Christ is Born! Halleujah!! MN Christian Prayer Request Thread TAKE NINE (again)!!

[CaptainDippy]

Right. I know I promised to try and do it yesterday a/noon, but was waaaay to hectic!! Anyway, here are prayer request summaries from November. Here's a fabtastic December with lots of answered prayers and fabulous, God-filled Christmasses for all!

"Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells ......"

MaryBS - Prayers for brother who is serving in Iraq for the next 6 months, prayers for his wife and children at home. On-going prayer for friend Judy who is in hospital recieving Chemo, her cancer has spread. There was a stabbing at Mary's local secondary school earlier this month, one pupil was stabbed in the neck. Prayers for her DS who has been waking up with nightmares recently. On-going prayers for the course she is on and the work she needs to do for it and for all the church stuff she is involved with this Festive time. Prayers that her DH would become a Christian!!

MarsLady - Simon's wife and children got through his funeral at the beginning of the month, continue to pray for them as they adjust to him not being with them any more. Praise that Dave's recent scans / test showed that he is DISEASE FREE!!

weirdbird - Coming towards the end of her PG! Praise God bubba is still hanging in there. Praise that recent scans show that everything is going ok. Prayers for DH's job situation.

Sooz - Has been feeling v. recently, so prayers for serious uplifting! Prayers for twins as they settle into pre-school.

2nervesleft - Prayers for friend who has been diagnosed with breast cancer - Praise God scans / tests have revealed thayt he cancer is only in her breast! Prayers as she embarks on treatment.

katzg - Prayers that God's plan for her would be revealed right now. Her FIL died in the middle of this month, prayers for the family.

harrisey - Prayers for DH as he struggles with depression. Prayers for them both as they work to complete essays etc on their course. Feeling a bit run-down atm. Prayers as they prepare for Baptism!

worzella - Prayers that she would feel more secure and less worrysome! Prayers for DS2's sore mouth following a recent accident. Prayers for Minister of her church who has water on the brain and is under-going tests / treatment to determine what is wrong. He has a DW and young family.

longwaytogo - Has been v. lately. Teenagers driving her nuts!! Prayers that DD (4) would learn to sleep through the night. Prayers for DH who is really struggling and being quite difficult atm. Prayers for car sale - that something amazing would happen soon! Prayers for DS who is poorly and has bad asthma.

xena - V.confused and struggling atm. Has had a very tough year.

footprint - Needs lots and lots of love and TLC and prayer right now. Feels she cannot go on. Also prayers for her mum who is feeling and lonely since her father died.

TexasRose - Going to be starting a course at London School of Theology in Jan, lots to do, v.busy. Prayers regards finding a new church. Feeling very stressed, prayers for positivity and focus! Prayers for maintainance of Crohns. Prayers that her bro would become a Christian!

DratherBdiggin - Has been struggling and feeling v. Prayers for her as she goes for job interviews....

Podmog - Has been on bed rest and whole household has been poorly. DS particularly poorly. Expecting baby in Jan, so lots of prayers for R&R needed!

2babies - Prayers that their house sells soon!

MayMay - Prayers for SIL as she has been diagnosed with cancer and does not have v.long to live. Particularly prayers for her DP as he copes with this devestating news. MayMay has written her SIL a letter as she wants her to know Jesus before she dies, letter has been well recieved - prayers that she would recieve it in her heart! SIL currently v.ill in hospital, needs to clear up infection before Chemo can commence.

PandaG - Prayers as she and a friend organise two church Christmas events; and for her as she helps organise school Christmas Craft Fayre.

Jockey - On-going prayers for DS' selective mutism, which is improving - Prise God!

CaptainCaveman - Prayers for problems she has recently had with a friend.

martianbishop - DH has been diagnosed with cancer - Prayers for them all as they cope with this devestating news.

fannyannie - Has recently found out she is PG for the third time. Her DH is really struggling to accept the pregnancy.

kokeshi - Has had sudden profound hearing loss - praying for a miracle than it would return. Also prayers for dad who is in hospital following blood clot.

kyte - Prayer for friend who is a young mum and is really struggling atm.

mufti - Feeling atm.

Xavielli - Prayers that she, her family and in-laws would find wonderful new place to worhsip soon!

charleymouse - Expecting twins, but following scan, there are serious health fears about the twins, particuarly one of them. Prayers for the twins and for her and her family as they struggle with this news.

CaptainDippy - Prayers that house move would go through and HAPPEN SOON!! There's more I could post about, but that will do for now!!

Keep praying everyone!! [smile

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LWTG we are not fed up of you! Ths place is for all of us to rant, whinge, and cry out in desparation when thigs are hard, and to laugh and share joy when things are easier.

