Thank you for praying for my brother Dan. He did well in the surgery. They took part of both his large and small intestine. He is an enormous amount of pain and the pain meds are not working too well. I would imagine this type of surgery would be so not fun.
He hopes to be released from the hospital in the next few days.
I know Dan and Julie and the girls are all so thankful for all your prayers.
As for K?
The Lord has definitely done something huge on her behalf, but there is now another seemingly insurmountable mountain been added to her whole mountain range of this horrible situation.
I am stupefied as to how Almighty God is going to do it all. I know He is faithful. I know He has K’s best in mind. I am thankful that He already has it all figured out, cause really, I just can’t even begin to imagine.
And lastly, I have a question.
My heart is intercession. You guys have seen the power of prayer. You have seen it in your own lives, you have seen it here at this Place Called Simplicity when bloggy friends all over the world have gathered together to ask for God to move.
Many of you have asked if we can have another prayer time like we did on Tuesday. I am all over it. I just wonder when we should do it? Next week? The week after? In a month? There is nothing like seeing God move corporately to stoke one’s spiritual journey. What’s the general consensus?
Please give me your input, I’m all ears.
Thanks for the update on Dan & K. I woke up this morning feeling like I should fast & pray today. I'm home by myself today so I am fasting/praying for the mountainous issues in my family because ONLY GOD can crush those mountains! I will add K to my prayers today that Almighty God will move in miraculous ways in her mountain range situation.
I would love to participate in more days of fasting & praying with all of you. You name the day & I'm in!
Continuing to pray. Can't wait to see God show up and show off in moving mountains that we can't imagine being moved.
I would like to have more times where we are all praying together…whether fasting or not. Maybe we can have one day a week where prayers are gathered…and the next day we pray? I know this is alot of work for you Linny…so you need to decide how often and what it involves.
I am sofa bound again in quite a relapse and was feeling discouraged by my progress going backwards…God shared today a story about two 80 yr old women who could no longer go to church or be physically active…so they set aside 6 hrs twice a week to pray…amazing things happened 🙂 This spoke so well to me as I lay and wonder what I can do…your post is an affirmation of what I CAN do….I look forward to the prayers being gathered and the results God will bring forth!!
Keeping your brother and family in prayer.
Happy Thanksgiving…and Merry Christmas to your family this weekend.
Glad Dan is through surgery, praying he has a quick recovery.Still praying for K.
And let's not waste any time! Lets do it again as soon as possible. Some prayer requests were time sensitive. Mine is just ongoing, lol. But seriously, we can do it again. I say the sooner the better.
and you know what. Not a stinkin thing got better for us financially… yet. In fact it looks even worse, but Jesus sure spoke to my heart while we were fasting, and opened my eyes to something I knew but didn't really want to admit. So it was a big day!!! I really heard Him speak to me.
Maybe a regular feature – every two weeks?
Continuing to pray for K and your brother…I think prayer for each other once a week would be awesome. But am up for anything that the general concensus shows:-)
why not do a prayer once a week or every two weeks. i think it is an awesome thing to know that so many are joined together praying for the needs of others. it is an overwhelming feeling to me when i know so many are praying for me or my family and it is an honor for me to do the same for others. what better way to draw our fellow christians close to us and to each other. i also think it would be awesome to hear some stories of the way God is moving through prayer. : )
Praying for you and your brother!
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I think it would be good to have a certain day of the week set aside to pray for each other.Lke a God Can Fix it Friday. Then we can report answers on Memorial Box Monday. Just a suggestion I think it should be something you ultimately decide since it will take work on your part with your blog.
I am sure many are praying whether or not we have a special day.
Jennifer
Linny whatever is easiest for you. I kinda like the every two week suggestion. It gives us time to continue praying for those from the last one that way as well. Good to hear Dan came out of surgery well. Hugs
glad he is doing better! Have a great visit with your family!!!
Tomorrow
Linny this is an area that I can definitely say without a doubt has been revolutionized in my life because of your blog. I have made a decision to fast one day a week. I am up for any day but Tuesdays. Tuesdays demand high energy from me so I don't think I can fast on those days. But I will do any other day. I have some HUGE mountains that need to move in my family and you have completely challenged me to fast. I have literally tried everything else so this is it. I determined after fasting last week that I was going to fast one day a week until God said STOP. I just CANNOT wait to see what God does in my family and in the lives of the people that we pray for. Name the day and I am in.
I like the every 2 weeks idea as well. I like being able to read and pray for each person's request and every week might be too overwhelming (although if you do, I would try my best!) I am so excited about it, however often it is!
Haven't been around for a bit Linny. I will definitely be praying for your brother.
I would love to be involved in the prayer fasting time. We have a day long ministry time on Tuesdays so it would be wonderful if it could be on a different day but if not, I will just do mine on Monday or Wednesdays which usually are a bit more free-
bee blessed
mary
At least once a week! What's more important than prayer!?!?!?!
Linny…i'm down for whatever day, weekly would be great….it's just too important not to do it….and i've kept the list from the other day and continue to pray those requests each day…it's such a privilege and it's so important to do this…it's effective…He moves and answers and grows each of us because of it! And really, how exciting is it to put a check mark next to the prayer and list how it was answered!! What an awesome miracle right there! i can't thank you enough for what you are doing through this blog…what the Lord is doing through you and this blog! It's for eternity!
When we feel helpless, not sure what to do, not sure where to turn or how to solve the problem….we have effective prayer that can never go wrong or return void. It's active participation in ministering for each one we lift up and pray over (and we get blessed in the process!). That's the body of Christ coming together and strengthening each other. I'm in awe…! Bless you and your family this weekend…with lots of memories and fun times. Tell Tyler i've gotten over my shock 🙂 & i am so glad he is with his forever family…he is hysterical…and we are praying for him for the coming days and months. love you!
I will say that the fasting and prayer has done some things for me spiritually that I wasn't expecting. I'm feeling stronger for it. PTL!! I don't mind seeing a running list of prayer requests and praying for them each day as well as fasting as the Lord leads.
Hi Linny. I think this is such a wonderful thing. I would love to start following along and join in on a prayer day. There are many children whom I advocate for who could really use some prayers. Would it be ok to ask for prayers for them, with very little identifying info? I have seen the power of prayer big time in my life (esp recently) and I think this is a wonderful idea!
Linny,
I'm with everyone else–definitely yes on the prayer–every week, or every other week? Maybe requests one week–praises (follow-ups) the next week? Or do it all together each week.
I love Cindy's comment. Love it. Well said, Cindy. And Jen's "God Can Fix-It Friday"–I saw a huge digital church sign this week, it was flashing–
"Don't give up–" and then when it changed, "GOD CAN FIX IT!"
To that I say– Oh yes He can!
There are so many needs– What an encouragement to those who may be close to losing hope, for us all to come together on their behalves. To quote Erica, "What's more important?"
Love you friend, thank you for your heart.
Tina xo