May has arrived on the MN Christian Prayer Request Thread ....Bible Bashers continue ....

[CaptainDippy]

Come on Dippy Baby - One more day before you're a May baby ..... Sigh.....

Wow - another month has passed, seems only yesterday I was doing the March round-up. God has been doing his Holy stuff, as always and we're all still here!! Hurrah! Keep praying ... and praising!!

Here's the summary of April's Prayer requests .....

neener - Suffeed a missed MC at 13 weeks in the middle of March and is feeling and confused. Also prayers for niece who has CF and is soon to have a NG tube fitted as she has stopped eating.

mumtogusandalbie - Continuing prayers for Minister's son who is under-going treatment for Cancer. Also prayers for a lady at her church who is soon to be under-going surgery to remove cancerous parts of her bowel etc - She will have to have a Colostomy Bag; but praying that the surgery will eradicate the Cancer for good. Lots of prayers for mtgaa as she copes with panic attacks and tries to become more involved in her church (esp the Sunseekers Group). Immediate prayers that the stress re: driving licence would be resolved!

bobsmum - Prayers for Sinusitis, which has been very bad of late. Prayers for DS with his behavioural issues, has recently been to see Ed Psych who is pushing for a DX.

Mars - Prayers for the two babies who were born at the beginning of the month (update?) Last heard Baby1 was not doing v.well and baby2 was doing ok..... Continued prayers for Dave & Sue - recent investigations have shown that Dave is doing well; but prayer is needed as his liver function is not great.

longwaytogo / notsofarnow - Prayers as she contemplates a possible house move. Praise that she is feeling more positive (prayers that this would continue and she would be strengthened and renewed.....) Prayers for her and DH as they think about poss divorce prceedings etc.....

RoseyLea - Prayers for her as she settles back into the church that they used to go to a while ago, esp that they would find a good homegroup to attend. Prayers for DD's excema, which has been very bad recently. Prayers for her as she emabrks on Chaplaincy Visitors Training and lots of prayers for her health (Crohns) as she keeps herself busy and active.

Wilbur - Praise! - Friend whose IVF treatment failed numerous times has adopted a LO. Everything went really smoothly - Praise God!!

sleepysooz / zapidisuzy - Prayers for relationship with neighbours as they apparently "don't like her children's noise" !! Lots of prayers and encouragement to her as she strives to find a lovely church to settle into with her family. Prayers for DS who has been rather out of control recently. Prayers that her high BP would get lower .....

CaptainCaveman - Prayers for her friend who is in the process of splitting up with her DH. They have two young children. Prayers for her health, specifically worries about gaining weight (she used to suffer from Bulimia) and her "Housemaid's Knee" Prayers for her most recent completed assignment to pass and for her and her DH as they comtemplate having a 2nd LO! Praise that her DSis is looking a lot better, prayers that this would continue. Prayers for her Dniece who has been gaining a lot of weigh of late.

Worzella - Has been feeling very of late - Lots of prayers for an upllifting in her spirits! He's given us a garment of Praise .....

Podmog - Facing a very tough situation in her church where people are gossiping about her and making her feel , uncomfortable and unwelcome. Pray for a quick resolution to her troubles. Pray that she would find a place of her very own in church life.

MaryBS - Lots of prayers that she would find a wonderful new job asap! Prayers for lady she knows who possibly has Obstetric Choleostasis. Prayers for two women she knows who have cancer: A lady in her church who is just embarking on her third course of treatment for Breast Cancer; and prayers for Judy who has been given two months to live and has a 15 year old daughter. Prayers for a couple in her Emmaus Group whose daughter is battling with her ex re: access rights for their child. Very complicated and painful situation.

FannyAnnie - Praise that things are going well with PG and DH - Prayers that this would continue! Protect this precious family Lord.

harrisey - Prayers for her in all her busy-ness - that God would strengthen and uphold her and her family - Prayers of protection over them as they combine study and family-life.

mufti - Prayers as she stuggles with hr DS and his daytime naps; and as she struggles with being a SAHM - Praying that God would put wonderful people alongside her to support and encourage her!

Charleysunnysunsun - Prayers for her DS who has CF and is currently in hospital for an extended period recieving IV anti-b's for an infection.

charleymouse - Lots and lots of prayers for her and her precious family as they come to terms with the death of her DT, Benjamin Peter and the recent death of her gran as well. Praise that her other DT, George Edward is doing well and soon to be coming home! Wrap them up in your love, Lord. xx

katzg - Prayers fo her as she copes with building work on her home and for her DD's terrible excema.

Nanou1 - Lots of prayers as she comtemplates a job interview / offer and as her DH looks for work too. Prayers too as they think about a possible move.....

kilo - Her DH is going to be made redundant at the end of May - lots of prayers her would find a briliant job asap!

