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New Christian Prayer Thread for February...

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Tuo · 04/02/2013 20:32

Is it too early to call this the ?early Spring? thread? Wishful thinking? Wink

Praying at this time especially for:
amberlight ? for strength to cope with those who would campaign against those with ASDs; and, in contrast, giving thanks for her work in raising awareness of the needs of people with autism;
BabyBeatrice and her family ? for healing and fortitude as they deal with Beatrice?s illness;
BlackEyedSusan ? for health and strength for her; for an easier time at school for her children; and for her mum to feel more settled;
BlueTinkerbell ? giving thanks for her baby DD; and praying for her as she explores her vocation;
charlottecollinsislost ? for her to know more certainty in her difficult relationship situation;
DoctorAnge ? for health for her little girl;
Dontsteponthemomeraths ? for her DS as he is referred to the community paediatrician; for her ?LM? as he tries to establish contact with his children; for her brother to regain full use of his thumb, following an accident;
DutchOma and Bob ? for health for Bob and for him to feel at ease in his new ; and for Oma to feel supported as she cares for him day-to-day;
FlatsInDagenham ? for the family and friends of her colleague, who died recently; for her SIL who has cancer; and for her brother and their family;
GingerCurl ? for the successful and (relatively) stress-free completion of her thesis;
HaveALittleFaith ? for health and happiness as she nears the end of her pregnancy;
jann2013 ? for her health; for an easier relationship with her ex; and for her to feel accepted at her church following the break-up of her relationship;
Kaykat ? for her and her DS to know peace and happiness as they emerge from an abusive relationship;
MadHairDay - for her continued good health; and for her whole family and their mission, that they will find the resources (financial, practical, spiritual, whatever) that they need to grow and flourish;
PositiveAttitude ? for her mission overseas; and especially for her DD1 who has been going through some tough times and may soon be spending some time abroad with her parents; for happiness for the whole Attitude family; also for PA?s mum who has Alzheimer?s; and prayers of thanks for the birth of PA?s baby great-nephew;
raininginbaltimore ? for healing for her broken foot; for health for her baby girl who has terrible reflux; and for her financial situation to improve;
Roomforalittleone - for her hyperemesis to ease and for her house sale to go through smoothly, easing her family?s financial anxieties;
Teahouse ? for healing following her TVT operation;
waitingtobeamummy ? for her to feel closer to God following a series of difficult situations, and in the meantime for her to feel our prayers supporting her;
...and for all who post on this thread, for those who lurk, for occasional visitors, and for those known to us who are in need of prayer, whether mentioned here or not.

Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayers.

OP posts:
plaingirly · 29/03/2013 16:03

Mome - is The Rules any good? I have been single forever a while!

I read The Fascinating Girl which was good.

DontstepontheMomeRaths · 29/03/2013 16:12

I'm reading the one for online dating. I'm now half way through. Part of me rages; why do we have to play games but the other half is thinking how much sense it all makes and l can see where I've gone wrong. Their original book had good reviews. But as I'm using Internet dating, I bought this one.

Web link: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B006Y0R8XW/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1364573512&sr=1-2&pi=SL75

plaingirly · 29/03/2013 16:21

Dating in general terrifies me but online dating seems so much more scary! Just the idea of chatting to someone and then them being so disappointed when they actually meet me.

I don't really like the game playing - that bit in FG made me a little uncomfortable.

DontstepontheMomeRaths · 29/03/2013 16:22

I gave you the link for the original book. So you can tell me what you think of it.

This one makes a lot of sense

goodfreyedaysusan · 29/03/2013 16:25

well, I got to church for just after 9 so the children got to do some easter activities. mum rang though in the middle of the service so I tried to ring for several minutes without getting a signal. then hen I did e hd to go hope to see if she needed us to go up there... which would have been a bit awkard with the children's dad coming down to see the children. he ent to good friday service that did not finish til lunch time though so he ws put on hold up there until I could get outt of a heaving tescos and ring mum to see if she had recovered at all. anyway, we are here for tonight, but I am on call for tomorrow. betterr get the washing on to organise everything. I could do ithout this as I am desperate for rest and some recoverry time. my stress levels have gone though the roof. church with small boy. phone calls, tescos and asd and hypermobile children is not good.

plaingirly · 29/03/2013 16:27

Never good when it makes sense! That means you might have to apply it!

Grin Might have to order it!

One thing that stood out to me in FG was that you don't meet anyone staying home! Another reason to get serious about the church hunt.

DontstepontheMomeRaths · 29/03/2013 16:34

Well I probably won't follow everything in it but certainly 90% of it. If it doesn't work I can return to my old ways but they didn't turn out too well Wink Neither time with lovely man or this one.

Although I did speak to LM night before last. The court case has been dragging on for a year and may take another 6 months to get to high court. He's just gone to meet her and her lawyers in one last ditch attempt to come to an agreement before high court. So I'm praying for him. Much prefer just bring friends though, than the scenario before. As the saying goes 'he's just not that into you.' And no, I don't think he was. If I'd followed this book, I'd have managed the whole thing differently from the beginning.

BES I feel exhausted just reading about your life. Could you shop online at all? Might help a teeny tiny bit. Praying for calm x

DontstepontheMomeRaths · 29/03/2013 16:40

'Being' not bring. My phones autocorrect is just too efficient.

