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Christian Prayer Thread:- God of all faithfulness - from the old into the new

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DutchOma · 31/12/2008 13:06

The Dippy household is still full of colds and pressure, so I thought it would be good to have a new prayer thread just on the last day of the old year, looking forward to the new.

There are three prayer needs that I think need flagging up:-

David and Fiona Fulton, with their children Iona and Luke and adopted baby Elizabeth. They are missionaries in the Gambia and have been jailed for a year in a very tough prison. here. Only a mighty God can deal with a tough problem by way of a mighty miracle. We need to pray.

Then there is the family of Emily May Hughes, known to NotSoFarNow who was killed because her father dropped a television on her head and she died. here. The horror of such an accident is too much to contemplate. We need to pray.

The third prayer request comes from Weeteeny who posted on a different thread: Dear God, if you exist and I believe you do, then please help my friend tonight. This is a young mother of children aged 14 and 12 who is in hospital with an infection that is not very responsive to antibiotics. There is no recent update. here. We need to pray.

These are the three prayer requests that I think are the most important just at the moment.

But there are a lot of us that are struggling with problems that are not too small for our God to consider and care about.
Mary, with sickness in the family and ongoing concern about her parents-in-law. Giving thanks for the release of P.
Amber with difficulties in getting the help she needs.
Swaliswan needing a special light bulb.
FAQ struggling with family relationships.
RevJusta, coming to terms with an early miscarriage.
Zipadisuzy with poorly children.

And some of us struggle with issues of faith:- Hullygully, who feels like the black sheep; be assured that especially the black sheep are much loved by God.
Trickcyclist who started a thread: I want a religion - who will have me. here

Let us continue to care for one another, to pray for one another and to praise God for His blessings in the year just gone by and in the year to come.

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PandaG · 13/01/2009 18:57

praying Mary - for what is right for you xx

notsofarnow · 13/01/2009 19:17

mary that sounds promising.

update on dd surgeon told her this morning that surgically their not interested and that young girls like her could get addicted to painkillers (aghhhhh) why dont they read the notes we have spent time telling her that she wont get addicted.

Gynae reg came and said laperoscopy wasnt a good idea. then siad it would happen then came back and said consultant on call wouldn't do it. Even though her consultant said yesterday she would.

I give up there seems to be no answers. Everytime I talk to someone medical I cry. Its a nightmare.

BouncingTurtle · 13/01/2009 20:03

Notsofarnow Your poor dd... can you talk to the PALS at your hospital? Perhaps they can get some sense out of the HCPs looking after her.

FAQ - fingers crossed and prayers heading Heavenward for you!

MAryBS - that does sound quite promising, praying this does turn to a solid opportunity for you.

Happy to report FIL is back home ECG was clear - they think he had a stress attack! I guess because of the worry he has had with MIL. Main thing is he is ok.

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SweetestThing · 13/01/2009 20:32

Lots of people needing our prayers on here so I will add you to my prayer list.

Can I share a great example of God's love and care? Just before Christmas, a colleague's husband was taken into hospital and was gravely ill. She was called into hospital and told he wouldn't survive the night. They are Jewish and lots of their Jewish friends were praying for him, I added him to my prayers as well and he is now home and out of hospital. She calls it her Christian and Jewish miracle.

A great example of God's great power and love, and of the joining together of different faiths.

JentlyDoesIt · 13/01/2009 21:07

Hi ladies,

Hello to the new people and hello to the oldies too...

I am sorry i can't list you all by name, have been trying to catch up but am a bit all over the place.

Please could you all pray for me. Am having a very tough time at the moment, dealing with some very hard things. Thank you.

SweetestThing · 13/01/2009 21:08

I hope you find peace of mind soon, JentlyDoesIt. God will wrap his arms around you and hold you close.

BouncingTurtle · 13/01/2009 21:23

Jently - sorry you are having a hard time, will pray for you.

Sweetesthing - what an uplifting story! Thanks for sharing.

DH spoke to his dad earlier, he is ok, glad to be home and that it was nothing to serious! We'll be going over to theirs on Saturday as planned, DBIL, his gf and their dds will be there to - I have volunteered to cook pie

FAQtothefuture · 13/01/2009 23:14

ermm - some prayers please ladies.

