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

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This is certainly the right place to come for prayer support DoodleAlley. Hope things go well on Thursday and that they find some cause for the pain and numbness.
Transport is back to square one. I rang the hospital yesterday and they said they had not received the fax the surgery sent on Friday. Surgery sent it again yesterday and said that we would (probably) hear in a couple of days. I'm out all day today, but will ring again tomorrow if I haven't heard. It's only a week now...

Oh and we have no hot water again. No idea why. We rang the plumber who sorted it at Christmas and he said he would get back to me in ten minutes as he was decorating his wife's birthday cake. But he didn't.

Prayers anew for everyone on here...

DO how frustrating!!

Mary glad the op went well.

Doodle pop by anytime. That's what we are here for :)

Just had a chat with the most lovely school secretary. There are places for both dc in the school we will hopefully live near. I am gobsmacked. Was phyching myself for a stroppy no-yuo-can't-come-here type. But she was just lovely. I am so excited. we just need tjhe house so it can be sported. please pray!!

aaaagh spelling everywhere today. sorry.meds.

ooo exciting madhairday. will pray.. what sort of house do you want?

Doodle, hope it all goes well for thurs. i was too tired last night to type more...

Hmmmmm....how about a 6 bed mansion with swimming pool and ensuite to all rooms?

No. It's a clergy house. But should be four bed as that's the vicarage norm, also has to have a downstairs study as it will be the church office. Apart from that I guess it's just whatever comes on the market which is suitable and the diocese can afford, which may not be much...we shall see!!

I hear there may be some of those Bishops' Palaces coming on the market soon - make them an offer
Seriously though, praying for it all to work out for you

MHD, its probably good that they are buying a house, you are far more likely to get a newer house which will require less maintenance for them. Prayers for a smooth few months ahead for you.

Prayers for you AMber, for strength and health.

Praying that someone sorts out some transport for you DO.

Prayers for everyone else on here.

DD3 (the one who has been recovering from severe CFS/ME for the past few years) has an interview today for a course she really wants to do from September. Please pray she gets given a place. I know that if she doesn't it is not what God wants her to do, but i am finding it difficult to believe that another kick in the teeth for her is God'd plan.

HAve a good day everyone.

Praying for everyone and each situation.

Still feeling more than last chemo cycle so would appreciate prayers that the nausea lessens soon.

Thanks for your prayers. The hospital want to leave my foot to see if the symptoms resolve by themselves without needing another operation. So back at work next week. Feeling really nervous about it as hospital told me to take it easy and already getting pressure to do meetings that I have to walk to on other side of the city. I work part time so having phone call with boss on Monday to discuss the arrangements. I'm sorry to have to ask again as I know this is minor in comparison to others needs but I'd really appreciate prayer that the phone call goes well , that my boss is sympathetic and that I have wisdom about my levels of activity. Thanks so much x

A new development:- the Brompton will provide transport for Bob but not for me. So, since I quite wanted to be in Northampton on Thursday, I have cancelled the accommodation and he will go on his own. He is ok with it.
Thank you all for your prayers, it is quite a good outcome in a way.

Good that it is a sort of answer to prayer DO, but why on earth can you not go too? It seems daft, its not going to cost them any more to take you in the transport, is it.
At least Bob is getting there. I hope you have a lovely relaxing day.

Please everyone pray for my friend and her daughter who have just lost a lovely husband and dad. I've only just found out, it happened last night and I can't imagine how she feels.

Thank you

What? They won't let you go with your own husband to hospital, DO? Heck...

Prayers aplenty for each of you as I read through again. Stickyj, what an awful situation...

Well, they say I would take the place of a patient who really needs it. It makes me wonder how many they are going to collect. So in a way it would cost them more to take me and Bob does not need an escort medically. It is an answer to prayer and one I am really, in a funny way, quite grateful for. I will have three days on my own, the Thursday is all taken up, but I might actually go somewhere on my own since I won't have any responsibilities.

Praying for your friend vickyj and her daughter, was it a car accident or something else that happened?

Hello ladies, I've been awol for a few days as DH and I have both had a few days off work to spend time together without the DSs. It almost felt strange not to have them around.

DO - good to hear that the transport situation has been resolved in a way that you can live with.

Sticky and Doodle - hello, prayers for both of you.

PA - prayers for your DD.

Amber - hope you are feeling better now.

MHD - sounds like you are in for an exciting time. Praying that the accommodation situation will resolve soon.

