Christian Prayer Request Thread - The Bible Bashers "March" Onwards ......

[CaptainDippy]

I am just so darn cheeeeeesy!!

Here's the summary of Feb's Prayer Requests ......

Shonaspurtle - Friend's 4m old DS was taken off life support at the beginning of the month - Strength and support for the family as they deal with his death.

fannyannie - Things are going well with DH! Praying for them as they give their relationship a 2nd chance and as they attend Relate. Praying for FA as she is PG with no3 esp. Prayers also for DH's work situation.

Toady - Her sister died at the beginning of the month. Prayers for the family and her boyfriend as they come to terms with her death.

morningpaper - Prayers for DD who has a broken collar bone.

saffymum - Prayers for her and her family. Her DH is working v.long hours and her 3 DS is v.hard work - She is feeling very tired and stressed atm.

CaptainCaveman - Lots of prayers for her alcoholic DSis who is currently going through intensive counselling sessions. Prayers esp for her DD who lives with her. Continued prayers as CC reducing her meds for depression and anxiety.

footprints - Currently in the process of moving house and starting new jobs etc - Prayers for the whole family, esp their little DD as they adjust to BIG changes in their lives.

longwaytogo - Continued prayers as she and her DH decide about their future. DH is due to move our of the fmaily soon. Prayers for strength and love to fill their household at this time. Prayers for a Salvation Army Officer's 19 yr old daughter who has been kidnapped in Equador. Prayers for a friend's sister whose DH has died, circumstances unknown as yet.

pepperrabbit - Prayers for her friend whose DH has died after being involved in a car crash. They have three small children.

sleepychunky - Expecting 1st baby in June and feeling v.anxious and low atm.

NearlyThree - Continued protection for her and her family. Praise God her relationship with DH is going well atm.

Belganmama - Prayers for friends who are desperately TTC DC2.

marshmellow - Lots of prayers for her as she is very confused about being PG and considering an abortion.

MaryBS - Prayers that she finds time for R&R in her busy life! Prayers for her bro in Basra and his family in the UK. Prayers for her friends whose adoption is possibly falling through.

SleepySooz - Twins are sleeping - Praise God! Prayers for DH who has been given a written warning at work - keep his job safe Lord! Prayers for her as she has hypnotherapy for emetophobia.

RoseyLea - Continued prayers for her as she makes decisions about new church and moving home.

mumtogusandalbie - Has seperated from DH since last year - prayers for the situation there. Esp for her boys. Prayers for her Vicar's son who is currently undergoing chemo for cancer.

weirdbird - Prayers for wee Hannah who is suffering from terrible reflux - Prayers for sleep and opportunities for WB to do some work!!

Ghost - Prayers for her church as they raise money for a new building - recent concert raised £800!! Praise God!!

Twiga - Feeling a bit atm - Has lot on her plate - PG, small toddler and poss of DH getting new job (prayers needed!) She also has her driving test on March 31st! Milliways - Has quit job and has a new one, which she should be starting soon. Prayers for her DH as he contemplates a new job too.

NotQuiteSoGrownUp - Prayers for DS1 as he struggles at school.

PandaG - Prayers for her as she wears her Ash Cross again this Lent. Feeling grumpy atm and has been involved in car crash. She is ok, but feeling shaken.

JBW - Prayers for step father who is dying of cancer, esp for his 90 yr old DW. Prayers that she would find the ideal job soon!!

Worzella- Prayers for her as she tries to decide what to do when her maternity leave ends in the summer.

Jockey - Continued prayers for DS who has been struggling at school (selective mutism.)

Lorns - Has requested prayers for an MNer hwo is confused about her faith. Lorns has directed her to a good church!

Podmog - Prayers for her as she struggles to BF Big George! Praying he puts on weight and doesn't need formula top-up - Prayers for Podmog as struggles with feelings of inadequency as a mummy (unwarranted, I might add....)

Mars - Continued prayers for Dave and Sue - Dave is doing well, but Sue is little concerned he is "not himself" atm.

CaptainDippy Prayers for her as her DH and struggle a little in their marraige and as they attend marraige course at local church. Prayers for DD2 who has been v."out of sorts" lately. Prayers for the family as they go away on their first family holiday next week!! Erm. I know there is more stuff, but brain-sieve is not working .... I am sure I will remember as the month unfolds....

