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!! ......

hugs] Harrisey. What a funny mixture of emotions. Thank God that you got to spend that time with her tho...

Go MrCD! Glad it went well.

HI M2G&A - glad that your party went well! THese things are always exhausting, aren't they?

Well we are all enjoying the beautiful sunshine today - the dcs have just been covered (much to their disgust) in sun cream! We had a really powerful service this morning, about how the risen Jesus revealed himself in different ways to different people, and how Jesus reveals himself today. At the end of the service there was an opportunity to go and kneel in front of the cross at the altar and just to spend time quietly praying and ask Jesus to reveal himself afresh to us - it was such a powerful experience. I was the last one left - I opened my eyes and the church was empty and everyone else had gone off into the hall for coffee!

So back to school tomorrow and back to work for me - I am looking forward to it after 2 weeks' holiday.

God bless all!

Hi Rosey!!

Right - really am off to dig / wish car this time ....

Good evening everyone.

Well, I now feel like I am back in the land of the living!! Just about recovered from my panic attack on Tuesday and now the party is out of the way I can focus on returning to work and DS1 getting back to school.

Harrisey - so sorry to hear about your gran but that she is now in Gods arms in Heaven. Praying for you at this sad time.

CD - hope the digging and car washing is just what you need to get things moving. I am sooo excited about your baby and I don't even really 'know' you in the rw!! My DS2 was 3 on Thursday just gone and was also quite obssessive about his dummy and blanky ( a muslin square). I really thought that I was going to be in for a tough time but he has been really grown up about it. We made a little bag out of a felt square and tied flowers around it. Then we hung it from a tree in the garden. In the morning the dummy fairy had left him a present hanging in the tree! Today, one of the ladies at church asked him if the dummy fairy had been and he told her that she had and that his dummies were now with the babies who needed them because he is a big boy!!
Do you have a veggie patch in your garden? It took me 3 days to dig mine over and it still needs a further dig and rake over before it is ready for planting. I managed to plant peas, beans, carrots, celery, courgettes and peppers in my greenhouse today so have to get veggie patch ready soon!!
Glad Mr CD's talk went well.
Praying for news soon on the new baby front!

Roseylea - wow, your experience in Church this morning sounds amazing. Praying for you that peace continues to be with you as you return to work this week.

MaryBS - yes it was a big bouncy castle but it needed to be with 20 children to entertain (not to mention a few adults who are children at heart!!)

An update on my Ministers son - Praise God - he was in Church this morning. He has had his stem stell harvest which went better than anyone could have hoped for and is now going back to hospital for his final intensive course of chemotherapy which will kill off his bone marrow and immune system. After this he will have the stem stells replaced and will be cured - God willing. Your continued prayers would be much appreciated.

As I was sitting in Church this morning an amazing thing happened. Our Minister was talking about the Sunseekers group (which are the youngest children) who need more helpers and I knew instantly that this message was for me. I just knew. So now I have put my name forward - as I truly believe God wanted me to - and I am going to be helping out in the Sunday School on a rota basis. How amazing is that for someone who only returned to Church this year and was only a few weeks ago doubting that I was worthy of being one of Gods children let alone actually helping to teach his word to the most important generation within the Church. I feel really positive about this (& a bit nervous if that makes sense). I know that God has a plan for me and I am ready to take it on!

Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Saviour, and my hope is in you all day long.
Remember, O Lord, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old. Remember not the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you are good, O Lord. (Psalm 24 V4-7)

God Bless you all
xxxxxxx

Awwwww, MTGAA - You are soooo sweet to be so excited about our baby - I am too! Keep praying they come sooner rather than later ..... going a bit nuts here - Head has definitely ceased to function properly - I have been in La La Land most of the day, culminating in a massive argument between DH and I in front of the children at tea time. We are ok now, going to have pizza take away, yum, and a chat this evening - can't wait .... Simple things ....

Anyway, back to the point - yes, erm, we have a vegetable patch, but it is in desperate need of some TLC, which we are hoping to be able to give it soon - The garden is the hugest mess and needs a lot of work - we are getting there slowly - Just want a space for the DD's to play in this summer .....

Ooooh, liking the felt bag on the tree / Dummy Fairy thing .... I am guessing he is your youngest though?? Only trouble is, DD1 is the oldest, so her younger sis still has (and needs!!) a dummy atm - could be a problem. Can't be bothered to get my head round that right now .....

