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!!

[MaryBS]

That IS good CD. My constant prayer when going for selection was "thy will, not my will be done, Lord".

As I've been studying Mark's gospel, I will quote this (Mark 11, v 24):

"Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it and it will be yours"

Katzg - praying for you for your job interview today. May the Lord inspire you, may his spirit flow through you, may your faith in Him quell your nerves and enable you to show yourself as you really are. God bless and good luck (and bear in mind the above quote from Mark!)

[Nanou1]

morning all. welcome footprint. thought as marybs - and if you chose your name in relation to the poem you are on the right path: the healing has started already . faith is a great healer and worked wonders for me. although it only started working when i utterly and genuinely put my trust in Him and accept whichever path He had in mind for me. not sure i am making sense here.... xavielli, congratulations. i had noted your comments but a church wedding is so very special. you will see on the day!!!! thank you all for your prayers re dd for next week. am sure she will be fine - well i hope... am making a huge sacrifice here, i was so so hard to have her that i think i would have a tendency to overprotect her and this is not good is it? praying hard for dh too esp at 2pm today. MaryBS re your mum... what i can say Hurray to the power of prayers!!!! CD lovely poem btw. another prayer for today's anniversary. praying for the victims and their families and friends. sad day...

[Xavielli]

Well... It wont be a church wedding in the traditional sense of the word (ie... in a church!) as we don't have a church building at the moment.. we worship in the local st Johns ambulance hall! lol.

I think it will pretty much be a registry office job and then a christian ceremony afterwards..

I'm not trying to lessen it in anyway.. I know how important and great it will be.. just explaining the practicalities of it (Not very well!! lol )

[Nanou1]

even better!!!! LOL LOL LOL a wedding to remember!

[PandaG]

Hi Footprint, welcome! I've suffered from snxiety and depression in the past too, and always have to keep a check on how I am doing, never want to go there again. I second what Mary said, I know that God healed me. Yes, the anti-depressants, fab doctor, giving up my job all helped, but it was the prayer of a supportive smallgroup at church that made all the difference. When we joined a smallgroup and I got prayer, I really started on the road to recovery. I know God saved our marriage during that time too. I was FOUL, but God gave my DH the patience with me, he must have done, it was super human! So, if ever I am starting on the slippery slope, I always ask for prayer, and my friends in RL can usually spot it too. Will pray for you my love, come here and vent away, but also is there anyone in RL you can trust to talk to? We will support you all we can

Katz, praying for you my lovey.

Mary, praying for your DD, and for you as you make a decision about whether to ask for her to be moved classes.

Nanou - praying for your peace of mind when you leave your daughter. Must admit my 2 go to my DM's on a regular basis for a week at a time. DS was 3 the first time he went, dd was 17 months, a bit young maybe but when they both went it was our 10th wedding anniversary, and we had the honeymoon we couldn't afford when we got married. Am sure she will have a fab time with her cousins and grandparents.

I have a prayer request too. A while ago I posted that my youth group leader had cancer. It has spread, and she is very poorly and in hospital. MIL said the end seemed near. I would love a miracle, she is only on her 60's, but I realise this could well not be God's plan here. PLease pray that if it is her time to meet her Father face to face that it will be quick and painless, and for support for the family. Her son and DIL are good friends of ours, please give us the words to say to support them at this time. We haven't seen them for months, and haven't spoken for a while, haven't known what to say.

Love to you all

[CaptainDippy]

Hello again - sprinting in quickly as I have about a million things to do!! ARGH!!

Katzg - Praying for you today lots and lots - God give you supernatural abilities to stay calm and rational - Hope you have a fabtastic interview and, that if it is in God's Will, you get the job!! Let us know asap!!

Praying for your DH too nanou1 - 2pm - Got it!! Let us know asap too!!

Did you read my message about Wedding invites, Xavi? Offer's always there!! My friend's got married on Sat - their church building is brand new and is not licensed for marraiges yet - so they nipped to the registry ofice with a couple of close friends to be the witnesses in the morning and had a gorgeous, Christian service in the church building the afternoon. It was lovely and they got to get married where they wanted to, which was great!

