Christian Prayer Thread

[DontstepontheMomeRaths]

All welcome to join or post a prayer request. Thinking especially of Expat at this time.

This below list is just what I've summarised from reviewing the last months post, please add any requests I've missed or if I've made an error, please correct it:

Amberlight - Prayers for dh and Amber?s small business and that all will be resolved after Mr Stalker was caught on camera outside her house and arrested
Bluetinkerbell - lost her beloved Sterre during her second trimester. Now 23 weeks pregnant again, prayers for peace and for this lovely healthy baby girl
Dontsteponthemomeraths (A.K.A teaandcakeplease) - Prayers especially for her lovely man (LM) as the court case heads to High Court in September. That God would make a way, where there is no way, help him to afford the court fees and that he will finally have the closure; contact with his children and a maintenance agreement in place that is fair to him, his ex wife and to the children. For justice. It?s 6 years since divorce due to her infidelity and it is so hard for him. The children and ex wife live in another Country and the legal system there is very different and he barely sees his children due to her. Prayers that he has freedom from his past and doesn?t live in it anymore but breaks free and moves forward in all God has for him
Also for her DD who is struggling especially lately with not seeing her Dad as much as she?d like and wishing they lived all together and weren?t divorced
DutchOma - Prayers for Bob, his health, the support for DO and respite care to be put in place. To see more of DGCs in the coming weeks and for Zac to get more comfortable around Grandad and her DD to not be too reluctant to visit with the grandchildren
Expat - God to hold the whole family in his arms, as they deal with the tragic loss of their beautiful daughter Aillidh
FriendofDorothy - That completion on the house they are trying to buy, happens soon and that they get all work on the new house completed, before the baby is due in December
HaveALittleFaith - Prayers for her to loose weight and get an op date soon for a blockage in her urinary tract, so she can exercise and so she can be referred for IVF and for her relationship with God to strengthen, despite the struggles and disappointments she has suffered, that she would feel God?s presence and her H
For her friend and her H who?s baby was still born at the beginning of July.
Jan2011 - Prayers for her marriage, her H?s treatment of her to change and clarity and wisdom for Jan about the future. And for her voluntary job and the training
JugglingWithTangentialOranges - For a refreshing and inspiring break this weekend in the Lakes, prayers for her marriage, her H to talk to her with respect and DS to not mimic him and less arguing in the car too
Kaykat - For safety, protection and strength at this difficult time in her marriage and a way out and to find a church that is right for her
Lostmywellies - For the move next Weds, Prayers for her marriage and her H?s new behaviour to be sustainable and he stops minimising her feelings
Madhairday - For her lungs to hold out as she goes to New Wine and good weather. For her DD starting Senior school in Sept and for the support, help and understanding from the teachers with her Dyspraxia and Psoriasis she needs
MaryBS - To have favour and peace this school holiday, and that she finds lots to do without money to keep both her children entertained and without people judging DS?s behaviour. Also for her DD who was meant to be going away with the youth group and has been let down
NCIS - Prayers as she starts the open university student paramedic course
PatsyPlusOne - Her friend who has lost her 11 year old son to cancer and the 8 year old brother left behind missing him
PositiveAttitude - Prayers as they follow God?s call that they settle and are happy in this new Country and become immune to the mosquitoes , also especially for DS and DD4 to adjust and back at home for DD1, DD2 And DD3, especially DD1 who is really struggling with being "mum & dad-less? And for PA?s Dad who is an Atheist and has started going to church with her Mum, who has Alzheimer?s lately
Redwhiteandblueeyedsusan - Prayers for her as she copes as a lone parent and for her DS and the long road to assessment for Autism. For her DD who has been removed from the sen register despite her needing help for a lifelong condition. DD?s IEP was reviewed without parental involvement, contrary to the sen code of practice, that God will be with BES as she gets official with the school and that her DD would get the help and support she needs and that the head teacher takes BES?s concerns seriously and stops fobbing her off
SESthebrave - For the daughter of a friend from church, who had been sectioned and is now back home with her 2 DS?s and really struggling with depression and her mum who is travelling long distances to support her and the children at this difficult time.
For SES?s friend who had an Ovarian cyst removed which was malignant and has now had to have a hysterectomy, for her husband and her to feel peace at this difficult time
TribbleWithoutACause - DH?s one and only set of car keys turn up
TUO - to find ways of working more efficiently, so she can sleep more but still get lots done, that God would lift her from the stress and tiredness and that she gets everything done before her holiday
Weegie - Thank God that treatment is bringing 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 her 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.

