Christian prayer thread- Easter on the way

[blackeyedsusan]

All welcome to join

Here is a list of all those who popped in or were regulars on the last thread. I hope I have not missed anyone!!

Amberlight- being treated for breast cancer. side effects may damage her heart.
Beatrice Primrose and cupoftea poorly baby and support for the family
Bluetinkerbell - ttc after losing the beloved Sterre during her second trimester
CaptainDippy- busy busy busy
Chairofthebored -dh has ms and ttc number1
Doodlealley -popped in to ask for prayer re breast cancer.
DutchOma- dh has a lung disease requiring regular trips to hospital/drs and lots of rest
Expat's dd suffering from leukaemia
Fink- recent single parent- husband left
FriendofDorothy- ttc -appointment soon. poorly cat.
Gingercurl - things are stressful at home, studying, high blood pressure
Issypeach - work situation insecure for h and Issy. Prayer requested for the dcs one of whom has gone awol and the other at uni
Jaffacakes ... when is/was your due date?
Jugglingwithsnowballs-job applications to work 1 to 1 with children
Lostmywellies - recently returned to the uk, currently freezing due to heating problems. frriendships for dd and ds to settle into nursery
Madhairday - reoccuring lung infections, dd with psoriasis/partial hearing and unhelpful school
MaryB - work and relationships at church. difficult situations socially for dc's
Notevenamousie - curently undergoing treatment as an inpatient. recently lost her mum.
PositiveAttitude- soon to be working abroad for 2 years. prayer also for current work situation and 3 jobs! (eek) pray for protection and continuing recovery of dd3 just out of hospital and battles for dla
SESthebrave -prayer for husbands stessful job situation and high blood pressure. pray for her quadraplegic friend suffering from pressure sores
Springydaffs-prayer for the truth to be known and a reconciliation with family
SweetestThing- just got the all clear from cancer and officially in remission. however, still has to deal with the after effects of surgery.
Teaandcakesplease - single parent to 2 young children. unsupportive parents re ds "being a toddler." prayer for new reliable friends.
Tuo -dd1 and dh to be more positive about her faith
Weegie atypical variant Guillain Barre syndrome has left her with no sensation in her legs below the knees or arms below the elbows, including hands and feet and the lower part of her face. she can do practically nothing for herself.
Welshcerys- family
ZipidiSoozi- things aren't so easy at the moment. we would love to hear from you.
and finally (I hope)
Blackeyedsusan - mad as a hatter! single parent to 2 youngish children, separated after dv. pray for friends and a new church. ds's behaviour and toddler diarrhoea. dd, niggling health problems.

I have been praying and lurking. I have not abandoned you all.

Been a bit snowed under with things here. Trying to get everything sorted for the big move. Only 127 days to go!
Finding job number 1 (church job) incredibly stressful at the moment. All the leadership team are now in agreement that things are really bad and need an urgent sort out, but I fear it could get a lot worse before it gets better.

More prayers, especially this morning for the situation you've told us about, ballstoit. What a scary time for them....

SEStheBrave, goodness me re the knife-pulling. Forgiveness becomes irrelevant when lives are at stake. What matters is staying safe from people who use violence, threats and deliberate abusive behaviours and comments to control other people or get whatever they like without a care in the world for what it does to those around them. There aren't many of them in the world, but research shows that if they'll do it to their partner, they will usually also do it to children, animals, and to any other partner they have in their lives. Often very dangerous people, alas. It's often specialist work to change that, and not something that an average wife can ever expect to manage.

Having lived in an abusive household for many years, I know what sort of survival skills are needed.

Here, a weekend of heart monitoring is over. Now we'll find out what the heart guy says.

Praying that the heart guy will have better news Amber!

Praying for the little twins, and for you Issy. I don't think I'd like to read through some of my old teenage diaries now - so unsure of myself, bullied, low self image, messy. But I guess what I can see is how far God has brought me. I hope you can perhaps take something positive like that from it? Thinking about all the good things in your life now?

