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Christian Prayer thread

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Dutchoma · 25/10/2018 13:32

NIGHT PRAYER

Comfort me with Your love O God
Wrap me up in Your strong embrace
Shelter me from the storm O Lord
Envelop me in Your tender care
By day I pour out my heartbreak to You
By night I give you my racing thoughts
In You I take refuge
In You I will not be afraid
For you hold me strong, You hold me safe
Calm my fearful heart O God
Still my anxious mind O Lord
For all my life is found in You
All my being is given to You
All my hope begins in You

Prayer found on web.dawesvillecps.wa.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/17th-September.pdf

I found this prayer on Facebook and tought it was a beautiful way to start the new prayer thread.

There was a beautiful picture with it too, but I don’t know how to transfer that.

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BlackeyedGruesome · 30/12/2018 21:04

why do manipulative, emotional blackmailing people deserve your time more than lovely caring friends?

whoo is telling you family come first? the very people who want to keep you with them and be nasty to you, because teasing you about your religion repeatedly is nasty. They call you a toff and a snob.They misunderstand your disability. this is not a healthy relationship.

by all means spend some time with them, but you are an adult now and can decide for yourself how you spend your time and who with.

get thyself over to the stately homes threads on relationships and read some of that.

WhatOnEarthDoIDoNow · 30/12/2018 23:18

@BlackeyedGruesome, I've posted on the stately home thread under a different name. It's sad but I've somewhat come to terms with the fact that my family have never been and will never be the family that I needed and need now. But I also recognize that there behaviour due to their own insecurities about who they are and how they appear and that this reflects more on them than it does on me. And that as I'm the odd one out and the youngest and most 'able' I can take it. And tbh I do, because I love them and I can see that their lives aren't ideal and they resent that they're unable to change that due to a lack of ability/drive and opportunity whereas I can. And I think that hurts them, that I'm doing well and may eventually leave them behind. They're jealous and proud but envy is a ugly emotion and makes them behave in ugly ways. They have no idea what I'm going through and therefore think everything in my life is golden but that's because I don't share my problems with them because they have enough on.

BlackeyedGruesome · 31/12/2018 00:39

we have important but routine appointment for dd tomorrow with the dr who thinks he knows better about my condition and whether I have it or not than his colleagues who actually examined me and then got me to show off to the medical students.

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Dutchoma · 31/12/2018 07:27

That will be fun BES - not. Best of luck with that.

woedidn at least you have a very acute insight into the situation and yes, there will have to come a time when you leave your family behind. Emotionally I think you are part way there, but it is a hard journey.

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Becca19962014 · 31/12/2018 10:00

whaton mine are very similar. I've never been able to leave them behind, I no longer visit though that's due to disability.

Barbaraanne22 · 31/12/2018 19:44

Prayers tonight for everyone here. May you draw closer to God than ever before in 2019. May He hear your prayers and make His holy presence known. May He work powerfully in our homes, workplaces, communities and nations. I particularly have the refugee situation on my heart tonight.

BlackeyedGruesome · 01/01/2019 00:21

Happy New Year.Halo

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Dutchoma · 01/01/2019 06:54

Happy New Year!

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Becca19962014 · 01/01/2019 09:58

I've dreaded this year. Realistically I know it's just another day but it feels hugely daunting to me. I need to go get food today and praying I'm able to do that without too much panic, pain and people getting in my way. Yesterday I found myself getting very annoyed with people.

Tuo · 01/01/2019 10:47

Happy New Year, everyone. May God richly bless you all in 2019. I may be around more sporadically, but my prayers are with you.

BlackeyedGruesome · 03/01/2019 01:00

8 days until dd's appointment. or 7 as it is after midnight. so near yet so far.

GingerCurl · 03/01/2019 01:05

Hello, Really long time, no be here.
Happy New Year and blessings to you all

BlackeyedGruesome · 03/01/2019 15:16

supposed to be going to mothers in ex's car, still here. really stressed about it all. my car needs work and I am worried about it. going to leave it outside ex's which is not ideal.

BlackeyedGruesome · 03/01/2019 15:17

oh and 7 days.

Becca19962014 · 03/01/2019 16:20

So mental health have refused to assess me at all. Worse my religious community are looking at excommunicating me because they're questioning if my vocation is true or not as I contacted them as instructed by the mental health team to ask about the wierd therapy thing they demanded I had done who have, without speaking to me, deemed me to be fine as its all "just a reaction".

Am devastated. I could now lose my religious community over nothing. Sad

I stayed up late into the night sobbing and praying and begging for help last night. This is my answer and, I don't know what to do.

I thought there was a possibility of some support but there's nothing. They lied.

Donhill · 03/01/2019 16:46

Praying for you becca. I’m so sorry you are suffering in this way.

Becca19962014 · 03/01/2019 23:18

Before I go to bed I've two requests. One is for some rest and the other is that people give thanks for my GP who understood and tried to help.

I'm supposed to see a social worker tomorrow first thing. Honestly I don't think I can. I just not mentally strong enough.

EchoCardioGran · 03/01/2019 23:45

Hello, I've just found this thread and beautiful prayer.
Thinking of you all and in my thoughts and prayers.

LearningMySelfWorth · 04/01/2019 00:12

Hey changed my username. I was WhatOnEarth. Just dropping by to say hello and let you know you are all in my prayers and request prayers for my anxiety and procrastination around coursework and upcoming exams. I'm stressed and unhappy but hoping I can get some work done tonight as I've slept most of today and can't justify the lost hours when there is so much that I need to do instead.

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Dutchoma · 04/01/2019 07:49

Welcme Echocardogran.

How are you this morning Becca. I hope you got some rest.

Learnngselfworth have you managed to get back to uni yet?

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Becca19962014 · 04/01/2019 09:37

Some rest but it was dreadful, I dreamt of my godmother who ended her life.

Barbaraanne22 · 04/01/2019 22:09

Learning I pray for a focused and productive time for you.
Becca for some peace and restful sleep to give you the strength to face each challenge each day.
Blackeyed that God is preparing the way for your next appointment.
And to all here that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.(Philippians 4:7)

Becca19962014 · 05/01/2019 10:22

Yesterday my appointment was dreadful. They just don't understand at all and are blocking me accessing any other support. The only advice I keep getting is "go to a&e" if I need support. They know I won't do that as I was told when last there to go back to my (abusive) family instead of bothering them.

I did speak to a GP last night as rang nhsdirect who referred me. Which was ok, though they cannot help either they at least listened, or I think they did.

I've had a dreadful night full of nightmares about my godmother ending her life and other people ending theirs because I'm preventing them getting help by asking for it for myself.

Need to go out this morning.
Please pray I can manage to do so and get some rest today.

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Dutchoma · 05/01/2019 10:33

Praying Becca

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Becca19962014 · 05/01/2019 14:32

I managed to go out, my blood sugars were very high and I felt unwell but I managed to do it. I got what I needed for today and tomorrow though I couldn't get all my meds I did get some (didn't expect to get any!).

Am not feeling well but thinking a rest might help sort that out so going to read/rest this afternoon as much as I can as I'm exhausted after last night. It used to not be a problem staying up (not by choice I will add) but now it really means I feel unwell. I guess because of my diabetes and EDS getting worse.

Thankyou all for keeping me in your prayers!