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 am up.just about to get the children up and attempt a good friday craft activity and service.

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Best of luck. I am hard boiling eggs for the craft activity tomorrow and then off to the Good Friday service.

[bubear] oh flaps, I forgot about eggs... better break out the chocolate biscuits...

Some good news!!

Expatinscotland is an oldtime mnetter and a friend of mine. Her dd1 has AML - Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. She was in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant after 4 rounds of Chemo.

Well, yesterday they got a donor!! She'll get a couple of weeks at home and then back in hospital for the transplant.

Please pray her immune system recovers soon so she can go home, and then get back to hospital to have the transplant, which is going to make her really sick for a while. She's 8, but a real fighter.

Could you pray for Aillidh, her mum and dad and her younger sister and brother.

Wow Weegie, prayers for Ailidh, I remember Expat, say hi from me :)

Just had a lovely Good Friday passion service. Off out shortly to do a walk of witness with the cross, and then finishing up at one of our other churches, where I'll be leading a Taize service. Only found out at 2pm that we'll have no accompaniment EEK! And one of the Taize chants is quite complicated, although beautiful, its sung in a round, so I'll have to lead the singing of it somehow.

Oh, that's good news weegie - though you feel for the little girl and a tough road ahead of her with this treatment.

Many prayers from us all for Aillidh, expat, and all the family [busmile]

• that everything will go as well as it possibly can x

You couldn't find a lap top and speakers and listen on YouTube could you Mary - or something similar ?

Or play a CD ? Anyhow hope it goes well

• I'm sure it will be lovely - perhaps the simplicity of un-accompanied will be good ! Tell everyone to sing out ! [busmile]

thinking of u all...happy easter. would appreciate prayer feel im on a slippry slope with depression

So good about Ailidh, saw on FB earlier, praise God. Will keep praying for her.

Jan....praying for you, sorry to hear you are feeling like this. Praying you will know the comfort of Christ and that he is in it with you.

I've loved being able to get to some services this Good Friday :)

Hi jan - I'm so sorry you're feeling so tired and low.

I sympathise a lot with your challenges with dh, mine is tricky too.
I also feel both tired and lacking in positive energy quite often ATM - mine is more job seeking related - at least mine sleep through now (aged 10 and 13 years !)

Reading in one of your posts upthread though that you feel having your baby is the best thing that's ever happened to you in life (so far). That's a good place to start and something to hold on to.

I remember you saying you recently had a lovely day with her at the beach.
Perhaps you can look forward to more days like that, perhaps with friends or family, as we head into spring and summer ?

With best wishes to you, and all here for a Happy and peaceful Easter weekend x
[busmile]

Is this the thread? MadHair, I was on the believers safe haven thread.

Hi Sophie, this is the prayer thread, you're very welcome, just jump in. There is also the Chat thread (Halleluijah he is here - Chataway) :)

Prayers continuing for all...

how do you each pray?

We just tend to share prayer requests here, and pray for each other in whatever way feels right for us, there is no set formula at all. It's great when we share answers too, and it's good to share struggles and know others are thinking of you and praying for you - it has been a real haven for many of us.

hi sophie!

well, my prayers consist of short sentences.... thrown out... between ...interruptions....which are frequent....as you can see.

thanks for explaining, there are a lot of back pages on this thread.

There's a very good summary by bes of where we were all at when this thread started in the OP. Thanks for that bes

Of course life is always moving on too, so as madhair says probably best to just jump in and not worry too much about reading all the back pages - though I'm sure it would be a worthwhile thing to do for anyone with the time and inclination.

welcome Sophie

thank you for prayer... juggling, im sorry you are having a tough time too at the minute.... i pray for God to annoint you afresh with His holy spirit and energy. it would be very draining trying to find a job that is suitable with the way the markets are... still He knows the future and what is round the corner and in an instant can change things. thank you for reminding me about the baby being the best thing that happened to me - you are right, and i needed that reminder. i just trust God i will have the strength and what it takes for her...still why would he give her to me if he wasn't going to help me with her.

I think we all feel like that jan - that we hope we will have the resources, including the personal resources, that our children will need - especially when they are babies and so new to us.

We are all praying for you and your (new) baby, and remember how much work it is especially in that first year.

Thanks for your thoughts too - very encouraging

i heard a quote once it says 'i am just going backwards so that i can get a head start' i hope this is true for me and anyone else who feels they aren't getting anywhere. thanks so much for prayers :)

Simply posting to send prayers for everyone over the Easter weekend and best wishes of course .

I feel uncomfortable asking this, Can you please add me and my dc to the list.

I have a disability and have had nearly a week of flare up. I am in a great deal of pain, which gets worse in the evening.

My dc just have me.

I am not sure what exactly I would like, just anything to improve life quality would be good.

Thanks

Sophie, we so gladly would like to pray for you and your children. How very difficult life must be for you. I'm sorry to hear you are in so much pain. do you manage to get out at all? Do you have help? How old are your children. Feel free to answer as much or as little as you like.

I pace myself. I was out earlier, nothing exciting, just supermarket shop and lunch there. We went for baking ingredients. I will help tomorrow, the dc made biscuits earlier for us to decorate tomorrow.

No help, I have found the "cost" of help not worth the bother on the whole, I have found I am happier biding my time and catching up and doing what I can when I can when bad, works better for me.