I praise You for the birth and well-being of baby Graham. Please give his mother Mary a quick recovery from child bearing. Thank You for the trust in You that we witnessed through Mary’s response to threatening news.
Abba, continue to show Your guidance and the companionship of Jesus to Jo as she travels and settles back into her mission. Thank You for the blessings You gave her while in the States.
Please meet the health needs mentioned on yesterday’s thread. Make a good path for Kbells as she deals with son’s school situation. And show the friend of Karen ways to soften the hard heart of her husband. Truly, only You can do that, but I know You work through people.
All glory to You Father God, Jesus and Holy Spirit for the great big and minor things You do today in this earthly realm. May many people be given vision of the spiritual realm this day to realize Your love for them that they never knew before. In Jesus’name, Amen
Just heard that Paul’s transplant of pancreas and kidneys will take four to six hours today. Please pray about that happening here in Atlanta. Successful transplant, peace for family in waiting room, good recovery, etc.
First of all, I am running on about 5 hours sleep. Why? Because I turned over in my mind all the injustices I have dealt with. I KNOW it serves no purpose to dwell on the past and on negatives, but sometimes we let our guard down and they come flooding into our brain. Needless to say I am very down right now. I am thinking of the times I let myself dream that things would be better and the times those dreams were shattered.
This has to do with goal setting and “dream boards” to what you really want. I really do wish I was more of a pessimist sometimes, then I wouldn’t be disappointed, but NOOOOOO I am an optimist and my optimism that everything is just going to be hunky dory gets me every time.
Sorry, folks, sometimes it is just best to spit it out and start over. Don’t worry too much, my depression usually only lasts a few hours.
My Uncle John was called home last night. A very quick progression of cancer. In October he was the picture of health and rode a 10km bike ride to raise funds for the New Hope Centre in Ukraine which he helped found. He and my Aunt Ev were church planting in Ukraine the last few years, after pastoring churches in Canada for decades. Please pray for my Auntie Ev (my mom’s youngest sister) and their grown children. I am sure he heard the words: “Well done, my good and faithful servant” and is rejoicing with his Saviour. My aunt has been feeling God’s presence and His peace.
Please also pray for my dad and my stepmom as they fly out for the funeral in the next few days. Dad is 81 and starting to be forgetful, leaving a large load on Frieda’s shoulders. (Mom’s sisters, Ev and ElLee, took my stepmom in as a new sister after my mom passed away and dad remarried – it was really neat to see).
My nephew is having knee surgery today around noon – he is 17 and quite the athlete. Please pray for a full recovery.
Kim, when I start down that path of remembrance of injustices in life I am pretty quick to recall that without all the “stuff” I would not have drawn close to God. He is bigger and better than all the “stuff.” Too many people do life without God when all is going hunky dory. May you be blessed by review of the flip-side of life, who you’d be without all the challenges and how you’d have a hard heart toward people who deal with “stuff.”
Kim–best thing to do is have some scripture memorized and keep on repeating it in your mind. It will crowd out the thoughts. Of course, praying about all those situations and/or people always helps too. Janice is right. It has all gone through God’s hands. Someday we will see the bigger picture. That is something to thank Him for now.
In my cleaning up this weekend, I unearthed a small notebook in which I’d written down verses under the title of “preaching the gospel to myself.” It was inspired by a Jerry Bridges book I was reading at the time that emphasized the importance of believers doing this every day.
Anyway, it’s since been thrown back into my work bag. 🙂
Kim – I sometimes find myself rehearsing the things in my current situation (waiting for my tenants to move) that are especially frustrating. I’ve been fighting against a feeling of resentment.
This may sound simplistic, but it is more powerful than it sounds – My pastor recently preached on “Your praise will be a problem for your problem,” on the importance of praising God in all situations.
Sometimes when I am grumbling, & the thought to praise the Lord comes, I really don’t “feel” like it. My “Praise You, Lord” doesn’t feel or sound real. But I guess that’s part of what is meant by “a sacrifice of praise”, when we don’t feel like it but do it anyway. There are verses in the Bible about “putting on the spirit of praise for the spirit of heaviness” & such.
The more we get into it, though, continuing to praise Him & thank Him, the “feelings” will grow.
BTW, today has been a bad day for me, emotionally, so all these words are for me, too. God bless!