Don't know what to say except don't stop posting. Share the burden. No-one is ever meant to carry the burdens of life all on their own. However strong they are. We are here for you, we are family.

(((((hugs))))))))

Podmog how are you now? I really feel for you with the insomnia - a while ago I went through a few months when I just couldn't sleep and it was awful. Hope your m/w appointment goes well tomorrow.

Well I went to (Baptist) church this a.m. - totally muddled in my mind about how I feel. After the service my minister was asking about my Greek studies and was amazingly supportive, encouraging and lent me several excellent books. The people at the Batist church are such good pople, so nice and genuine in their faith.

In the meantime I have got the vicar (whom I told you about)'s phone number and have got hold of her 'office hours'.

Also my mum has been telling me that in the church where I was both christened as a baby and later confirmed, there is a wonderful new (female) vicar who is really keen to get young families in. They are having a Christingle service there so that's a good opportunity to go along 'on the sly' and get a general feel of what it's like. I was brought up in that church but haven't attended a service there since I was about 13 so it would be weird going back. Sorry this is so muddled, anyone would think I'm a fruitloop! Please pray that God wolud lead us to wherever He wants us to be.

BTW Mary and Harissey I'm really enjoying 'THe Bible Jesus Read' by Philip Yancey. It's a very personal (non-acedemic) look at the OT and some of its complexities and it's really helping me to work through my own complexities with God. One thing it's really given me is the perspective that God wants us to engage with him honestly, to struggle and to question and to be utterly ourselves rather than paying lip-service and pretending that we've got this christianity lark all sorted out (as if!!!!) I'd v. much recommend it as a great read.

Also!! While I'm on a roll...if anyone is looking for some inspirational christmassy music I'd thoroughlt recommend the CD 'One Silent Night'. It's by all christian female singers and the songs are like meditations on aspects of the christmas story, v. much from a female point of view (a lot of the songs are either from Mary's POV or about her) also interspersed with traditional carols beautifully sung and arranged. One of the songs has the lyrics "Mary did you know that your baby boy is heaven's perfect lamb, that the sleeping child in your arms is the great I am?....Mary did you know, When you kiss your little baby, you kiss the face of God?" The songs are amazing meditations on what God did when He sent his one and only son into the world as a helpless baby. I don't work for the publishers BTW!!!! It's just such a wonderful CD that I wanted to recommend it.

My post from earlier seems to not be here...

Please pray for DH and I. He is very stressed and the rest of us are suffering for it. I'm not feeling very happy at the moment . Major problems yesterday and this morning, but he seems to have calmed down now (although no apology).

LWTG - prayers for you and your DH too. May you and everyone make it safely home tonight.

DD and I went to a Taize service tonight. It was the first time I'd taken her, and she was really good and joined in. So touching, her sweet innocent faith!

Oh and we had some clapping in church this morning. It was mainly the children at the front (who'd come back in after Sunday club), and a few of us more liberated worshippers at the back, but it was a first, so it was good! Who knows what the rest of the congregation thought (well I do know, so perhaps that should be "who cares"? )

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ex-catholic? i didn't think they really existed!

thanks for the welcome. went to church today. new priest - old irish mumbling sort wants us to do the mass without mass sheets or prompts out of respect for the mass or something. good job i i know what i'm doing. i pity the poor relatives that come to join us over xmas.

also the bishop told us to eat fish on friday, go to church during the week and go to reconciliation

ok i can do two. but how the feck am i supposed to go to church duirng the week when the church is shut of an evening?

grrrrr @ thoughtless bishopyman

will remember you all in my prayers.

OK how about an apostate excommunicant then?
I was "officially received" into the CofE at Easter, so I guess that makes me an ex-Catholic

Your priest/bishop have got some "interesting" ideas! Not very good for mission is it, if people come along for the first time and aren't sure on what to do!
So what does your priest say about what the bishop said? I struggle to go to church during the week for the same reason. (However, if I really wanted to I could go, because I have my own key )

I'm struggling to sleep. DH is in a better mood, but there is no affection there. I'm tired of asking for affection, I'm tired of being the one doing the chasing. I don't know what to do, except pray. I'm considering moving into the spare room, because it makes no difference if I'm there or not. I think he loves me, but just can't be bothered and/or is too tired.

Podmog - good news about the child - what had happened to him/her?

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Mary hang on in there with your dh. Think carefully before moving into the spare room. However unresponsive he may be, he may well take that as a rejection and it might widen the gap further. I'll say a prayer for you and your dh today. (((hug)))))

Love it

Yey!!

