Spring into Summer - Christian Prayer Thread

[DutchOma]

It always amazes me to see the range of things we pray for: from praying for people with cancer at the one end of the range to praying for a lost telephone. With difficult mothers-in-law, marital difficulties and unfeeling fellow Christians all wrapped up in it somewhere.
And knowing with joyful certainty that God hears us all, that no request is too frivolous for Him and that He loves to hear our prayers.
So, I just want to pick out a few highlights to keep our prayers focussed:
We pray for Amberlight and Sweetestthing who are dealing with cancer. We commit the two of you to the care of our Lord and look forward to you sharing your progress with us. We are here for you, knowing how important praying friends are ? there is scientific evidence for this.

Then, there are a few of us struggling with health issues:- Madhairday and Gingercurl?s sister. I would also like to mention my dh, Bob, here. I so value your prayers because I find it very difficult to pray for myself and for him when the going gets tough.

BlackeyedSusan and Teaandcakeplease are both dealing with the break-up of their marriage and bringing up their children on their own. We pray for strength and also for the undivided support of the churches they belong to. Especially in BES? case we could wish for a bit more understanding.

With CazandBelle we rejoice over the latest scan and pray for peace of mind for the rest of the pregnancy. Do share your feelings with us Caz, if you are able.

PositiveAttitude brought two prayer requests concerning her dds. Dd2 was in a car crash a few weeks ago and really needed another car. Wonderfully, her boyfriend was able to come to her rescue. And dd3 lost her phone on a trip that was a miracle in itself after her recent illness. Here again, prayer was answered and a new phone supplied.

Dippy, we love you, thanks for prompting us to do a new summary. We grieve with you over the loss of friends, but rejoice over birthday parties and broody chickens.

Let?s pray.

That is so great that you found the ring

Prayers for all on here x

GP went ok thanks. He says it's either anaemia caused by the chemo, or just a heart that's fed up with having chemo in its bloodstream every few weeks and complaining about it. Sending me for blood test, and I'll be telling the oncologist about it next week so she can work out what we do about the dose for the final set of chemo.

Prayers for everyone...

yay gingercurl!

amber ermm it sounds quite complicated... not sure whether that is good or bad... glad it went ok.

Dunno either. I'm still alive. That's got to be good.

well, i guess it is not urgent as you would be in hospital now. thats good too.

yay gingercurl!! So pleased. It's amazing what gets among DCs toyboxes, I find

Amber. So glad you are ok. Sounds hard going though. prayers.

CD, you're quiet, you ok?

:) gingercurl

Prayers for Amber...

Praying as I read through.

Great to hear about the ring and DH Ginger - DD1, who has just moved back home has said she will come to church with us, tomorrow, too!

MHD Prayers for your friend's family at this time.

Hello, everyone. Praying especially for amber and the effects of chemo and for mhd's friend . Great to hear that ginger found her ring.

Hospital went well yesterday - confirmed no chemo needed and that the discrepancy about which type of cancer I have is because I have, in fact, got both kinds! I just have a rare type of a rare cancer - how special do I feel, eh? They are also as certain as they can be that I don't have a primary elsewhere, so that was also very good news. Got fitted for my radiotherapy mask and have a scan on Monday to sort out the radiation programme - full details on the blog for those who want them!

Best thing of all yesterday - just before we were due to leave for hospital, the doorbell rang and there on the doorstep was our beautiful daughter, home two months earlier than she had told us from her year of travelling. Little minx had kept it a secret from us, although our DS and several other people knew all about it!! IT was a real tonic to see her and I thank God for bringing her back safely to us.