My condolences to you, Kare, on the passing of your uncle. We oftentimes think of cancer as dying a slow death, but sometimes it does go very rapidly. I lost two friends and an aunt to cancer in 2011. My aunt died within 3 or 4 weeks of her (acute leukemia) diagnosis. My friends had breast cancer. One lived about four years after her diagnosis, and did fairly well for a large part of that time, but slowly went downhill for the last few months, and rapidly the last week. She was hospitalized that last week, and her husband really did not expect that she was going to die — she’d always rallied after physical setbacks.
My other friend died a little less than three years after she’d found the lump in her breast. She chose not to go the chemo/radiation route, but sought nutritional and other alternative interventions, and did remarkably well for how aggressive the type of tumor she had was. Though she didn’t live as long as other women I’ve known who went through traditional breast cancer treatments, her quality of life was much better. Other than being with her on the day of her passing, the last time I’d seen her was about four weeks before that, and she looked fantastic! But she very suddenly went downhill after that, losing weight rapidly and becoming increasingly weak. The cancer had already gone into her liver at the time I’d last seen her, but none of us knew it yet. (Looking back, though, there were signs, as the photographs that were taken of her that day show that her skin was more yellowish than normal.) It was a real shock to me and everyone else how quickly the end came when she had been so vibrant for so long during her battle with cancer.
Praying for your aunt’s comfort, and also for the other needs you mentioned.
(Same holds true for all the other requests on here today.)
BTW, regarding meditating on scripture, I think it helps (it does me, anyway) to speak passages out loud when I’m trying to combat the enemies’ lies or am dealing with some very strong feelings. Don’t ask me how, but it has helped even more than silently speaking them in my mind.
Ex H is giving me grief over money. I told him I wanted to hold some of the child support money so that when BG was here I would have some to give her to go do something. He told me I could pay him back!!!! That he had told me not to short him on the check anymore. This is court ordered money to ME for her support. I have given it to him every month. Where am I being wrong in this?????
Kim – Some people become totally irrational & unreasonable when it comes to money. R has never paid a cent of child support, & says he shouldn’t have to because Emily & Forrest are being supported by Lee. What?!
Maybe in your situation, the thing to do to keep him quiet, & for your peace of mind, is to give him what he wants, & try to save money for Chloe on your own, if you can. I know it’s not fair, it really isn’t, but it would save you having to deal with Ex-Husband’s attitude.
Emily better be letting the court know that R has never paid support, if she is going for custody. It says a lot about him.
Kim, I suppose he would technically have to bring you to court to switch the support around. As far as trying to keep the peace and the goodwill of your daughter–that is another story.
Please pray for my dad. He is in the hospital again. He will have his gall bladder out tomorrow sometime. He also has an infection again and some other issues, they will try to get settled before the surgery. He will start on anti-biotic tonight. I know he did not want to stay in the hospital. Monday was his 87th birthday.
We planned to go down several times, but have not because of weather. We were planning on tomorrow before I found this out. Then I heard the weather is going to be snow and then rain, so we were going to postpone again. We live an hour away from him. I will be monitoring the weather and waiting to hear when the surgery will be. I would appreciate your prayers.
Prayer Request: Tomorrow is one of Emily’s mornings to work for Lee (who doesn’t have to go out tomorrow). I just heard that there is a weather advisory for possible thick fog & black ice into tomorrow morning. Please pray for her safety. Thank you.
I bring a praise offering to You this evening. I consider how magnificent You are in Your being and in Your ways. There is none like You Who is able to do what You do to work out designs and plans way to complicated for humans and their computers to comprehend. The troubles of this world shrink before You so I bring the troubles mentioned on this thread today to You for Your creative hand to weave goodness out of each one. The needs have all been mentioned and there is not one which You neglect. Two and more are gathered together here lifting these requests to You. Hear our cries on behalf of those we care for. Our trust is in You and the working out of Your will. Thank You in advance for Your solutions that always seem to come in the nick of time. Sometimes it seems You keep us in suspense with the waiting for Your answers. Help us to be faithful in the waiting.I pray in Jesus’name, Amen
Wandering Views 
Please remember that our Jo is traveling today.
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Heavenly Father,
I praise You for the birth and well-being of baby Graham. Please give his mother Mary a quick recovery from child bearing. Thank You for the trust in You that we witnessed through Mary’s response to threatening news.
Abba, continue to show Your guidance and the companionship of Jesus to Jo as she travels and settles back into her mission. Thank You for the blessings You gave her while in the States.
