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Thread: Prayers of the Faithful - 2016
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Abigail
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Originally posted by Polly Plummer:
![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif) Abigail.
Can you ask someone at church to help with the thing you're not sure you can manage?
Thank you, but no I don't think so. I think I'm just going to have to say I can't do it. I've got another week before I have to make a decision.
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The older I get the less I know.
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Abigail
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Originally posted by Penny S:
Abigail, have you discussed things with a doctor? There may be help out there.
I have seen a doctor in the past and I have been precribed anti-depressants which heled a lot. I don't really want to go down that route again but I might have to if I feel it's the only way.
Having said that, after a dreadful Christmas Day, I've been feeling better today. A long walk helped (and with no return of my lower back pain!!) As did a chance meeting with someone who used to go to my church but hasn't been for a long time because she didn't like a lot of the things I don't like there. I probably shouldn't be pleased about that but it made me feel less alone.
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Penny S
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That sounds like the sort of thing that seems to get arranged for my friend when he isn't feeling good. He'll go out and find that he bumps into some who needs his help, or something that shifts his mood.
I rather like it when that sort of thing happens.
Last time I got depressed, I ended up talking to someone for three sessions, which turned out to be enough to shift things. (Father died, sister rowed, nasty neighbour was nasty.)No pills that time.
And I had to pull out of being Treasurer to our Meeting. I'd taken it on because they were really short of people, and I thought it wouldn't be too hard. Until I couldn't find a difference in the system - worked at it for ages, and then had to resign. It was accepted graciously, and the person who took over found the problem. Would your church take that attitude?
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Penny S
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Prayers needed urgently for friend whose mother seems to have taken against him trying to help her and may have kicked him out. (He is over 60.)
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Penny S
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No she hasn't - and has turned the story round. Pray for me not to get into panic mode so easily, as well as for them to ... whatever God has in mind for them as a good resolution. Soon.
I found myself watching 'Prince Caspian' last night and wondered just what Aslan was up to allowing first the White Witch and then the Telmarines to treat the Narnians so badly for ages before sending in the Pevensies.
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daisymay
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reading praying
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Piglet
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for all in need.
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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
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Tobias
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Vocatus atque non vocatus, Deus aderit.
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Welease Woderwick
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Holding us all in the living, loving Light.
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Fancy a break in South India?
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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MaryLouise
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Praying through
Requesting prayers again for R and his family, devastated by a family suicide.
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-- Ivy Compton-Burnett
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Wesley J
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Be it as it may: Wesley J will stay. --- Euthanasia, that sounds good. An alpine neutral neighbourhood. Then back to Britain, all dressed in wood. Things were gonna get worse. (John Cooper Clarke)
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sabine
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May all who are suffering this holiday season find comfort and blessings in the midst of it all.
sabine
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"Hunger looks like the man that hunger is killing." Eduardo Galeano
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daisymay
St Elmo's Fire
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reading praying
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neandergirl
Opposing the thumb
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Amen
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Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you. Hebrews 13:5 NIV
We come from love, we return to love, and all around is love.
Lord, ease our burdens, give us peace and enable us to do your work. Tree Bee
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Piglet
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for all in need.
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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Holding us all in the living, loving Light.
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I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.
Fancy a break in South India?
Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details
What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Tobias
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Vocatus atque non vocatus, Deus aderit.
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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for all who post here, and all who cannot bring themselves to. God hears you all
[ 28. December 2016, 07:15: Message edited by: The Intrepid Mrs S ]
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Don't get your knickers in a twist over your advancing age. It achieves nothing and makes you walk funny.
Prayer should be our first recourse, not our last resort
'Lord, please give us patience. NOW!'
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MaryLouise
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Praying through for all
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“As regards plots I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots.”
-- Ivy Compton-Burnett
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The5thMary
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This may not be the proper place to post this and if it isn't, I offer a hundred apologies to the Ship's whipcrackers.
I have an eating disorder. Both of my deceased parents were alcoholics and my sisters and I have struggled with alcohol and other things. However, for me, it's been sugar. I crave sugar like a maniac.My craving is complicated by my Type 2 diabetes diagnosis. Intellectually I know that sugar is bad for me and is making my diabetes worse but no amount of praying for help was working...until a few days ago when I asked God to take away my craving by ANY means...
I have to laugh at this...tonight I was eating some chocolate and my mouth started to tingle, itch, and then burn. I finished my chocolate and coconut candy bar and wondered what was going on. Later, I tried to have a piece of chewy fruit candy--and the burn and itch was worse. I think I'm developing an allergy to candy!
I don't know what to think. Part of me is thinking this is genius, on God's end. But then I am horrified. Could this be prayer answered? And if it is, what does that mean?
