April Already!!!? MN Christian Prayer Request Thread - The Bible Bashers Continue .......

[CaptainDippy]

Good grief - It is April!!? When did that happen!!? God has taken us through some interesting times this month - Times of Thanksgiving and Praise; Times of Sorrow and Pain - but He IS alive and He is with us ....

Here's a summary of March's Prayer Requests for you all......

Worzella - Has been feeling - worried she might be depressed. Having to make decisions about what to do once her maternity leave ends soon. Big [hugs] and prayers to her ....

LongWayToGo - Has been v.v.v.v.tough for her this month. DH has moved out of the family home and she is struggling to cope with the emotional upheaval etc. MIL died too. Her DH has started drinking again. Prayers for protection over her and her DC's. She also has some health worries with an enlarged Gall Bladder....Finances are v.tight.

PandaG - Prayers for confidence to return following car accident. Prayers for her as she trains for new job.

MaryBS - Prayers for lady at her church who has advanced cancer. Not looking good. Mary is v.busy atm - lots of prayers for rest opportunities and for everything to go smoothly ..... Praise God for friends and BIL's adoptions that have gone through this last month, prayers for them as they embark on a new way of family life..... Prayers for Missinoary Priest shot in J'burg. Prayers for BIL in Iraq and for lost friendship, which has hurt Mary deeply. Prayers too for DS who is seeing Ed.Psych atm.

SleepySooz - Prayers for her new Vicar and his family as they settle in. Praise that hypnotherapy seems to be helping her emetophobia.

Podmog - Praise that DS2 is putting on weight! Church has not been good recently, but prayers for poss opportunities for Podmog's personal involvement with the church, which have been arising ..... Prayers for poor DS1 who has been poorly with ear / chest infections ....

harrisey - Going away for a wee while over Easter - prayers for R&R to be had. Praise that their car has ben recovered after robbery. Prayers for poss future involvement with Latin Link. Prayers that the harriseys can reamin healthy and fit .... Praise God for their Baptism / Dedications in March!

Twiga - Praise that God-daughter who was admitted to hospital is home - prayers for complete recovery. Praying for her PG too!

Pepperrabbit - Cont prayers for friend whose husband died in Feb. Funeral went ok.

Dumbledoresgirl - Prayers as she cont to struggle with Emetophobia.

MumToGusandAlbie - Cont prayers for her as she copes with relationship with her and ex-DH, esp for her precious boys. Prayers for friend's mum who is ungoing cancer treatment. Cont prayers for Vicar's son who is also currently recieving treatment for cancer.

CaptainCaveman - DSis is back at work and managing not to drink during the day! Cont prayers for her and her DD. Praise that CC's med reduction has gone so well!

Roseylea - Prayers for her as she seeks her "vocation", poss that she may join hospital chaplaincy - prayers for child care arrangements etc. DD's excema has been much better since healing service - Praise God! Prayers for mum who has recently has an exploratory op to check out health fears. Rosey's body is "complaining" against her dose of Prednisolone (Steriod), prayers for that. Prayers for general household health.....

NotQuiteSoGrownUp - Has been v.stressed and a bit recently. Finding life a bit tough. DS2 has been boundary pushing and DS1 is involved in a tricky situation. Prayers for resolution and rest....

FannieAnnie - 31 weeks PG, going ok - hoping bubba has turned as was footling breech. Work is not going well - lots of prayer needed there. Prayers for the family of Father Paul Bennett who was stabbed to death in front of his wife in S.Wales recently.

JBW - Cont prayers for mum and nan as they cope with the loss of her S.Father and for her too. Praise God she got the new job she wanted!!

Mars - On-going prayers for Dave and Sue - Dave still "not himself" .... any update recently Marsy?? Prayers for 2 babies recently delivered who are struggling....

Pirategirl - Divorce going through - feeling v. and struggling.

KittyLette - Mum poss has cancer, v.frightened. Lots of prayers needed.

Squeakybub - Prayers for DP's S.mum who is critically ill in hospital following road accident.