Please meet the health needs mentioned on yesterday’s thread. Make a good path for Kbells as she deals with son’s school situation. And show the friend of Karen ways to soften the hard heart of her husband. Truly, only You can do that, but I know You work through people.
All glory to You Father God, Jesus and Holy Spirit for the great big and minor things You do today in this earthly realm. May many people be given vision of the spiritual realm this day to realize Your love for them that they never knew before. In Jesus’name, Amen
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Just heard that Paul’s transplant of pancreas and kidneys will take four to six hours today. Please pray about that happening here in Atlanta. Successful transplant, peace for family in waiting room, good recovery, etc.
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First of all, I am running on about 5 hours sleep. Why? Because I turned over in my mind all the injustices I have dealt with. I KNOW it serves no purpose to dwell on the past and on negatives, but sometimes we let our guard down and they come flooding into our brain. Needless to say I am very down right now. I am thinking of the times I let myself dream that things would be better and the times those dreams were shattered.
This has to do with goal setting and “dream boards” to what you really want. I really do wish I was more of a pessimist sometimes, then I wouldn’t be disappointed, but NOOOOOO I am an optimist and my optimism that everything is just going to be hunky dory gets me every time.
Sorry, folks, sometimes it is just best to spit it out and start over. Don’t worry too much, my depression usually only lasts a few hours.
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My Uncle John was called home last night. A very quick progression of cancer. In October he was the picture of health and rode a 10km bike ride to raise funds for the New Hope Centre in Ukraine which he helped found. He and my Aunt Ev were church planting in Ukraine the last few years, after pastoring churches in Canada for decades. Please pray for my Auntie Ev (my mom’s youngest sister) and their grown children. I am sure he heard the words: “Well done, my good and faithful servant” and is rejoicing with his Saviour. My aunt has been feeling God’s presence and His peace.
Please also pray for my dad and my stepmom as they fly out for the funeral in the next few days. Dad is 81 and starting to be forgetful, leaving a large load on Frieda’s shoulders. (Mom’s sisters, Ev and ElLee, took my stepmom in as a new sister after my mom passed away and dad remarried – it was really neat to see).
My nephew is having knee surgery today around noon – he is 17 and quite the athlete. Please pray for a full recovery.
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Kim, glad we can be here for you 🙂
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Kim, when I start down that path of remembrance of injustices in life I am pretty quick to recall that without all the “stuff” I would not have drawn close to God. He is bigger and better than all the “stuff.” Too many people do life without God when all is going hunky dory. May you be blessed by review of the flip-side of life, who you’d be without all the challenges and how you’d have a hard heart toward people who deal with “stuff.”
I love this Kim more than the flip-side Kim
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Kim–best thing to do is have some scripture memorized and keep on repeating it in your mind. It will crowd out the thoughts. Of course, praying about all those situations and/or people always helps too. Janice is right. It has all gone through God’s hands. Someday we will see the bigger picture. That is something to thank Him for now.
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In my cleaning up this weekend, I unearthed a small notebook in which I’d written down verses under the title of “preaching the gospel to myself.” It was inspired by a Jerry Bridges book I was reading at the time that emphasized the importance of believers doing this every day.
Anyway, it’s since been thrown back into my work bag. 🙂
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Kim – I sometimes find myself rehearsing the things in my current situation (waiting for my tenants to move) that are especially frustrating. I’ve been fighting against a feeling of resentment.
This may sound simplistic, but it is more powerful than it sounds – My pastor recently preached on “Your praise will be a problem for your problem,” on the importance of praising God in all situations.
Sometimes when I am grumbling, & the thought to praise the Lord comes, I really don’t “feel” like it. My “Praise You, Lord” doesn’t feel or sound real. But I guess that’s part of what is meant by “a sacrifice of praise”, when we don’t feel like it but do it anyway. There are verses in the Bible about “putting on the spirit of praise for the spirit of heaviness” & such.
The more we get into it, though, continuing to praise Him & thank Him, the “feelings” will grow.
BTW, today has been a bad day for me, emotionally, so all these words are for me, too. God bless!
