Call to Prayer

There are many concerns around the world:
fires in Texas
drought in Texas and Oklahoma
flooding from the latest hurricanes
friends recently diagnosed with cancer
depression and anxiety
marriages crumbling
little treasures who desperately need homes
military servicemen and women around the world
governments that need to open to adoption
just to mention a few….
and so we come together – united on our knees – 
to see God move
mountains,
bosses,
governments,
families,
bureaucracies,
healing from Traumatic Brain Injuries,
economic downturns,
housing markets,
dissolving marriages,
financial strains,
spouses,
health issues,
judges,
softening hearts,
and
easing pain and rejection.
Together.
Please leave your prayer requests in the comments of this post and many around the world will join together praying for you.  And as always, if you are unable to share your need publicly, you are welcome to just post the word *unspoken*.
Dw and I will be praying through them later today
as we drive for home.

114 thoughts on “Call to Prayer

  1. my dad was just diagnosed with thyroid cancer, and will be having surgery in the next couple weeks to remove the thyroid, and to see if it has spread. I ask for prayers that the cancer is isolated to the thyroid gland, that there are no complications from surgery, and that he understands the importance of having to take his medication afterwards, everyday of his life. (thyroid medication) Thank you!!!

  2. I will be praying!

    Please pray for the biological father of "my" baby (foster baby who we thought me might adopt.) Pray that he is open to the saving knowledge of Jesus. He is a wonderful man and we hope that this process has placed him in our lives for this reason. Pray that he can be touched by God that he cannot deny whether through us or something else.

    THANK YOU!

  3. please pray that my catscan will be cancer free on the 19th..god has been so gracious that my last one looked good and iam feeling his presence/love..amen..

  4. Once again, we are so very honored to join in this corporate time of prayer. May the Lord grant the petitions of your heart as you seek after His.

    Please pray for orphaned children and young widowed moms in Kenya. We're asking God for miracles as we serve in Jesus name. May He do just as His word declares – "hear the cry of the fatherless and place the lonely in families."

    Regardless of what borders separate us, or what governments rule, it's the Body of Christ that should defend the cause of the oppressed. WE ARE HIS BODY.

    Many blessings for Ruby Grace, Sarah Jane, Jubilee, Autumn and Karl, the children of Covenant Home and Kondele slums.

    God is a faithful Father. His mercies are new every morning.

    love,
    the haugers

  5. Thanks for this opportunity Linny. Lately all of the needs as you have listed just seem to be so unfair and too much. I will pray for all the requests today.
    For me I ask for prayer for 1)my daughter, adopted from China who has pretty severe behavior issues when at school (at home she is fine). School has started and I always hope for the best, but again I am disappointed. My prayer is that she can somehow learn to not be agressive and follow the school rules. 2) I have a childhood friend who is in the final stages of his battle with cancer. Please pray his transition is peaceful. 3) I am a newly single mom and while I feel it is for the best (and it was not my choice anyway) I often feel a little overwhelmed and lonely. Please pray for strength for me.

    Thanks!

  6. First thank you for this call to prayer! Praying for Jubilee and Karl.

    My son, Matthew needs a job with good benefits and hours so that he can provided for his son. They currently live with me. His son has hemophilia and is considered special needs.

    My father is 77 and facing a major surgery for prostate cancer.

    Thank you for your prayers and opening my eyes beyond myself and my needs and wants. God Bless.

  7. Praying for all of you today!

    Thanks for doing this Linny!

    Just asking for prayers for our adoption.
    That we get matched soon and get to meet or treasure or treasures that God has planned for us.
    Just feeling like a misfit here in our town since school started. My husband is the police chief and I am tired of the looks, the mean people, the glares, just want to be Jill and have friends that we can trust and have fun with. Praying for us to move if that is God's plan for us. Closer to my husband's family out west.
    Asking God to provide and bless us on our last fundraiser for our adoption. We are having an online auction with over 80 new and beautfiul items. SO come and take a peek!
    Thanks so much! With love and hugs!
    Jill
    http://www.campfunk.blogspot.com

  8. Please pray as I work thirough some issues raging inside of me again. Please pray I can continue to battle the depression that is always lurking in the shadows, please pray that I will be open to whatever it is that God is preparing me to to do. I feel the anxiety rising in me as He is nudging me again to step out of my comfort zone. I need to find Rest in God's arms right now because I'm beginning to feel like I am spinning again and I do not want to be like that.

  9. Thank you for praying! Such a privilege to join this group for prayer.

    Two weeks ago in the middle of our third adoption, which wasn't supposed to be completed until Christmas time, we started an emergency fourth adoption which must be completed two weeks from now on Sept 29 before the girl "ages out" of her country's orphan care system on her 14th birthday.

