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.....

Podmog my cat was sick - i won't offer it to you though!

Been to see our friends and their newborn ds today, he is gorgeous!! Bless them.

God bless you all, I'm so tired that I'm just off to bed. Night xxx

I haven't got a cat, but a couple of my friends have - I'll text them and ask!

Night lovely ladies. xx

Hello all, just reading and praying, esp. for you Podmog.

Ds and dd got up at 5.30 this morning - eeeeek!

Praying Podmog - how is DS this morning?

I'm off out soon, 2 churches, 2 services to attend and 2 sermons to preach... . May God give me the power to speak his message, Amen.

Hi all,

Mary - good luck with that, hope all goes / has gone well.

SS - hope you have had a better night and that DD is more settled. Glad you had a good chat with DH

DO - hurrah for no sludge. Very sorry to hear about your cat though hope you are ok.

Podmog - it never rains... Hope Ds's are feeling better and you have had a better night too.

CD - hope the girls are less trying today and you enjoy your sunday.

Ok here, off to lunch soon as we still have no kitchen sink or worktops. It was our annicersary on Friday too so we are going for a family meal in one of the scrummy local pubs

Popping in, hope your sermons went well Mary

Gloriously sunny here, which makes me feel a bit more despite the stress and tiredness.

This morning seemed to go well. After the first, one lady said how much more confident I seem. The second, which was the ?all age? service, was so funny, I had a laugh doing it. If you could have seen the congregation with their hands in the air when I said ?Simon says put your hands in the air?, it was all I could do not to laugh. I had to wing my way through some of it, because some of the children were trying to answer the questions I was asking, so instead of me giving the answers, I let them tell me ? which was totally wonderful and really affirming. A number of the adults said how good it was too, and how I preached a message that could be understood by children AND adults. It was the first time I?d used the clip-on mike too, I hadn?t practised with it. Also where I?d planned to stand to deliver it, M. had put the children, so I had to stand in front of the children, and walk around so I could preach to both the children and the adults. I dramatised it when I walked around, so waved my hand at ?the highest temple?, and ?the whole world?, and I mimicked the devil wanting Jesus to bow down before him. So much fun. I?ve no idea how many mistakes I made, but to be honest, I don?t think it mattered.

Thank you Lord!

Mary - Sounded a fabulous time, well done, need more churches like that! I'm glad you are ok atm, and revelling in joyous gatherings

Thank you God for such a beautiful, sunny, warm day, children playing outside, enjoying themselves, its like letting lions out of their cages!!!!

Oh and Thank you God for my tasty Sunday lunch, followed by Apple Pie and Custard - Yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello my lovelies.

Ok prayer for me this time. My father died a few days ago and because we had no real relationship (he was an abusive man) I don't know how I feel. Anyhoo... I need to organise the funeral, support my mum and sisters and get myself out to Jamaica. Plus I have lovely clients that I need to sort out. Please pray that no one gives birth in my absence (obviously I mean my clients lol)and that when I'm back they give birth in an orderly fashion.

Please also pray that I manage to sort out all the finances. The funeral, the flights and expenses whilst there.

I would like to thank God for one friend who is being really supportive in a hugely practical way.

Big {{{{hugs}}}} for MarsLady and prayers for both the organisational side of the funeral and the emotional side of your loss. I know what it is like dealing with all of the paperwork and making all the decisions that need to be made in the aftermath of the death of a family member. I urge you to ensure that you give yourself space and time to grieve. I know you have said that you had no real relationship, but you will still have emotions arising from his death that you need to deal with. You may be surprised by how strong your emotions are or by how numb you feel. I pray that you will feel the warmth of your Heavenly Father as He wraps His arms around you and carries you during this difficult time.

Oooooo, I almost forgot to ask for prayer for something extremely unexpected that I was approached about in church today.