Lovely DH is cleaning the bathroom, I am going to go and hang up some washing and trying and smack some sense into myself (not literally I hasten to add....) Just feel so gloopy ....

Come on baby!! .....

Hoep everyone else has had a great (and less La La Land-ish) weekend ......

Blessed... we ARE blessed...

I love you guys!

A quick update from me and how it went this am. Went down a storm!!! Our overcritical retired priest said it was ?Super?. His wife said it was ?tremendous? and ?you can tell a good sermon by the murmurings after you?ve finished preaching, it shows people were listening? and they were listening to you!?. One of my friends in the congregation said she didn?t see ANY sign of nerves, I was totally confident (and she knows a lot about body language ? she has seen me nervous when no-one else has noticed, so this is a big deal).

And for the first time, I actually enjoyed doing it!!!!

You are all in my prayers... I'm shattered (just back from Evensnog, and realising how much I am going to have to do when I lead it. There's a new definition of the word "lead", not to be found in any dictionary, which is "put the whole service together")

Great stuff Mary!

Evensnog!!!!! WMSL (Wet Myself Laughing, "Pissing" on a Christian thread is sooooo uncooth!) Did you mean to put that!!!?

Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!

Going to go and have my pizza while chuckling to myself now ......

oh MaryBS - you made me snigger and nearly choke on my tea - I like the sound of evensnog, wish they had this type of service at my Church!!

Yes, I meant to! Terrible, aren't I?

Sounds like you have all had just wonderful Sundays, just like they should be, huhum! except sinner from nottingham, although did sit and have breakfast outside listening to the church bells this morning, and had tea outside tonight listening to the church bells, thats as close as we got!

MUST TRY HARDER, MUST TRY HARDER,
MUST TRY HARDER, MUST TRY HARDER,
MUST TRY HARDER, MUST TRY HARDER! [HMM]

I really envy all of you that attend church every week, yes I did it for 44 years before I realised with the depression and problems with my DS1 and lively 3yo twins, I felt as if I was out of my reach, all those good people, and I didn't feel that way, I felt retched, guilty, sorrowful inside, everybody smiles and I just didn't want to smile, I wanted to cry, but I couldn't cry out in help for guidance, I still feel the same, and nothing draws me to church, the only christian time I have is on this thread, which I am trying to think of in a positive way.

Sorry didn't mean to go on, my fingers got carried away, I just get so frustrated with the 'not going to church anymore' guilt feeling.

Then go Sooz!! You'll be glad you did it - and you know it!! Do understand your reasons though - esp the whole "having lively children" thing - there are definitely times when I think "why do I bother??" - When the DD's are being really horrendeous etc You are not alone in that ...... [[hugs] How are you doing apart from that anyway hon??

Mary - You are wicked!!

Off to bed now .....

sleepysooz go to church - i know totally where you are coming from. I contantly feel like i'm telling my kids to be quiet, taking them to the loo, chase them under chairs, stop them playing too loudly etc etc. Then people turn round and say they were well behaved - I feel totally frazzled and others then sya they have been good.

I have been known to get mega stressed over them, wondering what people are thinking of them, only to be told that they bring so much joy to the congregation since we have been there (17 months)

It is hard and I so totally know where you are coming from but please find somewhere where children are welcomed.

Sorry didn't mean to go on but you can do this.

harrisey so sorry to hear about your gran but so glad God gave you the opportunity to be with her yesterday.

Mary so glad today went well - this week i have been getting feelings of 'I can't remember the last time I did a meeting' Now is that God trying to tell me that I shoudl be doing one or is it just a thought of how busy things once were.

cd that baby will come when its ready and not before - just think of how quick time flies once their born, another week or so is nothing in the greater scheme of things, its staying there coz its nice and cozy and its getting ready for the perfect moment to be born.

Any way we have had a lovely msn virus over the w/e its been automatically sending it to all dd's msn contacts. we didn't have anti vir software as the one that came on the computers at christmas ran out the other day - then we got this awful thing. So a lesson for any one who hasn't got protection get some now, it will save so much more stress later - I can tell you.

Hi LWTG!!!

