MN Christian Prayer Request Thread: just keep praying ...praying .. praying ...

[CaptainDippy]

Thank you to Milliways for the Nemo inspired thread title

Well here's a summary from the last thread, which got a bit looooong ...

Suzy - Prayers for her as she is struggling with a moody and distant pre-pubescent DS1 atm, alongside the fact her lovely DTs have just started school & she is currently job-less - Prayers for a great employment opporutnity to come up soon Baby TJ is out of ITC & is doing good Prayers for DF who has just had poss DX of diabetes and is scared.

Salsiswan - Is 10 weeks PG & doing ok, prayers for her as she struggles with sickness, DH being away and looking after young DD as well.

MummyDoIt - Has just lost her beloved DH to cancer Prayers of uplifting and strength for her, especially in these initial weeks and months ....

LivvyLouis - Prayers for her DFs twins, one is doing well and one has just come out of ITC, has been for an MRI; but is doing ok atm (Update??) Prayers for her Great Aunt who is dying, she very unwell and needs peace now.

notsofarnow - Struggles with anxiety and fear, God protect her and uplift her now. Praise God that she has started doing things at church again Praise him also for DDs good GCSE results Prayers for DDs sore shoulder, which is causing her discomfort. Was it singles????

CaptainCaveman - Has a very screamy little baby, but Colief is helping - prayers for patience and forebearance Praying that they will sell their house soon!!!!! Praying for DF who has just had DX of breast cancer, protect her Lord. Prayers for the family of a man at CCs church has recently died of cancer, leaving a wife and small children

Weegiemum - Continuing to pray for her DD2 who has Perthes Disease and is struggling physcially, especially at school. Prayers for poor DD1 with Rubella and for WM with on-going kidney problems. Wrap this family up in your love and protection right now. Prayers for WM as she struggles to cope with her outlaws and her sister-in-law, these relationships are really getting her down right now. Restore and help them all Lord. Only you can. Prayers for the vice-principle of hers and DHs college, Ted, his wife Diana and their children David and Joy. Ted is dying of colon cancer and only has weeks to live. He is excited about where he is going, but it is so hard to leave behind those we love so dearly.

CopingVeryQuietly (needsupport / CvQ) - Is in a hard place right now and is not sure how to mourn the passing of her nan. She is attending Rape Crisis and is struggling so much right now. Come into this situation Jesus and heal.

mascarpone - Prayers for DFs baby and DX of Trigonocephaly. Will be having operation in New Year, she thinks.

Milliways - Prayers for a lady who buired a stillborn baby in Aug, a desperately wanted child who is with Jesus now. xx Prayers for DF who had appt in Sept to decide on next step for treatment of her cancer (update?) Prayers for Milliways DH who has escaped a horrid work environment, but needs a new job soon, please!!?

Katz - Prayers that a new job opportunity would come up for her as her current contract ends in Nov.

DutchOma - Hoping she & Bob are enjoying Holland atm On-going prayers for Bob's health and heart. Prayers for their DFs Bob and Margaret. Bob is in hospital with Parkinsons and Margaret cannot cope, prayers for a way forward for them ...

Icanseethesea - Is a teacher in a SN unit in an FE colleague - prayers for her as she returns to work.

Podmog - Is excited about potential developments in her church Praying for hers and DHs relationship, which is strained due to differing opinions atm. Protect them Lord. (See laos ModeratelyMitey )

MyJobIsMum - Had baby Naomi Caitlin on the 21st Sept, 2 weeks early - Praise God for her safe arrival On-going prayers for lady on one of MJIMs thread who is having test to ascertain whether her unborn baby has Downs / Edwards syndrome.

MarsLady - Popped by to ask for prayers for a twin mummy whose precious bundles arrived at 25 weeks. (Update?)

Clockface (Who was Roseylea) is now working for a church on a loca council estate, which is exciting Prayers for a family at her church who have just lost their 8 yr old son Prayers for CFs who has very bad exzema on his bottom atm How is it now? Praise that her phsch appt was good

MaryBS - Has had an official DX of Aspergers (phew!), which is a relief Prayers for her and DS as DS faces a statement at school. Prayers that the process will not be too gruelling for them all. Nicole is currently on HDU and is still "eith us", but on dialysis and has had finger & foot amputated. Protect her and be with her Lord.

ModeratelyMitey (Podmog) - Is excited about developments at church She is going to come & tell us more soon .....Prayers for her wrists as she is currently wearing splints for ligament damage.

