Divine Healing

A Prayer for Healing and Hope
Almighty God, we give you thanks,
for You are the Creator
of all life and goodness.
We praise You for the world
You have made us to build up and enjoy.
Loving God, help us to be
faithful heralds of Healing and Hope.
Grant us the awareness of the healing needs
of those around us and the compassion to
respond willingly to those needs.
We ask this through Christ, Our Healer
and Source of all Hope. Amen.

Sirach 38:9

My child, when you are ill, do not delay,
 
but pray to the Lord, and he will heal you.
Exodus 15.26

"He said, ‘If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in his sight, and give heed to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will not bring upon you any of the diseases that I brought upon the Egyptians; for I am the Lord who heals you.’"

Psalm 91:10

"no evil shall befall you,
   no scourge come near your tent."

Psalm 103:1–5

"Bless the Lord, O my soul,
   and all that is within me,
   bless his holy name.
² Bless the Lord, O my soul,
   and do not forget all his benefits—
³ who forgives all your iniquity,
   who heals all your diseases,
⁴ who redeems your life from the Pit,
   who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
⁵ who satisfies you with good as long as you live^*
   so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s."

Psalm 107:17–22

"Some were sick^* through their sinful ways,
   and because of their iniquities endured affliction;
¹⁸ they loathed any kind of food,
   and they drew near to the gates of death.
¹⁹ Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
   and he saved them from their distress;
²⁰ he sent out his word and healed them,
   and delivered them from destruction.
²¹ Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
   for his wonderful works to humankind.
²² And let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices,
   and tell of his deeds with songs of joy."

Proverbs 4:20–22

"My child, be attentive to my words;
   incline your ear to my sayings.
²¹ Do not let them escape from your sight;
   keep them within your heart.
²² For they are life to those who find them,
   and healing to all their flesh."

Isaiah 53:4–5

"Surely he has borne our infirmities
   and carried our diseases;
yet we accounted him stricken,
   struck down by God, and afflicted.
⁵ But he was wounded for our transgressions,
   crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the punishment that made us whole,
   and by his bruises we are healed."

¹⁴ Jeremiah 17:14

"Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed;
   save me, and I shall be saved;
   for you are my praise."

Matthew 8:2–3

"and there was a leper who came to him and knelt before him, saying, ‘Lord, if you choose, you can make me clean.’ ³He stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, ‘I do choose. Be made clean!’ Immediately his leprosy^* was cleansed."

Matthew 8:16–17

"That evening they brought to him many who were possessed by demons; and he cast out the spirits with a word, and cured all who were sick. ¹⁷This was to fulfil what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah, ‘He took our infirmities and bore our diseases.’"

Acts 10:38

"how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him."

James 5:15

"The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them up; and anyone who has committed sins will be forgiven."

1 Peter 2:24

"He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that, free from sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed."

III John 2

"Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, just as it is well with your soul."