    We request your prayer for our I-800, the petition to request that a specific orphan be declared our direct relative for the sake of immigration. We filed two of them, one for our adoption already in progress and one for the new, emergency adoption. The forms arrived yesterday morning at the appropriate government office in TX, and now must sit for **two weeks (!)** awaiting service. This "dead time" is the primary hangup that could prevent this girl, who has heart problems and rheumatoid arthritis, from being adopted, and if the adoption doesn't go through, she loses *forever* her legal opportunity to be adopted, and will most likely wind up on the streets. Please pray that God moves that paperwork "unnaturally" fast, fast, fast! Like today! 🙂

    Our second request would be for the $15,000 that we still need for the completion of the third adoption, this one for an 8-yr-old girl with CP. God completely paid for the emergency adoption! 🙂 And now, since the government has expedited the third adoption so that we can bring both girls home at once, we no longer have the remaining five months of fund-raising time that we had anticipated — we just have two weeks!

    Thank you for praying. It matters that we pray.

  10. I should add that I have previously requested prayer for my husband, who had to take "qualifying" exams that determined whether or not he could continue into his dissertation for his PhD in Old Testament, and last week we learned that he passed all three exams! Praise God! This degree has been a long and painful journey, and I am grateful for God's goodness in bringing my husband through the exams.

  11. Thank you for this opportunity for praying for others.

    I would like to ask prayers for:

    – my mother, her Dr has just told her that the cancer is in her breast (again), could you pray for the best Dr, for His wisdom, for His blessings on treatment that will work successfully, and peace for her.

    – for my future, that He will show me clearly what He would like me to do. I'd hate to live my own life without Him guiding me, I'd love it if He shows me step by step all the way.

  12. Joining ya'll today in prayer. For Ruby Grace, Karl, Jubilee, Sarah (forgot her middle name). . .and the prayer requests listed here. . I will read and pray.

    I am asking God for 2 miracles.

    1. For Jilead. .my dear friend's baby who did not breath for the first 18 min of her life. Tests are being run today. . praying that they come back with good news. . that God heals Jilead completely in mind, body, and spirit.

    2. For our church. . .the elders asked our pastor to resign. . .yuckiness broke out in the congregation (from about 1/2 the congregation). Protection for our church. . .protection over our pastor and his family. . .for God to show up this Sunday. For our church to have repentant hearts and God to heal our church.
    Makes me cry.

  13. Please pray for me as I am raising support for my missions trip to Namibia. I know that what seems like a huge chunk of money to me is nothing to God. Please pray specifically for patience and trust in God. I know that He is going to provide for my every need. I'm just a little bit impatient to get back to my babies. 🙂

  14. Thank you, Linny, for doing this. I would love prayer for two little girls who have been lovingly created by God to have Down syndrome and who have been lovingly placed by their Heavenly Father into the care of missionaries in Peru and China. We have met both sets of missionaries caring for these precious girls and they have asked us to help them find homes for the girls.

    Little Fabiola in Peru has a severe and inoperable heart condition and is struggling to live in the Andes elevation but who would likely live for 20-30 more years at or near sea level. She is 4 years old, stole our hearts this summer when we met her, and is in need of an adoptive family to bring her down from the mountains.

    The second little girl is 7 months old in China. Her orphanage director (who let her go into care with our friends) won't list her for adoption until a family is found, a catch-22 situation for sure. I've seen her pictures and she is a perfect little doll. I am praying for a family to step out in faith because I believe that will speak volumes to the orphanage director,who needs to hear the gospel.

    Of course, selfishly I would love to bring them both home, but I don't know if that's what God has for us. If so, I pray He would move my dear husband to agree. If not, I pray He would find families for these precious girls.

    Thank you so much for being a voice for those of us who care so deeply about the orphans God has placed in our paths.

  15. Thank you Linny for calling us together, once again, for prayer and fasting!

    Please pray for my daughter. Even after 4 yrs home, she is still having a hard time adjusting to family life after growing up in orphanages for 5 1/2 years (she is deaf and had no language until we adopted her). She has attachment issues and needs healing from past trauma.

    Our whole family needs emotional healing from the stress of having a child w/ RAD. Thank you for your prayers! I will be praying for your requests as well. God bless!
    ~Holly <><

  16. Please pray for my friend JD who is raising money to go to Ghana to work with a program that releases kids from child slavery. They are trying to raise $30,000 to help the program get a new building to house more kids. They leave on November 6 and still have almost 90% of the funds to raise. She has a blog at compassioncan.blogspot.com. Thank you.

    Also, I request prayers for me as I am struggling with depression. My self-esteem is pretty much zero, and I have people here at college who are being pretty mean to me. I am waiting on the doctors to figure out my thyroid medication (had my thyroid removed due to tumors) in hopes that I will finally be able to lose weight. But mostly, I need to figure out how to love myself the way God loves me.

    Thank you. I have bookmarked this page and will be coming back throughout the day to pray for others!

  17. Thank you, Linny, for this opportunity. Please join us in prayer as we pray for Gods will to be done- we have completed 3 adoptions in 3 years- the last 2 have been within the past year. I told myself that we were DONE but there is a precious little boy with arthrogryposis. We have 6 kids at home, have no idea how we could handle it financially, know very little about his sn, but KNOW that we will love him and do everything to help him as far as his sn. No one else has even requested his file. BUT above all, I know that the LORD knows what is best for our family and that is what I want. SO, would you pray that if this is what HE wants for us, that my husbands heart will know and that we clearly know what to do? Thank you!

