I was laying awake in the stillness and starting to pray and wondering how many had already posted requests and all of a sudden {if you’d had a video watching me} my eyes popped open and I realized I hadn’t even done a post for anyone to put a prayer request.
Forgive me.
Anyway, here’s the post.
Many will be praying throughout the days over the requests posted here, joining together to see our God move on your behalf.
As always, if you have a personal request, you are welcome to just comment “personal”.
Also, don’t ever be concerned about posting the same request time and time again. We’re in it for the long haul. Some requests have been on my prayer list for years.
Jesus told a parable about a widow who kept going over and over and over to a unrighteous judge pleading her case. Jesus said that’s how we are to come to him with our concerns and needs. And trust me, when I bring the same burden to Him over and over and over and over, often I start the conversation with Him like this, “Remember the widow in Luke 18 {vs 1-8}? Well, here I am again….” He didn’t tell us to pray like that, except that He meant it.
So post your comments with your prayer requests here.
And please let’s remember the people of ChristChurch, New Zealand. What a horrific situation.
personal
I will pray for everyone in here 🙂
That I will find a job that will meet all our needs. That my home will not go into foreclosure. That my husband will not delve further into depression.
prenatal appointment today and first ultrasound tomorrow…this is our fifth pregnancy and the first four ended in miscarriage…praising God for this little one and hoping we will get to keep this one! We were not trying even so this was a surprise and we are excited to see what God is going to do! Luke 18:27 what is impossible with men is POSSIBLE with God!
Please pray for God's timing in our adoption process. We have a completed homestudy and I600A approval, but we are currently on hold with our agency, and they are going to make a decision next week to decide whether to take us off of hold. The reason is that we have a 9 month old baby and they are concerned about virtual twinning by matching us with a child the approximate same age as our daughter. Anyhow, please pray for favor with our agency and that the powers that be in the agency would be sensitive to God's leading in deciding what to do about us!
Also, I have a personal request as well. I've been learning in my bible study that I can't turn away from a sin that I don't acknowledge. THe Lord is calling me to repentance. Please pray for strength fo rme as I turn away from the sin in my life.
Thank you so very much and I will be praying for you all as well.
Praying that the Lord will show us what school is meant for Ty next year and whether or not to continue homeschooling Ava…also in the same breath, next year (concerning school and family) will look different as we will hopefully have our little girl home with us, also I'm trying to manage doing hair out of the home! Pray that the Lord will CLEARLY show me what needs to "give" (if anything). I want to walk down His path…just waiting for Him to reveal it! Thank you for praying!!
Two personal needs, one that we really need to hear from the Father on, and our continual request – the sale of our home after being on the market 7 months.
So grateful for the intercession of others, and looking forward to reading/praying through requests today.
Linny! Thanks again for doing this.
My prayer requests are the same, except this time I am going out on a limb and completely trusting God and we are starting the adoption process again! So excited. So my prayer request is specifically posted here on a new blog where I am working on a surprise for my hubby! http://www.itsgodsgospel.blogspot.com
There are many other things, but this is my first focus right now.
Please pray for Linny and her family.
God Bless and Thanks!
Carrie Stamm
Fasting and praying for you all today!
I will be printing the prayer requests out and will be praying for everyone!
Please pray for God to keep providing for our adoption and for our family. Our governor is making a lot of changes in our State and we will be short $450-$550 a month when it all goes through by April.
We will need a bigger vehicle(along with a down payment) when we get our 2 new treasures from Africa as well.
Pray for friends that are going through miscarriages and sick children with cancer and one getting a new liver.
We can start a orphan mimistry or do more orphan work in our community and at church.
Our referral to come soon…
Thank you for all your prayers!
Lots of Love and Blessings!
Thanks Linny!
Jill
http://www.campfunk.blogspot.com
Pray for my marriage and my husband that he will come home to his family and leave his mistress. We are holding on praying that God will hate this divorce and touch my husband in his soul. My daughter is also adopting from Ethiopia and things are rather stalled there, so pray that their child comes to them soon. I know God has all this and it is His timing but endurance and strength is so needed.
Please pray for my parents … their marriage is really on the rocks right now. It's reached the point where only God can save their marriage. Due to financial obligations, I don't think divorce is a feasible option (for which I'm glad), but it's gotten bad enough that divorce might happen anyways. Please pray that God moves in a mighty way in my parent's lives and marriage!
Thanks!
I am praying that I get back on the right path in my relationship with God.
I also request prayer that my husband and I are able to add to our family. I've been trying to conceive for a few months and would love nothing more than to have another baby and allow my daughter the blessing of having a sibling.
I lift up my eyes to you,
to you whose throne is in heaven.
As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a maid look to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to the LORD our God,
till he shows us his mercy. "
Psalm 123:1-2
Keep looking up!
