Daily Prayer: HEALING

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for when we need to heal the hurt we've caused

Lord, we repent of how we have been the source of hurt for another person. Please forgive us, Lord, for the ways we have caused pain in those you love dearly. Though we may have not intentionally cause pain to another, their pain is real to them. Teach us, Lord, to see the hurt in those that may disguise it. Reveal to us the ways we can do better and be better.

Lord, make us instruments of your peace:
where there is hatred, let us sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
O divine Master, grant that we may instead of seek
to be consoled
May we seek to understand instead of to be understood. (from St. Francis of Assisi)

Amen

from 1 John 4:10-12
This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

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a prayer for mental health

Heavenly Father,

You know the depths of my mind and understand my struggles.

I feel overwhelmed with a mixture of sadness and fear.

I bring these burdens to you, trusting that you care for me.

Fill my heart with your peace, washing away the heaviness.

Give me the courage to face each day as you quiet the storms in my mind.

And restore my soul with your healing power.

Amen

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a prayer for panic attacks

Heavenly Father,

The scriptures tell us that you are a safe and powerful protector.

Protect me from the fear and anxiety I am experiencing these days.

Send the calming of the Holy Spirit to help me with these strong feelings.

I believe that you can be strong in my weakness and my struggles.

You are with me, and I lean on You.

I am praying in the name of Jesus.

Amen.

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A prayer for relational healing:

Lord, there are many ways we fall short in our relationships. We failed to carry each other’s burdens, we harbored offenses, and we judged each other’s motives. Help us to confess our sins against each other. Help us to forgive and seek forgiveness. May your Spirit heal wounds and bring unity to fractured relationships—that we might love one another as you love us.

Source: Ten Prayers for the New Year (Dennae Pierre) - Christianity Today

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a prayer in troubling times

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help me to be a bridge of your love

Lord,

You reached out to me; help me to reach out to others.

Give me eyes to see those in need of connection.

Empower me with the courage to speak or serve as you lead me.

Remove my pride, fear, and hesitation.

Use me to reflect your love, whether I am offering help or asking for it.

Let me be a bridge of your grace.

Amen

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a prayer to be content in suffering

Lord of All Provision,

I confess that I have often been discontent with where I am in life.

I struggle with feelings of weariness and am overwhelmed by pain.

Help me to find joy in the middle of this struggle.

Bless me to be aware and know that you are working in my life.

Teach me to be content in your love and where I am.

Give me the patience to endure this challenging season.

Help me to overcome the temptation to give up.

Open my inner eyes that I might see you clearly in my life.

Cause me to always be grateful for what I have been given.

To you belongs all honor and praise.

Amen.

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a prayer of self-acceptance

Dear God,

I know that you accept me. Help me to accept myself.

Help me to see myself as you see me. Give me the grace to have your eyes.

I confess that I often struggle with self-doubt and self-criticism.

I compare myself to others all of the time.

Please help me to release negativity and embrace your unconditional love.

Remind me that I am valuable and worthy of love and respect, just as I am.

Help me to forgive myself for past mistakes and to move forward.

Amen

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Pray to bless someone

The Hebrew translation of this prayer augments the word blessing. It’s a series of words that mean “that Ishmael might live before [God].” And the blessing involves Ishmael’s face, that he would experience God as he faced the Almighty. There is relationship coursing through this verse, depicting the God who lovingly faces his creation, who walks behind, before, and beside as a protective parent. That is the essence of the blessings we pray over our loved ones—that God would shine his face upon those who need him, and that he would protect, defend, and be with his children.

It is much more difficult to pray a blessing upon someone with whom you’re in conflict. Part of your healing journey may be asking this for your friend or a family member who perplexes you: Lord, I pray they would live before you, that you would prosper their soul. In praying for our painful relationships, we become more like Jesus.

To pray for another is to bless them—to dare to ask that the One who made every heart, body, and soul would protect and walk gloriously alongside them. We see this in beautiful fulfillment as Jesus incarnates God on earth, facing the creation he fashioned, showing us the heart of the One who blesses us all.

We are blessed so that we can bless. We are given grace so that we can give grace to others. We are loved so that we can embody love to someone who truly needs it. We are forgiven so that we can learn the art and joy of forgiving another.

