A selfish request for my family and me

Our Family in ང [2008-07-23]
Dear readers, I am coming to this board in desperate need of thoughtful prayer. 2008 has been a tough year for my family and I. First, our horse rescue ( a non-profit org) went under (there is LOW interest in helping abandoned horses since the economy tumbled.) And somehow during all that mess, someone had the awful timing to also physically assault both my (wonder perfect, non-volent, well-loved, and respected)parents, resulting in a long ER visit. Then my stepfather's father had a rather seious stroke, which was then followed by my uncle's mother also having a very serious stroke.. having done my best to maintain a less-than-glum outlook on life, I am now on the verge of crisis. My paternal grandmother, one of my closest friends and loved ones, has been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer that has spead to the spine. The survival rate is less than a 2% chance of living past 8 months. Having just started online MT school, I am, at least, very thankful for the wonderful joy that this studying has brought me. But I don't want school to become such a crutch for me that I neglect being there for/with my family. Everyone is hanging in there and staying positive, but a little prayer would boost spirits very high right now.. and my family needs that oh so bad. Thank you for reading, and thank you for your prayers and positive thoughts.

Prayer Request [2008-05-13]
I will certainly keep you and Sharif in my prayers. He's lucky to have you for a friend to stand by him in this difficult time.

A selfish request for my family and me [2008-05-03]
My SO is battling alcoholism and at the moment is losing the fight. Last night, he became verbally abusive (common after the 16th or so Budwiser) and physically violent (a new occurrence). I have been asked by his 13-year-old son to please stay (both parents are alcoholics and apparently I am the only stable influence in this childsanity and for God to help me find the strength to do what is necessary to protect and preserve my family.

prayer request [2008-01-21]
I have a 52-year-old brother who has been battling liver cancer for a year. Started in his colon, now into his lungs and liver. I pray that he passes soon so he doesn Sometimes I feel guilty about that, but I just don thank you

peayer request sm [2008-01-19]
Praying for my family. They are all searching and not in agreement with the religion I baptized them in. This is okay with me, I just hope they find their answers. What hurts is that they are not getting it as far as it not being a contest and refusing to step foot into the door of the religion they were baptized in. It won't kill them once in awhile to attend special occasions. I do in their case. I cannot even prepay my own funeral as they are against stepping foot in my church - well, it's not them, it's the ones they married. So sad.

prayer request [2007-11-08]
Please pray for the Maze family - parents Marty and Sandy, children Kenedy and Kelly. They are burying their 11y/o daughter/sister today - she had cystic fibrosis and had a double lung transplant -rejected. She was an amazing little girl and an inspiration to many.. Please pray for the family and the entire community in Ky.

Unbelievable family tragedy...please say a prayer. [2007-11-06]
I have to make a long story short here. We just need all of the prayers that we can find. God is the only one that can see us through this tragedy. My sister-in-law is married for the second time with 7 children. Six of them are from her first marriage and the last child was born out of wedlock. They range in ages from 23 to 6. She was married to a man who she claimed was extremely abusive and ended up leaving him approximately 7 years ago. She remarried an alcoholic. A really bad alcoholic. He did end up adopting the youngest son, the one that has a different father - one in which left my sister-in-law when he found out she was pregnant. He has been very threatening to her and her family for the past 3-4 years, since they have been married. These are really horrible threats to kill or harm. He has even landed in jail because of them. I know she felt lost and alone. He has got a really horrible disease and needs help but doesn Her husband was brutally attacked the other night and left for dead. Somehow, he did not die but managed to call 911 and get help. It turns out that my sister-in-law had planned this attack and asked a friend to execute it. They have both been arrested and are sitting in jail. They are both charged with attempted homicide. These 5 kids are at my mother-in-laware of age and live on their own, but they are in town, and understandably devastated.) I feel so horrible and helpless - those poor babies. PLEASE pray for them and for my husband The only thing I can think regarding my sister-in-law is she felt if she left him, he would come for her and her children and kill them all. He has threatened that before. I greatly appreciate your prayers.

pls pray for my friend's family [2007-09-23]
My friend was killed in an industrial accident yesterday. Pls pray for his family. His step-daughter and my daughter are friends. I have known him since I have been a teenager. My heart is breaking for his family.

