Christian Prayer Thread - Joy to the world, the Lord is coming

[DutchOma]

I thought it was time to set up a new thread for Christmas.

Will just leave it short and give you all the opportunity to add your own prayers.

Nickelbabe Prayers of thanks for the delivery of her little girl, continuing prayers for her and the baby. We look forward to you to be able to update us.

MHD prayers that the medical team will get their act together, but also that you will be able to be at home and stay at home over Christmas.

Soozi we know how hard things have been for you for such a long time. Prayers that you will find the strength to cope, especially at this Christmas time.

CaptainDippy Prayers for comfort and joy.

Prayers for all of us that we will proclaim the birth of the Saviour to a world in need.

Holding you in my prayers today, Sweetest.

Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers with my job application.

I do really need a new job to keep us afloat !

Was nice to think some people have been thinking about me as I handed it in this morning.

If anyone feels inclined to give a quick prayer for an interview that would be very kind and much appreciated !

Thoughts and prayers are with you all this morning from me too x

Scan results all clear and I can now start to believe I am in remission. Thanks be to God for this wonderful news and for blessing the doctors and other professionals with their knowledge and skill. And thank you all for your prayers. It made a huge difference to know I was being held up before the Lord today. X

Oh, wow, that's amazing news, SweetestThing... I am so happy for you. Oh, I don't know what to say... Here, have some

Interview prayers for you, Juggling. And on the same theme, I need to prepare my presentation for my interview next week over the weekend, so could do with some prayers for that. Thanks.

Brilliant news, Sweetest - I am so pleased!

Prayers for interviews. :)

The log supplier has let me down. No delivery today as they previously said, so I'll have to wait for MONDAY. I've already used up the last of the old lot, because I knew more were coming today. Now I have no heating, still, and one small convector heater. DH isn't home till tomorrow night and then we have friends coming to stay (in the now heated annexe) on Sunday morning!

I'm going through my own little Job saga! Every little source of heat being removed from me. I'm just feeling so miserable now - I have been in a cold house for 8 days and it's just getting worse. The worst thing is the way everyone I deal with trying to sort things out talks to me like I really should've known. The woman just now from the logs supplier implied I should've ordered sooner. The oil people and everybody else says, ooh, you don't want to let the oil run out. Give yourself lots of problems if you do that. Gonna change my name to lostallsensationinmyfingertips to cheer myself up. And tomorrow is a day at home with the 4 kids and no plans, which is my worst type of day. Please pray for the second coming to happen in the next couple of hours; I think that's the only solution at this stage. :o

That's a right pickle Lost. You will all have to stay in bed and read books. And ask the guests to bring logs. Or their own heater. Is there no-one who will lend you anything?
Don't let them talk down to you. You are new to the area and need to see if anybody can help you out. Even Job had 'friends'

Oh lost that is really hard. Are you able to drive yet? You are welcome to come over here for some warmth! we're on a bit of a nothing day tomorrow too, we're only an hour or so away. But yes, see if you can get some extra heaters etc. Horrible to be cold.

DO, so sorry the Brompton have been rubbish. They were good when I was there, it must be a blip, hopefully things will improve. How is B doing now?

Sweetest, wow, that is so awesome, smiling for you, praise God! :)

Juggling, praying for you. Interviews are scary. Bet you'll be great.

PA, oh DLA appeals, I'll be praying. So hard these things. I had my ESA assessment today and it was OK but won't hear for a few weeks. Got the impression she was trying to see everything I could do, ie she jumped on the fact I can do home IVs...shows I am competent I guess but doesn't mean I am employable unfortunately!!

Praying for all as I have been reading. I have had a shit week and feel pretty depressed, we have had attack all round in so many areas, health, money, car, relationships, you name it, faith crisis. All sorts. I don't usually get down that easily, but I am pretty grumpy at the moment. Can't even enjoy a glass of wine due to meds. humphh. However am listening to an awesome worship album and being reminded of God's greatness and why I believe in him and worship him. Sometimes it's hard though....you all know!!

Oh Lost... I am so sorry. I wish I could sweep in with logs and heaters and warm you up. Is there anyone you could go and stay with for a bit? In the absence of any ability to help in RL, I am praying.

