Sunday, May 3, 2020

Prayer for Physical and Spiritual Healing

We're at a time when prayers for healing - whether for physical, spiritual or emotional - are most needed.

Below is one of the most beautiful prayers on healing a friend shared with me.  I tried to research who wrote it but sources online don't have any attribution.

The original prayer was written from the first person point of view - for one's own healing - but it's also a beautiful prayer to say for someone else's healing.  However, every time I pray it for someone else's healing, it's distracting to substitute the pronouns as you're mentally reciting the words. It ruins the solemnity of praying.  ðŸ˜…  And so, I made a version 2 which is meant for someone's healing.

Below are the 2 versions of the prayer.  Just copy and paste the prayers on your phone so you can easily say these short prayers for yourself and for others.

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Source
Prayer for Healing (Physical and Spiritual Healing) for One's Self

Heavenly Father,
I call on you right now in a special way.
It is through your power that I was created.
Every breath I take, every morning I wake,
and every moment of every hour, I live under your power.

Father, I ask you now to touch me with that same power.
For if you created me from nothing,
you can certainly recreate me. 
Fill me with the healing power of your spirit.
Cast out anything that should not be in me.
Mend what is broken.
Root out any unproductive cells.
Open any blocked arteries or veins and rebuild any damaged areas.
Remove all inflammation and cleanse any infection.
Let the warmth of Your healing love pass through my body
to make new any unhealthy areas
so that my body will function the way You created it to function.

And Father, restore me to full health in mind and body
so that I may serve You the rest of my life.
I ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.


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Prayer for Healing (Physical and Spiritual Healing) for Someone

Heavenly Father,
I call on you right now in a special way.
It is through your power that <name of person> was created.
Every breath he/she takes, every morning he/she wakes,
and every moment of every hour, he/she lives under your power.

Father, I ask you now to touch him/her with that same power.
For if you created him/her from nothing,
you can certainly recreate him/her. 
Fill him/her with the healing power of your spirit.
Cast out anything that should not be in him/her.
Mend what is broken.
Root out any unproductive cells.
Open any blocked arteries or veins and rebuild any damaged areas.
Remove all inflammation and cleanse any infection.
Let the warmth of Your healing love pass through his/her body
to make new any unhealthy areas 
so that his/her body will function the way You created it to function.

And Father, restore him/her to full health in mind and body
so that he/she may serve You the rest of his/her life.
I ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.