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!!

now i'm crying again bec someone has just said to me that the little ones won't remember a time when daddy lived at home

and mine too....

I'm signing off now...there's a bottle of wine in the fridge calling out to me! And I have to show willing in leg ulcer clinic with the troops tomorrow. Nice.

ugh to leg ulcers don't know how you do it I can't stand the smell

Oooooh, can I have some CC????? LOL to piles of washing - get it now!! Yes, fast asleep with the wonderous smell of Ecover lulling them into the Land of Nod ... ......

nsfn - [[[[[[[[[[[[hugs]]]]]]]]]]]]]]

Mary - again to Ball tickets - praying for calmness and clarity and for a restoring of your friendship ....

CC - Have a fab time on your jollies! xxx

CD - Aw lots of prayers for recovery of the snots!

NSFN - Your dc will always have their daddy, they will always have his unconditional love

FA - good timing with the 'chicken pox' I tried so hard for my DS1 to catch it by sharing drinking cups (years ago) he never caught it till he started school!

Mary - Well done on your assignments, and thank you for your continued personal support, how do you fit everything in, 'Give yourself a shiney'

Right I'm off to bed after an exhausting shift, (lots of grumpy customers) I thought I was going to have a panic attack at one stage, must learn to cope better!

Hi everyone - had a quick trawl through the messages on here. Our internet is still down despite almost daily stressy calls to orange - so currently have my laptop accessing Panda's wireless network - whilst she's at the pub!! (just look at the time!!)

Congrats on Pheobe's birth CD

Hope to be back soon....

Good morning all!

NSFN fantastic that God spoke to you so powerfully.

CCM have a fabaroony holiday! I'm just
ever so slightly

Mary enjoy the ball! It sounds great!

Hi Worzella- how frustrating about your puter.

Hi Panda! Hope you had a good evening in the pub! (Ever so slightly of that too - can't remember the last time we went to the pub...)

Hi CD! Are you still car-choosing?

Well I'm off to see the vicar soon - if anyone reads this this morning please pray - "Your kingdom come, your will be done" just about covers it! I'm going out with mum and ds for pizza afterwards so that's nice (and offests the lack of pub!!! ) Hmmmm....pizza......(goes off into daydream about mushroom and grilled aubergine pizza....)

Praying rosey ......

Yes, we are still car shopping, DH off to see a couple of Multiplas this pm, we've sorted the finances so we can afford it, so hopefully we'll have a new set of wheels asap .......

Great to see you Worz!! Naughty Panda - Dirty Stop Out!!!!

Right, lots to dooooo .........

oo hope the car gets sorted soon.

DH is currently in a meeting at the bank to try and see if we can get the mortgage arrears added onto the mortgage - and reduce out monthly payments on them. We missed about 4 payments about 2yrs ago (when we were trying to set the business up) and at the time they wouldn't let us add it to the mortgage - instead we've been paying about £150 a month more than our usual mortgage payments. He's hoping now we've had 1 1/2yrs of paying off debts (very slowly but surely LOL) that they'll reconsider - if they agree then he's also going to see if he can get some of the larger debts added on too - or at least get a consolidation loan for them - we've got 1 very big loan and the Car Loan which take up a massive chunk of his income every month - so prayers please that the meeting goes ok.

We can manage as we are - but if the bank is 'helpful' today we'll be able to pay off some of the smaller debts quicker and even start putting some savings together !

As for me - had a rubbish nights sleep (rib pain and generally not comfortable) and while I started off this morning without any pain - it's already back

Hello all

praying that your meeting went well Rosey.

Praying fo ryou too Mary, that your friendship is mended, and that God will overrule. HUgs honey.

NSFN - no wise words, just a big hug flower.

FA, praying for your aches, and that DS2 is beeter before DS3 arrives.

suzi, how are you today flower?

What Worzella ommitted to mention was that I had been to a PTA meeting before the pub, and that I was driving, so I had 4 pints of lime and soda! And we didn't win the quiz. Pub on a Tuesday has been a longstanding arrangement, I meet a couple of girlfriends most weeks.

LOve to you all, sorry if I haven't mentioned all of you

thanks panda

Just a quick update on DH's meeting at the bank - basically a complete waste of time (he's not a happy man ATM LOL) - they asked for exactly the same information they'd asked for over the phone last week - and then said no - but took 1 1/2hrs to do so - so he's later getting out to work than he wanted to be.

oh pants FA.

fa what about going to an independant financial advisor who covers 'whole of market' they will be able to advise better than the bank surely.

cd you will love the practicalness (if thts a word) of a multipla, slightly ious because I loved mine and also we lost a deposit on one because we changed our mind and ended up buying a galaxy instead.

Really tired this afternoon, just want to go to sleep.

Notsofar - only people that would 'touch us' with regards to credit are the ones that charge ridiculously (scandously?) high interest rates - because of the mortgage arrears - the mortgage is with DH's bank - as is the loan (the biggie), and one of the credit cards we're paying off - so it makes sense to talk to them - but of course because they'd be making less money from us (from interest on the various loans/cc's) they don't want to know - unlike when they gave us the credit in the first place when they knew they'd be raking it in .

Still it's not so bad - we DO have enough to pay the bills, buy the shopping and get a few little 'extras' each month - this would just have made life that little bit easier....

and tbh I think DH is more annoyed about the waste of time meeting (they could have given him the same answer over the phone when he called them!) than the fact they couldn't/wouldn't give us what we were asking for.

soooo frustrating, thats the trouble their so willing to help get us into debt but not quite as quick when we want to get out of it again.

I've been wondering - is Bible Bashers said ironically? Only it's an insult round my way.

Please pray for patience with ds - he's driving me nuts, constantly being hyper, hitting his sister,screaming at me when i try and get him to do anything at all. Even simple tasks are turning into a battle of wills.

I know notsofarnow (prayers for you btw - just so you don't think I'm ignoring you!) - when they gave us the big loan we had NO regular income and were struggling to make repayments on most of our bills - now we have an income (with money to spare each month) they're not interested

HM - don't do that to me - saw your name on the thread and nearly went into labour that you were posting on this thread

Praying NSFN

Hi Hunker - yes it is said ironically - Bible Basher is a bit of an insult, and we are taking the mickey out of ourselves
For me, my faith is strong and very important to me, and if people ask I will talk about it, but I will not thump you verbally with a KIng James if you don't ask!

nah you prefer Good News don't you Panda

oh, amd FA - I know a CHristian IFA who is very interested in counselling people our of debt and teaching about using money rather than it controlling us. I could ask him if he knows anyone in your neck of the woods?

ouT of debt!

NIV all the way - although THe Message is good too!

LOL FA - sorry about that! Just had been wondering a while.

As you were, ladies

Thanks Panda - we're actually doing ok - debts are all under control (only through God's help though - in theory we should have been bankrupt 18 months ago and had the house repossessed etc etc - but we got through it and are now doing ok - we were just hoping to be able to sort out a new (to us at least) car as although our Ford Fiesta does a grand job - it's not very good for DH's back (he's very tall) as he's in it most of the day with his job.

Still - we felt slightly 'set back' a few months ago when we needed a new washing machine and were turned down for credit - but managed to buy one brand new (and a very flashy one at that ) not long afterwards paying in cash so that was actually a major step forwards for us.

We just have to be patient (says she willing DC3 to get a move on LOL)