Thanks Linny, your prayers are being heard and answered by the Almighty, God is Faithful!
As always Linny thank you for this chance to pray together.
And as always I'm asking for prayer that Peter( my husband) can start making some money. he is working so hard it seems impossible that nothing is coming from all his efforts. I really feel like the evil one is standing in our way because he knows what we want to do, which is to adopt.
Also I ask that you keep two little girls in need of forever families in your prayers. Both have Down syndrome and i found them on Reece's Rainbow. Brigita may already be in the institution and Nellie, doesn't have much time left before she is transferred. Both Brigita and Nellie are so dear to me and my family.
Thank you.
And I will be praying for everyone today and checking back through out the day.
A new job for my sweet, precious husband …
Linny thank you for doing this. The last time I asked for prayers for my parents as my dad is down the journey of Alzheimer's and it is starting to get very difficult for both him and my mom. Praying that God will carry them every step of the difficult path. What I didn't ask for prayers for, but have been doing so on my own is that the opportunity to move closer to them would just happen. We are going to look at a house this weekend that is only 25 minutes from my parents and would still allow us to commute to our current jobs. Prayers that if this is God's will, it will all just happen and God will send a buyer for our beautiful house which we had built 8 years ago. Will be praying for everyones requests.
Karen
{1} Today at 11:00am MST we could specifically use your prayers: For favor!
{2} Personal
Linny, thank you so much for doing this. You are such a blessing! So great that we serve a God who hears and answers prayers! I will be praying for my brothers and sisters today.
My request is the same, that my husband will return to his First Love and also to me. My kids and I miss him so much. My heart is broken into so many pieces. I am so thankful that God loves him even more than I do and that He goes after the lost. My mountains are really big, but I know God is BIGGER!!
Thank you.
Please pray for our college freshman daughter. She is trying to get into an area of study and doesn't look like she will without God's intervention. She is VERY discouraged and doesn't want to go on and feeling like a failure. Please pray that she will be surrounded by people that will encourage her and give her wise guidance, and that she will look to God to lead her. THANKS so much!
Lori H.
Joining in with prayer and fasting for all these requests. It may take me a few days to get through them all, but I will do my best.
My requests would be.
1. Almost 4 mos. ago we took in a 16 yr old girl. It has been trying at times, though she is a good girl. We are filing for guardianship. Please pray that I will love her; I'm finding it difficult (never been able to live peaceably with another woman.) Please pray that we will have wisdom in raising a teen; we're not used to this (our son is 4.)
2. I really, really, really want to adopt again, but the husband is completely shut down to the idea due to finances. We should be doing fine financially (husband owns his own optometry practice,) but for many reason, our finances are in the toilet.
3. Our son is sleeping in our room. This is not ideal, but praise God we are at least all sleeping through the night now! (Since shortly after he came home for a year and a half, we have not slept through the night.)
I'll be praying for you all today!
My request continues to be the same- that the Lord would move some major financial mountains. It has been almost 8 months of tremendous struggle with no end in sight.
Continuing to praise His name through this storm. Our marriage is blossoming and we are walking stronger together with Him. The struggle could easily be tearing us apart, but He is growing our marriage during the storm. I'm ready for a parting of the clouds though!
~Kelly
I've never commented on your prayer posts before but my heart is so heavy lately.
– My husband is looking at taking a new job. It would likely be a perfect fit for him and what we want to do with our lives. Pray that if it's God's will, it will work out.
– We're adopting from Uganda. I want my little boys home. I know the Lord is teaching me patience but pray that He'll work out all the details that have my heart weeping and bring our sons home to us soon.
– My heart has felt so heavy for the orphan lately. I don't know what God is asking from me but I know it's something and it's big and I just…maybe He's not revealing it because I'm scared? I don't know. But pray for my heart. For willingness to do as He's asking, even if I'm scared.
Hi! We have been in the home study process for over 8 months now. We are waiting on one piece of paper…a background check for child abuse from Alabama when my husband was in boot camp…for 3 months. We do not know why it is taking so long to get back but we are sad. This check was only to take a few weeks and its been a month.
Thanks!!
Becky in GA
A couple requests:
1. My husband and I are living in separate towns right now due to his job (we will move to join him in June). Pray that I will have the strength to raise our children alone during this season, without frustration and anger, that I will give my best to them daily!
2. That the 2 boys we are foster parenting will know love and be open to receiving it. That God has his hand on them and protects them as they deal with the stress and confusion of visiting with their birth parents. That God's will be done as to whether we are to be their forever family, or if their parents can turn things around to make a safe home for their children.
I will be praying for you all today! Thank you!
I have two requests today.
