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Prayer Requests 9-5-13

Who has a request or praise to share?

Since the Monday holiday has my days messed up, I forgot to remind everyone to pray for Gambia yesterday. My apologies for the oversight. 😳

Psalm 25

¹ Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.

3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

4 Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.

5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

6 Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.

7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O Lord.

8 Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.

10 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

11 For thy name’s sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

12 What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.

13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

14 The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.

15 Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.

16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.

17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.

18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.

19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.

20 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.

21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

15 thoughts on “Prayer Requests 9-5-13”

  3. Trying to figure things out here. The doctor is not done diagnosing the boy but so far he concurs on everything we thought. Reactive attachment disorder, dangerously violent, predator, etc. He believes he is a powder keg waiting to go off but we cannot get him sent to residential treatment unless he commits a crime. We are just ready to bring him home and start over. He needs to know that we love him and are not giving up on him. Prayers for wisdom and the mind of Christ and love of Christ.

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  4. “Dangerously violent, predator, etc” and “we are ready to bring him home and start over” do not even belong in the same paragraph.
    What kind of crime does he have to commit to get some help? Wouldn’t it be better to fix the problem before someone is hurt?
    I know the parable of the good shepherd who leaves the 99 to save the one, but I would have a hard time doing that.

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  5. He believes he is a powder keg waiting to go off but we cannot get him sent to residential treatment unless he commits a crime. We are just ready to bring him home and start over.

    I noticed that too, Kim.

    Let’s pray that he gets help. One incident could ruin a couple (or more) lives forever.

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  6. The problem being: he has his brain broken to such a point that he believes he is unloveable, no one can ever want him as part of their life. And that makes him very angry and hopeless. He does things to prove he is worthless. We have a choice, confirm it or prove to him that he is wrong. We know that the only hope is in Christ. We believe he was brought here for us to help if possible. We have searched far and wide for places to “put him” so he can be fixed but it is possible that God put him here because He plans to use us to fix him. Who are we to stand in His way. It seems impossible to us, but nothing is impossible for Him. He knows the heart of the boy, we do not. We wait on Him.

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  9. Oh, Mumsee, how difficult, yet how wise. The balance of his needs and those of the others. Will the others survive having him back? But learning to love him through it all is a lifelong lesson for all of you.

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  10. Praying for our Lord to impart His divine wisdom….just the thought of bringing him back to the house grips my heart….I know you seek the heart of our Savior…I trust your walk and your listening ear Mumsee and Mike…
    Does anyone know whatever happened to Jill? She posted on WorldMag…she had a difficult son and I recall her saying the same thing about sending her son away..they wouldn’t take him unless he committed a serious crime or something….I cannot seem to remember the title of her blog…and I can’t find it anywhere…help anyone?!

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  13. Mumsee: I hope it works out okay for everyone involved. I’ve had some experience with residential treatment centers, not all of it positive. All the ones i’ve interacted with have left Jesus out completely. I’ll continue to pray for you and the Nest.

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