MN Christian Prayer Request Thread TAKE FOUR!!

[CaptainDippy]

Hello!!

Well there have been lots of prayer requests for the month of June - and lots of answered prayers too - YEY!!

Here's a summary of June's prayer requests etc ......

MaryBS - Reader application was a success - Well Done!! again - starts training etc on July 17th. Prayers for a possible move to Canada (DH has seen a job he likes there etc) General prayers for non-Christian DH - that he would "pull his finger out" and just join in stuff like "Men's Night Out" etc - is frustrating!! Prayers for next door neightbour who has experienced two arson attacks in the past few weeks.

Xavielli - Prayers for DH who is going to be a Deacon - YEY!! Prayers for fast recovery for dad who has had a hip replacement op and is currently in hospital.

Pudmog - Has had pains, PG thought to be eptopic, but wasn't - Praise God!! Unsure about which church she should attend, currently goes to CofE, but is drawn to local Vineyard church - anxiety about loyalty etc. Hard decision. Her children's school is currently being accused of racism, prayers for the Head and Govenors as they deal with this sensitive situation. DS1 has just been diagnosed with asthma. Lots of strength.

Tamba - Dealing with very difficult family situation - DH has moved out of the family home.

Catj - Her little DD4 is home - YEY!! Ongoing prayers for her health.

longwaytogo - Prayers for strength as she feels under-confident and lonely - Just feeling really crap and needing a lot of love and support right now. Prayers for her friend and her friends family as they deal with the loss of their 10 yr old niece. Prayers for 14yr old DD who is experiencing tiedness, migranes, aching joints without explaination.

Kate100 - Nanny died peacefully and funeral went well - Kate100 did an amazing job holding everything together and doing all the catering and opening up her home etc

PandaG - Has been feeling yukky and poorly - hoping she is better soon!!

Jessicaandrebecceasmummy - DH is going to be discharged from the army in about 5 months and needs another op on his knee in the next few weeks. Prayers for security in their future as they moved out of army life. How did the honeymoon go for your friends? Was your BF's new hubby ok on the plane?? Was praying hard!!

Kiwikat - Has Obstetric Cholostatsis and was being induced last Friday - praying everything has gone ok and she posts soon!!

Coggy - Ongoing prayers as she copes with the loss of her little one a year ago and tries for another baby. xxx

Marslady - Friend who had prostrate cancer has been given the "all clear" - Praise God!! Prayers for friend who has Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma - has stem cell transplant last week. Praying everything went all right and that God protects him as his immunity will be v.low over the coming weeks.

PeachyClair - Prayers as the FIL of a BF has died, he was only 60 nd his loss is felt greatly. xx

Emkana - Praise God!! for Sebastian Edward who was born last week!! Ongoing prayers as there are still worries about his health for the future.

Tigert - Praise God!! - Her little DD's op went well and she is recovering nicely. Long may this continue!!

mrsgee - Popped in to say "hello", she is fine!!

Nanou1 - Now in f/t employment and doing ok!! Prayers for her DH as he attends job interviews etc. Praying something fab comes along soon!!

CaptainDippy - Praise God! for giving her a job!! Prayers as she starts training on Monday morning. Praying that everything goes smoothly that this new change will settle down soon and she'll not panic too much!! Praying that housing is sorted soon - and that she passes her driving test soon too!! Prayers also for a friend who has had to move out of her house (looong story) and is living in her DH's Uncle's house at present. Praying her and her little family would find a home of their own very soon!!

Gotta go now, but hope that is ok!! Pray away!!

Hello!! DH was hogging the computer last night, so couldn't catch up and post - am off to work now, but will catch up tonight and post properly - Prayers to all. xxxx

Prayers needed please. Apologies for what follows.

Hot weather, pregnancy do not go together- so nauseous i am at the end of my tether and will probably go to the GP. Dh being classic man and doesn't understand and gets grumpy if i ask him to cook or load dishwasher or change a nappy- all things which atm are causing me to heave. In fact dh being a bit useless supporting wise- with pregnancy and particularly with church.

Church- will probably not go now until the new vicar comes- felt so alien on Sunday at a place where I have been worshipping for 16 years. Dh is adamant that is where we are staying as a family and he keeps going on about the fact that people do really want me there, care for me etc- really? Sounds a bit self-pitying I know, but I am fed with always making the effort, following things up and if someone does ask how the kids are and I happen to say for example Ds was in hospital recently- their eyes glaze over and the subject gets changed rapidly. Also none of the other mums speak to me as they have been got at by this other girl. ALso dh had real reason to be angry with girls dh. Dh said he would be straight with him and point out we had already spoken to his wife about a decision and for this bloke to leave rude and narky phone messages that our children heard is not on. When it came to it dh was as nice as pie to this bloke- which makes me wonder if dh has ever stood up for me at church during all the gossip episodes. AAAAARGH

Sorry.