The first is for a dear friend who was recently diagnosed with a disease that could drastically shorten her life. She is a young wife and mom of 4 kids under 10 and I'm praying for a complete healing! In the meantime, I'm asking the Lord to give her strength and energy to care for her family, as well as the courage to face the unknown and the faith to trust Him in all of it.
The second request is for myself. My husband and I have been married for 11 years and we still don't have any children. We have both always felt that God has children for us, and we're open to His plan no matter what it is. So we're praying for wisdom and hearts that will hear Him when He speaks to us. I think that we know we'll adopt at some point, whether or not I give birth, so we need to figure out if it's to be domestic or foreign, and how we will handle the finances. We love kids and we're excited to be parents…we're asking the Lord to help us to get out of His way if we're what's causing the delay.
Thank you all for praying with me today.
We need some pretty big mountains moved THIS WEEK. Also need wisdom and faith to make decisions and follow the Lord.
Praying today in Oklahoma
Linny, Thank you for doing this! I have never asked for prayers before because I find it very personal, but right now I feel that I really need them. We are in the final stage of our adoption process. All we need is the visa printed and two forms for our son to come home to us. Please pray that this will happen quickly. It use to take about a week for the forms after the embassy appointment (our appointment was Feb. 16) and right now it is taking over a month to have these forms. Please pray that this process will speed up so our son can come home to his forever family!
Thank you!
Praying for all of these beautiful and tender reqeusts…God is able to do more than we could ask or imagine!
We have 2 requests:
1. We are praying about adopting a cretain little boy that is being advocated for right now. My husband is open to the possibility but really needing God to clearly speak to him.
2. We have a friend who just had a masectomy for breast cancer. Her husband is dealing with this by "trying to become an alcoholic" (in his words) and not coming home some nights. He is a Christian, please pray that he would repent a come back and serve his wife.
Thanks!!!!
Shannon
First, I want to praise God for the ridiculous amount of things He's been teaching me, showing me, & changing me just in the last month that I've been here in Uganda.
As for prayer requests:
1) That God would provide opportunities to get to know & become friends with someone I have met here.
2) That I would meet the man God has for me soon. I know that I'm not quite 21, but this has been weighing heavy on my heart. All I have ever wanted, more than anything, is to be a wife & mom. For the first time in my life, I really feel like I'm nearly to the point that I am ready for that… and yet, I am completely single.
3) That I would get the right internship for this summer, as well as approval from my college to live off campus next year & the right place to live… and the right roommate to live with, possibly.
Thank you, sweet friends & thank you, Linny! Praying for all y'all!
Please pray for financial breakthrough. This request has weighed heavily on us for years…..despite being blessed with what the world would describe as a very good income, we have loads of debt; mostly in the form of hefty student loans.
We are gathering our documents for an appointment *THIS* afternoon to complete our taxes. We are praying for a good report (more than we could hope for or imagine!) as we are eligible for the tax refund for our adoption expenses. We owe friends and family nearly $4000 our travel to Taiwan in October of last year.
We are also in the very early stages of a second adoption – one that only God Himself could've orchestrated. Our waiting treasure is just 3 years old and the half sister of our daughter, Ruby. I simply cannot wait to reunite these two precious sisters who have never met. As the fees for this new adoption loom, our hearts are heavy with our current debt load and the need for a new vehicle and repairs around our home etc.
We need a heavenly breakthrough!! God miraculously provided for us last year and I am confident He will do so again. It's the remainder of our budget and finances that I need Him to touch. Our family wants to do more for the orphan (those that we can't personally bring to our home) and we need release from the hundreds if not thousands of dollars a month that are being sent to debt.
Please pray for a miracle TODAY!
http://www.journeytome.org search for "taiwanese treasure"
Linny,
As always, thanks for the opportunity to pray for others and thank you for praying for our family.
I am on week 8 of bedrest, week 5 in the hospital. Please pray for the safe delivery of our Levi in 2 1/2 weeks. I am 34 1/2 weeks along now. Our last son was still born fullterm. We are praying for a different outcome this go around if it is God's will:)
Also please for my husband as he handles holding down the fort with the other 5 just a few more weeks with out me…
I will be praying for the others:)
Sara
linny thank you for sharing your blog & your prayers! your a true inspiration!
1. a young girl in our community with lukemia.
2. that my rh change his mind about adding another china reasure to our family
3. healing for our youngest daughter who suffers from rad/trauma.
thank you
jane
Personal…for my children.
I will pray for everyone here today. Thank you for the opportunity!
I am praying for clarity regarding adding to our family. I have heard God's answer but it isn't what my heart wants and my husband hasnt gotten the same answer. I am trying to rest in God's command while honoring Him and my husband. I am very confused!