I have just spent the last 1 1/2hrs drinking MArtini Asti with my ex.

He rang me earlier today and said there was something important he wanted to discuss.

After he arrived at 9pm it took him a while to get down to what he wanted to say, but in short what he said was - he doesn't know where I'm at in terms of "us", and if I've moved on totally that's fine. BUT he hasn't really moved on, and felt he needed to know for himself (in his words "my own selfish reasons") where I stood. For the first time (ever I think!!) he sat there and quite openly and honestly apologised for various things that happened in our marriage and asked if there was any possibility of us, with a lot of support (ie Relate - he was extrondinarily reluctant to go previously) having another go of thing - on my terms.

He feels that a lot of our problems initially started with an incident back in Zimbabwe before we'd even married, we had a huge row and he slapped me in the face. He never laid a finger on me again, or even threatened too. I felt at the time (and still do) it was something that just wasn't him iykwim and that was about 9yrs ago and he's never been anywhere close to that since, even when we had massive rows once married and I occasionaly lashed out at him, he never used force back.

Anybow, he apologised for that, and other parts of his behaviour. Also admitted (as I asked him) that he did sleep with someone just before we split up. I can deal with that, I suspected he had at some point cheated (after I found the stuff on the computer after we split up) and had moved on from it regarldess - I just needed to know for myself for definite if he had.

Anyhow (trying to keep this short), we have (tentively) agreed that we may start "dating" each other again. We agreed that in the last year since we split we've both changed, having to adapt to our new life styles, and in both of our cases starting to "embrace" the freedom of being single.

I'm totally confused about my feelings for him now. When he arrived we chatted about a few other things first, and it was just like talking to any of my friends about stuff (as many of our conversations of late have been) - not like I was talking to my exHusband. But as he opened up for the first time ever I've realised that I may still have some feelings for him, but that I perhaps have pushed those feelings aside in a bid to move forward and try to forget the bad stuff in our marriage.(there was a lot of good stuff too).

So in short, I think that exH and I may be about to try and see if we can get back together !!

BouncingTurtle · 14/01/2009 06:40

Morning everyone! God bless us all whatever we are doing today

FAQ - that sounds really promising! Look, even if you and exH don't get back together, maybe you could form an enduring friendship, think how lovely that would be for the boys to know that even though mummy and daddy aren't together they still care about each other.
It sounds like you've both done a lot of clearing of the air and if you continue to both be honest with each other then that augers a good beginning.
Am very happy for you
Did the Vicar get back to you? I'm sure if she hasn't got back to you there is a good reason!

Notquitegrownup · 14/01/2009 08:43

Good morning all.

FAQ - praying that your new house will work out OK and that you and dexh will be able to proceed with caution and honesty to the next step. What an unexpected turn of events for you - and a rather nice one too!

Praying Jently.

Glad FIL is OK, BT.

God bless all.

CaptainDippy · 14/01/2009 11:09

Morning NQGU - how's the ear? Earaches is the pits. Hug. xx

FAQ - all a bit mad,eh!!? Praying for you and ex-DH - that you can find the best way through somehow, especially fory our lovely boys. So glad you were able to be so open and honest with each other last night. xx Has your Vicar got back to you yet????

Praying for you with your "hard stuff" - do email if you want to chat or if there's anything I can do.

Sounds promising Mary - praying for you with plans for the future my sweet. xx

So glad your FIL is home now BT - Praying your MIL's tendons etc heal quickly and they can get back to "normal" asap. I am sure they truly appreciate all you are doing for them

How's DD today NSFN? Continuing to pray, so frustrating for you both. xx

myjobismum · 14/01/2009 11:21

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CaptainDippy · 14/01/2009 11:38

Sounds great MJIM

PandaG · 14/01/2009 12:11

Praying for you all, especially your hard place JEN, and you FAQ regarding XH. May God be with both of you today.x

CaptainDippy · 14/01/2009 12:12

Hey Panda!

Notquitegrownup · 14/01/2009 12:19

Hi CD

The little man who is playing with a pick axe inside my ear is being a bit gentler today! Chocolate and a snuggly blanket on the settee are helping, I think. Thank you for asking! And thank goodness my children are now at school all day and I am allowed to be ill occasionally, without having to entertain them too!

amber32002 · 14/01/2009 12:57

Prayers continuing for everyone

Clockface · 14/01/2009 13:34

Hello all,

Praying for you FAQ with your exh and also wit the house stuff.