Gosh! Feel like it should be AT LEAST lunchtime already - feel like I have run a marathon! Got up, boiler had shut itself off so had to wait aaaages for hot water etc. Got DD's dressed and ready etc, finally got a shower and then DH went for a shower while the DD's occupied themselves in the nursery (a rare treat!!!!) Suddenly I hear DH exclaiming: "Come here QUICK!!" DD1 had done a poo on her potty and both the girls were PLAYING with it!!!!! Groooooooooss!! So, all clothes off and back in the bath for full body and hair wash, dry and re-dress - Argh!! All before 9am - Good grief!! DD2 sleeping now and DD1 out at Toddlers with Grandpa ( ) ......

Podmog - [[hugs]] Oh honey - you poor thing - Praying that you would get some energy / feel better soon. You've got an awful lot on your plate atm, esp with the PG. Try to take it as easy as poss and don't feel guilty - you need to do what is best for you and this little bubba - He / she will be here soon - keep focusing ..... Praise God that that wee little girl was found - even if it was in her own house at the bottom of the wardrobe!!! Goodness me, her poor parents must have been frantic. What a relief ....

Continuing to pray for you re: church situation Texas - not sure what to suggest, but just praying God make it reeeeeally obvious where you and you family should worship at this time ....

[[hugs]]] Mary - you are wondeful and amazing! [[[hugs]]]] Praying God bring you rest and sleep honey - things are always easier to deal with rationally when you are not over-tired. I am sorry you are finding things with DH tough and you are aching from the lack of affection. Like Podmog, I have to admit, it is the other way round here. DH and I definitely have some "affection" issues and they are mainly my fault, I'm afraid. Praying for DH and for you and your beauitful children. [[hugs]]

Gosh, I have got one heck of a week this week - out doing stuff every night and loads to do during the day. Our church has given me a bit of Festive work to do, so I'll be hard at it every morning starting tomorrow and looking after DD's in the afternoon - Not to mention, trying to sort Christmas stuff and organise our stuff for the move .....

ARGH!!!

Best go do stuff .......

Oooooh, our Guinea Pig is pregnant!! Bless!

Ooooh, I got a Christmas name now!!

Morning all. Popping in with prayers and hugs for you all (and to try out those festive emoticons too!!)

LWTG and Mary - special prayers for you and your dhs. LWTG - huge sympathy. I was once very close to someone who had a breakdown, which threw up many of the feelings of helplessness and exhaustion that you are describing. Hoping and praying that it doesn't get that bad for your dh. You are doing a brill job being there for your children, and you need to look after yourself. Try not to expect yourself to be your dh's rock. He has to find his own solid ground to stand on, and sometimes that means us taking a step back and letting them feel as they need to feel. Let him know you care and that you are there for him in simple ways - make him the odd cup of (decaf) tea, buy his favourite cakes - but give yourself as much emotional space as you can too. He is the one who has to sort his head/his moods/his feelings out. Even if you wanted to, you CAN'T do it for him. You must look after yourself and your kiddies.

Hope that help, Hon. Keep on posting. We are here for you.

Prayers for all. Suze and Mufti are you still lurking? Footprints - praying for you - are you still around? Notastrongwoman - how you doing, Hon?

TR - I have been known to go off to sleep in the spare room before - that usually triggers a "wake-up" call for DH, and he acts on it. If I try to talk about it, he just blames it on pressure of work, and doesn't do anything about it. Last time he got like this, I wrote him a letter, and that worked for a couple of days, then he was back to being unaffectionate again. If I just got a cuddle every now and again, especially in bed, it wouldn't be so bad. But its like there's an invisible line down the middle, over which I can't cross. I've been burying myself in my studies, but that probably makes things worse as looks like I'm excluding him. When I think back, its been going on for a long time now, and I just find it all so hurtful. He was so snappy with the kids this weekend, they didn't want to be with him. He's not getting in from work tonight till about 9 or 10, and he was out the house before 7 this morning. He tried to do some of his work over the weekend. I've tried to be understanding but how long for? Its like he loses all his manners too, and is rude to our friends. Its like having a 3rd child, but one you can't discipline!

Mary (((hug)))

I don't really know what to say. Marriage is so difficult to sustain sometimes. I'm praying that you would get an encouraging moment with your dh soon.

Could I just add a prayer request / any advice please???

In our family we are all struggling with a nasty virus that has been going around for about 3 weeks or so. Ds (2 yo) is really poorly (constantly running nose, awful cough, v. miserable, etc etc) and now this morning dd (4 yo) has been coughing as well. Dh was signed off work all last week with it but is a bit better now. I also feel yukky and saw the doc this a.m. for advice and he said it's a horrible, highly infectious virus that is going around here and that lots of children are off school with it ATM. He said that it was up to me if I felt well enough to work or not.