Jesus, would you bless the person I’m thinking of right now? Would you walk alongside them, bring comfort, show them that you see them? Would you turn their face toward yours? Would you reveal yourself to be faithful, utterly reliable, and wholly interested in their welfare? I entrust them to you. Amen.

Source: DeMuth, Mary E. 2020. Pray Every Day: 90 Days of Prayer from God’s Word. Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers.

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a prayer of self acceptance

Dear God,

Though people reject me, you have accepted all of me.

Though folks judge me, you love every part of me.

Though others stereotype me, you see me individually.

Help me to remember that you accept, love and see me.

Help me to know that you walk beside me and are with me.

Help me accept myself and all of my faults.

Teach me to see the good in my heart and in my life.

Teach me to understand how much I am growing stronger.

Teach me to walk in confidence, believing the best about myself.

Amen.

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a prayer for restored faith

Dear God,

Life has been hard and I have lost my way.
It is hard to understand how these things have happened.

I have experienced such pain and heartache.
It seems that you are not there and not with me.

Help me to find my way back to you.
Open my heart and my eyes that I might sense your presence.

Bring hope into my heart and loving people to my side.
I am needy. I need you. Come into my life God.

Amen.

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a prayer to be kind

Dear Lord,

Give me strength today to show kindness in all that I do.

Help me to open my arms to those that are different from me.

Bless me that I might extend my hand to those who may need it.

Help me to live in a way that all may see You in my kind words and actions.

Amen.

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a prayer to accept others

Dearest Lord,

Help me to welcome people with an open mind and heart.

Help me to embrace people who look and act differently from me.

Help me to love my neighbor as myself.

Help me to accept those who need my support.

Help me to love and accept all people.

Amen

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a prayer to develop empathy

Teach us Lord,

To take time to really hear what our family and friends are saying.

To see with our inner eyes and feel what others are feeling.

To enter into the suffering of others knowing you are with us.

To walk with the poor, the sick and the dying.

To love others the way that you love them.

Amen. And Amen.

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a prayer for compassion

Merciful Lord,

Help us to make other's well-being our goal.

Help us seek to be there for our friends and neighbors.

Help us to be empathetic to their pains, wounds, and sadness.

Teach us to rejoice when others succeed and are doing well.

Teach us to see you in the lives of others.

Teach us to be a blessing to all who we encounter.

In all things and at all times, make us your agents of compassion.

Amen.

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forgiving past mistakes

Father of all mercies,

It is often so hard to forgive myself because I fail so much.

Bless me that I might see myself through your eyes of love.

And help me to remember that you have used each mistake that I have made.

That you are working all things together to make me like you.

Teach me how to be easier on myself and learn to forgive past mistakes.

Help me forgive myself and find peace with the person you made me.

Lastly, use me to help others forgive themselves.

I pray in Jesus’ name.

Amen.

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soften my heart

Dear God,

I am hurting and in pain - and I feel my heart becoming hard.

Help me Spirit to follow you that it might become soft again.

Keep me open to forgive and help me to bless those who have hurt me.

Cause me to see my life as you see it and help me to hope at all times.

Cleanse my heart Lord, and renew my spirit that I might love as you love.

Make me tenderhearted and unafraid to love again.

I commit myself afresh to you and your kingdom.

Amen.

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a prayer to move on

Heavenly Father,

I pray that you will help me to move on.

Open my eyes to a future filled with new hope.

Break the chains that have ensnared me for so long.

Guide me as I leave toxic relationships and environments.

Help me to not return to old patterns of dependence.

Bless me to trust Your goodness and grace in new ways.

I believe that You have better things for me in the future.

Teach me to walk in your ways.

Amen.

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thankful for my scars

Dearest Father,

I have scars.

Help me to see them as evidence of healing and not pain or suffering.

Touch my heart and heal it that I might glorify you.

Pour out your grace on me today that I might testify to others.

And I will trust you to mold me and shape me as I serve you.

In Jesus' Name, Amen.

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in you all things are possible

Dear Father,

I come before you today in need of healing.
I believe that in you all things are possible.

Renew my mind, my body, and my soul.
I am hurting but I come to you with faith.

You gave us life and many gifts to help us live.
Help me to have the strength to move forward on this hard path.

Guide me towards better health and give me the wisdom I need.
Open my heart to the possibilities that I have in you.

Amen

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