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  2008.07.24  09.02
HELP

My friend's son who is about to turn 3 has a bone tumor in his left ear. It is very serious and potentially life threatening. Please pray that he survives this and for his family especially my friend, his mother. His name is Xan.

Thank you.



Mood: distressed 		 
 


 
  2008.06.17  22.02
It's Official!

Last week, I experienced the fulfillment of a dream I have had for over 20 years: I am now officially a licenced and ordained minister! So if you need anyone to perform a wedding, baptism or funeral, I'm legal :-)





Seriously, though, this is one of the greatest honors of my life, and one that I take very, very seriously. I have felt the calling on my life for a long time, but when I tried to pursue it before, the door closed. In hindsight, it was just as well because I wasn't ready. If I had managed to go into ministry back then, I would have fallen flat on my face. After a great deal of struggle, I put it to rest, deciding that I would be content to serve God as a layman. I told Him that if He wanted me in the ministry, He would have to be the One who brought it up. For several years, that was how things went. But then...



Things seemed to happen one after the other to show me that God was taking my life in a new direction. He opened up many new relationships, especially with my pastors, Larry and Diane Keith, and new opportunities, such as teaching classes for the Bible Training Center at church. Over time, I would hear things through prophetic words, as well as personal conversations that confirmed things verbatim that I had prayed about for years. When Pastor Keith made the offer for me to be ordained, I had peace in my heart that the time was right.



The initial service took place at Word of Faith International Christian Center in Southfield, Michigan (http://www.woficc.com/). That place is amazing! It says a lot for the church when you can walk into a place filled with people you've never met, and to immediately feel you are with family. The worship was awesome! It was their annual convention and they had a number of prominant speakers including John Hagee, Joyce Meyer and the Copelands. The ordination was on Thurday night, presided over by Bishop Keith Butler, the church's senior pastor and overseeing bishop over the network of churches which my home church is affiliated with. There must have been 50-100 people ordained from churches all over the world. In last Sunday morning's service, Pastor Keith performed a "miniature" version of the ordination for our home church as well. It was a remarkable experience.





I'm so excited to be serving in this capacity, but I know full well that I have accepted an enormous responsibility. To step into ministry is to step onto very holy ground. Prayers are greatly appreciated, and I'll keep you posted!



  
 


 
  2008.05.28  23.48
Mod Note

Hey everyone: I just wanted to let you all know that effective immediately, [info]catdraco is the new maintainer of the community. Thank you all for your support over the years!

  
 


 
  2008.05.27  15.07
Seeking a New Mod

Hey Everyone:

For various spiritual reasons, I am needing to hand this community over to a new owner. I must say that this community is quite successful as far as LiveJournal communities go. There are already several mods, so you won't be alone in maintaining the community.

If you are interested in taking ownership of the community (that means that you will have control over the userinfo, the mods, the layout, etc) please shoot me an email at natewillsheets@gmail.com, letting me know your experience in this community. Current mods are especially encouraged to apply.

Thanks,

Nate Sheets

  
 


 
  2008.05.27  18.02
please

please pray that i do not have Polycystic ovarian syndrome. I am going to the doctor June 3 and am hoping that nothing is wrong. I am really scared. I would hate for anything to interfere with my ability to have children.

Thank you, and God bless.

  
 


 
  2008.05.16  15.13
Prayer for Mykal 5 in a coma

My boyfriend David lives in Ohio. His son Mykal, who is has epilepsy. He is 5 years old. On April 18, 2008 he had a seizure which caused a large blood clot on his brain.

On Wed. May 6- he went into a coma- and there was no brain activity.
On Thursday May 7 they performed brain surgery to remove the blood clot.

He is not waking up. I keep praying and my faith in unbelievable but I know it is soo hard for David and with me being in Florida and him in Ohio it is even harder. I don't know what to do. I asking that you please pray for healing. The doctor's says there is not much hope but I don't believe that. I believe that our God is amazingly powerful and almighty and he CAN and WILL heal this young child.

David was having chest pains yesterday and now he is in the hospital.

Please lift both David and Mykal up in prayer. I know miracles happen!



Mood: hopeful 		 
 


 
  2008.05.22  08.01
Steven Curtis Chapman's Daughter killed in tragic Accident....

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hCX0xYfGnwKXZ56bJKPQoZGnyBKgD90QGLL80

Daughter of Christian music star killed by car
By JOE EDWARDS – 7 hours ago

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The 5-year-old daughter of Grammy-winning Christian music star Steven Curtis Chapman was struck and killed Wednesday by a sport utility vehicle driven by her brother, authorities said.

