MN Christian Prayer Request Thread: June: WEEK TWO ......

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Right, here's this week's summary of requests .......

PandaG - Has trapped nerve in shoulder / neck - very painful - Prayers for quick release from pain ....

mumtogusandalbie - Really struggling with painic attacks & anxiety too. On lots of drugs & has ben signed off work. Lots & lots of prayers for healing and endurance....Please put lots of support around your precious child, Lord ....

CaptainCaveman - Struggling to deal with DH's attitude towards TTC - made worse by friend who has just announced that she is PG. Praise God for DH's new job & help them as they make decisions about MiniCaveman#2!

Dejags - Praise God that her wee girl Carys is making progress since being in hospital seriously ill with a virus - Prayers that she continues to makes good recovery.....

MaryBS - Prayers for Judy who is dying - praying that she would be released from her pain soon & prayers for her DD as she copes with the situation with which she is faced right now. Prayers for adopted DNiece who is experiencing nightmares about "Tummy Mummy".

Roseylea - Prayers for wisdom as she seeks to set up a Prayer Group at the school where she works. Prayers for poor DD who has horrendeous impetigo atm.

WeirdBird - Prayers for her as she juggles children and various committments (esp with the NCT) Prayers for DD1 as she goes to hospital on Wed (13th June) for nut allergy testing on the ward.

Suzy - Continued prayers for her & DH as they launch their gardening business following DH's redundancy.

fannyanny - Prayers for swift release & recovery from bad neck / shoulder pain.

harrisey - Prayers for continued return to health as she has had UTI and poss kidney stones and has been feeling v.poorly. Esp as she is currently supposed to be studying too and her DH is working long hrs on top of his study - Praise God that DH's counselling has really helped!

bobsmum - Prayers for church leader who has suffered severe heart attack and for his family (wife & 2 teenage children) as they struggle to cope with the situation.

CaptainDippy - Prayers that the Dippy Household would have a great week as DH is off work. Prayers for them as they approach the beginning of DH's new job, new routine etc. Can't think of anything else, but I am sure there's more ......

Nice to hear about you? But we will pray anyway

hiya i'm notsofarnow have 4 dc 14 nearly 15 yr old dd, dd 13, dd4, ds3 no dh. So thats got you started over to you. But yes just post your prayer requests and get stuck in you'll soon know us all.

Okay, I'll introduce myself a little bit...

I have been a Christian for sometime (20+ years). My faith (unfortuately) is not what it has been in the past. Possibly due in part, to experiencing mild depression for the past year or so. Have recently started taking St John's Wort.

I enjoy going to housegroup but not church. Maybe because I am tired come Sunday morning.

I am mum to 3Dcs 9,7,6. I am married for 12 years to Dh, who works abroad alot building his own business. Am thinking about getting some help around the house (cleaner/ironing service).

I am currently working in a school a couple of morning preparing to embark upon a teacher training course starting in September.

Would really welcome prayer and possibly book recommendation (and practical suggestions) for someone whose faith is wavering.

Am off to Bed, will look again in the morning.

God Bless.

BoRiA x

NSFN and DO he is 3.1 and yes he is healthy, so praise God. Tbh its nursery who are calmly worried about him (not fussing, just asking what they could try) and it usually doesn't bother me but really got to me last night.

Bed - I am 33, married for almost 8 years with a ds aged 3. Live in Nottingham. Welcome! you're in good company as many of us on here have suffered/are suffering with anxiety, panic and/or depression. I've had both and have currently been med free since about March .
re. your faith, theres some super wise birds (was going to put wise 'old' birds) on here who always give great comfort and support.

morning everyone - had a lovely dream about Richard Hammond last night....ahhh,.....

Hi again Bed

I'm 35, married for nearly 14 yrs, been a Christian for 28 years! DS is 7, DD is 5. I am a SAHM, and I too have had d epression in the past - so common. Will certainly pray for you, that God will relight your fire . I so know that feeling. Would it be possible to get more involvedin the Sunday Service? If you are doing something, it is somehoe easier to get enthusiastic about it IME. Anyhow, please get stuck in!

Praise from me this morning - do you remember me talking about a friend who was going abroad as a missionary? Well she now has broadband, as do I, so we were able to chat on Skype last night for an hour for free - we've e-mailed lots but not talked since she went. Yesterday was her birthday too! Was fab to chat to her

Also, I am in a lot less pain, still twinges, but think I will be able to drive today (and carry shopping, do the ironing...!) So thanks fo ryour prayers

hi bed, im 45, the oldest of the bunch?
have been married 1 year, have a ds of 11 and a half months.
i have been a christian for nearly 3 years, and i am a sahm
prayers for dh please , he suffers from bad hayfever, which often brings on asthma (sp?) too, and has changed tablets, but they dont really help, and has had a migraine type headache for a fortnight now. i dont think its the tablets, although it says they can cause headaches, as hes only been taking them a week, so they are probably making it worse though.
hes gone into work, but said he may come home again.
i have been praying for him , and so has my mum, and last night he said he felt almost normal, but it was back with a vengence this morning.
phew, may have to go and lie down now, that was long.