RoomForALittleOne · 29/03/2013 19:14

Ladies, as great as the books are, remember to be yourselves. You are amazing women and if a bloke can't see that then he isn't the right one for you. God didn't make someone for you who can only cope if you follow some rules in a book. He made someone who would love and accept you as you are (and continue to do that as you change throughout life). And there is more than one Christian dating site so if the right man isn't on the first site, try another one! You can afford to be picky! You are not desperate so don't wind up with another man who is not the right one when the right one is out there somewhere. I believe that God has someone far better in store for you than you can imagine Smile

SESthebrave · 29/03/2013 19:15

Mome - I tried internet dating a few times. There was one guy I had a couple of dates with and I thought all was going well when he backed out on me. It put me off but quite randomly a few months later I logged onto a dating site and tried again and within days I was chatting online with this guy, a couple of weeks later we were talking on the phone, a month later we met up and 18 months after that we were married! (Basically how DH and I got together :) )
Don't worry about wearing your heart on your sleeve. My experience showed me that when it's right, it's right. I shared loads with DH before we met and we even talked about getting married before we even met!

Room - prayers for you DH's placement, that God will provide an even better solution.

BES - I agree, you have a lot on your plate. Prayers for strength and rest in appropriate quantities

MHD - glad you felt better after your bath. Praying that you see a continued improvement

All going well here. An exciting Easter ahead as we have 6 adults from our RCIA group being received into the church tomorrow night, including 2 baptisms and I am Godmother for one. Please pray for them all and join me in praying for all those being baptised or received into the Christian faith this Easter.

goodfreyedaysusan · 29/03/2013 19:22

no, no room.... keep going... we all need to be reminded to hope! [bugrin]

goodfreyedaysusan · 29/03/2013 19:23

I have been hiding in the kitchen cooking.

DontstepontheMomeRaths · 29/03/2013 19:24

He won't love and accept me as I am if I'm a clingy bunny boiler and contact him too much etc Wink In fact now I've read quite a bit of it, I think it's wise advice. I can see where I've gone wrong before. I've picked the wrong chaps and pursued them, when if they liked me, I shouldn't have to. They'd call me. I was sceptical of this book and wouldn't read it but now I've watched several men go 'poof' and I'm finally reading it, I've realised it's worth waiting for the right one. I'm not explaining myself well. I'm not a lemming though and will prayfully consider future dates and situations and not follow one book like a robot.

plaingirly · 29/03/2013 19:37

Thinking the book might be a bit advanced for me given that I am a weirdo never asked out and men don't notice me. I am sure that my lack of experience would make any man runs for the hills.

DontstepontheMomeRaths · 29/03/2013 19:45

I'd read it anyway as it really talks a lot about thinking about how lucky they should be to date you. That you need to change your mindset. I'm so guilty of thinking I'm just a mum, who'd want me etc.

There is the perfect person for you and me out there. I do not get asked out in real life generally, apart from by commitment phobes wanting fwb.

I've had a lot of chaps talk to me online but I need to weed out the wrong ones better Wink As I said ages ago, you need a thick skin to do online internet dating for sure. It's not for everyone but don't give up hope, there's the perfect man out there x

thegreatestMadHairDayinhistory · 29/03/2013 19:46

Love Rooms post - indeed. Be yourselves, ladies - that's who the right person will want to be with. I know I'm in no position to give advice having been with dh forever and completely forgotten anything of what 'dating' is all about, but am standing with you and here to listen when you need it!

BES, girl you are busy, bless you - hope you get some peace in this Easter time somewhere.

Plaingirly, tell us about yourself. Do you have DC? Been around MN long? What's your faith story?

goodfreyedaysusan · 30/03/2013 13:46

mad hair. I have had the most delightful morning skulking upstairs, popping down to ensure the children are being looked after adequtely

goodfreyedaysusan · 30/03/2013 14:04

sorry called away mid post.

RoomForALittleOne · 31/03/2013 08:58

Happy Easter! Christ is Risen!

goodfreyedaysusan · 31/03/2013 09:17

He is risen indeed!

just off to name change.

HallelujahHeisRisen · 31/03/2013 09:20
Dutchoma · 31/03/2013 09:32

Hallelujah, He is risen, risen our victorious Lord

MaryBS · 31/03/2013 12:13

Please say a prayer for the lady who snubbed me at church. As if life weren't difficult enough at the moment anyway. This is because of something that happened at Scouts. I cried on her shoulder, doesn't that deserve a bit of compassion? [busad]

HavingALittleFaithBaby · 31/03/2013 12:33

Hallelujah indeed. DH came with me to church for the first time in a long time (I think since February or even January). I have realised we probably still have faith but aren't really in love with Jesus at present and prayers that we cab get that back would be great.

Praying Mary. I hope there's a reasonable explanation...

Praying for everything you've got on your plate Bes and especially your Mum's health and welfare.

thegreatestMadHairDayinhistory · 31/03/2013 12:43

Just posting these lyrics we sang this morning...

See, what a morning, gloriously bright,
With the dawning of hope in Jerusalem;
Folded the grave-clothes, tomb filled with light,
As the angels announce, "Christ is risen!"
See God's salvation plan,
Wrought in love, borne in pain, paid in sacrifice,
Fulfilled in Christ, the Man,
For He lives: Christ is risen from the dead!

Alleluia!

Praying for Mary and that woman, and praying for Faith and her dh that they can find their way back to that peace and full of faith-ness.