Prayers

Praise:  God provides in unexpected ways sometimes it is too much fun being a Christian!

Prayer:  I want to lift up all the requests on this thread and ask that those prayers be answered and that God watch over each and everyone of you.  I also want to pray for our country and the leadership that has been charged with making critical decisions towards our future and ask that they be good ones.  Be with the teachers and kids as school is winding down and let them finish strong with positive outcomes for the future.

Lord thank you for all you do and for answering our prayers in ways we sometimes can't understand and sometime don't expect.  Help and guide us on YOUR path of righteousness and help us to be the best followers/servants we can be.

Amen

Be with the teachers and kids as school is winding down and let them finish strong with positive outcomes for the future.

Thanks, WT.  I am a high school teacher, and every year I have an emotional roller coaster.  Graduation is coming, kids are getting scholarships (and we rejoice), and also some kids make bad decisions about alcohol, drugs, and driving associated with Prom and end graduation parties.  It seems like every year, we go to celebrations and funerals.  No matter how much we educate about the dangers of driving drunk or buzzed, kids think they are invulnerable and enter eternity before their time- and too often- before they know the Lord and are ready. 


Heavenly Father, give us the words to say, and the wisdom to set a good example for our youth as they approach critical crossroads of decision in their lives.  God we intercede for your mercy.  We ask that you give us more time to work with those who do not know you.  Send Your Spirit to cut through the fog of confusion and the bad advice of peers to let them know Your love.  Give them ears to hear.  Quicken us and empower us to make a difference.  We ask in Jesus' Precious Name, Amen.

Heavenly Father, give us the words to say, and the wisdom to set a good example for our youth as they approach critical crossroads of decision in their lives.  God we intercede for your mercy.  We ask that you give us more time to work with those who do not know you.  Send Your Spirit to cut through the fog of confusion and the bad advice of peers to let them know Your love.  Give them ears to hear.  Quicken us and empower us to make a difference.  We ask in Jesus' Precious Name, Amen.

Amen 

WT and Greg, I add my Amen to yours.  Our children are so precious, they need God to guide their steps and adults to model sound, righteous behavior.  Lord, keep them safe and make them yours early in life so they can be strong in their relationship with You.

"Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground."
Ephesians 6:13

As Christians, our entire life is dependent on a life of prayer.  Without a solid foundation of prayer, life will be feeble and ineffective.

Father God, through diligent prayer, I can become a faithful soldier for You. Help me stand for righteousness and never stop praying.  In Jesus Name, Amen.

Greetings and blessings to all. Been praying for the thread and all who come here.

Please continue to pray for Paula, more tests are in the works. They have ruled out MS and now they are leaning towards cerebral vasculitis. I know God has got this but believe in the power of prayer!

Gary 

Amen to every post. Keep on praying, brothers! Thanks for all your prayers for me and mine. This has got to be the coolest thread I have ever seen.

Paula is lifted up in prayer, brother, hang in there with it and keep the great attitude. It aint so easy sometimes.

Gary and Armyman, good to see ya, my bros!  Gary, glad they could rule out MS; I pray they find something treatable to give Paula some relief.  I know what tests and tests and tests  feels like; I would have given up 26 years ago without God's strength!  I have another 2 hour test tomorrow (it's the "every ten years, some doctor thinks you have a brain tumor" test so I'm not much worried about it--I shook my head really hard and nothing rattled so I'm sure there's no  tumor ).

Spoke with Mom's vascular surgeon today finally.  Her secondary blood vessels have developed sufficient blood flow to counteract the blocked arteries and her ulcers and wounds and swelling is all healed, so the doctors do not believe she needs surgery now---PRAISE GOD!!!!!  She's back to driving and I can turn her loose on the countryside again, and she is very, very glad!  God is good all the time!

Be God's!
Sissy

Good to see you Armyman. You are right! Some great people here and it is a great thread. Glory to God!

Aboy4Christ....Praying right now that tonight is a restful, peaceful and rejuvenating sleep for you. May God watch over you and bring sleep to a weary mind. Amen. (wanted to get that one in super quick!)

Thank you so much, brother.

Praying for the Lord to show out for each and every one of you today! We are loved by the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords!

Gary

Much better night sleep last night. I need to get some help though. Have an appt Monday. Thanks again! Good morning Gary. Yes indeed brother!!

Good morning (afternoon for some) everyone.

Continually lifting up each of you and your requests.  No matter what we're going through, the most comforting promise is that our Lord Jesus is always with us - that is more than enough to get us through anything!

Have a wonderful day, and God bless!

Lifting up everyone in prayer. ABoy4Christ is lifted up in prayer to our Heavenly Father.

Keep on praying for me, brothers!

Hogfan I am going to try to stay off those Boise threads. It is doing me no good to argue with them.