CD every time I see your name at the top of the thread I think 'hoooooray! labour at last ...." and then its not.
Glad your lot lay in today - so did mine, had to wake dd1 for going back to school!!

Sleepysooz, Are you the one who sat on the back pew for 44 years without getting involved? I'm not surprised you want to bail out. I can't believe the members of that church not getting you involved in something, anything. How can you have a sense of worth within that fellowship if you are not involved. Trust me there will be churches in Nottingham which will allow you your lively twins, your tears and your needs, who will put up with you for as long as you need without getting involved, but there will come a time you will want to be involved, in whatever your gifts allow you to do. God gives generously to us all and you will want to share in the right environment

Aw CD. Hugs and prayers Hon. Does your dh not know about pregnancy hormones? Tell him that it's officially MN. You can't do arguing now. It will still be hard when the baby arrives too. He will have to count to ten and then ten again, for the next few months. Ishoos can wait. He has to explain things patiently or wait at least until Christmas to expect you to respond. Praying for you both.

Harrisey - special prayers for you and your family at this time.

Sleepysooz - I have just had 5 years of very very intermittent Church attendance, with my two wiggly boys who loathed Sunday School until recently. I know exactly how stressful it can be trying to cope alone in a church service and how you can feel a lot closer to God sitting in the garden than battling in church. I have changed church twice in the last 5 years, and have missed a lot of Sundays too. Is it worth you emailing your vicar to see if anyone could help out looking after the dts during the service? There may well be a teenager somewhere, who could play with them at the back for a while? (I knew someone who had 7 kids and a dh who didn't go to church. It was a whole church project to get them there and look after them! After all, the church promises to help you, when you have the children baptised. I know you haven't got 7, but twins is at least as much work!)

MTGAA - well done for signing up for the children's work. It is such a valuable thing to do, for the little ones and for their parents.

Mary - so glad the service went well. We have got a new lady curate and I keep thinking of you as she is preaching/taking on more responsibilities. It has made me a lot more aware of just how much work/effort she is putting into things, which can look so easy from the outside.

LWTG - sorry to hear about your virus thingie.

OK, off to work for me. Prayers for all - and, yes, I know that babydippy will come along in its own time too, but I am feeling equally impatient/excited about her/his arrival. Go for it CD!!

Thank you NQGU - You always say the right stuff to me at the right moment - completely God-inspired, I am sure! It is wonderful! You would think that DH would know about PG hormones as this is our third, but hey - he is just finding my rather volitile (sp!!!?) state atm hard to cope with - I can hardly blame him, but a little sympathy and understanding would go a looooong way, iykwim!!? Anyway - keep praying - all prayers muchly appreciated for "holding us all together" during these tough times .....

Hope you all have lovely days ....

sleepsooz. try lots of different churches. it took me ages to find a church that i felt comfortable in. i cant get enough of it now, they are like my family, id go every day if i could......

lots of churches now have youth workers sunday schools etc etc, just keep looking.

xx

Yes sooz, might be worth shopping around. For example, we have found a church with a dedicated children's pastor, even visits families with small children at home to make sure they are OK. ANd fab kids program. You just need to find what works for you!!

HI CD! Glad to help, although actually I was praying this morning for you guys and was reminded that arguments aren't the worst thing in the world, as long as you find a way forward. They are a way of getting feelings out in the open, and I seem to remember reading somewhere that couples who argue a bit are often healthier, as couples, than people who repress these things. (Though I'm still not convinced that 8.5 months pregnant is the best time to be doing anything other than relaxing and eating chocolate!)

Hello Imback. Are you new? (Silly question, given your name!) Welcome aboard either way.

Aww - just have to tell you about DH on Saturday - he went to town to spend his £50 of Capital Bonds vouchers that he got from work for coming first in the area in February. Came back with some gorgeous clothes from Adams for "Baby T", some DVD's/playstation games for him and the DS's and some GORGEOUS (and expensive) shower gel and bubble bath from Boots for me!!! Now considering at Christmas (before we'd had the talk that nearly resulted in us splitting) he bought me a box of cheap Chocolate Mints (which I don't even like) I was completely dumbstruck by it.

Apparently it was 'recommended' - didn't ask by who or when - but the fact that he spent £9 on those 2 items meant so much to me.