  18. Humbled to know others will be lifting up our requests – thank you, thank you!
    Our home is on the market again, and we also have a huge mountain that needs moved by our Father-Time is of the essence, and we are crying out to see His glory revealed!
    Praying today!

  19. Praise Report: We just received Travel Approval for the adoptions of our girls, Hannah(7) and Sara(13). We are waiting for confirmation of our Consoulate Appointments for our actual travel dates.
    Prayer: We still have a God-sized mountain that needs to move before we travel. God has moved part of the obstacle, but it's still in His hands.

  20. Praying….

    Also, Our friend and Olivia's girl scout leader, Liza, was just diagnosed with Acute..Leukemia. Please pray for her and her family.

    And our finances and job opportunities for me if that is what I am to do. And for our homeschooling. This is our 1st year with Olivia and Isaac is back home after several years in school.
    Sheri

  21. Thank you Linny (and the rest of you that will be praying). I work at a Crisis Pregnancy Outreach and one of the better/lighter sides of it is that we sometimes have girls that choose selflessly to place their bundles for adoption. I love this side! However, one of our very sweet girls C placed baby C with the P family 4 short months ago. Baby C passed away very suddenly from interrupted SIDS. Today is the viewing and tomorrow the funeral. No doubt any time the death of a child is involved it's very traumatic. In this case, it's heightened for C because she's fragile and was still healing with the "loss" of not being Mommy. And when you add to the stress of an adoption not being finalized legally, it's a HUGE mess. So their needs for prayer are many, as well as, those of us ( myself included) who prayed and prayed for the Lord to spare his life and pull him back (he was on life support for 5 days) and for him not to make it. It's very hard. Very sad.

  22. Praying for all the situations listed here today. Broken hearted over such need, but uplifted to see God being glorified in the midst of the hard walks.

    Praying for patience and preparedness as we wait for God's plan to be revealed, and for two good friends to be released from the grasp of fear. And for clear direction on some financial questions.

  23. Will be praying today, and fasting/praying on Sunday.

    Requests…

    – Continued prayer for friend/colleague to be drawn to Jesus… had a climbing accident a couple weeks ago where he fell & was knocked unconscious, but suffered nothing more than sore muscles. He knows that "Someone" was watching over him!

    – Provision of LOTS of families to participate in my Kindermusik classes which start 2 weeks from Monday. Need to receive registrations/payments by Sept 19th.

    – God's direction regarding an exciting ministry opportunity!

    – Wisdom & graciousness in dealing with a situation in our local symphony… it's VERY political & makes me want to not be involved with that organization at all, but Go has put me there to be salt & light!

    THANK YOU!!!

  24. I can't fast today as I have plans with my family but I will be praying… I recently spent a year caring for orphans overseas. I am now back at home as I feel God calling me to adopt. I am single and currently living with my mother so obviously before I can adopt I need to find a job, get my own place, etc. My prayer request is two-fold:
    1)I have been looking for a job for six months now and am no closer than I was when I started. Please pray that God would help me to trust Him even when I don't understand what's He's doing and that He would open up the perfect job in His perfect timing.
    2) My dad and step mom do not know of my plans to adopt. I am going to visit them today and feel like it's time for me to tell them. They are not Christians and did not approve when I quit my job two years ago to go into missions. I don't expect them to approve of this either. Please pray that God would give me the right words to tell them, that God would give me the patience and humility to respond in a way that honors and glorifies Him and that this 'announcement' would not sever my relationship with them.

    Thanks so much to everyone who is praying. It is a privilege to pray with all of you and I have seen God move in mighty ways as a response to these prayer days.

  25. Please pray that God will provide new jobs for me and my husband. He is currently unemployed.

    Pray that God will continue to use me in my church!

    Love love love your blog. Love the call to fast!

    Joining you guys in NC!

    LeeAnn Johnsonbaugh

  26. Thank you Linny! Your blog has filled a void in my life. I am praying again and thanking God for all the blessings in my life. I hope you know what a blessing you are to so many…My daughter 4 1/2 was diagnosed with RAD a few months back and I am having such a hard time. She is making progress and I have hope but need so much strength to help her. Thank you for praying for us. Tracy

  27. Please pray for the little brother of my foster kids who will hopefully be joining us soon! Please pray that the termination of our youngest foster daughter happens on monday so we can proceed with our adoption of her and her siblings! Please pray for my son serving in the Navy and for my sister who just lost her husband tragically in a lighting strike! I will also be praying for all of you! GOD BLESS
    Denise in Mi.

  28. Pray for my daughter, Maggie. She is becoming involved with another man just a few short weeks after we were able to remove her from an abusive situation she was in. She has a precious baby boy and I pray for his protection also.

  29. I will be praying.

    Again I ask for prayer for my health issues to be completely resolved. I have chronic fatigue syndrome and am currently treating bartonella (a lyme co-infection). Please pray for the Lord to reveal all of my puzzle pieces that need to be addressed, that my current treatments would work completely, and for the finances to afford all this.

    Also, I'd love prayer for my husband and I to have more children. All these health issues have prevented that from happening. We very much struggle with the desire for more babies. thank you

  30. Please pray for my mom who is battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Today is her birthday. Please pray for the Lord to completely heal her from cancer.