The girl, Maria Sue, was hit in the driveway of the family's home Wednesday afternoon by a Toyota Land Cruiser driven by her teenage brother, said Laura McPherson, a spokeswoman for the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

The brother, whose name and exact age weren't available, apparently did not see the girl, McPherson said. No charges are expected.

"It looks like a tragic accident," she said.

Several family members witnessed the accident, which happened in Williamson County just south of Nashville. The girl died later at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, hospital spokeswoman Laurie Holloway said.

In a statement, Velvet Kelm, a publicist for Chapman, said Maria was the Chapmans' youngest daughter.

Chapman, who is originally from Paducah, Ky., and his wife have promoted international adoption and have three daughters from China, including Maria. They also have three biological children.

The singer's Web site says the couple was persuaded by their oldest daughter to adopt a girl from China. The experience led the family to adopt two more children and create Shaohannah's Hope, a foundation and ministry to financially assist thousands of couples in adoption.

The Chapmans did missionary work at Chinese orphanages in 2006 and 2007, according to the Web site.

"After our first trip to China, my wife and I knew our lives were changing — our eyes and hearts were opening to how big God really is, and we have wanted to experience more of that," Chapman says on the Web site.

"We've really wondered whether or not we should just go to China and stay there. But I don't think so. I believe God is saying, 'I want you to go, get your heart broken, your eyes opened, and then take this story back to the church in America and around the world.'"

The 45-year-old singer also has released a book about being a father titled "Cinderella: The Love of Daddy and his Princess." He has won five Grammy awards and 54 Dove awards from the Gospel Music Association, according to Kelm.

  
 


 
  2008.05.10  03.15
Update

Thank you so much for your prayers. It is awesome to see God working in our lives. My last post was for my boyfriend's mother after she had an abnormal mammogram. The update is good and bad. The good news is that she had a biopsy and the abnormality isn't cancerous. The bad news is that it is pre-cancerous tissue & with her history, it is very likely it will turn into cancer if she doesn't take care of it. In a way, even that isn't terrible news because it's been caught so early.

So it sounds like she is going to have surgery to have it removed, in the hope of getting rid of this issue and prevent future problems.

Thank you again for your prayers. This is such an awesome group for outreach.



Mood: happy 		 
 


 
  2008.05.04  17.48
school stuff.

Please pray for me, that I do well on my last final. Thank you!

  
 


 
  2008.05.03  00.04


Yesterday, my boyfriend told me that his mother went in for her yearly mammogram and they found something abnormal. She has been a breast cancer survivor for roughly 13 years, and this is in the other breast, so it could very likely be something significant. She won't know anything for sure until a biopsy is done next week.

I've only known this family for one year, but I love them like my own family. They are amazing people & they could use your prayers. Please pray that, God willing, all of the tests come back normal, and that it is just a false alarm.

Thank you...

  
 


 
  2008.04.11  12.15
Jesus Help Me

Please pray for a breakthrough in my life. I have suffered so much lately, so many losses of people i care about, and im trying to rebuild my life. Please pray for my strength and guidance, I really need something positive in my life. I have so many worries about my life, and im trying to trust in the Lord fully, and then i end up falling right back down. Jesus Help me.


The memorial service for my step father is tomorrow and its going to be so difficult. please pray for strength and support. a lot of people are beginning to back out. My own brother may not come, as well as michael's children. The service is tomorrow afternoon and they live out of state and have stopped returning our calls.

On top of it i just have so many tedious tasks I have to start taking care of with school, and I'm so lonely this single life is kickin my butt. I really need a break through, just something positive in my life. Its been an emotional rollercoaster these past few months, and I really need something to look forward to.

  
 


 
  2008.04.09  08.02


My Grandmother has been in and out of the hospital and nursing home pretty much since January, first with a gall bladder operation then a bowel obstruction, a UTI, another bowel obstruction and etcetera.. She is an assisted living/hospice facility now. Yesterday she had a stroke that has affected her right side and speech. I will choke the living $#!% out of the next person who tells me, 'She's 85, she's had a good life'. She's 85 and was still having a good life until January. Why do people think saying stuff like that is helpful - IT'S NOT. She is my best friend and I miss her being like she was. I miss calling her everyday and taking her places. I miss her. I miss her.

  
 


 
  2008.03.30  23.54
pray without ceasing

Hello, thank you to all who have been keeping my family and I in your prayers. I greatly appreciate the comments and positive encouragment many have given me for myself and my step father Michael. I come to you all tonight, in desperate need of prayer.