SES - continued prayers for your situation.

Mary, how is DD today, has she gone into school OK?

PA - wow, counting down. Praying for you as you tie up loose ends and bring practicalities together.

DH has contacted me via FB to say he's arrived safely in Uganda, he has to stay the night there tonight and fly out to Sudan in the morning in a tiny MAF Cessna - what an adventure!! They are getting visas sorted etc, and I would appreciate prayers for all the practicalities to come together. He has no mobile coverage in Uganda but at least could get on t'internet at the MAF house. Have no idea if he'll be able to contact me from Sudan though. Feel very unsettled and lonely. I know - what a wuss!!! I just love DH - he rocks. Didn't sleep at all last night.

Still on a high from the NW day. Love love love worshipping with so many others like that. Fabulous.

DO, how is Bob doing at the moment?

Praying for you all.

Quick visit as am supposed to be getting ready for bible study. SES, the school has a good record for sorting out bullying. I pray that the truth will come out, whatever happens. The bully in question is particularly devious in that she is making out that she is the innocent party and that DD is the bully. Which is the tack she is using to 'help' DD lose all her friends, and is something she tried in primary school too, before the school got involved and sorted it. Interestingly enough, she has claimed that DD has used the "R" word in relation to one of her friends. Except that sort of word is the last word DD would ever think of using, given that she has a mother and brother with "SN" (think different ability rather than disability). So if she uses that as a basis of DD's "bullying", then she's got a shock coming!

MHD for the first time ever Bob said this morning what an effort is was simply to get dressed. He did not go down to make the coffee as he has been doing and did not offer to do the washing up.
We had a bit of an upset at church yesterday in that we both found it hard to sope with the very noisy 'worship'. You know, I have mentioned before that I do not do the random banging of drums very well. On top of that there was a very sudden, very loud noise, not sure that anybody knew where that had come from. Somebody said later that Paul (our minister) had looked totally horrified. Bob shot out of church and I went after him, then fetched his coat and mine and somebody took us home. Nobody has enquired..yet.
For a number of months now I have 'endured' Sunday worship rather than 'enjoyed'. I feel bad about it, because I think other people find it helpful, but I don't.

Zooming in. Please pray. Just been told DB has had heart attack. He is being flown to mainland hospital at the moment.

Ah, dear PA, Praying for you and your brother x

Praying for your DB, PA. And for Bob and Mary's DD, too.

Oh, mhd, I can't imagine it - I'm so used to DH being away that give me a few days and I relax into it and enjoy it. Hope you do, too. Go to bed early with a milky drink and a good book. Hope you sleep much better tonight - look after yourself, you need your health!

Praying for your DB PA

PA - Prayers for you and your DB.

DO - don't feel bad. Does your parish have another Sunday service with another style of worship? Is there a liturgy or music group that decide on the worship each week that you could have a quiet word with? Or your minister? You and Bob are entitled to have your views and for these to be fed into the overall needs for the worshipping community.
Prayers for you both.

SES Yes, there is an evening service, but it clashes with meal times. Bob is very tied to having regular meals at regular times and we would not have a lift for the evening service either.
The thinking behind the morning service is that it is 'something for everybody' and in fairness there was a chunk of really nice music and prayer at the beginning of the service and also a couple of 'traditional' hymns. There is also a 'Songs of Praise' service once a month specifically geared towards older people and the choir to which I belong together with another 20 geriatrics usually performs there. I feel so grumpy, because I don't seem to like anything much inspite of the leadership trying to accommodate everybody.
The leadership know there is a fair bit of grumbling going on, not just from me but they choose to ignore it.

PA, I am praying for your DB, please keep us updated, sending love.

