¹Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.
9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
16 Hear me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
Prayers, please, for Becca today. She is scheduled for testing from 1:00 to 3:00 CST. I am so hoping it goes well, as she really wants to attend this school. Becca was recently diagnosed with a visual processing disorder–she is having significant issues related to convergence, tracking and focusing. It can be treated successfully with physical therapy twice a week along with daily exercises at home, but it will take almost a year to correct. B/c of this, she frequently sees double, making written school work rather difficult. She is bright — she reads well despite her diagnosis, which the doctors say is incredible. Thanks.
Thank You for Becca’s ability to bypass her visual problems and become a good reader. You are awesome in how You made us to overcome various afflictions. Please let all go well for her with the requirements for getting into that school. May she not feel overly stressed. Please calm any anxiousness. Give her Your peace that passes understanding.
Lord, I lift up Kathaleena’s dad today for Your blessing. Help him to follow dietary measures to work toward better health and to not fall into bad choices that will do harm.
Lord, also I ask for your help with the needs of the one mentioned by Donna. Help him to realize the importance of staying the course of treatment in the hospital. Please give him strength to do what is necessary to take care of himself and not be such a worry and burden to others.
Please bless all who visit here today with a sense of Your presence at work on their requested needs. In Jesus’ name, Amen
kBells: I’m so sorry you have a migraine. I pray that it would resolve quickly and completely. I’ve dealt with chronic migraines for 15 years, so I understand how debilitating they are. I hope you have medicine for it and that the medicine is effective in dealing with the pain.
Could you pray for my daughter today and this weekend? She’s heavily involved in CRU on her campus and they’re having a retreat this weekend; she’s in charge of getting rides for people.
The retreat center has beds for 130, 170+ signed up, and the retreat is 100 miles away, so it’s a big job.
She wasn’t thinking when she signed up and has midterms next week, papers due, notebooks, etc., has to work, and on Monday night at the 4-hour planning meeting accidentally dropped her phone in a glass of water.
It’s taken far more time and money than it should have to resolve the phone situation and has been an enormous stress on a girl already stressed beyond belief (she saved someone’s life with CPR last week at work).
If all that wasn’t enough, my brother showed up on campus yesterday for some foundation he’s involved with and took her to a Yo-Yo Ma concert last night.
Hey, I’d do it, too, but she has so many other things pressing on her . . .
I tried to talk to her about spiritual warfare, because that’s what a lot of this sounds like to me, but she had other things to do and no time to talk with a mother who wasn’t being helpful. Somehow with the best of intentions, I’ve only added to the stress and I’m trying not to feel guilty. Sigh.
Prayers for your daughter, Michelle. And that your migraine will go away quickly, knells. I am very thankful for my Zomig, as I woke with a migraine this morning too, but now only have to deal with the side effects of the medication (which are really nothing compared to a migraine).
Annms, I am sure you know that at ANY school Becca attends you can request and have to be given an IEP. Her tests and other graded work can be given to her orally, until her vision is properly corrected.
I am being selfish and asking for prayers for ME. We are moving this weekend and while I am somewhat of a civilian expert on moving, but this time I just can’t seem to get it together and organized and I am overwhelmed. I don’t have a vision of where any of the furniture is going—I don’t even know what all furniture I am inheriting. I just stand in empty rooms at the new house and stare.
Kim: Are you sure about private schools having to do an IEP? I thought that law only applied to public schools. I’d appreciate any information you have on that.
Prayers offered for your daughter, Michelle, and for you, Kim. Moving can be extremely stressful–be kind to yourself!
Please pray for my Chrissy. The time has come for our older cat, Peanut, to be put to sleep (appt. made for Monday). The large tumor on her back leg is cancer, & it can’t be removed without amputating her leg, & if the leg were amputated, the vet doubts the resulting wound would heal. There is now an open wound on the outside of the tumor, which looks like it’s getting infected, & Peanut is showing signs of winding down her life.
Peanut has been Chrissy’s “baby” since Chrissy was young, sleeping with her almost every night. They grew together – Chrissy grew up & Peanut grew old.
Chrissy is taking this very, very hard. Please pray God would minister to her heart through this.
Amen. Pet deaths are sometimes as hard as people deaths. Thanks for prayers for our house.
Moving–it takes a while to adjust. Just remember nothing has to be permanent. The trick for you might be the military mindset. You move so often, you just stick things in place and leave them there because, well, even if you don’t really like that spot you’ll be leaving within a few years anyway!
