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!! ......

Quick post - v.tired and needing to hit the hay after a busy day with the DD's on the beach!

[[hugs]] Podmog - praying for your church situation sweetie. xx

Awwww, Rosey - pleased your Easter has been so full of vibrant colour, creativity and general -ness - Great stuff! Praying re: homegroup situation.

Quick request: lady on my Antenatal thread had a wee baby boy, Jesse, a couple of days ago - She has had quite a few miscarraiges in the past and Jesse is her 1st bubba she has carried to full-term. The hospital think he may have Downs Syndrome. He is currently in SCBU where he has been v.slow to feed and his "blood is too thick". Please please pray for Jesse and for strength for his mummy and daddy. Send lots of love and support round them all at this difficult time.

Thank you!

your words have reduced me to tears they really have. You are all wonderful, wonderful people.

Reality is I will never stop going, even though its flipping hard. There are people who support,people said nice things to me last night, but I just cant look them in the eye when they are saying it.

Feeling really fed up this eve. My mum and dad have gone home and i;m just fed up.

Just feel people in rl and on here are going to get fed up of me always saying the same thing, always being upset.

but that's what friends and family are for - the hardest thing when friends are going through it is not the listening, but the knowing what to say.... and hugs to you

Good evening everyone.

Prayers to all - again a bit of a cop out but I have been digging my veggie patch over the last 3 days and am absolutely shattered.

LWTGo - I know what you are going through with your H. I was very frustrated in the early days that it was me doing all the running about because he was so unreliable. I used to get really upset and angry about it until I sat down and decided that things needed to change before I went completely insane. This is when I accepted that things were definately over and that it was always going to me that looked after the boys and me that they could always depend on. Now I feel stronger and more determined. I don't expect anything from H so if he does offer to help out it is a pleasant surprise. I organise everything from haircuts, school run and doctors appointments to play dates, after school activities and football camp. I am very lucky because I have my parents who are very supportive and will do anything to help out whenever they can.
It was me that wanted to take the boys to church - H is not a church person and has no religion but I figured that as he is such an insignificant part of their lives - it was not a choice he had any part in.
What I am trying to say is that when push comes to shove, a mother will do anything for her children and it makes us stronger people.
Stick with it, keep your chin up and a smile on your face. Trust in God and he will guide and support you through this awful and difficult time.
A year down the line you will have some sort of routine and stability in your life just as I have.
Good luck honey, keep posting, keep praying and most of all keep trusting in Him.

Love and prayers to everyone
God Bless
xxxx

Hi all. Another Cut and Paste from Sue and Dave:

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Hello hello
Long time no epic........sorry I've not been in touch for a wee while, the hospital has being requesting our presence alittle to much and I've just not found the time to fill you in!!!....Are you sitting comfortably??..I think the last email I sent you was to let you know that Dave's scans were clear.[massive shout of praise if you please and a little jig for all you dancers out there!!] there was however a problem with one of Dave's blood results.........now here's where the apologies come in, I have always been fairly graphic with some of the prayer requests I have asked from you guys ie stomach contents and other bodily fluids that have I'm sure at times put you off your kebabs....why...no its not that I'm slightly odd and enjoy turning your stomachs,its just that I really believe in pinpointing our prayers and being specific..ok, well the last email I sent, I had asked you to pray re Dave's Kidneys as they were giving the dodgy readings...........that's what Dave had told me as he had had a call from the hospital on his mobil hence I wasn't there listening for myself......yes you guessed where I'm going with this...what can I say except that his kidneys which were working fine now are so covered in prayer I'm thinking of removing them in his sleep and selling them on eBay!!!!!!!...his LIVER however ready does need some attention.....what a plonker!!!!! Yes its his liver functions that are struggling,they should have a reading of 50 and they are 795 at the moment..whatever that means!!! I really haven't got a clue as to the meanings of theses results other than the hospital phoned us the next day and told us to come up for blood tests on the Saturday with a possibility of admission into hospital.......being as sharp as I am I guessed this wasn't good!!!!!! Dave had the tests and they called us Saturday night to tell us to come back on Monday for more tests to see how things were looking. We were good little boys n girls and went to the hospital on Monday,they decided then that they would do a liver biopsy on Dave.........DON'T PANIC!!!!!!!!!!! all this sounds shocking and it certainly isn't pleasant HOWEVER,its not cancer that they are looking at,they are almost certain that its GvHD.....its that word again, Graft verses Host Disease. Don't know if you remember but Dave had to have a top up of Jane's Tcells about 2 months ago.......Dave appararently is now in prime time for GvHD to kick off. The docs had said to us that although the stem cells from Jane were a perfect match,not all the tissues from all his organs would be perfect, the 3 main areas of discord would be skin, gut and liver.again remember the email asking for prayer re the screaming ab-dabs,that could have been the beginning of GvHD
Hope I'm not losing you with all this blurb.....to cut things short for you I'll miss the gory bits out and just say that the docs actually are happy that there is a bit of GvHD going off,it shows that everything is working as it should ie his body is spotting "foreign beings" if you know what I mean and kicking off....the bad side is that it really has to be kept under control or it could finish him off [always the sensitive approach that's me!!!] so they are keeping a very close eye on things. The treatment is high dose steroids so he's beginning to, how shall we say it nicely.........look as though he's been eating all the pies........was that gently put??? If the steroids don't work they will have to admit him into hospital....you know what you need to pray!!!!!!!!

