Comfort for a Person Who Has Lost a Christian Loved One
Father, I thank You that we have a High Priest Who is able to understand and sympathize and have a fellow feeling with__________’s weaknesses and infirmities (grief over the loss of his/her__________). Therefore, I fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near to the throne of grace; that __________ may receive mercy and find grace to help in good time for every need — appropriate and well-timed help, coming just when __________ needs it.
Father, I thank You that __________ does not sorrow, as one who has no hope, because he/she believes that Jesus died and rose again; even so his/her loved one also who sleeps in Jesus will God bring back with Him. I ask that You comfort __________, for You said, Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted (Matt. 5:4).
Jesus, You have come to heal the brokenhearted. It is in the name of Jesus that You, Father, comfort __________ because You have loved him/her and have given him/her everlasting consolation and good hope through grace.
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforts __________ in all his/her tribulation, that he/she may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble by the comfort wherewith he himself/she herself is comforted by God.
Father, thank You for appointing unto __________, who mourns in Zion, to give unto him/her beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that he/she might be called a tree of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that You might be glorified.
In Jesus’ name, amen.
If you would like to continue to pray on this topic, Germaine suggests that you pray the Prayers for Grief and Loss to be found in the Prayers That Avail Much Commemorative Edition.
Scripture References:
Hebrews 4:15,16 amp 2 Thessalonians 2:16
1 Thessalonians 4:13b,14
2 Corinthians 1:3,4
Matthew 5:4 Isaiah 61:3
Luke 4:18
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