Lisa prayer request [2007-09-17]
Lord, I pray for Lisa and her husband. Lord, I pray that You will intercede on Lisa's behalf and bring this marriage back together again. I pray Lord that You will give Lisa strength and courage as she goes through this trying time. I ask Dear Lord that the love between Lisa and her husband be revived and restored. I pray that You will bring the love of Jesus Christ into Lisa and her husband's heart and let their marriage grow throught mutual respect for each other and that they dedicate their lives to the Lord. I pray this in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. Winefred

Prayer request for my mom [2007-06-11]
She and my stepdad have had marital problems for years, they have been married for 12 and 1/2 almost 13 years. Today she called me and said she had had enough and asked for my help. So she is at my house with 3 of my nieces and nephews and headed to my brother Prayers for this situation would be greatly appreciated. TIA.

Prayer request for my nephew. [2007-06-08]
He is in his late 20's, bipolar, will not take his meds, suicidal, and has run off to a girlfriend's house who he met in rehab. His sister is looking for him and has found a treatment facility that will take him. He really is a sweet young man who needs help and prayers desperately. My brother and SIL are beside themselves with sadness, fear, and anger. Thank you!

Prayer request [2007-05-31]
Hi, Six weeks ago I took Cipro for an infection. Now I have peripheral neuropathy. Please pray that this will go away. The fluoride from the Cipro has poisoned me. I ask for prayer that the fluoride will leave my body and the pain will go away. God Bless and Thank You.

Prayer request [2007-05-31]
Thank you and God Bless.

Prayer Request [2007-05-15]
I will pray for you.

Prayer request [2007-05-14]
Good evening, all. I I have been having some health issues for the last few years that have snowballed over the last couple of months. In the last 3 weeks I During the procedure the urologist did a more thorough exam under anesthesia and felt a definite mass in my colon! This may be what has been causing issues with my stomach the last few months. I have to see a GI doctor tomorrow to schedule a colonoscopy. My grandmother had colon cancer, so there is a family history, and I am really scared. I would appreciate your prayers.

You certainly have my prayers. God bless this family in their hour of need. [2007-05-11]
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My prayers are with you and your family [2007-04-23]
I have prayed for His perfect will, His perfect peace, and the strength your family will require during all of this.

Need prayers. On top of the tragedy my family and I sm [2007-04-16]
have experienced, we came home to find our goats mauled to death by a pack of wild dogs on our property. We5 years. I took a leave of absence from my job (doctors orders) and had poor work performance after my tragedy and now I am blocked out of system (was supposed to return to work last night), co. not returning emails, and now I may be out of a job. I'm trying to keep positive, especially for my kids (3 young boys), and husband, but I'm having such a hard time. Please pray for my mental health, personal struggles, and for peace and joy to fill my heart and life once again. I know, nothing compared to what has happened in VA. I feel so bad even asking for prayer, but I can hardly function right now. The world is so, so cruel.

request for prayer [2007-04-09]
I hope it I feel a little selfish but I could use some prayers. I am struggling with depression. I just don I have felt alone most of my life without a supportive family and not many friends. I I ask only for God Thank you.

I have prayed for your inlaws. I hope for the best for you and your family. [2007-04-09]
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Please know all my heart-felt prayers go out to her!......sm [2008-11-02]
Could I just perhaps have her first name? I feel it is important to mention her name to the Lord, even though He already knows her! You know, we all get so upset about our own situations, and the past few years have been pretty GRIM for our family, but her story has really touched my heart and I will pray so hard for a reversal of all her pain and problems, and for peace, prosperity, health, and bleesings for your friend. And God Bless You for caring!!!

