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Christian MN Prayer Request Thread!!

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CaptainDippy · 23/01/2006 09:04

Hello - Due to popular demand, I have set up this thread so that MNers can post their prayer requests!! You do not have to be a Christian to post a prayer request, but we Christians believe that prayer really works, so let us pray through a situation for you!! - Let's support and encourage one another through this facility - Here's to many MN prayers being answered!!

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MistressMiggins · 25/01/2006 13:05

had a phone call just saying that a new counsellor has started and Im top of the list - first appointment tomorrow

thats certainly good news for me as my last counsellor suddenly went off sick just has my husband left and I have found it very hard

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CaptainDippy · 25/01/2006 13:06

Hurray KateF- That is fabby news - I did indeed pray for the education situation with your little one - So I am glad that there has been some resolve - God is clearly working in the situation - what a dude!!

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CaptainDippy · 25/01/2006 13:09

That is certainly progress mistress and I'll be thinking of you and praying for you as you go to the first session wih this new counsellor. I pray that it will a really productive session and that you and the new counsellor will have a really good rapport and that you will come away feeling off-loaded and revitalised!! Keep going - people are praying for you!!

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NASWM · 25/01/2006 15:03

Wow - so many answers to prayer. My God-daughter is doing well too.

I wil continue to think of you all. I am going through a particuarly low patch at the moment so have been keeping a low profile.

poppies - got your email, thanks. Pleased you are all starting to pick up a bit.

Milliways · 25/01/2006 15:12

Wow, lots of people to pray for now

Poppiesonline - your DH sounds like mine. My DH went self employed 18 months ago but it didn't work out. He got a job last August but there is a lot of internal politics going on & he is working all hours & weekends. Was almost crying last night. He cannot sleep properly either so real health concerns there as he has to travel a lot. His mobile was going until gone 9pm last night & emails come in all weekend for response by Monday! Not expected back before4 Midnight tonight.
He will be looking for a job but it's hard with 2 recent changes and to find time out to do the hunting & interviews.

Oh, and both kids are ill.

Sorry that this is a whinge but it's nice to let it out somewhere without aggravating things at home!

poppiesinaline · 25/01/2006 15:26

Poor U Milliways. I really feel for you. Makes life at home hard doesn't it? I will pray for you and DH.

poppiesinaline · 25/01/2006 15:29

Milliways - God is our provider. God wants you and your DH to ask him what you need and He will keep true to his promise and provide for you.

Milliways · 25/01/2006 15:47

Thanks. We thought we had learned soo much from our year of self employment with virtually no income! We balanced this with better lifestyle etc & learned to love Adsa & Aldi. An injury meant business had to change.

One thing we are bad at is praying together - tend to go it alone (prob because he's never here ).

Thank you for your prayers, and I will pray for your DH too.

poppiesinaline · 25/01/2006 15:57
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jessicaandrebeccasmummy · 25/01/2006 16:01

Praying for you all.

Please pray that DH's appointment with the surgeon tomorrow brings good news. He had a knee operation 11 weeks ago, and should have been back at work after 2 weeks. Unfortunately he has had a lot of problems, pain, fluid on the knee that has been drained once already, and general swelling whenever walking. As he works as a chef, and needs to be on his feet 12 hours a day, he hasnt been able to work. Prayers needed for good news tomorrow x

NASWM · 25/01/2006 22:06

sleep please

jessicaandrebeccasmummy · 25/01/2006 22:20

i thought i had killed this!

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CaptainDippy · 26/01/2006 10:13

Bonjour one and all!! It is fine to rant Milliways - we all need to vent our spleen (!) sometimes - even us super human mother-types!! I pray so much that stuff gets better for you - I had a really, really crappy day yesterday, but I am feeing much better and more able to cope with my children today!!

JARM - Praying for healing for your DH's kness - Hope the appoinment goes ok, please let us know how it goes .....

Did you get any sleep NASWM????

Best go - DD1 is screaming, she just won't sleep at the mo - is frazzling me out big time - pray needed and lots of patience!!

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lilibet · 26/01/2006 10:35

Wonderful, Wonderful thread

Going to try and have a quiet 15 minutes on here regularly.

pussycatmomma · 26/01/2006 12:38

hello everyone........
i only posted once, quite a bit further down.
I asked you to pray for my sister.
I just wondered if you could add one in there for me? We are also desparate to concieve (naturally though, no ivf).........i feel so incredibly guilty wanting something so badly when i know my sister is going through so much. I keep telling myself it will happen in Gods time,not mine, and when it is supposed to happen, it will happen.
Cant help driving myself crazy with it all though.
I try to include everyone on here in my own "inner" prayers, thinking of you all especially the lady with husband with knee op.
((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))))
pussycatmomma

jessicaandrebeccasmummy · 26/01/2006 12:40

thank you pussycatmomma.... he is on his way to the hospital now.... ive just had a call from his work asking if he will be in work tomorrow, and im scared..... REALLY scared...... He is in the Army and they dont take time off like this lightly.

