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MN Christian Prayer Request Thread NUMBER SEVEN!! Moving into Oct.......

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CaptainDippy · 01/10/2006 19:15

Well here we are - seven threads on and still going strong! May I say it is a pleasure to know you all - Here's to another seven threads!!

A summary of prayer requests from September .....

NotQuiteSoTiredMum - Has been feeling v.spiritually dry, but feeling a lot better now. Prayers that her DH would come to know Christ as his Lord and Saviour!

CatJ - DD4 still fighting away in hospital, doing ok.

Bethron - Prayers for her 2 yr old DS. He has epilepsy and developmental delay. He has just started at a special needs nursery and is currently under consultant care to review his progress/treatment.

Tawny75 - Has tyroid problems and is recieving treatment. Praying it is effective.

Prayers for all children who have started school (whether it be reception / yr 1 or Junior / Secondary etc)

SleepyJess - Her mother in law died peacefully v.recently following an illness. Pray for the family as they come to terms with this sad loss.

Weirdbird - Is now over 24 weeks PG - Hurrah! Has had no more contractions, praise God. Also prayers for situation at church as she is thinking of leaving and is feeling in a bit of a dilemma.

SleepySooz - Prayers for DS1 (10) would has had a full brace fitted recently. Lots of prayers for her as she is feeling low and is not managing to get to church a lot. [hugs]]

LongWayToGo - Prayers for DH's health concerns and for DD's change in diet (wheat free) to try and help with various health issues. Prayers for DD who has been accused of bullying, LWTG not sure what to do. Prayers for friend's DD who has recently been for an MRI scan to see if a brain condition she has is terminal or not. (How did it go LWTG??)

TexasRose - Prayers for DD who has severe excema - has been for RAST allergy testing at hospital. There have also been issues about teachers at school administering her cream each day. Atm, her DH is away in Australia for two weeks - so lots and lots of prayers needed there!! Also prayers for church situation as DH doesn't like the church they currently go to. TexasRose also had an awkward situation at work, which is getting her down.

ShowofHands - Prayers for the family of a 20 yr old work collegue of her DH who recently committed suicide.

Poppiesinaline - Prayers for the poppies family who are all v. atm. [hugs]

MaryBS - Praise God her 1st sermon was recieved well today! Prayers for her friends who have been TTC for three years and are currently undergoing 'investigations'. Ongoing prayers for her SIL and her partner who have adopted a young boy and are thinking of 'giving him back' into foster care. Prayers that her DH would come to know Jesus as his Lord and Saviour. Prayers for a friend Chris whose marriage has broken up and is trying to gain access to his children. Prayers for DH's work collegue's family who recently committed suicide.

Nanou1 - Praise God that her DH got a job!!

Katzg - Praise God that she has managed to find a new job! She starts on 1st Nov. Prayers for DD's rash, which is v.bad atm and is receiving treatment, she is due to have her MMR soon and Katz is worried about how she will react. Prayers for DD's nursery worker who is recovering from having a brain tumour removed (how is she doing??)

IdristheDragon - Ongoing prayers for friend's wife's dad who recently went through a successful op to remove cancer - prayers for his fast and miraculous recovery!

FoundinTranslation - Prayers for her and her family as she recently suffered a miscarriage.

DumbledoresGirl - Mum recently suffered a heart attack while out in France, is now back in the UK and is doing well (for update, please see DG's most recent post on the Sept thread!) Ongoing prayers a fantastic recovery.

Kelly1978 - Having awful problems with her children potentially being taken away from her. For fuller details see here

Nicki10 - Has recently suffered a retained miscarraige.

Xavielli - Has recently become involved in the children's work at church! Prayers as she becomes more involved in that. Prayers for her wee DS who is teething - molars coming through - ouch!!

harrisey - Prayers as she retakes one of her entrance exams for Bible College tomorrow (Mon 3rd) - Her and her DH passed the rest - Praise God!! Well Done!

MarsLady - Ongoing prayers for her friends Dave and Simon. Dave is going great guns atm , but Simon is v.gravely ill The future looks v.bleak for him and his wife is struggling. They have small children and need to know God's love in a v.close and real way right now.