Welcome Bed (great name!)

Morning all. I am not on MN this morning. I have so much to do. I must not post. I will go away. (Gosh my willpower is awful!)

Praying for all. God bless.

Morning - DD1 at Pre-School, DD2 has been in bed for quite a while now - think she got up on the wrong side of her cot, screaming & thrashing etc .... scary ..... DD3 currently sleeping too - amazing!! Won't last long, I am sure .....

Glad you are feeling better harrisey honey!

Congratulations!! - On the distinction, CC - Great stuff, you clever laydeeeeee! Oooooh, Richard Hammond, yummmeeeee! Praying for DS' food issues - agree with what has been said though - just put the food in front of him and if he doesn't eat it, don't stress, just take it away and carry on .... It will get better - My DD's are pretty dreadful eaters tbh and I just don't fuss - They will eat if they are hungry.....

Mean mummy!

Welcome BedofRoses - Nice to have you with us!! I am 24, Christian for 10 ish yrs, married 5 yrs, 2 DD's, 3.5, 2 & 6 weeks (yes, I am absolutely bonkers!!) {{{{hugs}}}} & prayers for waivering faith .... please come here for any help / support you need sweetie - It would be lovely to help you in any way we can!

Great stuff that you were able to chat to your Missionary friend, Panda - and glad your neck is getting better .... Praise God!

Little Squeaky wimpering, so gotta buzzzzzzz

Morning all

Hello Bed, welcome, its always great to have new people

Am sat here praying, trying not to worry and wishing I was with DD1 at the hospital, but DH was worried about taking DD2 onto the ward when she isnt so great herself at the moment (recent crawling activities have triggered reflux lots and she has lost quite a bit of weight) So as we don't know how long the tests will take and it may take all day if she reacts, he has gone without us. Sometimes BF'ing can be a pain!

Just feeling so worried/scared and guilty that I am not with her.

CD - I really found that taking Homeopathic remedies helped me, I take Sepia when feeling irritable/tired and Pulsatilla when weepy. Please feel free to email/phone me, I have been going through it too.

Please pray for me, have been struggling the last few days in a big way, can't motivate myself to do anything and am very lethargic and don't really want to be here.

Good to know you are not alone isn't it, WB!!? {{{{{{hugs}}}}} to you sweetheart - I am sure everything will be fine with DD1 - she is with her daddy & they are providing the best care possible for her .... best to be safe rather than sorry, eh!!? It will all be over soon - enjoy your time with H now and try to not to worry to much. xxxx

WB - praying for you, and your DDs. have a hug from me!

please don't feel alone, we are here to support you however we can. Fee free to mail me off board if you want to pandag at safe hyphen mail dot net.

Thank you so much for your kind welcome, I am touched by such a warm welcome. (Actually welling up! My depression I think)

PandaG, have got involved with Sunday service. I help in Sunday school, but to be honest the material we use is boring as is the format. The problem is by the time the materials are passed on there is only 48 hours at best to plan/organise. With everything else going on at home, it is just another chore, sorry At the moment, I guess I find it all "same old same old'".

Have had a look at whole thread and start praying along with the requests.

Will be back later.

BoRiA x

BoRiA - hia, I'm sooz 45 3 dc DS 11yo and twins DS & DD 3y3m - always nice to meet new people! so welcome

Talking of 'being a christian' thanks for noteing my 'slegdehammer moment' last week, its a bit hit and miss really, like a feeling of am I or am I not 'a christian'

I went to our local charity shop to get myself some clothes this morning, had a good old rummage and bought a few items, whlst paying I commented how a friend had invited me to a christian ball last saturday but I couldn't go because I didn't have anything to wear, and that if I'd have come here (the shop) I would have found myself something!!!! and the shop lady said "are you a christian then" I was a bit [shocked] didn't expect a personal question like that, and we got chatting.

But at the end of the conversation I had decided I am still a 'christian sitting on the fence' I still feel on the outside of activity.

I know its up to me now how to manage my time better, but I find that the most difficult, I seem ok when I am in a 'christian gathering' but then it all goes to pot when I get home or get off this thread, then I thought well I am a thoughtful, kind, helpful person, we have a decent up-bringing in a christian family, perhaps I feel a christian is something more, its the 'more' I struggle with, what more? how much more? where more?

I can only endeavour to do my best all the time, and then I can't expect anything more, that should be enough to be a 'christian' but I would like to get off this fence once and for all and be totally fulfilled in my christian expectations.

