Christian Prayer Thread Jan 07 - Blessed are the MNers!

[CaptainCaveman]

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Welcome to January 2007 thread.
Love and prayers to all my lovely virtual fellowship group.

Hello all!

ATB Podmog for your impending arrival! I pray that the Lord would meet your every need and shower you with blessings with this new little one!

FA you seem to be doing so well. JUst a thought - we have a second-hand kitchen appliance shop in our town which re-conditions things like washing machines etc before selling them on. We got our washig machine there four years later and it does an average of two loads a day so it's going pretty well for the £50 we paid for it! It might be worth seeing if there's anything smiliar where you live.

HOw are you LTWG? what a hard time for you, honey. lots of love and prayers for you.

CCM I'm glad that you are going to contact an organisation to help re. your dsis. it does sound like she really needs support. Have you got other people you can leave your ds with when you go to work? Praying for you...

CD it's lovely to have you back on this thread! How are you settling into your new home? We are thinking of moving next yr...

Panda how are you? What a blessing to have a midweek morning Bible study!

Worzella so glad that your minister is getting better and that your dcs arew getting some sleep! My dd had dreadful sleep probs as a baby so I remember how exhausting it all can be.

Marsy how are you? Have you still got to pay that bill?

Mary I'm glad things are good with your dh. I love the sound of the battle of the bulge! 3 stone is quite a target, eh? My dh could do with losing some too...

Mary thank you for your words re. church. I had a good friend round yesterday and she said much the same. We're going tomorrow. I am sooooooooooooooooooooo looking forward to it! It's hard to put into words how much that church meant and still means to me. I know it's changed a lot since we left and the vicar is on sabbatical atm so it might be very different but hey.

My poor tum is kind of recovered slightly, but still sickly. However I've had two really good days at home with ds now that I'm just working a mere 3 day week and I feel so good for it! Thank God for his provision of a job that gives me lots of time at home with the ones I love!

Have a good weekend!

My prayers are with you all that are suffering!

Welcome back CD, howz the new house?

Si Sooz! It is good to be back!! New house is good, still feels v.surreal, but I am sure we'll get used to it in time. God has realy blessed us - tis fab stuff! How are you?? How;s it going with the twins??

LWTG, I am glad you were at least able to talk to your DH (know what you mean about the "talking in the dark" thing - DH and I often end up doing just that!) The kiss is progress, I think - Contining to pray for you sweetie. xx

Glad stuff is going well with your DH Mary - have been praying - Battle of the Bulge sounds like a cool idea!

I am glad things are progressing ok fannieannie and the money has become available. You sound so amazingly calm and strong, even if you don't feel it. [[hugs]]

Oh Podmog, wish you could get more rest honey - hoping bubs decides to make his / her appearance asap. [[hugs]]

Hope you enjoy church tomorrow Rosey - do report back - excting stuff. Glad your tummy's feeling a bit better - continuning to pray.

I am very tired again this evening. I have enoyed working in the shop, it has been a pleasant change!

How is everyone else doing?? Hope WeirdBird's induction went ok if she had to have it and her wee bubba is here (knowing how long these flippin' inductions can take ....) Looking forward to hearing her fabtastic news - Our 1st MN Christian Prayer Request Thread Baby!! (Unless you beat her to it, of course, Podmog!! )

I read on "the" thread in bereavement that GGG's daughter Maude is to be buried on Tuesday (in her Christmas dress). I know our prayers are with GGG and her family, but just thought I'd highlight that.

Thank you Mary - Will be praying for them. It is going to be an unbearable occasion for them all. They need our prayers more than ever. Think it is lovely she is going to be buried in her "Christmas Dress"

Off out tochurch in a mo so should really get DD's shoes on etc (which will enevitably take about half an hour with all the screaming and faffing.....)

Hope everyone is having a good Sunday! DD2 is napping and DD1 is out with daddy, so just catching up here and trying to be productive. Ahem.

Oooooh, was going to say - would be great if you guys could pray that I pass my driving test soon - Have to phone up and rearrange my test date tomorrow cos my instructor double booked himeself (and his car - Grrrr! ) So hopefully I should get another test date towards the end of Jan. Reeeeeally want to pass now, starting to drive ('cuse the terible pun!) me crazzzzzzzzzzzzeeeeeeeeeeee!

Hi all.

Sadly Rosy it hasn't been paid yet. Getting here. My stress levels aren't as high. I'm beginning to trust God more with it (and am working practically to get it sorted). Thanks for your prayers.

A quick update c&p from Sue about Dave etc:

Next week is a busy week hospital wise for us,Dave has a CT scan on Tues and a PET scan on Fri so he will be glowing in the dark with all the radio active gunk that he has swallow....I'm generally at peace about the scans and their findings [or to be more precise their NON findings] but every now and again my heart skips a beat and I get alittle anxious...as soon as I get like that, I quickly speak out our promises that this sickness will not end in death and the other scripture,good old psalm 41....preserving,sustaining and restoring......I usually calm right down and and get on with things but I have to be honest and say that the whole thing still sits fairly close on my shoulder if you know what I mean.
I just want to qualify what I've just said....I am in no doubt that God has given us an amazing miracle and that Dave is going to grow old with me[but when he gets too old and becomes a grumpy old git I might trade him off for a new model] its just a worldly out look every now and again fills my head and I feel like its a constant battle to keep focused......am I making sense or is it as usual I'm a duffer???? Man you wouldn't believe how many times I say to Dave "you know when you get scared and lose sight of God...or something like that" and Dave looks so puzzled and says NO I've never felt that....all you want is for some one to say oh yeah,I feel like that sometimes its normal.....its like being married to flippin Moses!!!