It sounds like you should be sending grapes and flowers but actually the old boy looks great [I think the liver thing makes him alittle jaundice which makes you look like you've got a tan] but he actually feels well and is doing great..he really is on the road to recovery. As Dave keeps saying ,this is just a blip so we really do continue to marvel at what God has done for us and to appreciate LIFE!! We are doing ok

Take a big sigh of relieve........I've finished......I will keep you posted ,we have yet another hospital appt tomorrow,hopefully they'll start letting us go abit again,just pray for his LIVER have you got that the LIVER

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So... thanks again ladies.

Morning - no, lwtg, like Worz says - that is what we are hear for!! Not sick of you or your posts at all - Always relieved when I see that you have been on here .... moan away - Lots of thoughts and prayers coming your way - I am glad you are just going to "keep going" - That is what I like to hear - It will get better, believe it. God hold you and your fmaily so close at this time .....

Thank you for the C&P from Sue, Mars - Glad that the "dodgy results" actually have a positive side and that Dave is doing ok - Continuing to pray for them, esp for Dave's liver function and the GvHD that is going on in his system atm ....

All ok here, working this PM. Hoping to go into labour anytime, feeling v.restlss and a "bit odd", iykwim!!? Mmmmmmmm.....

Just back ladies (well, on Sat but its been hectic, first chance I've had to get on here sonce then).
My trip was fine, not great, just got through it, whch was lovely! Nice to be home.
I became an auntie again yesterday - dh's brother and his wife had a baby boy but they are all the way over in Vancouver, so it will be a while till we get to see them.
Dd2 had chickenpox while we were away which restricted us a bit, but I'm glad she's had it.
Going back to bed now as I have had a nasty migraine since yesterday and the nannny is here and has taken the kids out for the day and though I should be going to college instead i am staying home and sleeping. Dh is away working till friday adn if I dont get a reast now then the rest of the week is going to be hell. But I thought I'd check in. Will read the thread later when there are less flashing lights in front of my eyes!

Hi harrisey - glad you are back home safe and sound - and that DD1 is over the dreaded pox now! Enjoy your day of rest - sounds lovely! Congratulations on becoming an Auntie too - fab news!

Just wanted you to see what I said about you all

Rosey, if that's what you think of me, then you need to get out more . Seriously though, I'm touched .

Can you lot forgive me for posting a long post? I was preparing Sunday's sermon and getting a bit bogged down, so I searched the net for inspiration, and found something I though people might appreciate. Its part of a much bigger document, so I thought I'd quote the relevant bit rather than post a link.... can't stop long, as I'm supposed to be writing it...

Marsy - thats good news about Dave. I'm familiar with Liver Function Tests, as my ALT level went up to 600 when I was pregnant and had cholestasis. Am praying for him. Bet he feels tired too, jaundice makes you sleepy!

LWTG - we'll get fed up after about.... I would say seventy times seven times! . We are here for you as long as you want/need us. Don't EVER feel you can't post or ask for help.

anyway, my post...

Thomas was a man who had tremendous sorrow and pain in his life.

His friend had been hung from a cross and left to die.

The one whom he believed in - the one whom he hoped in - the one whom he trusted - the one who healed people and brought wholeness to those in despair - was crucified like a common criminal; he was mocked and beaten -
brutalized - and finally he was buried.

And that my friends, for Thomas, was the end.

What hope is there when your friend dies and you are left alone?

What is there to believe in when you sit by yourself in your home and think of all that could of been and all that will never be?

There is very little - if not none.

There is little - if not nothing - to believe in when you are alone -
and when you are in pain - or sorrowing - or feeling betrayed.

It's all words - the words of hope that Jesus uttered before he died

• the words that said he would always be with you -
• the words that some are uttering about how he really is with them
• about how he appeared to them.

It's all words when you are alone - and it can very easily seem to be all
words when you are with those who grieve as you grieve, who hurt as you
hurt, who feel betrayed as you feel betrayed.

But my friends

• when you gather together with those who do believe;
• when you meet with those have felt as you feel and who have touched the

hands and the side of the risen Lord,

• when you break bread together and fellowship together in his name

then it becomes more than words.

• when you meet someone at your door who is an answer to a prayer that you

never uttered, the words becomes real and they change things for you.

They give you hope and faith
They it gives you the strength you need to get through the day.

Blessed are you, says Jesus, when you have not seen and yet have come to
believe; and indeed you are!

But blessed are you as well - when you have seen and have touched!
Blessed are you as well when you are approached and you are touched!