So...I'm off work today anyway as I only do 4 days a week. Ds is supposed to be going to the childminder tomorrow but he's far too ill. I'm not sure if dd is well enough for school but she's got a special event on tomorrow so it'd be a shame to miss out. My mum has ofered to look after ds and poss dd if she gets any worse. But the thing is...what do I do? Do I go into work knowing I've got a hightly infectious virus? Or do I take time off and risk looking like a time-waster / can't really think of the right word? I thought to myself last night that I would go into work if I felt I was safe to drive, but what do you think? There have been staffing probs at work and I don't want to shirk but I do feeel lousy...what do I do??? Any thoughts???

Hello, I've read this thread trying to work out if there's a system for making prayer requests and have not managed to fathom it out so am just going to barge in and ask for one ... I have a feeling you'll forgive me my boldness, although I haven't met any of you!
Selfishly I would like you to pray for me - I had a mc over the weekend at 13+5 and despite being blessed with 2 dds already I still feel absolutely heart broken. We had not told anyone I was pg and I will not be telling anyone now that I have mc-ed (dh might talk to colleagues, not sure). I am still in quite a lot of discomfort physically (opted for natural mc)and am struggling to sleep at night - every time I close my eyes I see the embryo . I have been posting on a thread under Miscarriage/Bereavement entitled 'Suspected missed miscarriage ... what next?' if you want more details.
With my thanks in advance, Hx

yes, NQSTM, lots to read . back to clinic to get ds weighed this morning, there was another lady there with a 5 week old , said she was stressed, looking a bit weepy, may "just" be lack of sleep , came away thinking i should have talked to her a bit more, she went in to see hv
still having up and downs moods , im not normally like that , even little things are getting to me a bit, the only thing i can put it down to is going on the pill, maybe a side effect?
there are so many people struggling , on this thread , and others, there is one from a lady whose husband has disappeared , for example. all that sometimes puts my worries into perspective, and hepls me count my blessings. but i still pray that whatever does arise, GOD gives us the strength to cope with. HE never changes , and HE is always there for us, i for one need help remembering that!

Hi Hegland. So sorry to hear about your loss. I will be praying for you. I will your other thread later.

And no, there's no system at all. We all just say whatever we need prayer for and we support each other!

Hello all,
welcome Helgand, so to hear of you miscarriage. I will be praying for you and your family at this time.

MAry, sory to hear about the problems with your DH. Praying that you and he get closer again. HUgs honey

Longway, praying for your DH too, and for your finances regarding the car.

Podmog, continuing to pray for healing for you, and an increase in your energy levels, hope the midwife appt went better than you thought it would do. Glad the little girl was ok.

CD - you busy person you, hope DD1 enjoyed her Grandpa time, and pray she settles better tonight.

TR - how are you feeling honey? Sounds a bit like the stinking col I had last week, so I feel for you.

anyone I've missed, sorry!

Anyone who prayed for our advent crown making - thanks, it went really well, we all had a relaxing evening making our rings, and the conversation flowed really easily.

We were delighted to be asked to process the candle through the church yesterday, and light the first candkle in the advent crown. DS was particularly pleased to have been asked, he and DD walked really sensibly with us through the church and up onto the stage to light the candle - was a real priviledge to do it, particularly as some of our freinds were having their son baptised yestreday morning - the mum was so pleased that we got to take part in her DS's baptism too

love to you all

Yes still 'lurking' nqstm, fine thanks

OOOOOOhhhhhhhhh! 'DIPPY POO' sorry I had to laugh at you DDs antics, my twins did a similar thing last week, they both sat on potty to do 'duppidoo' then decided to put potties in sink fill up with water, then put down the toilet, but, it all ended up on the bathroom floor, I only found out cause I was downstairs in the kitchen and wee wee was seeping through the ceiling onto the kitchen floor!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, I know 'YUK'

MaryBS, sorry you are having problems, we have had a big 'bedroom' break (iyswim) its been me thats been off! and after 4 years DH has just been allowed back into our bedroom, so there is hope for you yet! (thats if you have as much patience as my DH) we both believe in our marriage vows so much, that I always prayed it would end up ok(ish) good luck xxxxxx

Helgand, welcome, but sorry and sad for you, prayers and thoughts are with you!

Sorry just hogging the thread before I go to work, but hi everyone else hope you are all happy and dandy

I have just paif the consequences for all this posting, the twins had squeezed toothpaste all over the bathroom and themselves, [growl]

paif 'paid'

OK, I'm going to take the plunge. I have been lurking on this thread trying to pluck up courage to post so here I am. I would like a prayer for courage to follow through with my conviction to take my DTS to Sunday School in the New Year.

Phew! Done it!

Thank you!