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.
Elizabeth Reynolds Turnage
author, life and legacy coach, speaker
Elizabeth Reynolds Turnage is the author of Preparing for Glory: Biblical Answers to 40 Questions on Living and Dying in Hope of Heaven.
(affiliate link)
The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. Zephaniah 3:17
Lord,
We believe; help our unbelief.
We believe you have already come into our midst
in the incarnation of Jesus Christ.
We believe you are a mighty one
who has already saved us from our sins
through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
But in the next line of this magnificent verse,
we stutter and stumble.
We think that maybe you will rejoice in us
some day in the future
when we are more holy,
that you will love us
some day in the future
when we never sin again,
that you will exult in us with loud singing
some day in the future
when we’ve finally earned our way to heaven.
But that’s not what Scripture tells us.
The gospel good news
for all who trust in Jesus
is that right this minute,
you are rejoicing over us,
right this minute
you are quieting us with your love,
right this minute
and you are exulting over us with loud singing.
You saved us.
You love us.
You delight in us.
You sing extra-loud over us,
like the five-year-old who loves to sing
at the top of his lungs
because he’s so happy.
Help us today to sit quietly
and listen for the sound
of your delight in us,
and may that delight
change the way we live and love
today and every day.
In Jesus’ saving name. Amen.
Read Zephaniah 3:14-20.
Elizabeth Reynolds Turnage
author, life and legacy coach, speaker
Elizabeth Reynolds Turnage is the author of Preparing for Glory: Biblical Answers to 40 Questions on Living and Dying in Hope of Heaven.
(affiliate link)