DAY 11 - PRAY FOR HIS HEALTH.
Your husband's health is not something to take for granted, no matter what his age or condition. Pray for him to learn to take proper care of himself, and if he becomes ill, pray for him to be healed. I've seen too many answers to prayers for healing in my life and the lives of others to doubt that the God who healed in the Bible is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. I believe that when God said, "I am the LORD who heals You," He meant it (Exodus 15:26).
Jesus "took our infirmities and bore our sickness" (Matthew 8:17). He gave His disciples power to "heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease (Matthew 10:1). He said "These signs will follow those who believe.....They will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover" (Matthew 16;117,18).
Remember when we pray and have faith, the outcome and timing are God's decisions. He says there is "a time to heal" (Ecclesiastes 3:3). If you pray for healing and nothing happens, don't beat yourself up for it. God sometimes uses a man's physical ailments to get his attention so He can speak to him. Keep praying, but know God's decision is the bottom line.
The same is true when praying that God will save someone's life. We don't have the final say over anyone's hour of death. The Bible says there is "a time to die" (Ecclesiastes 3:2), and we are not the ones who decide that, God does. And we must accept it. We can pray but He determines the outcome. We have to give Him that privilege without resenting, faulting or getting angry at Him. Pray for your husband's health but leave it in God's hands.
PRAYER
Lord, I pray for Your healing touch on (husband's name). Make every part of his body function the way You designed it to. Where ever there is anything out of balance, set it in perfect working order. Heal him of any disease, illness, injury, infirmity or weakness. Strengthen his body to successfully endure his workload and when he sleeps may he wake up completely rested, rejuvenated and refreshed. Give him a strong heart that doesn't fail. I don't want him to have heart failure at any time.
I pray that he will have the desire to take care of his body, to eat the kind of food that brings health, to get regular exercise and avoid anything that would be harmful to him. Help him to understand that his body is Your temple and he should care for it as such (1 Corinthians 3:16). I pray that he will present it as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to You (Romans 12:1).
When he is ill, I pray You will sustain him and heal him. Fill him with your joy to give him strength. Specifically, I pray for (mention any area of concern). Give him faith to say. "O LORD my God, I cried out to You and You healed me' (Psalm 30:2). Thank You, Lord, that You are my healer." I pray that my husband will live a long and healthy life and when death does come, may it be accompanied by peace and not unbearable suffering and agony. Thank You, Lord, that You will be there to welcome him into Your presence and not a moment before Your appointed hour.
Amen.
SCRIPTURES FOR MEDITATION
Psalm 103:2,3
Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases,
Psalm 107:19,20
Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, And He saved them out of their distresses. He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions.
II Kings 20:5
“Return and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.
Isaiah 58;8
Then your light shall break forth like the morning, Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
Jeremiah 33:6
Behold, I will bring it health and healing; I will heal them and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
#inspired...ann #WiseQuotes
*Stomie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Wife(2006)
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