Aw, Pudmog, thats awful. Hope and pray that you feel better soon and the GP can give you something to help.

The church situation is not a good situation, and I don't blame you for wanting to stay away.

I pray that your DH appreciates you more and helps you more, and that God gives you strength to get over all these trials in your life.

LOTS of prayers your way - no need to apologise, sometimes we need to vent when things get tough, its a way of coping.

Sorry, praying a bit disjointed - got (another) stomach upset. Emailed into work to say I'm not going in. TBH I think its a touch of IBS, from having such a stressful job!

good morning all. poor poor pumdog! re sickness have you tried ginger tea? works wondered. ideally grated fresh ginger, with boiled water. if too much, try a bit of honey in it. re you dh... don't know what to say really. do not apologise pumdog... i thought that is mainly what mumsnet is about, sharing good and bad and being a source of support. praying esp for you to find strength and get better. for your dh to be more supportive - you can always go on strike too (tips are below on this thread?!) and for some healing and positivity to come your way. re going to church... one should not force oneself to go otherwise one goes for the wrong reasons ; perhaps what would people say etc... (He knows your good heart). A lot of people go to church for the wrong reasons and that even stops some christians going to church altogether - it did for me for a long time... do what you feel is right? why are you going to church? this stress is doing no good to you, the baby and your family ... did you tell your dh about this... maybe he is annoyed , grumpy etc because he does not understand why you are going since at the mo it seems to make you feel worse? just throwing suggestions here but could be completely wrong... CD how is it going? thinking of you. MaryBS what do you mean by too much? material stuff? people are uneasy with change and challenge and it is easy to follow blindly rather than challenge situations. maybe "admire" then - sorry my english is pretty poor - or maybe your friend is unsettled with the situation as she thought she knew you? am not judging here btw. my father has a big issue with me being a christian and i am trying to learn to rise about it but it hurts so much he can't understand and respect my choices. had to laugh re your mum's comment. bless! praying for you to cope with all the work ahead of you. lwtg, glad you enjoyed my suggestion and i have to agree with MaryBS re difficult to receive when one is used to give. do you think they might feel a bit odd too? sorry i don't know the whole history here but maybe your act of giving would be to make them feel extra welcome and confortable. must be hard... praying for tonight to go well. pandG Twiga hope you are ok. and of course thinking and praying for everybody. finally on a personal note, thank you for your thoughts and prayers for dh yesterday. his interview went well and last for 1h30. dh was very pleased but can't be hopeful since he has been there before with no positive result... their feedback to the agency was very good too but they are still seeing candidates. we should know next week so if you have some spare time and energy thank you for keeping the prayers going. have a nice day and keep smiling x

MaryBS re my post below.... meant to rise above it - not about it!!!!

I go to church because I want space to be with God, whilst having fellowship, teaching and to be in a community that 'cares' for each other. I have been judged despite my 16 yrs of regular church attendance on the words of this one person. All I want to do is integrate back into the church environment and serve in the way that GOd is calling me. All areas of service are blocked by this couple over comitting themselves and the leadership including my husband not speaking out and suggesting that they allow others to participate. It has reached a point where lots of people want to be involved in stuff but will not put themselves forward because of this couple and their 'groupies'. I cannot work this out- I am offering the church so much-but nothing is being used and then you get daft people suggesting that I come off the cake rota beacuse I am pregnant. I think I can judge when making 2 cakes once a month is too much hard work!!!!! I realise I am a touch sensitive at the moment, and my confidence is rock bottom- to the point now where I don't feel I can play in the band once a month because I am still being judged. If I don't play- I am judged, and if I do then people will still judge and the gossip suggests I am not genuine in my actions. Whatever I do will be wrong- not in God's eyes but in the community- which is really hard to live with. I don't know.

oh you poor pudmog... come here for a big hug... sounds awful. not sure i can offer you any advice... may i ask why you were "judged"? also, surely you still have friends there since you have been going for so many years. do you speak with them about this? do they offer you advice and support? try not to let this couple get to you like this. it must be very very hard but justice will be done, even if it does not look like it at the mo... hugs and prayers to you. xx

Pudmog, I really feel for you - shame you can't come here, we've got a really good vicar, with a small congregation, we could do with swelling the numbers, and we need all the helpers we can get! What you are going through with your church is the sort of problems we're having with our school, in that the head and her groupies are very controlling and its affecting the rest of us. I'm about to quit the PTA though, after the school fete, to concentrate on studies... I can't waste the time or take the aggro.

