September Already!!? MN Christian Prayer Request Thread Take 6!!

[CaptainDippy]

Hello one and all!

September already!!? (Well nearly ....) Good grief!? Where does the time go????

Here's a brief summary of August's Prayer Requests.........

katzg - Desperately looking for a new job, has been having interviews - so hopefully something will come up soon please God!!? Contract for current job has been extended to Oct 31st. PiccadillyCircus - Has a difficult decision to make - would like prayer for strength to make the right decision.

MaryBS - On-going prayers as she has commenced her Reader training. Prayers for motivation in her studies etc Prayers for her relationship with her mother. Her 1st sermon is on Oct 1st. Prayer requests for a 15 year old boy who died of a suspected asthma-attack on youth pilgrimage this summer and for non-Christian lady she knows who has been to see a Specialist about a lump in her breast (do we have any more on that Mary??) On-going prayers for DH's nephew who is having a very rough time with his parents who adopted him and are not sure whether they would like to keep him or not etc. Finally, praise and prayers for bro and SIL who have been approved for the adoption of two little girls!! Praying the adoption goes smoothly and that God blesses them as parants and as a family.

Catj - DD4 has been very poorly, last we heard she was on the ward and still fighting (11th Aug). God Bless you little one!

Xavielli - Got engaged!! Prayers as she starts to make marraige preparations for next July. Has been feeling very down receently - needs lots of [hugs] and prayers. Lots and lots going on in her life - stresses with young children and untidy house, DP's bro staying and slight computer game addiction which is being dealt with atm. Also prayers for friend's mum who has cancer which has spread.

Nanou1 - Prayers for cousin's children who are coping with their parents' divorce. Prayers for her swollen tummy, which has bee causing her a lot of discomfort. Lots of prayers for DH who is trying to find a new job. He had a job interview yesterday (30th Aug), which he thought went well - pray he gets a 2nd interview. Sorting out the house after burglary while they were away on holiday.

NASWM - Has been really struggling recently - very low. Lots of [hugs] and prayers her way.

longwaytogo - Prayers for her nan who has a wound on her arm which is not healing. Praying lots for the "ghosts of the past" to be completely over-come by God's love and care for her and her special family!!

Podmog - Has 20 week scan today (31st Aug) - worried about it - prayers it goes really well and all is fine with LO. Also prayers for doctors / nurses / midwifves etc reaction to current NHS "over-weight" issues! On-going prayers for difficult situation at church involving one couple. Praise God that DS is sleeping better - praying that Podmog gets lots and lots of nice sleep too!

Twiga - DH's Uncle died - Prayers for family and friends and they deal with grief - Praise for the good life he had! Praise God for fantastic Holiday Club Twiga has been involved with - prayers for those children as they go off back to "normalilty" - praying that they stuff they have learned will stick with them all their days!! Praying for her driving lessons and for her DH who is studying for exams. Prayers for friend who lost a baby at 16 weeks and would be due around now. Pray that Twiga would know best how to support her.

Yorkiegirl - Her DH Nigel died while on holiday with them this Aug. Prayers that they would be so strong as a family and that God would be so very close to them at this time. Praying so much for them all as they cope. [hugs] and love. xxxx

MarsLady - Prayers for mouse problem in her house! Prayers for her as she completes her Doula training and tackles her OU essays - praying she'll remain as unstressed as poss and sail through!! Prayers for finances as a family as studies come to an end etc. Praise that her friend Dave is going from strength to strength (has been back at work a little!) Prayers for friend (Simon) who has been in a medically induced coma - they were due to try and wake him up soon - prayers it went ok and the damage is not too much. (How is he???) Also prayers for "J" whose DH has just told her their marriage is over, they have a 2.6 yr old.

weirdbird - WELCOME!! Lots and lots of prayers needed for weirdbird's little unborn babe. She has been having contractions and is so scared little one is going to come before he/she is ready. She is nearly 24 weeks, which is the point at which they can intervene (Praise God!!) Pray that LO stays in long enough to be ok!!

NotQuiteSoTiredMum - Popped in! DS2's excema is much better - Praise God! Doing ok in her household!

moretenaanyone - Prayers for friend who has died. He was in his 30's and he leaves behind a widow in her 20's.

tjacksonpfc - Her DP died of bowel cancer earlier this year and she is missing him so much. She has two very young daughters and is struggling. Strength and love to them all. xxxx

AngelJay - WELCOME!!!

