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Prayer Requests 5-18-15

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Psalm 144

¹ Blessed be the Lord my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.

3 Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.

7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;

8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.

10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:

12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:

13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:

14 That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.

15 Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.

8 thoughts on “Prayer Requests 5-18-15”

  1. Lee & I need wisdom on how to handle a new development, & how much to trust.

    R called Lee last night. He said that Lee’s mention of praying for him a few days ago had an effect on him. He says he has “found God”, & will start going to the Catholic church in a nearby town that his grandmother used to go to.

    I want to rejoice, but I have an uncomfortable feeling that this may not be genuine, that he may be using a proclamation of faith to manipulate us.

    So I pray that if R really has “found God”, he will soon bear some fruit that will be evidence of his salvation, & if he has not, that God will chase him down anyway. 🙂 And wisdom & insight for Lee & me. Thank you.

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  2. Husband continues to deteriorate. He was told to stop losing weight and has tried but it keeps leaving. He is closing in on sixty next if it does not stop. Weight loss is good but it is muscle loss and he continues to grow weaker and weaker. Prayer for wisdom and patience and strength. thanks.

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  4. I pray they will find the cause for this condition, mumsee. 😦

    Yes, Karen. I would be very skeptical. Was there any repentance in R’s profession? What is his point in telling you? What does he want you to do? I assume the point is to get you to help soften Emily up. If he is truly touched by God, he will not push others to do what they do not want just for his sake. Growth takes time, of course. He will have to show a lot more maturity before you should believe anything he SAYS.

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  5. Agreed, Kathaleena. At this point, he isn’t asking anything of us. He said he hadn’t told Emily because she wouldn’t believe him.

    Quite frankly, in Emily’s current spiritual condition (what we see of it, that is), she would scoff at him even if he is sincere about this.

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  6. I hate to be the Nabob of Negativity, but I “ain’t buyin’ it”. R is a master manipulator and he has tricks you haven’t even begun to think of yet. Step back and wonder what his purpose was in calling Lee? When you became a Christian did you pick up the phone and call people to tell them the good news? Pray for him all you want but don’t trust him. Once broken, trust has to be s-l-o-w-l-y regained.

    I see RED FLAGS all over this.

    PS: The more you talk to him the more susceptible you are to his manipulations. He is more able to parrot back to you what he knows you want to hear.

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  7. ….They listen intently to you, as you, voluntarily tell them your innermost thoughts, secrets, deep hurts and dreams. They quickly assimilate from this what kind of camouflage to weave “for you”. You basically tell them what to become, in order that they might hide who they really are from you… while erecting the man of your dreams right before your eyes. While they may not come over completely to your way of thinking about everything, they will agree with you on certain things that are very important to you. For example, if you have been abused in your life, they will assume the position of “protector” and will be a great empathizer regarding your pain, at least in the beginning…

    http://abusesanctuary.blogspot.com/2008/10/charmer-abusers-and-their-prey.html

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  8. Kim – Don’t worry. Lee & I are very aware of how manipulative he can be, which is why we are leery. Neither of us have opened up to him in any way, other than to say we are praying for him. We realize we need to step back & not get drawn into anything with him. I wish I could be jumping up & down for joy, but instead, I am skeptical.

    If he is truly saved, then we will see evidence of that over time.

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