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.
A Prayer For a Couple Hoping to Conceive
Our love is strong. We both want, more than anything, to bring a new life into this world. Bless us with a child, God. Help our love bear fruit. When our bodies and souls unite in love, let the seed of life take root. Make us fertile, God. Be with us, God; watch over us, hear our prayer.
Amen.
Rabbi Naomi Levy
Prayer For Healing
My soul I give to you
My spirit in your care
Draw me near
I shall not fear
Hold me in your hands
Draw me near
I shall not fear
Safely in your hands God is with me, I do not fear!
Amen.
Author Unknown
The Road Of Life
God of our life, there are days when our burdens overwhelm us, when the road ahead seems dreary, when the skies are grey and threatening. On such days our lives have no music, our hearts are lonely and Our spirits are robbed of courage. Flood our path with light, we beseech You; direct our vision to promising skies; attune Our hearts to the uplifting music of life. Grant us the awareness of true comradeship with others, to sustain us, and so quicken our spirits that we may be able to encourage those who journey with us on the road of life to dedicate themselves to Your honor and glory.
Amen.
Author Unknown
A Prayer For My Critically Ill Child
Dear God,
Please watch over my beloved child as he lies in innocent slumber, with the purest of souls. With a broken heart I watch as disease robs him of his well-being, his health, his dignity, his consciousness, his life. He makes small movements, communicating in minute fashion to let me know he feels my presence. What is it about the human spirit that wants to soar even when the ugly face of illness attempts to drag it down? I struggle to understand why this dear, sweet soul must suffer. The pain of an anguished parent’s heart as I hover over my beloved child – ready to protect, defend, love…to give up my own life so that my child might live his. Lord, give me the strength to persevere as my child , devastated by disease, seems to slip away more and more each moment, all control over his well-being slipping through my hands. It is You, God, whom I turn to for that strength. For without my faith, all hope would be lost…taking with it all dreams for good things to come. Dear God, please hear my pleas and my prayers for my child. Do not abandon him .. Send him your healing love… he needs it now more than ever.
Amen.
Lorrie Klemons
On Healing
Show the physician due honor For the Lord has created him; Healing comes from the Most High. The Lord has created medicines out of the earth, And a sensible person will not refuse them. My child, be not negligent when you are sick, But pray to the Lord and He will cure you.
Amen.
From Ben Sira 38
Faith
I need fear nothing this day, for I have declared my My faith in God’s providence. Whether tried or spared, I accept His will as good. “I am always aware of the Lord’s presence, He is at my right hand. I shall never be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my spirit rejoices; my body, also rests in hope. You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is the fullness of joy.”
Amen.
From Psalm 16