//[hugs], prayers and love to all!!

[katzg]

thank you all for your prayers - they must be wokring because i feel unusually calm! DD1 went to nursery with no fuss and DD2 has gone down for her nap in record time. I'm happy with my presentation and am confident in my work!

[Nanou1]

katz.. thinking of you. for you it Girl!!!

[CaptainDippy]

Fantastic Katzg - Glad you are feeling calm etc - You go for it Girl (like nanou1 said!! )

Could we please pray for my friend - she is at the hospital havign some "treatment" because of a few dodgy smear test results - I am not sure what is wrong, or what the treatment is, but I really hope it is all ok etc. Thank you!!

[Nanou1]

will do. thanks CD for thinking and praying for the nanou1 household.

[longwaytogo]

so interesting to see what happens in 24 hours isn't it. I work 13 hours on a Thurs so don't get on until a Fri if i'm lucky. Wed night was lovely as I knew it would be really as they are really good friends and were our collegues before we resigned ( have i already said that before?) so thanks for all your prayers.

Footprints welcome and you are not on your own, I have suffered with depression on and off for quite a few years, but God is such a source of comfort and healing. We will be here to listen and pray for you whatever.

Tigert hope your dd is ok today

Harisey fantastic on the job front well done - God is good all of the time!

Haven't forgotten about the rest of you but dd is off today (teacher training) so she's taken little ones for a walk so i should get on and do something really.

Prayers for you all.

Prob be back later.

[PandaG]

Hello all

Well God has already answered my prayers, as my leader died either last nightor early this morning. I am very about this, have spoken to her son, who was very matter of fact, think the grief will hit him later. n She was a lovely person, it was te youth group that helped to keep my faith alive during the teenage years. She and the other leader organised a fab reunion last year which a lot of us enjoyed. Want to have a good cry now.

[Xavielli]

Thankyou CD.. I will definatly remember you for the invites... If we ever get round to starting to plan it! lol

[footprint]

Thankyou all so much for your welcomes and kind words. I am trying to "let go and let God" but feeling so trapped now and everything whirling round and round in my head - I can hardly even pray for 30 seconds before my mind flies off again.

Yes, my name comes partly from that poem, and partly from a picture I used to have on my wall called Making a Footprint.

PandaG, so sorry to hear that your friend died But perhaps better that way than long and drawn out.

I hope that Katzg and Nanou's dh both did well today.

[Nanou1]

pandaG - hugs to you. you are very welcome footprint.
i could cry.... just had dh on his way out of the tests. was very hard. only managed half the maths stuff but got everything right and got a 70% success on the rest. not brilliant but not great... and there is another guy too, although the agency said dh was the only one. were kind of thinking today is make or break. but it's wait instead. dh should know by beginning of next week... i can bare it anymore! dh sounded really down. please can i ask for your prayers sisters... wish i could dig a hole and cry cry cry

[Nanou1]

ooops i meant "i can't bear it anymore..."

[footprint]

Nanou, your poor dh. It is so hard waiting, especially when you didn't think you'd have to.

[Nanou1]

thank you footprint. dh has been very seriously looked for over 18 months... can't tell you how exhausting and worrying the whole thing is. my heart is about to explode with sadness. give me strenght as i am now on my way out of the office. and have just realised that i am taking dd to france tomorrow and will be back monday evening so dh will be on his own most of the weekend... oh noooo have a good weekend all and i shall catch up on tuesday. x

[katzg]

interview went well - i couldn't have done any better, so if they don't want me then its there tough cheese!

[longwaytogo]

Panda, Footprint and Nanou prayer are very much around you and your family right now. Praying that you will feel Gods loving, caring arms around you. Let him carry you through

Ask for prayers for two things this evening please. Just had phone call from mum to say that nan and Grandad have been involved in car accident this evening- they were on there way home from work (in their 80's mind you) but still running a toy/hardware shop. When a car cut across in front of them, passenger was my mum and dad's friend, had to cut my Grandad out of their brand new week old car. They were on spinal boards all strapped down and apparantly my Nan said this is the end to which we have heard so many times bless her, and she always bounces back. Anyway mum says 1 1/2 hours later she was walking round the shop collecting all her paper work to the shop books over the w/e

They are just so old and frail now, even though they keep going and going, just pray that shock of all this doesn't get them too badly tonight and tomorrow.