Pray for me [2008-10-14]
Please pray for me. I am trying to pursue a nursing career to better my family. I have a husband and a young daughter. We fall between the cracks, and because of this I am having to pay for this on my own, trying to work 40 hours a week, take care of my family and I have medical problems (kidney transplant 4 years ago). I feel like I am running out of steam. Financially we are not making it. Had to file for bankruptcy last year so we would not lose our house and car. I am praying for any assistance financially and spiritually.

depressed sm [2008-10-02]
Depression is inherited. Is he on any meds that would cause this? Sometimes these drugs make them worse. I know itcatching this awful ugly place he's in.You must feel awful! God bless you.

alcoholism [2008-07-23]
Hello: I am married to a recovering alcoholic/drug addict, sober for 24 years. Your husband needs to,unfortunately hit rock bottom before he gets the help he needs. I have been in your shoes, but my husband was not verbally or physically abusive. After three tries in a drug/alcohol rehab program, he finally got it, because I told him, it is the alcohol or it is me and our son. He chose us, got the help. I knew there was good person under the booze/drugs and I stayed with him, even though my family and his told me to leave him. But, if you enable him, he will continue to drink. I don Is there any way you can take children away from him and his abuse. I did enable my husband before I knew what to do. It is a long struggle and a hard one and only you can decide when enough is enough and where to seek help. I would never allow abuse in my home, but everyone is different as to what they call abuse and what they can tolerate. Good luck. Al-Anon did not help me, but AA did help me, when I went with my husband. My prayers are with you and your life. Remember, there is nothing that you have done or have said to make this person verbally or physically attack you, and you did not make him drink. Alcoholism is a disease as is drug addiction and only once that person admits that he has a problem and seeks help can he/she be helped. When people do not understand addiction the first thing they will ask is what did you do to make him go out and drink/use drugs. I did nothing, but I did enable him by providing him a place to sleep and gave him my car to use, that is enabling. They are also so sorry the next morning and promise never to do it again, and unfortunately that usually is not the case.

Prayers for Calvin [2008-07-23]
I will say a prayer for your kitty. Does he have dental disease by chance? My vet told me that can cause all of those problems. My siamese was making weird noises with his teeth, brought him to the vet and he needs dental work, poor thing, sore gums and he is eating a good diet too, but dental disease can cause many problems. I have one cat with diabetes, on insulin and just lost my 14 year old due to a cancerous tumor in his little heart, he was my buddy. They become such an integral part of the family and I still look for my cat, who followed me everywhere. Good luck with Calvin, hope his illness can be fixed.

Our Family in ང [2008-07-23]
Dear readers, I am coming to this board in desperate need of thoughtful prayer. 2008 has been a tough year for my family and I. First, our horse rescue ( a non-profit org) went under (there is LOW interest in helping abandoned horses since the economy tumbled.) And somehow during all that mess, someone had the awful timing to also physically assault both my (wonder perfect, non-volent, well-loved, and respected)parents, resulting in a long ER visit. Then my stepfather's father had a rather seious stroke, which was then followed by my uncle's mother also having a very serious stroke.. having done my best to maintain a less-than-glum outlook on life, I am now on the verge of crisis. My paternal grandmother, one of my closest friends and loved ones, has been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer that has spead to the spine. The survival rate is less than a 2% chance of living past 8 months. Having just started online MT school, I am, at least, very thankful for the wonderful joy that this studying has brought me. But I don't want school to become such a crutch for me that I neglect being there for/with my family. Everyone is hanging in there and staying positive, but a little prayer would boost spirits very high right now.. and my family needs that oh so bad. Thank you for reading, and thank you for your prayers and positive thoughts.

Prayers for those affected by the midwest floods [2008-06-20]
I actually live in Lincoln County, Missouri but am more to the central part of the county. I have a lot of family and friends that live along the Mississippi River that have lost their belongings or are facing damage leftover by these floods. Please prayer for them as well as the farmers whose crops have been destroyed. Please also be praying for the thousands of men and woman of the Army Reserve and Army National Guard who are desperately working to save these small river towns. They are not much but to some they areall they have. Thank you.....

