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" .....

I agree DO. He is our Stronghold. xx

Welcome Pipplin - lovely to have you with us Congratulations on your 2nd pregnancy Prayers for your anxiousness to recede and for the pregnancy to proceed wonderfully xx

Prayers for continued healing Hermya How are you doing today?

Prayers for difficult situations on your extended family katsh - Lovely to "see" you here too

On-going prayers for Bob, DutchOma xxxx Please keep us updated and be assured of my thoughts and prayers that are with you both; and your children; at this time. xx

and about the telephone call from your Mother Outlaw (wink) PA - Wow!!!! Prayers continue for you. Hoping everything is finished and sorted ASAP. xxxxxxx

Well Done for struggling on Caz, proud of you You are doing incredibly well Prayers for your DH as he faces his 2nd Lumbar on Mon. Hope they can get to the bottom of all of this asap. xx

May God wrap you up in His love honey. How are you doing today? hope you can get an appt ASAP.

You are precious and special and loved xxxxxxx

Hello TentativeSteps - we're all here for you

Father Outlaw doing much better, in bright spirits Still has the Catheter; but hoping that will settle down and be removed soon. Thank you for your prayers

Have sent email - finally

Gosh, there's so much happening on here at the moment. Prayers for everyone.

Mary - I don't know you but it sounds as though you have so much going on in your life. I'm praying it'll calm down a little for you. I know I feel horrid when it seems as though life is just going too fast for me.

TentativeSteps - hello - there are quite a few of us that are new to this thread. I was in a similar situation to you some years ago and found it easiest to go to a different church. I'd just turn up a couple of minutes before the service started and sit at the back and was always one of the first ones to leave too. I just wanted anonymity and rushing in at the last minute and leaving asap gave me that until I was ready to get more involved.

Think you're right about a spiritual attack DO, can't believe what a rough ride we are all having!

Thank you for all your prayers and support. I had a 'thought' overnight that what I've been through the past few days is what it would have felt like if I had never chosen God. I have to admit to praying occasionally "I wish you'd left me alone God", and really, this I think was what it would have felt like, with no faith, and no sense of God's presence. A big black hole of despair. Please God, no more of that!

Praise Him and all the blessings he sends!

Hoping and praying all went well yesterday PA

Praying

tentative i know the feeling,have been aimlessly going to different churches bcoz i feel i am not where i should be,this has been going on for a while and sometimes i wake up feeling i do n ot want to go to church,then remind myself that actually its not about how i feel,its simple faith,and it has helped me a lot to say out loud that God knows my heart,whether i go to church or not,He loves me nonetheless,however it is important to be in or belong to a local church,where you can give and serve God in so many ways,and that is what i can't find,hence moving from church to church,,i seriously need prayer about this,i need to be led to the right place..

Praying.

A minor thing - I've slightly strained my wrist and I need to type for my work and lug DS2 around a lot which don't help. Need to learn to look after it better.

We've got the How to Talk book too but I always forget it in the moments of stress. Will have to look for the When Kids Press your Buttons one...

Prayers needed please. Last week we found out my BIL's brain tumour is back and he's going to need 6 weeks radiation therapy, prognosis unknown. Then my SIL (his wife) collapsed and is in hospital. Now we've just had a call to say MIL has collapsed - not sure how bad it is, DH has just gone dashing off to hospital...

Dippy I was actually just coming on to give a bit of an update, I'm doing a heck of a lot better. I'm still a bit tender, but DS is settling now after a bit of a feeding frenzy. We've gone from every one to two hours to every three in the past two days. I also had the community midwife out and she observed me feeding and with a minor fix to my latch I'm in a lot less pain. Also DS was weighed and is up to 9lbs already.

He also had his first smile, he gave it to the health visitor mind but it still counts.

Mary Prayers headed your way.

Tooblessed Prayers that God will lead you to the place he wants you to be in.

Tentative Praying for you.

Also praying that God will cover us with his love and protection at this time.

there is definitely spiritual attack over here.
Praying for all.....

Oh Mary

Praying.

Mary - praying for you and your family

We proclaim the name of the Lord Jesus over all on this thread. Over our loved ones, our families.
Satan has no authority here.
Jesus is Lord.

Praying.

This morning my church read out 1 Corinthians 12: 12-26 and Hebrews 10: 19-25 made me think of all us ladies on here. I read NIV version and The Message version as sometimes I like reading both to help me to see things better.

Anyone know how PA is?

