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!!

Hi Ladies

Haven't managed to catch up today, but prayers would be much appreciated. I'm probably off to casualty in a mo with ds2, who shot over the handlebars of his scooter but landed on them too. I phoned our GP who says I should go. I'm just letting him sleep off the shock, so I know how much the crying is due to pain rather than teatime tiredness!

Secondly, I am leading a 20 minute kiddies group at church on Saturday on the theme of How can we help our neighbours? Haven't done anything like this for ages, and don't know whether to expect 3, 33, or 133 kiddies and what ages they might be!!!! Prayers that a sensible number might turn up would be much appreciated.

God bless all.

Hello, praying for you all.

NQGU, praying for your poor ds and also for your service - sounds good!

Well I saw my vicar this morning and he was v. encouraging! I went out and had a fantastic lunch afterwards with my mum and ds too! My mind is still trying to process everything he said but the basics are...He is going to put me forward tothe DDO (thenext stage towards ordained ministry) so that is !!!

He also wants me to get more involved in leadership within our church, (not sure what form that will take yet) and he wants me and dh to start a home group. He's also given me various things to read, think about and do.

So that's good, isn't it?

Hia all, will catch up later when 'gotridokids'

but fantastic news Roseylea, congratulations

Whew. Panic over. After a horrible 15 minutes when I couldn't wake Ds (Agh!!) He revived so well on the way to the hospital that we decided to collect ds1 from his friend's too. After a further 30 minutes of being very subdued, ds2 then decides that he needs "chips and ketchup!" and our dear friend produced a large plate of oven chips! Tummy still hurts, but ds2 is now a normal colour and looks fine!

So prayers for Saturday would be much appreciated. Of course, I'd be happy if 133 kiddies turned up! (Though prayers that I may rely on the Holy Spirit rather than doing this in my own strength would be much appreciated!)

Great news Rosie! How exciting!

Hi Sooz!

Off to read the rest of the thread now. God bless all.

NQGU - glad to hear it! Must have been worrying for you though! {hug}

Better go, Emmaus group turning up in 1/2 hour. Its our last meeting, so pray that it continues and we can find a suitable "next" topic!

Please excuse MN name - private joke from PN Thread on my amazing "expressing" abilities!!

Great stuff, rosey!

Pants to mortgage / debt stuff, FA - praying for a solution, sweetie - think you would be v.sensible to go & see an independant financial advisor - Think they could prob help you a lot. Praying for a much better night's sleep for you too, sweetheart.....

NQGU - Glad DS2 is over the worst - must have been quite scary - Good grief!! Praying lots for kiddies group on Sun ....

nsfn - Praying for super patience to be granted to you by the Holy Spirit in dealing with DS!

Hi hunker - Nice to "see" you here ..... Yes, we are "ironic" Bible Bashers!!

Tired here, but ok - Off to bed before my head explodes ......

NQGU - Aw, panic over! I'm glad everything is ok, poor ds![ouch emotion]

Mary - Hia, hope the emmaus group went ok, is that a course you can do after the 'alpha'?

Hello to everyone else, my continued prayers of support.

PandaG - I'm fine, thank you for asking, I have just been to karate, 1st time since last grading, thought I'd better whilst blood pressure was irratic (low then high) have an appointment with the nurse on friday.

Still worried about lots of things, DH has been offered voluntary redundancy, he is unemployable (can't read or write and 54) I suggested for him to buy into his own business, but have only ever had the same job in life and its hard to think of a completely new road, please god show us the way, give my DH some inspiration in the last 11 years of his working life, a chance to be proud of himself, gosh getting all teary again, I'm going to stitch my tear ducts up

virtual hugs to all xxxxxxx

Hia Superboobs, pass some my way

love the new name CD!

Sooz, praying for your family esp your dh for some God inspiration re his job.

Just popped on quickly (dh thinks I'm getting dressed!!) - going to get my hair cut in 20 mins and still in my jimjams...

Off to the airport about midday, flight at 4.45 this afternoon Hooray. Algarve here we come!!!!!!!!

Love and prayers to you all, I guess I'll see you on the June thread!

A sleepy good morning all. We ended up getting checked out in casualty last night after all. DS2 is fine, but a four hour wait meant that we didn't get home until 1am. Yawn.

God bless all.

Waking up a bit now!

Hearts - are you still around and lurking, Hon? Hope that you are OK.

Ditto Mufti. Thinking of you.

Sooz - special prayers for you dh. What a difficult time for you both. What line of work is he in at the moment? Would he consider/have you checked out B & Q? I know they have a very strong positive policy on offering opportunities to those whom other companies might overlook. Equally a friend in the past managed to get a place with Tesco, who were very supportive. HTH. Will keep praying.

Have a lovely holiday CCM and family.

God bless all.

morning all! CC have a suuuuuper time in the Algarve and have you packed that bikini!

NQGU - I hope your ds is ok now, stressful time for you - my dh can't even be a hospital porter (need literacy and numeracy skills) der what! and even filling shelves up at a supermarket would be a problem for him, I have hinted to him to buy an established window cleaning round, but he's not interested, the only other option is gardening! (yes another one) they are in great demand here in Notts, we will just have to wait and see if he is 'the chosen one' out of 12 workers 2 have to go, dh worked 35 years 2 weeks off sick but has had written warnings recently! thing is he needs to be coming home with at least £240 per week for us to manage, so ???????????