I will be fasting today and praying for all of those in need of prayer. My request is pretty much the same as it has been for awhile. So I am just going to ask for my known prayer requests and for all of the unknown prayer requests. I have been praying for so many over the course of the year. I can't ever remember a time when so many people in my life were hurting so much.
Linny and sisters in Christ,
I am amazed by the common thread that runs through these prayer requests, healing for marriages, protection of unborn children, adoption, and finances. The enemy tries to hit us where it hurts. In the places that are the center of our hearts but in Zechariah 3:2 The LORD rebukes satan! That is what we need here…a rebuke of the enemy away from these situations and God's good grace to fall on us! I will be fasting and praying with you sisters!!
I have two requests:
1. My good friend is having health problems. She had a seizure in November and is unable to drive for 6 months. With three children this is a hardship on her and her spouse. She is having other medical issues that she is having tests ran on Monday and Tuesday please pray that she would get a good report from those tests and that next month her doctor would allow her to beging to drive and start coming off the seizure medication (lots of side effects).
2. Pray for favor for my Nephew. There is a great pre-k program that is affordable that my Sister and Brother-in-law tried to sign him up for this morning. They got there before 6 am and already had 16 people in front of them. They normally only accept 16 children. My children were in this program and it is ran by an awesome Christian woman that really invested in my children. Please pray that if it is God's will my nephew will be accepted into the program as well!
God Bless You All!
Sherri
For a dear friend that had a miscarriage and for the sale of our home.
My roommate and I are both looking to leave for extended periods of missions work- she in July and I in October. We are looking for God's continued guidance as well as financial provision, especially for my roommate as she has started raising funds and hasn't gotten much response. Where God wills, He makes a way and we have total faith that He will provide!
Thank you for this opportunity.
Please pray for a dear friend whose husband has just left home, leaving her with 2 boys at school, and a daughter at Uni. they are shattered.
Please pray for us, that our house might sell soon.
thank you.
I'll be fasting & praying today for these prayer requests.
Please pray:
1-for Christ to be the center of my marriage/home
2-for my son & d-i-l who are talking about divorce and for my 3 precious grandchildren who are hurting, angry, confused thru all this
3-for healthiness, godliness & purity in all relationships of our family.
Thank you Linn for this wonderful opportunity. ♥ u!
Okay Linny, I'm going to break the rules and not post a request, but just a praise.
I am just OVERWHELMED by how amazingly faithful God is this morning. I stop and think of how far He has brought me in my life with His healing of my heart and my body and my family, and I just type with tears building because HE is ABLE!
I wrote a whole post just dishing about giving Him praise and I'm inviting everyone to come over and praise with me today… we just need to praise our BIG WONDERFUL GOD who is going to answer these prayer requests!!
Love you all friends! Let's give God some glory today-http://www.strivingfor31.com/
here we go…
for our adoption process, that finances would fall into place that the referral would come in Gods timing, that God's timing would be sooner (LOL), that God would prepare us to be the parents of our child.
for my struggles with fear, especially fear of flying.
for the strength to be obedient even when its scary/hard
for my family member starting chemo for leukemia next week. strength and healing.
for my family member whose husband recently left her. for her broken heart to heal and not leave those hardened scars that come so easy.
Please pray for my son as he will be making many life decisions in the next few months. This weekend he will be in a large competition. Please pray God gives him peace, grace and strength. Pray that God would lead Him to the exact job.
Thanks for your faithfulness!
MY request again is for a godly men to pursue me.
Also for a situation with a roommate that seems impossible.
Linny – Thank you so much for listening to the Lord's direction of another prayer & fasting day.
Today is big for us, too, as we have a community-wide Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser tonight 5-7:30pm for our financial needs to bring Kaleb home. Pray for God's financial outpouring of blessing and favor and for our rain to stop before it starts. We still need $13,000 and are expecting our LOA very soon with TA on its heels because we're an I-600 family.
We give the Lord praise for ALL He has already provided. We want Him to be glorified tonight for His amazing work!
Please pray, too, for my 73yr old father (retired pastor) who is very, very sick with the flu. Doc wants to hospitalize tomorrow. Pray for his complete recovery.
Thank you all so much! I'll be checking in and praying all day as we cook for Kaleb.
[personal]
THANK YOU. each of you. will be fasting and praying for & with you.
Praying for all of your prayer requests today, praising God for all of you.
We are in an intense trial that has literally stopped our adoption, put our family in danger, and shaken us to the core. However, I have never heard God speak to me so loudly in my life. I praise Him daily! Please pray that He will deliver us from this trial and soon. Pray for our finances, that we can sale our home and move to a smaller one, and that others will See His glory in our circumstance.
I'd also pray for adoption plans. We really feel that we are to step out in faith and begin an adoption for two more, but due to the housing situation here, we have no savings and no equity loan this time! Hard to see how we'll pay for it!