CaptainDippy - Prayers for Smole nad her new baby Jesse on her antenatal thread. Jesse has had a lot of problems since birth, but is doing better .... praying this would continue..... Praying Dippy3 would come soon and that the "on / off" contractions she has been experiencing would result in a precious LO SOON!!! Prayers for the family as they prepare to welcome their new arrival into their home / lives.... Erm, there's probably more stuff; but I am rubbish - always at a loss when it comes to these summaries .... I am sure it'll be revealed as May unfolds .....

Now - Get Praying!!

quick hello and first of all congratulations CD
i am all over the place at the moment because of little madeleine.... poor child poor parents... i am praying so hard for them... and those of you who are also in need.
here is an update for those of you who remember me . dh - praise the Lord! - has been offered and accepted the position in Switzerland and starts on 18th June!!!! am a mixture of excited and all at the same time! but mostly excited and proud of my dh - happy days are here again . so the plan is for dd and i to move in september near zurich. there! i never thought i would write this when i first join this thread all those months ago . so He has strange plans for us has He not. In the space of 4 weeks our life has just turned around! have a good day all and i'll try to catch up later. xx

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Thank you all for your words of understanding. Our friends are Christians, too, but seem to be following a very different path to us and seem to take pleasure in ignoring the values and ethics we find important.

For example, they have just bought a Volvo 4X4 and need to sell their people carrier. We were thinking about changing our car this year but it sailed through the service and MOT so we are keeping it a bit longer. They have asked us if we want to buy their car 4 times and each time we have said that we will be downsizing for economical and environmental reasons but they don't get it and the conversation just repeats itself.

It seems that they are very happy to talk about themselves but are no longer interested in us and that makes me very sad. Is it possible, with a 15 year history and going to the same church, children in same class at school etc., to draw back from a firendship to the point where you say 'Hi' but no more? I find it very hard to imagine.

Am praying for you all.

Hi, just a quick one.

Praying for your friend Podmog - how awful. Praying she gets through it quickly and is able to be back with her dcs soon.

Hi Snuffy..ooooh friendships are so difficult sometimes, aren't they? We have some v. close friends (their daughter is nmaed after me, we are godparents to her and they are godparents to our dcs) who hold v. different views on certain issues to us (i.e. I am offering myself for public ministry in the church and they completely disagree with women preaching...the only way they can talk to us is to ignore the subject altogether, which hurts as we are so excited about the new opportunities God is opening up).

I don't know about you but I have to keep reminding myself of all that stuff Jesus said about forgiveness, casting the first stone, removing the plank from your own eye etc etc - we are none of us anywhere near perfect, and the only way we can maintain any long term relationships is to forgive and forgive and forgive. Not that it's easy. But I guess there are times when you realise that close friends have changed and that you can no longer be as open with them as you once were, and that's hard too. Sorry, bit of a sermon there! Praying for peace for you.

Love to everyone else. Have a good weekend! I just want to kick back and relaxxxxxxxxxx this weekend...not much planned...bliss!!!

Sorry if that post sounded trite. I know that relationships are complex and there does come a time when you need to protect your own emotions. I don't want to sound as if I've got it all sussed because I haven't.

God bless xxx

Thanks, Rosy. Have had wise words from Panda tonight, too. I absolutely agree with the specks and planks thing and the forgiveness. I just feel as though it is time to accept that we no longer have the closeness we once had and would be happy if thye could, too. And we could stay in touch but more at a distance withe less expectation? Does that make any sense? Do we have to flog a friendship that seems to be making all parties miserable just becuase of what is past? Too many quesitons, not enough answers. Will pray for guidance and more guidance.

Snuffy, I have every sympathy. The friend I was talking about is also Christian, and a very good Christian too, but finds it difficult to accept that not only am I in a different denomination now, but training for lay ministry.

I think less expectation is a good idea. I was in floods of tears when she refused to come to my reception into the church where I am now. I now expect her to be disapproving, but pray for her to understand. Maybe she'll come round eventually. My mother took it better than she did - even though it was probably even more distressing for her, than my friend.

Podmog - praying for your friend, how awful! Is the removal of the children likely to be temporary do you know? So so painful.

Nanou - congrats to DH on his job! How exciting! Here's to a new life for you!

NSFN - been praying for you today. I know how you must be feeling and am praying for strength for you. Try and get a good night's sleep tonight

CCM - I love the fact you come on here and share, don't feel guilty! Think its fabulous that you felt comfort this am when you woke. God is doing great things in you!

Well, I'm off to Sheffield tomorrow, and God willing, will be meeting up with Panda, before we head off to our concert!!!

I've never met a MNer IRL before!