And for you MHD. You have so much to contend with. Hang on in there...

lost, have you got any incandescent light bulbs?

I have resorted to warming my hands over the bulb of the lamp in the past.

do you have any granny pants? wearing a hot water bottle tucked under the elastic of undergarments is good for keeping warm.

Lost, I had a sudden mad idea that the local Scouts group might be able to help, or would know of places that might supply something for emergencies.
Quite a day here but can I please ask for prayers for my friend H who is very disabled and her landlord is about to evict her from her home? She's so scared. I've pointed her to the right people to help, but she could do with some sleep and peace.
Prayers for everyone

Lost - have you tried uk.freecycle.org
Your local group, if there is one, may have heaters on offer - everything is offered freely. Praying you'll keep warm and that the supplies come in pronto.
MHD - we do know! Sometimes things pile up and up and we have no idea when life will return to any kind of normality. But it does. Praying it does for you soon.
Amber - your friend has other options? But an eviction in her circumstances is a horrible prospect. The council step in?
Sweetest, I am delighted!
Tuo and Juggling - praying for successful outcomes for your interview/presentation. And that God will be right there in the thick of what you're doing.

Could you please ask God to keep me strong. Working all over the place, trying to make ends meet and pay debts racked up over family difficulties in the past. Very tired, prone now to headaches. Firmly believe that God does care but impatient about seeing that care in action ..... And prayers please for one of my DSs, first year Uni, away from home, and rang recently sounding down, depressed, tired. He's working hard, on a difficult course but sounded so low, I wanted to go over to his room then and there (coming on 300 miles away) and give him a big, loving hug.

Lost you could come here too if you like! Anything to keep DD busy tomorrow and you and the DC warm!

Praying for everyone!

Feeling better now! Had a good cry the other day in DH's arms and feel a bit more relaxed and at peace!

Thank you, everyone! I'm feeling better for all your support. Don't quite have granny pants, but am under a duvet with my hat and slippers on plus the usual four layers of clothing, feeling quite snug! Heater is warming the dc's bedrooms so that they don't get too icy... and I've found a place to buy a few logs tomorrow to get us through the weekend. It's wonderful having dcs who seem oblivious to the cold (dd2 wandering round in - literally - just a T-shirt this evening!), but still I know what you mean about being impatient to see God's care in action, Issy. Shall be curious to see this stage of my life through God's perspective when I get to heaven...

Enjoy your slow days tomorrow, mhd and blue and thanks for the invitations. Would love to take you up on them - some day! (Still hoping to do New Wine next month.)

Lovely to see so many people on here at the moment.

Weegie - well done on those first few steps. First of many positive steps, I hope.

Amber - Prayers for your friend in her worrying situation.

Lost - Warming ((Hugs)) . Have a good time when DH comes home today and I hope you get enough logs to keep you warm until your heating is sorted.

Prayers for the interviews TUO and Juggling

Fantastic news Sweetest. So pleased for you.

So good to hear that life is not so dark and hard for you still Blue. So good that you and DH can support each other. Prayers still for some positive news soon.

Issy - Prayers for you and DS. Its so hard when the DCs are growing up, but still needing their mum! I hope your DS bounces back soon. Is he sleeping enough? DD2 was burning the candle at both ends and we had a few phone calls like you had, but after a good sleep and some good food she could see what had caused her low feelings.

MHD - Oh dear, Oh dear!! Can we hand hold through this crappiness together. I have so much to be thankful for, and I am!! BUT I, too am fed up with having so much thrown at me! ((hugs)) for you. Yes, good worship music is my outlet, too. I like to drive with it on full blast, or on the few occasions i am at home alone, singing at the top of my voice and often with tears streaming down my face! Prayers for you that you will be protected from any further attack. I also like to think that I am being attacked because I am doing what God wants me to do. If I wasn't doing the right thing, there would be no need for the attacks from the other side.