Jenny
http://www.ourplansmultiplied.blogspot.com
Please pray for my mom who was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer on Feb. 11th. She is only 52 years old and is a big part of our lives. Please pray for wisdom for her doctors, strength and courage for her, and for complete and total healing from God.
Thank you.
I'm praying that God sees fit to grant all of our humble requests.
that my son Jack would turn away from "the world" and come back to us; that I would be the faithful servant the Lord knows I can be; that our DD in China is safe and warm until we get there…
I will be praying for all of you today.
One of my request is personal. We need a miracle soon!
Please pray for healing for 2 of my foster children.
Happy to be praying for all of you today!!
Mine is this: Shortly after announcing PUBLICLY our plans to adopt from Ethiopia, we found out we're losing $4,000+ in income per year, come March!! We are able to still move forward…BUT…saving toward the adoption will be nearly impossible for US… I just am not able to do anything to help, so I'm frustrated…I homeschool 4 kids, and have 2 littles running around..I would love to work from home(from my computer would be great!!!:))..so just pray the Lord brings something to us quickly..through my husband's work(he's already working 2 jobs) or for me. The enemy has been hard at work on this end, and we're just ready to see the LORD move!! TODAY!!!!:)
For a new job & adequate health care.
It is a privilege to pray with all of you again today. Here are my requests:
1) A friend of the family (Martin) is having surgery today to remove a tumor from his brain… they are not sure yet whether it is cancerous or not.
2) I would be so grateful for your prayers for the special needs orphans that I have spent the last six months volunteering with, that they would be released for adoption and that God would raise up families for each and every one of them.
Thanks Linny for the opportunity to pray for others and to be prayed for. I am asking specifically for prayer on selling our current home even though it is not technically on the market (there still has been some interest in it) AND with buying the farm we are interested in and have made an offer on. If these two events could coordinate themselves it would truly be a miracle. ONLY GOD!
Thanks
Lisa from MN
I am having an abdominal ultrasound today. Possible gallstones. Pain on the right side under my ribs. Thanks for praying.
I am praying and fasting and praising God Almighty today with ya'll. We are so very thankful that He arranged all the details so that we could get the homestudy interviews done before my DH left. (It was no minor 'coincidence,' by the way.) Which brings me to our petitions for today:
1. DH is travelling halfway around the world today to go provide support for the good ole boys over there in the sandbox. Please pray that he will arrive safely and that his work the next 12 weeks will be productive and help save lives. (We could us your prayers while he is gone as well.)
2. Please pray for our adoption. I have a wonderfully supportive husband who is all for adoption. He is a fabulous father to our 3 bio boys. Over a year ago, I saw a sibling group of sisters (5) on Rainbow kids. I felt (and still feel) that they are to be our daughters. I have been praying for God's will and discernment for both he and I on this matter. He does not feel convicted that they are ours and has concerns (rightly so) about adopting such a large group. So I pray. I pray for guidance. I pray for God's answer. I pray for my husband's heart to be opened to these girls. I am trusting that if God wants them to be ours, that He will tell my husband and that God will work it out His way. Please pray for this situation. This continuous limbo is so challenging. Please pray that if we are not meant to adopt them, that their family will find them soon. They have been waiting for so long.
3. Please pray that my mother's heart is opened to this adoption. She lives with us and is protesting everything we need her to do to get through this process. She thinks we are making a HUGE, HORRIFIC mistake and doesn't get any of it. Please pray for her eyes to be opened to the huge need out there and the fact that we can make a difference.
Thank you, Linny for this opportunity to join together and do something positive and helpful for everyone else when the world seems so focused on hurting others.
Thank you all for praying for us! I will be praying today and well through the night tonight.
Lesya
http://foryoucalledme.blogspot.com
I'm still asking prayer for complete physical healing from chronic fatigue syndrome and all it's related symptoms and complications.
I do have a praise, that a couple of new supplements have resulted in some increased energy and sense of well-being. that has never happened before. with anything I took. So yea! I feel like I'm at least headed in the right direction (after 10 years of this).
Also, healing for my mom who has stage 3 lung cancer.
please pray for my tiny newborn friend Michael. He is a preemie twin who just had surgery to place a shunt, he will have major heart surgery later this year. Pray for the family too. The siblings spent several months staying out of state with grandparents while mom was on bedrest, and are back, but in a stressful situation. mom is trying to nurse both but can't take twin sis into CICU to visit Michael. Dad is scheduled to ship out later this year.
1)I'm asking for prayer for my husband. Hes really struggling with his job right now. He is very thankful to have a job but the job itself is a struggle. His bosses are difficult to work with/for and a very over demanding. He gets very little time off, sometimes only 1 day every 2 weeks, and ends up doing other people work b/c they are so lazy.