Please lift up my step father Michael Wreyford into your prayers. He is currently in the hospital following massive heart attacks, and surgery, and is currently on an artificial heart device that is aiding his heart. His chest still remains open due to swelling and the extent of his heart, and leaves him at risk of infection. We talked to the doctors, and the lastest results of Michael's ct scan has shown that he had another stroke. They are unsure at the extent of the damage but they are lowering his sedation and pain medication and said they should be able to tell within the next 48-72 hours.

Please pray that the Lord can heal Michael completely. Mind,Body,Soul. I know that to some degree Michael is aware of his surroundings because his blood pressure always goes down when he hears my moms voice, or when she holds his hand. He also shed some tears today when she read him some scripture out loud.

Please pray in whatever way the spirit leads you. I will not stop praying, and know that the Lord is near to us.

Right now we need a miracle, and I keep reminding myself that the Lord is the ultimate phsyican. Even when doctors say his odds are not good, and that there is not much hope, the Lord supplies HOPE. Please stand with me in prayer, let us get this miracle, and may it be a great testimony to the glory of God!

Please pray for my mom Lori as well to have strength and faith. She is starting to lose hope and I know that the enemy is waiting to step in because we have been so strong in our faith. Please pray that the enemy can have no power in our family or michael's health

Love,
Your Sister In Christ
Michele

  
 


 
  2008.03.20  10.20
Still holding on for a miracle.

Thank you to everyone for their support in my post a few days ago. Will anyone stand in agreement with me, for my step dad? Lord knows he needs a miracle, and theres power in prayer. Praise Jesus for such an amazing community of women!

Oh precious Jesus hear my cries to you, hear my prayers (psalm 61:1) I come to you finding rest in you, hope in you, and hope that you can do a great miracle in the life of my step dad Michael. Lord you know the details, and I pray that you can pass on this request to those that can help me. Lord, please give Michael rest after many stressful and trying surgeries. His body is very weak, and I pray for a complete physical healing over his body. May you take him in your loving arms and comfort him as he much be in a great amount of physical distress and pain. I pray that you can help us to cast our cares to you oh Lord because you will sustain us and bring us through this difficult time (psalm 55:22) Lord, today the doctors could not seem to wake Michael from his sedation and they are talking that he may have had a stroke. I pray Lord that they can find that this is not the case and that you are taking care of Michael , in ways that are not are ways that defy our own understanding. I pray that future tests will show that he has normal brain activity, and that you can work behind the scenes. Lord I pray for the machines that are keeping him alive, and for the artificial device that is working as his heart. May the doctors be able to help him, and administor care that is necessary for his improvement. I pray Lord that he can improve his strength and the doctors can be amazed at his progress. I pray that a miracle can be done, and that you can keep us driven to pray for your will to be done. Lord I stand strong in my faith, and you tell us in Matthew about believing and having faith. Lord, just as you healed the blind men that had great faith (matthew 9:29) I pray you can heal Michael's heart, and mind and bring him through this. In Jesus most precious name. Amen.

  
 


 
  2008.03.17  18.14


Hello everyone. I just joined this community and I already have a prayer request, haha :)

Anyway...my pop pop (who is very dear to me) was diagnosed with cancer. He's going to be starting chemotherapy the day after Easter. It's cancer somewhere in his throat (not sure where, it's a technical name) and it's curable, as long as his heart can handle the chemo. And his heart isn't very well, he's had problems with it in the past. So, please just pray that he can handle the chemotherapy. Thank you.



Mood: hopeful 		 
 


 
  2008.03.17  09.25
Quick Update / Prayer Request...

 Hey! The last time I posted here was on the 2nd. I have a quick update (to fully understand, just click on the link I provided). My husband and I are still waiting for the opportunities to come, I guess. My husband doesn't find out about the job till next month. I've been waiting 2 weeks and I still haven't heard anything about the state job. :(  I'm starting to get anxious, stressed and lately, just feeling plain out sad, which I know I shouldn't be doing b/c of the baby. I still have hope but I was wondering if you guys can continue to keep me and my husband in your prayers. We really need it. 

THANKS AGAIN IN ADVANCE. :]



Mood: sad
Music: None 		 
 


 
  2008.03.16  00.41
we need a miracle

Please pray for my family. My step dad Michael is in criticial condition with an artificial heart. He is very weak, and needs our prayers. I have always thought that I wanted to witness a miracle,and we are in need of one here. He is really struggling to survive, but I know with God anything is possible. Please pray that God can restore his body, renew his spirit, and provide a heart for a transplant. Our family is weak, and in need of rest. The word says that Jesus will give rest to those who are weak and burdended. May we find peace in Him, rest in Him. May the Lord work in us, and work in Michael. May things happen behind the scenes that we cannot comprehend. Please Jesus let him live. In Jesus precious and holy name. Amen. 



