Turn to these prayers for the sick to guide you in praying for healing of your mind and body. Secure peace when illness threatens to steal your joy.

Sickness can be quite a challenging thing to go through, especially when it lingers over a while. Not only does it affect you physically, but it can also do a number on your mental and emotional health. Even as Christians, it becomes harder to trust God when all you can see is the ailment.

But the Lord didn’t leave us helpless. He provided us with a tool that will guarantee us victory. And this tool is called “prayer”.

Prayer is how you can seek healing and also find peace in dark times. It stirs the confidence that comes from knowing that God is in control and He will see you through.

Prayer lifts the pressure and anxiety you may feel because of illness. It helps you remember that God is greater than the ups and downs in your life.

Need help in talking to God about your sickness or that of someone else? You can use this great selection of Christian prayers for the sick to bring healing, recovery, and comfort to you, your friends, or your loved ones.

12 Prayers for the Sick

A Prayer for Personal Healing

Father,
I thank You for the opportunity I have to come before Your presence this morning. Forgive me of my sins and cleanse me of all unrighteousness. Lord, I may be ill in my body, but I know that You can make me whole. You’ve done it time and time again.

Please begin Your healing in my body and my life. Take away this disease that affects my body and restore me to perfect health. I want to spend a lot of time on earth, loving those around me and following Your plan for my life. When my faith is weak, Lord, strengthen me, for I will not die but live to give You praise all the days of my life.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

A Prayer to Heal the Mind

Lord Jesus,
I thank You for Your unending love for me. I am before You today to ask for healing for my mind.

A man’s spirit sustains him when his body is sick, but who can bear an ill spirit? I know You love me and You won’t let me stay down.

I ask that You heal me from fear, anxiety, depression, addictions, and every other mental issue that I am not aware of. Help me to heal from whatever hurt that people or life’s challenges have inflicted on me. Free me from the shackles of my mind so that I can serve You in wholeness. Refine me into the person that You have made me to be so that I can fulfill Your will for my life.

We ask this in the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

Prayer for Healing from a Chronic Illness

My Father,
Thank You for paying for our sickness and infirmities on the cross.

Today, I bring my diagnosis of this chronic illness before You.

You’re the same God who healed the woman with the issue of blood, even when doctors had given up on her case. You healed the man who had been lame for all 38 years of his life, You even raised the already dead back to life. I trust in Your unchanging power and Your willingness to rid me of this illness that also plagues me.

That is why I lay this sickness down at Your feet and trade it for perfect health. I know that I have the right to healing and I await a physical manifestation.

But even before the healing comes, I ask that You help me endure the pain and continue to have faith in this time. I know You work all things together for good, even this illness, so please help me not to lose sight of You and Your hand in my life.

I pray in the precious name of Jesus, Amen.

Prayer for Peace in Sickness

Almighty God,
I admit that this period of sickness has been a very tough one for me. I am constantly filled with anxiety about what the future holds for me. I know that true peace comes from You alone, as do health and wholeness.

So I ask that in my pain and heaviness, You speak Your peace that defies all logic and human understanding to my heart. Fill me with an awareness of Your presence and teach my heart to rely on Your promises.

Grant me the serenity to understand that You are always in control, even when I can’t see it or feel it.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Short Prayer for Healing and Recovery

Loving Father,
Thank You for Jesus, through whom You healed the sick in His time on earth and all Your children to this very day. I ask today that You extend this healing power to my life, and give me rest from this illness that plagues me, causing me so much pain. The doctors have done all they can, and I ask that You perfect it all.

Give me also the grace to be patient through my recovery process. Carry me on this journey to full recovery, which is only possible by Your power. Help me to wait on You and my total healing. In my weakness, be my strength. In my doubt, help my unbelief. Draw me closer to You with each passing day. This I pray in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Prayer for Healing for a Friend

Lord,
Your Word is filled with Your promises to heal and restore Your children, and I am grateful for them.

Today, I come before You on behalf of my friend who is ill. I claim those promises over them and ask that Your healing power be made known in their lives.

