The Day of Prayer for the Health Service takes place on Tuesday, 17 March 2026. The resources on this page are provided to equip you in praying for the health service.
Tools to help you pray
- Try journalling
- Practice listening to God
- Use the Bible as you pray
- Make use of our Spotify playlist
- Structure your prayer – use A.C.T.S. – Adoration, Confession, Thanks, Supplication, P.R.A.Y. – Pause, Rejoice, Ask, Yield or use the Lord’s Prayer
- Be creative – write, paint, or draw something
- Use the Prayer wall (also below)
- If you are planning your own local prayer gathering, view our resource.
- Further helpful resources on prayer can be found via 24-7’s grow in prayer page
Things to Pray for
- Begin with praise. Acknowledge who God is and spend time to recall what he has done, does and is doing, thanking Him for this.
- Consider the current experience of the health service for patients and staff and ask God to be at work in these situations.
- Be honest before God as you bring the joys and the sorrows of the health service before Him and yet expectant that God can and does answer prayer.
- Pray for the patients and their families who are struggling with ill health, wearied by challenges in accessing healthcare and/ or experiencing delays in treatment.
- Pray for staff across the health services in the UK and Ireland. Pray particularly for the weary, stressed, burnt-out, and disillusioned. Pray that Healthcare Professionals would reflect God’s heart for humanity.
- Think of specific situations in healthcare and health policy where we ask for God to in wrath remember mercy and bring these to Him in prayer.
- Finish with thanks that God is at work in our day and for who He is.
Visit the Prayer wall for further prayer points across multiple areas.
Prayer wall
To add to the prayer wall below, double click over the prayer wall or click on the + symbol.
