Morning Prayer For A Sick Family Member

Having a sick family member can be worrisome, stressful, and painful, depending on the case and situation. When someone is sick at home, you can feel the atmosphere of gloom, stress, and heaviness. This is what the devil does. He seeks to steal the joy, kill life, and destroy harmony (Morning Prayer for Family Harmony), peace, and faith in Christ in every home through sickness (see John 10:10 – The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.).

As you are here looking for a morning prayer for a sick family member, know that the enemy is already defeated and that you have the authority through Christ Jesus to heal the sick and cast out the devil and its work.

You can pray for a sick family member in this manner:

In Jesus’ name, I declare healing upon (say the family member’s name)! By the blood of Jesus, every sickness and disease has been paid on the cross! Amen. 

You must deal with sickness as an enemy and treat it like a thief that’s about to steal what’s rightfully yours. Jesus Christ said, “Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give” (Matthew 10:8). Cast out sickness and the devil in your family in the name of Jesus and never think that they are a part of God’s will for your family—He is not the author of sickness, chaos, death, or any other negativity. 

We can read in the Gospel that when the Father sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to the world, He healed all kinds of diseases. Then, He gave the authority to those who believe in His name to do the same things He did and even greater things. 

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father” – John 14:12

This is God’s perfect will that every believer must walk in their identity and authority in Christ Jesus.

As you continuously pray and declare healing for this person, you can expect God’s healing power to move in this family member. 

You can also check this article (Morning Prayer for a Family Dealing with Cancer) to help you pray for healing.

What is a powerful morning prayer for healing?

As you are saying a morning prayer for the sick family member and declaring the healing of Christ Jesus, know that such a prayer is already powerful and effective.

When you pray according to what the Bible says and apply those principles to life, that makes a powerful morning prayer, not only for healing but for other prayer requests as well. That being said, you must leave the results and timing to the Lord. And you must clearly hear His instructions and be strongly rooted in the Word and in your relationships with God. After all, there may be instances when nothing takes place in the natural sense after praying and declaring healing. The enemy can use that situation to make you doubt, speak negatively, or lose faith in the Word by not knowing that your prayers have already taken place in the spiritual realm. And healing will take place in three days, a month, or a year or so. That is why the Bible also instructs the believers to pray without ceasing (see 1 Thessalonians 5:17) and never give up (see the story of the persistent widow in Luke 18:1-8).

If you will look at the Gospel, there were instances when Jesus healed by speaking, and there were times He did something else—as when He spit on the ground, made mud out of it, and placed the mud on the eyes of the blind man (see John 9:6 – When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,). Also, there are times when Jesus healed instantly, and there were times when healing took place on the way—such as when He healed the ten lepers (see Luke 17:12-19).

While we have been given the authority to heal the sick through Christ Jesus, that doesn’t mean we control the timeline and the outcome. 

So, as you pray for healing for this family member and obey what Jesus asks you to do, leave the rest to God and believe in His goodness, faithfulness, and sovereignty. 

What is the best prayer for a sick person?

As discussed earlier, when you pray – according to your authority and identity in Christ Jesus and according to what the Bible says – and apply healing in your life, such a prayer is powerful and effective. After all, God’s Word is His perfect will.

Aside from praying according to the Scriptures, James 5:14-15 also instructs the believers to have elders of the church pray for the sick: “Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.” If you have a pastor, leader, mentor, or someone else in the faith you look up to, you can have this person also pray for your sick family member. God wants us to be in a community and not to live an isolated life. When we share our problems with others, such as when a family member is sick, their prayers help in our faith journey and impart hope, encouragement, and love. 

You may check this article (Morning Prayer for Family Healing) to learn more.

Know that you don’t have to take all the prayer burden alone. We are a family in Christ, and God is glorified when His people come together in unity to pray together and for each other, share burdens with each other, praise God together, and love one another.

“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them” – Matthew 18:20

We speak life and healing upon this family member and declare the manifestation of God’s power in your household in Jesus’ name! God bless you and make His face shine upon you.