PandaG - Prayers for her as she is involved with setting up a prayer group in her school! Also prayers about making a decision re: whether to go into counselling next year or not.

Podmog - Prayers for he as she is feeling tired with her PG and looking after her family.

NearlyThree Prayers for issues that her and DH are having atm and for her baby DS who has bronchiolitsis (sp??) Feeling v.low and crappy atm. [hugs] Prayers for old school friend of DH's who has been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour.

Majorsmum - Living in a violent relationship with a small DD. Needs to get out and feel safe.

HRHQueenofQuotes - Finding life v.tough atm and has just found out she is PG!!!!!!!!

Twiga - Currently TTC - Prayers for DD who is poorly sick atm.

naswm - Needs to "hand it all over to God" right now - prayers she is strong enough to do this. [hugs]]

bobsmum - Prayers that DH would find a job.

MoreTeaAnyone - Prayers for her relationship with her boss, she is feeling v.undervalued and pants atm.

Keighton Knightley - Prayers for this little boy who has been in the news recently - he urgently needs a bone marrow donor from someone with a mix-raced background.

CaptainDippy - Dippy Family have been v.poorly Still ongoing - pray they all recover asap. Prayers for portential house move that is all going though atm. Prayers for general tiredness and coping-ness atm!! I'm sure there's loads of other stuff, but can't think atm!!

Love, [[hugs]] and Prayers to all - Here's to a great Oct 06!!

Oh yes ..... Prayers for all those in financial difficulty atm.

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CaptainDippy · 17/10/2006 21:17

lwtg - ditto to weirdbird, you poor thing - hope all is ok when you do go back and see dr. [hugs]] How's the ankle doing??

Podmog - Thank you sweetie - you are lovely!! Sorry things have been rough for you - praying God with strengthen you asap and be very near in all of this. [[[hugs]]

Off to bed soon, soooooooooo tired ........

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nearlythree · 17/10/2006 22:18

Thanks for prayers for dh's friend, family and dh himself.

Am praying for you, I don't know why but posting here tends to make me cry so I may just lurk for a while.

God bless!

3monkeys · 17/10/2006 22:31

Thankyou for the welcome!

Please pray for my relationship with my mum - had a row earlier about something stupid - I think she's wrong and she thinks I'm wrong, and it was on phone as live 200miles away. Hopefully it can be settled amicably

Can't work out who you all are so will pray vaguely for you all!

CaptainDippy · 18/10/2006 07:23

Morning!! DD's been up since obscene O'Clock - yuk! Oh well .....

Praying for you and your mum 3monleys - praying everything can be resolved amicably - family relationships are difficult sometimes, aren't they!!? You can choose your friends, but you can choose your family, eh!!?

Happy Day to all ......

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Notquitesotiredmum · 18/10/2006 07:40

Good morning CD. So glad your doc gave you anti-b's for little ones ear (ours won't! Says there's mixed evidence that they help, and calpol is just as good!!!! Fortunately our weekend emergency doctor is more sympathetic so we always tried to make sure that ear infections fell on a weekend!!) Sorry that you had a bad night Honey - lack of sleep really sucks. Here's praying you catch up soon . . .

Welcome aboard 3 monkeys and thanxs for your generic prayers. It can be hard keeping up with us all - have you found the BibleBashersRUs thread yet? Lots of us introduced ourselves on there a while ago. Praying for you and your mum and for a speedy resolution.

N3 and Pudmog - prayers for you guys too. It's OK to lurk N3 - nice to know that you are near, even if not posting.

LWTG - prayers for you. Hope that the hospital can resolve this soon for you.

General prayers for anyone I've missed.

God bless all

CaptainDippy · 18/10/2006 09:43

Hi NQSTM!! I was glad they gave us anti-b's too, poor little thing - hoping it clears up soon, she is being so good about the anti-b's and the drops we have to put in her ears, bless her. How are you doing honey??

