MN Christian Prayer Request Thread - New Year, New Start .......

[CaptainDippy]

Hello lovely ladies! Lots to pray for and lots of Thanksgiving too as we head into the new year. Praying God challenges us, surprises us and bless us all this year .....

Podglet - Praying for healing for her relationship with DH and for opportunities to rest as she is PG and has a young DS too.

SpookyMadMummy - Ongoing prayers for her mum who is ill and has been in and out of hospital; and for her StepDad as he copes too. Last report was that her mum was doing very well at present!

Worzella and Panda - Ongoing prayer for thier DF who is currently hospitalised with severe depression and ED. Prayers for them both to be blessed as they emabark on a 10 week course at church, looking at Prayer Counselling - exciting stuff!!

RubySlippers - Ongoing prayers for her Grandma. xx

Bobsmum - Prayers for her as she endures bad weather and as the family face DH's redundancy at the end of Feb - praying for a fantastic oppotunity to arise for him; prayers for DS who is currently being assessed for a possible SN DX. Prayers for lots of energy for BM who is PG, due in April, especially as she has suffered from bad SPB with past PG's - Heal her, Lord.

DutchOma - Praying for her DH whose health has not been fantastic of late and for them both as they miss their DD, her DH and their lovely grandson. Praying for their cat who has cancer.

NothernLuker - Praise God her DH has been offered a new job!!

notsofarnow - Praise God that steps have been taken on the road to recovery!!! Praying lots and lots for her as she battles with depression, with caring for her special fmaily alone and dealing with her XH too. Praying his driving licence is re-issued soon. Praying for her friend who has recnetly undergone bowel surgery and is in hospital again

Shreksmissus - Continuing to pray for her MIL who recently lost her DH. Praise that she is a believer!! May she find much comfort in God's Promises at this time.

Mars - Praying for her stress levels, for work, for her precious family and for miracles!!

Summersun - Recently lost a twin Praying that she finds light in the darkness. xx

NotQuiteGrownUp - Has been very poorly over Christmas Praying for full recovery asap and for energy for her poor tired boys....

Mary - Praying for her as she struggles at church with issues and as she contemplates gaining a DX of Aspergers. Protect and Bless her, Lord. Restore her broken pot!

OnlyJoking - Praying for her and her lovely DC's and for Steve. Always. xxxx

DumbledoresGirl - Give her focus and direction Lord as she decides what to do re: going back to teaching and as she struggles with depression. xx

Sooooz - Praying for her relationship with DH and praise that she has gained her swimming teacher's qualification!!!!!

CaptainCaveman - Praying for energy levels and for nausea as she appraoches week 10 of her PG Praying for healing with panic-y moments and for relationship with friend who has been very hurtful of late. {{{hugs}}}

Saliswan - Praise that her job situation has been sorted and that she can work and continue to BF her DD!! Praying for the family as DH facing the risk of redundancy atm. xx

Ilove8pm - Praying for her at this very busy and potentially stressful time. DS is facing a DX of SN and DH is facing redundancy. They are all facing a possible house move. Praying for peace in their hosuehold, Lord.

RoseyLea - Praying for her as she makes steps forward in her vocation at church and as she plans outreach opportunities for the school in which she works. Keep her calm and focussed Lord and she her plenty of "time-out" too!

CaptainDippy - Praying she finds a job asap!!!!! Praying for her Foster Sis's family as her SIL and BIL recently had a stillborn DS. Comfort them in their sadness, Lord. xx

Do add prayers I may have missed.

Love, {{{{hugs}}} & Prayers to all.....

Thank you CD - you are really fab you know! May God bless you and open the door to your new job soon!

Would also like to add - can God pull Mary's curtains together too

Would selfishly like to ask for prayers for my face - it's covered in spots like a teenager!!!! And it hurts because I'm a picker . Praying for them to clear up soon - and for me to stop picking!!!

Thank you Dippy, such comprehensive prayers.

Thank you Lord for Soozy passing her teaching exam, well done, Soozy ... do blow your nose now

Just off out but popping into pray for the "picker"!! Praying your face heals up soon, my skin always gets really awful when I am PG< so sympathy here. xx

Hey DO!

