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Christian prayer thread

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Dutchoma · 10/11/2016 07:34

Just starting a new thread without any embellishments so it doesn't run out.
Please add any concerns/witterings/names to it.
Love to you all.

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BlackeyedSusan · 25/01/2017 11:31

hugs lovely Oma

QofF · 25/01/2017 19:29

Praying for you Oma- that you who gives so much can have many more Peter's around you holding you up, walking you through this period and consoling you. Hugs Flowers

Bloomed · 25/01/2017 22:05

I've just lit you a candle Oma. Prayers offered up.

Dutchoma · 26/01/2017 07:36

You are all so lovely, thank you. I heard something lovely about my blanket a few days ago which still makes me well up. I look at that blanket and stroke it and it gives so much comfort.

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Lissette · 26/01/2017 09:14

'tis lovely Dutchoma. I spy a windmill, I think.

Dutchoma · 26/01/2017 09:51

Yes, there is. You can see the whole blanket on the Woolly Hugs website under past projects. It was handed over to me by Pistey herself on the 5th December 2014.

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Dontbesilly · 26/01/2017 10:38

Dear Oma. I really do feel for you. I am so pleased that you have Peter and that he is so caring and tuned in. I know that you miss Bob so much and it's difficult for you. I am pleased that you have shared with us just how you are feeling. I hope that you can find comfort in our thoughts, prayers and words.

Your blanket is gorgeous. I am not surprised that you feel so much comfort from it. I think I would wrap myself up in it and just feel warm and comfortable and sit for as long as I needed. It really is a beautiful treasured piece of work and love has gone into every stitch for you. Flowers

I hope that you can feel a bit better. I think about you very much and you are always there for others with the right words. A blend of good advice and common sense which you need as in difficult times you can't see things clearly and the most comforting words of prayer and from the Bible, carefully chosen to bring comfort and strength for longer than you might think.

I will pray for you, for you to find comfort and strength and that you can find that you feel better. Flowers

Prayers for zombie. It's clear that she is a very special person who means a lot to so many people. I hope that she is very comfortable and getting the very best of care and that she and everyone around her feels God's love around them. Prayers.

I went to the dentist as my teeth are currently wired and cemented together after the accident and I needed to go after a month. I had an xray and it revealed that my front tooth is broken in the jaw bone. 8 teeth at the front are damaged and the two eye teeth either side of the front teeth are cracked in half and not able to support some of the options available to replace the front tooth. The dentist said that the eye teeth will bring problems and most likely need removing in the next ten years. I didn't want dentures. I know that it's vain and only teeth. I have opted for implants. It's going to cost a few thousand pounds and the nhs does cover treatment for people involved in an accident as well as for medical reasons and need extensive dental work, but I think from what the dentist said, that where a claim against another person is an option the nhs might not agree to treat me I might have to pursue a claim. have been told that it's a good idea to claim from the insurance company of the other driver.

This brings anxiety. A solicitor has to argue with the other persons insurance company for compensation and the insurance company obviously will fight back. I am quite teary about the whole accident still and I am quite resentful to the other driver as I don't know what the situation was regarding the accident and the insurance company seems to think that the investigation into it is now complete and is moving along with things. I suppose that I feel like the injured party and not in the loop as if I don't count and it's not important. Yet I am living with the injuries and finding out the extent of them still. I need surgery and dentistry but I am not fit for it until my broken neck is OK. I feel sorry for myself I suppose and there is no outlet as in RL I am met with it was an accident and concentrate on getting better. When I just want to know was it and what caused it. I feel that this could help me with recovering if I could feel like I understand things and feel like the courtesy of someone going through the findings with me.

Thinking of everyone and keeping you all in prayer. Lissette I love the prayer you posted. I read it a couple of times and each time I found sense and comfort in different parts. I like praying and then opening my bible at a random page and reading through the page. The times that the words are spot on is incredible and I feel supported and cared for by God and so thankful for this. I have suggested this to my dc and they too have found it very comforting when they have a difficult time with something.