DO - yes echo the others. It sounds hard for you. I find it hard in a service with a worship style I am not so comfortable with, and it sounds like they are perhaps not taking everyone's view into account - if it's too noisy in general that's quite bad for a lot of people. I love loud worship at a gig style event but week after week in church might find it a bit headachy!! Hope he is OK and hope someone from church gets in touch.

Praying for you all as I read - what a lot is going on with everyone right now!

You can give thanks with me - on Saturday night I made dinner! It was baked spuds with a few fillings - beans, cheese, tuna etc and a salad. But apart from opening the beans (which ds did for me) I did it all myself including the oven. Inspired by that I made chicken casserole last night though with all the chopping and breaks for a rest it took 2 hours!

We're having pizza tonight, my hands are too weak to cook today, but I'm well chuffed with myself!

As well you might be Weegiemum, how very well done.

Yay weegie - that is worth celebrating :)

Thank-you for everybody's prayers. It only seems fair to let you know that DH seems to be trying hard over the last 24 hours to do some of the things that I have mentioned are helpful during our marriage course chats. I've also had my eyes opened by God to how much I do love and value him and how our marriage is worth fighting for. We didn't do the marriage time homework last night in the end because I was too poorly but we shall be doing it soon. At least I feel like I would like to forgive him just like SES said. I guess that only God knows how long it will take to sort things out and healing and forgiveness to take place.

LAP - thank you for the update. I had been wondering how things were going. I'm glad that God has provided you with some positive steps on the last day or so and will continue praying for the journey ahead that you and DH have together.

weegie - that is fantastic! Please don't do too much too soon and wear yourself out but take it a day at a time. Prayers for continued progress and strength.

DO - prayers then that something will spark the leadership team to no longer ignore the fact that there are a fair few people grumbling about the situation.

PA - conntinued prayers for your DB

All ok here. 7 weeks left at work before ML and hoping I'll be able to get through them! Baby is already estimated at 3lb 2oz Consultant appointment tomorrow so prayers for my thyroid levels to be as they should be for the first time this pregnancy would be good!

Yay, weegiemum!

Brilliant news Weegie Well done you!

LAP - I will PM you, hope you dont mind. If I dont get round to it tonight, first thing in the morning.

Thanks for the prayers. Quick update. It is now thought that DB has an infection that has caused his heart problems rather than them being caused by the heart itself, IYSWIM. I am really cross with SIL as we have found out DB has been in intensive care since Saturday and she said nothing. I was out with him on Friday evening!! SIL has never liked our family and I feel this is really harsh. My poor parents are now beside themselves with "What if..." and thinking that DB must think none of us care about him because we haven't been to see him at all. Apparently my nephew (Not DB's son, but my sister's) who works in the same "field" as DB heard at work about DB, then phoned his mum at work and told her. DSIL is now having a major strop that we know and have banned us from the hospital. The sad thing is we all love DB and all get on really well with him.

SOrry, slight rant.

oh pa, that is not good.

ds is poorly. not sure what, temperature and lying on the floor when he got home. he did not eat his tea. he will not talk to me to say what is wrong.

I forgot to add the congratulations on the dinnermaking.

PA - hoping the fsmily situation improves, and praying for your DB.

Wondered if you could pray for my sleep, I literally did not sleep a wink last night, until the children left for school at 8.15! Grabbed a couple of hours this morning. Consequently I am feeling very wobbly and unsteady on my feet today, and can't get my eyes in focus!! Please pray for refreshing sleep tonight.

And BES, how is your ds today? Did you find out what was wrong?

not a clue, weegie, not a clue. he was ok enough to go to nursery but has got a dose of the strops so may still be feeling unwell. there is no telling.

Praying, weegie. mhd - did you sleep better last night? Hope the dcs are ok; mine are starting to show the strain of Daddy being away now it's over a week.

PA - what a strange and sad situation. Praying for your poor DB. As if the infection and heart problems weren't enough for him to be dealing with. Hospital can be so isolating - praying he feels God's peace and doesn't suffer badly from his family's absence.