Prayer for Baby Rylan

Sometimes, finding the words to say while praying is hard. My dear friend,Aimee, sent this prayer to me today. I thought I'd share it. It moved me.

Casey


Dear Heavenly Father, we stand in the gap for Casey & Blake and lift baby Rylan up to you in prayer. We ask for and claim complete and total healing that surpasses any medical understanding, the kind of healing that only You can do and no man can understand or explain. We just praise and honor you and give you all the glory for Rylan's birth, adoption and healing.
We pray that Rylan's pneumonia would be completely healed from her lungs; that her bilirubin levels will drop below 2. We know that everything is according to Your time and Your plan, but we pray for complete healing by Saturday so the entire Shirley family can return home to Houston with a healthy, fully-healed baby Rylan. We pray for Brayden, Ashlyn & Brooklyn as they are so young and separated from their parents. Please Lord give them comfort and peace and any sort of understanding that they are capable of comprehending during this time of separation. We lift up Blake's parents to you and thank you for their ability to care for three young girls and we ask that you continue to renew their energy and spirits as they watch over and care for the girls. We ask that Rylan's appetite would be stimulated and that she would continue eating on her own without a feeding tube because this is essential to her getting well and being released. We pray that the noon feed is going better than ever expected or hoped for. Dear Lord, we know that you can return her WBC levels to normal and we claim this healing in your name. We pray that the next test will show the levels to be normal and any infection that might have been...is no longer. Lord we pray that Rylan's breathing will stabilize right now and she will not need assistance from oxygen. And last, but not least, we lift up Blake and Casey and pray for supernatural strength, patience, understanding, endurance and peace. We pray that their energy be continually renewed, as well as their faith and dependence on you. We pray that your are their comforter and rock during their time in the NICU and during their transition home to Houston this weekend.
Father, we praise you for all you have done Baby Rylan, everyone involved in her birth, adoption and medical care. You know the needs before they arise. You meet the needs before we ask. We praise you and thank you for your faithfulness. We thank you specifically for orchestrating so many things the past few days that could only be done by You. Thank you for arranging the 6am notary and the willing and gracious help of Brian's friend Mark. We give you all glory and honor for bringing the birth father into the picture and that he willingly signed over his rights. We praise you that amidst many other issues that Rylan's oxygen saturation levels are good and stable. We also praise you for the slight drop in the bilirubin level from 15.8 to 11. We trust that you will continue to drop that number until it falls below 2 and we thank you for doing that. And as small and insignificant as it might seem in the grand scheme of this immense situation, we thank you for the volunteer that made the Christmas bow for Rylan and the other things that they make and donate to the NICU babies. We also thank you and praise you for the party tonight at the R.McD house where Blake and Casey can receive some much needed fellowship! We pray that this time of fellowship will bless them and restore them and while they relax that you will continue to heal and restore perfect health to Rylan.
Jesus, we join together with so many others that are praying for this family and we agree in your name that your will be done and that Rylan will be healed completely and able to leave the Lubbock NICU on Saturday. We know your are the ultimate healer and only you can perform the miracles it will take to make this happen. We thank you again for your faithfulness and we lean not on our own understanding or that of the doctors and nurses, but on You. We put our trust and faith in you and give thanks for all that you do for us.
In Jesus' Name, Amen
Scripture to claim:
Psalm 27:14 Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD!