MN Christian prayer thread - come let us adore the world's most precious firstborn

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We pray for ourselves:- that we may make time to be "Marys" as well as "Marthas" in all the busy-ness leading up to Christmas.

We pray for our precious husbands in the words of the prayer I quoted earlier:-

Dear Lord, I pray for Wisdom to understand my man;
Love to forgive him;
And Patience for his moods;? and?
we won't go into the rest of the prayer so close to Christmas. (Full text on the old thread)

Pray for NorthernLurker's dh to find a job soon and for Harrisey's dh to find the strength to do a stressful job. Also for Bobsmum's dh to find a new job before February. We pray for peace and quiet over Christmas in all household, especially where dh is not fully committed to the Christian faith, that they may see the loveliness of Jesus around them.
We pray for those without husbands, for NSFN and Mummy2T&F. Also for Creambunnie.

We pray for our children; from the tiny unborns (Podglet, Bobsmum and CaptainCaveman) to include all our children young and not so young. Pray that we will be able to show them the love of Christ. That we may be able to protect them, help them. We pray for Roseylea's dd, Bobsmums ds, Mary's ds, NQGU's ds, that they may be able to cope with life at school and with the holidays.

We pray for those who have suffered bereavement, for QoQ family on the loss of their much loved grandfather. For Mufti's dh who lost his father recently as did Santas(Shreks)missus' dh.
We pray for Pepperpots in her loss

We pray for those with worries over sick friends and relatives, for Spookymadmummy's Mum and for her stepdad, just out of hospital, for CaptainCaveman's friend and little one in hospital, (Lord if possible, bring her out of hospital before Christmas) also for her teenage friend with eating disorders. We also pray for CC's dsis and her dd. Lord, we pray Your healing over that whole family.
We pray with Muppetgirl for her mil and her mother, who is ill and a long way away.
Lulumama and Rubyslippers' grandma.
We also remember OJ and Steve and their 3dcs in our prayers.

We give thanks with Geekymummy for healing in her marriage for PandaG doing well in her new job and enjoying it.
We pray for TheWiltedRose that she may have a very happy Christmas and that she may come to see the One Who is behind it all.
And we pray for CaptainDippy that she may feel surrounded by the love of Christ who is the Provider in all her needs.
We pray for 'absent friends', for Soozy, Creambunnie and MumtoGusandAlbie
Lord, we bring You our prayers and our worship in this Christmas period.

Praying, CC, fellow nutter! xxxx

CC Thinking about you sitting behind the computer I just thought how pleased you would be when you had your baby,
Panda, yes, been there, done that, get back to Psalm 103, which is my lifeline, becaue it is all true and we can be 'lost in wonder, love and praise'.
Good night all, sleep well.

BAD MOTHER - just putting ds to bed and as I left the room he says "er, mummy, I didn't have any tea" Ahem. We just shared some toast in his bed together!!

And I just have to share ds' prayer with you:
"Dear God, thankyou for the love and the prestness (?), and the days, and for all the little boys in all the little white houses. Amen"

(I think prestness is a cross between Christmas and presents )

when i went to pick dc up tonight xh said i've showerd them so ds asked me to smell him and then said am i tasty. Made me smile in a smileless day.

I WAS REMINDED TODAY OF THESE WORDS.......
PAST PUT BEHIND US......FOR THE FUTURE TAKE US
LORD OF THE YEARS WE GIVE OUR THANKS TODAY.

I hope and pray you all had restful nights. Its a difficult time at the moment, what with the long nights and short days, the end of the excitement of Christmas.

I tell myself I must remember a child has been born for us, who is there for us. I also remind myself of a phrase I heard last year "because of what he has done for me, I would do ANYTHING for him".

NSFN - what a sweet thing your DS said - its little things like this that brighten our days, as you say. May God send you many more such blessings to lift your spirits - and everyone else too!

We had a lovely Epiphany service yesterday, but it was 100 minutes long! We had our new nave altar consecrated (stunning piece of handmade craftsmanship, fit for the glory of God!) and 11 were confirmed (10 of them adults) - a record number of adults I gather! Praise God for all his blessings.

Praise God also for someone called Michael, who I had a lovely chat with on Saturday, re: the workings of the Holy Spirit. I've seen him in the Cathedral a number of times, from something he said on Saturday, he sounded as if he was/had been someone important in the church, but that didn't matter, it was just so nice to unexpectedly share like that. It gave me a real boost!

Thank you I am in His hands and hello!

Quick post - @ DC's who say lovely things and make us

Yey for Michael, Mary!

Love & Prayers to all - Gotta buzzzzzzzzz

I just wanted to say hi. I never knew that there was a religion section to MN and feel so encouraged that there are so many Christians gathering together here. DD just grinned at me so I thought that I would send it your way before I go back to lurking. Praying for you all xx

thank you and welcome swaliswan back to dd

DO , is dd moving faR away? I SEEM TO HAVE , oooh sorry about that, missed this

Hello SS - don't lurk too much - you are welcome back here any time!! (That's to DD btw!!) xx

Morning mufti!!

morning to you CD

OK, instead of lurking I'll request some prayer. There are bigger worries in our lives at the moment, but I'm trying to encourage dd to take a bottle. I know that this may not sound like it's a big enough worry to ask for prayer especially when I see what everyone else is coping with, but it is really hanging over me. I would love to enjoy the rest of my maternity leave feeling confident that dd will be OK with a bottle when I go back to working shifts in 7 weeks time.

It's really important that I'm able to work as my husband has recently been handed a letter saying that he is at risk of redundancy. There are a lot of changes about to happen in our life and some sense of peace about the whole issue of breast-bottle. DD stopping breastfeeding would also mean that when DH's job is sorted, we could start TTC DC2 without worrying that breastfeeding DD would cause another miscarriage or another premature birth.

I'm sorry to bother you all with something so trivial.

Not trivial AT ALL honey - we are all mum's here and we all know how it feels for everything to feel like it is hanging on e little thing - and how it feels to be constantly thinking "will he/she, won't he/she" - Everything is tough when you are a parent because you sudden have to have super sonic super powers - multi-taking gone haywire - on top of being completely exhausted!!!!! Praying that DD would start to take a bottle asap so you can't start planning future stuff! Do start a thread in breast & bottle feeding if you would like some support / advice - and stick with us - we are a nice bunch!! xx

Not trivial at all,SS. As somebody has said, start a thread in breast and bottle feeding. How old is dd? Meanwhile I'll be praying for your peace of mind and for a new job for your dh, should that be necessary.
Mufti, dd has moved to Chesham. It's not far, about 40 mins on the train and then there is a bus or she could come and get me. It is an hour in the car. They're still tidying the old house, so I've seen more of Z than ever, but that of course will soon stop.

SS - Doesn't matter how small the request is, every prayer request is important as another to an individual, so I pray your dd will soon accept the bottle, my twins have only just stopped 4yo, they wrapped their bottle up for father christmas to take to new babies that havent got bottles,
twins even sprinkled reindeer sparkle food in the garden, (oats, glitter & seiquins) so santa wouldn't get lost!

CC - your lo makes me lol, he will make a lovely brother to little bean!

DO - You made me laugh, thank you, thank you, thank you, (snot comment)

Mary - Thank you for your constant support, you pick up the slightest problem and always e-mail to make sure I'm alright, I thank you.

CaptainDyson - Hia, glad girlies were well behaved for you, makes a big difference enjoying an outing.

NSFN - I hate being alone aswell, I have a feeling me spitting my dummy out of the pram the last 4 days is to do with schools back and dh going back to work, being left alone, so I'm with you, and pray that god can give us strength and confidence to manage.

I'm all alone now!!!!!! argh!!!!! but thank god for the internet, twins at playschool, I've just got back from the dentist for a simple filling, he broke my tooth further and ended up having to pin it, I was really brave.

Thank you for all your support this weekend, I hope I am on the way to recovery now, the doctor has given me a higher dosage of HRT, lots of new feelings to get used to, or should I say old feelings, yes girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yeeha!!!! is nice starting to feel human again.

God Bless you all
Soozi

Thanks for such a warm welcome, ladies. Just thought that I would let you know a little update (already!). Today I have found a bottle that DD can work (she didn't get how to use any other bottle) which is extremely encouraging. She has decided that she doesn't like having formula from the bottle though so I think that I may have to use some cunning techniques to encourage her. I have posted on the breast&bottle section for ideas as to the best way to go forward. I don't want to upset DD by making her go cold turkey but she is very stubborn and knows what she likes (can't think where she gets that from ).

So, please give thanks to God for a start to solving the problem and pray that we continue to make progress with minimal stress for everyone involved.

Love and prayers,
Swaliswan

Hi swaliswan - happy to pray about the bottle issue - great you've already made some headway there - and also about the other issues - as you may have read a bit further down dh job worries are rather my thing! Will pray for answers and peace of mind for you. So glad you've found this thread!

Oh sorry pressed post - rest of what I needed to say now:

Soozy - glad to hear you are feeling a bit better - well done for the dentist!!

Mary - so glad you've had a good service and a good chat - encounters like that mean such a lot don't they?

NSFN - I'm sure your ds is very tasty!

CC - I've struggled through three pregnancies with nausea - it's very, very hard. Praying it will lift soon - I used to feel like I spent all day in a fog - knew I had to eat but couldn't think what - just looking at majority of food was unbearable. But it is a good sign - hold on to that but don't feel bad about being miserable with it - goodness knows I did

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I just love this thread - it never fails to inspire me/cheer me up/make me laugh as required!

Wearing nausea bands today again so feeeling more human. Also, have booked a private scan for this wednesday EEEEKKK. I reckon I'm about 9 weeks but my boobs are HUGE and my friend commented on them the other day (she does know I'm pg). Can't hide it for much longer but am off for a fortnight after this week so can let it all 'hang out!'

Welcome Swaliswan - how lovely for you to join us too. My ds was awful trying to get him to take a bottle. When I went back to work he was 7 mo and would drink ONE ounce of milk all day at nursery . then make up for it and bf all evening plus 2 or 3 times at night. Hmmm. Eventually stopped bfing when he was 10 mo as we were ready to stop. He took to a bottle straight away!! Cheeky monkey.
It feels like it'll never end but it really is just a phase and we will be praying that God guides you through it .

And just so you know - I'm 34, married to dh for 8 years with a ds 3.8 and am 9 weeks pg . We live in Nottingham. x

Swaliswan, I believe that NOTHING is too small to bring to God in prayer. I've even been known to pray for a parking spot when I'm in a hurry - its worked too!

CCM - I know what you mean about this thread, I find it uplifting too. I get more fellowship and support from the people on this thread than anywhere else. When I had my review with my training director and she asked about whether I had a support group in my parish - I told her no (well, I don't), but that I had an internet support group!

Sooz - so glad you're feeling human again, you know where I am if you need me!

Love to all

Mary

Soozi - that is so cute that your twins gave their bottle to Santa!

DutchOma - DD is just over 7 mo and is absolutely gorgeous!

CD - thanks for the welcome and I plan to stick with you all.

NL - I'm sorry that your DH is having job worries. I will pray for your family. At the moment I feel at peace about DH's job situation. I don't know why but I feel that it will work out for the best. I feel exactly the same as I did when DH had to go to Iraq with the Territorial Army while I was pregnant. I can't explain how I knew everything would be OK, I just did.

CC - congratulations! I understand just how desperate you can feel with the intense nausea of pregnancy. I had hyperemesis while pg with DD and although I knew that it was a good sign that I would not have another miscarriage, it was a very difficult time. I will pray that you have some relief and can enjoy your pregnancy. BTW I'm 24, married to DH for 3 years with a DD 7mo and we live in Southampton.

Hi All
I am new to this and not really sure how often i will get on,
it is good to chat on here with you all and hopefully i will get used to it

I warn you, IaminHishands, its addictive! Welcome to you too!