MN Christian Prayer Request Thread: All Welcome!!!! ;-D

[CaptainDippy]

Boo!

Well here's the Round-Up from the last thread for you all:

DutchOma - Prayers for DO's lovely friend Margaret who lost her DH a while ago. She came home from a time away to find her house has been broken into and burgled. She was understandably very shaken. Prayers for DO's DH, Bob who has been rather over-doing things later & is not in the best health.

Spiritmum - Prayers for her DF's baby who has been DX with skin cancer

MaryBS - Prayers for poor Mary who has some health worries recently & for her lovely DD who has had bullying issues at school. Prayers for Mary as she deals with news that her Vicar is leaving the Parish. Also for the aftermath of a car accident, which left Mary's car written off and her mum with a broken bone in her hand.

Amber - Has been through a really horrid time in the last couple of days. Surround her with love. Prayers for her DS' eyesight problems and for her DH in his recovery ofter a Gall Bladder op. Prayers too for someone Mary knew, M, who took his own life a couple of weeks ago.

CazEm - Joined us in Sept. Caz had a beautiful stillborn baby girl called Belle in June this year. She would like prayers for her DF whose DH has been DX with Bone Cancer. The cancer is spreading and the couple have a very young family Also prayers for Caz's DH who has been experiencing a loss of feeling in his hands and is being investigated to try and find out what is wrong.

PositiveAttitude - Prayers for PA as she faces an op to remove a growing benign tumour on the side of her face on Nov 13th. Prayers for her DD who has ME/CFS and is really struggling with College.

MadHairDay - Has just finished doing a "Just Looking" style Coffee Course for mums, prayers for all those who attended. MHD's health really isn't great at the moment. Prayers for two of her DF's - One has recently been admitted to hospital with severe head pain, but no real cause was found. The other's DD is anorexic and has been in hospital being tube-fed - very very poorly Prayers also for her DF's DD and Grandson (2) who were recently admitted to hospital. The mum had a suspected blood clot on her brain, but is now ok. The son is already severely disabled and now requires an operation.

Saliswan - Pregnancy is going well and her and her household are all good

Gingercurl - Prayers needed for DSis's complicated job situ - she recently handed in her resignation & is contemplating job offers. Prayers for gingercurl who is studying for a Decorate & is struggling with balancing everything!

Teandcakeplease - Her nephew Noah was born quite prem and has been in hospital quite some time. He is now home and breast-feeding ; but requires an op for a inguinal hernia. Prayers for TACPs' DD who has been having bad dreams of late; and for TACP herself who has just been put on AntiD's. x

Soooooz - Boinged by Prayers for the Godmother of her lovely DTs who has just broken up with her partner of 3 yrs, just before her 21st B'day

MaMoTTaT - Prayers for a poss career idea which is just beginning to take shape ......

Hermya - Gave birth to baby Asher on 24th* Oct at 10:55am, weighing 8lb 3oz!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! She also seeks prayers for a DF whose niece died last month, circumstances unknown.

agingmummmyoftwins Has recently been told that her sister is in hospital and is unlikely to recover

TooBlessedToBeStressed - Has an imminent exam looming and is frantically studying!!!! (Stressed yet!!? )

Namechanger - Popped by to ask for prayers for her DF's DS (5) who unexpectedly collapsed and has had to have a heart bypass and remains unconscious while doctors try to figure out what is wrong with him

CaptainDippy - Prayers for a DF who has had her baby 12 weeks early!! Baby and mum doing ok, but a long way to go yet ...

Has Shieldbug had her baby!!!!??? Judging from her absence, I hope so!!!! Come back soon and tell us!!

Cover us all with a "Duvet of Prayer" .....

Praying NSFN.
I don't know much of your story but it does sound like you are pretty down and finding things tough at the moment. hope things seem better soon. Praying especially for a break in the apathy so you can see more clearly.

Baroque, am on fb but don't think i have you? Am on a few of this thread and happy to add if I know who you are :)

Glad to report that Bob is still making progress; he managed to get himself out of bed and into the chair. I'm going to try the Jewish penicillin chicken soup, hope I can find a proper recipe, but my chicken soup is pretty good even if I am not Jewish.

The smoke alarm that woke me up at 5 am this morning has a new battery, thanks Ian.

baroque, ihave sent you a fb friend request, you may not know who i am, its the the malevolent cat pic.

Mufti I didn't know who you were and I have known you, actually known you for years.

