Prayer

God is the source of all healing. He can use doctors, medicine and hospitals to heal people, but He is the One who heals us. Raise your hand if you know someone who needs healing. If time allows, have children share specific needs. Our SuperTruth says: “Jesus is my healer.” So let’s pray for these people right now!

Dear Lord, we come together today to pray for ___________. Have children quietly say the names of people who need healing. Jesus, we praise You that You still heal today, just as You did in Bible times when You walked on Earth! We ask You now to touch these people and heal them by Your miraculous power and authority. Please remind us to pray for them, and show us how to talk to them about You or how to invite them to church. In Your name we pray, Amen.

Note: If children ask why people are not healed sometimes, see suggested discussion below.

Why isn’t everybody healed? Sometimes when we pray, it may seem as if our prayers are not being answered the way we would like. This does not mean that God hasn’t heard our prayer or will not heal someone. Sometimes we need to be patient, and “keep on asking,” as the Bible tells us in Luke 11:9. Sometimes healing can be blocked by unbelief or unforgiveness. And sometimes we just don’t know why someone is not healed. Yet we should still trust God with all of our hearts, because He loves us and He loves the people we pray for. The Bible promises that God heals all of our diseases. Read Psalm 103:3:

He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases.

The Bible also tells us to pray in faith for people to be healed. Read James 5:16b:

Pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.

We need to have faith that He is all-powerful, and He can do absolutely anything. He knows everything about us, and He understands what is truly best for all of us. He can see things in the future that we can’t imagine. When we trust Jesus as our Savior, we know that someday He will take us to live with Him in heaven, where there is no sickness, disease, suffering, or sadness. The Bible tells us that Jesus paid the full price for our healing on the cross. Read 1 Peter 2:24:

He personally carried our sins in His body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. By His wounds you are healed.