Christian prayer thread-spring time!

[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- prayer that the heart problems she has are temporary and that the beast cancer will not return. Pray for dh after his op.
Aspirantpirate -studying and a new job in September
Beatrice Primrose and cupoftea poorly baby and support for the family
Bluetinkerbell- lost her beloved Sterre during her second trimester. Now pregnant again!
Caz and her baby Xander. Also for dh who does not share her faith.
CaptainDippy- busy busy busy
Chairofthebored-dh has ms and ttc number1
Creatovator ds ?asd and dd?s eczema
Dutch Oma- dh has a lung disease requiring regular trips to hospital/drs and lots of rest. Church services are not always easy due to excessive noise causing problems for Bob.
Expat's dd suffering from leukaemia. Give thanks that she has a donor for transplant and pay for a good outcome!
FriendofDorothy- for a calm, successful pregnancy
Gingercurl- things are stressful at home, studying for PhD, 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... new baby
Jan marriage, new baby and ongoing health problems
Jugglingwith?-job applications to work 1 to 1 with children and a husband who needs to appreciate all she does!
Lostmywellies- recently returned to the uk, friendships for dd and ds to settle into nursery. Possible knee op?
LoveAndPrayers. Marriage and h?s debts
Madhairday- reoccuring lung infections, dd with psoriasis/partial hearing and unhelpful school and getting bullied. Madhair is writing a book! ?or at least she should be if she weren?t on mn?
MaryB- work and relationships at church. difficult situations socially for dc's. dd getting bullied.
Notevenamousie- curently undergoing treatment as an inpatient. recently lost her mum.
Patsyplusone welcome!
PositiveAttitude- soon to be working abroad for 2 years from 17th July!. Pray for dds1,2 and 3 staying behind. prayer also for current work situation and 3 jobs! (eek). Prayers for DB and PA?s family?s relationship with sil.
SESthebrave-prayer for husbands stressful job situation, which may involve going to Dubai (not what ses wants). The last few weeks of pregnancy and work. Pray for the baby to turn the right way round.
SophieNeveau - welcome! A single parent with a disability.
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, and one friend in particular!
Tuo-dd1 and dh to be more positive about her faith
Weegie Thank God that treatment is bring some relief to her condition, chronic inflammatory.Demyelinating polyneuropathy. Ongoing prayers for more improvement and adjusting to a new way of life for both weegie and he dh dd has Perthe's syndrome , where the hip joint dies then regrows. Thank God for an improvement in her condition and further improvements so no op is needed.
welshcerys- family and a mega toothache
Wisteriawoman (phew, remembered this time!)
ZipidiSoozi- welcome back!
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.

Oh Jan, I couldn't just read and run. Can I give you a very unmumsnetty hug? Praying for both you and DH this evening.

DO - Bob's retort was spot on. Hope the day is the start of better things to come.

Amber - beautifully put - thank you.

Jan - so sorry tonight has been so unhappy for you. Please try (easy to say, I know) not to be worried. Focus on - don't worry about - about the future and consider how, with lots of prayer and faith, you can make a better present. Have you got support - family, friends (perhaps you told us in previous posts ..)? Praying that you have a peaceful night.

hmm, z is an interesting character isn't he? it would seem that his grandparents have been praying!?

comment of the day...

brought small boy as he was asking for a hug and it seems that mummy is the one to oblige. small boy cuddled, then a discussion of lunch. I suggest someone stays with small boy to play with the toys upstairs whilst I go and make lunch. "i can make lunch" was huffy reply. "but perhaps you would like to play as he doesn't see you very often." "sometimes I just want a rest for 5 minutes"

me --> surely you have a rest on a Monday to Friday

oh Jan decaf (sorry took a while to type and post as I went to hang the washing/sort clothes)

poor love. this is getting to be a regular occurance. for your sake i wish it wasn't. can you collect together the examples of things he is saying to bring up with your counsellor? is there anything that triggers him off, (not that it is your fault but to get some insight into the situation. ) is it asking for help with baby/housework? challenging him on things he said? asking him to stick to the agreements you had with the counsellor? (don't answer here though)

I hate to see Christian marriages fail(pot, kettle,black) some are worth fighting for and some are just fighting not. I should have got out earlier to be fair. some could carry on if both parties want to work at it, but if one person is abusive and seems to have withdrawn any effort...

was it your h who told the counsellor that he did not want to bother anymore? is everything he is saying implying that he no longer cares? has he stated that he wants to wok things out or is he just going through the motions perhaps hoping you chuck him out so you are the bad guy and he isn't leaving a wife with a new baby?

i do hope that you can get insight into what is going on and where you need to go next.

thank you for prayers...when i did come in we didn't even speak. its awful. i don't have family near here which is hard - its too far for me to drive myself so they always have to come up to visit me.

