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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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CoconutQueen · 04/01/2020 19:23

Hello all.
I hope you don't mind me asking for prayers, if anyone can spare one.
Badly need prayers for my new relationship, I'm in a complete state.
Really need help from Jesus, so so badly.

Thank you xxx

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Dutchoma · 04/01/2020 20:57

Of course CoconutQueen, welcome. I’m sorry to hear you are in distress, would it help to talk about it?

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CoconutQueen · 04/01/2020 21:13

Thank you; we have chatted before; I used to be on here a lot a few years ago.

I am in a new relationship, which has been very wonderful indeed and a long awaited true blessing. This week communications between us suddenly seem odd and not like they usually are. I need prayers that whatever the issue is, it can be resolved. I have waited a long long time for something this special to come along, and I'm very scared.

CoconutQueen · 04/01/2020 21:16

At the moment I am trying hard to trust, and have patience, but I'm finding it very very hard.

Madhairday · 04/01/2020 22:30

Welcome, Coconut. Sorry to hear things seem odd. Is it that your new partner has stopped getting in touch? How long have you been with them? Praying that you will have peace and wisdom about how to approach it.

Love to all here, and belated happy new year!

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Dutchoma · 04/01/2020 22:34

Were you under a different user name?

I do hope and pray that you can get communication going again and that you will be able to trust the Lord for what is best for you. Sleep well.

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CoconutQueen · 05/01/2020 00:31

Thank you both. Yes I used to have a different username on here; think I was Innerstrength.

Have been with new partner a couple of months and things have been very lovely and progressing naturally and easily from both sides. This week, suddenly communication has virtually stopped; very very different to the last few weeks. I am praying hard, but not sure how to deal with it.

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Dutchoma · 05/01/2020 09:11

If I might once again put in some Oma wisdom: When prayer does not seem to bear the fruit you are praying for: stop praying and start praising. There is always much to praise God for and it is always heard by God.

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BlackeyedSusan · 06/01/2020 15:48

I used to pray to be able to go on Jim'll fix it. Years later one learns why that one was not a good idea.

Other times prayers are also answered with a no or not yet or this is good for you but we aren't told why. God always wants the best for us. What we want may not be the best. He has all the info and we need to trust him with that.

This much I have learned. I have yet to learn how not to respond like a spiritual teenager with spiritual flouncing, door slamming and sulking.

Things still happen that are shit though, as this world is not perfect. That's not what God wanted but often is a result of people doing things their own way for their own gain.

I pray that you will be calmed, comforted, and I hope that it all works out in a way that makes you happy.

CoconutQueen · 06/01/2020 16:53

Thank you. I am in a very bad place right now and struggling to cope.

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Dutchoma · 06/01/2020 22:07

CoconutQueen I’m sorry you feel in such a bad place.

“Be still and know that I am God”. He is still with you, however bad the place you are in at the moment.

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BlackeyedSusan · 07/01/2020 15:38

Prayers for you too lovely Oma, especially for yesterday, in memory of Bob.

BlackeyedSusan · 07/01/2020 15:41

May you know the peace that passeth all understanding.

Prayers for D's, DD, and dgcs too.

BlackeyedSusan · 07/01/2020 15:44

Coconut, these feelings are horrendous when you are going through them. You will get through them one way or another.

CoconutQueen · 07/01/2020 21:46

Thank you again.
Relationship appears to have ended but have NO IDEA why.
I am distraught.
Cannot believe I am back feeling like this again, yet now even older, even more worn out.
The pain I feel is overwhelming and all encompassing and crushing. Words cannot express the pain I am feeling.

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Dutchoma · 08/01/2020 07:38

Very sorry to hear that CoconutQueen. Very hard when you don’t know what caused the break-up.
As you say, you are older , hopefully wiser and more able to cope, so concentrate on your relationship with the Lord, rather than on human relationships which are bound to be imperfect.
I am praying for you today that you will be able to see other things apart from this one overwhelming thing.

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Madhairday · 08/01/2020 09:17

I'm so sorry to hear that, CoconutQueen. It must be horrible not to know. Please do remember you are valued and loved. It sounds like you have been treated so badly. Praying for comfort for you now in your pain. Flowers

CoconutQueen · 10/01/2020 16:16

I am angry with God

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Dutchoma · 10/01/2020 17:52

Where do you feel that God has let you down?

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CoconutQueen · 11/01/2020 08:10

My prayers have not been answered and I have reeled from one trial to another and I want the trials to be over now. I am utterly exhausted with it all.

HarveySchlumpfenburger · 11/01/2020 12:12

I’m just going to delurk for a bit.

Coconut I know some of those feelings, although it was more myself that I was angry with. It’s where I was a few months ago. Have you tried DutchOma’s advice of praising? I think prayers of praise and thanks are one of the things that’s made the difference over the last few months.

Praying for courage and strength and relief from the exhaustion for you.

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Dutchoma · 11/01/2020 16:19

Dear CoconutQueen I am so sorry that your heart is in such turmoil, but I am afraid that you misunderstand the purpose and power of prayer. Prayer is not a means to bend God to our will, but to bend our will to God’s will.
Jesus says that God will give good gifts to His children and so when we ask for a scorpion (Aww Daddy, they are so cute, please may I have just one little scorpion) God will not give it to us because it is not good for us, in the same way that it would not have been good for BES to go on Jim’ll Fix It.
So may I suggest that you align yourself with the age old prayer of the church in this way:

Almighty God, unto whom all hearts be open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: cleanse the thoughts of my heart (and I always add: the thoughts of my head) by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that I may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

God will hear you and give you the strength to bear the trials and problems of this world.

Jesus says: “In this world you will have trouble but do not be afraid: I have overcome the world”

You will have peace when you bring your will in line with the will of God.

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CoconutQueen · 11/01/2020 17:03

Rafals thank you for de-lurking. It is comforting to know that someone understands how I feel, and has come through the other side of something similar.

CoconutQueen · 11/01/2020 20:24

Dutchoma, I hear what you are saying, and I have been praising, and I do get the asking for a scorpion thing. But I don't think it is wrong to be praying for a fulfulling happy relationship/marriage with Jesus at the centre of it, in alignment with God's plan, and that is all I was praying for.

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Dutchoma · 11/01/2020 20:31

No, it is never wrong to share your desires with God. But you are setting yourself up for great unhappiness when you get angry with God when you don’t get what you want in prayer. Quite often we will pray, for instance, for healing for a certain person. That is not wrong, of course it isn’t, but it is no good getting cross when the person gets worse and dies.
God is sovereign and HIs will must prevail.

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