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Notquitesotiredmum · 18/10/2006 12:42

Hi. We're OK thanks. I've been a bit down recently, but was inspired by CaptainCavemansmummy's testimony (many thanks CCM!) to have a good talk to dh, which helped a lot, and had my first full night's sleep for months last night, which was sooooooooooooo nice.

It's parents' evening at school tomorrow, so we're hoping to be able to enlist ds1's teacher's help to boost his confidence. She's not renowned as the most sensitive of people, so prayers that she can hear us, and see through ds's brave face would be much appreciated.

How are your littlies today?

CaptainDippy · 18/10/2006 13:20

Mmmmmm, a bit up and down, but we are getting there. Taking them out in a min, can't stay in much longer - going mad!!!!!

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texasrose · 18/10/2006 16:12

Hi everyone!

CD, 'obscene o'clock'...oh how i remember those days! My most memorable early start was the one when both DCs were waking up at 5.15 - 5.30 then the clocks turned back (ggrrrrrrrrrrr) which made it 4.15....by 9 a.m. I was exhausted and resentful. (we now have a very-well implemented 7o'clock rule which keeps us all sane!)

Anyway, just wanted to say thank you for praying. AF is better but still not nice (I had 3.5 yrs without AFs due to having 2 kids close together and breastfding each for a while and my poor body doesn't know what hit it )

I've also realised that I am just plain old tired. There's been so much change/so many challenges in my life recently and I'm starting to feel the pace of it. I'm really hoping that next week during half term we can take it easy and get some energy back!

Hpoe you are all okay.
NQSTM, I'll say special prayers for you as it's my dd's parents' evening too and I really don't want to come across as the neurotic overprotective mummy but like you there are tings I want to talk about with the teacher. So I'll pray esp. for you!

WElcome to the thread 3monkeys! It is a lovely bunch of people. Reading about people's ups and downs and the faith that grows through it all really inspires me.

Off to make a batch of gluten-free ginger biscuits. It's dh's b-day on Mon and I've got to make a cake which is egg free and wheat free (for dd's sake)...I've nicked a recipe from someone on the allergies board so I hope it is nice!!
See yas soon..............................

Notquitesotiredmum · 18/10/2006 16:18

Thanks Texasrose. Will be thinking of you too. Grrrr. I know that there is only one teacher and twenty eight or so kids, but I wish they could make it easier for us to talk to them without feeling guilty!

longwaytogo · 18/10/2006 17:59

Been back to hospital today consultant says its just a sprain but will take time to get better, he also looked at her ankle and said although he didn't have the xray as it was at different hospital he sure that it ligament and tendon damage so will again take time to resolve.

Please pray for me because although I have suffered from depression in the past I don't think I have had this fear feeling in my tummy before like I have it atm. I can be anywhere and this feeling of fear just comes over me. I'm scared and fed up of feeling like i'm living a double life seemingly ok on the outside but inside i'm crumbling. I know I should go to gp but afraid have been here before and think I just look like a failure again!

also feel a failure as far as being a Christian is concerned, I should be able to deal with this and can't understand why i'm in this place once again.

texasrose · 18/10/2006 18:05

I'm praying for you Longway.

Be kind to yourself - don't judge. It's horrible when our children are ill - my mum reckons it's worse than being ill ourselves (I'd agree). The sense of powerlessness can be all-consuming.

And hey you are most definitely not a failure of a CHristian! You're a hero for hanging on in there when life is so tough.

Try to take it easy and have a realxing evening if you can.

sleepysooz · 18/10/2006 18:13

Praying for simons family

MaryBS · 18/10/2006 21:16

lwtg & N3, I just want to give the both of you a BIG hug!

lwtg - no WAY should you consider yourself to be a failure! Its your support and the people like you, that keep me going! I don't agree when you say that as a Christian you should be able to deal with it. The big thing about being a Christian is that we don't have to cope on our own. My prayer when I get down is "Lord I believe, help my unbelief". In a way that sounds daft, but what it comes down to is that you believe in the Lord but lack confidence in yourself. I'm always doubting whether I'm good enough both intellectually and spiritually to do this thing God asks of me. My unbelief is precisely that. Yet my faith is telling me to believe and trust in Him. I KNOW this is easy for me to say now, when I'm not in a 'dark place'. But when I AM in that dark place, remembering how good it is possible to feel, if I could only trust in the Lord, is what keeps me going. Sorry, I'm rambling, don't even know if what I'm saying will help or not...
If you need a Dr, then don't be ashamed of asking for help. Thats what they are there for. Sometimes it sounds like you need a spiritual advisor though.