Mood: crushed 		 
 


 
  2008.03.14  14.47
URGENT prayer request

i cant go into details...i wont know anything til Mon. so i have all weekend to worry. but i'm scared to death. i'm terrified. that's all i can say right now.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PRAY THAT EVERYTHING IS OKAY.
thanks.



Mood: worried 		 
 


 
  2008.03.13  14.05
prayer request

I applied for an internship that I REALLY badly want. It would mean the world to me to have this particular internship. I applied for it a few days before the due date, and I feel that that could be held against me. When calling to see if they had my application and everything, they were a little shady about it and I had to email in my essays and everything.

I would appreciate it if y'all could please pray for me, that I get this internship if it is in God's will, which I hope it is.

Thank you all and God bless.

  
 


 
  2008.02.27  22.50


Please pray for Amanda, who had a miscarriage yesterday.

  
 


 
  2008.02.26  21.17


I am starting to date. I don't know for myself how much I should let someone know about things that had happened. Is it better or even okay just not to mention. About 5 years ago my real estate agent instead of taking me to see houses took me out to the forest. He did stuff to me when I fell asleep and later the next night I could have ran but I was scared that he would get mad and go after me. He made me go down on him and I got home. Also when I was 16 and went on my first date I ever had he tried to rape me and did some stuff to me. I don't think it is a good idea for someone I may see to know. I am starting to date Christian guys I am scared of a bad reaction and they will move on. I mean I don't feel someone I am going out with doesn't need to know until it is serious like considering marriage, but part of me feels even then that person doesn't necessarily needs to know. but part of me feels that may be wrong. But the other part of me wants a clean slate and let the past be the past.
I don't know I guess I want a prayer for things to go right...for me to eventually be in God centered relationship and for none of this past stuff to matter

  
 


 
  2008.02.25  18.31


Experiencing a painful bout with depression.  Please pray to help me endure.

Thank you. God bless.

  
 


 
  2008.02.24  22.48
Please keep me in your prayers.

Please pray for me. I'm just leaving my teen years and I was irresponsible enough to have premarital sex with my boyfriend. Yes, I regret it, and I have asked God for forgiveness. However, I have missed my menstrual period and I know that I'm not ready for a child physically, emotionally, financially, etc. If I do end up pregnant, I will have the baby. But for my sake and the possible child's sake, please pray for me to not be pregnant. Thank you.



Mood: scared 		 
 


 
  2008.02.24  13.21
Much needed prayer

I need a lot of prayer right now.

My husband and I got married about nine months ago. Over the last month we have been having problems. A LOT of them. He is currently stationed in Korea so we are a part. I visited him in November and again now. Since I have been here it has been horrible. He says he still loves me but he is not sure we are working out. I am beside myself and am having horrible thoughts. I need prayer for peace of mind and body mostly. I need a lot of prayer that God will show me what is right in this situaiton, if it is over then I need God to show me. If it is going to work then I need God to show me to just trust Him and wait. I have a hard time with waiting for anything. So, please pray if you will for me Penne and for my husband Tyler.

Please pray for Tyler that the PTSD, stress, and depression gets taken care of.

I am having really horrible thoughts and need all the help I can get to get rid of them.

Just pray please.

  
 


 
  2008.02.23  23.42
Great News!

As some of you may know, Sandi and I lost our unborn baby daughter, Bella, to a rare chromasomal disorder called Patau Syndrome, or trisomy 13. This past December, we found out that we were expecting again a year to the day that we found out she was pregnant with Bella. For obvious reasons, I don't believe this was a coincidence.



Last week, we went for the baby's Nuchal Fold test, which screens for chromasome-related defects. This was the test that first revealed that there were problems with Bella. Going into that lab was a really surreal experience, as the last time I was there was the time they told us that Bella had no heartbeat.



The good news is that this time, everything was exacty as it was supposed to be! The fluid sac on the back of the neck (which is the focus of the test) was around 1.4 cm (Bella's was over 4). The baby is currently about two inches long, and the heartbeat is around 166 beats per minute, all well within the normal range.



On a lighter note, the tech asked us which one of us the baby looked like, and Sandi replied "It doesnt have any hair, so it looks like him" :-)



For those of you who are so inclined, continued prayers are greatly appreciated. I'll keep you posted!




  
 


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