Our Great Physician,
You are creator and sustainer of our bodies, minds, and souls. Your Word says that you knit each of our bodies together in our mother’s womb. We know that you, like our medical providers, care deeply about our physical health. Thank you for the doctors and nurses, physical therapists and lab technicians, and all those who serve as your hands and feet to bring healing to the sick and the hurting.
Remind us, Lord, that every patient who walks into a hospital or medical office is your beloved child, made in your image. May the care with which our healthcare providers practice medicine reflect the dignity of those they treat. In the busyness of appointments, surgeries, rounds, and other duties, help them remember they are agents of your grace to the suffering.
Father, our doctors and nurses are all too familiar with the physical pain, sickness, and suffering of others. As they grow weary of meeting the brokenness of this world with compassion, we ask you to renew them. Fill them with your healing presence, your patience, and your heart for the hurting. God of all comfort, be near them as they minister to the suffering, so that they might be able to meet their hurting patients with the abundant comfort that you share with us in Christ.
Lord, we know the day’s tasks pile up far too quickly. Charting. Expenses. Appointments. Meetings. Procedures. Our healthcare workers are under pressure to meet administrative and financial expectations alongside their medical duties. Sustain them in the balancing act between efficiency and care. Give them your wisdom, that they may know when to linger and when to move on. Remind them that they are not alone in their responsibilities, and give them the freedom to rest in you, Lord, the source of all healing.
God, we know that you are making all things new, and that you intend to fully restore us, body, mind, and soul, when you return to be with us. Until that day, give us the vision to work towards the wellness of our neighbors, the perseverance to faithfully care for the hurting, and the wisdom to provide excellent treatment to those charged to our care.
Amen.
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