Another early start, but it's ok, I have just started a new knitting.

so a planned one DO?
I DIDNT GET WOKEN TILL 7.30, WHICH IS AMAZING

I'm really behind on the prayer thread and have been dipping in and out too much lately on here

Things went well with my FIL the other night, so thank you for the prayers, my H was able to be assertive and managed to avoid any major problems.

I?ve had a cold for a few days and have been going to bed mega early and waking in the morning feeling like I haven?t slept, despite the vast quantity of vitamins I am consuming, so I?m not spending much time doing anything right now, everything is an effort, even making a concerted effort to comment and catch up on this thread. I?m just so so tired right now. H came over this afternoon and we took the DCs to a soft play together. Haven?t bought anything for Christmas yet but know that I ought to. I still haven?t gotten around to paying for the Xmas Mumsnet meet up and I?m now thinking perhaps I?ve left it too late but I?m not sure but I?m too tired to check. Way behind on chores house wise, even washing up is an effort right now

Consent order arrived for me to check on Friday, need to sign it and then it?ll be submitted to court to apply for the decree absolute. So glad I did everything via solicitor and it?s all been sorted so quickly. April to November, not bad really.

So in summary life continues here despite me feeling pathetic and tired for several days, tired but generally content. Looking forward to the celebration dinner for my divorce recovery course on Monday night at HTB. Really hope if I get an early night tonight, I?ll feel a little better. I?m so sorry that I am so crap and I haven?t got a clue what?s going on now on here as I'm too fleeting really on here and skim read a lot I miss being a part of it all but cannot find the strength or concentration to apply myself and I have another TMA due and am way way behind. Not good at all.

If this post makes sense I'll be impressed as I'm feeling so drained and exhausted.

xxx

Hectic day here. "Yard Sale" in our front driveway this morning with The Outlaws - made £200 between us Then pre-school fair this afternoon where I dressed up as Peppa Pig and scared- made all the children very happy. Pre-school is horribly cliquey this year and I don't like it though. Rise above it. Rise above it ....

Take-away pizza and tele is needed ......

TACP that makes perfect sense and you are doing well to articulate so clearly that life is hard and even the reasons why.
My suggestion would be that you do as I've had to do and ignore Christmas. I may send out a few cards to people who would otherwise get worried, about five, no more and for the rest there will be nothing provided by me, I haven't got the energy and with Bob in hospital at the moment, I can't think further than a day ahead.
You have a clear idea of what you want Christmas to be like:- keep that idea in your head and work towards it.
MN meet-up, whatever...
See if you can find a slot to fit the TMA in.
Housework..do the bare minimum.
Would makea list help? Then do one thing of that list per day?
Come back and tell us about it if you can, otherwise, be assured tat we will be praying for you and also be assured that God hears your prayer and answers it.
There's been so much answered prayer on this thread. Praise be!

Dippy well done.

Just popping by briefly as I can't sleep and I thought that I would let you all know what's been happening...

I was admitted to labour ward on thursday in pre-term labour. They managed to slow and eventually stop my labour and to get in the vital steroids that baby needs for lung development. I am back home now in on/off early labour which is very tiring. Apparently this could go on for weeks or it could all change at a moments notice and we'll be back up at the hospital. I don't really know what else to say. I'm knackered because the contractions keep waking me up but clearly aren't doing a lot to properly get things going yet. I am so fed up of everybody wanting to know if I'm OK every time I move/breathe which is just another way of saying 'are you about to give birth?'. I know that I don't want to give birth at 33 weeks but I am so unbelievably fed up of how things are going.

Oh darling, praying that people around you will answer to your real needs. It's very hard when people want you to answer to their needs: for information, for knowing that you are 'alright' whatever that means.
Praying for your unborn baby that it will grow strong, praying for your other children and for dh, who must all find it very hard to see you like you are.
Praying most of all for you that you will be 'strong and courageous' and 'wait for the Lord'

DO, so good to hear of some progress with your dh still.
Lots of prayers for each of you as I read through.

Swan praying so much for you. I know how frightened you must be as I was admitted for prem labour at 31 weeks. Every day is a'bonus' so praying your little one continues to keep on growing. You will have to have stern words with baby fir trying to escape early!! My brother was born at34 weeks and is now 6ft something and strapping!!

oh realising I've said bout my experience and dnt want till frighten you. My prem labour wasn't related to belle becoming an angel a week later, just a horrible coincidence in timing.

Praying for all as I read through.

We're in the process of applying for schools as ds will be 4 next summer. We have received no info from the LEA or council and have had to chase down everything ourselves. As a foreigner, I'm finding this all very confusing, strange and stressful.

