When you’re sick, praying is sometimes one of the last things on your mind as is reading the Bible. But we as believers know prayer is power. And if you’ve seen the super-powerful flick War Room
So I want to give you war room prayers for the sick I pray for myself and hubby and what I would pray over you if you were here with me right now, friend.
I Pray These War Room Prayers for the Sick, for You, Friend:
I pray we never lose hope:
I pray we all never lose hope and grow weary in doing good. When you have a looong season of illness, it can be tempting to become a shell of yourself. Your pulse, blood, and breath still remain in your body, but you’re soul-dead. I pray our inner man would not lose heart and would persevere.
I pray for growth in our trial of sickness:
I pray that God would teach us what we need to learn in this wilderness season. There’s been plenty that God has purged in me in this season of more serious sickness. I pray He continues to prune and grow us as He sees fit in this trial. And I pray we would, in our own free will, respond to His guidance.
I pray we cast our burdens onto Christ in the form of lament which will dull the itch to complain:
I think of the Israelites who wandered in the wilderness for a whopping forty years for a journey that was intended to take a mere ten days. Their grumbling caused the Lord to curse their journey and multiply their time to the forty-year stint that we are all aware of. I pray that we all would choose lament over grumbling and complaining.
I pray God would reveal if there is anything in our free will that’s extending this wilderness season of sickness:
Along those same lines, I pray that if there is anything in our own free will that’s extending this wilderness season longer than it needs to be, that God would guide us in wisdom to know how to change course.
I pray for purpose in our trial of sickness:
I also pray that when we arrive at our promised land and our wilderness journey has come to a close, that we would serve the Lord in a more powerful way than what we would have had we not traveled through this wilderness of illness. I pray, friend, that God would infuse us with a mighty purpose in our pain.
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And yes, I pray that God would heal us physically:
It’s been a long season of winter for my health, but I still ask for others to pray for a miracle breakthrough and I still pray for one myself. I pray this for you too, friend. As Jesus was praying in the Garden of Gethsemane the night He was betrayed into the hands of the Roman soldiers, He made an interesting plea before His Father in heaven- He actually asked for the cup of wrath to be taken from Him.
I think a lot of us miss that part. Jesus Himself asked the Father to spare Him from His bloodied fate on the cross.
I think we miss that part because so many of us know the outcome. Jesus received the no-go from the Father and made His trek to Golgatha where He breathed His last.
But if Jesus is our example (and He is) this means it’s okay for us to ask for our cup of suffering to pass from our lives.
I pray that God would also heal us emotionally:
I also ask that God heals us emotionally since many of us facing chronic illness have dealt with the emotional impact of facing a longterm illness.
But I also pray God restores:
As you may remember, Job not only received a healing from God physically, he also received restored relationships with his friends and his fortunes. Will we always receive a Job restoration in this life? Well, no. But we can still pray for it and know that if we don’t receive it in this life, there’s a chance we can in the next.
I pray God rewrites our broken stories and restores the torn and tattered pages of our book of life.
And I hope these war room prayers for the sick encourage your heart, friend.
Hope is always an option,
Sarah, this is so well written and powerful! I’ve never read anything quite like it before. My husband and I have been in a long season of sickness. Yet, the time has not been wasted as we have grown spiritually. Slowing down has its benefits. As well, we now have a greater compassion and understanding for those who suffer. He will and has used this to minister to others in their times of trial. God bless you for all you do. May you be healed and restored in Jesus’ name.
Thank you so much for the encouraging words, Carolynn! I’m so sorry to hear of you and your husband’s long season of illness. Praying alongside you for restoration in your own life. <3 <3
I have been managing so much chronic pain in my body for so many years and this was very encouraging to me. I understand better the difference between lamenting and complaining now, too. I feel like I still have hope deep inside for my Healer God to come through and I pray I don’t ever become soul dead over this and become just an empty shell of a person. Thank you so much Sarah Anne. I am praying for you also, sweet friend! ❤
I’m so glad this message encouraged you, Donna. ❤️ I will keep in mind to pray for your own health restoration. Thanks for praying for my own.
I loved the prayer to lament over complaining. I’ve never heard it explained like this before, and I totally agree with you. I think lamenting in prayer can be quite powerful. Thank you so much for sharing this great post.
So glad it was helpful to you, Chrissie– thanks for dropping by! 🙂
I really liked the wording of the distinction between lament and complaining. I added it to an old post of my own – linking to you. https://lightenough.wordpress.com/2014/10/03/lament-vs-complaining/
I’m so glad the distinction between lament and complaining was a helpful one to you, Laura. Thanks for the mention on your own personal blog! ?
Wow, these are beautiful prayers to pray over our loved ones and friends who are sick, and a reminder that God is our great Healer and Restorer.
So glad you enjoyed the prayers and were reminded of God as our Healer and Restorer, Susan. ?
Prayed for my daughter using these prayers. She has a concussion.
So glad you were able to pray these prayers over your precious daughter, Julie! <3 Hoping and praying she doesn't have long-term issues from her concussion.
God was angry with the Israelites because of their lack of faith and their rejection of Him- not their complaining. (Numbers 14:11)
They did not understand God’s plan and did not trust that He would do as He has said.
When we are sick, it’s easy to lose faith in God and to lose hope and wish we could go back to how things were. The lesson from the Israelites is that no matter what we are going through, we should trust God and His plan and not our own.
Thanks for the feedback, Anne! I read it as a “both and” from the Numbers 14 passage. You’re right in that a lack of trust in God was a reason for God’s anger towards the Israelites. In earlier verses it reads, “Then the whole community broke into loud cries, and the people wept that night. All the Israelites complained about Moses and Aaron, and the whole community told them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness!” (Numbers 14:1-2) Some translations use the word “grumbling” and others “murmuring” in place of the word “complained.” The complaining was a lead up to the response from God asking how long the Israelites will treat Him with contempt. Thanks again for dropping by with your thoughts and highlighting a noteworthy aspect of the Numbers account that shouldn’t be overlooked. 🙂
These are beautiful Prayers, Sarah. I have had long seasons of autoimmune disorders for what seems like forever. I have a section on my blog about health if you want to check it out. Your pins are amazing to by the way
So glad you enjoyed the prayers, Angie. I’ll have to check out your section on health. And thanks so much for your kind words on the pins. 🙂
Sarah, thank you for the beautiful reminder of the power of prayer. I know for me personally I don’t always go to prayer first like I need to. It is refreshing to be reminded that God loves us beyond measure and always has our best interests at heart even if that means enduring an illness or trial.
I don’t think most of us go to prayer first all of the time, myself included! But, oh how vital it is to our spiritual growth. Thanks for dropping by with your lovely words, Tabatha!
More strenght and more power for you in Jesus name,Weldon Sarah
Hi Sarah Anne.
These prayers touched my heart today as I’ve been struggling in this season with some new health issues. Thank you for writing this post.
Blessings,
Tammy