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Prayer Requests 11-2-17

It’s Thursday, so don’t forget to pray for Jo and the people of PNG.

Anyone else?

Psalm 86

1 Hear me, Lord, and answer me,
    for I am poor and needy.
2 Guard my life, for I am faithful to you;
    save your servant who trusts in you.
    You are my God; 3 have mercy on me, Lord,
    for I call to you all day long.
4 Bring joy to your servant, Lord,
    for I put my trust in you.

5 You, Lord, are forgiving and good,
    abounding in love to all who call to you.
6 Hear my prayer, Lord;
    listen to my cry for mercy.
7 When I am in distress, I call to you,
    because you answer me.

8 Among the gods there is none like you, Lord;
    no deeds can compare with yours.
9 All the nations you have made
    will come and worship before you, Lord;
    they will bring glory to your name.
10 For you are great and do marvelous deeds;
    you alone are God.

11 Teach me your way, Lord,
    that I may rely on your faithfulness;
    give me an undivided heart,
    that I may fear your name.
12 I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart;
    I will glorify your name forever.
13 For great is your love toward me;
    you have delivered me from the depths,
    from the realm of the dead.

14 Arrogant foes are attacking me, O God;
    ruthless people are trying to kill me—
    they have no regard for you.
15 But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
    slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.
16 Turn to me and have mercy on me;
    show your strength in behalf of your servant;
    save me, because I serve you
    just as my mother did.
17 Give me a sign of your goodness,
    that my enemies may see it and be put to shame,
    for you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.

12 thoughts on “Prayer Requests 11-2-17”

  1. Kizzie, what I am about to recommend is HARD. As you know BG is living with her Nana so it isn’t the same situation you have with Chickadee, but I will through it out there for consideration. Also when you read this know that I have paid a series of therapists thousands of dollars over the span of my life to get me to the point I am now—and yes I paid 2 therapist for this advice and got some free advice from another.
    Back off. Don’t ask anything of Chickadee. Perhaps even tell her you DON’T need her, that you think you can handle things for now. Make sure she understands that Thanksgiving is coming and it will be a family meal and you expect her attendance for at least part of it, but don’t ask any more of her.
    Don’t call. Perhaps a text to say “Good night. I love you”. Perhaps a message that “Nightingale and I are having ______________ for dinner. I know it is one of your favorite meals would you like to join us?” The hard part of this is that sometimes there will be no response.
    You have to be OK with the pain that will cause your mother’s heart. As I said this is much more painful than it looks. It hurts when there is no response. I have offered twice this week to take BG to dinner. She is avoiding me for some reason. Yet she also wants me to pay her to come clean my house.
    You can try it and see if it works for you.

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  2. Kizzie, you know, your situation reminds me strongly of my aunt’s shortly after she was widowed. The son who lived closest to her also was the most irresponsible (he has improved greatly in the years since – proof that even adults can change for the better by God’s grace). As a result, on top of her house cleaning work, she was often saddled with caring for two small children in addition to a very large dog who acted like a puppy. The dog was extremely hyper, but she trained it as best she could (using a spray bottle) and actually missed the dog when it finally went to another home, while those two small children are now responsible young ladies. It was hard on her at the time, and she phoned my mother, her sister, almost every night, just to blow off steam. So, if you need to blow off steam here, have at it.

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  3. Thank you Kim & Roscuro.

    Kim, just before coming here & reading your comment, I had sent Chickadee an email asking her a favor. But at least it was framed as a favor, not an “I need you to so this” sort of thing, & I explained why it would help me even while acknowledging it wasn’t that big of a deal. (Although, I think it really is more important than I let on, but I’ll survive if she says no.)

    But yes, I will probably not be asking her for more help after all, unless it is something that seems natural to ask while she is already here, like when I ask her to check the mail when she is already taking Janie out. She does like to be helpful, but within her comfort zone, & I am pretty familiar with that. I will be very careful. Nightingale thinks I’m already too careful with her, actually.