Also the other night before I went up to bed without thinking I leant over to give him a kiss........last time I did that a month or so back we sort of ended up "pecking" next to ears.......but he actually gave me a peck back on the lips! Been nothing else since then - but at least it was improvement .

PG is going ok - I'm 33 weeks tomorrow - but I'm really suffering from pain under my right ribs (and in my back in the same place too) from the positioning of Baby T. I had the rib pain (bascially internal bruising) with both the boys - but not the pain in the same place on my back. Both started a few weeks ago on and off - but it's now almost exclusively 'on' now - think the best way to describe it is when you've stubbed your toe and the inital "ouch" has gone but it keeps throbbing for a while - this pain is like the "throbbing" part and it's getting me down a bit that I've got another 7 or so weeks until it eases at all and probably at least another month or so after Baby T is born for it to go totally (took about 2 months for it to completely stop hurting after DS2).

Not sure if any of the last bit makes sense - but if it doesn't (or even if it does ) some prayers to ease the discomfort a little would be greatly appreciated.

is there anybody there?

i don't know where i'm going wrong, i guess ds is getting more tired, as he is now mobile, just started crawling. but this problem isn't a new one, basically i put him down for a nap at 5, could tell he was tired, and he's only just gone quiet, nearly half an hour, i went in and cuddled him a few times, sometimes that just made him worse!
this does happen a lot with daytime naps.
i think he gets overtired, but it's awful, listening to him, he sounds so distraught, i usually handle it ok, just today i'm in tears too, ooh he's just started again. am i doing something wrong here?

Mufti - sorry to hear you are having a time of it! I found with mine that either CIO and being really hard worked, or instead of picking up, just stroking them, down the back and across the bottom, slowly (if they were just grizzling and weren't wide awake).

FA - sorry to hear you are having a difficult time bump-wise, but YAY to DH!
Will remember you in my prayers

CD Hope you and DH are getting along better... you need each other right now {hug}

LWTG at your PC problem. We were on a trial version, but your post pushed me to uninstall it and install a new one in its place - which seems to be working fine (its free and its available from www.avast.com)

NQGU - someone asked me how long I take to write a sermon, and I said "about 6 hours in total" - just for 10 mins! . I'm hoping and praying I get quicker and yet can still get the message across...

Please pray a lady gets in touch with me. She's the cousin of a cousin and it sounds like she has Obstetric Cholestasis like me, and the Dr has sent her home without treatment (she's 26 weeks).

hi mary, what is "CIO" please?
it's hard to be hard iyswim, but the times i went up, i tried reassuring and soothing.
he had his tea at 4, and was showing all the tiredness signs, and went quiet off and on, but i got him up at 5.30, even then feeling guilty that i'd left him so long!.
and he half a bottle! so may have been hungry or thirsty, it's difficult to get him to drink other than milk. so maybe it wasn't the sleep he needed most, i get it right some of the time
, i think.

Quick post - gosh I am tired this evening ..... sent DH out at 8pm to collect something from a friend, got up from a wee doze about 5 mins ago and he still hadn't left the bloomin' house!!! Ooooh, I am cross!

Hello imback - Are you new?? Welcome!

FA - to bruising, honey; but to DH's gestures and the kisses too - Continuing to pray for you both - Things seem good!

Praying this lady contacts you asap Mary - Can't believe the dr sent her home without any treatment!!

[[hugs]] mufti - How old is DS? Does he usually have his sleeps at a regular time during the day? What time does he go to bed? Is he having three meals a day yet? How much milk does he have? Are you BF or bottle feeding? Sorry for all the Q's, just trying to establish an idea of yours and his routine so I can give you some support / advice. I am having some trouble with DD2 (23m) and her sleeping atm - is very frustrating so have lots and lots of sympathy honey. [[hugs]] Let's work through this together.....

evening CaptainD, well he's 9.5m, roughly has a sleep in morning after bottle, then has breakfast, has a sleep after lunch, 2 hours today. try to do 3 meals, he always has breakfast and lunch,sometimes has last bottle but not dinner. bed around 6.30/7. up to 4 220/240ml bottles. sadly, for me, bottles, not bf.
what makes it worse is i keep waking at night lately, no idea why, but it's getting me down, sometimes i try and catch up when he naps, other times i try and catch up on housework.
don't like feeling tired all the time, don't like feeling like i'm not on top of things either! i can be quite hard on myself sometimes.