Thanks - haven't posted on this (well the old) thread for a while - was getting too big and I was getting lost).

Could I have some prayers to find a new job too please - I resigned from my old one as DH and I both agreed despite the money being essential to pay the bills and feed us - it wasn't worth my misery to go back. I have 2 weeks until I receive my last SMP payment - and then I have to have found a job!

Thanks CD

Have a kitchen planner coming tonight to design us a new kitchen. Tis a laugh really cos we'll just be sitting, nodding and smiling and then saying we can't at the moment . I was really hoping there might be something for dh in the pipeline by now, but not yet. Hopefully this kitchen company will hold a price for us for a while.

SOunds daft to say, but I am confident that God will provide us with this new kitchen at some point. He's already given us our heating and this house in the first place! THere are no worktops and only 3 cupboards - if you picture a portacabin with some stuff randomly standing around the walls, then you have our kitchen.

What we're hoping and praying for is a basic, cheap kitchen that will cope with a growing family, but will also be able to provide for lots of guests and maybe B&B at some point. So sturdy, doesn't need to be stylish (cos we're not!), long lasting, but comfy and homely. A WWJD kitchen

I also need a bit of advice. The clothing company I'm an agent for have asked if I'll do the Royal Highland Show for 4 days in June. It's about a couple of hours away and would be basically an early set up and late to leave. It's a massive agricultural show and tbh I could earn a couple of hundred pounds, which would go a long, long way, but I'll have at the most a 5/6 week old and depending on dh's work situation, I would be on my own and juggling feeding with erecting a marquee etc. It's really not possible is it? What do you lot think I should do? Would I be daft to miss this opportunity or do I just have to say no? Argh!

Bobsmum, sometimes kitchen companies will give you a kitchen, or at least a huge discount if you agree to become a show home and have pictures taken. May be worth asking?

As for the show, my gut feeling is that only a few weeks after the birth of your baby, you could be doing some strenuous work. If this is meant to happen, you are not meant to do it on your own, so will pray for help for you.

Sooz - WELL DONE ON PASSING!!!! See what the power of prayer can do???

FAQ - praying that the right job comes along for you...

CCM - stop picking your face or your head'll cave in!

I just want to share a God-incidence with you, let me know what you think, I've already had a reply back from that Asperger's clinic:

"Unfortunately we do not hold details on individual doctors in practices or which ones know about Asperger Syndrome. Having said that, by coincidence we have had a letter in recently from Dr O'Sullivan at that practice, about another patient, so perhaps it might be worth seeing her."

God definitely heard all those prayers of support, thank you from the bottom of my heart all you loooovely ladies!!!!

DO - I have dried my tears and ended up laughing my way through the day!!!

CC - Stop picking, she says Mrs Pickerooni herself you made me lol with your ds and his commun.. bread, sweetie, he's definitely going to teach his sibling a thing or 2, bright as a button!

CD - Wonder Woman!!!!!! thank you for the new thread, and prayers for a JOB!!!!!!

NSFN - Great you have support and understanding at the doctors, time off is obviously the right decision, now relax!!!!!! chin up and prayers for continued faith and strength.

Bobsmum - Pass the buck time and pray to God for an answer to your dilema! is that ok to do that

Thank you God for the beautiful and happy day, may it continue tomorrow!

Well done Sooz! You superstar!

Just dashing in for a few moments...

Thanks CD! Well done Sooz!

DD has refused to eat her tea and won't stop whining. If these teeth don't appear by morning I think I'm going to commit myself to a mental institution. I was so tempted to shout at DD and slap her at tea-time. I know, I know. I should calm down. It would really help if DH hadn't suddenly gone away with work yesterday until friday. I don't hold out much hope for a good night tonight and I'm already shattered!

CD - can you help here?

Know those feelings well, SS - Sounds like you need a hot bath and lots of of chocolate tonight - Praying for patience.