We cant afford for him to be discharged unless on medical grounds, and they dont take that decision lightly. If the Admin discharge him, we will be out on our ear, no where to live and no income.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE - need the power of prayer right now x

pussycatmomma · 26/01/2006 12:43

thinking about you hun.........let us know what happens..
thing is , if hes in hosp and has a genuine problem, how can army just get rid of him? its not like its his fault or anything? can they do that?

jessicaandrebeccasmummy · 26/01/2006 13:06

The army can do whatever they want hun! Hoping it wont come to that though, or at least if they do want rid, they Medically Discharge him, because we would then have approx £30k payout and DH would be entitled to incapacity beenfit etc until he found a job he WAS able to do - obviously if his knee isnt up to him being on his feet 12 hours a day, he cant carry on cheffing.... oh dear..... must go before i work myself into a tizz!

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CaptainDippy · 26/01/2006 13:52

Oh JARM - Am praying for your DH in hospital right now - My BF grew up in an army home and I lived in a predominantely army area, so I can totally sympathise with you - it is pretty stringent regime they live by and they don't take stuff like this lightly - I just pray that he gets let out on medical grounds and that you get the pay-out - Keep going honey - many [[[[[[[hugs]]]]]]]]] and lots of prayers being sent up for you, your DH and for your little girlies too (seems we have a lot in common!!)

Praying for you too pussycatmomma - Praying that God works a miracle for you and your DH and that you managed to concieve naturally, but remember, these things sometimes don't happen when we really, really want them to- I belive that God's timing is pefect (even if I do not understand it sometimes!!) My Christian friends have just had thier first baby after trying for 13 years!!!!! He was a "last round" IVF baby - they were about to give up, when he decided to make an appearance - So God does answer prayers, but it can sometimes take a while - frustrating, but worth it!! Praying for you and you sister - can't imagine how hard it must be to want something so badly and for it not to make an appearance.

Actually, I can sypathise in some ways cos DH, the girls and I are living with his parents at the moment, because there is no way in the world that we can afford a place of our own - I feeling really fed-up and frustrated at the moment and like I am about to kill his mother - GRRRRRRR!!! So prayer about that would be really excellent - Gotta get out of here before I do something mental!!!

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Portree · 26/01/2006 14:10

What a wonderful and uplifting thread. Have also shed a few tears.

I wonder if I could have a prayer for our baby who was miscarried at 11 weeks just before Christmas. It was a missed miscarriage, we had seen and heard his little heart-beat at only 7 weeks. I can't tell you how blessed we felt. I feel often tormented and haunted about what happened to his remains and their disposal. I trust that he is with God. He was conceived through IVF/ICSI.

My DH was critically ill some years ago (this lead to our IF struggle) and he was prayed for by people all over the world and stunned doctors by recovering so I believe strongly in the power of prayer. We were living on a different continent to our families at the time. On the day when I went into the hospital chapel to seek solace my mother had unbeknownst to me, at the exact same time, telephoned our minister. He didn't know DH was ill and he greeted her with the words 'goodness, how curious that it's you, I was just this minute thinking about Mr Portree and remembering how nervous he was in the vestry before the wedding'. I took this as a sign from God and it was the next day that my DH started to improve.

I will include you all in my prayers. Many thanks.

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CaptainDippy · 26/01/2006 14:19

Hi Portee and Welcome to the thread!! I will be sure to pray for you and your DH as you come to terms with the loss of your little baby - I am so very sorry and I can assure you that he/she is in heaven - I am absolutely sure of it - All life is precious to God, even a little life who only lived 11 weeks - Your little baby is important.

Sounds like you have had some incredible answers to prayer - Thank you so much for sharing them, I found it very encouraging and I pray that your DH conintues in good health and that God continues to bless your little family - You deserve every happiness. He cares for you.

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MarsOnLife · 26/01/2006 14:33

Just popping in to let you know that I'm still praying.

I may not always post on this thread, but I will continue to check in each day.

I pray that God would bring comfort and peace to you all. I'll be praying the specifics as I walk up the long hill to school.

longwaytogo · 26/01/2006 14:53

This is brill. Haven't been around for a few days so have only just found this. Fantastic to hear God is answering prayers, not that i doubt He dose just that its an encouragement seeing it written down.

I have so many prayers that I think I would fill the whole page, but God is good we have had an awful 8 months but things are begining to work out so I pray that it will continue to be ok. So much has changed for us that its unreal. We were faced with no jobs, no house, no car, and its just begining to come together made an offer on a house and its been accepted, dh has found a job, i've just been offered 10-15 hours a week, bought a car on the w/e but am still scared but know we are in Gods hands.

Capt dippy thanks for this and I pray that you will find somewhere of your own to live.

xx

jessicaandrebeccasmummy · 26/01/2006 15:29

Just spoken to DH. The consultant is really concerned about his knee still swelling etc and has injected it with "something" - only knows what that could be! He is off to doctors tomorrow morning to see what they say. In all honesty i cant see him being ever able to do his job again - im so scared for our future. Lord, if you are listening, hear my prayer x

Milliways · 26/01/2006 16:44

Praying for you Jessica.

My cousin was in the marines and had several knee ops. He had almost a year of "light duties" but got back into it eventually, so don't loose hope.

Longwaytogo, Praying for you too

& everyone else

Loving this thread!