Chloe55 - Prayers for friend who "sold his soul to the devil". V.difficult situation.

CaptainDippy - Prayers for the Dippy Family as they prepare for the imminent arrival of Dippy3, esp for her and DH who have been rowing a lot recently. DD's are "getting ill" atm, so prayers against that would be cool! Can't think of anything else atm - brain is mush .... Prayers for finances would be cool too! Gosh - I sound v.selfish .... but I do love you all and - Praying for every one of you!!

Now - Get Praying!! ......

Hi Everyone

A quick hello, cause I've been in an all day meeting in a room with noooooo oxygen at work, and have just staggered home with my brain completely scrambled.

I know just how you feel Worzella. I find it really hard being at home too. Prayers for you and for all.

God bless.

[[[[hugs]]]]] for Wroz and NQGU - hope you feel more soon Wroz and you feel more unscrambled NQGU! Praying fory ou both, as always ....

Worz - I have DD1 who is 3.3yrs and DD2 who is 23m ........ I am crazier than you! ......

Just going back to help DH treat the girls EVIL NITTIES!!!!!

Just to say, if anyone has been trying to email me, my email is sporadic to say the least! I'm not convinced I'm getting them all, although I get some. Some arrive hours or even days after they were sent!

CD - good luck with the nits, we are infested as well, unfortunately (RU sure you others WANT to meet up with us? )

Worzella/others, if its any comfort I HATE being at work! I know what you mean though...

Too tired to post more, but I've prepared all my material for tomorrow night's study, so at least that's done...

Have you heard of this Hedrin stuff Mary?? It is supposed to be v.good for killing the little blighters - we're going to try one more time with stuff we've already got (Lyclear) and then nuke 'em with Hedrin - Apparentely it "envelopes the nits and then suffocates then, rendering them incapable of functioning" ..... I am hope it is a nice, slow, painful death for them .......

Ahem.

Sorry. That wasn't at all "Christian" of me ......

Sweet Dreams all .....

I've used Hedrin. It seems to work. But you have to follow up with 1 application 1 week later, then I'd recommend another a week after that...

They did a "trial" of a new product, and I wish they'd re-run it, because not only was it free, they came and combed your hair for you! AND it worked! But in the absence of that, I'd use Hedrin over Lyclear...

Once you've got rid of them we were advised to do a final rinse with water with a spoonful of vinegar and two drops of lavender essential oil to keep them out.
And: iF YOU BREAK THEIR LEGS THEY CAN'T LAY EGGS so lots of brushing as well.

Love you

Hello, not forgotten you all, up to my neck in assigment writing!
Sooz, just wanted to say, I'm in Nottingham and our church is great with kids - ds got hold of a musical triangle on sunday and was running up and down the aisle playing it (thankfully we had just stood up to sing). Then when we were about to start the next hymn, Brian (our vicar) said he hoped ds would come and join the band again with his triangle.

You would be really welcomed if you felt able to join us? Kids run all about and sunday school is in the adjancent hall so they can shout as much as they like without disrupting the service. It's St.Pauls church, Church Street, Carlton. I have posted a link somewhere on this thread!!

love and prayers to all xxxxxxxxxxxx

Its the Emmaus study group tonight. Please pray that I get lots of people turn up!

I told the lady with breast cancer that you were praying for her, and she was touched. Please remember her in your prayers, as she goes for her third course of chemo today.

Keep praying for that change of job for me also please. I'm not sure what I want to do, so some clear guidance on that would be good...

God bless all on this glorious sunny day!

Mary

Hello all,

Just a quick one as I'm getting the dcs ready for school and preschool. Just to say I am on the mend, praise God! Please continue to pray that God would bring His healing. Thank you! I've got a busy day today so please pray that I will have the energy to do it all and that I don't have a relapse due to tiredness (one of the main triggers).

Also tomorrow is the day when I see the Vocations Officer and also staet the hospital chalaincy training course so please pray that God gives me physical strength for that and enables me to engage fully mentally and spiritually!