I wouldn't commit to doing the show, BM as you have no idea how you will be at that time. xx Anyone who would be willing to come with you to help out?? Praying for kitchen provision. xx

Queen - Praying for job asap, know that feeling also!!

God-incidence indeed, Mary - are you going to go for an appt with Dr O'Sullivan?? Praying. xx

Brain emptied Need food and then off out to Pampered Chef Party .....

Have posted on that thread BM - thank you for link

thank you for your prayers

my grandma is still with us, whilst she is very poorly i have been able to spend time with her

my mum is finding it hard

your thoughts and prayers mean a lot

thank you and love to you all

xxxx

SS - prayers for strength and patience, while your dh is away and you ARE coping by yourself, if you live in the Notts area, I will help you, I have 'Home Start' they are a voluntary mothers help service, have you thought of getting any support, even if its to give you time for that bit of space, have you any family around you that can help?

Ruby - prayers for your family atm

((((((Ruby))))) for you and your family. God bless you all.

Bobsmum - do what I plan to do....Pray all your worries over to God, then eat some walnut cake and relax . Hmmmmm, walnut cake......

Sooz - congratulations, never doubted you!! Jolly jolly well done

Had booking appt with mw today - have been offered the nuchal scan because of my age EEk. 35 21 next month . Am going to pray about what I should do - has anyone else had one? Please could you pray for me too?

love and blessings to you all, you truly are all gifts from God.

hi again. Is anyone around tonight who could poss just send up a quick prayer on my behalf? would appreciate any. Got my childminding home inspection in two days and feel paralysed by fear! sitting here on mn(tis therapy you see!!) and there is so much i should be doing and my poor dh has to work late tonight so cant put up any stairgates etc that he had said he would do, as I am hopeless with drill, and I lost it and got really angry and tearful with him, and now he has had to go back out to work so I am sitting here feeling totally horrible and like I am going to fail! I know this is very small in grand scheme of things, I am selfish thinking its a real problem, but I just seem to be struggling at moment with it all

Praying for you and your dh and your stairgates! Could you mark out where the holes need drilling so that all your dh has to do is 'drill and go'? I empathise - I cannot use a drill for fear I'd amputate my leg or another appendage

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Could I add a prayer for my friend who is just entering her second trimester and not having an easy time? She is a very special and kind (Christian) woman who works so hard within her faith and for others. I know this will make a difference.
Thank you so so much.

thanks CC. My DH rang and calmed me down, he will find time tomorrow to sort things out. thanks for your support x walnutshell, will say prayer for your friend tonight x hi podmog, will pray for buyer for your property....

Hi all. Just popping in and trying to catch up a bit - great summary Dippy!

We have a bit more good news - dh starts his new job on Monday. He is really going to miss B though (and me and the other girls too of course ) so prayers as we settle into a new routine would be appreciated.

Praying for all of us on this thread as we juggle our many responsibilities and try to be what God intends us to be.

Good morning all.

CC - I had a nuchal scan with ds2, as I was 41 at the time. It was really helpful - especially as I had done some research beforehand. I'll CAT you with the details rather than clogging up this thread.

In haste. God bless all.

CC everyone in Southampton is offered a nuchal scan, but I turned it down. The results can only tell you how likely it is that your baby has Down's syndrome, not an actual result like an amniocentesis or CVS. We decided that it didn't matter to us either way and there is no way we would have risked the pregnancy (even if it is a small risk) by having an amnio or CVS if the results came back as 'highly likely'. We also knew that any major defects caused by down's syndrome should get picked up on the anomaly (20 week) scan so we weren't risking the baby's life by not knowing IYSWIM.

However, I am only 24 and I knew that my hormone levels (that are measured and form part of the nuchal fold result) were high anyway. I didn't want to get worried about something that still may or may not be happening. It is possible that the results are quite misleading and many women who get told they are at higher risk go on to have an unaffected baby. I also didn't feel like dealing with the issue whilst DH was thousands of miles away in a military hospital in a war zone.

I completely understand if you do the test. I just thought it might help you to know why we didn't. You need to consider what you would do if the results come back indicating that you are at high risk. Praying that you will get all the info you need to make your decision x