Prayer Requests,

Because #PrayerWorks

Members and volunteers at Voices of Life are committed to consistently upholding each other in prayer. While we are willing and able to pray for individuals regardless of their location, in-person visitations by members and volunteers are limited to the Saint Louis Metro area in Missouri and the Metro East area of Illinois.

Prayer for Healing

During His earthly ministry, Jesus said many prayers for healing, miraculously causing the sick to recover. Today, Jesus continues to pour out His healing balm. Is there someone who needs God’s healing touch? Do you wish to say a prayer for a sick friend or family member? We can lift these concerns up to the Great Physician, the Lord Jesus Christ. If you or someone you know is sick, turn to this prayer as an example of how to beseech Him:

Dear Jesus, Divine Physician and Healer of the Sick, I turn to You in this time of illness. Dearest Comforter of the troubled, alleviate our worry and sorrow with Your gentle love, and grant us the grace and strength to accept this burden. We place our worries in Your hands. We ask that You restore Your servant to health again. Above all, grant us the grace to acknowledge Your holy will and know that whatever You do, You do for the love of us. Amen.

A Small Prayer of Healing

Lord of Heaven,
I rest underneath Your mighty wings of love.
I dwell within Your gentle heart.
I know there is healing in Your touch.
Through the sufferings of Christ I can ask for restoration
And trust in Your goodness.
You are my Lord, my Saviour,
My healer and my friend.
I dwell within Your gentle embrace.
Amen.

A Prayer of Healing & Understanding If an Immediate Miracle Doesn't Take Place

God, you know me so well. You created me. You know the number of hairs on my head, and you even know the thoughts conceived in my heart before I ever vocalize them. You’ve told us to come to you and ask for every need of life. You are Jehovah-Rapha, the God who heals, and you have the final word on my destiny, the number of years I’ll live and serve you on earth.

I’m coming to you today as your child, longing to hear from you and asking for your divine healing. There’s so much I don’t understand about life. But I do know that with one touch, one word, you can make me whole. Please forgive me of my sins, cleanse me of my unrighteousness, and begin your healing from the inside out.

I don’t always know what your will is Lord, especially in times like now, when I desperately seek your face. I offer you no promises, no bargains, no deals to exchange for my health. I simply bow my heart before you to tell you the desire of my heart: that I want to spend as many years as I can loving you here, loving others, and wanting to become more like you. However you choose to accomplish that is up to you—and okay with me. If you use doctors to provide healing, give them wisdom to know what to do. Regardless of how you accomplish it, the healing you give is always miraculous. And you deserve all the praise.

I absolutely believe you have the power to heal. You demonstrated that on earth, and you still heal in miraculous ways today. Even when my faith is weak, you say it is enough, and my love for you is strong. And I know you already hold my heart and life in your hands. It’s up to you. If I can bring you more glory through healing, then that’s what I ask for. That’s what I desire.

But if your answer is no, or not now, I know that your grace is sufficient for me. Ultimately, I want your will to be my will. I look forward to spending an eternity with you. But Lord, if you have planned still more for me to do here on this earth, I not only need and want your physical healing, Lord, but a thorough, deep-down cleansing and strengthening—a whole-hearted renewal of all that I am. Because all that I am is yours. Use this trial to strengthen me from a “what-if” faith to a “no-matter-what” faith. And no matter what, I choose to honor you and give you glory.

In Jesus’s name, Amen.

Healing Prayer

Lord, your Word speaks promises of healing and restoration and I thank you for the miracles you still perform today. Today I claim those promises over my friend. I believe in the healing power of faith and prayer and I ask you to begin your mighty work in the life of my friend. Please reach down and surround my friend with supernatural peace and strength and give them the faith to believe that all things are possible for you. Protect them from discouragement and let the miraculous healing begin. Amen.

Insights on How to Pray

What we are providing in this prayer guidance is a simplified three-step model that anyone can engage in when praying for the sick.

Before each step, ask God to come and counsel you on what to do. He knows you and He knows the person you are praying for.

The three suggested steps are:

1. PRAY FOR THE OBVIOUS
If someone is suffering from depression, for example, an obvious and simple prayer might consist of praying for depression, anxiety, healing, peace of mind, blessings, and so forth. Being specific helps you to speak life into the situation.

Allow God to guide you even when praying for the obvious. The words we use, the commands we give, and the actions we take are infused with great power as He directs them.

2. PRAY FOR INSIGHT
If prayer for the obvious works (the prayee is healed), this step may not be needed. However, you can still engage in this step to ask the Holy Spirit if there is any follow-up you (the pray-er) or the prayee needs to do.

In this step, we seek specific insight from God on what and how to pray. We may sense the need to pray for the obvious more persistently.

Whether or not steps one or two help the individual, the third step is a necessary one for you.

3. PRAY TO BE AVAILABLE
Scripture is clear that we are the body of Christ, and each of us has different functions and varying gifts.

However, when one is sick, we all suffer (1 Corinthians 12:26, “And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.”

This should encourage us to be prepared if God desires to use us in ministering healing or improvement to someone.

God just wants us to be an available and willing vessel – He will do the rest!