MN Christian Prayer Request Thread: February already!!!?

[CaptainDippy]

Do not feel
totally
personally
irrevocably
responsible for everything.
That's my job.
Love, God

I like that a lot

Well, here's the round-up:

MadHairDay - Prayers needed for friend's DD who is anorexic and is still not eating. She is being tube fed, but she keeps pulling the tube out. Prayers for the girl from MHD's children's school who was recently run over outside the school. She is through the worst, but has broken legs and pelvis - a swift healing process please, Lord. Prayers for a friend of MHD's whose DH has recently left her and for her DH Gran who recently had a Stroke. Lots of prayers for MHD's lovely DD who is suffering horribly from Psoriasis and has Dyspraxia and is experiencing bullying at school Prayers for MHD struggles health-wise too!!

MrsC - Prayers for her sis who has just started a new job after being a SAHM for 5 yrs - how is she settling in, MrsC? Prayers also for a friend's mum who had a cancer DX, but died very suddenly and unexpectedly recently; and for the little family from MrsC's Toddler Group who recently lost their DH / daddy.

Caz - Finding the New Year so hard. DH should get some test results back soon - has he had them Caz? Caz's health has not been the best recently either and she has had a DX of Tonsillitis again. Boost her up, Lord. Prayers also for the family and friends of the 8 year old from Caz' class that died recently.

Amber- Prayers for the friends and family of E who died recently. Amber very bravely got through her recent op; but is now facing 6 months of Chemo followed by an Op for a DX of breast cancer. The cancer has been caught quite early and is treatable, but it is a fast-moving sort of Cancer and Amber is awaiting further tests to make sure the cancer hasn't spread. Hold Amber so so close at this time, Lord - and her family too as they come to terms with having to support their "rock". xx

CaptainCaveman - Prayers required for her DH in his hunt for a new job .....

JentlyDoesIt - Is coping with DP in prison, but struggling too - needing lots of prayers for resilience and strength, especially for her two little ones. Place lots of amazing, supportive people around her, Lord. xx

barleywood - Needs prayers in her hunt for a new church to go to; and to contribute to as well ....

TeaandCakePlease - Is struggling with juggling ..... she feels in despair with her OU degree and with the task of life in general. xx

NotQuiteGrownUp - Popped by to ask for prayers as she is struggling with juggling too!! xx

Mary - Has been quite down of late and needs lots of encouragement and prayer Please pray for Mary's DD's friend who is currently not eating and being tube fed; for S who trained with Mary who is having tests following the discovery of a lump on her spine; and for Mary's DF who is facing brain surgery after a DX of Chiari Malformation - she has a DH and a young DS.

livvylouis - Popped by to ask for prayers for her FIL who had been admitted to hospital with a racing heart.

NotSoFarNow - Needs lots of prayers for relationships - particularly with one of her DDs. Two of her DDs have recently dropped out of college and NSFN is struggling to know how best to support them and get alongside them.

Hermya - Has been having problems with anxiety of late. Is fretful and worried.

BoxofDelights - Has been spending a lot of time recently sorting out her financial position. Her anxiety is still bad and life is still tough.

blackeyedsusan - Is in the process of a possible separation from her violent husband. She has 2 children of 2 and 4 yrs; and is struggling.

practicallyimperfect - Prayers for the family and friends of Ben, a 17 yr old from the school she works at who was found dead in a river a few days ago. It was an accidental death and he looks to have slipped and fallen in on his way home from a gig late at night.

shineoncrazydiamond - Asked for prayers for a DF's DS, little Archie who sadly died after complications surrounding a traumatic delivery. Archie was a much wanted baby and it is a terrible, tragic loss for the couple

gingercurl - Asked for prayers for her relationship with her DS who is rather a "mummy's boy" - he won't let her DH do anything for him at all and it is taking it's toll.

BlessedAssurance - Her close friend was stabbed to death in S.Africa while defending another friend Prayers for all those who knew and love him. xx

shieldbug - Popped by to ask for prayers for a distant relation of hers (13 yr old boy) who was having a big operation today. The operation could possibly leave him with difficulties being able to eat or, at worst, brain damage. So hoping the op went as well as possible ....

CaptainDippy - It would be great if you could all pray for a dear friend of mine who has terminal breast cancer. Due to being a "guinea pig" for some pioneering drugs, she has been with us far longer than we ever could've hoped or expected (10 yrs!!!!); but the drugs are no longer working and she knows it is nearly time to say "goodbye". She has zoomed off to go and see family in Australia and will be embarking on a tour around the UK once she is back. She 's an incredible woman and I just pray she can do everything she wants to do before she gets too poorly and that the end will be so beautiful for her, because she deserves it.

GET PRAYING!!!!

Teaandcakes, oh yes, those runny nappies can go on and on and on....Yes, I know all about scraping and prewashing "leaks" (ds has toddler diarrhoea: rapid digestional transit and poos a lot all the time) I think it feels worse though when it is extra poos so you have my sympathy. (hope i didn't come over as I've got it worse because thats not my intention) I hope that they get over it quickly.