BES it is a regular occurance and has been for a long time - i wanted to leave last year and didn't because the plan was to try the counselling. i went to citizens advice etc.

there are so many issues in our marriage and its complicated. we do both want to make it work - he has admitted himself that he comes across as uncaring and heartless because he is angry, fed up, and depressed at the way things have turned out. (for example having to deal with my health which is ongoing and he thought it would be fixed by now, and which he thinks is down to my control) he doesn't like the fact that i need personal space and down time. he doesn't like minding the baby unless it is for a purpose such as me planning to go out (i rarely have the energy lately but still need a break) he is just a nightmare.

im just very sad i feel kinda forsaken by the one who said he would always be there for me no matter what. i can't sleep.

Prayers Jan. It seems he wants to make it work, but on HIS terms, but for a marriage to work it can't be like that. You both need to sit down and work out what is achievable and chuck out the stuff that you can't do anything about. There are a few of us here from broken marriages, we know what its like but ultimately its a decision you have to make whether its worth fighting for or whether what you have lost is gone forever.

Yes I'm home BES!

Because some of you are my friends on fb. I forgot about updating mn

The week truly went well. Amazing improvement from last time I went. God is good. Thank you for listening to my whining and praying this last week. And yes, ExH will take them next time if I have my way!

hello all! Praying for marriages and relationships with family.

Please pray for us - we should finally exchange on our house sale today, and complete on Friday. Only moving just up the road, to a slightly bigger house, better laid out for a family with soon-to-be teenagers, and a mum who holds prayer meetings in the evenings. It is also much closer to the rest of our missional community.

Will be the first time we have moved since having children, so would appreciate prayers that we all settle quickly, and that we find new homes for things. New house is a bit bigger, but with much less storage!

good luck with your move Panda - thats exciting too

welcome back teacake im so glad you have the relief that your ex is taking them next year and that it went better im sure you are enjoying the comfort of being back home now :)

im just finished my daily devotion and u ARE all going to laugh and not believe me but i have been going through 2 corinthians and then 1 corinthians (yes i do them the wrong way round!) and today of course my chapter was 1st cor 7 which is all about the wife being bound to her dh unless he dies etc etc and about how if you can stay single then thats really good....you know i could have stayed single - i may have made a big mistake, i wasn't one of thosepeople that needed a relationship to keep me happy at all, i was quite independent. now im reinforced by the thought that ive made my bed i have to lie in it....but i know you all are telling me its not necessarily in stone, so i am waiting on teacakes book coming to try to get another perspective.
sorry for hijacking the thread about all this. really am, but its so good to have some nice people to talk to...noone knows im going thru all this except the counsellor and i feel quite alone. thanks (((((all of u hug))))

Panda prayers for a smooth transition for you.

Jan (((hugs))) I have no words to add, really to the wise words on here. I would say, though, that I have Christian friends whose marriage went right to the brink of break-up, but with God's grace and help they were able to work things out and now their marriage is a good strong one and has been for the past 6 years. It took time and a huge amount of heartache and effort on both sides, but has been worth it for them.

TACP - I am so pleased that prayers have been answered and your week was not as bad as you expected.

DO - lovely to read your post about Z.

Could I please ask for prayers for today. Today is DS's 16th birthday. YAY!! I am interviewing today for one of my job replacements. This means that for the first time DD3 is going to have to be well enough to get herself to college in the bus. I have always been able to organise my work hours around her college day, but today is just not possible. She doesn't have too far to walk, just about a 5 minute walk all together, but this is the furthest she will have been able to walk for 4 years. Please pray her legs don't give way on her.

Oh praying for dd3, PA.

Panda, praying for a smooth and easy move and that you all settle in really quickly, will be brilliant being closer to people in the MC and for your meetings etc :)

DO - great about Z and messy church. Praying that little kernel of truth will take root in him big time!

Jan, continuing to pray - just remember to balance passages like that with other ones about instructions to husbands to love wives with their lives etc...don't take one out of context and get bound up by it :( Praying things will be better for you.

TACP - thanks to God your week was not so bad and you're all home safely :)

I could do with prayers, finding pioneer ministry v tough and lonely atm and while God told us specifically it would be at first it still is. Finding myself envious of friends from college in established churches with the rhythm of life they have. I know it's daft and I know we are called here, but it's just bloody hard right now.

Praying as I read through. So many varying needs.

Have an ear ache that come and goes and am severly demotivated with regards to most things. Argh!

Jeff Lucas today: 2 Thess 3:5 and 2 Tim 2: 1-13 He talks about how difficult it is sometimes to be a Christian ad how he sometimes wants to throw the computer out of the window and settle with the white noise of day time tv.
He than says:"And so Paul's words hearten me because he constantly points them to endurance, and specifically to the perseverance of Christ as their example. Endurance has little to do with feelings; it's about hanging in there for no other reason than the conviction that what we are doing is right. " There is more, but I have a bus to catch to do some visiting.