My head still has a dull ache to it but not like yesterday! So thank you for the prayers

ExH wants to spend Saturday at mine with the kids. I think he's camping out hiding from his ex girlfriend when she's off work (a.k.a the OW he left me for in 2009), until he finds somewhere to move to. Dearie me. Still the kids enjoy seeing him

Glad you're on the mend Mome. Will pray that continues.

MomeRaths - that probably is what he's doing but hopefully it will give you a bit of time. Glad you're feeling better.

Faith - prayers for enough symptoms to be reassuring but without being too debilitating

Ginger - hello! How are you?

Kaykat - prayers...

DO - prayers that your trip continues well

TUO - I saw your post on that thread and thought it was really well worded. Reading it, it seemed like the Holy Spirit was working through you to give you the words you were looking for that would help those reading, particularly the OP.

Prayer Diary - I literally just use a notebook and write down what I'm praying about or if there is a reading that's particularly spoken to me. I try to carry it round with me so I can make ad hoc notes before I forget.

Prayers too for Jan, PA, Lost, Amber, Mary, Flooded, FoD8, Blue, BES* and anyone else in need of prayer.

Thank you so much SES. That's such a nice thing to say and it means a lot to me. It took me a long time to write the post, and I kept almost deleting the whole thing (I think there was a whole meaningless ramble paragraph that did get binned!) and then forcing myself to try to get something down.

Mome: I'm so pleased you're feeling better. Praying for a continued recovery and that it'll be OK with your XH on Saturday. I had somehow missed that he was no longer with OW. Hang on in there.

Faith: I forgot for a moment that you were pregnant and wondered why you were so happy to be puking , but then I read on and remembered. Praying for all to go well for you and your LO.

SES: Any news on the missing necklace?

Praying for DO on her travels, that she will enjoy herself and enjoy spending time with her family, and that Bob will stay well. (There's a thread on this board which is called something like 'DD knows all about my past life', except that I keep reading it as 'DO knows all about my past life', and making myself smile at the thought that DO knows everything!)

Praying for BES, that she's OK and not swamped in her hated paperwork.

Also praying for MHD, that she's continuing to be well; for Mary, that her summer has taken a turn for the better; for lost, that her move has gone well; for weegie, for continued improvements in her health; for jan and kaykat, for their relationships; and for expat.

My DDs are back today after a week staying with my parents, and the house is back to its usual chaotic noisy (DD1 plays the tuba, so you can imagine!) state. I enjoyed the peace and missed them like mad at one and the same time. Thanks for their safe journey today (it's a long way - nearly 400 miles - and DH met them halfway) and for the great privilege of wonderful, caring grandparents that they have been lucky enough to know (I only knew one of my grandparents, and both dh's parents are dead).

I found a couple of badly hidden emails between H and OW today. He told her such a pack of lies I almost felt sorry for her. The things he said about me and about his feelings for her make it sound like all the years with me meant nothing.

Please pray for DS. H has realised that offering him trips abroad which I then refuse is a good way to turn him against me. DS is adamant he wants to go abroad with him on a very long trip. I tried to explain to DS why it's not a good idea but he just repeats what H has said and he desperately wants to go. Please pray for a change of heart.

I only mentioned it on fb TUO But yes I found out a few days ago. Still very odd.

H has realised that offering him trips abroad which I then refuse is a good way to turn him against me.

Could your H even afford one? What sort of trips is he suggesting? I'd be tempted to call his bluff He sounds too selfish to keep up this façade of being a hero Dad with DS for long and your DS would see him for his true cheating colours soon enough. Kids aren't daft.

