Prayer Requests

[VioletButterfly]

Thank you to all of you for your prayers and thoughtful responses. I found them very encouraging and heart-warming. It helps me to be reminded when I feel I am so lost and alone that it is God who is in control and that He is all around me even when I am not there for myself. In the natural, I just become so overwhelmed with events of the past and suffering in the present, that I become paralyzed by thinking it is a foregone negative conclusion about what will become of me. I forget how to think and see through the eyes of Jesus where love, peace, compassion and strength reside.

Recovery4me - What you wrote touched me so deeply. I don't think I can yet find adequate words, but I'll try. Thank you for the lovely card and song, and for your spot-on insights and thoughts regarding self-doubt and where I've been that God has lifted me up out of. I seem to have a blind-side when it comes to acknowledgement, especially when it comes to what I, through His grace, have accomplished and how many times God has truly stepped in and intervened on my behalf when I have been in danger. I would like to spend some time considering this today and praying about it. It might shine some light in as I wander through the rooms of my mind, getting lost while trying to heal so that I can keep despair at bay. That it is my spirit that is important, not the circumstances I face in the world. I believe God tells us we are to be in the world and not of it.

The Albatross - Thank you for the verses on fear. I know that it is fear that is driving a lot of what I'm dealing with and how I'm dealing with it/or not. I understand, fundamentally, that living an authentic life for me is about walking in faith which means I must trust and not doubt because I do know who is in control. That faith/love and fear cannot exist in this mindset if I'm doing it right. I keep trying each day to stand in that faith/love. It's by grace that I am here and on good days I celebrate that. On darker days, I seem to lose the ability to see that there is a purpose for all of this and a purpose for me in this world. It is me who steps away. I think that's where shame steps in, so thank you for the verse on shame as well. All good reminders of the truth and where I want to live spiritually.

Again, through many tears of gratitude for your kindness and prayers, thank you. I hope you all have a blessed day. VB

P.S. Also, I want to add the first line from today's Jesus Calling entry: "I am taking care of you."

 

[Lionheart]

I just wanted to share this with you @SheilaKathy

One day, I asked the Lord to show me what I needed to see and then I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and I opened the bible to the Beatitudes: Matthew Chapter 5.

The part that resonated with me the most are the words in red; "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.", etc., etc.

I needed to know that God is a loving God and these words serve as a reminder for me!!!

Anyways, my mother is in the hospital with pneumonia and I would like to request a prayer for good health.

Many blessings for you,
Lion

 

[Recovery4Me]

Praying @Lionheart777 for you and yours to have strength during this challenging time ((((hugs)))

 

[Changing4Best]

Yes, @Lionheart777 the Lord does show us thing in the Bible when we ask Him to. One time when my friend had done something in her life that she was ashamed of, she asked me to pray with her about it. I asked the Holy Spirit to show me something that would help her and I let the Bible open to a spot that it just fell to when I flipped it open. And what the Lord showed me was about a character in the Bible, King David, who had committed a similar sin. The Scripture was what that Character wrote as a prayer after his gave error, and it helped my friend to see that if one of Israel's great kings could commit that sin, and pray about it afterward, that she should pray too. She was comforted by that a lot. She didn't feel so alone in her sin.

 

[Changing4Best]

I have been waffling back and forth about a ministry I am trying to do. Some folks feel I should not try to do what I am doing, because there are certain dangers involved. On the other hand, I feel that God wants me to continue with it. So please pray for my safety concerning this ministry. I am writing to Prisoners, and hoping to bring some of them to God by doing so. I pray for them too. I have little booklets that I plan to share with them, when the time feels right, about Jesus and what He can do for them. So far I have just told them that I go to church and sing in the church choir and so on.

 

[Recovery4Me]

@SheilaKathy

I will pray for you to find headship and possible team-partnership with seasoned Prison or Jail OutReach Pastors or Ministers. Under the headship, I am sure you will find your answers to saftey, boundaries and perhaps consider gender specific outreach for a bit.

Many are called for a such a service, fewer are chosen (or their free agency imparts other niches), as sometimes the foundation is set to build upon for the bigger plan or another purpose by His Hand. imho (having been in such an outreach)

I pray that Father leads you to clarity within His grace.

 

[Changing4Best]

I have a cold, and I hate being sick at this time of year! I am taking some cold remedy and it is helping, but I feel kind of weak and wheezy. Your prayers are appreciated, thanks.

 

[Recovery4Me]

@SheilaKathy
virtual chicken soup and prayers for restoration of health... (((hugs)))

 

[Tinyflame]

Could I ask for a prayer? I could use it (understatement, though who couldn't, really). Thanks so much+++. :notworthy: :hug:

 

[Changing4Best]

 

[Recovery4Me]

@Junebug Praying for peace to be restored in your heart, clarity within your forward steps and a lightened load from you knowing what to surrender and let go. In Jesus name, blessing and authority Amen

 

[Changing4Best]

I don't think I have ever felt this sick in my life! There is all this gook coming out of my lungs. Sorry for being so gross, but I just pray I don't get neumonia [spelling?].