N3 - your tears remind me of the time when I couldn't go to church because every time I did, I would cry, I found it too painful. You have a lot on your plate at the moment, what with your DH's pain and his friend and wife. Maybe coming here, where we've prayed for them, just brings it too close to the surface. Rest assured you are in my thoughts and prayers.

We are all here for one another, to lift each other up when one of us is down, and to huddle together to stop the devil getting into our group and breaking it up!

There's a lot to pray for at the moment. I hope the rest of you can forgive me if I just say I'm praying for you! O, and a quick "Hi and welcome" to 3monkeys! I have a DD aged 7 and a DS aged 5!

3monkeys · 18/10/2006 21:27

You are all so welcoming! Haven't plucked up the courage to ring mum yet. Feels very petty when other people have far more to worry about.

Hope everyone is feeling better soon and will pray that we all have great times with our little ones over half term - can't wait to actually see mine! Hopefully a week off will recharge some batteries

3monkeys · 18/10/2006 21:27

You are all so welcoming! Haven't plucked up the courage to ring mum yet. Feels very petty when other people have far more to worry about.

Hope everyone is feeling better soon and will pray that we all have great times with our little ones over half term - can't wait to actually see mine! Hopefully a week off will recharge some batteries

3monkeys · 18/10/2006 21:28

Oops! Too impatient

MarsLady · 18/10/2006 21:36

No news yet on Simon. He's still here even though his brain is irreparably damaged. It's the waiting game. He is still breathing but they are not giving him anything anymore. They are waiting for an organ to fail. It's unspeakably sad. Will let you know when I know. Please pray that he dies quickly and peacefully.

MarsLady · 18/10/2006 21:36

No news yet on Simon. He's still here even though his brain is irreparably damaged. It's the waiting game. He is still breathing but they are not giving him anything anymore. They are waiting for an organ to fail. It's unspeakably sad. Will let you know when I know. Please pray that he dies quickly and peacefully.

longwaytogo · 18/10/2006 22:16

eve all, you all have such kind words and marybs i can't work out whether this is spiritual and affecting my mental state or mental and affecting me spiritually. Does that make any sense?

Anyway went to Alpha this evening and it was one about prayer, found some of it quite difficult although i've heard it umpteen times before I found some of it quite diff to swallow (first time i been involved in Alpha since dh affair) it was bit about forgivness that got me.

Anyway please could you ladies pray for a lady we have she is soooo close to giving herself to God but is a very logical type of person, she got upset tonight but insisted she was alright. Anotehr lady we have who is a new christian also got upset when we prayed for her (tests tomorrow)

MaryBS · 18/10/2006 22:17

Mars, that is so sad. Like you, I pray for a quick and peaceful end...

Please pray for a friend's (and fellow Reader's) dad. I quote "He has got lung cancer. He has just had radiotherapy and will see the consultant again 3rd Nov after which he will start a longer course of cymo but at a lower strength so (hopefully) it wont destroy his immune system. Last time he had lung cancer he was lucky enough to be operated on losing about 1/3 of his lung. Now it has returned he has three tumours in the other lung so operating is out of the question as his sats levels are too low and he wouldn?t survive so it means he has to have non operative methods."

Podmog · 19/10/2006 09:05

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longwaytogo · 19/10/2006 09:50

ok have made GP app for tomorrow but am sat here crying. I can't cope anymore. I would rather have diabetes or something that has no stigma attatched. why does this thing have control over me. Why am I paralised, got loads to do and can't face it. Just want to curl up in a ball and make it all go away.

Podmog · 19/10/2006 10:00

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longwaytogo · 19/10/2006 10:03

Have had letter to say ds is going in for surgery on 10th Nov too. Don't want him to go, can't keep myself together let alone help him.