Thank you for your prayers; I so appreciate all of you!

A special [[hug] to Worzella - that is exactly how I used to feel as a SAHM, taht all the other SAHMs were out meeting for coffee and doing lovely things and not inviting me. I think partly it was because I am a very sociable person and I just missed the contact with lots of other people.I got involved with church groups that met during the day (and evening too) and instigated lots of meetups with other SAHMs but sometimes I still felt isolated. It can be tough, being at home with dcs, and a real sacrifice. Bless you!

Thinking of you as well CD with your impending arrival! Lots of blessings to you too.

Hi mary! I've mailed you and I am going to again - I want to tell you about my friend's doctorate, which is about spirituality and mission. There are some really interesting bits of research she's done and some of it made me think of your church. Anyway!

God bless all xxxx

Good morning all.

Praying for your course tonight, Mary, for your job and for your lady at Church too.

And praying for your recovery Rosey, and for your meeting/training this week. Hope it goes really really well.

LOL at your enthusiasm for breaking their legs, UrbanDryadsMum! They are wretched little things aren't they? I suddenly remembered the section in "The Hiding Place" (Corrie Ten Boom - wonderful book if anyone hasn't read it!) in which her sister declares her willingness to be obedient in giving thanks for everything and, to Corrie's horror, gives thanks to God for the fleas infesting their room in the concentration camp! They then discover that they are able to hold prayer meetings in there as the guards won't come in because of the fleas!

Praying that God will bless you all, even via your little visitors! Keep on combing ladies!

Well there were less on the comb this morning, which was good - I am completely obssessing that I have got them now - poor DH - He insists I haven't, but I am obssessed - I HATE 'EM!!

Ahem.

Mary - Praying God brings lots of people to Emmaus tonight. Praying for the ;ady with breast cancer at your church, esp as she goes for her 3rd course of Chemo today ... I am glad she knows we are all remembeirng her in our prayers. Continuing to pray for your job situation honey - What is the latest??

Rosey - Praise God you seem to be recovering , praying hard against a relapse, esp with the training ahead of you tomorrow (exciting! )

Well my friend had her scan yesterday and they put her at 14 weeks (she is VERY ) - which makes her Due Date 15th Oct - All was fine with the baby and the wee pic she showed me was lovely - just incredible - Praise God!

CD, CC, LWTG, HARRISEY, TUDM, NQGU, IMBACK, and anybody else I havent mentioned, Thank you all for your lovely messages of support, I must admit I am very teary again atm and feel very mardy! so have been blubbering my way through this weeks posts! Can't pin point any problem apart from DS1 11yo whom I am so besotted with but he is sooooo uncontrolable I am at my wits end with worry.

Just been to the doctors and my blood pressure is up still so they are going to give me a portable one so that I can monitor it daily, hoping for a less stressed reading! I blubbered again

CC - I definitely will make an effort to visit your child friendly church, sounds lovely! and thank you so much for inviting us, (you may live to regret it) plus I get very emotional and don't want to show myself up!

CD - It seems so strange to be waiting for the birth of your precious baby, I bet everbody aswell as myself feel part of it, so good luck!

Awwww, Sooz honey - lots of love and prayers to you - Hope the BP drops soon .....

Well, the cheek!!!! JW's have just paid us a visit, asking us 'if we are happy with our lot, sitting here realaxing in our beautiful garden'? (must be blind, its a tip) and that 'do I think it ends here'? icing on the cake!!! that'll end the day off in a more thoughtful mode! (about time for a mood change)

Thanks for support CD

did you tell them, sooz, that you know where it ends, thankfully? ie that it doesn't

yes I did mufti, I answered everything they threw at me, I think I satisfied their questions, even though they did accuse me of sitting relaxing on my beautiful decking thinking I'm happy with my lot, and not thinking about what happens next, they did disagree with my timing of when the world will end! END I exclaimed you mean the beginning, (I knew they meant the evil devil) but I couldn't resist to tease! (I know that wasn't very christian of me)

Count yourself lucky Sooz. When DH and I lived in Peterborough, we had a lodger who was Born-again, as was his girlfriend. DH and I left them to get on with it. Lodger invited them in, 3 hours later...