Sleepysooz - WELCOME!! Prayers as she puts her twins in the same bedroom to sleep on their own for the first time! Eeeek!

Tawny75 - Prayers as she goes for an appointment with her consultant about her eyes this morning (31st) Please let us know how it went and what he/she said!

SaggarMakersBottomKnocker - Prayers for friend of her DD who has died following an incident with an air rifle.

Sharpe2626 - Prayers for her sister and BIL as they deal with the still birth of their little girl a couple of weeks ago. xxxx

IdristheDragon - Prayers for friend's wife's dad. He has bowel cancer and has recently had an operation (25th Aug) Any more on this Idris??

PandaG - Prayers for a horrid stye she has on her eye! [hugs]

SoLucky - Lots and lots of prayers as she makes the terible decision about what to do about the twins she is carrying. One twin is fine and healthy, but the other has suspected Edward's Syndrome. So much strength and love to that family. xxxx

nailpolish - Prayers for as she is coming out of the otherside of a very difficult decision and situation.

footprint - Still feeling very low, anxious and depressed. Strength and Love to you honey!! xxxx

CaptainDippy - Praise God!! for her pregnancy (due end of April next year) and that things are actually happening with regards to buying her own house!! God is good!! Praying that the ideal house would come along and that the sale would progress quickly and smoothly!! (Is this asking too much!!!!!?) Prayers as she approaches driving test date. Prayers for relationship with PIL, especially MIL who is driving her completely mad atm!!!!! That's all for now!!

Lots of Love, [hugs] and Prayers to all - so good to "know" you guys - you are all stars!! xxxx

Hi Panda,
Did you go to New Wine then? I went to SS Momentum which was fantastic. (for everyone else - these are both big christian gatherings with bible teaching, all sorts of seminars and events to go to - they are very inspiring!)

Mary - I agree about a chat thread - I'm afraid that being at home today I've been chatting a lot - sorry if it distracts from the purpose of the thread!

Praying naswm honey!! [hugs
The words to "Blessed Be Your Name" were one of the first things I posted when I set up these threads!! Sooooo cool you are talking about them now!! Just read them throuh again and they really touched me - need it at the present time!! Thank you!!

Yes - go and sit on the naughty step PandaG!!

BLESSED BE YOUR NAME
In the land that is plentiful,
Where Your streams of abundance flow,
Blessed be Your name.
And blessed be Your name
When I'm found in the desert place,
Though I walk through the wilderness,
Blessed be Your name.

Every blessing You pour out I'll
Turn back to praise.
When the darkness closes in, Lord,
Still I will say:

Blessed be the name of the Lord,
Blessed be Your name.
Blessed be the name of the Lord,
Blessed be Your glorious name.

Blessed be Your name
When the sun's shining down on me,
When the world's 'all as it should be',
Blessed be Your name.
And blessed be Your name
On the road marked with suffering,
Though there's pain in the offering,
Blessed be Your name.

You give and take away,
You give and take away.
My heart will choose to say:
Lord, blessed be Your name.

Matt & Beth Redman
Copyright © 2002 Thankyou Music

Yes Texas - New Wine North - had a fab time - excellent teaching and a great opportunity to chillout with friends - bit like this thread really!

Sorry if I'm chatting too much CD - casn I get off the step now? (but I like chatting - and love being part of this little community )

ok girls this thread keeps me addicted to mn but at same time feel sooooo Your faith seems so alive so real and so happening where as mine just seems to be there but not doing anything, I never give out pearls of wisdom, never seem to do anyone any good. I spend most of my time ranting at the kids.

My personal devotion time is non existent, however many times I try to start anew it never lasts. Why is it that everytime I start anew a bigger force keeps me from doing it. Why am I not commited/disciplined enough to have an alive happening relationship with God.

We have come so far in the last 15 months but can't help feeling sad that we have gone from being the leaders of a church to being well to being what exactly?

Moan, moan, moan that all I ever do. I do give thanks because we have come so far and God has been so good in that we have gone from having nothing to having:- somewhere to live, something to drive, jobs to go to and a relationship that is still together.

So when will I ever be free from the chains that bound me and believe me I have prayed that they go but again there we go all I ever do is ask. I've spent 8 years preaching the word and yet seem so incapable of applying what I have spoken to my own life.