Has anyone heard from LibraPoppy? I know that she was likely to be without access to a computer for a while. If you are able to read this, Poppy, I'm praying that things will get better for you.

I've talked to Poppy on FB, jaffa. she is OK, just has a lot on and not up to MNing too much at the moment, I will tell her you are asking after her :)

Stickyj :( praying.

One very happy DD3 here. (and a relieved mummy!!) Interview went very well and she has been offered a place on the hairdressing course that she really wants to do, on condition that her health continues to improve between now and September.
Thank you for the prayers.

Have been lurking for a few days. Have been/AM praying for everyone on here.

DSIL is suffering racial discrimination by staff and students at a christian learning establishment (not in this country). Another student of a similar ethnical background is receiving similar treatment. The worse thing is that it's so institutionalised, they don't even realise they are doing it. DB, who belongs to the "right" ethnical group, has got fed up with DSIL's treatment and has requested a meeting with management team.

No sight of my engagement ring as yet . I have my review meeting with the rotweiler tomorrow after lunch. Feeling sick with stress. Trying to prepare but am so tired (have been working late in evenings and DS has been coming to our bed at night meaning that I get disturbed sleep.) I am not good at these things.

Hello ladies, just popping back in to say hi. Have been without internet access for a bit. My friend's DH is recovering well from his injuries, he had a lump of shrapnel removed from his face (it measured 5cm by 2cm, that's pretty huge, poor thing) and had had his jaw wired to help it heal. The shrapnel was removed from his back successfully and he is on the road to recovery. Sadly two other Irish Guards have been killed in Afghan since then, a frightening reminder of just how much danger our brave heroes are in every day. Please can we all pray for each and every man and woman serving abroad, that they are returned safely to their loved ones.

Also, please pray for a friend of mine who was involved in a car accident recently. He was driving late in the evening (he was designated driver and so had not been drinking) and swerved to avoid an oncoming car. Thankfully he was mostly uninjured but sadly his friend who was travelling with him died when the car overturned. Please pray for my friend as he deals with the sadness of losing his dear friend, and the guilt he is suffering terribly with. Please pray also for the young lads family struggling to cope with losing their son, who was only 18.

On a more positive note, I've had some good news. I has a suspicious mole removed last month (I'm in a lot of high risk groups; blonde hair, blue eyes, whiter than white skin!) and the biopsy results came back showing pre-cancerous cell changes. I went back so they could check they'd removed it all, which they had, and so was given the all clear. Have to go back in a year for a check-up but otherwise its all good. I thank God for this little bit of good news among all the sadness around me. I actually feel guilty for being so pleased. Please God, watch over my friends, who are all struggling in their different ways to cope with their pain and loss. Thank you for giving me the courage to have that mole seen to, I'd convinced myself I was over-reacting. I feel that now I have one less worry, I'm able to be a better friend and support to the dear friends of mine who need it so much more.

Prayers for everybody suffering in their own ways. We all struggle with different things, from the mundane and ordinary, to the extreme and highly unfortunate. Its only with the support and prayers of friends and loved ones that we are able to overcome hardships and face another day.
Phew....that was long. xxx

great news about the transport DO and about dd3 PA

4 bedroom houses make me madhair, nevermind 6 bed mansions!

Doodle glad to hear there is no need for an op at least just yet. you can get a certificate from your gp detailing that you are fit for work with some restrictions, like not walking... (just about to type working der)

sticky How are you? it must have been a shock for you too. people often forget about friends feeling upset too.

It has been one of those days... got sworn at aand intimidated by 2 lads whilst doing the school run because i had parked legally outside their house and they took objection to it. terrified. had the children with me, they don't need to see any more upset.

ginger curl, for a minute there I thought your dog had eaten the ring.. will pray for sleep.

Prayers aplenty for each of the situations in the messages as I'm reading through.

PA, phew re your DD!
Gingercurl, wish I could say that I was surprised by what you write about the discrimination - much prayer. And prayers re the engagement ring too.
And for the meeting to go much better than you anticipate.
Mangomay, prayers for your friends. And ones of praise for the result from your skin situation.
BES, heck re the lads - very scary indeed. Would the school be able to help if local residents are intimidating vulnerable parents and children? I know ours have a good relationship with the local police force for such things?

Here, feeling better this morning than I was yesterday, so many thanks for prayers. Day 2 after chemo does seem to be a tough one. I know day 4/5 can be as well, so will need a bit of prayer there too.