2)I (and my husband) belong to a car club, we are preparing for our 24 annual show right now.All of the proceeds go to 3 charities. (The Kistler Center, who treats disabled children, the senior citizens center, and a veterans orginization) Last year we really struggled with getting donations for the show and without them we cant put the show on. This year hasnt been much better so I'm asking for prayer to move the merchants hearts to give, and the members to not give up hope and keep trying.
I will fast tomorrow(Fri) and will be praying over the request today and tomorrow. Thursday is usually a good day but I have already commited to a home school funcition at church and it is my DH only day off this week.
My heart has been so heavy. The Lord has been so good to us and my desire is to be thankful. Yet I struggle with my health issues. They still believe I have Lupus but keep throwing MS at me. I ask that God would give us clear direction.
We have immediate financial needs. We are being blessed so much in this area by the adoption tax credit and other things but there seems to be a delay and things look very hard over the next few weeks. I am so grateful I can see that God is working in our behalf. I am having a hard time resting in his peace. We have 5 precious children. It makes me fearful not to be able to provide for them then the stress sends me into a flare health wise and makes it physically hard to take care of my treasures.
I know God is able and that their are things we need to learn from this situation. I desire prayers that I may rest in the Peace of Jesus and not be afraid. That I can Trust him and his strength.
Thank You,
Lori
I would greatly appreciate you joining our family as we pray for healing in our 4 year old little girl.
She has been dealing with results from a sacral decubitus ulcer for well over a year now.
This has turned into a chronic bone infection. She has been hospitalized well over 100 days in the past year.
(She is actually in the hospital as I write this.)
They are discharging her some time today and we will continue to give her 3 IV antibiotics through her PICC line at home.
She will come back to the hospital next week and have surgery (This will be the 8th surgery just for this issue.)AT this point, we only know that the surgery will be either on Tuesday or Friday of next week.
Four specialties (neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, plastic surgery & infectious disease) will be involved with this surgery. They will be removing the S4 & S5 vertebrae, which is greatly affected by the bone infection.
Please pray for the surgeons and that the surgery goes well. Also, pray that the area will heal and that we target what is causing the bone infection with the right IV antibiotics.
We are also praying that Maylee does not lose the mobility that she has from removing the infected bone.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY!
It's personal, for now. But pray that God would MOVE fear. Outta here. Thanks friends.
Blessings,
Deb
That the fundraising I'm doing for Nicholas on RR would go well. And that we'd sell our home quickly. And yes, thanks for doing this. Hugs
My coworker is in the midst of a family crisis. I don't feel at liberty to share details. Please pray for her safety, that God would show her what to do/where to go and that hearts will be changed NOW.
Thank you for this opportunity. Praying for all of you.
Just started a round of Clomid – hoping it will be the tool the Lord uses again to bless our family with another baby if it's his will for us.
I will be praying for all of you.
We will be praying for everyone today. My prayer requests are:
1) my cousin with cancer
2) health for our baby due in 3 mths
3) peace and direction as we start up our homestudy again after the baby's born
4) for God to work in my husband's heart for the orphaned in a big way! (He's ok with adopting, but I'm praying God will stir inside him a fire and passion that will go beyond this adoption.)
I was happy to see your post, as I definately need some prayer today.
My adopted daughter has some big developmental delays and can have some behavior issues. Each time I think we have the behavior under control, it starts again. Well she has started having issues at school again (age 6). I find myself frustrated and lacking strength to support her and help her through.
Please pray that G*d gives her the strength to control her behavior and gives me the strength to help her.
I am going on a mission trip to Uganda in June. Please pray for my fundraising efforts, as well as the trip itself. Also, the aching desire of my heart for many, many years has been to be a stay-at-home-mom. Right now that's not possible. I am SO, SO thankful that we are beginning to see God's hand moving, and I just want to continue to believe and trust Him to do the rest! Thank you, Linny, praying for you all today.
My husband lost his job on Monday. I stay at home with our kids, so I'm bringing in no money either, other than what my part-time photography business (www.MemoriesHeldStill.com) brings, which is not much since it's off-season right now. So we are living off of NO income essentially and have NO idea what we're going to do to make sure our rent and bills are paid. Please pray that we both, or at least one of us, find jobs as soon as possible. Thanks.
Hi Linny
I am joining y'all in fasting and praying today. My two requests are the same as they have been for months. I know God is faithful!!
1. Reconciliation with my 18 year old son. It has been 18 months since he has spoken to me or his brother. When he sees us at his school functions, it is like we are strangers to him. I want to be very specific, I want to be reconciled before his high school graduation on June 3, 2011. I am moving cross country a couple weeks after he graduates.
2. For my husband's heart to be broken for the orphan. He has placed our adoption on hold. But there has been some softening praise God! He has asked about foster care and feels we should give this a try. I'm game!!
