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.

SES Any chance of setting up a crech with some other mothers?

Good point DO :)
I think I'll chat to a few about that. It would have to wait until Nov as we're currently in the middle of a new parish centre build with no facilities until then.
DS will soon be old enough for children's liturgy group too which will help. I should never go to church without breakfast too as that doesn't help...

Ah, I see. No breakfast is no good at any time, but certainly not before a strenuous trip to church with two llittle ones.

Oh heck SES my church has good children's work from birth onwards. I hand them over and go into church. As a lone parent it was at one stage (when the kids were younger) my only time to stop and sit still and spend time with God. I couldn't join a church with no children's work with a 3 & 5 year old. They'd run rings round me

Hello all! Happy Sunday!

Oma - Have been thinking about you and praying. How are things? I hope that Bob is happier now that he's home.

SES - That does sound hard. I can't remember (sorry) what your situation is (and I know that DD may be too small to be left) but can you perhaps 'divide and conquer' with your DH, so that you maybe attend at different times and leave DS at home with the other parent, at least sometimes, so you can concentrate on the service? In the longer term, a creche run with other parents might well work. Can't talk from experience here, as I didn't start going to church will my two were older, but it does sound like you need to find a way around this... Good luck.

MHD - Praying for your dd to have a smooth transition to secondary, and for her to find some good friends there.

I have been thinking that I'd like to get more involved in my church, or somehow to do more than just turn up on a Sunday (and talk to/pray with you lot, of course ). It's difficult though, as DH already isn't keen on the fact that I go to church on a Sunday, so he's not going to like me doing more. (And if the truth be told, I feel a bit nervous of even telling him that I want to... though the worst he can do is sulk a bit, I suppose.) And at the moment my work is so full-on that I couldn't give a lot of time anyway... But... well, I am thinking about it, which is a start, I suppose. (Mind you, I 'thought about' going back to church for a good 20 years or so before I actually did it, so I don't have a good record on this! ) Can you pray that maybe an opportunity will present itself, or that I'll pluck up the courage to go looking for one? Thank you!

Thanks TUO :) DS is 3.4yo and DD is 12 weeks. DH doesn't go to church (except Christmas, Easter, weddings, funerals, baptisms). I might enquire as to whether DS can go to children's liturgy a few months early. He'd want me to go with him to begin with but at least I'd feel like at least one of us was getting some teaching / worship!

Reassuring to hear yours and MomeRaths responses :)

Prayer for all....

Thanks TUO and everyone else that's been praying for/thinking about us.
Yes, Bob is happier now that he is at home...I think. He is still not very happy. The district nurse is coming to visit this morning, we will see what other help we can enlist to get him out of the four walls. I am still very tired, although not quite as much as I was, but I've got a bit of a cold.

Hello DO I am glad you and Bob are both home together again. I hope and pray that the cold does not come to much. Make sure you have plenty of rest and catch up on sleep a bit. I hope the district nurse can give you lots of input and guidance as to who can help you today.

SES - it isn't easy but it does get better as they get older. I have a 2.5 year gap between my oldest two and know where you are coming from. I was lucky in that we do have a creche and Sunday School for children but when we had family services I would have them both with me. During these I found it difficult to concentrate on anything much other than just keeping them quiet. I don't think it doesn't mean that you don't worship though, it is just a different type. Quite often DS1 would ask me questions about what he had heard when we got home which made me see things from a different point of view. DS2 is now doing the same thing. There was a good thread on here quite a while ago with suggestions about how to keep kids quietly entertained.

Am really touched to see such a thoughtful and insightful understanding of my needs from MomeRaths in the prayer requests. That's quite some task to do that for everyone - thank you MomeRaths

So, if you're happy to be joined by a very liberal and wooley Quaker (perhaps that makes me cuddly ? - DS seems to think so ) I'm back, because perhaps like the prodigal son I've found I can't get what I find here anywhere else

We've had a very good summer this year - all the little bits of hols in different places together with the uplifting backdrop of the Olympics seem to have come together very well for us this year. Hope others have had an enjoyable summer too x

A couple of days left now before we go back and just trying to use them to get a bit organised as that's not a great strength of mine, and your prayers please both for all of that, and that work plans for the new term which are still rather unclear will firm up either today or tomorrow so that I'll have more clarity about the coming term and year. If you like, that God will find me some children to work with for the coming year ... I'm trying to be trusting and seeing the bigger picture. Love to you all x

Oh, and we even survived a few days annual summer holiday together relatively unscathed and even with some highlights such as watching the children playing happily on the beach over a couple of days in Sheringham.

Heloooooooooooooooow!

At last, not been able to get on MN for weeks, wouldn't accept my code, anyway here now.

My little Amber is poorly sick atm, prayers she gets better soon and doesn't pass it on to her bro!!!!!

Congratulations to my ds1 with his GCSE results, so happy, and got enrolled in college to do and Extended Sports Diploma Lvl 3 - so proud of him and we are getting all the help with his sn anad costs of uniform, books and CRB - he starts tomorrow! actually we don't know what time hmm!

Thank you God for a lovely summer, camping in a tent was ok although we got wet the first weekend, even in my sewn in ground sheet jobby! haha

Hope you have all had a stress free summer with your little ones, at least it hasn't rained much and we've been able to get out and about.