The local Christian-run pregnancy crisis centre need someone to go in and do some administration, co-ordinate the centre and do some networking for them. I've been in contact with them and praying for them for a while now as I was interested in volunteering but didn't know how I would manage to pay for childcare. Anyway, they are looking for someone to work 10-15 hours per week and it wil be paid work. This is a huge thing for me, not least because I have been asked to 'apply' (ie go and talk to them and if they like me then the job will be tailored around me including the job description, hours of work, start date etc). I may not be the only person who applies so it is by no means a foregone conclusion that I would get the job. I have always felt called to do some missionary work and felt called in particular to the work of the pregnancy crisis centre.

The thing is, I don't know if it is going to be financially viable. Or more to the point, I don't know how the Lord is going to provide if it is His will that I work there at this point in time, if ever.

Anyway, I feel in a bit of a muddle about it. How often is it that you get one of those moments when you know that you will have to take a leap of faith to live out God's will for your life? How do you know that it truly is God's will not your own? How do I trust that our family will be provided for?

TIA for your prayers x

Praying Marsy - well spoken SS. ditto SS' prayers, and ((((((mars)))))

Praise God your sermons were so well delivered Mary. God was really living in you and through you today!

Happy belated anniversary Podglet - how many years?

Really sorry to hear about your cat DO. My two are like my babies and I'll feel their loss when they are no longer with us. Praying that God comforts you, and praising God that your little cat is now at peace.

Hello everyone else! Prayers please that we start to get people round to view our house soon - and that we sell it quickly.

Swaliswan - "How often is it that you get one of those moments when you know that you will have to take a leap of faith to live out God's will for your life?" Not very often I would say, but this, I think you know, is one of them. Leap, girl, leap, God will not let you down. If you don't get it, well...
Prayers for Marslady's funeral, for journeying mercies, for grace and wisdom and for all work commitments to fall into place.
Prayers for CC house situation. How is your dsis these days?
Glad Mary's services went well, praise God.

SS - pregnancy crisis is something i was drawn to, did the counsellor training for my local centre last year , also christian run, but with nationwide centres, could be the same charity?
ours is purely volunteers though
thinking of all of you, including those we haven't heard from for ages, mum2gusandalbie is one i thought of.

Hey Mufti. I'm guessing that you did the 'Called to CARE' course for a centre affiliated with CARE confidential. I believe that the centre in Southampton is the one that originally got the nationwide centres together and joined them up with CARE. Many of the counsellors down here are not paid but the support staff or staff who do more than just the counselling but are involved in running the centre or developing the centre are paid.

yes i did SS, ours is small , we don't have our own premises even.
i just saw a poster advertising the training , and thought, yes. it also gives me more contact with fellow christians which is a bonus

Just looking back over the thread I said:"Prayers for Marslady's funeral" I hope that is not going to be taken out of context to scare anybody. Sincere apologies.

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Sorry about that, Ladies. Please pray for my sanity and maybe even eyes in the back of my head. DD is pulling up on anything and everything with mixed success. Obviously, she has an affinity for any furniture with sharp edges. Oh, her nose is streaming thick snot as well so I'm following her around with a tissue. This could be a very long day....especially as AF is now late and I'm doing the whole 'am I aren't I' thing.

Marslady - prayers for you and your family.

SS - Fab opportunity, job wise, I'd give it a go, it may be just what you need.

Prayers for my ds2 vomitting all night, please may he rest and recover. Plus hope others don't get it.

Good morning all.

Flying by with prayers for all.

I need a new daily Bible course. EDWJ isn't working for me anymore. DO I think that you recommended something once before?

Hope you are all able to get out and enjoy this lovely sunshine.

God bless

We use Lucas on Life, quite good at the moment. Still a CWR publication, but easier to deal with than 'Selwyn from beyond the grave'.

I use Explore. It is quite a 'young' one that almost reminds me of the ones that I used to use as a child. But don't let that put you off as I mean that in a good way. It really breaks things down for you and isn't just one bloke of text. Everyday it gives you things to think about, pray about and try to apply to your daily life. It is also absolutely fab at explaining what the passage actually means on a deeper level or gives you some history/background to help you understand the context in which the passage is written.

Oops, forgot to name change back.....

Don't go telling everyone though [strict emoticon]