Thank you all for standing with me and praying for these to long standing requests.
Blessings,
Suzanne
Praying for and with all of you….my request is the same, for my husband and our marriage. He's struggling with depression but is in denial. This is causing major problems in our marriage – he has talked about moving out, but hasn't yet (only God). So please pray with me to regain my husband's heart for God and myself.
Thank you and thanking God for all the good He has given us.
We are moving to Montrose, CO, so we might actually get to meet you Linny!!! Please pray for our family as we leave Texas. This is the first time my children have moved and had the same family and have gotten to take all of their stuff. They don't have a lot of faith that everything will be alright, and we all still be together when we get there. If you're an adoptive parent of abused children, I'm sure you understand. I'll also be praying for all of the other requests!
I will be popping in here during the day and praying through the requests…it is an honor.
We do need prayer and I've debated on what to say. There are a couple of blessed and hard things going on we could use prayer for.
1. For our sweet adoption of Jael in China, our eighth blessing. That it may be blessed and everything approved quickly. That finances may be simple and smooth this time around. For a hedge of protection to be around our sweet Jael (and her bio family knows Christ).
2. Our family is going through some drama after the death of a step-dad. Though we are attempting to handle this with peace and the love of Christ…this drama is so foreign to us. Could you pray this all goes smoothly, quickly, and hearts are touched by God's love.
3. We've been praying for a little girl named Eden with a serious and life threatening disease. She has not been home from Ethiopia that long and needs prayers for a miracle in healing. Also, a friend's daughter had seizures the other night and they don't know what's causing them. Her name is Kennedy.
Thank you all for the blessing of prayer….
A woman in leadership of our women's ministry, Tiffany, found out a few weeks ago that she has breast cancer. She is in her early 30's and has two young boys. I guess she has some sort of mutation that causes breast AND ovarian cancer. Her mother passed away of breast cancer at 37 and doctors have been watching her like a hawk- thank God they caught it early!
She is going into surgery at 11am Pacific for a double mastectomy. Please pray that all the cancer would be removed, and that there would be no cancer in her lymph nodes.
1.Health of our 8 month old baby girl – we go to the doctor next week for some urinary tract problems.
2. Finances
3. Stress
4. Wisdom in making some big decisions.
Praying for AS as he journeys into manhood trying to make sense of being a Black man in this country.
Praying for college funds to be supplied so that we may pursue adoption..put a fleece out on this one.
Praying for God size miracles at work..He had done amazing things before and are believing for more.
I had planned to pray and fast today for all of you and had no idea that today would hit so close to home.
This morning my best friends husband was taken to the emergency room. He is a trucker and has been sick with the flu bug going around. When he got there they found that he was dehydrated and has phnemonia(not sure of the spelling) and now they have just taken him down to have an MRI because they think he may have a blood clot in his lung. Please pray for Chuck and also for Kim who will be traveling 5 hours to Utah today to get to her husband.
I will be praying for all you today also. Thank you in advance. I love you all! (Im not afraid to say it either) : )
Personal
Thx for the prayers weeks ago for my last personal request, I really saw God move and help me have greater maturity. He is so good.
Also for pain relief and discernment about what and how much exercise to try.
I ache for so many of you… may we all feel more of the Holy Spirit's comfort.
Entering the foster/adopt program again. We have 6 kids , 4 that are adopted. Mixed emotions about being excited for this new child because we know that when we get the call that means some abuse has happened. Please pray for how we can witness to others that don't understand our growing family, for our paperwork to be complete, and for the child that will come.
Please pray for my continued prayer for my son, Matthew, who hasn't spoken to any of his family in over three and a half years. Pray that he would come back to the Lord and that the man who has a controlling hold on him would either be removed from his life or turn to God. Also, of course we would love to be a part of his life again.
Also my mom, who hasn't spoken to me in 9 years, sent me a package of pictures. I plan on calling her. Please pray for this phone call that it would go well.
I will be praying for your requests.
Christy
For an amazing family who's infant son may have suffered permanent brain damage from a disease. They are thankful he is living as they lost another son about the same age from the same thing, but just found out the brain damage is so extensive he may be close to vegetative for life. They have strong faith in God and His healing but I'm sure could use more prayers.
Thank you everyone who is praying. My prayer request is that God would continue to break me. He has been teaching me more about what really matters in this life. Pray that I will be faithful in applying these new found truths. Pray for protection because Satan has been on the attack, he does not want me to believe these things nor apply them!
Please pray too for my husband. The closer I feel to God the further I feel from my husband. Pray that God would break him as well and bring us closer.
Cindy Agnew
One more….today has been really UGLY with our adopted daughter….I'm really struggling here….that's all I can say, PLEASE pray!!! I need you guys more than you know!