    I'm fasting and praying with everyone for all our needs today.

  31. Good morning all,
    There are so many prayer requests here… I love going to my Lord with names and specifics knowing that even though I don't know faces or names of each situation, he is a personal God and sees each of us as person, not a group or population but as dear children.
    I have 2 requests to add. An 8th grade student who was just diagnosed with breast cancer.
    Also one of my sunday school students who is now a freshman in school. God has big plans for this girl and I think she may be battling some spiritual warfare at the moment. Pray for K and wisdom and peace for her.
    Thanks.

  32. My husband Joel and I are both joining you in fasting and praying today for requests here and for friends and family in need…To GOD be the glory of this day of prayer…

    1. Leon – who 9 yrs ago was healed of his last stage cancer. It has come back and a tumor is laying on his heart.

    2. Praising God that I am having some healing and a some normal neurological tests for first time in 4 yrs of Lyme treatment.

    3. Joel has developed neuropathy in right hand and loses his balance from Lyme Disease in brain

    4. Son Mark and grandson Noah will see God's love for them.

  33. My husband is our youth leader and I have close relationships with several of the high school girls. One of them told me this week that she believes she is gay. I need prayers for wisdom and discernment, to know what to say and do to help her.
    Also, I can see the spiritual warfare in our church body, and the distractions that the enemy is trying to use. Pray for us to fight the battle and breakdown the strongholds that are holding us back from advancing His Kingdom!

  34. Praying and fasting with you all. Asking for prayers for my husband. He was diagnosed with a 1/2 inch kidney stone in his left kidney last week. He is scheduled to have a procedure done Monday to break it up. But, we are praying that God would dissolve it before then. Believing that the God who can melt mountains (Ps 97:5)is certainly able to do so if He chooses. will check back and pray along side y'all as the day goes along.

  35. Pray for the financial state of the Christian college where I work. Pray that hat God would provide an abundance of students for the second semester that would help us meet our budget shortfall.

  36. Praying for and with everyone.
    Praying for God's will and plan for my marriage. My husband has been struggling, and says he plans to move out this weekend…pray for God's plan to be revealed. Trusting in Him.
    Thank you!

    'Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your path.' Proverbs 3:5-6

  37. My sister's marriage and their salvation and guidance on when/where God wants us to adopt again. Also the food crisis in Africa. Praying for all these requests and am so thankful for this blog…

  38. God to heal Ruby Grace and that she'd bond well.

    Safety as Emmy and I fly to Africa…wisdom each step of the way, our attorney to kick it into gear and get an immediate court date to hear Ruby's case, speed with passport, visa, etc., so we can get home and get her medical care.

    Wisdom on which surgeon to do Ruby's surgery {after infection is healed}.

    Sarah Jane's adoption has hit a hiccup, wisdom what to do and that the Lord would show His power and might to get her home!

    Jubilee's infection to leave for good!

    Karl's brain would continue to heal to completion. Strength for Karl, Vicki, Bob and Autumn.

    Non-profit we've formed would get up off the ground and the Lord would use it to serve {ultimately} millions of orphans through prayer would come to know Jesus and find forever families but as they wait that they would be fed, have clean water, good medical care, loving caretakers, and Godly schooling.

    That Christian pastor's and leader's hearts would open to the orphan so that they are compelled to lead their churches and ministries in caring for the orphan, poor and widow.

    *personal*

  39. A Praise!!!

    Yesterday our government here in Alberta OPENED up to Reece's Rainbow adoptions!! God is good!! There are already 3 interested families about to make the leap to bring some of these babies home and now they have the freedom to do just that!!

  40. For my sister and brother in law as they heal from the death of their 3.5 month old son who died at a bad daycare. That my sister can remember his beautiful happy face and not a suffering one. For friends who's marriage needs healing and that both their hearts soften towards one another. For a special intention.

    Margy

  41. Praying with all of you!

    I have been asked to speak at our churches women's retreat. This is HUGE for me. In over my head..outside of what I can do in my own strength for sure!! I know He knew the timing of it all..but this is also a time of deep brokeness for me…searching deep into my heart with the help of a Christian counselor…so when I am at my weakest…He is asking me to trust that He will hold me together to do this.
    Your list is truly the hearts of those I will be speaking to…I don't care to have a perfectly crafted speech…I want the Holy Spirit to fall and do a work in the hearts of those women. To communicate His love and approval of them. So please pray for clarity for me as I begin to prepare (taking this morning away from kids to pray and listen to Him on it) I have never done this before so I need Him to help me and teach me how every step of the way!
    Also, for Him to complete the healing work in my own heart. So ready to throw off absolutely everything that hinders!! Pray for my marriage. And for relief from the fiery darts of the enemy that he is ruthlessly trying to take me out with during this very crucial time.
    Peace to you all sweet sisters!

  42. Please pray for me as I make plans to leave my abusive marriage, and become a single mother. Prayers that the job promised to me becomes a reality soon, that we can find an affordable, safe home, and for peace throughout this painful process. Thank you!

