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.

Your dad is a sensible man, GABD!!

GABD - one of my best friends at school was (and is) a Chrstian scienist. Pay for prayer????

Please can I have a little support prayer for Health Visitor coming tomorrow am, to check on twins, re- my depression, frightened to death that I will crumble on her visit, or have a panic attack, I need to be strong!

Hi everyone. Still praying for you, the dcs are on the mend, thank God. I am at my lowest though, it is a ridiculous cliche but my heart is broken and I don't see any hope for the future. This should be the happiest time of our lives and instead it is my saddest.

Wow, you are offline for a couple of days and this just keeps getting longer and longer. Dont have time to reply to all the things which are listed here, but I have read them and am praying.

In our morning worship at college today, we were singing 'Blessed be your Name' - all about choosing still to worship God in any circumstance - the words

'He gives and takes away,
He gives and takes away
My heart will choose to say
Blessed be your name'

I know it is just a paraphrase from Job, but it was immensely touching to me this morning and thought it might be to someone here too.

And could you pray for my painful sore throat and for dh - who has a very bad cough, and is not sleeping properlya s a result. And of course, he wont go to the doctor!!!!

nearlythree get back to the gp, you are worth more than this. Don't sit and suffer, get the right medication and see what else they can offer you.

Sleepysooz Hv is there to support you - tell her how you feel, she will have heard it all before and may be able to offer you some help and support. (says she who has a visit off the hv at 3.p.m) funny isn't it she was on the phone 4 hours after i'd been to the gp.

We can do this girls. We can feel better, we will feel better. (soon)

Praying for the rest of you too have read just no time to reply individually.

I have even managed 20 mins with Bible and God today

Can you please also pray for alpha Holy Spirit Day on Sat. We have anything between 3-6 on our alpha course and are doing joint away day with other churches. Think I will be part of the prayer ministry too as there will only be me and another as the only women leaders.

Really feel that I need ministering too atm and the thought of having to pray for others just makes me feel totally useless as am in such a mess myself atm, but hey I guess it will be fine.

lwtg, thank you, but unless I get things sorted with dh no amount of meds are going to help. Either we start talking and we get back something of our old relationship or I will crack up.

lwtg - thanks, this must be a regular occurance that the HV gets involved in patients with children, that have been diagnosed with depression! - makes me feel even more incompetent, even though I know its in 'my best interest' ooh sorry 'the childrens best interest'

Sorry sarcasm is ugly I know.

Well I had better get out of the house on this beautiful sunny but windy day, blow the cobwebs out and stimulate the children, it always ends up awful when I go out.

Take the pushchair, its too heavy now, walking 3yo twins pretty difficult when they decide to play up, on reins they are worse, run havoc at the library, can't go to the park,(not safe, no gate and on a main road) suppose HV will have an answer, afterall she hasn't got any children, (so she will know best)

ROARRRRRRRRR!

Sorry for that post, I will try to keep my frustration under control!

Be more Holy Sooz

Will do, thanks sooz

sleepysooz - sounds like you still have a sens of humour anyway, chin up.
i find that each day is so different , and depending on how we are within we cope accordingly, yesterday , the trivial, semed insurmountable , and i was in floods of tears.
yet today i was rocking ds, and trying to wind him, (hoping that was the problem anyway), while he screamed, meanwhile the cat threw up on the carpet!.
and i just dealt with it, have to say that cat sick is horrible, and will affect me more than the smelliest poohiest nappy, so despite that, today is a good day

MaryBS - would be great to meet up when you are in Sheffield. PandaG and i live about 10mins walk from each other. do come and have coffee.

right my turn to roarrrrrrrrrr now. Hv came 20 mins late, stayed 20 mins told me I need to get 'Her' as in dh mistress out of my head or i'm going to be bitter and twisted.

Told me that having had depression I was silly not to go to gp sooner, said I had lovely kids, a house, a relationship that was back on even kiel with dh and that I should make time for counselling ie. find friends to look after children and it wasn't impossible.

So how do I do that then, don't have many friends all their children are same age as mine and go to opposite nursery sessions to my dd in different nurseries.

Oh its sooooooooo easy isn't it when you are sat on the other side telling people what to do.

Anyway she had to go to see a breastfed baby that is loosing weight. Someone give me my old hv's back that were absolutely fantastic.

Just seen your last post LWTG. I had a GP who told me to get myself some help in the house after I had dd. She said if we had to go into debt to pay for a cleaner, it would be worth it for the rest I would have! Some people have no idea, have they?

hmmm when i told her josh going to hosp for repair on 10th there was no do you need to know anything or i'll come and see you when he gets out, or is there anything your worried about.

Just feel very that I used to have fab hv and now although she nice she just doesn't do it for me.

ML ? Am praying for Simons family, especially Mandy and boys

MaryBS ? Am praying for Liam and family, really hope they are doing up his room. Pray that you are able to peace in the situation

LWTG ? HUGS, don?t know what advice to offer but have a Hug and I do understand on the depression front if not the others and I will pray xx

N3 ? HUGS again, you are in my prayers

lwtg - i know about depression too, any childminders you could use, to get time for counselling , even occasionally?

Going to see a counsellor tomorrow but she only at surgery till end of oct. Could possibly squeeze some in while dd at nursery and ds at playgroup but a tight squeeze.

Ust typed a whole message and lost it. My mum says that you have to pay for prayer. She now is on the sofa trying to pray off a migraine. She says she is "relying on truth" and refusing paracetamol. This was like my childhood really, she was in bed and ill a lot because she refused to go to the doctor.

lwtg - do try , and hope it helps

gabd - i dont understand the pay for prayer thing.
god created people who can heal by prayer, and he created people who have become doctors , and if we need them we should use them, the same with medicine

I know I know, try telling my Mum that. It's the head and brick wall thing. Incidentally the lady that was so critical of my prayer news email has said that she would like to receive further updates so that she knows what to pray for. Obviously the polite approach worked. And some peole that REALLY upset me last week have apologised (and believe me that IS a miracle)
Praise Him for his grace and favour
to our Fathers in distress
Praise Him still the same as ever
Slow to chide and Swift to bless:
Alleluia,Alleluia
Glorious in His faithfulness

Long way to go
Have a

Praying for u

ta

LWTG - has that HV had ANY experience in what you've been through? Obviously not, otherwise she wouldn't come out with such stupid comments! . If everything was as easy as she seems to think, that would be wonderful, but she needs to take her rose-tinted glasses off!

GABD - maybe you should tell your mother this joke:

There was an old man sitting on his porch watching the rain fall. Pretty soon the water was coming over the porch and into the house.
The old man was still sitting there when a rescue boat came and the people on board said, "You can't stay here you have to come with us."
The old man replied, "No, God will save me." So the boat left.
A little while later the water was up to the second floor, and another rescue boat came, and again told the old man he had to come with them.
The old man again replied, "God will save me." So the boat left him again.
An hour later the water was up to the roof and a third rescue boat approached the old man, and tried to get him to come with them.
Again the old man refused to leave stating that, "God will save him." So the boat left him again.
Soon after, the man drowns and goes to heaven, and when he sees God he asks him, "Why didn't you save me?"

God replied, "I tried. I sent three boats for you!!"

Ooops kids killing themselves, will try to post more later...