Day 3 Prayers for Healing

Ask for physical, emotional and spiritual healing from addiction.

Psalm 147:3"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds."

Addiction is a disease with physical, emotional, and spiritual components. Just getting clean from drugs and alcohol doesn’t bring about complete healing. For complete healing, we must put the time and effort in to recover from the cause of and the damage done by addiction. It takes time for those things to be restored.

The physical effects may be apparent but it may be harder for us, as the loved ones, to see the emotional and spiritual components. Spiritually, addiction thrives only after our loved ones have been deceived into believing that they are not worthy to recover, that they can not function without their drug of choice, that they deserve the horrid circumstances they find themselves in, that their families will never accept them back after all the things they have done. Furthermore, the enemy deceives them into believing that they don’t deserve God’s forgiveness and that he doesn’t love them. Our enemy comes to kill, steal, and destroy and addiction is one of his most effective tools in this day and age.

Emotionally, our loved ones may be feeling beaten down, shame, guilt, anxiety, depression, and hopelessness. The entire world is beating up on them. The challenge for us, as loved ones, is to affirm our love and God’s grace without enabling them in their addiction. While we may have to say no and enforce strong boundaries to keep our relationship healthy, we don’t have to be mean about it. Many times, I see women go from being completely codependent and enabling to mean, angry, and seemingly uncaring. I think this is because they believe that tough love requires it. It is tough to love someone in addiction because it is counter-intuitive and not at all what we want to have to do to help them. But we can have strong boundaries and refuse to enable them and be loving at the same time.

They should be hearing from their loved ones that we believe in them, that we know they can recover, that we are here when they are ready to seek treatment. That’s not to say that we should lie about all the hard emotions we have around them and their addiction, that we should pretend we aren’t hurt by their words and actions, or that we aren’t worried about them. It’s important to feel and properly express those emotions as they come up but we also need to be combating the lies the enemy is whispering in their ears. Shame has never motivated anyone to change. Grace, hope, and love has.

I feel the need to throw in a disclaimer at this point.  In Philippians 3:12-14 Paul says "No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.”  I can totally relate to this passage and want to be sure you understand I am not claiming that I have mastered this and that I never lose my cool and say things I shouldn’t.  This is what I strive for and while I will probably never master it on this side of the pearly gates, I am better than I used to be and the times I blow it are further and further apart.  Even with that, I don’t take the credit but give all glory to God and the gifts he gives me through the Holy Spirit.  We are to do the best we can do and God is faithful to be strong where we are weak.

Precious Heavenly Father,

We come before You with hands lifted in worship, seeking Your super-natural healing for those struggling with addiction. Lord, we ask for Your powerful touch to bring physical, emotional, and spiritual restoration to their lives.

For those battling the physical chains of addiction, we pray for strength in their bodies. Heal the damage done, restore their health, and renew their energy. Grant them the power to resist cravings and the endurance to walk the path of recovery, one day at a time.

For the emotional wounds that addiction has inflicted, we ask for Your comfort and peace. Calm their minds, soothe their anxieties, and lift the burdens of guilt and shame. Surround them with Your love, and bring people into their lives who will support them with compassion, understanding, and patience.

For their spirits, Lord, we pray for renewal and revival. Break the spiritual bonds that keep them trapped in cycles of despair and hopelessness. Draw them closer to You, that they may find purpose, hope, and a deeper connection with Your grace. Restore their faith, and help them to see themselves as You see them—precious, loved, and worthy of a new beginning.

Father, we trust in Your power to heal and transform lives. We believe that with You, all things are possible. May Your healing presence be felt in the lives of all who are struggling with addiction, bringing them peace, strength, and wholeness.

In Jesus' name, we pray.

Amen.

Jeremiah 17:14"Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise.”

Isaiah 53:5"But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed."

Mark 5:34"He said to her, 'Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.'"

Malachi 4:2"But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves."

Psalm 30:2"Lord my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me."