Need prayer [2008-06-01]
I need prayer. I am having a difficult time right now. You see, I lost my brother in 2001 in a car accident. Right after that, my father was diagnosed with lung cancer. He took chemo and did fairly well, but in April 2006 my mother was diagnosed with malignant melanoma and she passed away on 05/16/06. She was my best friend. My fatheron 07/15/06. I think he pretty much died of a broken heart. The week after his funeral, I found out I was pregnant but I miscarried in August. In the beginning everyone is there for you and around you and now I feel like I have no one. I do now have a 6 month old baby boy and I am married and I am thankful for my baby and husband. I am a religious person and have just recently started going back to church, but I still have a hard time understanding why my whole family has been taken away from me. I am just having a hard time. My hubby works a lot and it is just me and the baby. My baby cries a lot and demands a lot of attention and I feel like if I just had my parents, things would be so much easier. I feel so alone. If it was not for my little boy, I do not know where I would be right now. I just keep saying to myself that I have to get it together to raise my child, but it is still so hard. When you lose your parents, you lose the two important people that will love you no matter what and that would do just about anything for you (at least my parents were like this). Just remember mein your prayers please.

Prayer sm [2008-05-24]
I I hope you don Is this an electronic payment that will be coming out of your checking account? If so, you need to act fast! I would contact the mortgage company and tell them the situation, that you don If you I think you may have been dealing with an overly aggressive person who only cared about getting the payment and nothing else. Be honest with them. About 10 years ago, I lost a house due to foreclosure so I totally understand what you Back then, there weren I contacted different agencies to find out how to save my house, but they weren We weren't in the mortgage crisis that we're in right now, so I guess they really didn't care. If they Do you have friends or family who could help you? Do whatever you can to save your house! Are there things around the house you can sell? Craigslist is an awesome place to sell stuff. Their website is craigslist.com. It I have purchased from Craigslist, including living room furniture and a lawnmower. If you decide to go this route, make sure you also put a picture of the item on the website. When I go to Craigslist, I only look at the ads that have pictures. It is important to understand that the mortgage company does not want your house. They will work with you. Sometimes mortgage companies will let you put a past due payment onto the back of the mortgage which could make you current. Feel free to email me if you'd like!

Thanks for your concern... [2008-05-24]
I am not 30 days late yet, but as of the first of June I will be. I would not be that worried about it, but I am finally in this house 3 years and now I can finally refinance after being in one of those nasty subprime mortgages and with any late payments I cannot refinance for any better interest rate than I have right now. I think the situation has been taken care of though, as my son I just had a major financial crash in April and then my hubbie was in the hospital for a week earlier this month and I was unable to work, so that is why I am in the situation I am in right now. I have already though worked out my budget for June and God willing things are actually starting to look up. Thank you again for your kindness and encouraging words. I just needed some extra support during this major bump in the road that I think is just about over for now. Hope everyone is having a blessed weekend. ~michelle

A selfish request for my family and me [2008-05-03]
My SO is battling alcoholism and at the moment is losing the fight. Last night, he became verbally abusive (common after the 16th or so Budwiser) and physically violent (a new occurrence). I have been asked by his 13-year-old son to please stay (both parents are alcoholics and apparently I am the only stable influence in this childsanity and for God to help me find the strength to do what is necessary to protect and preserve my family.

Prayer needed [2008-04-25]
Please pray for my family....FL Hospital will be laying off. I have 6 children and need to find a job with benefits. I am terrified. Please pray. I know God answers prayers.

Definitely in my prayers sm [2008-03-15]
I have a niece was born at 27 weeks weighing 2lbs 7oz. She spent 9 weeks in the hopsital. She even caught an infection while in the NICU but pulled through. She is now 18 years old and has never spent a single day in the hospital since she came home. Defintely no long-term problems. We attest this to all the prayers for her. One more thing, when she did come home, her parents followed the doctorhands off. This is a child who I can honestely say has really never been sick a day in her life, except for the common cold. Once again, I will be praying for Lillianna. What a beautiful name.

