Prayer for Healing

When our ten year old daughter’s friend was awaiting an organ transplant, I began praying for healing like I never prayed before. Admittedly, I did not even pray as fervently for my own healing. Yet digging into the Bible and researching scriptures on behalf of the young girl renewed my own resolve. 
During my daily prayer and praise time, God led me to scriptures in Isaiah and the Psalms that I had never before associated with healing.  Within the year my own 11 year old cousin was diagnosed with cancer, as well as the niece of a dear neighbor of mine. Isaiah 53:4-5 and 1 Peter 2:24 became the rock I stood on as I cried out for the needs of these precious ones.
I hand wrote each new scripture God revealed to me on an index sized piece of paper and kept them in my Bible next to Psalm 34. A portion of my prayer time every morning was devoted to reading Psalm 34 and praising God, followed by praying the scriptures over my loved ones. Although the original child’s name was written in each verse, I began to fill in other names as needs arose. Soon my “healing verses” were prayed for those who contacted me with prayer requests for depression and mental healing. Then I began to see how some of the healing scriptures could be used to pray over friends with relational problems, financial problems, job losses, or those needing salvation.
God was so good to give me the references on which to take my stand in prayer and fight the spiritual war for people dear to my heart. God continues to instruct my heart when to pray for friends and then later reveals to me why He burdened me to pray so fervently for them.  To God alone be all the glory.
If you want to pray the same prayer for your family, simply insert the name(s) in the blanks:
“Dear Lord, You live!  Blessed be my rock! May the God of my salvation be exalted (2 Samuel 22:47). Father, I come humbly before Your throne of grace now, asking for the lives of my loved ones. Please redeem ________ from the power of the grave (Psalm 49:15). O LORD, I implore You, deliver ________ (Psalm 116:4). Loose _______’s bonds (Psalm 116:16). Answer ________ (Psalm 118:5).  Be ________’s strength and song (Psalm 118:14). Don’t let ________ die; let ________ live and declare Your works (Psalm 118:17). Don’t give ________ over to death (Psalm 118:18). 
Let ________ become Your chief witness (Psalm 118:22).  When all others have given up (such as the medical community) save now, I pray, O LORD (Psalm 118:25). Revive ________ according to Your word (Psalm 119:25). Strengthen ________ according to Your word (Psalm 119:28).  Let Your word give ________ life (Psalm 119:50). Make haste and do not delay (Psalm 119:60). Let Your tender mercies come to ________ that _______ might live (Psalm 119:77). Strengthen ________ on ________’s bed of illness; sustain ________ on ________’s sickbed (Psalm 41:3). 
God, give _______ rest from all this adversity (Psalm 94:13). Do not forsake _________ (Psalm 94:14). Rise up for ________ (Psalm 94:16). Rise up for ________ and be ________’s miracle (Psalm 94:16). Raise________  up in righteousness (Isaiah 45:13). But ________ shall be saved by the Lord (Isaiah 45:17). Make ________ stronger than this disease (Psalm 105:24).  Father, give strength to ________ and bless ________ with peace (Psalm 29:11). I declare that ________ shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace (Isaiah 55:12). 
Praise You Jesus for lifting up a standard against this enemy that is coming in like a flood against ________ (Isaiah 59:19). Thank You Lord for Your promise in Matthew 8:16, “They brought to Him many who were demon possessed, and He cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick.”
Amen