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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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CocoaLeaves · 02/03/2017 20:40

Oh, sad, experience of mental health issues is that withdrawing from life in many ways is part of the illness. But it is almost like God is calling you at the right point, to help you reach out for the help you need. I am truly sorry to hear of your depression - it can be very debilitating and scary, but you do not need me to tell you that. But do not make yourself feel worse by feeling bad because you 'lost' God, He was always there and He is holding you close. That is a sacred feeling.

Mindfulness meditation has been, literally, a Godsend for me, forgive the choice of words. I have been practising meditation alongside prayer for three years now, and even in the midst of utmost panic, noticing the sky, or a flower, or a person makes me remember I am part of something larger, which is beyond what I know. But you are in the very early stages of recovery and only you can judge what you can manage. Small steps.

I have not read the book you cite, but I will look for it.

musicposy · 02/03/2017 20:52

Dutchoma I'm sure the prayers have helped.

sadandanxious I too received a lot of help on here some years back and am just posting after long time lurking. I'm so sorry to hear of your troubles and will pray for you. I think faith has ups and downs for everyone - but I tend to forget God more when my life is all going swimmingly and come back at crisis points, which I need to rectify. How terrifying for you to get so low as to be suicidal Sad. May God hold you in His arms and protect you Flowers

musicposy · 03/03/2017 09:30

I could do with prayers for strength today and for my gastro appointment this afternoon. I woke up this morning feeling terribly sick after a night of racing pulse and nightmares - which is a pretty usual occurance the last couple of months but today was bad. I'm still trying not to be sick now. No CT scan result yet. I'm afraid I just sobbed all over my 17 yo DD (the only one in the house at the time) and said what was the point of carrying on like this. It's been over 2 months now feeling unbearably ill every single day, with no answer, no end in sight. I know I'm putting a huge strain on my family.

I'm just really hoping that they find an answer today and don't just fob me off (which the GP did for a good few weeks). It's a miserable existence feeling this ill all the time and I really do need strength to keep going.

sadandanxious · 03/03/2017 09:32

Thank you so much all. I like that idea Oma. I think it's definitely something I can try. My DP and I were talking things through earlier this week and he mentioned I need to accept the way I feel instead of fighting it and that's it's okay to feel the way I do and only then through acceptance of my current situation can I move forwards. I think that ties in nicely with giving up not loving myself.

cocoa I am glad you find mindfulness helpful too. The Sky or flowers or trees (they're a big one for me) seem to ground me a lot.

musicposy I'm glad you received support here too. Welcome back to the thread. I hope you find it as supportive this time as you did last. Flowers to you too.

sadandanxious · 03/03/2017 09:33

I'm sorry musicposy I must have cross posted with you. I hope and pray they find an answer for you. And I pray that no matter what the result you feel completely held by and loved by God.

Lissette · 03/03/2017 09:58

Thinking of you today especially this afternoon musicposy. Praying for some good news.

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Dutchoma · 03/03/2017 10:41

Praying for this afternoon Musicposy. I'm just hoping that you will see someone to whom it instantly clicks and who knows what to do about it.

sadandanxious, yes, accepting yourself as you are and as God has made you is more than half the battle of fighting depression. It is not so hard that God 'loves' us, but half the time we feel that He has a 'could do better' attitude.

Maybe we could think about that a bit, because, obviously, God wants us to be the best we can be and would therefore urge us on?

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Orchidflower1 · 03/03/2017 11:41

Praying for all on this thread and those in rl who have physical and mental health neads that we may feel the love of God.

I went for a short walk yesterday as part of my " doing something and caring for myself" during lent. Was a beautiful day so not too hard. It is grey here but I pray that god will grant me calmness and strength for school run and walk later.

I am glad you are getting help sadandanxious. Sometimes I don't meditate properly but just have my headspace app playing on headphones whilst I'm doing little bits around the house - I find it soothing. The headspace app helps - have you tried Tara brach too - cocoa recommended her to me a while ago.

sadandanxious · 03/03/2017 12:31

I think Oma if I think about the "could do better" I feel overwhelmed and feel like I'm failing God. Maybe I'm taking it the wrong way.

Orchid your short walk sounds good. It was a beautiful day yesterday wasn't it. I pray too that God gives you calmness and strength. Is Tara brach on YouTube? I'll have to look into her and also try the head space app.

Lissette · 03/03/2017 12:57

I think Dutchoma means that God is a loving Father encourages us and is not the stern figure who judges our progress. Often we are the ones who are hardest on ourselves. ( forgive me Dutchoma if I have misrepresented you)

Lissette · 03/03/2017 12:58

'Who encourages us' I meant to write...

Lissette · 03/03/2017 14:28

Sorry! Dutchoma was clear but I misread Sad's post. I was on a jumpy bus, in my defence and got the wrong end of the stick.