In all seriousness though, I will pray, this must all be very distressing for you right now and your son shouldn't be dragged into it by your H

That must be quite disconcerting for you, Mome.

It's really desperately unfair of your H to use your DS against you, Kaykat. I'm so sad to read of him doing that, because he's hurting his son, not only you. I have no good advice, but I will keep praying.

and a to both of you...

Lurking and praying, as ever.
Hello SES! I wish I could say that I am just fine, but in truth, I'm panicking about my thesis, I have major writer's block, don't know what I've spent the last three years doing, and I'm very uncertain I'll ever get this PhD. I'm a dreadful procrastinator. I'm T-I-R-E-D. I keep waking up at night, fretting about how I'm supposed to achieve this. When I do sleep I get woken regularly by DS who has recently taken to coming in to our bed at about 1 in the morning and then spends the next three hours tossing, fidgetting, climbing on top of me (less so on his dad) and then wakes up at 7:30 asking if it's time to get up yet and as DH just will not wake up no matter what, I end up getting up fixing him breakfast, etc. This last bit is a cause for friction between DH and I as it is very rare that I ever get a lie in since we've had DS. I feel like I've been sleep deprived for the last 5 years. Last night I got 4 hours sleep, courtesy DS. I can't remember what energetic and rested feels like anymore. DH works long hours, often well into the night and it's become a bit too convenient for him, I feel, to leave the looking after DS to me. As I'm a student, my schedule is somewhat more flexible than his and this has worked to my disadvantage. Even this week, when DH is on holiday to be with DS, so no urgent emails late at night and no deadlines to meet, and I am working, he still doesn't get to bed until about 3 and then sleeps until 10 or later, while I'm trying to get away so that I can get on with my thesis.

I've tried talking to him about it but he will first get defensive, then say he'll address it but then it only lasts a few days and we're back to where we started. And when he does get up earlier, he is so tired and in a grumpy mood and shouts at DS and is really rather heavy handed with him which I think is wrong, so we have another disagreement...

I love DH and DS but sometimes I just feel so trapped between them.

Sorry of long post/rant . I bet you wished you hadn't asked.

Oh dear, gingercurl. I am so sorry that things are difficult. If it's any consolation, I don't know anyone who's done a PhD (including me, my dh and all the people I've worked with and supervised!) who haven't felt like you're feeling now at some point in the process... if not the whole time. Telling you that it's normal doesn't actually do anything to make it better, I know, but... well, it is normal!

I sympathise too with the situation re. your dh. I've always been more of an owl than a lark and I am very bed at going to bed (check out the time of this post!). But I have tried to 'reset' my body clock this summer and generally I've been going to bed earlier and getting up earlier and feeling better for it. Can you do a deal with your dh whereby he tries to get to bed by a specific time, moving it forward by only, say, 20 mins a day, until he has a more normal pattern?

Prayers for you in your situation, anyway. I pray for inspiration for your writing, harmony in your relationship with your dh, and peace and rest for you all.

We are meant to be going away this weekend and dh has managed to 'do something' to his back. He thinks he's just pulled a muscle but he's clearly in a lot of pain. Praying it will not be anything too serious and that we'll still have a nice time.

Tuo praying for your DH's back and that you will get away and have a good time. Thanks for your prayers.

Keeping prayers going

Really upset! Dh angry tonite when he handed dd back, his parents r going mad and r blaming me for it all and I'm so so upset I don't know how to get thru this. To do a volunteer shift tomorrow too. I can't get into my emails from this phone, I've no laptop and now no tv and dd broke it and I won't ask him to fix it.

There's not much worse than being guilt tripped and blamed for it all. It's far easier for him to blame you, than to face the fact that he is also to blame for this But you're left feeling awful. And it's not appropriate at pick up and drop off's with your child to do this and he needs to stop. It will make it distressing for her.

You have my number Jan, please call if it would help love x

Can a friend look at the tv for you?

P.S I don't have your number. I looked through our private messages on fb which go right back to the beginning of June but cannot see your number on there. I sent you mine on 6th August but I'm not sure if you can read your messages now.

I am lurking and praying each day, but am feeling a bit overwhelmed here, so finding it hard to add too much to the thread.