  43. Please pray for my daughter and her children, that she makes the right decisions, for protection for them and for her health. Also that she will look to God.

    Please pray fro my daughter and her circumstances and that God would send her the right mate.

    Please pray for my son and his circumstances and that he would hear God.

    Please pray for my husband and myself as we explore the possibilities of adoption. We are running out of time (our age 53 & 54). That my husband will be completely open and ready and that all will fall in place and God will lead us to (hopefully 2) the children we are to love and give a home and family.

    Thanks to all who pray.
    Thanks Linny, prayers for your family and all that is happening in your lives.

  44. My brother & his wife accepted a referral from Ethiopia of a sweet 3-4 mos old little guy they planned on naming Charlie. He had been found abandoned in a church. They had been logged in to ET for over a year & we were all so excited about our little man coming home – hopefully around Christmas time. They got news on Tuesday night that the birth mother was found – she was arrested (it's illegal to abandon a baby) & Charlie was taken/will be taken from the Christian orphanage to the government ran orphanage which is way overfull & has virtually no funding. They also found out that because he wasn't property relinquished they will not be able to adopt him. We are all devastated. If he stays in the gov. orphanage his future is very bleak. We are praying that somehow they will be allowed to adopt him or at least he will be made "adoptable" & another family will get to bring him home in the future. They spoke with their agency again last night & were told there is no hope for them to adopt him. Please pray that our sweet little guy will be ok – that he will be deemed "adoptable" & even if he doesn't end up as part of our fam that he knows the love of a family soon.

  45. For my marriage and my daughter's marriage, and my other daughter's adoption from Ethiopia which is moving at a snail's pace. For peace and security in my family as we navigate our terrible times. For the love of husbands in sin to be turned back to their families, for a job for my son. Thank you for all prayer!

  46. For my husband to find a good job. He retired from the military 2 years ago and couldn't find work so he went to school. He now has his Bachelor's Degree and can't find any work. We are getting to the end of his GI Bill and starting to get a bit worried. We also have four kids to take care of. We know that God has an amazing job out there for him but the timing is not right. Please pray that this job will open up for him. Living in the unknown for two years while he finished school and now, just not knowing if we are staying in our current home or going to have to move has been exhausting for our family. The stress is getting to us. So please pray for a job and peace as we wait for God's timing!!!!

  47. Requests..

    That God would guide me with where to go next. College? over seas? Africa? Europe? So confusing and I need peace about it.

    That God would give me peace and contentment. That he would give me a friend. Life can be lonely sometimes and it is very tiring.

    God would continue to give wisdom and open doors for a group of orphans in Eastern Uganda.

    For my sister Jordyn G who we are adopting from E. Europe. That her adoption would finish up quickly and she would be home in time for my brother's wedding in December. also that we would know how to help her adjust and learn to trust once she is home.

    That God would us our adoption to change people's hearts and bring more babies home.

  48. Families who lost loved ones on September 11, 2001.

    Bernadette T. that she will not need to endure chemotherapy as doctors expect (and this morning that her pain is controlled by the oral pain meds rather than iv).

  49. Another one..

    Earlier this week a 3 year old boy was abducted from his bed while his family slept. Please pray for his parents. I can't imagine the guilt and fear they must be feeling. Please also pray the boy will be found quickly and safely. It has already been a few days.

  50. I'm not even sure where to start… First, I saw an update on Ruby Grace on the babies home newsletter! She's getting some cheeks on her! How sweet Momma!!

    Next, I'm having a horrible go of it at home… Yesterday my son had a minor oopsy that landed us in the ER, and when I got home, my 2000 lbs fish tank sprung a leak, all over our newly constructed, and not yet finished office.. When I finally got it cleaned up I scared away a coyote and fought off some raccoons out back.. Then my koi fish started jumping out of the temp bins I had them in.. I couldn't stop laughing at the day.. until I started crying 🙁 And my husband is in India for another week, so I'm battling the crisis' alone! I know it's all silly, but I really was defeated yesterday.. And I thought maybe someone on here could use a laugh of my circus day yesterday 🙂

    Also, we unexpectedly started a 3rd adoption for a sweet little boy, but the IRS is giving us the run around on our refund from our 1st adoption… We can't really do much until the refund comes, which was supposed to be yesterday, but now they have extended the wait to Oct 9… Please pray it gets worked out so we can get our baby boy home!

    And pray for my sanity over the next week, while I get the house back together after yesterdays disaster, rangel the kids, and renew my spirit 🙂 Thx
    ~Kathryn

  51. For my beautiful friend Lisa to be granted a miraculous healing from the cancer that is taking over her body. For finances to change so that we can fix all the broken, rotten things in our once lovely home. For our 8 children, especially our son with severe depression and anger issues who fights with everyone and for our newly adopted boys to continue to settle into our family.

  52. My husband turned in his resignation when he was directed to go against his ethics and break a contract, among other questionable directions. His last day of employment is Monday and we will be without any income or insurance. We are praying for a job to come available soon that will be enough to pay the bills, including payments on our adoption loan which we had intended to pay off with our tax return which they said would arrive by Sept 4 but has been delayed to mid-October.

    We are trusting that God will provide!