God bless all

Mary

Hello Everyone,

have just caught up with the thread and am praying for everyone.

I am having a complete nightmare at the moment with panic attacks on a weekly basis which is making it very difficult to have the confidence to carry on with my normal life.

I took DS2 to the zoo on Thursday and had a panic attack there - managed to get to the doctors then collapsed whilst talking to the Receptionist.

Luckily my doctor was still at the surgery although normal appointments had finished. She suggested increasing my dose of paroxetine again which I am absolutely determined to do so she has changed me to Citalopram which I now have to take on a daily basis.

Surely this isn't the answer but with 2 small children to look after I feel I owe it to them to give it a try.

Am feeling quite panicky whilst typing this and am really dreading going to bed where things can seem a hundred times worse.

The doctor has signed me off for a week and am due to go back next Thursday.

I am finding it really hard to get motivated and quite often don't even bother turning the puter on at the moment so please forgive me if I do not post everyday. I think about you all all the time and really value your friendships.

Praying for everyone and especially for that poor little girl missing in Portugal. Please God return this precious gift to her parents and end their anguish as soon as possible.

God Bless to you all
xxxxx

I'm sure it's nothing - but I've been having mild crampy like feelings every 5-10 minutes for the last hour or so - probably just wind (been drinking lots of milkshake and eating lots of crisps - again - today) but I'm having those mild panics again that I'm going to go into labour with DC3 without my waters breaking first (as happened with DS1 and DS2 - even though nothing happened after they'd gone) and I won't even know LOL.

Hope everyone is well

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Praying for health and strength for everyone...

MumtoGusandAlbie, if you read this, I am praying for you!

"The Eternal God is your refuge;
and underneath are the everlasting arms". (From the book of Deuteronomy, ch.33 v.27)

Good morning everyone! Feeling GOOD today. Baaaa.

MTGAA - oh my goodness! You sound like I was 18 months ago. My GP gave me Prozac which after 10 days had made my panic a million times worse. I could not function, honestly it was awful. My mum took me to the gp coz I was having trouble doing anything. Gp changed me on to Citalopram and truly was the best med for me, am praying it works for you too.
Had a tough couple of weeks but the meds kicked in fairly quickly and I was able to function again.
Sending you big warm hugs, I think I understand how you feel and its blimmin awful - BUT it does get better, and quickly . And in case you were wondering no you're not going insane

Quickies for today - I've lost my marriage certificate and need it to prove I'm the same person who took out a policy 10 years ago...its worth £4000!!!!!!!!!!!! Praying I find it in my tip of a house!
I'm also going to try and get to the July meet up, I would so much like to meet you all in rl and do some prayer and praise with you!!

mtgaa, if you want to CAT me you are welcome anytime. The best thing about meds like citalopram is they allow you to carry on with life and feel normal. I would have no hesitation in going back to them if I needed to.
How do you feel about taking them?

MTGAA- praying for you re: your attacks and have a virtual {hug} too!

Podmog - keep at it re: church. Am praying that it gets sorted, no matter how long it takes!

at my Christian friend! Admittedly this is "her mum said to my mum", but to say "at least its better than not being involved with God at all" - is NOT the correct response to my becoming an Anglican. It is NOT a consolation prize, but an intensely rewarding and fulfilling experience. And (I'm going to be unChristian here, so close your eyes). At LEAST the Anglicans were THERE for me! So there!

OK rant over. Now I feel intensely guilty...

Can I say hello?! Notquitegrownup invited me to join in when I posted my "help me to find time to pray" thread.

I'm not sure that I will be able to post every day but will definitely have you all in my thoughts every day.

Very briefly, I am 36, I have been married for 6 years and have a 3 and a half year old dd. My husband, who is a bit older than me..., also has 2 children (21 & 19) from his first marriage. I was brought up going to CofE church (quite high one with lots of incense-swinging) and was confirmed at 13. As I grew up I went to church less, went away to uni etc and never clicked with any new church. Dh and I became quite regular church-goers at our local church a year or so before we married, but we have stopped going really now since having dd.

A combination of having dd, giving up work and my Dad's death 18 months ago (suicide by way of driving his car into a lorry - mmm, sorry that sounds a bit shocking but that's how it is) - all led me to start looking harder at spirituality. I have been on the alpha course at a lively and contempory church and I feel very "different". I have a long way to go but I know the best way forward is to keep in contact with other Christians who can encourage me and vice-versa.

This is a long post - will sign off hoping not to have bored you all! Could I just ask you to pray that I learn to trust God completely and stay on this path I have found? Thank you for listening.

Hello - DH at Tesco with DDs 1 & 3, DD2 in bed so taking the opportunity to catch up quickly, haven't got long .....