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Jo in Brisbane and all checked in for port moresby. I felt the prayers. Blessed over and over again. I,m very tired. Off for the last two flights
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My condolences to you, Kare, on the passing of your uncle. We oftentimes think of cancer as dying a slow death, but sometimes it does go very rapidly. I lost two friends and an aunt to cancer in 2011. My aunt died within 3 or 4 weeks of her (acute leukemia) diagnosis. My friends had breast cancer. One lived about four years after her diagnosis, and did fairly well for a large part of that time, but slowly went downhill for the last few months, and rapidly the last week. She was hospitalized that last week, and her husband really did not expect that she was going to die — she’d always rallied after physical setbacks.
My other friend died a little less than three years after she’d found the lump in her breast. She chose not to go the chemo/radiation route, but sought nutritional and other alternative interventions, and did remarkably well for how aggressive the type of tumor she had was. Though she didn’t live as long as other women I’ve known who went through traditional breast cancer treatments, her quality of life was much better. Other than being with her on the day of her passing, the last time I’d seen her was about four weeks before that, and she looked fantastic! But she very suddenly went downhill after that, losing weight rapidly and becoming increasingly weak. The cancer had already gone into her liver at the time I’d last seen her, but none of us knew it yet. (Looking back, though, there were signs, as the photographs that were taken of her that day show that her skin was more yellowish than normal.) It was a real shock to me and everyone else how quickly the end came when she had been so vibrant for so long during her battle with cancer.
Praying for your aunt’s comfort, and also for the other needs you mentioned.
(Same holds true for all the other requests on here today.)
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BTW, regarding meditating on scripture, I think it helps (it does me, anyway) to speak passages out loud when I’m trying to combat the enemies’ lies or am dealing with some very strong feelings. Don’t ask me how, but it has helped even more than silently speaking them in my mind.
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Love being our Jo
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Ex H is giving me grief over money. I told him I wanted to hold some of the child support money so that when BG was here I would have some to give her to go do something. He told me I could pay him back!!!! That he had told me not to short him on the check anymore. This is court ordered money to ME for her support. I have given it to him every month. Where am I being wrong in this?????
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Paul’s transplant was so far successful. Now need prayers for his healing. Praising God for good outcomes based on modern medical interventions.
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Kim – Some people become totally irrational & unreasonable when it comes to money. R has never paid a cent of child support, & says he shouldn’t have to because Emily & Forrest are being supported by Lee. What?!
Maybe in your situation, the thing to do to keep him quiet, & for your peace of mind, is to give him what he wants, & try to save money for Chloe on your own, if you can. I know it’s not fair, it really isn’t, but it would save you having to deal with Ex-Husband’s attitude.
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Emily better be letting the court know that R has never paid support, if she is going for custody. It says a lot about him.
Kim, I suppose he would technically have to bring you to court to switch the support around. As far as trying to keep the peace and the goodwill of your daughter–that is another story.
Please pray for my dad. He is in the hospital again. He will have his gall bladder out tomorrow sometime. He also has an infection again and some other issues, they will try to get settled before the surgery. He will start on anti-biotic tonight. I know he did not want to stay in the hospital. Monday was his 87th birthday.
We planned to go down several times, but have not because of weather. We were planning on tomorrow before I found this out. Then I heard the weather is going to be snow and then rain, so we were going to postpone again. We live an hour away from him. I will be monitoring the weather and waiting to hear when the surgery will be. I would appreciate your prayers.
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Kathaleena – Oh yes, she will definitely mention that, along with the fact that he can’t/won’t keep a job, & some other things.
I’m sorry about your father. Praying.
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I just heard he will have his surgery in the morning, after all.
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Prayer Request: Tomorrow is one of Emily’s mornings to work for Lee (who doesn’t have to go out tomorrow). I just heard that there is a weather advisory for possible thick fog & black ice into tomorrow morning. Please pray for her safety. Thank you.
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Heavenly Father,
I bring a praise offering to You this evening. I consider how magnificent You are in Your being and in Your ways. There is none like You Who is able to do what You do to work out designs and plans way to complicated for humans and their computers to comprehend. The troubles of this world shrink before You so I bring the troubles mentioned on this thread today to You for Your creative hand to weave goodness out of each one. The needs have all been mentioned and there is not one which You neglect. Two and more are gathered together here lifting these requests to You. Hear our cries on behalf of those we care for. Our trust is in You and the working out of Your will. Thank You in advance for Your solutions that always seem to come in the nick of time. Sometimes it seems You keep us in suspense with the waiting for Your answers. Help us to be faithful in the waiting.I pray in Jesus’name, Amen
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