DLA appeal was awful. DD3 got upset, which was really horrible. We were made to feel like scrounging scum who want handouts. So far from the truth!! I dont want to go into details here, but it is so unfair!! We had a partial success, but feel that it cost more in self esteem than it was worth tbh. DD is crushed. Three people sat there and basically told her that they did not believe how little she could do, belittled her determination to do everything to she could to try to not allow her illness to take over her whole life. She has done so well, and if she had sat at home, not fighting to get as far as she can in life then she would have been able to get so much more from them. I will never vote tory ever again. I cannot stand the fact that they are penalising the most vulnerable. We are worried about what the future holds for DD as far as work and financial support is concerned. And that is not for want of trying from her. No-one could be more determined than she is. Why is anyone who is ill and unable to live a normal life made to feel like a drain on society?

Sorry for not keeping up. Just wanted to let you know that C has had her baby, a boy, and mother and baby are doing fine :)

PA - I agree with everything you day. Have you seen the frothers thread on here? A load of people thinking exactly the same thing. It's absolutely terrible how people are made to feel, it's bad enough being so ill without being made to feel you're a drain and a scrounger. I could go on for a long time about this....

Great news about C, Mary :)

Thanks for all your comments. I'll be ok, I know, but it is a dark time at the moment. PA I think you're right, we must be doing something right to get so much attack

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! So cold - lost, I feel for you....please wrap up warm, hope things are sorted soon.

Lost - are there any decent museums or public libraries near you? I know that last year when we had terrible snow lots of people were taking their kids to them during the day so they didn't have to heat the house. Hope you feel warmer soon.

Prayers for everyone else too

yay sweetest.

pa eek, not sure that is good news or not. isn't the system encouraging one to say you are more ill than you are?

feeling a bit h has gone off to the birthday celebrations for someone at church and it feels a bit lonely. I keep tellingmyself that I have got the privaledge of looking after the children and seeing tham everyday but it is difficult to remember when you are dealing with toddler diarrhoea and scraping sick out of the carpets!

Rejoice with me, for I have logs. :o Good idea about the museums etc - I think most entertainment is outside here but I'm new, so I don't know exactly. Anyway, after our warm shop experience, the dcs just wanted to stay in, so fine by me. It was quite mild in our house, actually, during the day. Gone chilly again now, of course. DH expected home this evening. He does not cope well with cold - thin blood from living in hot countries as a child!

bes - presume h took ds to this event? Hope you were able to enjoy a chance to put your feet up, at least.

nah. he is not safe with the children completely unsupervised. so no. I have emergency babysitters only the only time off is when they go to school or are asleep.

fantastic news about the logs.

ermm have you trried lighting a fire on the ground over the oil pipe? it may get the oil moving, and the fire will keep you warm, if the bang hasn't blown your eyebrows off and demolished your house first!

I am feeling a bit sorry for myself tonight. Your prayers would be appreciated.

I'm up, FoD, waiting for DH to come home.
Praying that you'll feel happier soon and that you'll get a good night's sleep.

Thankyou. I have woken up feeling just as bad. I have the start of a cold and chronic period pain, which of course means I am not pregnant :( Just can't face going to church this morning. Too many babies and children and too much singing of songs that talk about God's faithfulness and love when I don't feel any of it.

fod I am avoiding church too. dd was up in the night and has been coughing. I can't face the indifferece and lack of carrying oneanothers burdens either. a phone call to ask if we are alright would be a start. perhaps you could go to evening service for a while?

God is faithful, even when you don't feel like it. however, knowing that in your head and feeling it are different.

I am trying to think wwhich other church to try first.

FoD and BES praying for you. It can be hard to be in church sometimes when you are just not feeling it with the songs etc. I've been a bit like that this week but coming out the other side now I think. God is faithful and good. We can't always see that at all. But we trust, and we keep going. I pray you will know some peace.

Lost yay on the logs!

Had a great morning at the baptism of our new goddaughter. I actually felt God's presence in a way I haven't in a while, like glimpses that God is there after all It's been a slog of a week, I haven't wanted to cope with this infection rreally, just hide away and cry, but something in me today has said get up and keep going. So I will. And I feel the edges of hope. God does stuff in amazing ways sometimes and others just in a tiny voice, a tiny sense of something. Keep running the race :)