One answer to prayer is that DH bought a moto yesterday to help our transport needs. Unfortunately he crashed this morning with DS on the back. DS came off worse, but they are both ok, but very shaken. Please prayer for our safety here as things are totally crazy!

PA, heck! Much prayer for safety there...
Jan, I too am concerned that he's showing anger towards you at drop off. that's very inappropriate. You are within your rights to ask for a change in child contact arrangements if that happens - for example dropping off a child via someone else.

well I am back for the weekend a bit scared because it is that time of year again... and it is really messy here i was goiing to tidy up this holiday but have been busy looking after mum there are too many places for them to hide... and there was a big one in the washing heap before I left.. I am hoping it is not going to be as bad as last year...

have read through, honest! how is the organisatiopn going re new place to live jan? hope ds is ok pa... ?

Spidatrap? Bit pricey though but they work so I hear.

Goodness, PA. Prayers for safety on and off the roads, guidance and clear heads in the craziness, peace and joy that passes all understanding. Prayers also for your DC in the UK. I lived in SE Asia in my teens and empathise with the sense of alieness. Everything is so very different from what we are used to in the West, not just living conditions and culture, but mentality, frames of reference... the lot.

Prayers for everyone else, as well.

Hello! Back from a lovely week camping in Wales, was a lovely break despite rain. We had some sunny days and even got to lie on the beach in the sun :) Will read and catch up properly - have been holding you in my prayers. Just got embroiled in reading that huge long thread - really have better things to do!! Off to read the others too....TUO just to say I always think you post meaningful and helpful posts on these threads - keep going for it :) I think that all of us can say stuff - even if only short sentences of support etc - it can get hard though. I am reading 'Simply Christian' by Tom Wright atm and finding it incredibly helpful, and it may be informing my posts for a while to come ;) I do know what you mean when you say these threads can throw you into a kind of turmoil - I like to turn it on its head by going and reading more about it and studying and praying, and often find it is within the turmoil where God works the most and reassures me of his presence etc. Keep going for it!

What a lovely post, madcap! So glad you got to meet with Dippy twice - we miss her here!

PA - praying, crikey, things sound fairly crazy for you there. Hope everyone is ok and feeling less shocked now.

Welcome back MHD and Madcap. Glad you've both had fun. We're away this weekend, but it's pouring with rain and our hotel has wifi, so I'm drying out with MN after a lovely but sodden walk. DH's back is getting better (just a pulled muscle) so thanks for prayers for that.

Continued prayers for Jan and Kaykat and also, in particular today, for PA. Hope DS is OK and that things get easier for you soon over there.

Thanks for your vote of confidence MHD and Madcap. I am still reluctant to get too stuck in, as I have limited time and don't want it to look as if I'm posting and running - unable to defend my views. (I like this thread because it doesn't matter if I come along and post my thoughts and prayers at 1 a.m. and then disappear off for three days, but I feel that with those more heated debates one has to 'keep up'...) But I'll try to feel more confident where I do think I have something useful to contribute.

I feel such a fool. I thought I made travel arrangements to travel back on the nightboat on the Tuesday evening, arriving back in the UK on Wednesday morning, but instead I am now travelling back on Wednesday, arriving back on Thursday. Then Bob comes back on Friday, so I have hardly got any time to do shopping and get ready for him coming home.
Unfortunately he has not had a very good time of it. DS has tried to shield me from the worst of it, but apparently he phoned my brother before I was even off the boat to say this was not the place for him to be and he wanted out. I have no idea what he expected me to do about it, it was hardly fair of him to ring my brother, who told him so in no uncertain terms.
Frankly, I am really worried about how I am going to cope with it all. Of course I am still tired and will be in need of a holiday when I come back (as you do), but instead there will be the interminable round of making suitable meals and doing the shopping for it, while nothing will make him happy or even content. I know it is the illness speaking and I love him to bits, but I can't say I'm looking forward to getting home and starting it all over again.
Can I ask for your prayers?
So, MCL, you will have to wave on Thursday, not Wednesday morning, ok?