Nanou1 - Popped by she is settled in Switzerland and is happy

SlapHeadRock - Is embarking on counselling with her DH. She has been in an unhappy and abusive relationship for some time now. Prayers for progress and healing and protection for their 3 DCs xx

Lucysnowe - Colleague suffered M/C, but is recovering.

Looneywoman - Is 6 weeks pg with DC3 and is on meds for severe sickness. She is struggling, esepcially with 2 DCs to care for as well. xx

JentlyDoesIt - Prayers for her DH especially as DDs Christening is coming up and he is not a Christian - prayers for a revelation

mufti - DH has major op on Oct 2nd, has to be in hospital for 7.30am. Mum is attending Alpha atm, more revelations, please

Sazisi - Has just had her 99 yr old granny's funeral, prayers for the family as they remember her

Sleepychunky - Prayers for cousin who is a CofE vicar and has been discovered having an affair. Family are devestated. They have young DCs Healing.

CaptainDippy - Prayers for the heath of all in DippyLand and for DH and her relationship and for finances too. Prayers for DF from pre-school who has just lost her DH to cancer, they have a 4.5 yr old DD who has just started school.

Love & prayers to all. xxxxxx

Mary [ Prayer for your immigration services glad everything went ok

SS- Prayers for Tinkerbelle... and for yourself, how is the sickness?

amber - prayers for your medical decision, hope all is well

CD - How are you today?

DO - Thanks for the bucket-day wishes, alls well now! how are you?

NQGU - twins loved your virtual balloons, thank you. xxx

Well I'm back to twiddling my thumbs whilst twins at school, which I havent quite got used to yet, but I think after a weeks sickness and birthday celebrations I'm probably just a bit lonely and bored (not that I don't have houeswork to do) BORING!

I want to play {{{{{{mischievious emotion}}}}}}}

Oooooooh will have to go, whirlwind in garden destroying everything!

Could I ask for some prayers for myself. Got a lot going on and struggling to cope with it all.

DS3's Christening is just under 6 weeks away, still no organist found, and as yet the DS's have nothing special to wear, I also have DS2's birthday part to organise (which is going to end up being the same weekend as the Christening!), plus all the stuff with the enforced house move to sort out, and in addition to that I found out yesterday I'm supposed to single handedly organise the entire Christmas Carol service myself - as I said to the vicar and church warden last night (it wasn't either of them that said I had to do it on my own) I can't do the Carol Service with everything else I have going on - I just know it will be the straw that breaks the camels back.

Praying for you my love. My head is fuzz atm too - so much to doooo; but too all over the place to get my head round it. Praying you get everything sorted asap sweetie

Praying for you in your medical decison amber. xx

How is DS2 today Podmog? How did the bloods go - hope you can get to the bottom of this asap. xx

Praying for Tinkerbellsmum Praying that she & the baby are going to be ok. xx

Poorly Dippy House today All girls up before 6am Two exploding bottoms from older girls - yuk! DH is home ; but he's been in bed all morning while I've been entertaining older two. I am glad he had a rest, but I would like one too!! Please please pray girls can start getting more sleep cos this is not helping DH & I at all We've got church elders coming over tonight to chat to us and pray - please pray it is a real breaktrhough because goodness knows we need one!!

Awwww, MJIM, she is a cutie All that dark tufty hair - Awwww - you have beautiful children

I hate these Hallo'een smileys Does anyone remember how to get rid of them!!? [hm]]

I haven't got any halloween smileys, but if you wanted to see them last year, to press F5 (DON'T DO IT!). As I recall, last year we complained and they were done using separate smiley codes, just like the Christmas ones.

So are the halloween smileys back then?

Love the pix, MJIM, can't believe she is 4 weeks already!

hello, praying for you all. xx

FAQ praying that you get all prac ticla stuff sorted for christening and birthday party, and that you find someone else to do/help with Carol Service.

CD praying for your poorly household, and for sleep, and for your meeting tonight. God grant your elders wisdom as they chat and pray.

love to all xx

They've gone again... the smileys that is... will someone PLEASE chuck me off MN

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Awwwww, poor DS2 Podmog > to him & you - you must exhausted. So pleased he has been so good, bless him Praying that next set of bloods show a vast improvement.

Elders coming in a hour - eeeek!

Glad the smileys are back to normal

they're not back to normal
i think theres more halloween stuff in the shops every year, and it just seems to get nastier.

Yes, it is horrid

hope you got some rest and that the elders can help you both CD

Praying for you do praying you get a real breakthrough and you find each other again.

mary glad centre is going well - just what you need.

We lost a lovely lady last nightin work only 44 so so sad.