Thanks DO. I needed that today. :)

Amazing isn't it? How did Jeff Lucas know you needed that?

thank you dutch too great post
madhairday hope ur ok, when u get lonely think and imagine all the angels all around you worshipping with you and all the armies of heaven that we can't see, and think of us too there in spirit even tho not in the flesh... :) sorry about your ear hugs
quote that helped me today.... when you have got to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on

thanks for prayers - more please - we didn't exchange today due to something needing to be signed off for our mortgage, and some more paprework wanted by our buyers. Should exchange tomorrow, or possibly Wednesday - please pray it is as soon as possible, and for me to have peace in the interim. My whole house is in boxes around me, I really don't want to be worrying that this isn't going to go through...

Prayers PANDA

Love the quote Jan ! One I like is "It will be all right in the end, if it's not all right, it's not the end!" Prayers for you today.

Panda oh dear! No fun being so unsettled, I am sure. Prayers that you will soon have your new home and feel "at home" very quickly.

MHD - prayers for you and DH. If God tells you it is going to be tough, then believe Him and hang on!! I was told life was going to be tough, but I was also promised that I would be happy again after it all. It was the fact that God had told me this beforehand that got me through a very rough 7 years! Now my heart is truly smiling again. I pray that your's will soon, too!

DO I have to doubt the theological basis for Jeff Lucas knowing that Jan would be in need of that verse yesterday, I believe God might have had a bit more to do with it than Jeff.

Thank you for your prayers yesterday. DD3 made it to college, but then needed collecting sooner than normal due to her health deteriorating as a result. It was a big step forward for her to take, though, so praise God for that!

Has anyone heard from Mousie ? - praying for her today

Prayers for everyone else on here.

I was wondering where you all had gone too! There is a new thread! Will catch up later!

Hi all,

Well, have just got the DCs off to school for their first morning back. DS said "Lovely, it's the first day of the summer term and it's raining !" he's always got a sense of humour which was a good help this morning

We got back from visiting DGPs yesterday which was a good break, especially as opportunity to catch up with DBro and DSis and families too whilst we were there.

DH away with work though for another week so I'm in need of some encouragement whilst I keep the home fires burning with the DCs, especially as DPs, though they did their best to give us a good break whilst we were with them could sometimes have been more encouraging in listening and supporting with life's problems.

It is difficult isn't it as parents get older and you still seek their approval, encouragement, and support, and yet increasingly find that actually they now need all these things from you. Time to lean on friends instead ? And on God ? I was thinking when I got home last night. Found it helpful to pray and get a better and truer perspective on things ...

"Beneath the shelter of thy wings thy saints have dwelt secure,
Sufficient is thine arm alone, And our defence is sure "

Lovely to come home to this new thread, thanks for your thoughtful and encouraging OP, bes

Love and prayers to all on this beautiful rainy April morning

morning, hows everyone doing today?

1 Cor 9: 26
Run in such a way as not without aim; box in such a way, as not beating the air, but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after i have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

positiveattitude that too is a great quote! im sure your daughter was very proud of herself getting to college and going the furthest shes ever went. how is her health today?

that is so encouraging to hear that you went though your rough 7 years and are happy again... i believe God restores us in full and double what we go through... waiting is so hard though!

dh has apologised and bought me new pyjamis to say sorry and a take away coffee home yesterday which he knows i like. i was really thankful. he is trying to make up for it now... and silly me said well is this just until the next time, and you'll deny/forget it all happened (which is typical) and he just said well you have to get over it sometime. which is true but its hard to keep getting over things over and over and over again. but for now im trying to get up but i have no energy and haven't been out of the house for a good few days....tomorrow ive planned to meet extended family for lunch though which is a big thing for me, and from then on its busy with plans so ill make the most of this quiet day.

PANDA how are things with you today? i hope you hear soon about the house and can get things on the go. prayers for a smooth move! do you have much help?

Juggling just read your post im glad you had a good time, and i totally understand what you mean, its feels sad when you do need and crave encouragement or understanding from your parents and they don't see your need or aren't in a position to give it. In all things, i pray the Lord will be your strength. i feel we are to turn more to the body of Christ - for this is our brothers and sisters and we are all part of one body and to bear one anothers burdens.... i find this difficult at times as i tend to isolate myself. i will be praying for strength for you this week

Thank you, jan. It is helpful to know people are thinking of you isn't it, and holding you in prayer too.

I'm glad to hear your DH has apologised and taken steps to make up, that's encouraging. Completely sympathise too though that it is very hard to keep forgiving and bouncing back - it's bound to take away some of your bounce I feel And I find myself asking in my own relationship if it is sometimes abusive behaviour, and if so how much can we forgive this. Very difficult stuff. Love and prayers to all. Hope you have a good, quiet day Jan

Praying for all....Jan glad dh has at least apologised, praying for continued better relationship.

Please can I ask for prayer for dd, the bullying situation is still going on, I feel helpless in it all and angry at her teacher. I don't want to feel like this :(