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May time-Christian prayer thread

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blackeyedsusan · 15/05/2012 14:56

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!! Confused

Amberlight- prayer that the heart problems she has are temporary and that the beast cancer will not return. Pray for dh after his op.
Aspirantpiate-studying and a new job in September
Bafana, Thesober-single parent to teen/preteen Pray for a friend who has a brain tumour
Becaroooo- ongoing health problems that are now starting to be investigated
Beatrice Primrose and cupoftea poorly baby and support for the family
birdofthenorth prray for comfort and support after the loss of her baby at 8 weeks of pregnancy
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
Don in killerheels-hous
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- pray that the pregnancy will stick and bleeding to stop.
Gingercurl- things are stressful at home, studying for PhD, high blood pressure
heyyyo-dd with health issues.
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
Lovelyman access arrangements and maintenance. (and his SO prefers kissing wookies? eeuuu)
Madhairday- reoccuring lung infections, dd with psoriasis/partial hearing and unhelpful school and getting bullied. SATs week. Madhair is writing a book! ?or at least she should be if she weren?t on mn? Wink
MaryB- work and relationships at church. difficult situations socially for dc's. dd getting bullied.
MrsMcCave -hello!
Nanniejo- family and weddings abroad
Nickelhasababy pray for friends who have lost babies.
Notevenamousie- curently undergoing treatment as an inpatient. recently lost her mum.
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.
Starwisher-pray for a job for dh
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
ZipidiSoozi- welcome back! GCSE season for ds
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. Parents poorly, mum collapsed- investigations to find out why. Mil with lifelimiting cancer

OP posts:
Tuo · 24/06/2012 22:58

weegie - I felt a bit tearful reading your post (err... hormonal; bit on the over-emotional side today). I'm so pleased to read about your day yesterday. I hope that you weren't too sore/tired today. Prayers for continued improvement.

MHD - prayers for health for you too, as you finish the IV meds.

Mary - continuing to pray for joy in your life.

BES - praying that you are OK: if you need to involve the police to ensure that you and your children continue to feel safe, don't hesitate to do so.

Oma - glad to hear that Bob had a better night. Continuing to pray for you both.

lost - I bet your cake was fabulous. Prayers for more happy days and for some understanding from your dh.

Panda - prayers for your MIL.

PA - praying that the next few weeks go as smoothly as possible for you as your prepare for your big adventure. Also praying for health and strength for all your children.

Hello CheerfulYank. Prayers for you, jan, Juggling, amber and anyone else I've forgotten.

Please could you pray for my colleagues and friends M and G tonight? M's grandmother is dying and so is G's aunt. G's aunt is abroad and she's hoping she'll make it back in time.

I was particularly moved today by the post-communion prayer that thanks God for the fact that "when we were still far off [He] met us in [His] Son and brought us home". Very true, for me at least.

redwhiteandblueeyedsusan · 24/06/2012 23:38

bloody typical... leave one church as i didn't always feel safe/relaxed with h there and go to another and pick the week the local weirdo turns up.

HaveALittleFaith · 25/06/2012 06:55

I've been praying as I read!

Please pray for me today - I've got a hospital appointment to start investigating the cause of the abdo pain I've been getting for 3 months. Thanks!

jan2011 · 25/06/2012 09:52

havealittlefaith i pray God be with you and give the docs guidance and wisdom and that all will be wel with you today ... let us know how you get on :)

i would just like to thank everyone here. since i have joined this thread i have felt inspired to pray, care for others more, walk closer with God, and felt part of a little community and felt that support. i just want to say thankyou i really appreciate the kindness and support shown here - thank you all for letting God work in each of your lives.

DutchOma · 25/06/2012 09:58

You have massively enriched this thread too, Jan.

After another bad night here I phoned the Brompton and they were absolutely wonderful. It will take a bit of time to get things into place, but I have great hope that we will not have another week like last week when we were frustrated at every corner.

redwhiteandblueeyedsusan · 25/06/2012 11:09

well... the police think it is a non issue

the church on the other hand have had an hours meeting already this morning with wardens and are going to bring it up in tomorrows safeguarding meeting. they knew all about it when i rung.

DutchOma · 25/06/2012 11:12

Sounds like it's shaken you quite a bit, RWBSusan. Hope you will feel safe next time you go.

JugglingWithTangentialOranges · 25/06/2012 11:17

Hope you and the DC's are all OK bes

HaveALittleFaith · 25/06/2012 11:36

Praying for a resolution to the situation bes.