  53. I am 22 weeks pregnant and have been in preterm labor for 2 weeks. Please pray that this sweet blessing will stay put, that the contractions will subside and that he will continue being active. Thank you so much.
    Clinging to God's promises,
    Leigha

  54. My Mother-in-law, Sharon, is battling cancer, but that seems under control for now. Her heart is functioning at 20% capacity and she has fluid on her lungs and heart from years of chemo. Please pray for complete healing…again! And for her heart, energy, spirit, spunk, and lungs to bounce back! We miss having her around!She is closer to me than my own mother. We love her dearly!

  55. Praying for the others!

    Salvation for my 21 year old son.

    Spiritual growth for my 26 year old son and my husband. That they would hunger and thirst for God's word.

    Healing for 7 year old Kate McRae from a brain tumor.

    A miraculous reconciliation for my brother and his ex-wife. (been divorced several years – four children)

    Love you, Linny and praying for all your family is facing.

  56. Praying and fasting for these requests today.

    I got back from Uganda at the end of April, but the reverse culture shock and depression decided to wait until I got back to college to rear their ugly heads. I feel as though I am constantly on the verge of tears and there is a serious weight on my heart.

    I left my son in Uganda. God told me he was my son and that He will move mountains… and that's the only way that it would even remotely work. I cannot move forward with the adoption right now, because I do not remotely qualify… and I can't move to Uganda yet, because I have to finish my degree. Pray for my son, for his heart, and for my heart as well, please?

    My friend's fiance's mom died of cancer this week. She was a believer, so that is a comfort, but it is still not an easy road for them to walk. Pray for peace and comfort for the family.

    Finally, please pray for wisdom and funding for a tentative trip that a friend and I are, Lord willing, taking to Uganda for about a week at the beginning of January. I can hardly contain the joy of being able to go back, even for just a short time.

    Love each and every one of you. <3

  57. Praying thru all these ….such huge need but an even huger God..I have several requests. please pray for my friend jenn as we approach the one year 'anniversary' of her mothers diagnosis and quick death from lung cancer. She is feeling very lost and broken right now. Please pray that she will accept Jesus and feel his love for her. Please pray for my daughter who moved out of my house last weekend. She didn't leave on the best of terms and I am praying for the restoration of our relationship. She is also experiencing some health problems and we are praying for answers and pain management. Please pray for me that I will continue to overcome the anorexia that has ruled my life for the last year and a bit and that the lonliness and isolation I feel at being alone will ease and I can continue to reach out with love and compassion to those in my life and around me who are hurting…

  58. My husband and I just finished praying through all of these requests.

    Since I posted this morning about our adoptions, God has already answered one of our requests. We got confirmation of our consulate appointment!!! Praise the Lord!

    Now to demolish the mountain before travel!

  59. Our foster child is schduled to return home to his biological parents next week, and we are so worried for him and his siblings that nothing in that house or family will be any different than before. We are so very scared for him and his siblings that they will not have a safe, happy and wonderful home or childhood that they deserve. If it is God's will for him to stay with his biological parents that he and his siblings be kept safe from harm and have a blessed childhood. If it's in God's plan to have him stay with us we would love very much for him to be adopted by our family. We pray that if it's the best thing for our foster child to stay with us and that he is the best thing for our family that that's what will be. We also are praying so hard for a baby girl to come into our family that we will be able to adopt. We've been praying for 12 yrs for a family of our own. I lost my Mother a couple yrs ago now and we had the most beautiful relationship and I would love to be able to name my daughter after the most wonderful person I've ever know and to pass on the same wonderful mother daughter relationship to my own daughter. I pray that my husband can keep his faith strong since we've been tested with so many disappointments in the past few yrs of not being able to have children and lossing the ones who have come into our lives. Our hope is running short these days, so I pray we get the call for our baby girl and my husband says yes with the same joy he's had in the past. What ever's God's will be, we just pray that we have a precious daughter very soon and hopefully if it's best for everyone to keep or get back our foster child that will happen very soon as well. We would love to have both in our family. We have so much love to give a child out there and hope we can share that love and security with one very soon. I hope God answers my pray for a family of our own. We would love to adopt and are trying to keep up hope that that will happen soon. Thank you God for all the wonderful things you have given me and blessed my family with in the past and thank you for listening to my prayers.

  60. Fasting & praying with you today.

    My prayer requests:
    1-that our son would end his involvement with another woman and that he would choose to move back home & make his marriage work
    2-for healing of my daughter in law thru all of this betrayal
    3-for my 3 precious grandchildren to be protected thru the turmoil/conflict of their parent's marriage
    4-for the Lord to have His way in the six adults of our family, that each of us would live for Him each day, fully committed & totally surrendered

    Thank you so much for this day of prayer & fasting.

  61. Please pray for our adoption. We have waited over a year and are still waiting (a lot closer though). Pray for the money to come to us in time. Also for a new job oppportunity that arrived out of no where. Discernment for my husband and I as we contemplate what to do.