[MaryBS]

Katzg - if you've done your best, thats all anyone can ask. I pray that whatever happens is for the best.

lwtg - praying for your grandparents and the friend. Please let us know how they are.

nanou1 - praying for your DH and for a safe trip for you and dd

Pandag - praying for your leader and her family. She is at peace with God now.

footprint - praying for peace for you. Don't try too hard to pray, just try to empty your mind and let God come to you. Breathe deeply and try to calm yourself and God will come, I promise. Don't try to do too much to force it. {hug}

CD - praying for you and your family

And Lord, help anyone else I've forgotten, I'm not really with it... too much to do today!

Bless our school fete and its organisers.

[Xavielli]

Morning all!

It's DP's birthday today! Hoorah! Please could you join me in praying that he has many, many more happy years down here with me!

Also, I have really bad period pains (1st AF after baby) and don't want it to ruin the day for him with me being grumpy and sore.. could you help me pray over that too?

You are all in my prayers.

God is good!

[CaptainDippy]

Morning!! 1st of all Happy Birthday!! to Xavi's DH - Hope you all have a super day and your AF doesn't ruin anything (grrrr to AF's!!)

PandaG - So sorry to hear about your Youth Leader, but so glad that she is with her Lord and King and Saviour now. She is in a wonderful place now. When is the funeral?? Praying for her family and her friends as they grieve. xx

Nanou1 - Your poor poor DH, bless him. I am sure he did his best with the tests etc - so like Katzg said - if they don't want him, then that is their tough cheese!! Praying for strength for you all - Hope the trip to France goes ok and that DH has a nice weekend (he might appreciate a bit of space perhaps!!?) ... and now you are going to have some time to spend alone while DD is in France - perhaps it is great timing after all?? Praying that you will have some happy times and that the stress will disappear!! Praying for your DD in France too, it is a very humbling sacrifice you are making and I'm sure it will be ok. //[hugs]

Glad the interview went well Katzg - Let us know as soon as you have news!!

Your poor nan and grandad lwtg - They sound like amazing people, very fiesty!! Praise God that they came out of the accident ok - praying that they cope with the aftermath all right. xx

Well, DDs are playing with DH in the bedroom so I have best go and make sure they are not being too naughty (DH esp!! ) We're off on a sponsered cycle ride today - only I'll be walking as the bike I bought is not going to be here in time!! Whoops!!

Lots of Love and Prayers to all. xxxx


Oooooo, my friend who went in to the hospital for treatment yesterday didn't have it as she had a weird reaction to the local aneasthetic (sp!!?) - Got to have it done under general next Tuesday morning instead, poor thing.

[PandaG]

Thanks all for your kind words, I know that she is in the best place now, and that is great, but doesn't stop me feeling sad that we won't meet again this side of heaven.

Happy Birthday Xavielli's DH! Will pray re AF!

Mary - will pray for your fete, they take so much organising don't they?

Longway, will pray for your grandparents (they sound amazing) and friend.

Nanou, know you won't be able to read this, but praying for you as you travel, and for you leaving your daughter, and for your DH as he waits for news.

Katz - let us know how you get on asap. Glad you are positive about the interview.

Footprint - how are you doing today?

CD - hope you have fun on the ride/walk

bet I've missed someone, not intentional I promise. This thread is already very long only a week in!

I'm supposed to be spending today catching up on household jobs, which have gone to pot a bit this week with me concentrating on school bbq stuff. DH has taken the kids out for the day, and I am on my lunchbreak. If anyone seesme around later tell me to go and clean!

[CaptainDippy]

Hi PandaG!! How was the cleaning? Hope you got lots done!! Bike ride / walk was great - sweet little DD2 fell asleep in the back-pack, bless her - hope she goes to sleep tonight ok!

How is everyone? Hope you are all having fabulous weekends!!