I completely echo DO's words:

We proclaim the name of the Lord Jesus over all on this thread. Over our loved ones, our families.
Satan has no authority here.
Jesus is Lord.

AMEN

So sorry to hear about your BIL, Mary Any word on your SIL and MIL??

SIL isn't too bad, probably the stress of it all. No news of MIL as yet...

All very worrying. Praying Mary

Update - his mum did not collapse, but fainted. DH's other sister's capacity for exaggerating. She has a water infection and her heart rate is slightly fast, so they're keeping her in overnight. But it doesn't sound as dramatic as we were first led to believe!

Well praise the Lord for that!!

Thinking of PA and praying for you all. Mary today especially. How very worrying for you. DO how is DH doing?

Today I've been reminded of this poem. It is well known and I'm sure all of you are aware of it. Things are tough for everyone here at the moment it seems, and I wanted to remind us all that throughout it all we are being carried.

One night a man had a dream. He dreamed
he was walking along the beach with the LORD.

Across the sky flashed scenes from his life.
For each scene he noticed two sets of
footprints in the sand: one belonging
to him, and the other to the LORD.

When the last scene of his life flashed before him,
he looked back at the footprints in the sand.

He noticed that many times along the path of
his life there was only one set of footprints.

He also noticed that it happened at the very
lowest and saddest times in his life.

This really bothered him and he
questioned the LORD about it:

"LORD, you said that once I decided to follow
you, you'd walk with me all the way.
But I have noticed that during the most
troublesome times in my life,
there is only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why when
I needed you most you would leave me."

The LORD replied:

"My son, my precious child,
I love you and I would never leave you.
During your times of trial and suffering,
when you see only one set of footprints,
it was then that I carried you."

Had a message from PA's dd2. Mum is home after pleading with the nurses. She is very tired and in a lot of pain, but she is ok.

Sorry I know this isn't as serious as the other prayers on here at the moment. But I think the spiritual attack thing may be going on here as well.

I did have a difficult birth with DS and a bit of a time of it afterwards. God has been good to me and so far I have been seeing that. But on the feeding side of things it has been difficult, after a bit of an upturn today I've been getting a lot of pain and tenderness again. This really isn't about the pain at all. It's really about the attack on what should be a joyful time. I feel that everytime we turn a corner there is something else going on and really I don't know how much more of this I can take.

But God is good, we will get through these times and we will persevere. God is with us during the storm and he covers us with his feathers.

In his almightly name we pray.

Since I 'came out' as a lurker on my other thread, I just want to 'show my face' (OK, not my face, my - er - virtual presence or something) here and say that I will pray for everyone here. Special thoughts for TentativeSteps and TooBlessed, since we are in a similar situation. I have been so lucky (not lucky - I think I was led there) to have found somewhere here, straight away, where I feel 'right' and where my faith has been renewed. I hope that I will be able to continue that once I get back home and that I'll find a church that speaks to me in the same way.

hermya praying for you and your family

mary thank God its not as bad as it sounded

prayers for PA and yes we take authority,the enermy has none whatsoever,we plead the blood of Jesus on each and every family on this thread,devine protection,,in Jesus's name we pray..Amen

TentativeSteps, it is indeed a nervewracking time for you. Praying that this wilderness experience will soon end, and you feel able to trust God AND his church again. I know what you mean about the inner sanctum, but not all places are like that. Its difficult because churches, I think, leap too easily on new people and try to sign them up! I've VISITED churches and have been asked to join the choir, even when I told one person I was just visiting (ie on holiday).

Also have an update on SIL, which sounds MORE serious than I first thought. The hospital have been unable to stabilise her heart rate, and so they are considering putting her under anaesthetic, and stopping and restarting her heart. Prayers for her please.

As for my BIL, this radiation treatment very nearly didn't happen - as the Drs said there was nothing more they could do for him. However, they have new, more accurate equipment, so are going to try.

Good to hear PA is home, and praying she gets some rest!

CazandBelle, comforting words...

Prayers for all, including those I've not mentioned. Praying for DO's DH. Praying Amber and MrAmber get some rest on this holiday.

Managed to get a connection to the internet that'll handle the mumsnet site...quick dash to say I'm still praying for everyone. Sleeping loads but still filled with such sadness and panic from time to time.

Prayers please for a young family in our congregation. The dad collapsed and died suddenly last week, leaving behind a wife, two small children and a third on the way.

Dear Father, I lift this family up to you and pray that you will be with them with all your love and strength.