I pray for your little new miracle... [2008-03-10]
It sounds like she I'll keep you and your family in my thoughts today.

For those that listen to the Rick [2008-01-21]
Please pray for Rick and his family, as their 2 year old son drowned this weekend. Many in the south hear their radio program and love them....

peayer request sm [2008-01-19]
Praying for my family. They are all searching and not in agreement with the religion I baptized them in. This is okay with me, I just hope they find their answers. What hurts is that they are not getting it as far as it not being a contest and refusing to step foot into the door of the religion they were baptized in. It won't kill them once in awhile to attend special occasions. I do in their case. I cannot even prepay my own funeral as they are against stepping foot in my church - well, it's not them, it's the ones they married. So sad.

B. Spears [2008-01-05]
I totally agree with you. I will be keeping B. Spears and her family in my prayers too.

prayer [2008-01-02]
I will keep you in my prayers along with Donna and her mom. Please keep me and my granddaughter, Briggitte, in yours. She went to visit the family of her baby, Alex, who is 5 months old on Christmas day and the father wouldn When she tried to get the baby from him, he pushed her, lost his balance and the baby hit his head. They blamed it all on her and called the police who arrested her and sent her to jail on Christmas day. We got her out the next day, but didn Had to get an emergency court order to get the baby back as he is breast fed. Our bills for the lawyer alone were over $2000, bond $500, and now she has to hire lawyer again for another $1200 to fight the battery charge they placed on her. We are broke and she is afraid she may lose the baby if we don We need prayers desparately. Cpr

for all who believe in the power of [2007-12-24]
prayer, please include this request. Yesterday afternoon about 5:15 I left my wallet laying on the regist at Wal-Mart. The cashier mistakenly gave my wallet to the lady behind me in the checkout line. She saw the wallet laying there after that lady had checked and just automatically assumed that it was hers and took it to her in the parking lot. The poor girl didn Management went back and looked at the video and are pretty sure it was my wallet. The other lady did pay out of a wallet that looked similar to it, but they could see another wallet laying on a different part of the checkout the entire time, so they I have taken the necessary precaution of reporting the 1 credit card I had in there and will call my bank this morning to report my debit card as lost and put a stop payment on 3 checks that were in there. I didn And, of course, my wallet and my social security card are in there, too. Please help me pray and trust that this lady will be honest and return that wallet if, indeed, it is mine. Thanks. Merry Christmas!!

What about a cart? [2007-12-22]
If he had a cart/wheelchair, would he be able to get up when he needed to, or does he have actual incontinence with this? I've very sorry you are going through this. It is heartbreaking when our fur kids are having serious problems. I'll pray for you and your family (including your fur baby).

requesting prayer [2007-12-19]
Hi everyone, I am a rare poster here, but it is wonderful to know so many of us MTs are believers. My grandmotherfuneral was Monday. She was 97, and I amso thankful we had her with us for such a long time. Imy mother, who is 78 and who took care ofher motherfor many years. God bless, and thanks - Julie

Prayer [2007-12-19]
I pray you will feel your grandmother You will miss her physically, I God bless you and your family.

prayer for mom [2007-12-14]
Hello Please pray for my mom who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She has been operated on and is set to start chemo next week for about the next five months. She has already lost so much weight and is already so frail so I pray that she will make it through the horrible chemo. I lost my dad two years ago to Alzheimer This has been so devastating to all of us and I am praying for strength for me and my family as well as we deal with this and to help us pull mom through all of this. I know we have a long road ahead of us, but hopefully with prayer we will get through this one day at a time and have a very good outcome. I appreciate any and all prayers. Thanks so much.

I said a prayer for your mom [2007-12-14]
Ipray God gives her as well as all of your family peace, strengthand hope as you all go through this.

My prayers [2007-11-20]
are with your brother-in-law and his family. May God bless him! That sure is a lot to go through at such a young age.