  62. I have been in a real spiritual funk lately. Feel very far from God, choosing to fill my hole with food (very obsessively eating), computer…..while everything around me is in chaos. Please pray that I would be able to get my focus back on God and to create structure in my home. I know that Satan is attacking, and he is winning, as I continue to cave into the things around me instead of allowing God to work though me. It's a lonely, yucky place to be.

  63. We are in the final stages of adopting a 10 month old baby boy! He is currently in Florida and we live in Kentucky. He was born at 24 weeks and has several serious medical needs. He will come home on a ventilator. The adoption paperwork is complete and we are now his legal guardians, but the complexity of his medical needs means he needs to be flown here on a medical transport. We have struggled mightly the past two weeks to find a way to get that organized and approved. Please pray that our insurance company will be moved to transport him to KY (they consider moving a child closer to family a "convenience" vs. a medical necessity) or that God will open another way to get him home.

  64. Our family just found out we will be moving across the country (closer to where you guys live actually). We are excited, but obviously it is a big deal to our children who are leaving the only place they have ever lived (FL). There is more to it, but I will leave it at that. Thanks so much for praying – you guys are in my prayers as well.

  65. I am not even sure how to put into words all the things on my heart; it is a lot. I feel like me and my family are on the verge of a lot…a lot I feel the Lord putting in my and my husbands hearts for a very long, but just can't see how it's all going to happen and what it all is. So prayer for trust and for things to come to light.
    I will be praying for all of you and fasting hopefully in the near future; just can't today.
    Thanks, God Bless
    Still praying for Karl, Ruby, and Sarah Jane too!
    Carrie

  66. Just prayed through the requests above… Praying that my husband and I will be able to pray and have devotions together even with our crazy work & kids' schedules. I feel like we are merely surviving each day (and not really successfully) to just do it again the next day. Praying that my husband would hear God's direction for our family.

  67. Thank you for another opportunity for us to pray for one another. My prayer request remains the same, that my (ex)husband will return to his First Love and then to me and our five children. I will never give up fighting the battle through prayer for him and all the other prodigal husbands and wives who are making such poor choices that affect so many people. I also pray for the strengthening of marriages because satan is winning too many battles in our families.

    Please pray too for strength for me as I try to be the best mom I can for my five amazing kids.

    Thank you.

  68. We have friends who are missionaries to Malawi. The husband was killed Wednesday by an elephant while on a last family outing before returning to the States for a while and then going to Cambodia. Please pray for the wife, Bekah, and their 4 teenage kids, as she packs up to come home next week.

  69. Dearest Linny: Bless your precious heart for giving us this opportunity to pray for others, and to have our needs be prayed for. I am in tears, and my heart is so heavy, reading all of the requests. This ole world is so tough. I am fasting, and will be going down the list, and praying for everyone by name. I am requesting prayers for my family and for me. There are so many things, but some of the issues are my daughter getting laid off in May, and cannot begin to get another job. I am retired and trying to pay her bills, and mine as well. The money just isn't there. My grandson has been in trouble due to years of abuse/neglect from my ex son-in-law. We have all suffered from this. There are just so many things, our lives are haywire. We are all struggling very much with depression and anxiety. I know our God is able, we are just all so worn and broken. Thank you to everyone for remembering us in prayer – and I am praying for each one of you as well. And, Linny – you know I'm always praying for Karl, Autumn, Ruby Grace, Sarah Jane – and your entire family. My Love, Lynne

  70. Our 4 year old daughter has an mri scheduled for Thursday. Please pray for clarity and for the doctors, both orthopedic and neurosurgery, to come to a mutual decision regarding our next steps.
    Also, our family is praying for God's guidance and will concerning the tugging at our hearts to do more for orphans with special needs.
    Thank you for sharing your desire for the Lord with each of us and your willingness to so fervently pray for those around the world in need. Many blessings!!

  71. Asking for prayer for our adoption. We have been strung along for a long time. We thought that we'd be able to get our daughter this coming week and now we are being told that October is more likely. 🙁 I'm heartbroken. We asked for the director of the agency to call us, and she did not. The office is now closed.

  72. For a man nick-named Paya PERSONAL. For Suzy she is in labor now as I type this. Please Pray that her labor will be safe and she can advoid a c-section. Please pray for members of my church, We are a small church and alot of the members are in financial need, I also will be praying for needs! Janet

  73. For miracle for friend Caroline's son, only 7 years old and fighting inoperable brain cancer wrapped around brain stem. A miracle of healing and peace and strength for parents.

  74. I need prayer for my husband. he is on disability for depression and is out of control. he drinks and it gets worse. My children are both away at school. Its awful. I shut down emotionally when he yells and rants. I work 3 jobs to take care of us and even our dogs hide when mike is in a bad place.

  75. Praying for everyone. My request is for a move of God on my leftover divorce stuff. That God will provide me a way to make some money to support me and my 3 and still be with them as much as a I can. That He will open doors and help us to really move on. That attorney would see truth and help me. And God would help me to know how to proceed with the debt that my ex left me with. He abandoned us and I need to know how I am going to do it all. Protection for my kids and opportunities to share the gospel and glorify Him. Thank You.

  76. I am reading and praying for all the requests and for your list as well, Linny.

    – We expect to travel to China in November or December to adopt our little girl. We still need $10,000 for the trip. God has provided every penny so far, and I am confident that He will provide the rest.

