05/30/2026
As I humbly remind everyone as an evangelist, we as humans are all "terminal" and we all will one day get some kind of diagnosis that will force us to grapple with our mortality. This prayer helps so much to remind us that we are never alone & we can face an unknown future with God. One of our sisters here at Shillington church of Christ who is herself facing cancer with an incredible attitude, courage, and faith shared on her page this beautiful prayer (I am not sure who wrote it).
Lord, thank you that you are bigger than my diagnosis. You are more powerful than the report, greater than what doctors have found or what medical science can explain.
This diagnosis feels overwhelming, defining, like it's the final word on my future. But it's not, because You have the final word and You are bigger than this. Teach me to hold this diagnosis in perspective, to acknowledge it without giving it more power than You, to face reality while remembering You're greater than any reality.
You created my body, You know every cell, every system, every detail the doctors are just discovering. And You know what's a crisis to them is not beyond Your ability to handle. Help me trust You with this diagnosis. To bring my fear and questions to You, to believe You're working even through medical challenges, that healing comes from Your hand. Remind me that diagnoses describe current conditions, not final outcomes, and that You've healed the incurable before. Nothing is impossible for You.
Give me peace that doesn't depend on good news from doctors but rests in knowing my God is bigger than any diagnosis, any prognosis, any medical limitation. Let me face this with faith, knowing my God is bigger than my diagnosis, trusting You whether You heal miraculously or sustain me through treatment. Because, either way, You are greater and I trust in You. In Jesus' name, Amen