Madhairday · 26/01/2017 15:47

Oma Flowers

Your blanket is so beautiful and I know it was created with so much love in every part. I'm so glad you had Peter to hold you and pray with you. I'm holding you now in prayer before the Father who loves you just beyond words. We love you very much here on MN dear one.

Dont, that sounds incredibly painful and frustrating. Praying for freedom from pain and for emotional healing. You have been through so much.

Dutchoma · 26/01/2017 16:08

Dont when I had an accident in 2005 (nothing anywhere as serious as what you had - I tripped over a hosepipe left by a car wash and broke m arm) I had a solicitor on a no win no fee basis. You need to involve someone as soon as possible, someone to act on your behalf and make a claim against the other driver. You cannot possibly do this yourself. Among the papers the hospital gave you there will be the names of solicitors who will undertake for you. There must also be police reports and the solicitors will look at those for you as well.
Please don't let anybody tell you that you don't matter, you are indeed very much the injured party here and somebody needs to fight on your behalf. The insurance company of the other driver will try to minimise their loss as much as possible and they need to be stopped and take their responsibilties seriously. Please let your husband make a call tomorrow, there may be a time limit.

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CocoaX · 26/01/2017 16:41

I am sorry to jump in, please can you pray for me? More correspondence. I was expecting a Writ served but it is asking for mediation along with other demands. I do not know if I can put myself in that position- people who know the situation say not. On the other hand, it might help find a non-combative solution. I don't know any more. I just wonder at what point I listen to my inside voice of I cannot do this anymore. It seems like it will never end.

I am sorry for not replying to you yet dont

Madhairday · 26/01/2017 18:51

Praying for you, Cocoa, especially to know God's voice of wisdom.

Could I please ask for prayer for a dear friend of mine who has a rare tumour, can't really say more but things are getting worse and she is having to make decisions about surgery etc. She is so very lovely. Please pray for her.

Lissette · 26/01/2017 22:28

Praying for don't, cocoa and MHD's friend...meant to write a longer post but events overtook tonight. Will do so soon.

News from Zombie's bedside is that she is very poorly and on a lot of morphine. Prayers for dearest Zombie too.

Dutchoma · 26/01/2017 23:06

Preserve us O Lord while waking and guard us while sleeping that awake we may watch with Christ and asleep we may rest in peace.

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ZipadiSoozi · 26/01/2017 23:09

Hi all! Prayers please, feeling disjointed, a tough couple of months. DC been very poorly a few scares but all ok now, dh also been poorly not worked for a month, I had spinal surgery last September just started back to work so major broke after such a long time off work! Literally have £35 per week for food!

Parent problems causing fractures within family! I seem to be piggy in the middle!

Trying to stay strong but feel very trapped, want to escape! Sorry haven't gone into health details but trying to move forward, coming off AD's gradually, off all pain killers so that's good!

Can see improvements so working on that! Just family and work demands hard.

Anyway after months off MN hello everyone!

Lissette · 26/01/2017 23:18

Prayers Zipadi for you coming through such a tough time.

Needed that prayer Dutchoma - amen. X

Dutchoma · 27/01/2017 07:19

Soozi, darling Soozi, I had no idea, I'm so sorry. Praying that things will get better very soon and that all your health improves.
Praying also for CocoaX, for Dont and for all struggling with ill health and lack of money in this cold weather.

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Dontbesilly · 27/01/2017 13:31

Cocoa I am praying for you. Please do only what you can cope with and feel comfortable with. It's important that you feel you can listen to and act on your inside voice. Remember you are important and valuable and have the right to do things that you are comfortable with and not anything else. I get that this letter and situation brings anxiety and worry and I would be exactly the same as you. I pray for you for strength and peace to get through this and not let it get to you as you have already been through enough. I am pleased that you have RL support too. Please keep us posted on how you are doing. Thinking of you Flowers

Oma I have spoken to a reputable local solicitors who are confident of my situation and a claim. I need to book an appointment with dh coming to. I will let you know how it goes. Sorry to hear about your accident. Sounds nasty and I bet it was a shock. Hoping you are not troubled by it anymore.

