I wrote this prayer nine months after my unexpected c-section. Residual pain from pregnancy and surgery made exercise more challenging than ever. Even after seeking physical therapy, I continued to battle nerve pain in my hands, feet, and around my incision. I would not allow it to stop me. I knew I needed to write this prayer to help others like you power on, no matter what kind of pain you’re dealing with.
If you’re able, touch the place you feel pain, and say this prayer before you start your work out or while you’re exercising:
Praise You, God of motion and relief. As I exercise, take this pain and suck it away into the abyss. Override it with Your presence. It’s nothing compared to what You endured for me on the Cross. I defy this pain through You, my Healer.
I refuse to let my mind wander. I turn my thoughts to You. Send me wisdom to recognize when to push myself and when to back off. Manifest relief within my body. Help me move comfortably.
I release resentment toward the people and circumstances that caused my pain.
Thank You for the ability to move. I will do this through, to glorify You. Amen.
During exercise, it might be easier to say parts of this prayer or break down your prayer into smaller phrases or single words like these:
Lord, lighten.
Lighten and loosen.
When I feel heavy, carry the load.
Lighten my load.
When I feel slow, be my go.
Sooth the sting.
Battle the burn. You win.
Dissolve and resolve.
Heal my heel. The body part proclaims healing.
Renew my joint.
Holy Spirit, flow in my synovial fluid.
Pour into my pain.
Numbness is gone.
Lessen.
Leave.
Tips for an effective prayer:
As you touch your area of pain, visualize pain leaving. I like to envision it being sucked into a black hole in outer space never to be seen again.
When you don’t feel like exercising, when you feel sorry for yourself, when you’re tempted to complain or distracted by pain, immediately counter it with Scripture, a Christ-centered affirmation, or by praising God. Say it aloud.
Allow other believers to pray over you. This was a hard one for me. I’d rather just keep the pain between me and God. But when I involved others, I was reminded that physical pain doesn’t only come from physical trauma. Sometimes it doesn’t go away when you’re holding onto something you might not even be aware of. The Holy Spirit can show you this through another believer, like He did for me.
“…if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” –Matthew 18:19-20
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