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

[CaptainDippy]

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.

Will catch up and post in a bit, but pleeeeeeeeease pray - having a horrid morning - Both DD's are refusing to go for their rests and are screaming the house down - feeling very stressed and unable to cope. Both tired. Heeeeeeeeelp!!

Life around here is rather sad at the moment.

There is a mum at school who has just been told that she has 72 hours left. She's been battling cancer for ages and now that's it! She has one son who is 11. She's taking him out of school today to spend as much of the time left that she can with him. Please pray that she manages to have as much lucid time with her as possible. And pray for strength.

Can't say much else really. Can't quite get over the fact that 2 children are going to lose parents imminently.

marslady that is soooo what I am feeling is nothing in comparison. Will pray that these children come to terms with what is happening to them without too much trauma - bless them.

Hugs Longway. Know what you mean about that sinking sick feeling in the pit of your stomach, it is crap. Well done for making a gps appt, praying that the dr is helpful. I think you are amazing helping out with Alpha while you are feeling down. Praying that you will learn new stuff about God even though you have heard it all before, and praying for the women that you mention. Depression is crap, and as Christians it is so easy to feel we should be able to cope, we should be able to shake it off, pull ourselves together and skip off basking in God's love. Well that is just so rubbish. Yes God can and does heal, but it can take time, we are not failed Christians is we are down , low depressed, stressed or anything else similar.. Just want to encourage you honey sorry for rant

CD, praying for you and family, that they will settle quickly.

Marsy, oh how . Praying for both families, and for you flower.

Podmog, will pray fro your DD, and read the thread.

Mary, will pray too.

Well my knees ache, I am knackered and a bit deaf! No, not old age, but the result of being a couple of metres from the front at a Deliriou5 gig last night. We went to see them in Leicester, and they rocked! Tim Hughes and band were support, they were excellent (he writes modern worship stuff, Matt Redmanesque, used to go to our church while at uni, used to lead worship for our cluster actually, funny paying money to see someone at a gig who we knew leading in our church hall with an acoustic guitar! namedrop over ) between support and main act a guy from Hope HIV SA came on, and asked us to txt to donate £3 to the charity - played a short film of what they are doing in Durban with young people orphaned due to AIDS, very moving.
Delirious were excellent, was a 1.5 hour loud worship session, really moving. I was pogoing and singing along at the top of my voice. Why should the Devil have all the good tunes?! I am posting this as it was such an answer to prayer, have been a bit stressed of late, and being able to worship with abandonment was just what I needed!

Longwaytogo - thinking of you Honey and hoping that your GP is helpful. Don't feel that there is a stigma attached to depression these days. It is often our perception that there is, but others can be less judgemental than we are ourselves. Well done you for getting it together to make the appointment. Just by doing that you are helping yourself. We all need help from time to time, especially as Mums when we are doing so much giving. Let the professional look after you for a while. You will be able to give back to others tenfold, once you feel stronger.

For those of us with dh's who are not Christians, I have just seen the book advertised on the lovely CWR website. Looks interesting . . .

When Your Husband Doesn't Believe by Jeri Odell

Written for all Christian wives married to nbelieving husbands, this book recounts the writer's pain and at times intense loneliness. Many will recognise her descriptions of sitting alone at church meetings and social events when everyone else seems to be part of a happy couple!

Jeri Odell encourages the reader to grow in the Lord and be the wife and mother God intended, even while praying and hoping for her husband to become one with her spiritually. At the end of each chapter there are some verses to ponder, a prayer, and space to write down what God says to you.

Subjects covered include: growing in faith (not first waiting for him to come to faith), hanging onto faith even when he doesn't, cultivating a healthy thought-life, building friendships, fleeing from temptation, praying, demonstrating Christ to your children, combating loneliness, battling self-righteous attitudes, and acceptance - the road to contentment.