    Not too long ago, shortly before Nightingale got Janie, I had let Chickadee know that she was not under an obligation to help me childsit anymore (she never really was under any “obligation”). But this is her way of making some money, so she continues to do it.

    Please pray that she will finally see her need of the Lord, that God will draw her to Himself very soon, & heal her & deliver her. Thank you.

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  6. Our pastor has been to China on ministry trips to house churches there (he went again just this past summer) and he said that the authorities have really clamped down on Christianity, even more so now than when he was there a few years ago.

    He once described to us the process of how the churches arranged their weekly gatherings. An underground phone tree alerts members only a few hours in advance to let them know where worship will be. They all arrive and then must quickly vanish when services conclude. No relaxed, post-service coffee-and-donuts or fellowship time for the church under siege in China.

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  7. The prayer requests are coming so fast and so many, it’s bewildering out here.

    Kizzie, know you are never far from our thoughts (including my scrambled thoughts). You have a sound faith which has already endured difficulties. The Lord will sustain you, even when it’s just–like the laboring dolphins–holding your head above water to breathe.

    xoxox

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  8. Praying, Kizzie.

    Please remember Lindsey in your prayers as well. She is eighteen and no longer believes in God. She graduates from high school December 21–but won’t go to college until the Fall of ’18. She’s basically a really good kid–has given us only a little “trouble” during adolescence–and for that, I am so grateful to God. But, spiritually–she’s lost. Pray that she’d come to know Christ and the joy found in being His child.

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  10. Praying, all. Second Arrow could use similar prayers.

    A follow-up: Thank you for your prayers for my local friend Karen’s mom Valrie. Surgery today went well, and she is home (in assisted living) without restrictions. (She had a D & C to check for uterine cancer.) She should find out at her November 10 follow-up appointment what the results of the biopsies taken today are.

    New request: I don’t know if this may seem covetous, but I’ve taken out an ad in a local publication to announce a Winter Special in my piano studio rates, and I’d appreciate prayers that the ad helps bring more students my way. Mostly, I guess, just pray that God’s will be done, and that I accept that as it is. The magazine hits the streets tomorrow.

    And I’m praising God for the accompanying work I have this week, I should mention. Hard to believe that only eight hours of work (six in group rehearsal, two in performance), four hours of travel time, and some wait time between performances on Saturday will yield $300. (Well, some independent practice time, too, though the music is not particularly difficult.) An unexpected opportunity that almost completely covers the cost of the ad, even if I don’t get any students from the deal. God always provides.

    Thank you. Off to my first rehearsal with the group!

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  11. Recently I asked you to pray about the great anxiety I was feeling. It seemed to revolve around one thought, but was also a general feeling of strong anxiety. It was tormenting me for several days.

    I was trying to fight it with the Word. I would repeat Philippians 4:6 &7:

    “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”

    Then it occurred to me that I may have been repeating the words, but had I let my requests be made known to God? So as I lie in bed that night, realizing that I had not done that, I started to lay it all out before the Lord, rather than the quick, anxious prayers I had been tossing up to Him. I talked to Him for a long time, felt better, & eventually went to sleep.

    The next morning. . .no more anxiety. Thank you so much for your prayers, & please pray that the anxiety stays away. (Just typing out this comment has brought back a reminder of that feeling.)

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  12. My friend Jenn is very sick again, & is in the hospital. She posted on Facebook:

    “. . .My heart is spastic, went to 185 beats per min. . . .gave me medicine and it lowered it, and now I need oxygen. My bladder tube is bleeding out, we don’t know why .. . My back is feeling broken, they are starting me on iv meds, fluids, antibiotics and pain meds.”

    Later she said the doctors think there is some serious issue besides what she wrote about, or behind it all. She has been needing a surgery that she has put off (due to her serious health issues, she may not survive another surgery). She is scared she will not see her new grandson who is due in March. Please pray for her. Thank you.

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