Please just keep us in prayer wont you,it is still a long journey and as far as the hospital are concerned we have years ahead before they will back off on us.
Another prayer point if you don't mind is in Feb all our insurance runs out,the Halifax[our mortgage] insurance will only cover for 2 years so we will have to stand fully on our own two feet.Dave is doing brill as I said but he still really struggles with fatigue...the hospital are gob smacked he is doing what he is as they said it will be a good year before he can begin to put the hours in work wise.[its now 6 months since the transplant]For example I still tend to do any driving if we go anywhere because if Dave drives he's shattered by the time we get there and is too tired to really sit and chat,it just takes it out of him or if its a job I do all the carrying and lifting etc...not that I mind but Dave does!.He is getting stronger and looks fantastic and its not the end of the world that he's alittle tired,its just the thought of him having to get back to work full time to pay the bills is quite a pressure to him...THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR MONEY.....PLEASE HEAR THAT,what it is a request for is 1.work to come in that's not too demanding 2.that Dave's energy levels increase dramatically 3.that a magical money tree grows in our garden....ok ok I thought I would give that one a try.......anyway the other 2 would be good. He can't wait to get back to work fully and jobs have started to come in again which is good.

Anyway I think I've taken enough of your time splurging away so I will love n leave you.....please remember the scans next week,the week after we have a consultants appointment for the results so I'll be intouch with the good news

May 2007 bring you all peace,fulfilment and great health....that's what I'm expecting!!!! I'll be intouch

Please remember Mandy and her 2 boys in your prayers. Mandy especially found Christmas hard and she's had a few added pressures. Please pray for her health and ... now this I find hard to say without saying iyswim.... please pray that she doesn't find comfort in the wrong places (not relationship wise) and that she is able to accept help.

Thanks. It's so good knowing that there is somewhere else (here) I can ask people for prayer.

Toady's sister needs our prayers

Well God really does answer prayers - I still need lots more stuff for when I move into my rented house (which hopefully will be confirmed this week subject to my references being ok for the letting agency) but I've got a bureau this one being delivered to the house sometime in the next hour.

It's a freebie off my local freecycle - but at least it's SOME sort of storage for my papers and some of my books etc and if in the next few months, once I'm more sorted out financially I find I don't need it I'll just stick it back on freecycle.

Thanks CD for your support, glad you are settling into your new abode.

Twins, well, just started another new sleeping routine, we put them back to bed up to 15 times then we turn all lights out and go to bed ourselves ignoring them completely, they just toddle off to bed and go to sleep by themselves, although DD puts her fingers in her ears if her DB plays up, so cute, and hey if it works, GET THE CHAMPAGNE out, we are on the 4th night tonight and its ok so far! YEEEAAAAAHHHHHHH!

God is Good, all that praying has come good!

Hello everyone!

CD I am praying for you to pass your test soon! I passed mine when dd was 4 mnths old and I was so desperate to drive! So I know how it feels.

Hi Marsy, glad you're not so stressed. thanks for passing on that prayer update.

Panda so glad that your ds are sleeping well! What a difference it makes, eh?

FA it's good to hear that you are getting the stuff you need. I pray that you get lots of emotional support and fiendship too.

So...this morning we went back to our old church. We hadn't been there for 3 ys and they have had a major refurb since then, but it was still the same place! It was just so lovely seeing old friends. The vicar who married us (now retired) was there and gave me the biggest bear-hug. One of our good friends from our old home group (which we helped to lead for 10 whole years!) told us that she and her dh are setting up a fellowship group and that if dh and I settle back there we are v. welcome to come along. THe dcs enjoyed their groups too.

Also, in the sermon the vicar made a point about ministry etc...that God calls us to frendship with him first, then acts of service as a natural progression of that friendship. I really felt that this was for me to hear. I've been so focused on wanting to serve God that I've lost sight of simply being His friend...like LWTG put it, he wants us to seek his face (geting to know and love him more) and not just his hand (what he can do for us). Also I was reading a chistian book yesterday and I read the most remarkable sentence....

"Stop looking for the will of God, and start looking for God". Wow!!! That blew me away! So it was very good. I felt like I connected with God in a way that I haven't for far too long. And one of the vicars was a woman! Yeeessssss!!!!!! Might sound a bit weird / silly but it is important to me to have women in ministry.

Hope you are all having a good day. Went out for a bit on my own this afternoon, and when I got back the christmas tree and all the decs had gone...I didn't even notice! Dd had to walk me back through and stand me in front of where the christmas tree had been before I even noticed! Is it 4% of your brain cells you lose for each child you bear??!!

