Pray for healing
I prayed to you, Lord God,
and you healed me... ~ Psalm 30:2 (CEV)
Pray for each other so that you may be healed. ~ James 5:16 (CEB/NLT)
Lord, it seems like such a simple thing -- praying for healing. It's clear that you are very interested in healing people. So, why am I so hesitant to pray for healing? Am I afraid that it won't happen? Am I afraid that people will think I'm one of those crazy faith-healers who tries to make a show out of healing? Or maybe I just don't think of it at all? Help me please to be more consistent in asking for healing. Healing is something you want to do. Asking is something you want me to do. I want to act according to your will. In Jesus' name, amen!
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2015 I started posting these Bible verses for my spiritual formation students at Pacific Islands University. In the process of responding to the verses, I found the rhythm of looking for a common thread and writing a prayer based on that key idea to be helpful for my own soul. The prayers are more or less modeled on the TRIP method, which is what I ask my students to do in their journaling. ~ Brad Boydston
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase -- a freestyle biblical adaptation -- somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