Feeling a bit like I've been hit in the head with a 10 tonne truck today - just really "foggy"; but apart from that, all is good. Have NCTea Party this a/n, so trying to get organised for that ..... ......

FA - Any more on the cramps?? Praying bubba stays put a while longer yet .....

Panda - Praying that your DS makes a quick recovery, poor thing. How is he today??

Nanou - Congratulations!! - To your DH on the job - Gosh, Switzerland - A BIG upheaval for you and your family - Praying for you as you make future plans etc etc- How are you feeling about it all atm? [[hugs]] Wow!!

nsfn - We are looking at (dare I say it .....) Fiat Multiplas ..... GROSS, I know, but it is the most practical solution for our family ..... We definitely want just one more bubba (I know, I know, next time it will be twins ....) so three in the front, three in the back and a big boot is everything we need ...... Tried driving a seven seater the other day was absolutely terrified!! How was yesterday sweetie? Continuing to pray for you .... [[hugs]]

Podmog - Praying hard for your friend - Don't really know what to say except that I pray God's healing spirit would come upon her so she can have clarity of mind and get your precious children back soon. Praying lots for the children especially......

Snuffy - Continuing to pray for the situation with your friends honey. xx

mtgaa - [[[hugs] Stick with us honey - Praying that the meds work amazingly well and you can get back on track asap. Think you should "chat" to CC - you could help each other a lot ....

Sorry it is all a bit haphazard and brief, but need to go and start lunch for everyone .....

Will try and pop back later ......

Welcome Hearts!! Great to have you with us - Thanks for the intro ....

CD - no thankfully they seem to have gone.......probably just wind .

I just need DC3 to hang on until Wednesday evening at the earliest - have the after school service to play for on Wednesday afternoon (preferabbly next Sunday evening - got an evening service at church with no-one to cover for me LOL)

Welcome Hearts, I hope you find this thread as supportive, caring and encouraging as we do.
Did you enjoy the alpha course? I've been going to our church for about 6.5 years now and am considering doing it.

Welcome to the thread, Hearts!

And have a virtual cup of tea and slice of cake! I did an Alpha course years ago - did you enjoy yours?

I'm going to make all your mouths water now...I had a big baking session yesterday; I raided back-issues of BBC Good Food mag and made a fab chocolate brownie cake, a middle-eastern style orange and oppy seed cake and loads of gluten free biscuits for dd. We're having my parents round today so I'm feeling v. Nigella with my array of goodies for them...!

Have a good day everyone! God bless

Bum - just lost my post ........

ROSEY - I DEMAND THAT YOU BOX UP SOME OF YOUR GOODIES AND HAVE THEM COURIERED OVER HERE RIGHT NOW!!

Hope you are all having Happy Sundays - Just got back from church - three sleeping girlies - Yippee!

Here you go then CD...

yum!!!
and
yum!

Not that I'm smug or anything!

On a serious note could I ask for prayers for my friend J? She has just had a baby and is a christian, married to a strong Muslim. Her husband says that he will never let his children set foot in a church. He has not stopped my friend from going to church but it cuold be difficult over the next while for her to go, esp. as she wants to breastfeed. As you can imagine it's not an easy marriage and she does face quite a bit of pressure to convert to Islam, not just from him but from many in the place where she lives.

The birth was quite traumatic and so could you pray that God would just stay very close to her at this time and supply her with chrstian fellowsip and support? I think of Isaiah 40:11 - 'he gently leads those who have young'. (In one translation it says 'nusing ewes' which is a lovely picture of breastfeeding mums IMO!)

Just want to qualify - Not that I'm saying she's wrong to breastfeed, of course. I'm v. v. v. pro breastfeeding!!!

cd listen to this before you buy your fiat multipla. I had one up until November and I loved every single minute of it (well the practicality at least) I loved the quirkiness of it, I loved the fact that with six of us all of us were sat in the main part of the car and one wasn't stuck away in the boot somewhere. It was easy to drive and my double pushchair fitted in the boot - fantastic.

But, but, but and here it is. it was gutsy on fuel, and the gear box went on it and when it did we couldn't get another one and apparantly thats a common problem - the gear boxes go and unless your prepared to then buy a brand new one from fiat your done for bec second hand ones just are not available. My dad spoke to someone down his way and he said he had had one sat in a garage for 6 monhts waiting for a second user box for it, the garage that ours was at tried all the usual country wide car breakers online and also failed to get one for ours. In the end we had to have it sort of fixed and then get rid quick (that quick fix cost us £1k)

Also parts are expensive for it.

We lost a deposit on a new one that we were about to buy because we weren't prepared to go through that scenario again.

Sorry if i've bored you to death but couldn't let you buy one without telling you.

Have you looked at the 6 seater honda same principle 3 in front, 3 in back.