Prayers for all the dc who are starting new schools/college/uni and new year groups

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ooh sorry just a little prayer for my health, got a strange pins and needles and numbness in my head, having tests atm to rule out a few things, sure its something and nothing, but still a bit worrrying, dcs put me on ad's to relax my nerves, just in case its a trapped or inflamed nerve, had blood tests and going back to the doctors this Wednesday!

Great to see you Sooooz! Praying for your health and your tests, and that you won't worry too much about it all. Praying for little A.

Juggling, I'm glad you've come back :) And so pleased you had a good summer. The Olympics was a really uplifting backdrop, I know just what you mean! Praying for you re work things - praying things will become clear for you.

TUO - praying for you as you consider church involvement. It must be hard when dh struggles with it all. Are there any midweek home groups or anything, a good way to get to know more people? Or are you thinking of getting more involved practically on a sunday, with coffee etc? Praying for wisdom for you.

DO - glad B is better at home. Praying he will visibly relax and feel happier, and that things will be a calm oasis for you both in your home.

SES - it is hard! Although my dc are now older I remember balancing baby and toddler and church well. We had a lovely creche but ds wouldn't seperate from me for a loooong time so I seemed to spend years sitting in the creche with him, ended up running it Sounds like a good idea to ask other mums if they might be interested in setting something up?

PA - how goes it with you?

Hope everyone is feeling refreshed and ready for the new term. ds has gone back this morning and dd starts at high school tomorrow. I'm feeling focussed and ready to get on with things, which is great as I'd lost direction before the holidays due to lungs being rubbish. I've had a couple of wobbly days but they seem better today. Must now get off MN and on with stuff. :)

Hi Sooz good to "see" you again. I ma pleased to hear about DS1. Good results for DS too last week. Very proud of him!

Welcome back Juggling

MHD Prayers for your DD starting new school tomorrow. Is she moving up with friends?
Thank you for asking, things are good here. We seem to be settling well and a miracle is happening with the language learning and I am thoroughly enjoying it and a lot of it seems to "stick". I even had my first dream in the language the other night!
Still our concern and prayers are for DD1 to get a job. She is getting down and feeling as if she will never get a job again, even though she will do anything. Please bring her before God with me. I am hating being so far away from her when she feels as if she needs me so much.

Hi all
SES thanks for your poem I'm going to write it down and keep it, it seems so apt for my current situation.

Please pray for DS starting a new school on Wednesday, he has not enjoyed school much in the past and I really want him to be happy from now on.

I feel Gods hand in my life very much, even though I am finding out terrible things almost daily about H and his affair, it is helping me to see things clearly and to know the right path to take.

Ooh, hope your DD has a great first day at school tomorrow Madcap

Thanks MHD. Part of the problem is that I don't really know what I can do. In a way I've shot myself in the foot by attending the cathedral, because it doesn't have an obvious community attached to it in the way that a local church would. Which is not strictly true, as the people are lovely, so there is a community of sorts, but it's a very 'spread-out' one IYSWIM. I've got a few opportunities to talk to people coming up though (a very exciting event that I'm organising - through work, not the church - at our local theological college, and I'm also gatecrashing a 'tea and cakes' party for the servers which DD2 has been invited to!) so I'm hoping that something may just come up naturally. (Oops, sorry for the long splurge there! Get to the point, woman... )

Praying for all tonight...
... for Oma and Bob - for health for both of you, for Bob to feel happier (or perhaps just more accepting of the situation) in himself, and for you to be given the support you need by those able to provide it. You have all the moral support in the world on here, as you know!
... for all those starting school, moving to a new class or a new school, or starting college this week. In particular MHD's DD, Soozi's DS (and congratulations to him too), Madcap's DD, and Kaykat's DS.
... that PA's DD finds a job soon, and for the worry about her to be lifted from PA's shoulders.
... for Soozi's health, that the drugs work and the tests find something short-lived and easily treatable; also that MHD stays well.
... for Kaykat and Jan for a way through their current relationship issues.
... for Juggling, whom we're pleased to see back, for fulfilling work to come her way soon.
... and for all the prayers, expressed on this thread or unexpressed but known to God anyway, of those who pass this way.

Welcome back, Mary!

Forgot to mention little Amber last night, so just a quick prayer that she feels better soon too.

How are you?

Praying for all those children starting back today....DD has gone off looking so smart and grown up and very excited. :)

Looks like work is settled for the new term now - training day tomorrow, and start on Monday, mornings at a new playgroup/ pre-school. Planning to drive past and have a look sometime this afternoon ....

(Talk about leaving things to the last minute organisation wise ! -( very restrained raised eyebrow !) Thanks all for your thoughts and prayers though ....
I think mornings should work out very well )

Juggling I have found that God's provision is very often in the nick of time.

Yeh, I think I always had - or was trying to have - some sort of faith that God and the universe might provide a few children and families for me to work with this year.

His messengers on Earth could perhaps sometimes be a bit more efficient in communicating the details ... but since when was that news ?!!

Went to look at the pre-school on the way to the park with the children this afternoon, and it looks good as far as I could tell - nice big modern building and a big notice up saying it's been given an "Outstanding" by Ofsted - so looks promising

Had a pleasant sunny afternoon in the park for our last day of the summer hols.
All back to school tomorrow !

(Even just had a surprisingly friendly phone call from DH - someone must be praying !

• though to be fair he can be good on the phone, just terrible in the car
• what's going on there ? )