Gosh sorry if that seemed gobbledigook, I hope you can understand what I mean, and gladly welcome any help getting off this fence!

I actually do live a christian life though, its just the feeling feels mis-placed, perhaps if I asked for forgiveness more often? and accepted me for who I am instead of fighting with myself and my sins. Is 'FORGIVENESS' what god is asking of me?

Welcome BoRiA, I'm sure I'm the oldest on this thread, don't even dare to whisper, but they put up with me and my wittering.
Sooz, darling, the only way to come 'off the fence' is to come to the foot of the cross. Sit there for some time and think:"Jesus did that for ME because He loved me so much."
Just feel the sunshine and the warmth and give over. You cannot make God love you more and you cannot make God love you less, He is totally committed to you.
Feel loved,all you strugglers, the problem is not that you don't love God enough, but that you don't realise how much He loves you.

Hello all!

And hi to BedofRoses! Welcome to the thread! I am 33, married to dh for 10 yrs (wow! time flies!) and mum to dd, aged nearly 5, (daredevil supremo, loves rollercoasters and playing football), and ds, aged 3.5, who is an eccentric little ball of boisterous boyhood! We live in Hertfordshire (recently voted the worst county in the UK to live in ) and go to a wonderful CofE church.

Suzy, IMO it's all about faith - not how good we are or how much we pray or how often we go to church. In the Gospel of John Jesus says this: "He who believes in the Son (Jesus) has eternal life" - which doesn't just mean going to heaven, it means having a restored relationship with God the Father through Jesus which starts now and will last forever! Wow! And the only pre-requsite is that we believe in Him.

All the other stuff - prayer, going to church etc - is to help us to stay close to Him and learn about the wonderful gifts He has given us.

As for praying for forgiveness - IMO Jesus took all our sins on the cross, and so through Him we can become new creations. That means that we don't have to carry around with us the weight of all our sins, and failings. He knows already and He has already provided the means of forgiveness through Christ! So once we confess our sins, that's it, they've gone - as one song puts it "It's just as if I never sinned". So we can leave our past behind and walk free into the future knowing that He is with us always through His spirit. Ooooh there is so much else I could say but this would be the longest post ever in MN history!

Harrisey, hope you are starting to feel better.

Dd's chicken pox are starting to look a bit better. Atm she is doing bike tricks for ds's amusement in the garden!

Well I have had a tough couple of days at work. I am so wanting to quit atm, but I don't think I should. It's such a weird school and the staff are so divided - so much gossip and backstabbing, all different factions and cliques - yuk. Still I have 'done my time' for this week so I don't have to think about it until next Monday! [weak smile] I really want to bring the light of Christ into the school, but it's hard...

God bless all xxxx

Sooz - I think DO got there 1st!! Do you accept Jesus as your Lord & Saviour - Do you believe he died for you to take away your sins?? If the answer is "yes" - you are a Christian .... We're here for you - Sorry I can type much more atm, hectic ....

Hi Rosey!! Praying for you lots re: work - Any mroe thoughts on the Prayer Group. Glad DD is a lot better.

BoRiA I lied to you! I am 34 not 33....how quickly one forgets

Going to stop stressing about ds' food - he's having chicken nuggets and chips with 'binegar' on for tea. Sod it. I bet if Jesus' had had kids he wouldn't have been fretting on mumsnet about what/how much they were eating - he'd just be thankful that they had food!! . Chill out caveman....

Got a phonecall yesterday at work from a parish nurse! We are meeting next week (at work) to see what work we can do together. Praise God she is also CofE but working for a Baptist church...will find out more next week! A wonderful God-incidence of two christians coming together?

CC Why sod it? It sounds a wonderful meal to me

Fantastic God-incidence CC - God has a wonderful way of making these things happen .....

DD 1 & 2 trying our patience again tonight - prayers appreciated .....

How is everyone else??

I'm tired... very tired... have been reading/praying but not posting...

Hi BedofRoses and welcome! The more the merrier!

Sooz- keep meaning to email you - WILL get round to it, I promise!

Hugs Mary. Praying you are revived. (looking forward to giving you a hug in person!) xx

hallejuah (sp) my shoulder/neck is now better - still can't tip my head all the way back - but eating and 'general' things are now possible without me wincing in pain .

Had a fabulous day today - my Doula came for my postnatal visit this morning, then I took DS2 and 3 (well DS2 really DS3 just slept and drank milk LOL) to the park for a few hours. Got home, I've cooked dinner (and tidied the kitchen up afterwards too), ironed (and put the clothes all away), hoovered and mopped the kitchen floor (which badly needed doing). DS3 is currently fast asleep in the sling in front of me - though I think I may wake him up just now as I'm feeling rather hot LOL.

Hope everyone else is well.

glad your neck is better . I now don't feel sick every time I move, and I managed to drive today, and do some shopping!