Sorry girls, just want to be as positive as you but look at this thread in awe and wonder and if i'm honest slight jealousy that you have a relationship that I want.

Awww, lwtg - [[hugs] Don't be of me - I am sooo busy, knackered, stressed, hectic nowadays my relationship with God leaves a massive chasm to be desired - Do not me!!! If I am honest - I am a reeeeeally crap Christian - this thread is sometimes all that keeps me going!! (Thank you everyone!) Love and care about you - praying for chains to be broken and wings to stretch out and fly ......

I was only joking PandaG - but think you should stay on the naughty step a bit longer cos it amuses me!!!

Please don't think I have a problem with chatting on this thread - because I don't!!! I've been doing enough of my own! The only downside is that the thread gets so long so quickly! But if it keeps us all together, then thats good!

As for children behaving in church, DD and M's daughter are both 7 next month and when separate they are beautifully behaved, but together..... AAARGH!!! DS behaves better in church than they do!!!

PandaG - your mission sounds FANTASTIC!!!! Oh how I wish we could have something like that at our school!!!! Praise God for the work you do!!!!

I am humbled and bemused that so many of you think I should be a vicar. Please pray for God's will to be revealed to me, because I don't know what to think...

thanks for the payers guys. Much appreicated. Feelign crampy and crappy this evening. Comfoting myslf with wine. Whcih isnt a good move and .

Blessed be my name does it for me too

Fantaistic thunder storm going on her atm btw - anyon else?

Aargh - started typing that answer, then the phone rang, and I didn't hit submit, then there were lots of posts in between.

lwtg - you are WANTING a closer relationship with God - that is putting you more than halfway there. Have confidence in yourself as Jesus has confidence in you, I know it. God works on a different timescale from us, things can happen in an instant, other things can take years. Be patient darling. You say you don't help others, but you've helped me - how can you say that you don't help others. I see someone full of faith, and someone whom the Lord loves very much, she just needs a bit of confidence. I'll pray for you, you are SO SO nearly there!!!! Don't say "when" to God, I can testify it doesn't work like that. Lord in your time, send your spirit to lwtg - she is SO longing to hear from you! God bless!

Hi again,
Longwaytogo, big big hugs to you! Do you know, I have found the last 4 years (since having kids) by far the most difficult in my life spiritually? Those words that CD printed about being "in the desert place" say exactly how I've felt most of the time. I'm a very contemplative christian by nature and need a lot of time to mull things over. I remember when I was a student spending hours in prayer or worship and loving that wonderful communion with God. Needless to say these days it doesn't happen often! I've had to adapt quite a lot and squeeze in as much of Jesus as I can! I've learnt that having praise music on while I'm doing housework or in the car really helps me to be aware of god's presence, to pray with the kids as problems arise so that I'm helping them to understand He's always with us, that it's always worth the effort of going to church or to christian meetings, and above all that my efforts to be a good christian are laughably pathetic - it is his amazing grace that leads me through the desert, his faith in me not my faith in him. And to learn that so deeply that it changes my whole perspective on who I am and who God is makes the desert bloom (very poetic! from Isaiah 35)

Sorry for rambling (again!) I just know so much how you feel and want to say don't be glum. He loves us just as we are. I will pray esp. for you tonight.

CD - I don't know that hymn - wonderful words though!

I've an idea - anyone fancy a thread where we all introduce ourselves, with as much or as little info as we want to give, about our faith, our journey there, etc? I sometimes get a bit lost with who said what? What do you think?

good idea marysb

sounds good to me

Just a thought ltwg - fancy coming and preaching instead of me? Its one thing being in my comfort zone on here, quite different the thought of standing up in the pulpit looking out at people, my knees are TREMBLING

i'm sat here with tears in my eyes. I have been so let down by friends but I don't think you lot will ever let me down.

Marybs you will be fine I can remember many, many a time being in the office before a service and crying and thinking 'I just can't do this' And then getting up on platform and being transformed into a different person.

My secretary used to say to me God is so with you I see you every Sunday go from crumbling wreck to God inspired in a matter of minutes. God can do mighty things.

Yet I can't get my head round the fact that God called me to full time ministry and now what am I doing?

lwtg - can you share what you are doing? I think it might help us understand...

AARGH!!! Will somebody pray that I get the formatting right on this Order of Service I'm doing for my sister? It'll probably change 100 times by the time its been to the priest and back again, then to my sister and back again, then probably back to the priest....

