MN Christian Prayer Request Thread: Spring is Sprung (ish) Prayers for new life and Phoenices to Rise Out of Ashes ;-)

[CaptainDippy]

I hope LibraPoppyGirl doesn't mind, but seeing as she sort of "did" a summary for me; I thought I would use her words to start a new thread as the last one was getting pretty long!

It was interesting to find out what the Plural of Phoenix was at the same time - Apparently that's derives from the original Latin - same as Matrix and Matrices. So there you go!! You learn something new everyday.

Prayers for LibraPoppyGirl as well - as she seeks refuge in the ... erm ... refuge and looks to a safe future with her precious family. Protect her, Lord and show her the way she should walk .....

Japan Heavenly Father, watch over your people who are affected by the terrible natural disasters, that have happened in Japan. Lord give them love and strength, to deal with such horrific times. We pray to your Lord, to look after those who have survived and give of your great self, to those who have lost loved ones. In the name of your Son Jesus Christ, Amen x

Ken Prayers that you find the right motivation to write the words you need to, prayers for wisdom and knowledge at this time for your.

Caz Prayers for strength for you for help in dealing with these emotions you are going through. Prayers of thanks for your much wanted and loved unborn baby and prayers for Belle and her beauty, for blessing you with her life, which has led to your soon to be born. Love and strength asked for you Caz.

bes Prayers for you bes as you empathise with Caz, bringing your own memories to the fore.

Also praying that you do not lose the computer and that you are able to keep the one you have. smile. Lord we pray for our sister, give her the love from you, that safety from you to give her the strength to deal with these difficult times. In Jesus name, Amen xx

Mufti Also praying for you and your shared memories with Caz and bes x

amber prayers for you too and your shared memories of your shared experiences. Love and praise to God for the love he has shown in carrying you all, through your grief x

Caroline Prayers for your Mum's health and that she can see the way through the problems she is experiencing at work. Prayers for the safety of her job. Prayers aplenty to for you and your DD's.

DutchOma Praying for you Dutch and giving thanks for your kind words to me. Thank you smile. Praise to God indeed for his guidance through Bob's hospital appointments. We pray Lord that you will give wisdom to the doctors treating Bob, guide them to the places where they will find the right answers Lord. Give them the capacity to learn something new, that could help your son Bob. We pray for the blood results to be helpful. In your sons name Lord, Amen xx

mhd Giving thanks and praise to our God for your continued support and love. Prayers for you and your family, may you always know God's love and the path he has chosen for you. Please keep praying for me, DS and bump smile xx

CaptainDippy As always thanks and praise for the love and prayers you have said for us and for your support for me. Prayers for you, for your health and for your family. How is DD1? Heavenly Father, take of this family of yours Lord. They are precious indeed. Amen xx (DD1 is taking anti-biotics and is doing better, hoping this is the beginning of the end - light at the end of the tunnel ) Prayers for CD's foster mum who is coping with a DX of Atrial Fibrillation and the implications this has for the rest of her life. Prayers too for CD's friend's sister who is in hospital after a horrific car crash. The future is not looking too hopeful so recent brain stem tests have revealed only the top half of her brain is working - meaning that she may end of not having any control over her body whatsoever; but still being being to think and understand everyone going on around her Prayers for her family and friends at this terrible time, esp her DH and 2 gorgeous DD's (5 and 7)

LOTM Hope you are still around, I may be wrong but haven't see you for a few days. Prayers for you LOTM, have you found the guidance you were praying for? Prayers for you and your desire to be of service of others, as the Lord intended. Amen x

TACP Praise for your prayers for me and mine and for your love and support. God Bless you TACP x
What's occurring with you? Prayers for you x

mangomay How are you? How is Church going? Prayers to our God for his guidance, to help you find the spiritual home that is waiting for you at this time. How is your friend's DH and DDs?

