What Is a Prayer for Healing?
A prayer for healing is a Christian prayer that asks God for mercy, comfort, strength, and restoration. It can include prayer for physical healing, emotional peace, and renewed faith, rooted in Scripture and trust in God's love.
Many believers pray both for healing and for God's presence through the journey, whether healing comes quickly, gradually, or in ways we do not expect.
Types of Healing Prayers
Choose a focused prayer for healing based on your need:
Prayer for Healing for a Friend
Intercede with love for a friend who is suffering.
Prayer for Healing for a Loved One
A focused prayer for someone close to you.
Prayer for Healing the Sick
For illness, pain, hospital stays, and uncertainty.
Prayer for Healing and Recovery
For recovery after surgery, treatment, or a hard season.
Prayer for Healing and Strength
For endurance, courage, and steady faith.
Prayer for Healing and Protection
For safety, spiritual protection, and peace of mind.
Bible Verses for Healing
Scripture can anchor your prayer for healing. Start with a verse, read it slowly, then pray honestly.
Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise.
Today's Healing Prayer (January 6, 2026)
Today's Scripture
Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, I come to You today in the name of Jesus, grateful that You are near to the brokenhearted and attentive to every cry.
You are the Lord who heals, the One who formed my body and knows every part of me more deeply than I know myself.
I bring You my pain, my fatigue, and the places where I feel weak or afraid, and I ask for Your mercy to meet me here.
Please touch what is hurting in my body, restore what has been damaged, and strengthen what has grown weary.
Breathe Your life into my cells, my bones, my organs, my mind, and my spirit, and let Your healing flow through every part of me.
Calm the inflammation, ease the tension, and quiet the racing thoughts that keep me from rest.
Where there is chronic pain, bring relief; where there is sickness, bring recovery; where there is uncertainty, bring peace.
Father, I ask for emotional healing as well, for the wounds that are not visible to anyone but You.
Lift the weight of anxiety, wash away discouragement, and replace fear with steady confidence in Your care.
Teach me to trust Your timing, even when progress feels slow, and to believe that You are working in ways I cannot yet see.
Give me patience for the process, courage for each appointment, and strength for each step of treatment.
Bless the doctors, nurses, therapists, and caregivers who are serving me; give them wisdom, discernment, and compassion.
Guide their decisions, steady their hands, and let their efforts become channels of Your healing grace.
Help me to care for the body You have entrusted to me, with good rhythms of sleep, food, movement, and gratitude.
When I feel overwhelmed, remind me that I am not alone, and that Your presence is closer than my breath.
If there is bitterness, resentment, or unforgiveness in my heart, reveal it gently and heal it fully.
Set me free from shame and self-blame, and teach me to receive the love You freely give.
Let this season refine my faith, deepen my dependence on You, and make me more compassionate toward others who suffer.
Place helpers and friends around me who will pray, encourage, and walk beside me without judgment.
Open my eyes to small signs of improvement so I can thank You for every step forward.
Let joy rise in me even in the midst of struggle, because You are my strength and my hope.
I surrender today and tomorrow into Your hands, trusting Your goodness and Your power to heal.
In Jesus' name, amen.
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FAQ
What should I say in a prayer for healing?
You can start by asking God for mercy, strength, and peace. Be honest about your needs, and use Scripture to guide your words.
Can I pray for healing for someone else?
Yes. Intercessory prayer is a meaningful way to care for friends and loved ones by bringing their needs before God.