I've been seen. Pleased to say I was sent to the right doctor - because they're not sure what's going on it was tricky to know! I've got to go for a minor op to look up my urinary tract because the consultant suspects there's a blockage. Just a day case. Waiting for an appointment date now. He said the sooner, the better so hopefully won't be too long! Thanks for the prayers :)

lostmywellies · 25/06/2012 13:19

Hooray for the Brompton! And that sounds positive, bes, that the church is taking it seriously. Praying for a smooth op, Faith.

The apology was "I'm sorry I haven't said anything about the cake, but I think you expect too much praise and I react badly to that." AIBU to think that's not a real apology?

DontstepontheMomeRaths · 25/06/2012 13:29

No Wellies an apology is just a 'sorry' no justification IMO Sad

madhairday · 25/06/2012 13:47

Oh lost no you're not asking for too much. He needs to get his act together. :( sending appreciation from here for you because you're lovely. :)

BES - eek....hope all ok.

DO - great that the brompton are being more helpful :)

I finished my IVs but still coughing up evil stuff (sorry tmi) so a little concerned, waiting to speak to my consultant. I do feel a huge lot better though still such little energy which frustrates me a lot. still, at least I have MN to talk to people and pass the time and pray for you all, Jan what a lovely thing to say, I second DO, you have brought so much encouragement to us too.

DutchOma · 25/06/2012 16:14

That is not an apology at all Lost . You are not expecting too much if you wish for a little encouragement. Any husband worth his salt would praise the effort of making a cake whatever it looked like. They would laugh if it was a disaster, say "Well, at least you tried" and be with you in sucess and failure.
Sorry to hear that is not the case.
At least the children liked it.

FriendofDorothy · 25/06/2012 16:19

I know of the Solas festival, but that's because I am a Greenbelter :)

weegiemum · 25/06/2012 16:27

Hey FoD!! I'd love to get to GB one day but as it's 500 miles away on a weekend when the kids are back at school it's not easy for us! Solas is doing it's best but at just 3 years old has a way to go. We had a great time this weekend though, it was nice to be there as a punter cos it was hard as a volunteer the last couple of years, I was always on duty for the good seminars!!

FriendofDorothy · 25/06/2012 16:31

It's about 200 or so miles for us... including a chunk of the English Channel. We love the festival and it is where The Mister and I met.

JugglingWithTangentialOranges · 25/06/2012 16:35

Oh, I have some good memories of Greenbelt FoD from when I was a youth !
How are things ? Hope all continues to be well x

lost - How hard is it to say "Oh, nice cake, lost !" - What is it with men ?! Confused

gingercurl · 25/06/2012 16:35

Praying.

Just noticed my first properly white hair in the mirror and on, closer inspection, spotted half a dozen suspiciously pale looking ones at my temple. [feeling very vain emoticon Blush]

FriendofDorothy · 25/06/2012 16:55

Things are going well thanks Juggling. I am not 15 weeks pregnant and hopefully things have all settled down now. No further bleeding for at least a month.

I am praying that everything is plain sailing now!

FriendofDorothy · 25/06/2012 16:57

not = now!!!

JugglingWithTangentialOranges · 25/06/2012 17:06

Ooh, that's so exciting that you are now 15 weeks pregnant FoD - I remember thinking of you & praying for you - as I'm sure did many on here - when you were TTC Smile

FriendofDorothy · 25/06/2012 17:18

Thankyou. I have appreciated (and still do) all those prayers!

HaveALittleFaith · 25/06/2012 17:25

I can't believe you're 15 weeks dor! :)

This thread moves fast! I'm trying to keep up!

madhairday · 25/06/2012 17:26

That's great FoD! Continuing to pray :)

I was also a Greenbelter in my yoof Grin I loved it, we used to go as a youth group and had such a riot and no sleep. Friends of mine go now and love it, would like to go one year but we go to New wine so can'rt really justify the expense of another festival.

DontstepontheMomeRaths · 25/06/2012 17:31

I'm feeling a bit fed up, which seems to be a recurring theme lately Sad

It's my birthday on Wednesday and I've disabled my wall comments on fb already. I cannot bare all the happy birthday wishes from people who never make an effort to see me or help me as a lone parent, nor the fact that quite frankly it will feel like any other day, no lie in, no special breakfast, no birthday cards etc. A 3 and 4 year old do not get the whole let's buy mum a card and my ExH won't have instigated anything. Can someone give me a kick up the bum please? I'm not meant to complain but do everything in thanksgiving Sad My kids are fab, I am blessed, I know I am, so why am I feeling like this? Is it as my Dad still won't speak to me? Not that I'd see them on my birthday these days anyway Sad

No DO do not send me a card, I know this may cross your mind as you're so lovely Grin I'm just venting x