I am tired, miserable and horrible to my dc

I'm still waiting for work totell me if I have a new job or not, my manager left me till 3p.m then said we can't make a decision because we are still waiting for information so you can stop sweating.

OK, I need you lot to TELL me I can preach without notes next Sunday, to the residents of the immigration centre, on the 2 commandments . Let me have the faith to believe in myself, and also that I can trust in God to give me the words to say. Remember I am an Aspie, and usually I have everything written down. Yet with God's help I have accomplished so much...

you can do it Mary - or at least God through you can.

why do you need to do it without notes out of interest?

I'm not sure why exactly, I think its to do with expressing myself as much through expression and body language as the words. Like an Aspie would be GOOD at that!

I've seen the chaplain preach twice now, and he almost appeals to them, which I guess you can't do if you're reading from notes, at least not in the same way.

I have tried to warn him what I'm like...

so can you have pointers then, subject headings or paragraph prompts, and then speak form them? or completely winging it?

if the latter then practice will help, and know that I will be praying for you...what time is the service?

Completely wing it I think...

10:30

I've been "meditating in the watches of the night"...

What does it MEAN to love God with all our heart? To me, it means that there is no room for things like hatred, fear, jealousy, anxiety, and all the other things which crowd into our heads. When Mary, Jesus' mother, was called to BE his mother, did she say "Hang on a minute, if I'm an unmarried mother, I'll be STONED TO DEATH for that!"? What she said, or so the bible tells us "My soul magnifies the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour". That is what it means to be "full of grace". Remember though, this is the IDEAL we are aiming for, we DO fall short of this, it is part of being human. And we shouldn't beat ourselves up for failing, but to allow a God of love to fill our hearts with HIS love. If we can do that, then everything else will follow naturally - we can love ourselves, we can love our neighbour. I know it isn't easy, you're talking to "the queen of worry" here! But when I feel God in my heart like that, I feel I can do anything, I can do whatever he asks of me. As the prophet Micah says "This is what Yahweh asks of you, only this: That you act justly, love tenderly and walk humbly with your God" (Micah 6:8).

Mary if you preach without notes you will achieve something that I never did in 10 years of ministry. I always had to have every word written down. Subject headings might be a good idea though just on postcard size so you have something to prompt you if you stumble.

I've been awake since silly o'clock so will be miserabe and tired this evening.

Mary I would love to achieve that ideal of loving God but I fall so far short of it. hmmm long way to go me thinks.

Remembet the other week when I said i might hae shingles well no rash ever appeard and after a while the wierd sensation disappeared but now its back so not a clue what it is but it is really annoying as its right across my bra strap.

Please pray today dd is going to see specialist team about her joints, an answer would be really nice and a plan of action especially where dislocated shoulder (still happening about 5 times a day) is concerned.

I can't explain why, but its less of a sermon, than a reaching out to these people. I need to tell them of God's love, and even a bundle of notes seems wrong somehow. I can keep my bible to hand, to recall the reading if I stumble, and if all else fails, I can talk about the good Samaritan, which is where the reading leads to, although doesn't mention this week.

We ALL fall short of that ideal, but we shouldn't be downhearted if we can't reach it. Its something to aim for, even if its just for a few moments at a time.

Praying re: your job, your own health and that of your DD.

Sometimes it seems there are these periods of "thin spaces" where I feel God, in the middle of the night, and if I don't write it down (like the above), it never feels the same in the morning. I feel the urge to leap up and make a note as if its a message for me. Does that sound strange?

God's blessings on you all. I've emailed the chaplain and have said I'll preach this Sunday.

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Podmog, adding prayers for your church to my prayers for you and ds2 this morning.

Mary, it's funny because on Sunday we heard Rev Dr Nigel Wright, who is the principal of Spurgeon's College (the main training college for baptist ministers) and he was preaching on this loving God with all your heart. He said that however good he was as a theologian (and it doesn't get much better than that) he didn't love God with all his heart and he was sure none of us did either.
What I think we sometimes forget is that it isn't all to do with us, but with what Jesus has done for us, that is that HE has made us 'perfect' in God's eyes by His death and resurrection. We didn't do it, we couldn't, we can't do ANYTHING to save ourselves. "Nothing in my hands I bring, naked to Thy cross I cling". I think it is, paradoxically, the emptier you are of yourself the more God has the chance to fill you 'full of grace'. "When I am weak, then I am strong.
I think I heard it from Selwyn Hughes, he said:- "Spend some time meditating on how much God loves you, when you feel you don't love God enough".
I'm sure you will speak fluently, filled with the Holy Spirit on Sunday and that people will see the grace of God flowing to them through you.