Also for NSFN and your dd - may the Lord reach out and heal her.

Also for Jently in your hard place. FB me if you need to talk!

Prayers for all of us, that we can live in the light of God's presence and know his love.

Clockface · 14/01/2009 13:34

And for Mary with the possibility of a new job! (sounds good, eh?)

Swaliswan · 14/01/2009 14:13

Good afternoon, Ladies.

It is a beautiful afternoon here and I finally have the time and energy to come and type instead of just read all of the prayer requests. I have spent the last few weeks reading and praying as I go but I have been so shattered that I haven't had the energy to post.

Please forgive me for not mentioning each of you by name. A couple of you who I have to mention though are:

NSFN - praying for your precious DD. I have been where she is now and I know exactly how frustrating it is and how difficult it can be to live with the pain. Please Lord, guide the doctors to make the right decisions without any further delay. Heal her, take away her suffering.

DO - I can't remember if I have received an e-mail that I may not have replied to. I'm very sorry if that is the case. As ever, it's good to 'see' you here.

FAQ - Wow, what an amazing turn around with exDH. I hope that you find healing in the relationship that you have with him even if you just stay friends. I also hope that you are able to feel that this is a weight lifted off of you rather than something extra to worry about.

Mary - praying for your job situation. It sounds like God is using this time to redirect you.

It has been so helpful lately to come on here and read about how God is working in other people's lives. It strengthens my faith to read your posts so thank-you to all of you.

As for life in the Swali household... We are all well and enjoying life at the mo. I'm 25 weeks pg now and seem to be doing OK. IF anyone is wondering, my lightbulb eventually turned up and it has made the world of difference to my energy levels to wake up with the light. As ever, DH has taken far too much on and is working late at night plus working three weekends on the trot so at some point I think he may reach breaking point. I've encouraged him to take a day off of work when I'm at work and DD is at the childminders so that he can spend the day in bed or in front of the TV to recuperate. DD was a bit poorly and her sleeping has been interrupted because of this (cue sleepy parents!) but she seems to be over it now and even slept through last night. My childminder's son has the vomitting bug that is going around so she hasn't been able to have DD yesterday or today. I've had to take some annual leave to look after DD but I decided to make the most of it and took her to a toddler group yesterday where we zoomed around on every ride-on/in imaginable. Then today, I was very brave and drove us to the city centre to have a swim. I haven't driven for a few weeks now and was on the verge of a panic attack before we left, but I managed it just fine. It was also the first time that I have taken DD swimming by myself and in that particular pool which was quite a big achievement for me. It seemed like a military operation but we had such good fun. This afternoon we are going to make scones and then a friend is coming to play. Roll on maternity leave so that everyday can be like this

If I may ask to be kept in your prayers for a few things... We have some decisions to make about how much childcare to keep whilst I'm on mat leave and we don't know what to do. Also, DH and I both have some big decisions to make about what we are going to do in the future WRT job training and where we live. Please pray that God is kept at the centre of our decision making.

Swaliswan · 14/01/2009 14:14

Wow, the more pg I get, the more I ramble. It must be a hormonal thing BOING

JentlyDoesIt · 14/01/2009 14:55

Thank you ladies, prayers definitely helping.

FAQ - how exciting

Swaliswan - glad pg going well, hasn't time flown??? Praying for you and DH and your decisions.

Mary - fingers crossed for job...

NQGU - prayers for your ear!

NSFN - prayers for DD, poor thing must be horrid.

Am so sorry but still not quite ready to "tell all" about what has happened but the last 24 hours have been the worst of my life things are on the way back up now and DP and I have a lot of talking and thinking to do. Please keep us in your prayers. Much love to you all.

amber32002 · 14/01/2009 15:47

Jently...praying...

MaryBS · 14/01/2009 16:25

Praying JDI...

Please pray for Sarah and her family, a girl aged 16 from our village. She was critically injured in a car accident Monday night, but they are switching off the life support machine at 6pm tonight. There was an impromptu service last night that 100 youth attended, plus there is another service tonight at 6, for prayer and support for those affected.