Urg, it is too early to be up at half term (didn't I write that yesterday?) Going out to ds's appointment today.

No of course not BES

Prayers especially for Caz and her H x

I'm new to this thread but wanted to ask you lovely ladies if I can have your prayer today. I ask you to pray for the soul of my beloved and wonderful mother who has been gone these ten years today. I also ask that you pray I can work towards being as good a mother as she was to my own dd, and that I get through this day in one piece. My own prayers will be turned to those on the lists here once I have my strenght back. Thank you all.

Prayers aplenty for all...

Praying as I read through.

Hello snuppeline Praying for you on this painful day for you, for peace and strength.

Caz I have been thinking about you a lot. So glad to see you here. I am praying for you to know God's arms around you, and that his timing is perfect, whatever it is. lots of love...

Can we pray for the earthquake victims and families in NZ today. Such a tragedy :(

nsfn that is wonderful heartlifting and grin-making news God bless you and your fantastic new man!

caz praying for your situation, and it's so great to hear that you can see God at work in your life.

snuppeline welcome, and prayers of course for you today and onwards

A belated thanks CD for the round up , great, as ever.

Dh still on the job hunt, things very slow but prayers very much appreciated.

Meanwhile, I've been in hospital unexpectedly...went for routine sterilisation, all went ok but then developed an enormous haematoma the next day and was readmitted. This was 11 days ago and my waist and groin still look like I've been whacked with a mallet - although the brusing is less purple now! Prayers for a swift recovery much appreciated.

I've been reading through the thread, and lots of your messages strike a chord with me, only I'm not quite sure what the message is. Lord, open my heart, ears and mind to recieve what you are trying to tell me.

Oh CC, sounds horrible, praying for recovery quickly. Praying that you'll get clarity too on what God is saying.

Prayers for all, especially CC that you get well soon, MrCC that he finds a job soon, Caz that you get that BFP and that God will watch over you during any future pregnancy, MrCaz for health and some answers to what has been going on. Praying for health for amber and MHD as usual, and for peace of mind for Mary and Susan. Welcome Snuppeline; I hope that today was not too painful.

Please can I ask for prayers for my friend and his wife, whom I've mentioned before. They have their 12-week scan tomorrow and are so worried and stressed about it. Thank you.

Caz I hope you don't mind, I've just been reading through and having a general pray and I just felt like God was prompting me to remind you that he always has and always will have his hands on you protecting and encircling you. I can't imagine what you've been through, but God has been with you every step of the way. I do pray that this is your time and that God blesses you, I pray that God will give you peace and that anxiety won't grip you and that in the ups and downs of whatever is to come that God will surround you and that you will always know that he is near.

Snup I pray that God has his hands on you today.

MrCC I pray that God brings provision your way and that he'll surprise you with it as well.

NOFN Woppee!!!! Praise God!!

Bit of a small prayer request next to others, but I've got my back to work meeting in the next two weeks with one of the big wigs and I would like prayer that they'll agree to the flexible working agreement I've submitted. I have requested a move as well, prayers for a mini miricle there would be fab but at the moment knowing I've got the hours I need would be great.

Also we are skint, so prayers that we have enough to meet our needs would be great as well.

I pray that God surrounds you all with his spirit and that whatever you're going through that you know his touch.

Quick update... (in haste cos I'm still at work and need to go home). Friends' scan went well, baby is doing well, heartbeat strong, nuchal thing (err... bit vague on all this as this came in after my time!) also fine. Thank you so much for your prayers.

Prayers for your work meeting Hermya.

Have been offline deliberately for the past few days. Avoiding conflict from emails - because I just couldn't take any more. As DH switched the PC on to check HIS emails, have just come on here (after closing down outlook) to let you know. On top of all that, DH had a health scare last night - with a visit to the Drs and a suspected DVT, which he wasn't able to get checked out till this morning. Thank God it was all clear, but we had a sleepless night worrying.

Throughout the past few days, I've been aware of God's presence, and the comfort of the Holy Spirit, shielding me and getting me through the worst of it. Thank God for his great mercy...

:) Mary that's great. Continuing praying for you.

Hello Hermya - praying for your meeting.

TUO - great news about scan!

My SIL is still waiting - now 39 weeks. seeing the consultant again tomorrow, but feeling positive as the baby is now in a good position :)

Mary sending big hugs

You know you are safe here xxxx

OUCH CC - what is the decision in terms of treatment for your injury? You poor thing. Hug xx

May God wrap you up in His love at this time honey - like I said to Mary - you are safe here - and be as self-indulgent as you like xx

So pleased your friends' 12 week scan went well Totally Praise God!!