Praying for Musicposy

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Dutchoma · 03/03/2017 16:08

That's just it, sad, when we think about God telling us to 'try harder' or 'could do better' we feel overwhelmed and not sure that He loves us at all. Although our head says that, of course, God loves us, we often think He does not appear to approve much. I think we need to get over that somehow and in this time of Lent think more about His love than of our disapproval of ourselves

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Lissette · 03/03/2017 19:37

I find because Lent is about repentance that I stray into being hard on myself.

CocoaLeaves · 03/03/2017 19:42

I need to catch up on the thread, but the clear (and unbidden) image in my meditation (before which I prayed for guidance) was to put the stick down and stop beating myself up, and to live with the light of the Lord in me. I am dealing with a lot of darkness, but the more light, the easier it is to dispel the darkness. That was just to Lissette last post.
I have prayed for all on this thread and will read through properly later

Lissette · 03/03/2017 20:39

Thanks cocoa Flowers

Colabottles64 · 04/03/2017 06:22

Hello all, first time posting in the prayer thread with a humble request to ask you to please consider me in your prayers

Struggling with infertility and conceiving a second child & sibling for our beloved DD. It had weighed very heavily on my mind & heart as time has gone on. Feeling very drawn back to God & to prayer now, longing for some spiritual strength to help DH & I. Psalm 63 has always struck a chord. Please pray for us x

sadandanxious · 04/03/2017 13:44

Thanks for clarifying Oma. That makes sense.

BlackeyedSusan · 04/03/2017 15:58

Prayers for orchid and cocoa with anxiety and ex/h s and anyone else with anxiety.

prayers for music to be better/scan/diagnosis and treatment etc.

I am off to ex's to do washing, crocheting and sniffling and whining in between loading and unloading, and I shall try to remember some of you while there. attention span of an amoeba rather than rudeness

musicposy · 04/03/2017 16:43

Hi all, gastro appointment was a bit rubbish, no CT scan result yet, in fact the consultant didn't seem to have any of the notes she was meant to have from the other doctor and to top it off the biopsies they took from an endoscopy in Jan have just gone missing, nothing in my notes about it ever happening at all. I thought they were trying to cover that they'd lost them when I was in hospital but now all record of them ever having done it seems to have been deleted from my notes. You couldn't make it up. She said she would chase the CT scan and contact me, so still in limbo.

However, lovely DD1 has come back from London for the weekend to see me and that's lifted all our spirits. It means DD2 can go off with her boyfriend for the day tomorrow instead of them both here looking after me (he's a lovely lad but I feel awful them having to babysit me every weekend - DH usually works weekends). DD1 is currently helping DD2 prepare for a ballet audition and they're really enjoying themselves. It's lovely to hear them happy.

Colabottles we faced infertility after DD2 and It was very, very tough (even though we had two), so I really sympathise. It must be even harder when you're longing for your DD to have a sibling into the mix. Keep posting, I'm praying for you Flowers

Praying for and thinking of everyone else on here who has troubles and thank you to all.

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Dutchoma · 04/03/2017 18:44

Colabottles welcome. Infertility is very hard to cope with, I remember how hard I found it not to become pregnant again after we had no 1. There are no easy answers either, the only thing I would say is to stay close to God and not to worry about it. Worry is a terrible enemy of fertility. And in the end it is God Who will decide what is best for you, try not to argue with Him.

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Colabottles64 · 04/03/2017 23:24

Im so grateful for your kind prayers & humbled to know you are thinking of us, it really helps. I realise that I've been so fixated on these issues of ours that I've become very inward looking and barely thought about anyone else for a long while. praying thanks for your kindness and for your intentions x

Orchidflower1 · 05/03/2017 09:38

Welcome colabottles praying for you. It must be so hard for you and your dh. If you can pray together it must help that your dh shred your faith.

oma hope you're all better now - been meaning to ask for ages (but I know you don't like a fuss 🌸)

Thank you to all who have prayed regarding my homelife and anxiety. This afternoon going to mil - stressful even before I was ill- but ds had bday in the week and in laws ( understandably) want to see him. Haven't seen some sil for 12-1onths nervous about going but praying I will be calm. Dh told mil we are only staying 60-90 min which she wasn't happy about but I think it's better than nothing. Please pray I am calm.

Orchidflower1 · 05/03/2017 09:40

colabottle I meant shared not shred! Typos due to stick on nails ( to make me feel more presentable to sil) and anxiety x

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Dutchoma · 05/03/2017 21:11

I've heard from Dont Her dh is home but still quite uncomfortable. Her dmother has not been very helpful to say the least. The phone that she uses for MN has got lost and is out of battery so she can't find it. Please remember her in your prayers.

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