Healing Journey Sample

RHYTHMS OF GRACE

Welcome to Day 19

Welcome to day 19 of our 21-day Healing Journey. Try to switch off from the busyness around you. Take a moment to shift the focus from whatever’s going on in your room, in your mind, in your body, and place your emphasis on the healing power of Jesus.

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

Today we’re reading from Matthew 11:28-30.

“Are you tired? Worn out, burned out on religion? Come to Me, get away with Me, and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with Me and work with Me. Watch how I do it; learn the unforced rhythms of Grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with Me, and you will learn to live freely and lightly.”

Jesus was speaking to people, living on the earth in times like ours - where it’s hard, it’s tough, and it’s trying. Today you might feel like it’s too much, that you can’t go on; that you’re overwhelmed; that no matter how much you do, you don’t get anywhere. But Jesus says, “I have come to change that, to take your burdens on My shoulders and give you My strength and My life. One that is not heavy, one that doesn’t feel to weigh you down, but something that gives you freedom and lightness of life”. 

Jesus wants you to cast your burdens, cares, and challenges on Him today and receive from Him. He desires to release you into freedom and ease you into His Grace - into an unforced way of living, where it feels easy, free, and light.

PRAYER

Father, I thank you that people reading today sense Your rest and Your peace. Whatever is burdening us today is not ours to carry. No matter how impossible, whether it is health-wise, financial-wise, relationship-wise, whatever is a problem, whatever is a mess, whatever is a trial, whatever is against us, God, we let You take it off us, and we receive your rest. We receive Your ease, and we trust to walk with You and learn from You in this life of Grace. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

COMMUNION 

Receiving communion is a powerful moment, and we encourage you to take bread or a cracker, water, or juice around you. Even in a hospital room, you can use some of the food and water set aside as a powerful moment to receive communion. Communion is about placing your faith for your healing in the broken body of Jesus and for your forgiveness in the blood of Jesus by placing your focus on what Jesus has done for you. As you receive communion, reflect powerfully that no matter what you face, Jesus is greater, His love for you is greater, and He so desires to see you healthy and whole.

PRAYER OF BLESSING

Now I'd like to pray a blessing over you. May the Lord bless you and keep you. May His face shine upon you and show you His grace and give you peace.

-Numbers 6:24-26