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God gave me my face but She let me pick my nose.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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My only comment is not to look a gift horse in the mouth!
Some days God has a strange sense of humour.
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Fancy a break in South India?
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Penny S
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Doesn't He, though? I forgot to mention when asking for prayer for the woman I met on Christmas Eve, that all the time she was telling me how awful her life was, we were looking at a car with the registration 'WOE'.
Praying for all.
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Piglet
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5th M. - definitely a manifestation of God's Mysterious Ways™. If it helps to keep your diabetes in check, that can only be a good thing.
for you, and for all in need.
PS I'm not going to ask the Almighty to remove my cheese-dependency ... ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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daisymay
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reading praying
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neandergirl
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Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you. Hebrews 13:5 NIV
We come from love, we return to love, and all around is love.
Lord, ease our burdens, give us peace and enable us to do your work. Tree Bee
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Tobias
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Vocatus atque non vocatus, Deus aderit.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Holding us all in the living, loving Light.
[aside to Piglet: Cheese Dependency is RIGHT & PROPER!]
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I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.
Fancy a break in South India?
Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details
What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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MaryLouise
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Praying through
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-- Ivy Compton-Burnett
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Wesley J
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Be it as it may: Wesley J will stay. --- Euthanasia, that sounds good. An alpine neutral neighbourhood. Then back to Britain, all dressed in wood. Things were gonna get worse. (John Cooper Clarke)
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Bene Gesserit
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Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus
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The5thMary
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Originally posted by mousethief:
Mom will be here in about 4 hours, without Dad, who rests in an urn in her closet. First Christmas without him. It's going to be hard for all of us, especially me and Mom. I so appreciate your prayers. God bless you.
Sorry, Mousie. Didn't see this until just now. I've been sick since December 21. I'm sorry about your Dad. I hope your holidays get better. I'll pray for you and "Mrs. Mouse".
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The5thMary
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Originally posted by Piglet:
5th M. - definitely a manifestation of God's Mysterious Ways™. If it helps to keep your diabetes in check, that can only be a good thing.
for you, and for all in need.
PS I'm not going to ask the Almighty to remove my cheese-dependency ...
Hmmm...cheese IS a protein...perhaps it's time to eat more of that! Thanks for the prayers! Mouth is still feeling the effects of the other day. I think I'm not going near any sweets for a good long bit.
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God gave me my face but She let me pick my nose.
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daisymay
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reading praying
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neandergirl
Opposing the thumb
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Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you. Hebrews 13:5 NIV
We come from love, we return to love, and all around is love.
Lord, ease our burdens, give us peace and enable us to do your work. Tree Bee
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Piglet
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for all in need.
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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Holding us all in the living, loving Light.
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I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.
Fancy a break in South India?
Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details
What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Kelly Alves
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Oh, @$@%.
My little six year old grand niece (Neph's niece) has been struggling for two weeks with a bad flu that has been making her asthma kick up. It has developed into bronchial pneumonia.
She just moved to Indiana this year, so on top of all that this is her first encounter with deep Midwestern cold. Anyway, please pray for the healing of Violett and the peace of her frantic mother, Jenny.
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Clarence
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Lord have mercy
Thee we adore
Into thy hands
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I scraped my knees while I was praying - Paramore
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Bene Gesserit
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For Kelly's Violett and Jenny
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Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus
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MaryLouise
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For little Violett and peace of mind for her mother Jenny
Praying through
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-- Ivy Compton-Burnett
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Lothlorien
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for Violett and her mum. Pneumonia is a very nasty illness.
[ 30. December 2016, 20:38: Message edited by: Lothlorien ]
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Buy a bale. Help our Aussie rural communities and farmers. Another great cause needing support The High Country Patrol.
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daisymay
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reading praying
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Penny S
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I'll be needing support tomorrow again for a second visit for New Year's Eve, which somehow has been organised instead of taking my friend's mother to a local park from which the London fireworks can be seen. I did point out that the journey to return them, with the extra traffic, was a bit much at 70 and probably 3 o'clock, but that's what's going to happen. Fortunately I hadn't returned my home to its normal state, but chairs need moving about, and extra cooking done.
She has gone off me since last week, thinking I am plotting to bring social services to bear on her.
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Piglet
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for all in need, especially Violett and Jenny, and Penny S. and family.
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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
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Welease Woderwick
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Holding us all in the living, loving Light.
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I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.
Fancy a break in South India?
Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details
What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Penny S
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Reading and praying for everyone else (before moving chairs around).
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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The year is changing across the Globe so I have opened a new prayer thread for us all.
As 2016 departs I wish you a Happy and Successful 2017.
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I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.
Fancy a break in South India?
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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