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

What an amazing thread!

I always thought this thread was full of Theological arguments, which I don't to get involved in.

Would you mind if I join in?(Please)

I will pray regularly for the prayer request that are given each day.

HunieBunie x

Welcome Huniebunie!!! nice to have another member onboard! am very busy this week as am not working on Friday. but i am keeping all the prayer requests in mind. cd... are you feeling any better? how awful for you... bobsmum... been there, done that, got the Tshirt (sorry one of my favourite british expressions ) will pray for you and esp your dh... it is SO hard... dh is getting back to being his good old self again and i can't remember last time he was like that (out of a job for almost 3 years). it feels so good. there is not one day i don't thank you guys and the Lord in my prayers. its a 9 months contract job for a huge company when security is very important and he's been there only 3 weeks and they have given him an official company pass (bid deal in big london firms!) and this am he got an email for the head of dept to congratulate him on his achievements so far. i feel so proud of my dh . where are you based bobsmum? what does your dh do if i may ask?

nice to have you on board hb - welcome !

TOTAL HIJACK BUT HI TO ALL WHO KNOW ME!

Can anyone get in immediate contact with Captain Dippy? I have emailed her and need a quick response so if anyone could draw her attention to that fact, I would be grateful. I know she is ill (poor thing) and my email is hassling her, for which I feel very guilty, but I am not really able to do anything else right now (another crisis in DG's household )

I MIGHT be able to help ... watch this space...

DG - I've phoned and left a message for her for her to check her emails. She's out and will be back later this evening. Is it anything I can help with?

My email is suttonmb "at" talktalk "dot" net

God bless

Mary

Thanks Mary. No it is nothing anyone can sort really except CD. She was going to buy some clothes from me but after nearly 2 weeks, she has not been able to send me the cheque yet. I know she is ill and I feel such a shit doing this, but I really need the money (there is a thread about my financial situation under Feeling Depressed - that is how bad it is for me right now) and I now have another buyer for some of the clothes CD wanted. I just want to be sure her cheque is not in the post before agreeing the sale with someone else.

I feel so shitty saying all this. I hope this thread contains forgiveness as well as prayer and that CD will understand why I have to sell to someone else.

If I know CD (and I think I do, a little), there isn't an ounce of unforgiveness in her.

I hope you can sort it out between you. {hug}

NASWM A hug for you too {hug}

And welcome HB, good to have another body on here, this thread goes from strength to strength!

hugs to you DG... will catch up with your thread ; ahving financial problems too and it eats you alive does it not?
MaryBS you are not answering my questions . do i send the book back to you and should i send it on to your friend? thank you

Ooops, sorry Nanou1!
I've been trying to get hold of the friend who I think wanted to read it. Can you give it another day, and if I don't hear from her, you can send it back to me please?

Sorry

Seems to be something about money problems. We're just about keeping our head above water, with overdrafts and credit cards but I feel guilty praying for money...

ok fine! sorry did not mean to be hard on you - thought i'd done something to upset you...like not giving the book back?! ooops from me too. money... dg saw your other thread and praying for you... same for us with HUGE credit cards bills...for very complicated reasons. will tell you more another time but truly praying for you and your dh.

i feel guilty praying for money too but i have found a way around it. if God gives me and my family money then we don't stress and we can serve HIM better. how about that?!

actually i don't feel guilty because when we had loads of money we were always giving food shelter things to people and now that we don;t have any i dont see much coming our way so no i don;t feel guilty!!!!!

Awww, now I feel guilty because you thought you'd upset me!

No, its just I've had a lot on, and I kept meaning to reply, and I got distracted.

Thanks for the hugs guys. Can almost feel them here. Having a v bad day. Emotionally all over the place. Been crying lots. Done lots of praying, but suspect God doesnt know what to do with me either today. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Hello all

Welcome HUnie Bunie, lovely to have someone else on board

CD, so sorry to hear you are still feeling crap, will pray that the bug does shift soon. There are sniffles in the Panda household, nothing bad, but enough to make me tired.

Harrisey, sorry to hear you failed one exam - but well done on the other 4! praying you pass on Monday.

DG, will pray for your money situation, and Nanou's and MAry's. God does provide for all our needs I know, just I have too many wants too sometimes.... our vicar felt called to give away all his family income last autumn term, and yet all the bills got paid, tghey were clothed, fed, and had money for Christmas presents for their children, were given a holiday, and someone provided them witha top notch Christmas dinner. Oh for my Faith to be that strong...

Nanou - thanks for that link, did you think I could work for the charity, am a bit confused...

NASWM a big {{{{{HUG}}}}}} for you, and anyone else who needs one.