Lord we ask that you give mangomay and DH the wisdom and knowledge to find their way onto the path you have made for them. Lord help them to find in their hearts the right place for them. Amen x

Monty27 Prayers for you, as you accompany your friend down this hardest of paths. Lord please take of care of this dear child of yours. Heal her from her pneumonia and make her well enough to be able to have the treatment she needs, for her breast cancer. Lord we ask you to take special care of this woman, and give her the knowledge of your love and the true knowledge of your Son and his sacrifice made for us, so that we may come through the Son, to Our Father. Take good care of our sister Father. Amen x

MaryBS Thanks and praise, as always, for your support and helpful and kind words. Thank you.

How are you? Prayers for your family. Lord take good care of them, always showing your love Lord. Amen x

PA Praying that you and things in your life are better x.

jaffacakes How are you? Prayers and love for you x.

tunnocksteacake Praying that you have a safe and successful pregnancy x.

Thank you LPG and GET PRAYING ALL

we are still poorly. all got colds and miserable. clingy children and grrumpy mummy are not a good combination.

ttcake glad all is going ok. it can be very worrying.

oooo Mary what a responsibility. glad it was better than you hoped.

DO Have you had any luck with a lift yet?

The short answer BES is:"No". We are still working on it, but it doesn't look good. I have booked the accommodation so I can stay nearby when Bob is in hospital.

Tunnocksteacake (love the name by the way) - great to hear that the wee bean is fine. Praying that everything will go smoothly. Also for you too Caz.

Amber - praying that the treatment will all go well. The hats sound nice!

DO - praying that you'll get transport, one way or another

BES - how is your toe today? Were you able to make it to the GP?

Prayers of thanks from here - DS1 came home from school yesterday asking about Easter and telling me that their latest project at school is all about Easter. I had assumed that as the school is pretty non religious that the teachers wouldn't discuss Easter at all with the kids. I would guess that very few of the kids have any contact with a church, Sunday School etc so this may be the only way that a lot of the pupils will ever hear about Easter.

DO - could you catch a train with Bob or is that a bad idea?

Shame you couldn't see the pictures Amber.

Train is hugely expensive and quite a trek with wheelchair and suitcase. Coach could just be easier, but Bob is really quite frail and I don't want him (or me for that matter) totally kn....red when we get there.
And we have to be there for nine o'clock, even with door to door transport we probably will have to leave at 6.30

Jaffa thanks for asking. didn't dare reply yesterday as last time I said it was better, it turned bright red and swollen... didn't get to the gp as we were too full of cold and off school (sigh) Still off school and toe is sore but not too bad.

Been slumped in the corner at the computer or slumped on the sofa refereeing the dcs. Been fed watered and changed and hugged. today is going to be a repeat of yesterday (sigh) We have got through a second month with just me at home but I am trying to work out how to manage when I am ill and there is no backup. When people at church finally know they may help out (just the elders know now but don't know h hit me) fortunately I am not too ill to manage at the moment.

Prayers BES.

Poppy, how are you?

Tunnock, praying that it all continues to go well for you.

Its my pre-op assessment today... op is next Tuesday - keyhole on my knee. I guess today is about finding which key will fit?

BES I hope everyone gets better soon and that your toe heals without complications.

DO praying for you a quick solution to your problem. It is so difficult and stressful when you don't know how to solve things.

Tunnock Prayers for you and Caz.

Amber praying for the success your treatment and also for your hair. Even if you "know" it will happen, it can be really upsetting when it does. Hopefully you can learn to do some really funky stuff with hats and scarves?

Mary hope your pre-op assessment goes well. Praying for the "locksmithing team" too.

MandP How is your niece?

PA praying for you and DD.

LPG How are you getting on?

Things are fine in Curlyworld. A silly thing is bothering me though. I misplaced my engagement ring nearly two weeks ago and can't find it anywhere. I always take it off with my wedding ring when I get home from work in the evening as I prefer "bare" hands for cooking, etc. I believe I took it off when I came home and put it in its usual place with the other ring. I say "believe" because I do it out of habit IYSWIM. Next day when I was going to put it on again, it wasn't there, only the wedding ring. I just wish I could find it.

Oh dear. will pray for the missing ring.

Mary, you only hve to worry if they bring out one of those enormous keys they have for castles on churches. Good luck with the assessment.

Lots of prayers as I read through, especially for those doing the Highland Fling at the incompetence of authorities, those worrying about the situation ahead of them and those battling health thingies.