Hope back to work meeting goes ok Hermya, thinking of you

come on MHD's SIL >

My Outlaws were half-way to Christchurch (flying) when earthquake in New Zealand struck - don't even want to think about what would have happened had their flight been a couple of hours earlier. Their flight was diverted to Nelson and they are on their way back to the UK BIL works in Christchurch - very shaken up, but otherwise unharmed Prayers for all the families that have lost loved ones though and for those injured - and for the devastation left behind

Hello mary sorry to hear that you are feeling like you need to hide. I hope that the situation improves soon. I have prayed. (and I hope that you are not reading this til tomorrow and are having some lovely sleep)

    TMI WARNING

Tacp.... some poo solidarity (or lack of)... Went to visit a friend, whilst we were there ds had a leaky nappy on my leg friend entertains ds whilst i go down the road to fetch his stuff from the car to strip him off and redress him. just finished that when discover dd has had an accident and dangled her skirt in the toilet too.(second time today) Back to the car to get her stuff... Change dd. On the way back from friends town have to stop and change dd in the dark in a carpark as she has pooed and unfortunately leaked too. Guess what I am doing tomorrow? (logladys pants come to mind... )

Hi all - sorry, have been very AWOL on this thread, but thank you CD for the round-up (though we've moved on rather since then )

My sister is settling in well in her job, but has found the first half-term rather overwhelming (she is in a school). There is a LOT to do and a lot of new legislation since she last worked so she's having to pull out all the stops to get on top of the work AND to keep family life ticking over happily. Continued prayers for her would be lovely if you don't mind :)

I'll try to spend some time today going through the thread and praying for everyone. I feel like I've gone a little "off-piste" spiritually, though. I'm finding it very very difficult to remain 'connected' with God amongst all the studying (exams next week), the family and everything else that's going on in life and the world (things seem very bleak at the moment, don't they? In terms of world events, I mean). I also had a bit of a 'scare' this week with my mum spending a night in hospital with possible heart problems. She is fine, and home again, but it brought it home to me that one day something will happen that will be personally devastating and I've begun to doubt that I would be able to continue to trust in God and his purpose when that time comes. Does that make sense? I want to trust, but at the same time I am a complete control freak and I find it incredibly difficult to let God just do his thing

Sorry, I'm really rambling

Anyway, I'm busy revising all day today, so I'll try to give myself regular prayer breaks and will come back and work my way through the thread from the beginning :)

God bless.

MrsC I know just precisely how you feel. Control-freak tell me about it. Sometimes I think I don't trust God any further than I can throw Him. Which is not very far. Over the past few months, since dh got so ill I have had to trust other people to pray for me, I could and can still pray for other people, but not for me. We have a very busy church, three funerals to go to in the next two weeks and connection with God is just not happening.
I don't know how to get out of it, so if anybody has any ideas...

DO, I know exactly how you feel. However, I am not sure that God always wants us to get out of it. It's important to be able to trust Him, when we can't feel the connection too - to let others pray for us and to simply be. That is proof that our faith isn't just an emotional connection but something even more solid. You can still pray quite formally (that can be where litergy can be so helpful, can't it?) giving him your day, your hopes and fears, and trust Him to do the rest.

Corrie ten Boom, who had such a fabulous relationship with God, wrote (in her third book "Tramp for the Lord") of a time when she found herself suddenly aware that she was not aware of God guiding her and comforting her. It was a very dark time. The word she was given, however, was about "sheltering in the shadow of His wings" and she realised that the darkness she felt was not the darkness of His absence but of the shadow of His presence very close. The change was not that He was far away, at that difficult time, but that He was so close that she could not see Him as she usually did. Does that make sense?

Thinking of you as I fly by.

God bless all

MrsC and DO

It sounds as though you are both facing tough times at the moment. I know what you mean about being a control freak. For me, that was the biggest stumbling block to becoming a Christian and I still struggle with it on a daily basis. I also often find it difficult to pray, even more so if everyone around me seems very strong, but came acrosss this passage a couple of weeks ago and it has stuck in my mind. It's from Romans 8 "26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans."

Right, better stop putting off the housework ...

NQGU I love that bit about Corrie Ten Boom :) Mrs C and DO, yes yes yes I totally know. Sometimes it feels so hard to trust God and even to pray in the midst of so much stuff happening. Where is God's presence? Even the psalmist often says this kind of stuff ...For example, in Psalm 42:

11 Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.

So it's like making a decision to 'yet praise him'. Not a feeling but an act of will. Difficult stuff. I have found in some of the darkest times of serious illness that there feels like a void, and wonder where God is. Sometimes I find him, others not. It remains a mystery. Sometimes others have to carry us.

Praying for all.

Prayers anew for everyone. Feeling a bit tearful today and don't really know why...

Thanks everyone - as ever it's nice to know that people understand what you're feeling.

jaffa thank you for reminding me of that verse. It came up a couple of weeks ago in my study group and struck a chord with me too. I'm being prompted to reflect upon it, I think :)

amber I'm sorry you're so low today. How are you at the moment generally? Praying that you feel a bit stronger tomorrow.

Praying Amber. At least I think I am. Feeling physically sick at the way things are turning out at church. Like I'm a spare part who isn't wanted and wondering why people won't listen to what I'm saying.

big hugs and prayers sent from here. I feel so sad you are being treated like this. :(

amber sending hugs to you too.