Lord...Thank you for the day thank you for all the wonderful things that you provide for us each and every day.  Walk with us and guide us along your path so that we may do your will.  Watch over this thread and those that are on it and we lift up the following:

Armyman - Lord we know when times are the hardest you not only walk with us but pick us up and carry us through whatever adversity we face.  Lift up Armyman hold him close and watch over him and his family.

Gary - Lord we pray for Gary and his wife Paula that might find healing through you and our medical community.  Keep them strong, healthy and faithful as you watch over them.

Aboy4Christ - Please help him find the rest that he needs and allow him the peace that can only come through you.

Sissy - Lord we give you praise for the recent good reports and we ask that you continue to watch over our sister Sissy and her mother and bring them good health.

Hogfan - Lord we continue to pray for his friend that has not totally accepted your son Jesus as her personal savior as we pray for all the unsaved.  Please give us strength and wisdom to be awesome faithful servants who can witness for you.

Greg - Please be with Greg and all the teachers and kids as school comes to an end.  Keep the children safe and watch over them as they begin new chapters in their lives.  Reward the teachers with blessing in that they give so much for our children and are truly worthy.

HoponPop - We continue to give praise for his daughter's acceptance to UCLA and also faithfully pray for his mother who is struggling with illness and for those family members who are assisting.  Watch over them all with your loving grace.

Thank you for posters like Jack, Hogwildbomber, Vehemon and FBisnotmyGod who come to the thread to give encouragement and watch over them and give them blessings as well.

A special prayer for those that visit the thread but do not make their presence known please let them feel our love and prayers for them also and help them to feel welcomed.  We pray for those that monitor this site and maybe unbelievers let them know they also are welcomed and we pray for Gods intervention in their lives.

Thank you for being such an awesome God and allowing us to be your servants and help us to spread the joy that comes from knowing you to al that we can.

Amen

Good morning all! I just have to say it does my heart good to see so many prayer warriors on the thread lately. I just lifted everyone on this thread and this thread itself up to King Jesus. You all have a blessed day and when this old world starts to try to drag you down remember that God is with us and Jesus has overcome the world!

Gary 

Lifting up all of you in prayer.  WT, thanks for the wonderful prayer for all of us and I add my Amen to yours!

Those here who know me know that I am an activist with Voice of the Martyrs, ChinaAid, and other organizations for the persecuted church worldwide.  Today, the American Center for Law and Justice released a letter from Pastor Youcef who has been given the death penalty in Iran for converting to Christianity and refusing to recant his faith (the authorities later made up rape charges against him, thinking that would stop the international outcry over his death sentence--it has not worked; Pastor Youcef's lawyer is now in Iranian prison as well).  I am sure the Iranian authorities reviewed the letter before allowing Pastor Youcef to send it out, but it is still an amazing testemony.  I wanted to share part of it with you; we think we have problems, and we do, but as yet we do not face death for our choice of Christianity.  Here is the beginning of the letter:

"Greetings from your servant and younger brother in Christ, Youcef Nadarkhani.
 
To: All those who are concerned and worried about my current situation.
 
First, I would like to inform all of my beloved brothers and sisters that I am in perfect health in the flesh and spirit. And I try to have a little different approach from others to these days, and consider it as the day of exam and trial of my faith. And in these days which are hard in order to prove your loyalty and sincerity to God, I am trying to do the best in my power to stay right with what I have learned from God's commandments.
 
I need to remind my beloveds, though my trial due has been so long, and as in the flesh I wish these days to end, yet I have surrendered myself to God's will."

The full letter and report can be read at http://aclj.org/iran/letter-pastor-
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Please keep Pastor Youcef in prayer, along with the blind Chinese lawyer who is under detention in a hospital now that the U.S. Embassy abandoned him (Chen Guangcheng) and his nephew who is in prison and his friends and family who are persecuted or arrested for helping him escape to the embassy ("Pearl" is the woman who drove him to meet the Americans who should have helped him; she is now missing).

Attorney Gao Zheshing is still alive in a prison in a remote area of China where friends and family cannot afford to travel but he spoke by phone to his brother and he is no longer being tortured; he will just never be released.

Many suffer for what we take for granted.  We are just beginning to see the attacks on religion here that others have been imprisoned, tortured, and killed over--to own a Bible, to hold a house church meeting, to defend the poor and needy, to protest forced abortions, to uphold free speech.  May God preserve them--free them if it is His will or take them home or spare them further abuse from their captors, giving them strength to stand.  May God give us the strength and awareness to befriend and support those brothers and sisters who are persecuted for their beliefs.

Be God's!
Sissy

HoponPop - We continue to give praise for his daughter's acceptance to UCLA

Indeed we do. UCLA is a terrific school. Praise His Holy Name night and day!

Hogfan I am going to try to stay off those Boise threads. It is doing me no good to argue with them.