Father, we trust in You, but being ill of health is never easy. So I also ask that You give my friend the grace to keep trusting You, even as You continue Your work in their life. Shield them from the voices that try to discourage them and dampen their faith. Help them keep their eyes on You, and not their circumstances.

Surround them and their family with peace and strength. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Prayer for Healing and Strength in the Face of Sickness

Dear Lord,
I pray for strength. Your Word tells me that You give strength to the weary and power to the weak.

And in all honesty, I admit that I am weak and this illness threatens to drown my faith. But Father, I also know that one with You is the majority.

Remind me each day that I don’t have to be afraid of anything because I have You. You alone know the struggles I face daily, please be with me through them all. Carry me and wrap me in Your arms. When I stumble because of my doubt, forgive me and replenish my trust with Your Word.

Help me so that at the end of this season of my life, I will be standing tall, singing Your praises for the world to hear.

I pray in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Prayer for Good Health

Mighty God,
Thank You for sending Jesus to die on the cross for us all. By His death, resurrection, and glorification, we not only have a hope of life after death but also access to good health of mind and body here on earth. He has broken the curse of sickness and established a covenant of new life, bearing all our afflictions and pain.

Grant to each of us an awareness of all that we have received through Christ so that we may live in that reality. Increase our faith in Your healing power so that even when we feel sick in our bodies, we can be assured that we will always recover. Keep our minds also from anxiety and all other illnesses that afflict the heart.

Thank You Great Physician. Amen.

A Prayer for a Sick Loved One

Father,
Thank You for Your healing power made available to Your children in Christ Jesus. I ask for healing over (name) who is so dear to my heart. Sickness vanishes at the mere whisper of Your command and so I ask Lord that You will only speak over their bodies and mind.

Restore their energy and let Your life-giving power flow through every cell or fiber of their being that is broken.

I declare that they will not die, but live to declare Your goodness in the land of the living.

Even when it seems hard, light their hearts with hope. Be their refuge and fill their hearts with peace. Thank You, for You always listen to my voice and prayer.

Prayer Against Disease

Father,
Thank You for Your Word helps me understand that You have given us victory over every disease and whoever believes in You will not perish but have eternal life. You demonstrated Your power over the forces of illness while you were here on earth. You healed every sickness and cast out every devil. No ailment can stand before You.

It is with this confidence that we pray that no disease will come near us or our dwelling places because we have You. Set a wall of protection around us so that no affliction will come close. Help us to enforce our authority over all the powers of darkness and grant us good health so that we may live to praise and glorify Your name. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Prayer to Ease Pain

Mighty God,
Thank You for Your loving-kindness towards me. Your Word tells me that You are near to the brokenhearted and save the crushed in spirit. I admit that this pain in my body has indeed crushed my spirit. I ask, Lord, that You save me from this pain and be near to me in this hard time.

Bring an end to all my agony and suffering. Reinforce my faith and supply my body with Your strength. Sustain me by Your grace that I will not give in to this pain. Inspire me with Your word, so that every cloud of doubt, depression, or darkness will be chased away and faith will break through. Thank You Father for You are ever with me when I feel utterly alone.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

A Prayer for Healing the World

Father God,
The world You created has been ravaged by diseases and is hurting. Many of Your children need healing. Healing from ailments, past hurts, physical pain, and a broken spirit.

We ask You to stretch Your hand over Your people, mend them and make them whole.

Free them from illness and make them aware of the power of restoration that is available to them in You.

Only then can we also bring healing to the world around us and show people Your strength at work in us and with us.

In Jesus’ name, Amen!

Conclusion

Praying for healing is the best way to keep yourself reminded that God is able and willing to take ailment away from your body. The recovery process, however, differs for each person. These prayers for the sick offer comfort when the situation seems to get the better part of you.

Though believers are not promised a life without pain, Scripture helps you understand that one day, you will be raptured to the paradise that the Father has prepared. A life without the pain of sickness or loss forever. Going through life with this hope is how we can truly have victory over sickness and death.

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