As for your confidence - you're worth at least 10 of them, and remember that its because you are a reasonable person, and you expect people to be reasonable with you. When they're not, it can affect you in strange ways. You either want to confront them (and possibly feel guilty about doing that) but that causes more aggro, or you want to leave them to get on with it - but then they win. If DH won't co-operate, is there no-one else you can talk to?

Nanou1 - what I mean by 'so much', I don't mean in terms of material possessions, we (DH and I) probably have more than them, if we were comparing. I mean in terms of they both have good degrees, 'good' jobs, in that they both work for charities - her DH has a very senior role in a missionary-type charity. They have both done missionary work in Peru and Mozambique. Their children are highly intelligent and attending a good school, they are all Christians. I've never seen her envy anyone in my life - she is a strong well-rounded person, and we get on well apart from this. She is a dyed-in-the-wool Catholic though, I didn't realise how strong, I thought she'd be more like me. I think the difference is though, her faith has always been strong, and she's not had the problems I've had, to test her. I was pretty intolerant in my younger Christian days. Through my own trials (and I'm not trying to promote myself here) I've become more compassionate, more understanding of others' failings. I've learned not to judge too harshly, because I've experienced condemnation and being judged for things outside of my control. As I said to her though, if she holds with everything the Catholic church teaches, then I'm living in sin, and have 2 illegitimate children, and she shouldn't be considering me a Christian. TBH thats probably what her head is telling her, although her heart is a little easier on me!

I ought to get back to doing some work....

hhumm difficult for both of you then but you are both trying not to let it get between you it seems. i agree with you too re having hard times. it does make you a more understanding, humbling person etc... must catch up with work too!

ladies - thanks for the welcome!
I've added your prayer points to my list of people to pray for in the morning (when I pray for my friends). It is a huge encouragement to know you are prayign about our house, as we are getting worried about finding something appropriate for our 3 kids as well as ourselves.

harrisey. welcome! was just thinking about you! did you put a thread here - someone may know of someone etc etc. with a house to rent?! mumsnet is a great networking tool!!!

Welcome Harrisey, will pray for your housing situation.

Pudmog, so to hear you are so sick and tired in this pregnancy, I can so empathise. Praying for you, and for understanding from your DH, and for resolution in your church situation.

Mary - will continue to pray for your relationship with your mum and your friend, and for your upset stomach

Nanou, so glad dh's interview went well, will pray for the outcome.

love to you allxx

Hi PandaG Thank you. How have you been? also has anyone heard from Coggy and Tamba. hope they are both ok.

Request for prayers please. We need somewhere for our children to have Sunday school. When the church sold a hall to the council, who then renovated it for the community, the agreement was the church could have it rent-free 2 hours every fortnight. An informal agreement was reached so that it could be 1 hour every week. However now the hall committee are proving awkward about letting us have it at all. I'm not sure of all the details. But the situation is, we are getting more and more families coming to church and all they've got at the moment is an area at the back of church to play in during services.

So please pray for somewhere for us to hold Sunday school! We've got a really good Vicar and he deserves a bigger congregation!

Evening all! It has been great to read through your posts and read all the lovely, encouraging stuff you have all been saying to one another - You guys are just fab!!

Awwww, Pudmog Life just seems such a struggle for you atm honey! I am so sorry you are feeling so sick - really hoping that the dr can suggest something or you can find something that might alleviate the symptoms - more than anything, I am just praying that your sickness ceases completely really soon - You clearly do not need this on top of everything else!! I am sorry that church is such a struggle for you too - I wish there was more I could do or say; but all I can say is that I am praying for you - and hoping that something amazing happens in that situation. [hugs] to you. xx

[hugs] and prayers to you too lwtg - How did the tea go? It must be devestatingly hard for you to now be "the other side of the fence", so to speak. I think you are very wise and brave. Praying for more positivity and strength - and for healing for your DD. xx

Yey! to DH going to the Men's Group MaryBS - Did he enjoy himself? Progress!! Are you feeling better now, you mentioned that you were feeling sick, poor thing!! What is your job, if you do not mind me asking? Praying for you as you wade through the prep for your Reader's Course and for finding a great place to hold Sunday School - bummer about the hall, people can get so silly and possessive about stuff like that, it is ridiculous!! Grrrr!

How did your DH's op go today JARM - was definitely praying lots for him, hope it went really well. Must be a bit of a shock hearing that he is going to be discharged sooner rather than later! Praying for you all as you get your heads round this and try to find somewhere new to live etc - Please keep us all posted - Lots of [hugs] and prayers. xxxx

Hello Harrisey - Your prayers are hugely appreciated, thank you!! Any progress on the accommodation etc front??

