ASKING OTHERS TO PRAY FOR YOU: If you are scheduled for a procedure and think you might benefit from prayers, let everyone important to you know when you are having the procedure. Tell them the exact date and time of the procedure and ask them to send you loving and positive thoughts and prayers at the very moment you will be having your procedure. Do not be afraid to ask your doctor to say a prayer with you or at least to be in the room while you recite such a prayer. Be sure to pray for your doctor to be skillful and for a positive outcome! If you don’t have an appropriate prayer to recite, find one that touches your heart and spirit from the prayers included in this section.
On Prayer
Prayer is a force as real as terrestrial gravity. As a Physician, I have seen men and women, after all other therapy has failed, lifted out of a disease and melancholy by the serene effort of prayer. A constant, quieter miracle takes place hourly in the hearts of men and women who have discovered that prayer supplies them with a steady flow of sustaining power in their daily lives
Amen.
Alexis Carrel
The Lord is My Shepherd
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in pleasant green pastures, He leads me beside the peaceful waters. He restores my soul, He guides me in good paths for His name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through a valley overshadowed by death, I will fear no evil, For You are with me. Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.You prepare a table before me in the presence of my oppressors. Once You anointed my head with oil; my cup has been full ever since. Surely goodness and lovingkindness shall follow me all the days of my life; And then I shall live in the house of the Lord forever.
Amen.
Psalm 23
Heal Me
My God and Father, healer of the sick, I turn to You in my time of trouble. Hear my prayer, 0 God, and my supplication. Grant me the courage to bear my pain, and the confidence to hope that I shall be well, for I rely on Your love. Bless the efforts of my physician; endow him with Your wisdom to heal. Bless the efforts of all who seek to restore me to health. May it be Your will to restore me to health, that I may complete my years in happiness and well-being. Permit me to return to my loved ones and to my tasks. Bless me with insight and strength to serve You wholeheartedly. Heal me and I shall be healed, save me and I shall be saved.
Amen.
Author Unknown
Out Of The Depths
Out of the depths I called to You; Lord, hear my cry, heed my plea. Be attentive to my prayers, to my sigh of supplication. Who could endure, Lord, if You kept count of every sin? But forgiveness is Yours; therefore we revere You. I wait for the Lord, my soul yearns. Hopefully, I await His word. I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the dawn. Put your hope in the Lord, For the Lord is generous with mercy. Abundant is His power to redeem; He will redeem the people from all iniquities.
Amen.
Psalm
A Prayer for Bad Days
Be with me, God. I feel so lost. I can’t seem to escape the dark cloud that is hanging over me today. Help me, God. Give me strength to combat despair and fear. Show me how to put my pain into perspective. Teach me how to have faith in the new day that is coming. Thank You, God, for today’s blessings, for tomorrow’s hope, and for Your abiding love.
Amen.
Rabbi Naomi Levy
A Hopeful Heart
A hopeful heart helps to keep you alive, and joy adds length of days. Relax yourself, soothe your heart, and banish anxiety. For sorrow and anxiety have destroyed many lives; they lead to no advantage. Envy and anger shorten one’s life, and anxiety brings old age before its time. A person with a hopeful heart will develop a good appetite, eating the food which helps one survive.
Amen.
Ben Sira