(and I don't want to worry you, but the following week they came round mob-handed, with 2 elders in tow!)

Praying for you and your high BP, and for your DS...

RL your friend's doctorate sounds fascinating! I'd love to hear more! Has she read Bishop John Inge's book on "Place"? She might find it interesting. He gave a talk at our church about it...

Better go, got lots to do tonight before people turn up!

Good evening everyone

Really tired tonight because I left the house at 7.30 this morning to take DS down to Nannies for breakfast (I had run out of milk and couldn't persuade them to have toast!) then took DS1 to school and went straight to my friends to clean her house (my little Wednesday morning job).
Got back to Nannies at 3.00pm just in time to pick DS1 up from school then had to go to ASDA and got home at about 5.15pm.
Cooked tea, put a parcel together for a Mumsnetters LO who went into hopsital today for 2 weeks, got the boys into their PJ's (no time for bath tonight) read some stories and DS1 did some reading - then put them to bed.
I have only just sat down and am about to make a cup of tea before thinking about going to bed to get an early night!

How do we do it?!!

Praying for everying, especially Worz, Roseylea, CD, MaryBS and NSF but also those not mentioned.

GOD BLESS
xxxxx

link to hospital thread

here is a link to the thread for a mumsnetters son going into hospital for 2 weeks. People are going to send packages to him and if anyone wants to join in then I can send the address.

Thanks fo the link MTGAA - I'll definitely be popping over to Tesco tomorrow to put a few little bits together for him - and praying lots too!

Put your feet up for the evening, honey - you deserve it!! I tihnk you are amazing coping on your own - not sure I could! [hugs]

DD1 is doing something she has NEVER done before ...... coming out of her room saying: "I don't want to go to bed, I want to play." Both DH and I have had a go putting her to bed now and she hasn't opened the door for a few mins, so hopefully that is it ... how odd; particularly as she's not fallen asleep at all today and has been at Pre-School this morning and running round a play park all afternoon!!

Mmmmmmm .......

I am ok - just exhausted - DD's have been hard work today. esp DD2 who seesm to get a right old bee in her bonnet about EVERY tiny little thing - getting dressed, getting undressed, eating breakfast / lunch / dinner, getting her shoes on, getting her shoes off, getting in the car seat, getting out of the car seat, having raisins, not having raisins ... you name it, she has a MAJOR meltdown about it!! .... and that is not over-exagerating. It really is quite scary!!

Anyway - I am tired, but ok .....

The way to get rid of JWs, Sleepysooz, is to offer to pray with them and to say you won't talk to them until you have prayed. They run a mile.. I really hope you will feel able to go the Cavemen's church on Sunday, we shall be away this weekend to Holland, maybe you could pray that it all goes well, dh has been quite poorly for over a year (bypass operation and never fully recovered),so I really hope he will manage. Will be thinking of you all but won't be much near a computer till next Wednesday.

Praying you have a great time away Urban - "See" you on your return honey!

hi to all, a better evening with ds, it's just late afternoon he seems grumpy, even with a good sleep, just got to spot it and not let him get overtired..
my parents were jw's when i was child, didn't celebrate birthdays or christmas for a few years
my mum has since found GOD properly , and we are working on my dad..

Glad it has been better with DS honey - the late afternoon grumpiness is VERY common with ALL children, trust me - esp those under a year - they just can't handle it, bless 'em .... Just learn to read the "signs" and catch him at the right time and you will be absolutely fine! Glad to hear your mum found God eventually - praying fory our dad!! xx

thank you cd.
he has asked mum what happens when you die, so i think he is open which is a good start. i believe in subtle and slow, likewise with dh, too much just scares them off , i know what i was like, my mum took that approach with me and it paid off eventually