Oh bless you Sweetestthing, so glad you have your dd home safe and well.
(Pleased for PA as well to have her daughter home safe and well. Also that she is prepared to come to church with you, that would make my day too, but isn't likely to happen).
Glad to hear that your doctors at least are able to keep up with the rare form of the rare cancer, it may be rare, but they have seen it before. Now for the treatment. I'll keep praying.
Glad to hear about your ring Gingercurl

well we made it to church. kept ds in the service. got a few looks but I am afraid that as there were plenty of chairs at the front and we were right at the back... tough. I am no longer going to sit in a room on my own at the back every single week.

there was a cringe moment when everyone was asked to find someone near them to pray for/ with. during which i sat on my own .. supervising ds at the back.. not sure whether i was relieved or upset. think i may have prayed with one person there had ds not been running off...

Urgh I feel your pain BES. That's why I moved back from WCC to SSW as there is a creche available from the beginning of the service there. At WWC I spent most of the service chasing DS until creche opened half way through. So although not quite the same as you, the feelings were probably similar

Well done for going x

Evening

Sweetest - aaaaah, that made me cry! Your darling dd!

Well done BES for going, I'm having a wobble of faith at the moment, not getting any support from my current vicar so am thinking about moving churches

Oma - now, stop worrying I am ok - ish

Went to see DP today with his "best" friend. DP did nothing but pick at me & be rotten to me for the whole 2 hours not sure if he was "showing off" in front of his friend but I came away feeling awful. He kept accusing me of sleeping with other men whilst he's in prison (where he thinks I find the time bemuses me) and other digs. Please pray for his peace of mind & my ability not to get cross with him, I know he's not having any fun whatsoever but my skin is only so thick

Love & prayers xx

sounds like he is in a crappy mood jently... unfortunately so are you now..

I thought about going to other churches. i thought I may go every other week to a new one if i was going to try. would that work for you?

Jently, words fail...:-( So sad that he's saying things like that to you after all the loyalty and love you've shown him. What on earth... Much prayer that he reflects on that. And that you find support in a faith community v soon.

Prayers aplenty for everyone...

Prayers for support JDI. Firstly for a minister who will support you through all of this (have you considered spiritual accompaniment/direction?), but also for your husband to realise how lucky he is to have you standing by him. Perhaps he is trying to push you away because he is low and feels he isn't worth your love? Why else would he consider that you'd seek comfort in the arms of another? Hugs and prayers anyhow (and if you want to 'talk', feel free to PM me)

Praying, Jently. I think Mary's words are very wise. Also praying you will find more support from church. Is there anyone besides the vicar you feel able to approach who will give you some time and listen? Much love and prayers at this time.

Lovely about dd, Sweetest :)

Continuing prayers.

Praying, jently and for AMber and Sweetest, too.

h has his interview tomorrow. eek.

Hope and pray it goes well for him BES

BES praying!

for everyone else as well!

Morning,

Praying for h's interview BES...

Amber, how are you today? And you Sweetest?

PLease can you pray for my ds today. He is taking the move much harder than I thought he would. He cried himself to sleep last night after his last Beavers session. He is getting v stressed at school. I'm comforting him as much as I can obviously but he seems so worried. He is 7.

Praying for ds Madhair. Things must seem so massive when you are seven.

ooh MadHair praying for your DS! when is the move happening?

Hey, sorry I've not been around, I am lurking from time to time though.

Prayers for jently and for your youthclub blue and you, and your DS mad and of course everyone else.

I've had a rough couple of days. Anxieties have got the better of me and ended in two panic attacks yesterday. One was in the middle of the night; DH came to bed and disturbed me, I woke up in a right state. Can't remember everything but finally coming around properly with DH holding me tight telling me I was ok. Had another one yesterday dinner time then and took all afternoon to recover - spent the entire afternoon in bed more or less.

Still haven't felt quite right today so phoned hospital who asked me to come in to be checked over. Both me and baby fine, just appear to have hit a not coping point. I'm 24 weeks now, so 13 weeks until they will induce me. I'm getting more and more anxious as the weeks pass and I'm really scared of going into 3rd trimester again (Belle died at 32 weeks). Please pray for my peace of mind and for some togetherness again.