Have you and your DP got plans to marry Xavielli? Guess with your two little pickles and everything, it is hard to get your head round something like that atm, eh!!?

Well, the latest in DippyLand is that they sacked me. The agency called me just now to tell me that "I don't fit in" and "Not to come in tomorrow". TBH, I am not sure how I feel - relieved in some ways, I guess. I just had a bad feeling about the job from the off, and it was a huge commitment. However, it was a step closer to a mortgage and a home of our own, which would have been fab. I just don't know. Oh well, back to the drawing board, I guess. Please pray a better job or something comes up soon.

Bah.

Sigh.

Apart from that we are all ok - DD's very tired and now in bed - hurrah!! DH and I going for a drink .....

Aw CD!!!! Sorry to hear about the job! If you had a bad feeling about it though, it obviously wasn't right. They just didn't appreciate you like we do, thats all Something will come along, we're all praying for you, so something good's got to happen soon!

CD - I work in payroll administration. I process a pensioners payroll of up to 90,000 pensioner (usually about 10,000 a month, but an extra 80,000 once a quarter). With those sort of volumes, something goes horribly wrong every month, and its always a real hard push to make the deadline. Its not what I was trained to do, but its part time, flexitime, so it suits from that point of view.

DH DID enjoy himself last night. Found out one of the men from church is the father of someone he used to work with, and who came to our wedding. Small world!

Thank you all, for all your prayers for me
Thinking of you all in my prayers

CD really sorry to hear that the job hasn't worked out. you must be feeling really confused at the moment. Even if the job wasn't right, it is still really hard to have to deal with. Praying that you will have real peace about it and that something far better comes up for you very soon.

My news is that DD is having more surgery today. The wound has got really infected so they need to clear it out. Hopefully the infection is just caused by the stitches and it will heal properly after today's surgery. If not, then it could be that the 'bad'skin that they were unable to remove last time is not strong enough and will continue to break down and be infected. Then we may need a skin graft. Pleae pray that the op today is a success and that the infection does not return.

As ever, hopeless at posting on here, but am reading and praying for you all.

TigerT - praying for your DD, that its not too serious and that its something they can put right very quickly. Praying for strength for you and your family too. I really hope and pray that this time it will be OK, you've all been through such a lot

Thanks Mary [Smile]

So glad that your DH had a good time at mens group. Praying for the situation for your Sunday school. We had simiar problem with lack of space at our church and it is so frustrating.

Good Morning!! Oooooh, it is nice to be able to play with my DD's before putting them down for their morning nap - just to think, I'd be sitting in that horrid place, trying to stay awake while that lady waffled on and on and on at me ........

Obviously wasn't the right thing for me. Just hoping something better comes a long really soon!! Thank you for your prayers ......

Soooooo pleased your DH had a nice time at Men's Group MaryBS - They are so funny, aren't they!!? They moan and moan and moan and then acutally end up having lovely time!!

Bloomin' men, eh!!?

Hi Tigert - @ your DD needing another op, poor poor mite!! I am really hoping that praying it is just an infection from the stiches and not the bad skin again. Praying for so much strength for you and your DH as you deal with this - you have been through an awful lot. I guess you have to be sort of grateful that she is so young and won't remember any of this horrid horrid stuff happening - You are probably more traumatised than her, poor thing!! [hugs] and prayers to you all - So let us know how it goes when you can!!

Well, I am going to go and get a few bits and pieces done and go round for a cuppa at my friends - I'll be taking lots of prayers with me for you all!! xxxx

Thank you all for your kindness-just very down at the moment. I do have someone at church to talk to- one of the Lay Readers- but even so, the football has come first this week so have not been able to catch up with him. If you want the whole story look up a thread called friendship problems with the poster M22.
I have tried so hard to rise above it, but when your friends/role have been stolen it is really hard to remain objective and positive. The difficulty comes as both of our families have children the same age so it means that our 'natural' interests are the same.

Awwww, Pudmog, will check up on that thread in a mo, but sending you big [[hugs] and loads of prayers.

Couldn't find the thread.

stuffed up a link- it on the 'all topics ' page now.

morning all. quick hello as busy today.... pudmog; hugs and prayers your way honey. must be hard. will go on the thread. CD ... so impressed with you! that's the spirit sister!was sorry to hear about the job but it does not seem it was meant to be... something will come your way soon; praying hard . xavielli...any reason why you are not getting married? i say any excuse for a party! and you seem to have the perfect relationship!!! TigerT; prayers for you and your dd. i feel very blessed my dd is in good health generally because it is so painful to see them suffer. MarySB hope you are ok too. have not managed to get my dd to the mens group yet but am very impressed on how helpful he is when it comes to setting things up etc! oops... boss lurking my way