I may have to work instead but I don't trust him with the dc, he's also dysphraxic (clumsy) doesn't see danger, no spatial awareness, he does silly things, its all to do with his learning difficulties

Oh suzy!! Praying for a fantastic solution to your problem, sweetie. I think the gardening business sounds like a fab idea, tbh ...... Could he go & see a careers advisor type person - some of them are v,helpful - There's gotta be something he can do!! [[[hugs]]] Wishing there was more I could say .......

Enjoy your holiday Fellow Captain!! V. esp with the current weather situation here on the "Sunny" South coast .... ....

Glad DS2 is ok NQGU - pita waiting round in casualty til all hours though, isn't it!!? Been there a few times myself .... sigh .....

All ok enough here - head still in a spin, so much to get done ...... Need to find cake to make for DD2's Birthday on Sunday - Can't believe she is two already!!

Still got three snotty little girls - please pray for recovery so they can enjoy Party on Sunday .....

Suzy praying for your dh to find a job that is just right for him. I really feel for you both.

Well CCM if you see this have a wonderful holiday! I'll be praying for lots of blessings for you as you sun yourself in your bikini! (trying hard not to be too !!!)

Hi Superboobs! (What a name! I think you should keep it permenantly!) I'm praying for your 3 girlies to recover soon.

And hello to everyone else!

Hello - yes till here. We are in the throes of the moving house process and I just seem to be so tired all the time so I'm not getting much time on here at all.

I missed my post-alpha class last night and felt so guilty but I just didn't have the energy to leave the house and try and make conversation etc. I also find the praying out loud thing they do very hard - feel so self-conscious.

Don't feel very aware of God at the moment but trying to hope he has it all in hand! Making contact on here helps - I can't read all I've missed since last on here but have said a prayer for all of you.

Thank you all for your support, trying not to blow everything out of proportion in my mind, got to try and keep it together, I agree the only sensible option atm is to have our own gardening business.

Anyway, took ds to 'barbers' this morning, he hates it, but he got his sweets and a little stretchy man so job done, off to work again now so I'll catch up later, I hope the customers are going to be a little kinder tonight, oh well last shift then I have 2 weeks off work, supposed to be on holidays but............... why not then........ um........... weather......... money.......... ds1 on school hols............. no real reason!

Sorry, hello Hearts, I've not met you before, but praying god 'has things in hand' for you

Hi guys - can only be quick - bawling 2 week old & other 2 tiny terrors due home any second .....

Hearts - [[[hugs]]] - We moved house just before Christmas and it was completely EXHAUSTING - Like Suzy said - "God has it in hand"!! Keep posting when you can honey - Praying for you .....

Gotta go .... Super Boobs are in demand .....

Hi everyone - just popping in quickly with an update.

I have been signed off for a further 2 weeks and my dosage of Citalopram has been increased to 30mg daily. I am also taking Propananol twice daily. Although I don't like it, I don't feel that I have much choice at the moment.

Praying for everyone and hoping that I will be up to posting more regularly soon.

God Bless you all.
xxxx

awww had such a lovely warm fuzzy feeling this afternoon - we had to miss Toddler Church which DS2 adores, because of his Chickenpox (and the afterschool service yesterday which he also enjoys). One of the old ladies who helps with the teas at both of the above events knocked on the door about 3.30 (just after Toddler Group had finished) with a little pack of grapes and a get well soon card for DS2 - as she knows he adores grapes. Was such a lovely touch I thought - I know it's "only" Chickenpox but the fact that she thought of him was really nice

I've just been to a totally surreal church service - the sort that would put you off going to church EVER again! I knelt there, towards the end, after communion, praying "God, I can't feel you here in this place" (yes it was that bad!) "but I need to know you're here" and I looked up and saw a statue of the infant Jesus in His mother's arms, arms held out in front, as if giving me a big hug!

Mary - How wonderful, see he is wherever you are! you obviously please god! thats the sort of moment I am searching for!
What was so bazaar at your surreal service to make you uncomfortable?

MTGA - You are in my prayers for strength to overcome these horrible panic attacks, do the tablets work?

CD/DoubleDippy - sounds like some sort of ice-cream mines a 99 please with strawberry sauce, sorry I do apologise for my bad SOH I was thinking of names for your extra mummy bits!

Well I have 2 weeks and 5 days off work thats alot of housework I pray for some sunny days next week then we may be able to take the caravan somewhere, (while DS1 in Llandudno with school) I feel we owe some precious time to the twins, they are really good and have no expectations of their days.

MYGAA - I had really bad PND after all my kids and only bu the grace of God did I stay out of hospital with 2 & 3 - spent a couple of weeks as inpatient in mother and baby unit with babu no 1

I have also been on multiple drugs. I had ect, but that was for depression before children. Had serious psychotherapy after 3rd child (dd2) where I was sure I was going back to M&B unit miles from home.

YOU CAN DO IT - depression is something you can overcome, and I should know, it was horrific for me - my depression cost me my relationship with my Mum as she will not accept what I have been through and the awkward ways in which it manifested itself. But I am ok with MIL, stepmum and DH, so my Mum can go stew as far as I am concerned - she abdicated all responsibility for me at 12 anywat when she left to live with my Dad;s best friend, so I dont feel I owe her anything.

So MYGAA I hve been just about everywhere - CAT me if u like!!!

Ohand Hi ladies

Totally snowed under with college wrk , so notroudn much.

Can you pray for clarity and reason as well as evangelical truth as I write 3 essays this term!!!

Sooz, it was mostly "old English" with thees and thous, where the prayers talk about "human vileness". A traditional service CAN be done well, but this wasn't. I just couldn't relate to it at all, and thought "this isn't how I praise God", I didn't feel much praise at all! And the sermon was pretty much in the same style (which surprised me as the priest who gave it is in charge of my training!)