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!!

I have a wonderful God-incidence to share with you, from my friend who's dh has left her for another woman (I posted about 4 weeks ago).

She has bought herself a new car in preparation for move away from dh, and had stopped to fill one of the tyres up with air. Filled it up and it went straight back down again. So, tried again but it went flat almost instantly.
She sat wracking her brains how to change a tyre (no idea, just like me!), as normally she would have rung her dh to come and help. Then a car pulled up and the chap driving asked her if she would be long. She said she didn't know as she'd just got a puncture and wasn't sure how to change the tyre.
The chap said "well I'm your guardian angel, can I help you?" And proceeded to change her tyre for her. He told her that he was a Christian minister, but that 5 yrs earlier he had been a down and out heroin addict. He also told her the Lord was looking out for her, and was putting people she needed in her path. (got goosebumps yet?)
Then a taxi driver pulled up and also offered to help, who also was a Christian . So, there are 3 total strangers, standing in a petrol station, all recognising God at work for putting them there together. All 3 of them never use that particular petrol station, and each had stopped there 'on the spur of the moment'. Wow. Isn't it fantastic to get such a clear image of God working through His people for good?
YIPPEEEEE, hallelujah!

CCM - that's fantastic! I love stories like that!

Thanks for my hugs! Panda, that couple opposite was giving us weird enough looks as it is, what with all our church talk. Imagine their reaction if we'd hugged!

Just reporting in that I'm stopping work for the evening, but have just gone through and written the first 7 chapters of "a journey through Ezra" that I'm writing for my outline. Only another 3 to go! So its all getting there, thank God!

Roseylea - lovely lovely lovely words!
Mary - prayers for your old wounds to heal completely!
CC - what a fab story re: friend and 2 christian helpers!
PandaG - these things happen so fast, dd is fine though, so don't beat yourself up over it, she probably thought you were crossing aswell as your friend! it really does shake you though, been there myself!
FA - aw, bh hey! what a brill sign, even though they can be annoying! bless you
CD - hope you have had a more pleasant bedtime tonight with dd's

Twins a little better tonight, hope tomorrow continues with improvements! my tummy feels a bit knotted up and anxious, but I am in good spirits(ish) lots on my mind with one thing and another, prayers to undo those knots and relax!

Good evening from a rather frazzled Dippy .....

Wonderful God-incidence CC - Thank you for sharing honey!

@ DD and the car, Panda - you must have been absolutely terrified honey - poor thing!!!! Praise God she wasn't hurt .....

• Great to have you back, Humpty Dumpty - I meant Suzy, sorry! Praying for your poorly household .... hope you are all better asap .... and yes, we think we may have found a car .... Fiat Multipla at a local (ish) dealership at an affordable (ish) price ..... Pray if it is right, it will be ours asap - Don't think our exhaust is going to last another five mins!!

Mary - [[[hugs]] Sorry to hear about "old wounds" - Praying you get an opportunity to speak to this friend about comments made and that God is very much in the situation - Well Done you for all your hard work, btw!!

Think I need to go relax somewhere quietly - head is pounding ......

Praying for knots, Suzy sweetheart - got some of those myself so lots of sympathy from Camp Dippy!

SEE - we've done it again!!

(ish)

brrrrruuuuuuum!!!!!!!!!

nuts aswell as knotty

Brum!!!?

EXCUSE ME!

Were you taking my michael out of my exhaust!!!!!!!!?

Your Car!

ROFL

Well we're knotty, nutty, nitty & witty here in Camp Dippy.....BEAT THAT!!!!?

More like .......

Bru-u-u-u-u-u-u-m, chug, chug, chug, splutter, splutter, chug, Bru-u-u-u-u-u-u-m.... splutter .... Flop ......

POTTY (thats me sorry not you! KNOT)

Think I had better go to bed! night! night!

GOD BLESS!

I keep x-posting you! gggrrrrrrrrrr! no thats not frosties, yum!

.....don't forget "Dippy" too ......

Night hon, Sweet Dreams ..... xxxx

Hope you are less frazzled now Dippy, and thanks for that bit of fun, my KNOTS are not so bad!

Good.

Are you dissing my family are you calling me dippy aswell as me calling me potty! am I bovered?

ok here goes.

Before I went to church yesterday evening was talking to a former colleague via msn and telling her how I felt bound and that I didn't think I would ever be happy, and that for years i have thought that there something wrong with me, have beaten myself up with thoughts that i have been in the wrong etc when in fact its not been me its been h and I have been the way i have as a knock on effect of not knowing what the problem was.

So I go to church and think it going to be quite difficult as one its candidates sunday so big drive to get people to college and two meeting was based around our sessional name when we were in college. But amazingly none of it phased me, then worship group got up and sang power of your love and leader of meeting said that maybe we needed to come pray or pray with others so I go foreward knowing htat I need to move on, I need to forgive h, and that not only am i grieving for what has been lost but for the fact that most of our marriage hasn't been what i thought it was.

So I go back to my seat and someone starts giving word of prohecy saying tht God is planting words of love, forgiveness, hope etc and how he has seen our crying int he night and how he going to heal etc, and that we just had to give ourselves to God.

I just sat there absolutely gob smaked - I knew that every word was for me.

God works in mysterious ways huh.

So after a really horrible week God was showing me that he is there that he will heal, that he has it all sorted.

Bovvered, Bovvered ..... Whatever. Face. Face. Bovvered? Nah.

nsfn - I x-posted with you - my last post was aimed at Suzy - not you - we're were having a wee bit of a late night mess around .....

ANYWAY - to your post - Exceptional - What a faithful God have we!!!!!!? I am so that he is intervening in your situation and showing you how much He loves you and that there is a way forward in all of this ...... Yey!!

NSFN - how lovely to have some sort of 'moving on' feedback, in such a short time, I pray you can start to be happier now, I realise its easier said than done, but its a fantastic start! God is Good well done!

yes i know cd but i just hope i can keep hold of all this i'm a dab hand of picking it all up again in a few weeks and beating my self up believing I not good enough