RRP £7.99 Now only £5.99

Prayers for sleep in the Dippy Household and for Simon's family, and for your friend Marslady and for all others too: N3, Pudmog, 3 Monkeys and anyone else I've missed. He knows who you are. Praying that He will hold you all in his hands today.

God bless

Sorry you're feeling rubbish at the moment lgtg, I'm fighting the same illness, although not very well, I seem to have given in with the AD's, finding one that suits, but its fitting it in with family!

Chin up, doctors will help you, good luck!

lwtg, sooz and Podmog - praying for strength and peace for you all. Please remember there is no need for ANY of you to consider yourself failures, there IS no stigma attached to what you're going through! LWTG - I am so pleased you made that Drs appointment - let me know how it goes please? I REALLY feel for you guys...

Podmog - also praying for your DD.

nqstm - that book sounds interesting, although I'm not sure I want to be reminded how lonely it can sometimes feel!

Panda - glad you had a good time at that gig, sounds fabulous

Mars - praying for that poor family, and that brave mum. and for Simon's family too.

Praying for you all, including those I've not mentioned. God bless and take care of you.

Mary x

Totally reiterate what MaryBS says lwtg, Sooz and Podmog - Praying for God's strength and guidance in all of this. DO NOT belive the lies that the Devil is feeding you about being a failure - IT IS NOT TRUE - You are wonderfully and fearfully made and, as mummies, you have the hardest job in the world as far as I am concerned. You know we are all here for you and we are all praying for you. [[hugs]] xxxxxxxxxxxx

3monkeys - Have you called your mum yet??? Do it soon!!

Oh Mars, how unbearably Praying for Simon's family as they wait for him to die. Praying he would pass quickly and peacefully. Do let us know, thank you honey. xx

Mary - Praying hard for fellow Readers dad and the treatment - praying it would be a success. So about the mum at your DD's school who is dying - praying for strength for her and family. Praying they would have a wonderful, special time together before she leaves them. Praying it would be quick and peaceful.

You are right, it does seem very on here atm - Thank goodness for PandaG's lovely, wonderful, postive post about the fabulous gig she went to yesterday! Glad you had a great time and God was mving so powerfully - That is what we need to hear!!!

Praying for your DD1, Podmog. Bullying is just horrid (believe me, I know) Praying she would find the strength to stand up to the bullies and to talk to someone about it. It would help her a lot, poor wee thing. Children can be so cruel. [hugs]

Gosh - lots of love, [[hugs] and prayers to all. xxxx

hello, I've been praying for all mentioned here, esp. the poor family at Marsy's school and for Simon.

I'm feeling really low tonight - I'm normally quite bouncy but I've been crying my eyes out. I'm having problems with dd (aged 4) who is having screaming tantrums and being unbeilevably rude to me. I'm really hurt although I know that se's only 4 and I shoudn't take it personally! {weak} I also wonder where she's getting it from...

I also feel overwhelmed by all the crap in the world. the story in the news about that poor boy who was killed by the teenager...the Amish girls...some of the kids who come into my library whose lives have been shattered already by the age of 14...it's all so tragic. How do you care without being crushed by the weight of it all? I know that God is at the centre of human suffering and that Jesus on the cross is the answer to it all but how do I translate that into my own life and the lives of others? Sorry to burden all of you but it's all got a bit much.

I've got to pull myself together and go to my dd's parents' evening in half an hour! I'll post agin later and apologise for being such a misery-guts...

Just quick pop in to update on how people are as i am going *out!! for a meal with dh!!
We are using our Thurs night babysitter who comes so we can go to houssgroup, skiving off housegroup adn going out for tapas!!

LWTG, I know it is very well known, but go and read psalm 23.

He loves, He really does, and doesnt see you as a failure but as His precious child. And that is what relly matters, in the end.

Praying for you, and for all the rest of you too
xxx

texasrose........... 4 yos can be a pain sometimes. You're right... it's not personal, but sometimes that is just how it feels. I know that the world is full of crap at the moment... but to be honest it normally is.