Don't feel bad, brother, a lot of us have been there!  Praying things are getting better for you, my friend.

WT,

Thank you, brother!  It's been awesome having you here, along with the others who've started posting here recently.  Thank you Lord for continuing to watch over this thread and all here!

Father in heaven,

We lift up all of these in need in prayer to You. All of the people in this thread cry out for You alone, O Lord, because You are the One we look to for help. And we lift up those also who are afraid or ashamed, like me, to publicly post their needs. You are the one who is merciful and holy and true. There is no other.

Father, please hear us and act according to Your most holy will. Raise the downtrodden, heal the sick, help the poor, bless the widow and the fatherless. And lead us to take the gospel to the furthermost parts of the earth to all who will hear.

We revere Your Most Holy Name forever because of Your Great Glory. Hallowed be Your Most Holy Name forever and ever! Your Name is lifted up continually forever and ever because You are the God who has redeemed us. You love us even though we are sinners and most unworthy. Please continue Your mercy and rain Your blessings down upon us. We ask these things in the most blessed and precious Name of Jesus Your Son who died for the sins of the whole world. Amen.

Good to see you all!  I made it through my tests without a brain tumor--fibromyalgia is a horrid disease because it mimics so many other conditions.  The doctors were pretty thorough in coming up with a way to make glasses that refract light differently so hopefully I can see better.  It rests in God's hands to see what works and what doesn't.  He is faithful to us at all times, praise His name!

I am asking for prayer for my dear friends Andrea (Andy) and Bill.  Bill has cancer and is in the final stages; he's at home with hospice care.  Andy was my last boss and Bill worked there as well, so these wonderful people did so much for me throughout my illness to keep me working as long as I possibly could.  I couldn't find a card to send that said what I wanted to say, but I found this Prayer for a Dying Friend and thought I'd share it here as well.

Be God's!
Sis

Blessings For A Dying Friend

May your days and nights be filled with peace,
And may those you love be near.
May the solace of that closeness
Banish any hint of fear.

May the joy you've brought to others
Fill your soul now with that light,
And the memories of happy times
Fill your dreams through darkest night.

For you've lent your strength to many.
You've upheld us in our strife.
Now let those of us who love you
Let you know just how your life

Has been the brightest beacon
For you've shown us how to bear
With great dignity and courage
Both the bad times and the fair.
 
As a mentor and a leader
You have always been our guide.
As a friend there's been none better.
May you know all this with pride.

All our prayers and thoughts are with you.
May you feel their soothing grace.
May our care and loving hold you
Here within that sacred space.

And may God then grant you courage
When the time to fight is o'er
And be waiting for you smiling,
When you reach his lofty door.

For you'll be borne by angels
That our Lord has sent for you
And in wholeness be rewarded
All your pain will then be through.

B. V. Dahlen

Good to see you all!  I made it through my tests without a brain tumor--fibromyalgia is a horrid disease because it mimics so many other conditions. 

That's great news. I praise the Lord with you.

The doctors were pretty thorough in coming up with a way to make glasses that refract light differently so hopefully I can see better.  It rests in God's hands to see what works and what doesn't.  He is faithful to us at all times, praise His name!

You've got the right attitude and you are keeping it real just like your screen name says. He is faithful even when we aren't.

I am asking for prayer for my dear friends Andrea (Andy) and Bill.  Bill has cancer and is in the final stages; he's at home with hospice care.  Andy was my last boss and Bill worked there as well, so these wonderful people did so much for me throughout my illness to keep me working as long as I possibly could.  I couldn't find a card to send that said what I wanted to say, but I found this Prayer for a Dying Friend and thought I'd share it here as well.

I will pray for Andy and Bill. That's tough news to bear. I sure hope Bill is a Christian. May our Heavenly Father bless him and keep him in His arms. 

That is a beautiful prayer.

Thanks, Armyman, and yes, Bill and Andrea (Andy) are  Christians.  Bill is in his 80s now and Andy in her early 70s and still working.  They were wonderful people to work for, and I thought God led me to find the right prayer to send to them at this time. 

Keeping you in prayer as well, dear bro!

Sissy

Sis,

That is indeed wonderful news!  My continued prayers for you and mom.  I am also lifting your friends up.  Dear Lord, please give them both peace & comfort beyond what they can comprehend during this time, and I ask this in Your Name, amen.

A local (and nationwide) legend passed away, Carroll Shelby.  He was a happy even though suffering, and that has ended.  I know his loved ones will appreciate prayers during their grief.  Thank you all!

@keepitreal - Keeping you and your friend Bill in my prayers.  Stay strong and the Lord will carry you through this.

Guys had a 7th grade basketball player on one of my AAU teams go down with a dislocated knee cap and possibly some ligament issues as well. 7th grade girls and knee injuries do not go well together please pray for her. Thanks