Get Praying Guys!!!

....and don't forget the Meet-Up on Sat 7th July in Oxford!! Sign up link will be posted in a mo.....

I guess everyone was busy being spoilt for mothers day yesterday seeing the lack of posts (tongue in cheek emoticon).

Hope everyone is as happy as they can be, and if not then please take some lovely sunniness from Nottingham .

Still doing ok without the ads (now 8 days drug free!) and the dizziness/vagueness is definately lessening. Not sure whats happening to me emotionally though! I think perhaps that now I can finally feel real emotions (after counselling and drugs have stopped), I find I'm amazed by what I'm feeling.
Our church is really family orientated and we had a lovely mothering sunday service yesterday. The first hymn was "Praise him on the trumpet" (sorry if title wrong!) and they encouraged the little ones to grab instruments and play along with the band. Ds ran up and grab a shaker thing then stood at the front waving it around and jumping up and down smiling. I couldn't sing because I was crying so much with happiness!! And now I've made myself cry again just typing this!!! Crazy lady .

Happy to be alive, even if I do cry at silly things!

Awww, lovely post CCM. So pleased that things are going well for you.

Morning CD. Hmm tricky question. Well, DS1 was so excited about it all that he has spent most of the last week dissolving into tears at the slightest thing. Then the party itself was very very noisy, but I think they all had fun.

(These 12 little boys play football together at break/lunchtime school each day and we had a marvellous glimpse into what happens. If the ball goes out, or someone fouls someone, everyone stops and shouts - loudly - at each other until they reach some sort of concensus and then they carry on!! Dh was poised in the middle of the pitch, with his whistle in his hand looking quite bemused!!)

How are you now?

Good morning everyone else! God bless all.

Morning! Doing better (thank you for prayers...) Off to drs in a mo as I think I have an ear infection - yuk. DH is coming home to lok after DD2 who is sleeping and a friend has gone out with DD1, which is nice!

Glad you are doing so well Fellow Captain - Great stuff - Praise God!

Glad the Party went ok NQSGU - LOL to the boys' way of dealing with their 'football issues' - poor DH, did he get to blow his whistle at all!!!?

Best go as need to wash up breakfast before I head out ...

Hmm, yes, he blew it lots!! They all looked at him in a rather surprised way, then carried on shouting!! I think that dh was rather traumatised by it all!

I think the least said about Mothering Sunday the better!

Suffice it to say, we all had an EXCELLENT time at Legoland on Saturday, which may explain why everyone was so tired and grumpy yesterday!

Hi everyone - my puter is finally fixed YIPPEE!!!!

LWTGo - very sorry to hear about your MIL but as others have said, at least she is no longer suffering. Prayers for you at this sad time.

CaptainDippy - sorry to hear you have not been feeling so good. How did you get on at the doctors? Continuing to pray for your happiness.

NQGUp - LOL at your DS1 birthday party antics! I'm sure things would follow a similar pattern if my DS1 was with his friends playing football!

CaptainCaveman - really good to hear that you are so happy at the moment. Well done for being drug free. I am trying to come off of Paroxetine at the moment but really struggling. Am now down to 7ml every other day but it has taken about 6 mths to get this far! I estimate another 6 to go. Your service on Sunday sounds similar to ours. My DS2 fell asleep after about 10 mins so after laying him on some spare seats I danced with my DS2 to all the songs! DS1 was then snoring and my cousin got a fit of the giggles which was quite amusing! (She is 40 by the way - not 15!!)

MaryBS - glad you had a good time at Legoland. I think you had the last of the good weather for a while! My boys have just been playing in the farden as it was snowing and we don't see too much snow in the SE - they wanted to make the most of it!

CaptainDippy - you asked if I still love my H and the answer is I guess I will always love him but we will never get back together now because I know that he will never change and I can not therefore trust him. I need to move on for my sake - i just feel that I can not wait forever for something that I just don't believe will ever happen. For us to have ever stood a chance, he would have to stop drinking altogether (because he can not drink in small amounts - he does everything to excess) and he would have to stop smoking dope, which I know he does not want to do because he says that it helps him relax and sleep. In my experience, the dope just exaggerates his depression and anxiety feelings. So to sum all that up - we will never get back together but I hope that we can always be friends.

