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Bible Verses for the Hospital Waiting Room

Hospital waiting rooms are one of the hardest places to sit. These verses are for exactly there.

// the word for this moment

“Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.”

Psalm 27:14 (KJV)

More Scripture for waiting in a hospital

“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.”

Psalm 46:10 (KJV)

“Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.”

Romans 8:26 (KJV)

What this means for you

Waiting rooms are places of almost pure helplessness — you cannot speed up time, you cannot change what's happening behind the doors, you can only sit. Psalm 27:14 meets you there: wait on the LORD, be of good courage, and He will strengthen your heart. The strengthening happens in the waiting, not after it. Be still and know — not be still until you know — is the invitation of Psalm 46:10. The knowing doesn't require the outcome to be clear first.

A prayer for this moment

Lord, I'm sitting here and I have no control over what's happening right now, and that is one of the hardest feelings I know. Be here with me in this waiting room specifically. Strengthen my heart while I wait. If I don't know what to pray for, let Your Spirit pray for me. Be with the person I'm here for, in the places I can't go. Amen.
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