It can be hard to get past that for people like me and Mr. P. 🙂
Here are some snippets of what God has done just TODAY in response to the prayers of so many people. These are the notes that I shared on FB throughout the day today. That all this has happened today, the very day of my father’s funeral, makes it all the more special. God has used these things to comfort my heart today.
God is doing exactly what I asked during this time here. Already today I have been able to fully and completely share the gospel with 2 Muslim ladies. The looks on their faces told me that they were listening intently and thinking about their own mortality and knowing that they do not have the same assurance of heaven that my dad had. They were stunned by his faith.
One of the men believers also came to me today almost in tears. He said, “My heart is so full I can’t even say everything that is in it. I have never heard of ANYONE dying with the kind of assurance and faith that your dad had. Your father’s faith when facing his death has turned on a light in my heart. I can see more clearly than I have ever seen before that the way of Jesus is the truth. I am asking God to give me that kind of faith. I have wavered in the past, but I am going to move ahead strongly now. I want that kind of faith.”
Two more Muslim women, good friends of mine, heard the gospel this afternoon. They have been friends with many of the missionaries through the years and have even studied the Bible in the past. Pray that God will touch their hearts with the gospel. You never know how many times someone will have to hear the gospel before it “clicks”, so you keep telling the story and praying that the Word of God will find good soil.
Michelle, he is battling me with logic! No, the sofa has to go there. I have measured the room and that is they only place it will go and be near an electrical outlet. No the table can’t go there. I have measured.
My sister and her family have been in our region of the country since last weekend, and are leaving tomorrow to head back to their home. They stopped at a motel on the way here for one night, but they will be driving straight through on the way back. My brother-in-law and my twin nephews will drive in shifts and arrive home on Sunday, Lord willing. Prayers requested for their safe return trip. Thank you.
Kim, logic does kind of take the joy out of moving and exploring a new place. Praying that this moving will strengthen your marriage and help you to understand each other better.
My comment above was for aijsuum, but when I pressed enter, Kim’s comment appeared first.
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Prayers, please, for Becca today. She is scheduled for testing from 1:00 to 3:00 CST. I am so hoping it goes well, as she really wants to attend this school. Becca was recently diagnosed with a visual processing disorder–she is having significant issues related to convergence, tracking and focusing. It can be treated successfully with physical therapy twice a week along with daily exercises at home, but it will take almost a year to correct. B/c of this, she frequently sees double, making written school work rather difficult. She is bright — she reads well despite her diagnosis, which the doctors say is incredible. Thanks.
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Heavenly Father,
Thank You for Becca’s ability to bypass her visual problems and become a good reader. You are awesome in how You made us to overcome various afflictions. Please let all go well for her with the requirements for getting into that school. May she not feel overly stressed. Please calm any anxiousness. Give her Your peace that passes understanding.
Lord, I lift up Kathaleena’s dad today for Your blessing. Help him to follow dietary measures to work toward better health and to not fall into bad choices that will do harm.
Lord, also I ask for your help with the needs of the one mentioned by Donna. Help him to realize the importance of staying the course of treatment in the hospital. Please give him strength to do what is necessary to take care of himself and not be such a worry and burden to others.
Please bless all who visit here today with a sense of Your presence at work on their requested needs. In Jesus’ name, Amen
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Prayers for Becca.
Also I have a migraine.
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Thank you, Janice and kBells.
kBells: I’m so sorry you have a migraine. I pray that it would resolve quickly and completely. I’ve dealt with chronic migraines for 15 years, so I understand how debilitating they are. I hope you have medicine for it and that the medicine is effective in dealing with the pain.
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Could you pray for my daughter today and this weekend? She’s heavily involved in CRU on her campus and they’re having a retreat this weekend; she’s in charge of getting rides for people.
The retreat center has beds for 130, 170+ signed up, and the retreat is 100 miles away, so it’s a big job.
She wasn’t thinking when she signed up and has midterms next week, papers due, notebooks, etc., has to work, and on Monday night at the 4-hour planning meeting accidentally dropped her phone in a glass of water.
It’s taken far more time and money than it should have to resolve the phone situation and has been an enormous stress on a girl already stressed beyond belief (she saved someone’s life with CPR last week at work).
If all that wasn’t enough, my brother showed up on campus yesterday for some foundation he’s involved with and took her to a Yo-Yo Ma concert last night.
Hey, I’d do it, too, but she has so many other things pressing on her . . .