Blessed was Thomas when he gathered with the other disciples in the upper
room and the risen Lord came to him and addressed him in particular.

Blessed were Peter and John and the other disciples who met together in the
upper room on the night of the resurrection to comfort one another - and
had Jesus appear to them.

And blessed are we when we when we do the same - when we gather as a
community in his name and show his love to one another.

If you know someone who is having a hard time, go to them and visit them
and be sure to pray for them.
If you know someone who is in difficulty, invite them to come to church
with you - tell them what it means to you.
If you know someone who is really struggling to hold on - someone who is
despairing, reach out and touch them and tell them how much you care,
and bring them - urge them - to come where at least two or three
others who believe have gathered - for the words are true that say
that where two or three are gathered there Jesus is.

That is really fantastic Mary. Thank you! I am feeling "Blessed" right now! > I think what Rosey said about you was v.accurate hon - and about everyone else too (Thank you - I was touched - glad someone around here appreciates my humour! )

All ok in DipsVille - Baby pushing and kicking away as usual - come soon please!!?

right i really peeved now my dd computer for some reason does nothing when you click on links, so cant see it. Any ideas how to change it anyone?

Nah, i'm not wise, I'm just good at nicking other people's ideas.

Sorry, LWTG, no idea how to get your links to work... try a reboot?

God bless all, and good night!

Mary

You could c&p this text into the address bar:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk?rn=72683&topicid=1375&threadid=304967&redir=72683

Mary - thanks for that. What's the source (could use it myself one day!!)

Harrisey, I use this website for finding inspiration, it has LOTS of other websites, its sort of like a central hub:

Sermon resources

and this was the one I quoted from:

2nd Sunday of Easter Yr C

I could do with some prayers to get a new job, one that I love, with the right hours, with the right money, and in the right place. (Never does any harm to be specific!). I am finding this one SO SO disheartening and demoralising, that its affecting my whole outlook on life...
Its particularly bad atm because I can't get all the work done in the time I have, and its stressing me out, plus some of it is totally unfamiliar to me and I've just been left to get on with it...

God bless all... x

Just a quick update from me as I've been so busy putting my feet up I've forgotten to give you any recently

Work - what a relief to have finally finished (last night was Palm Sunday) so it's been over a week now and it's wonderful not stressing about it.

Baby - still breech (I think) find out for definite on Friday when I have my next antenatal appointment with the MW. Bump isn't particularly big this time round, but feeling really heavy and uncomfortable.....I'm putting it down to having less 'flab' to cushion me when I'm sitting/lying down LOL. Can't believe it's only 8 weeks until my EDD. Starting to get quite scared now (got a thread about it somewhere on MN from recent days) so some prayers that I find some peace of mind about it would be great - especially for if baby stays breech and I end up with an elective CS......the one thing that is right at the top of my list of "things that would make me feel rubbish about the birth"...........

DH - still getting along really well. Got another spontaneous hug from him the other night - think thats 4 or 5 now since we decided to try and make a go of it. Still nothing romantic or the likes, but you know what they say - you have to learn to walk before you can run, and I think in our case we have to relearn how to crawl properly before we can start thinking about anything else. Last week was lovely as he took the week off (well earned) so we got to spend some time with the DS's both individually and together. We're currently sleeping in seperate beds again - but that's because I simply can't get comfortable at night and wriggle about so it disturbs both our sleeps. When it's my lie-in the following morning I get the big double bed, and he sleeps on the single in the boys room, and vice versa. So more of a practical thing than a relationship one - think we'll both be happier and more likely to keep getting along if we're getting some sort of rest (when we do share a bed I'm so concious of wriggling that I sleep even worse LOL).

Think that's all my waffle for now,.

MaryBS - I pray you find a job with more boxes that are ticked for you (convenience wise)
CD - lots of prayers and best wishes for a speedy painless(as possible) birth, my solution was chocolate Gateau and 2 mile walk amongst other interventions,(unknowingly my baby only came when he was ready though) good luck! can't wait, am sooo excited for you!

A quick prayer request for my DS 11yo going on 16, am at my wits end!

Hello - How is everyone? I am ok, but have been having regular pains for a couple of hours now .... so who knows ....

Mary - Praying for that job honey!

FA - Praying for peace, my sweet - Know EXACTLY how you feel and what you are going through with new baby worries if that is any consolation - Always here if you wanna chat / rant! Praying for Peace! Glad things are going ok with DH ..... All in good (God's) time .....

Praying for your "challenging" DS Sooz, my love - no advice, but lots of [[hugs] and double choc ice-cream to you ....

Right - going to start keeping a close eye on these pains ....

ooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhh CD, am very excited! Keep us posted - I will be back after The Apprentice.......

btw Rosey, am very touched with what you typed in the thread about me - no-ones ever mentioned me on a thread like that!!! Ta me darlin
right, Sir Alan is calling.....

LOL @ you Captain - Will update if there is any progress.

Evening all. I'm lurking and praying.

God bless all

Hi NQGU!!