My life has been quite normal for the last couple of days. Mothering Sunday service at church then dinner with my mum, dad and the boys. Work today and now the normal bedtime routine - my favourite time of the day!! I love knowing that very soon I can sit down on my own with a nice cup of tea and relax properly for the first time all day and I also like the snuggles whilst reading stories and listening to DS1 read!

God bless to you all

p.s. - MaryBS - I am still definately interested in doing to the bible study thread if you still want to do it.

Evening - brain not processing stuff properly at all; so may well be rather random post ....

All ok in DippyLand - DH off at church meeting, I'm home alone! Thinking I neeeed a hot chocolate - shame we haven't got any marshmallows..... Oh well....

Had spray for ear infection - hope it clears it up!!

Sorry your Mothering Sunday was ful of grumpy tiredness Mary - Glad you thoroughly enjoyed LegoLand though!

Thank you for being so honest MTGAA - I hope and pray you can remain friends too! Glad yesterday was good for you with family etc

Love and Prayers to all ....

That should read have spray, not had spray btw!

Hello all!

Hope you are all okay!

Glad you had a great time at Legoland, Mary! Sorry that Sunday was a bit of a downer...

HOw are you CD? HOw are things at home?

M2G&A and CCM, so glad to hear that you are finding your joy in the Lord! May you spread it infectiously to all around you!

LWTG I am praying for you. I continue to pray the words of Psalm 20, which are so far better than my own.

Well I am back from my retreat which I really enojoyed.... I felt that God was speaking to me even as I drove up the pathway to the retreat house...I noticed so many beautiful daffodils and primroses, and thought to myself "Well I never knew there were so many flowers here" (I've been there 3 or 4 times in the past) and quick as lightning I felt God say to me "That's because when you've been here before you've come during the winter, and now it's the spring and new life is springing up" - and I knew that was me, Ive been through a winter season of the soul and praise God it is coming to an end! I thought of the verse in Song of Songs where it says:

"For arise my darling, my beautiful one,
and come along.
For behold the winter is past
the rain is over and gone.
The flowers have already appeared in the land...." (S of S 2 v10 -11)

I think back to when I started posting here on MN and what a big muddle I felt my life was, and I can see that God is bringing new hope, new clarity, new purpose and praise to Him...thank you Lord! i was working through some issues there too, which have left me a bit thoughtful..I've had lots of deep chats with dh since I've been back.

I went to an incredibly inspiring church on Sunday too, and heard a woman speak who is a missionary in Mozambique. SHe and her husband have taken in literally thousands of children and started lots of churches there, among the very poorest people you could imagine (I saw a video of them and it was so moving - I was trying hard not to cry!) Her words made such a deep imprint on me - I guess it was her values, her holding so light to the things of this world, her total dependence on God and her willingness to go to the poorest and live as one of them - I have pretty much recited the sermon to dh since I got back! She said "Blessed are you, mothers, because God has given you the best teachers on earth" (i.e. children). What a lovely perspective.

So I'm back to work now and back to reality...I'm going to fill out my forms tomorrow for the course to minister in the local hospital under the auspices of the chaplaincy service - the course starts in a few weeks' time.

Please pray that I don't lose what God is saying to me and doing in me, that I can stay close to Him even when life is really busy. Thank you!

HI All, praying for your situations...

Roseylea - was that Heidi and Rolland Baker? They are coming to our church at the weekend to do a conference...

Feeling quite unreasonably stressed out with life at the moment and so would value prayers for a more Godly perspective on life - I just can't seem to get the balance right at all -

Beautiful post rosey - Thank you for that - God is doing a work in you!

Praying for you and your increasing stress-levels Worz hon - [hugs]

Off to bed - brain is mush .....

Gosh - where is everyone atm?? It is v.quiet on here all of a sudden!! Keep the thread alive guys!!

Hi

will you warn me when you post such nice things - I keep crying!!!
Have just taken a break from wallpapering before I start painting, thought I'd pop in and say hello.

Your retreat sounds fabulous Rosey, beautiful and so pleased you were able to spend time with the Lord. I pray that we are all able to be as close to the Lord as you are at the moment.

I'm off to Bristol tomorrow to see an old friend (haven't seen one another in 9 years!). Really looking forwards to it. Am taking ds with me too.