Mad, prayers for your lovely friend. I pray for her decision making and her health and everyone around her. It's always the lovely people isn't it and it's not fair. Glad she has you too for support Flowers

Dontbesilly · 27/01/2017 13:33

Poor zombie. My thoughts and prayers for her and everyone concerned Flowers

Dontbesilly · 27/01/2017 13:44

Prayers for you too soozi. I can totally understand your situation and I pray for you that things start to improve. Being poorly and not earning is quite scary. Praying for you. Hoping you are on the mend.

Dutchoma · 27/01/2017 19:46

No, the accident does not really bother me at all now and I got a massive payout, beyond what the solicitors expected. It has made all the difference.
The only lasting effect is a numb patch on my left hand, which I notice when I try to feel it, but it does not stop me doing anything. It's over ten years ago.

Yours is much more serious and I am glad to are now involving a solicitor.

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girlandboy · 27/01/2017 19:57

Hi, new here. And a bit of a lapsed faith thing going on. I'm estranged from my elderly mother due to a lot of emotional abuse which finally culminated in her physically attacking me nearly 4 years ago. I feel full of guilt that I don't see her anymore, yet I just CAN'T go back to how it was before. I need some prayers to help me cope with my feelings. There are some health worries now with DH but I can't seem to concentrate on that because of thoughts of my mother. I would like to turn off my brain and find some inner peace.

Dutchoma · 27/01/2017 21:44

girlandboy welcome.
Such a difficult situation for you, but really nobody would expect you to go back into an emotionally abusive situation, let alone a situation in which your mother actually attacked you.

You have every reason to protect yourself from abuse and to avoid seeing her if you expect her to attack you again. It will probably not stop you feeling guilty about it, but it is really your mother's behaviour making it impossible for you to see her.
I wonder if you could pray for her and ask for God's blessing on her? Would it help if you handed your mother over to God, who is fair and just and loves her in spite of her failings. It would be a shame if you could not look after your husband because of the thoughts of your mother taking pride of place in your head. She does not deserve that and neither do you deserve to feel so bad over something that is clearly not your fault.

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girlandboy · 27/01/2017 21:59

Thanks Dutchoma. I do pray for my mother every night, but it's a good idea to hand her over to God. I just can't bring myself to be in contact with her any more. The last time I saw her was 6 months ago at my Dad's funeral, and she did write to me a couple of months ago saying that "surely the bridges between us weren't beyond repair!" I think they are. I think I will have to pray that God looks after her because I can't. My faith has taken a real shaking over this, partly as my mother is such an ardent church goer (and I'm not) and yet her behaviour doesn't seem to fit with that.

girlandboy · 27/01/2017 21:59

Thanks Dutchoma. I do pray for my mother every night, but it's a good idea to hand her over to God. I just can't bring myself to be in contact with her any more. The last time I saw her was 6 months ago at my Dad's funeral, and she did write to me a couple of months ago saying that "surely the bridges between us weren't beyond repair!" I think they are. I think I will have to pray that God looks after her because I can't. My faith has taken a real shaking over this, partly as my mother is such an ardent church goer (and I'm not) and yet her behaviour doesn't seem to fit with that.

Dutchoma · 27/01/2017 23:22

Well done for attending your dad's funeral. And well done for praying for your mother. It is very confusing when Christians behave in a way that is hurtful to others and although bridges between you may not be irreparably damaged, they need very careful approaching and I don't think you should rush to repair them. Why not give it, say, six months in which you try not to think about 'repairing bridges' and being in contact with your mother, but in which you just get on with your life. You may feel differently in six months time and you may not, but at that time you may have a clearer idea about what to do.

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