What I will say to you is this. You are loved! You are treasured! You are special! Just try to remember that okay. Look at psalm 139... He knew you before you were born. Wherever you go... that's where He'll be, holding you and loving you.

I'm still studying 1 John, but a couple of pieces to share with you:

2:15-17 "Do not love the world or the things in the world. The love of the father is not in those who love the world- the desire of the flesh, the pride in riches - comes not from the Father but from the world. And the world and its desires are passing away, but those who do the will of God live forever."
(you know, this wasn't the passage I was going to share with you when I sat down, but this one struck me instead.. must be a message in there somewhere )

Secondly, 4:18-19
"There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love. We love because he first loved us"

So there you have it, I felt strongly I should share those passages with you. I hope they touch your hearts like they have touched mine. {hug}

Sleepysooz - Hi! I came onto post to ask how you are as we haven't heard from you since Sunday (or have I missed it?) Wasn't sure what your message meant - did your GP find you a new AD which suits you, or have you put them on hold for a while?

Thinking of you, Hun.

Alert! There's someone in "Chat" asking if anyone has done an Alpha course. Can anyone do her a link to get her here? (Or can you all pop in and post on her thread?)

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Alert! There's someone in "Chat" asking if anyone has done an Alpha course. Can anyone do her a link to get her here? (Or can you all pop in and post on her thread?)

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Thanks notquitesotiredmum - I have been making an effort to stop being selfish, I have been reading threads, just felt awkward moaning all the time, I know each to their own, but some of the problems people are having seem more real than mine, my problems seem all in my head, and don't affect anybody else, (at the moment)

But I am here reading all whats happening and praying with you all!

sleepysooz tht just what i thinking atm too. I have no right to moan about what going on in my head when other people going through so much.

I think that is where we have to realise that everybody has a right to how they feel, and that other problems that seem worse than ours only make it worse for us to accept our problems as real!

Sorry was that gobbledigook?

Sorry I meant 'we have a right to feel depressed' lets hold our heads up high and say this, without feeling guilty!

Sorry, that sounded selfish again! think I'll move onto biblebashers, leave this thread for praying!

lwtg - just wanted to say I am thinking of you and praying for you today.

I also want to say to everyone that no problem is too little to pray for. Yes there are a lot of payers being asked for people who are dying, for people with cancer. But God listens to all our prayers, and he doesn't judge whether its a little prayer or a big prayer. I've been praying for it to be a nice day tomorrow, for when we take the children to Legoland - how trivial is that?
Your depression ISN'T trivial, you need help and prayers just as much as everyone else. Anyway, its not as if we have a 'prayer limit' . Do you think anything would ever get prayed for, if we were limited to say, 100 prayers? How on EARTH would we decide which were the most important? Would we do it on how serious the need was, or how deserving the recipient was? Doesn't bear thinking about (hey, that's a great idea for a sermon... may save it up for future use! )

notquitesotiredmum - could you tell me what this cwr website is, i'd like to get that book you mentioned

Hear, Hear Mary!! No job too big or small for God!! Praying hard for you all, epsecially those feeling low atm, Sooz, lwtg, Podmog and texasrose. [[[hugs]] You ARE loved - thought Marsy post was fab - thank you, needed to hear some of that myself right now!!

Also praying re: DD and her tantrums and rudeness etc texasrose - sounds like every other 4 yo I know tbh - I've not got one myself, but anyone on this thread who has been through the 4 yo stage can reassure you that she is "normal", I am sure!! Soooo looking forward to that ...... honest!!?

Did you have a nice meal out harrisey?? DH and I are going away for the w/e on our own!!!! I am v.v.v.v.v.excited!! Will be soooo nice to chill - seriously needing some t/o atm!!

Love, [[hugs] and Prayers for all. xxxx

Hi mufti!!