I tried to talk to her about spiritual warfare, because that’s what a lot of this sounds like to me, but she had other things to do and no time to talk with a mother who wasn’t being helpful. Somehow with the best of intentions, I’ve only added to the stress and I’m trying not to feel guilty. Sigh.
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Prayers for your daughter, Michelle. And that your migraine will go away quickly, knells. I am very thankful for my Zomig, as I woke with a migraine this morning too, but now only have to deal with the side effects of the medication (which are really nothing compared to a migraine).
Prayers also for Becca and her mom.
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Annms, I am sure you know that at ANY school Becca attends you can request and have to be given an IEP. Her tests and other graded work can be given to her orally, until her vision is properly corrected.
I am being selfish and asking for prayers for ME. We are moving this weekend and while I am somewhat of a civilian expert on moving, but this time I just can’t seem to get it together and organized and I am overwhelmed. I don’t have a vision of where any of the furniture is going—I don’t even know what all furniture I am inheriting. I just stand in empty rooms at the new house and stare.
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Kim: Are you sure about private schools having to do an IEP? I thought that law only applied to public schools. I’d appreciate any information you have on that.
Prayers offered for your daughter, Michelle, and for you, Kim. Moving can be extremely stressful–be kind to yourself!
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Prayers for all the above.
Please pray for my Chrissy. The time has come for our older cat, Peanut, to be put to sleep (appt. made for Monday). The large tumor on her back leg is cancer, & it can’t be removed without amputating her leg, & if the leg were amputated, the vet doubts the resulting wound would heal. There is now an open wound on the outside of the tumor, which looks like it’s getting infected, & Peanut is showing signs of winding down her life.
Peanut has been Chrissy’s “baby” since Chrissy was young, sleeping with her almost every night. They grew together – Chrissy grew up & Peanut grew old.
Chrissy is taking this very, very hard. Please pray God would minister to her heart through this.
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Amen. Pet deaths are sometimes as hard as people deaths. Thanks for prayers for our house.
Moving–it takes a while to adjust. Just remember nothing has to be permanent. The trick for you might be the military mindset. You move so often, you just stick things in place and leave them there because, well, even if you don’t really like that spot you’ll be leaving within a few years anyway!
It can be hard to get past that for people like me and Mr. P. 🙂
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Here are some snippets of what God has done just TODAY in response to the prayers of so many people. These are the notes that I shared on FB throughout the day today. That all this has happened today, the very day of my father’s funeral, makes it all the more special. God has used these things to comfort my heart today.
God is doing exactly what I asked during this time here. Already today I have been able to fully and completely share the gospel with 2 Muslim ladies. The looks on their faces told me that they were listening intently and thinking about their own mortality and knowing that they do not have the same assurance of heaven that my dad had. They were stunned by his faith.
One of the men believers also came to me today almost in tears. He said, “My heart is so full I can’t even say everything that is in it. I have never heard of ANYONE dying with the kind of assurance and faith that your dad had. Your father’s faith when facing his death has turned on a light in my heart. I can see more clearly than I have ever seen before that the way of Jesus is the truth. I am asking God to give me that kind of faith. I have wavered in the past, but I am going to move ahead strongly now. I want that kind of faith.”
Two more Muslim women, good friends of mine, heard the gospel this afternoon. They have been friends with many of the missionaries through the years and have even studied the Bible in the past. Pray that God will touch their hearts with the gospel. You never know how many times someone will have to hear the gospel before it “clicks”, so you keep telling the story and praying that the Word of God will find good soil.
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Michelle, he is battling me with logic! No, the sofa has to go there. I have measured the room and that is they only place it will go and be near an electrical outlet. No the table can’t go there. I have measured.
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Thanks for sharing. God is good. and to allow you this encouragement at this time is such a blessing.
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That is so beautiful, Ajisuun.
My sister and her family have been in our region of the country since last weekend, and are leaving tomorrow to head back to their home. They stopped at a motel on the way here for one night, but they will be driving straight through on the way back. My brother-in-law and my twin nephews will drive in shifts and arrive home on Sunday, Lord willing. Prayers requested for their safe return trip. Thank you.
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Kim, logic does kind of take the joy out of moving and exploring a new place. Praying that this moving will strengthen your marriage and help you to understand each other better.
My comment above was for aijsuum, but when I pressed enter, Kim’s comment appeared first.
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My husband and I could use some general prayers in the next couple weeks during his time off, if you think of it. Thanks.
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