Healing Prayers

Lord I thank you for the healing promises in Christ. Show me in Is 61 how to pray.

1 The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is upon me, because the LORD has appointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to announce that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed.

We are all poor from past trauma and sin. We need to be released from captivity.

2 He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of the LORD's favor has come, and with it, the day of God's anger against their enemies. 3 To all who mourn in Israel, he will give beauty for ashes, joy instead of mourning, praise instead of despair. For the LORD has planted them like strong and graceful oaks for his own glory.

Sorrow and grief are the results of past losses. Many of us lost a loving parent or grand parent. I lost a favorite dog and my friend lost her father to the war. He lived but was away from home for over two years. Grief needs to be good grief!

4 They will rebuild the ancient ruins, repairing cities long ago destroyed. They will revive them, though they have been empty for many generations.

Here is a promise for healing generational ruins.

5 Foreigners will be your servants. They will feed your flocks and plow your fields and tend your vineyards.

We are promised the blessings of foreign servants and workers.

6 You will be called priests of the LORD, ministers of our God. You will be fed with the treasures of the nations and will boast in their riches.

This is a very high compliment. We shall all be priests of God from the small to the large among the church.

7 Instead of shame and dishonor, you will inherit a double portion of prosperity and everlasting joy.

Shame is a lost identity and a loss of family inheritance. But God has given us His inheritance and His legacy. We need to claim that double honor and a double blessing of finances.

Pray now to cut yourself and your family free from the cords of past curses and sins. The word of God is active and sharp as a two edged sword. Use it to be free.

Now claim your inheritance from God's word. Thank Him for it.