Did I make it clear that I was considering counselling as a career, not needing counselling myself? Although I realise I will have to be counselled in order to train as a counsellor. Had accountability today - very open chat and prayer session with a close friend, she thinks counselling could be a good idea, waiting for some information now.

Hi Panda, yes I guess you meant train to be a counsellor.

NASWM. When it gets that bad, all you can do is put it in God's hands and say, "Lord you know whats needed, better than I do, I can't get it out properly, but its in Your hands now". I've done that time and time again. At my selection for Reader, I was asked how I prayed, whether I prayed, then listened for an answer. I didn't need to think about the answer, although it sounds a bit glib saying like this, but it just came out "I listen first, then pray, it works better that way". And its true, if I pray first, it all comes pouring out and I'm stressed and worked up, and pleading with God to help. If I listen first, my prayers are calmer and they take shape.

My biggest and greatest prayer is for DH to become a Christian. I've told the Lord, I don't want anything else, just that. You can keep the money security, Lord reveal yourself to DH. And I believe he will, just don't know when.

oh, and I should have said, if I listen first, sometimes I get an answer without asking the question.

Thanks MaryBS - that helps. It must be hard work married to a non-believer. But trust in the Lord and He will guide him, I am sure....

Thanks naswm. I believe and trust the Lord will guide him. I'm lucky that DH is fairly easy going, and doesn't stop me doing things, and doesn't complain unless he sees something as completely unreasonable. However it IS hard not to be able to share things with him. My sermon is a case in point. He knows nothing about it other than I'm doing it on Sunday. However he has joined the men's group at church and is friends with the Vicar, which is more than I could have hoped for, at least at this stage. All credit to M. for his 'work' with DH. Then there's the problem of raising the children, and teaching them about Christianity. Lots of issues, but the Lord is there for me and He understands.

Simon had an op last night. I don't have much news, but there was vomit in his tube... it's not looking good at all.

Dave doing well. Just waiting for permission to cut and paste so that I don't have to remember to spell lots of difficult words.

Mary - that sounds V positive

Mars - that doesnt sound so good..... x

Hi lovies!

Praying for Simon, MarsLady. Do hope he's okay.

I'm joining my prayers to yours, Mary, for your dh. Sometimes it takes a long time for people to come to faith and I'm always staggered at the faithfulness of people who pray for their friends and families over long periods of time. Just think of that party in heaven when your dh does come to know the Lord!

CD, hope you're feeling a bit better today. Remember that He is the 'lifter of your head' and He'll give you the strength that you need for each day.

Bobsmum - I'm praying for your Bobsdad!!! Hope he gets something soon. Is that why he's been on here so much then???!!! BTW - please could you pray or the school I work in? It's a strange place! So many really needy kids emotionally and alarmingly complex families/lives they lead. I've got such a burden to pray for them and to share God's love when I can...

Panda, I'm praying that your forays into counselling will be good. Become a school counsellor! You'd never believe how busy they are...

If you could pray for me...I'm missing dh! He's on the other side of the world and it's a bit lonely here - although I've deliberately been extra-busy to compensate. He's in need of a spiritual boost/blessing so please pray that this time will be one when God meets with him personally and powerfully.

Also the work blimmin' situation...my counterpart in the library wasn't in today (she called in sick) and immediately rumours were flying round that she wasn't in because she'd had a 'bust-up' with the deputy head over whether she was my manager or not. Eeek! The head asked to speak to me and I hope that what I said was okay...I said that I really like D (the other woman) and really hope we can work together using our different personalities and skills ot complement rather than being at loggerheads. I am reminded of when the disciples wanted to know who was going to be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven and Jesus' response which was so different to our earthly concept of status or authority.

Also quite weirdly reminded of Toy Story with Buzz Lightyear and Woody battling it out to be top toy! I keep telling myself "You're just a toy!!!" Quite weird I know but things get so overheated and it's not a bad perspective to have, eh? Or am I really losing it??? I'm also slightly unsettled because the had told me that the qualities she saw in me when she offered me the job were that I am 'self-contained, self-aware, happy with who I am and totally confident'. I really don't want to be over-confident or insensitive to others...I'm not sure if I like the idea of being 'self-contained'...Sorry this has rambled on but my gorgeous dh is blimmin' thousands of miles away and I'm all on my own...

Hi Ladies

Could I add my dh to your prayerlist please? He is still a very long way from asking the right questions (hadn't realised quite how far away he was when we got married!) His mother has come to faith after 79 years of being very strongly against, praise the lord, but it would be great if he didn't have to wait that long!!!! Your prayers would be much appreciated.