Have you ever found yourself grappling with a throbbing headache, a nagging backache, or chronic pain that disrupts your daily life? You’re not alone. Pain, whether acute or enduring, can significantly impact our physical capabilities and emotional well-being. It’s an experience that can leave us searching for relief and solace in the midst of discomfort.
Pain is more than just a sensation; it’s an experience that can take a toll on every aspect of our lives. It can diminish our joy, affect our relationships, and impede our ability to work or enjoy leisure activities. The emotional burden of living with pain can be just as debilitating as the physical discomfort.
Why pray for pain relief?
There are many types of pain, physical, mental (emotional), and spiritual pain. If you look around you, I’m sure you’ll find someone around who is living with some sort of pain on a constant basis.
This is a collection of powerful prayers for pain relief for those who are currently in great discomfort or distress with illness.
There are powerful pain-relieving prayers with scriptures, prayer for someone in pain, petitions for the relief of back pain, and prayers for the pain to go away. There is also a prayer for the healing and recovery of a friend who is currently sick. May you know God’s presence now as you draw near to him at this difficult time
God knows what He’s doing with us humans. He created us with the capacity to experience horrific, mind-blowing, spirit-crushing, devastating pain. This pain can overwhelm our lives or we can invite Him in to help us find the joy and hope that are really available to us regardless of the pain.
It’s really up to us, we have to make the choice to overcome the pain by taking the step to turn to God. To truly experience living we must have faith that drives us and heals our spirits.
14 Prayers for Pain Relief With Scriptures
Here is a collection of powerful prayers for pain relief with bible verses.
2 Corinthians 4:16–18
Beautiful One, I will not be discouraged by the pain I feel! No, even if outwardly I am perishing, inwardly I am being renewed each and every day. This temporary suffering is producing for me an everlasting weight of glory, far beyond any comparison. I look not to the things that I can see, but for things that cannot be seen for they are eternal. Lord, this pain is insignificant when I focus on You and Your glory, Amen.
Revelation 21:4
Hallelujah to Your precious Name! You will wipe every tear from my eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain when I reunite with You in heaven. All these things are gone forever! Lord, I bless Your Name, in spite of the pain that I feel, because I know that You will relieve me from it, Amen.
Romans 8:17-18
God of Heaven, since I am Your child, I am Your heir, an heir of Your glory. But if I am to share Your glory, I must also share Your suffering. I understand that pain and suffering are necessary for this time, but what I suffer now is nothing compared to the glory that You will reveal to me later, Amen.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
Gracious Lord, Your word says that Your grace is sufficient for me: for Your strength is made perfect in weakness. Therefore, in my current pain, I will glorify Your Name because the power of Christ rests upon me! I will take pleasure in my infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Your sake: for when I am weak, then I am strong. I declare that the pain I feel shall be relieved in Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Job 6:10
God of Peace, I take comfort in knowing, that despite the pain that I feel, I have not denied the words of the Holy One. I still stand upon Your word and Your truth. I thank You for keeping me and for sustaining me in my pain. I declare healing and pain relief in my life, for You are my Awesome Healer. I shall be free from the pain that I feel, Amen.
1 Peter 5:9–10
Dear Lord, I will stand firm in the faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by other Christians throughout the world. Although I feel isolated by pain, I am not. And after I have suffered a little while, the God of all grace (You). who has called me to Your eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish me! Amen.
Psalm 50:15
Righteous God, I call to You in times of trouble. Right now, I am in trouble, the pain that I feel is unbearable. The pain that I feel has kept me bound for too long. But I know that You will save me, You will relieve me of my pain. I thank You for hearing my voice and for answering my prayer! Thank You for easing my pain and for filling me with peace, Amen.
Psalm 147:3-5
Hallelujah to Your Precious Name! You heal the broken-hearted and bandage their wounds. Through Your grace, I am healed from the pain that I feel and am no longer crippled by it. You also count the stars and name each one. Father, You are great and very powerful. There is no limit to what You know! There is no limit to Your power! Amen.
Psalm 6:2
Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint; heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony. I am in excruciating pain, but I choose to turn to You because I know that only You can heal me. Only You can ease the pain that I feel. I thank You for Your mercy, I thank You for Your divine healing power, for without it, I would not have the pain relief that You freely give to me, Amen.
Psalm 68:19
Awesome Creator, You deserve praise! Day after day You carry my burden, You are my God who delivers me. I know that You will deliver me from the intense pain that I feel. I know this because You are a God who delivers; the Lord, the sovereign Lord, can rescue from death. You save me from distresses and heal me from my brokenness. Thank You for also relieving me of my pain, Amen.
Psalm 18:2
Eternal Saviour, You are my rock and my fortress and my deliverer! My God, my rock in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. The pain that I feel cannot outweigh the power that You have in my life. I seek You, my refuge, and reliever-of-pain. Thank You for being my strength and shield in times of great difficulty, Amen.
Hebrews 7:25
Father in Heaven, Your word tells me that Your son is able to save (heal and preserve) those who come to You because You always live to intercede for them. I know that I shall be healed from my pain because Your son works on my behalf for my healing. I thank You for the continuous work that You do to ensure that I can be made whole through You, Amen.
James 5:14-15
Precious Lord, I am sick and in pain. I pray over my body right now and anoint myself with oil in the name of the Lord, I know that my prayer of faith will make me well, I shall be relieved of my pain; You will raise me up. I will be delivered from my agony because I have declared it through prayer. Keep me in Your divine arms, remove all pain from my body, Amen.
Lamentations 3:56
Father, we praise You for Jesus. No one has ever experienced pain as He did for us. Thank You for His sacrifice, which allows us to call out to You for help in full confidence that You hear us and will answer us and heal us. Forgive us for wanting to control what the answers to Your prayers look and feel like and when they happen. Bless us to be strong in Your Word, and rely on You for strength. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Prayer for the pain to go away
God, This pain is hard to bear, Draw near me, Touch me.
Stand between me and this suffering.
Alive, Risen with hope anew, I fall upon your promises
And ask for healing. In Jesus’s name. Amen.
Prayer for Back Pain
Lord, I feel worn down by the pain in my back. It makes every small thing feel like a big deal. Please help me to manage this illness and continue to find time to rest and treat the pain. Most of all Lord please touch the area of discomfort and bring healing. Please flood the inflammation with warmth and bring the swelling down. Come release the muscles that are tight and bring your restoration.
May my waking hours be restful and my sleep be peaceful.
I ask all this in the name of Jesus, my Saviour, and my friend. Amen.
Prayer for someone in pain
( for a friend or family member)
Lord God, I wish I could take away their pain. It is so hard to see them suffer and not know how to help. So I came before you, the great Creator God, our restorer, and our redeemer. I know that you took their pain upon yourself when you died on the cross. So I ask in your name for healing work. Come now in the power of the Holy Spirit and restore this child of yours. Amen.
10 Bible Scriptures To Deal With Pain
Here Are Some Bible Verses I Use To Deal With Pain
Job 6:10
This would be my comfort; I would even exult in pain unsparing, for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
Psalm 18:2
The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Psalm 34:18
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.
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.
Matthew 7:7-8
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
Acts 5:16
Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits, and all of them were healed.
Romans 8:18
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation, he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
Hebrews 7:25
Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him because he always lives to intercede for them. In Greek, the word “save” in this verse means to heal, preserve, save, do well, be (make) whole.
1 Peter 5:9-10
Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
Final Words:
I hope these powerful prayers for pain relief with scriptural verses provide encouragement and comfort for you, and that you know you’re not alone. God is with you!