Love and prayers to all xxx

Enjoy your time away Fellow Captain! What are you decorating atm? We seriously need to crack on with the spare room ....

Hello all

Sorry to hear about your MIL LOngway. Am continuing to pray for you and your family.

Life ok here in the Pandacave. Am in the throes of preparing for school disco - first one I have been in charge of! Had a minor accident comig over the Snake Pass on Sunday, DH skidded on black ice and bounced off the side of the road. THanks God for keeping us safe!

Praying for you all. xx

Hi Panda!!

I've been reading and praying for you all, just not had a lot of time to post!

Panda - as you say, THANK GOD for keeping you all safe!!!! Snake pass is in the Lake District isn't it? Isn't it that really hairy road in the middle of nowhere (or am I thinking of another "pass" )

RL - so good to hear how its going for you! I know what you mean about really appreciating God's gifts to us - its something I've become so much more aware of too! I'd love to hear more about your retreat. I have friends who worked for a charity in Mozambique, for a number of years. They were based in Maputo...

MTGAA - feel free to post on the bible study thread, lets see if we can kickstart it! Of course, if you prefer, I could post the readings for the next sermon I'm doing, and you can all help me write it (cheeky of me I know, but it worked so well last time! )

LWTG - so sorry to hear about your MIL - remember you in my prayers!

CD - how are you? Praying for your ear infection (if that is what it is - how did you get on at the Docs?)

God bless all, would post more, but have to check on the kiddiwinks!

As for Sunday, I ran away in the end, ended up in the Cathedral, halfway through evensong, and caught the sermon, which was all about how Joseph didn't run away but looked after Mary and Jesus. I told the priest afterwards that I hadn't run away, I'd escaped for an hour, which made him laugh. I went back home refreshed after my break, it felt like the sermon was designed to help me!

Yes, it was an ear infection - just an external ear canal one, not a middle / inner ear one, which is good! Have anti-B spray now, so should hopefully clear up asap. Thank you for your prayers.

Gotta go - DD2 screaming her head off and daddy coping on his own .....

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Just a very quick post as I've had such a busy day and a hot bath is luring me upstairs!

Worzella, yes it was Heidi and Rolland Baker. They are fab! Listen to them as much as you can!

I know this may sound stupid podmog but is ther nowhere in the church that you can sit where the other person cannot see you? Then you could be free to be the person you want to be.

Keep praying that this situation will resolve itself if not then maybe time for minister to get involved. Would having a face to face meeting with a third person help, sometimes we are afraid of confrontation when in fact when we do it and face it it isn't half as bad as we thought it would be plus it would mean that both parties woudl be able to air their opinions and maybe fix a thing or two if not at leasst know where each other is coming from.

Bit of a ramble I know but it may well work.

Fellow Cap'n I am doing the hall, stairs and landing . I did it 10 years ago when we first moved in but ds came up to me last week with a 'gift' for me - a 7" piece of wallpaper from smack in the middle of the stairs!! So, not entirely intentional mission.
However, after stripping the bottom half and repapering, I decided to paint the top half magnolia so now looks much brighter and airier. Just one more coat should do it !!

can't wait to go to Bristol, I've never been before. Anyone recommend anywhere to go for a day out on thursday?

hello all

please could I ask for prayers for an old family friend. She has just arrived for 3 weeks holiday in Florida with my folks and within an hour of being there collapsed and was taken to hospital. Initially they thought it was food poisoning but she's still in 2 days later and waiting to have ana MRI scan on her kidneys (she is a Type 2 diabetic but normally well controlled).
They are due to start a cruise this saturday too!!
Thankyou all.

Hope everyone is ok btw? We're setting off for Bristol soon!!!

captaincaveman - re bristol. you could visit bristol zoo, ss great britain, or my fave @bristol, which is ace, lot of hands on stuff.

Good morning all

Praying for your friend in Florida CCM. Praying for her recovery and that she might find friendly faces around her whilst she is in hospital too.

Now, ds2 is pushing all of the boundaries at the moment - very determinedly. I know that patience is a fruit of the spirit, but I aint growing any! Could I ask for prayers please for me to find a right balance between patience (the real stuff, not just throwing in the towel and hoping that he'll be five soon