DS told me he wanted to go to church this morning, and I hadn't even mentioned the word, so we'll be off in a few minutes. I think he's more in tune than I am at the moment.

Prayers for all. Swan - I hope that you manage to get some rest. I'm praying for your whole family at this time. DS1 was born slightly prem and spent some time in SCBU. I met a lot of parents there whose babies had been born earlier than him and they all said that the care they and their babies had received had been wonderful.

Thank-you Ladies.

I'm a bit tearful that you all understand properly how I feel. For those of you who don't know, DD1 was born at 34+6 so I'm not a complete novice at this and I know what the NNU is like. But there is a big difference between 34+6 and 33+2 (that's what I am today) in terms of breathing, immunity and feeding potential. The best that I've been told to expect in terms of any skin-to-skin or cuddles before baby would be whipped away to the NNU if born this early was 'you might be able to touch the baby as it is handed to the paediatricians' and then being told that baby would only hang around if they were trying to resuscitate the him otherwise it's straight on with some sort of breathing kit and off to the NNU at speed

I know that I don't want that. But, if I'm honest I also don't want to have any more contractions unless they are going to be the real thing. It's unbelievably tiring having a few hours of niggles that keep me awake and then nothing developing out of it. I find it hard to wait on the Lord's timing when I'm in pain. I also realised last night just how excited I get when I get contractions because I get this overwhelming hormonal urge to give birth and I'm looking forward to doing it one last time My hormones really are all over the place!

My mum and dad have taken the girls to church with DH. There was no way that I could face going and having people watching me for signs of labour. I keep wanting to shout at people that a watched pot never boils every time I have a single contraction.

Sorry - rant over...

Praying for you and your baby Swaliswan.

Bil has started some treatment this week. Palliative not curative. It has at least one side effect that my sister finds very, very upsetting. Please keep praying for them as their wedding approaches next Saturday.

Oh, NL. I am so sorry. Praying that you, your BIL, your sister and all your family feel wrapped up in the arms of God at this time. Is everything sorted for the wedding?

NL, praying for your BIL and SIL. Must be so difficult.

I remember the scared feelings when I went into prem labour with dd at 30 weeks due to pneumonia (they stopped it and she was 2 wks late in the end!!) it was horrible, really scary so really do feel for you now as you worry. 33 wks is so great though, just take it a day at a time. Hugs and prayers for you. xx

Praying for everyone...so much still going on. God is holding you. Keep resting in him. Praying for peace for you all.

Can you pray for me as had a nasty incident at church this morning and feel crap about it - not to do with me or my fault but feel sort of responsible any way. I know that makes no sense but please pray for reconciliation and a good outcome.

Swaliswan my nephew was born 8 weeks early weighing 3lbs 7oz (from memory) and is now over 9lbs and doing very well now home SIL said she could feel God right by him in SCBU for all those many weeks. It is horrid and hard as you know but we're all praying for you and God will be with you and your little one ((hugs))

Gingercurl - I applied for my DD's place for reception last week. My local authority do not mail you, unless you've requested it on their website. I applied online in the end for her. I didn't feel things were very informative for me, I had to dig for information.

NL - praying for your BIL

Swaliswan I was just praying for you and it really felt like God said "do not be afraid, I will be with you".

Really pray you feel his tangible presence at this time and all others on this thread who need it x

praying for you swaliswanHe is with you all the way..

Hey guys, remember me?....It's been some time since I posted on here, I guess my spiritual life has been ignored of late . I come asking for prayers for dh who was suspended from work last week for allegedly allowing one of the cleaning team managers to allow her husband onto site 18 months ago to help with a cleaning operation. The man who suspended him was very cruel and verging on bullying, he didn't allow dh any support in the meeting, nor did he advise him he needed his union there. That aside, dh is extremely stressed and worried that he may lose his job. He has done nothing wrong, but the company he works for think nothing of 'compromising' people out of the business if they take a dislike to them! Please pray for dh's peace of mind, for the investigation to progress honestly and truthfully and swiftly, and for a quick resolution.

On the positive, dsis has now been dry for 19 months, and dneice is well settled into her new life . Thank You Lord for resucing them both .

Please keep me in your prayers too, I would like to become closer to God again.

swaliswan those steroids hurt don't they?!! Remember when I went in for the bleed I had on Friday 13th...I was in for 4 days when I was 30 weeks, and O arrived earlier than expected at 37 weeks. Very scarey time but O is now 2.3 (can you belive it?!!) I'm praying for you x

Praying...