HELLLO

God is Good, Baby arrived safely and all is well.

Hannah Elizabeth arrived on 3rd Jan at 12.46 weighing a wopping 9lb 9oz, very fast labour with no pain relief, I am home and doing well, feel good and am really enjoying having a baby this time around.

Take a look here!! for more info and a photo my birth announcement

Hopefully catch up properly soon!

I am so forgetful

A HUGE THANK YOU

I could not have gotten through the last few months without your guys support on here, when I was feeling at my lowest you helped me to focus.

So thank you again

Congratulations Weirdbird!!!!!

Well done you clever girl!

No pain relief - wow, I'm impressed!

Lots of prayers for energy and lovely times with your baby!

weirdbird, weirdbird, wierdbird!

'CONGRATULATIONS'

What a beautiful little girl!

'GOD BLESS HANNAH ELIZABETH'

Congratulations and thank God for a safe delivery!!! Wonderful news!

Beautiful names too!

gosh, you go away/offline for 2 days...

what would it be like after a proper holiday?!

i know theres a lot going on at the mo, but
can we add madamereynard/msfox to our prayers?

been reading her thread and shes trying to get away from abusive relationship/ and back to england with 2 dc's
it all sounds so dreadful, a move like that is scarey enough but added to that trying to get out of what isnt your home country.
pray she gets back her safe and sound

and congrats to weirdbird, glad you didnt have to be induced. i have shared this before, but
i had prayer on a sunday , 3 weeks before my due date , to not be induced, as my consultant was threatening me with it, due to my advanced age of 44! well, labour promptly started on the wednesday night! god is good,and he answers prayers.

Hi girls, and congratulations to Weirdbird (spelt that right this time - I have a mental block with wEIrd.

Good to see you mufti.

Praying for Madame Reynard and all.

a quick request from me - DH is on the management committee of a local charity (as a volunteer) and tomorrow he is taking part in an appeal - one of the staff has been accused of misconduct and he is part of the decision making process. It is not a pleasant thing to havr to do, and he has spent hours reading all the background material. PLease pray for wisdom for him and the rest of the appeal team, and for the person whose appeal it is. Please pray that the right decision would be come to. Thanks all.

Huge congrats to you weirdbird, she really is a beautiful gift from God.

Dh doesn't come to church with ds and I so I end up in the sunday school with ds. Today we made things out of salt dough then bashed them up and made them into other stuff - to symbolise that God is always willing to remodel us and mould us to do his will. Really reminded me of my past and what my dsis is going through now. God took my dreadful situation and moulded me into who I am now, and I am willing to let him keep on moulding along my Christian journey . I pray that my dsis can hear the Lord speaking to her and take comfort in His healing and love.

God bless you all, you wonderful people!

Good evening! Was intending to be able to come say hello to everyone a lot sooner, but DH was installing Anti-Virus software and wotnot onto our computer and it took a lot longer than he thought it would - Typical! He's safely installed doing the last coat of paint in the dining room, so I thought I'd take the opportunity to pop in and say hi!!

Thank you for the update on Dave and Sue Marsy - sounds like good stuff!! Hope all the tests etc go ok - must be v.tiring and gruelling for them both, especialy knowing that it is not going to stop for a long old time yet. I have been praying for Mandy and her boys, especially at this Christmas Time then they will be missing daddy / hubby most keenly. It must be a very tough time for them and I am praying for strength and wisdom in all situations. Do keep us up-to-date. How are you anyway honey??

@ DT's Bedtime Breakthrough Sooz!! Fab stuff! Praying it is as good tonight. My two slept a lot this afternoon and had the excitment of Grandma and Grandpa coming for tea so have only just settled, which is v.unusual for them - and not v.nice for us!!

Bless you not noticing the Christmas decs etc had gone Rosey! Glad you had a fab time at your old church!

Defintely praying for madamreynard and her DC's, what a frightening situation to be in, particularly in another country that is not your own. Thank you for the reminder mufti - How are you??

Praying for your DH as he part of this decision making process tomorrow Panda - Praying especially for wisdom.

WeirdBird!!!!!!!! Congratualtions Honey!!!!! I am over the moon for you - absolutely fabtastic news, soooooo pleased everything happened naturally in the end, much nicer!! Hannah Elizabeth is gorgeous - Broody, Broody, Broody!!!!!! (Lucky I am preggers really!!) Hope everything is going well - Beautiful name btw - How is DD taking it? How is DH? How are you?? Wonderful - Our 1st Christian Prayer Request Thread Baby - Fabulous!! Yey!!

Oooooh, keep meaning to say - could you please all pray for a lovely, lovely lady who is in my Book Group. She has malignant melonomas on both her legs. She is very uncertain and frightened right now. She has a long way to go before she knows the exact prognosis. It is all v. and scary. Thank you!

Just wanted to say "Good Morning" everyone. Lots to pray for - you are all in my prayers! I'm not even going to ATTEMPT to list everyone!

A couple of questions though:

LWTG How are things going with you and your DH?

RL how did you get on at church yesterday?

God Bless

Mary