Hope they find the right key, Mary [!]

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Had a quick scan through this thread and I think its amazing what some of you ladies are surviving through. I think some ladies need a well desevered pat on the back.

My neice has gone blind and they cannot stabilise her - she is currently fitting 10 times a day and they need to stop the fits. Docs aren't hopeful tbh.

Can I add another one? A mum at my church is going blind and there is no medical reason why - she is convinced that it is spiritual as she had a clear word from God that her vision was not focused in the right direction. She has a 2 year old and is struggling to care for him with her failing sight and maintain her faith. Thanks

MonkeyandParrot, many prayers being said for those situations...

Thank you for those prayer pointers MAP. The Lord is my light and my salvation. Ps 27:1

This message was posted by nowaynohow at the end of the last thread.

Hi all

Please can I join your thread? I really need all the Christians out there to get on the prayer wagon pretty quickly!

Back story: My friend's DD (3yo) was diagnosed with Wilms Tumours in November. She had tumours on both kidneys, as well as cancer in her lungs.

She had chemotherapy to try to shrink the tumours so that they could remove them, and they did so on Tuesday during a gruelling 6 hour operation. They have managed to leave 60% of one kidney and 75% of the other, but the bad news is that they found cancer in one of her lymph nodes.

She has now spiked a fever, and they are not sure why, and is telling her parents that she doesn't want to die

Please can you all pray for her to be healed of everything that is causing her pain and suffering, and pray for her parents to have the strength to get through this. Their faith has supported them so far, but it isn't easy. They have an amazing group of people praying every day, but I figure such a special little girl can never have too many people asking God to spare her life.

I hope you don't mind me jumping on here and hijacking the thread, but they really need our prayers.

God bless

Thanks jaffa - sorry, didn't realise the other thread was an old thread. Will spend some time reading through tonight and praying.

Praying praying praying

nowaynohow...praaying

gone really dizzy as my cold has gone to my ears, (sigh) the room is lurching around everytime i move my head. need to look after the children properly so worried.

Am praying here and there but too busy getting revenge on the bolognaise sauce (responsible for toe) by eating it!

caroline how is your mum?

gingercurl any news of the ring

still prayiing for a nice neighbour tacp and a diyer

Poppy thinking about you whilst you are away.

DO praying that you have the courage to ring someone aand the wisdom to know who will say yes, or that someone will come forward to offer help.

pa any developments with dd?

caz are you still and those pesky pregnancy hormones eh.

Sorry, didnt mean to ask for prayer then run for the hills...
Been a very hectic few days at work.
DD4 has certainly been better, so answered prayers, thank you. Please keep praying, though as this is a long term thing and wont just disappear unless God chooses to do that.

nowaynohow praying muchly :( Poor little girl.

Map so sorry about your niece :( Praying.

DO any news on the hospital visit transport?

poppy hope you are OK.

Amber how are you today?

Hope everyone is OK, thinking of and praying for you all. Please keep praying for friends anorexic dd, stopped eating again :(

So difficult when a 3yo suffers from cancer. Lord, hold her in Your peace and your power.

I'm no nearer to finding transport but am waiting on the result of our application to the Brompton which was with our GP on Wednesday. There are other alleyways. Meanwhile I have been told not to worry about missing the last practice for the Hallelujah chorus which we are doing on the 2nd April on the occasion of the re-opening of our 'sanctuary' (the actual church-room as opposed to the rest of the building). We had an amazing practice in the church last night, with a conductor and a pianist and over 40 choristers, we could just do with one or two good tenors. I had been worried I would not be able to sing as I'm missing the 'dress rehearsal' on the 31st.

Praying for all this morning.
DO glad it will be ok with the choir :) Praying that the transport gets sorted soon x

Good morning ladies.

Nowaynohow - prayers for that dear little soul and her family at this terribly difficult time. May our Father hold them all in His arms, and bring them through this awful time, knowing His presence with them.

Gingercurl - prayers for your engagement ring to appear safely.

Please could I ask for a quick prayer for various situations at work - and prayers for me that when I hand things over I can trust Him to look after them, and not to keep fretting over them!

Thank you. God bless all

PS A friend just sent me a link to this