I am doing nothing - I have gone from preaching every Sunday, being at Sunday School, Leading a ladies meeting every week, running parent and toddlers, doing the books, visiting congregation, songster practic, working in charity shop and looking after 1 & 2 yr old.

Now I go to meeting on sun and thats it. Am thinking of helping at Alpha but its the cost of travelling 16 miles one way. not been to songster/choir practice in last 6 months as have been working but now changed day so will be going again every other week dh the other week. oh aye and looking after 2 & 3yr old

lwtg - sounds like you should be the next person to read the book thats doing the rounds of the prayer thread. Nanou1/CD, what do you think?

Its a lovely story, and it sounds right up your street. Its called "Nice girls don't change the world" by Lynne Hybels. You can read it in 15 mins, not a big book in terms of words, but a HUGE book in terms of message.

God bless - think of it as God giving you a rest, you sound like you used to do an awful LOT!

Hi all,

I don't get on to MN for a few days and it takes me all day to catch up!!

DumbledoresGirl - So glad that there is some good news, will continue to pray that the repatriation goes well and smoothly and your mum recovers at a speed that amazes the medical staff.

Have been having a testing time myself, had my email account hacked and was all very stressful sorting it out, the last thing I really needed at the moment, but NO CONTRACTIONS, so THANK YOU GOD.

Was so worried, near petrified that the stress of sorting it all out would bring them on. It did kick off my panic attacks again, but spoke to the Health Visitor who was really nice and said I was doing all the right things :}

DD seems to be settling into school which is great as well.

Please pray for 2 of our friends, J has had serious health issues since she was a small child and was never meant to live this long, she had breast cancer and a double masectomy 2 years ago and found out yesterday she was rushed into hospital 2 weeks ago, where they diagnosed a tumour on her brain and had brain surgery, she is now out of hospital and recovering, while they wait for the results of what the tumour was, obviously worried it is linked to the cancer. Please pray for fast recovery and healing and that the tumour is non cancerous.

We are also thinking of leaving our church, we have been un-happy for a few years but haven't wanted to become the wandering jew so have stayed where we are till we found the place to go, we went to a new church this past Sunday and both enjoyed the worship and sermon, only drawback was the sunday school for DD's age is very kiddy and she is used to being only with kids her age and being taught. Both feel that this could be the place for us, but need guidance from God. Please pray that he makes his path for us clear, and that the door will shut if this is not the place for us to go.

Wow it has been a busy time hasn't it!

I jsut want to cry, can't believe you lot you are starts. Also have you read the thread on other subjects about have you ever been raped? So sad that so many women have been in this position the thread has exploded. Just feel so for anyone who has been through any experience like this

I wondered if that was the song you meant! I love it!

Love the idea of a chat/introductions thread. BTW.

Please pray for us this week. We are hosting the Bible study here tomorrow night and the house is a tip! I think I need divine help and motivation to get it all done by then and look after 2 under 2yo!

Also, getting a little nervous about the childrens ministry. I know it will be fine.... but all the same.... Blessed be your name Lord!

OMGosh - prayers urgently needed please! DH's sister is now pushing for his nephew (her adopted son) Liam to be taken into care. There was an incident with the police last week and she has had enough. DH's other sister (who works in child protection) is battling with her on this - that she can't give him back, and if he goes into care it will ruin him. He's not a bad lad, just needs some firm parenting, and some parents who can show him they love him - neither of which he seems to be getting. I am so ANGRY and feel so helpless on this. I'm beginning to think we need a miracle!

Weirdbird, SO pleased to hear from you and SO pleased that the pregnancy is still going well! Glad that DD is settling into school - are you taking her now that things seem to have settled down? Praying that you find a church you are happy in - the one you've been to sounds promising - will pray for guidance for you on that. Your daughter is young, it won't do her any harm to be in a less formal environment, I think... What a worry for your friends - praying for them.

Xavielli - praying that everything goes well for you re: bible study. People will understand if your house is a tip - they HAVE to in this house, I don't give them any choice! I used to worry about all that - but I have more important things on my mind!

lwtg - I looked at that thread - I couldn't read it after the first few stories... absolutely heartrending! When something like that happens its stays with you for life! I pray for all those women, that they get the help they deserve and that they understand it is NOT THEIR FAULT!