  77. My father has crohns disease and is unexpectedly having surgery tonight, beginning probably about now. Please pray for him, my mother, drs, insurance, etc. Please pray that the surgery is minor, that there are no complications

  78. On another blog I read I just saw the story about a child who died in the east coast flooding this week. The moms name is Anna. I can't imagine anything more horrible. Could you please pray for the family?

  79. Praying for all the above needs and worldwide, 9/11, and the Saunders family/friends needs. To God be the Glory!

    Prayer is love on our knees!

    Please pray for the Lord's perfect will for us, our prodigal, our financial situation/home. Thank you!

    The Lord has been showing me…
    "Those from among you shall build the old waste places;You shall raise up the foundations of many generations;and you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach,the Restorer of Streets to Dwell In" Isaiah 58:12 – God says "here I AM" more than just "live through it" – thrive in it! Provision of God is TRUTH, never to be questioned on it's reliability, not hindered by impossible circumstances. If I say "But" – God is saying Better Understand This…"surely there is a future and your hope will not be cut off" Proverbs 23:18
    I am a living witness of God's faithfulness, not mine. In any struggle it all comes down to faith in a great God not my "great faith". The weaker I am, the stronger God's power over my situation. "For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction" Gen 41:52

    Our God reigns…The Joy of the Lord is our strength!! Thank you, Linny, for bringing us together in unceasing prayer! love you.. Praying<3

  80. I am late in posting, but know that many folks will still pray over these requests:

    —guidance about a possible adoption, for which I would need CCCWA waivers and enough money to complete the adoption

    —success at a difficult new job

    Thank you. Going back now to pray over the earlier requests of others.

  81. 2nd attempt, not sure my last request posted.

    please pray for phsical healing from car accident on 8/15.

    also pray for the specific treasure I have been trying to adopt for 11 months. A family member has been found. Praying God's Best for all involved.

    Many thanks, Debbie

  82. I'm struggling to finalize a stepparent adoption (of my darling 13 year old daughter). It's been a long and weary road, with many setbacks along the way. Though my daily reading of this wonderful blog reminds me to be thankful and gracious, as my troubles pale in comparison to so many others'. Your lovely family continues to inspire me. I will be praying through these requests today in addition to my ongoing prayers for Karl, Ruby and Sarah. Blessings to you and yours, Melissa

  83. I love these days of fasting and prayer! Thank you for initiating them!
    I'm currently studying for my State Nursing Boards. I'm asking that I continue to stay focused while studying and that the paperwork process would move along quickly so I can test soon (waiting on the state). Also praying I pass the boards and I have His overwhelming peace during all of this!
    Thank you for praying!

  84. I didn't get to pray over these requests during the day, but my little son woke me in the middle of the night, so now I have had more than an hour of uninterrupted time to pray over each of these requests.

    I need to add a request for our family, since I know there are some, like me, who will have a later opportunity to pray. My husband will be gone for three weeks to China for our adoption(s), and I will be alone with our kids while working a full-time teaching job at a local university. I'm in MUCH need of free child care for at least nine of the three weeks that my husband will be gone, and I'm having a hard time finding it (heh, heh, not surprisingly!). Our little girl has attachment issues, and so the willing volunteers would need to be people who can handle her issues and who she can handle.

    Thank you for praying! It has been a pleasure and a privilege to pray for each of the requests listed so far.

  85. I know that's a lot of praying so if you have an extra minute pray for my sister and her pain from the impending divorce and her 2 kids. And our office and finances wouldn't hurt! 🙂

    Lisa

  86. *****URGENT*****
    Please please PLEASE pray.
    Early Wednesday Morning a little boy, 3 yr old Kienen Herbert was ABDUCTED from his home by a STRANGER, Here in BC. From a small town called Sparwood, BC.

    He's the youngest of 8 siblings, loved VERY much by his family.

    Here's a brief video clip from the police/media from earlier today.

    http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110910/bc_amber_alert_update_abduction_attempt_110910/20110910?hub=BritishColumbiaHome

    They are 99.999% CERTAIN who the suspect is (which you can find if you look at some of the articles.

    PLEASE lets ALL Pray little 3 yr old Kienan gets home SAFE and SOON!!!!!

  87. Pray my dh will change his mind about adopting another orphan girl from China like our other 3 girls. I am so disappointed that he insists that we have the finances upfront. I've tried to raise some of the funds but he is insisting we have it ALL. Help me come to the terms he has spelled out and not be angry at him for it.

  88. I know this sounds like not a big deal, but I SO desperately want to attend a mission trip June 30-July 8. It is the last trip open, and the funds are due April 30. We are saving every dime we have to pay our adoption expenses for our little guy from Ethiopia, so God has to provide. I so badly want to go to Ethiopia and do whatever I can to ease someone's burden if only for a day–and share the love of Jesus. Please join me in praying that God will open the door for me to get on the plane come June 30 and go love on some Africans (and see/experience the country where we are working so hard to get our little boy from). I love seeing these prayer requests posted. I will join you all in lifting each other up! Thanks!!!! 🙂

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