:5
Lord Jesus,
As we move closer to Resurrection Sunday (Easter),
may we envision you headed toward the cross:
beaten and broken, mocked and maimed—
For what?
For our transgressions (our rebelliousness),
For our iniquities (our twistedness).
At the same time, may we drink deeply of the peace
your punishment yielded
for our bodies, minds, souls, and hearts.
The peace of forgiveness,
the peace of resting in you,
the peace of your sacrificial love,
May we dance happily in joyous wonder
at the healing your blood bought
for our bodies, minds, souls, and hearts.
In your sacrificing name. Amen.
Read Isaiah 53:4-12.
![Do you know joy is growing in your heart?
Light is sown for the righteous,
And joy for the upright in heart. Psalm 97:11
Glorious God,
We confess,
sometimes the evil in our world
and the darkness in our own hearts
obscures your righteousness and glory.
Psalm 97 reorients the eyes of our hearts
to see how magnificent you are,
and as we see your kingly power
and eternal beauty,
we rejoice:
“The Lord reigns;
let the earth rejoice;
let the many coastlands be glad!” (Ps. 97:1).
May we never doubt for a moment
that you will defeat all evil
on this earth
in your good time:
“Fire goes before him
and burns his adversaries all around” (Ps. 97:3).
Indeed, as we see “The mountains [melting] like wax”
before you, mighty Lord,
we “hear and [are] glad.”
We rejoice!
Not only are you “[preserving] the lives of your saints;
[delivering] us from the hand of the wicked,” (Ps. 97:10),
you are sowing light in our hearts.
Today and every day,
may we see the seeds of light
growing in our hearts,
and may we know that out of those seeds,
you will harvest bright blooms of joy and gladness.
Indeed, as your children made righteous in Christ,
may we “give thanks to [your] holy name!” (Ps. 97:12).
In Jesus’ joy-full name. Amen.
Read Psalm 97.
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