-That God would provide financial support for an orphanage in Uganda. That God would lead us to the right people at the right time. I am getting discouraged and want to give up, which isn't good.
-For my boy in Uganda, that either his birthmom would be found or his rights would be taken away and he would be adoptable.
-That God would move mountains to get a little girl into a specific family.
-That adoptions from Uganda would open up to Canada. Big sigh.
-That God would show me what to do next year when I graduate. I am so confused.
Joanna
Please pray for my physical and emotion strength. With only 2 hours of slepp last night and the same for the next two as I prepare hundreds of donated items for a consigment sale adoption fundraiser.
Also that God will move the hearts of three people who will determine if I should go forward with the adoption. Praying for a miricle God willing or for their hearts to be hardened if that is also his will.
Praise God that I am completely at peace, just tired. The best part of my day will be praying for you all which I will do at 10pm tonight.
Love, Debbie
I get so excited when it is time for the prayer requests here. I get so discouraged to pray on my own, but I feel hopefull when I have other people praying with me. Today, I would like to request a prayer for Rowan(http://rowansstory.blogspot.com/) Gosh, this little boy…such an inspiration, such a gift from God. So brave. I would like to pray to work his miracles and heal this child, or if the answer is No, to give him love and strength for him and his family.
As always, Please pray for little Oskar K. He has someone searching to find him a family. Its a tough case. Please pray for God's provision. I will tell his whole story soon, as soon as I can gather the right words. There are so many.
Praises:
That I have found a place of peace and submission in regards to adoption in my marriage and that God moved in a HUGE way for my husband and I to go through fos/adopt training between his deployments (after years of prayer – be encouraged, those of you who are still waiting.)
For God's hand of deliverance on our family during these weeks of training – we had some crazy and potentially awful health situations crop up that God resolved, and again some strange and unusual behavior issues with our children that when we realized that it was probably spiritual warfare and prayed over them and talked with them – they resolved just as quickly. We have such peace about God's hand on our lives, and his direction.
Prayer:
That we would hear and obey whatever he asks next once we have our fos/adopt certification. We have no idea what God has for us next, but are just excited to be ready for whatever it is.
For T to be given a family that loves Jesus and loves her.
For A who told me she is lost to find Jesus and hope.
Baby one is on the way at the end of June, and we're praying about me being a stay at home mom. I work part-time from home already and want to do it full-time so I can spend as much time with her as possible, but, financially, I'm not sure we can make it happen. Wisdom and provision.
please pray for God to guide us to the right waiting child to adopt. we know she is out there and my heart already longs for her.
a job for my hubby…. restored health for me!
thank you so much for doing this!
Blessing & Hugs
Income discernment for myself and 2 friends.
Adoption, and a forever family… which is why I need the income discernment…
For a family trying to bring their forever daughter home from China before she ages out of the system.
For all of you, in solidarity, praise and thanksgiving that God can make our hearts and prayers rise together through technology!
Please pray for me. I am a college student and I am really struggling with staying motivated right now. I just need to get to the end of this year and then I will be finished! But its been really hard lately.
Also please pray for my brother. He is 13 and has a few medical conditions. He is going to be in the Hospital for a week at the beginning of April. Pray that the doctors will get the information they need and that it will not be to hard on my brother or my mo being there for that week.
I am 18 weeks pregnant with my second child, and my family is facing some dire financial situations. My husband will soon be taking on a second job, meaning he will be working 7 days a week totaling 60-70 hours. I'm also having some pregnancy complications and am not supposed to be doing much housework or lifting our 2 year old. Please pray with us to make wise decisions in providing for our family, and for my body to support this pregnancy to full-term. Thank you!
So many prayers needed today. First for our daughter, she has her monthly transfusion tomorrow. Praying for her fear of the iv insertion, that she may feel calm with my presence. She is also having a special procedure on monday that requires she lay still for 6 hours after. For a 3 year old that will be difficult to say the least. Please pray that she has a safe procedure and we will be able to come home that night. Second for our domestic adoption, we are coming up on our renewal and are having difficulty figuring out what to do. Third, personal.
Pray that I would find a wonderful roommate to live with for the next 3 years. I have moved 3 times in the past 3 years and would love to settle down for a while.
Please pray that I would find the internship for the summer where God wants me. Please pray that I would let God have complete control of my love story. I want nothing more than to honor God through being a wife and mother, but there is no guy in sight. Please pray for my patience, and that I would continue giving this desire to God knowing that in His timing everything is made perfect and complete.
Thanks,
Brittany
I am joining everyone today in prayer! Thank you all for coming together in this.
My prayer request is for all of the adoptive parents who have children with "special" needs directly related to adoption. I pray that the families are able to be patient while dealing with these needs and that they can get help when it is needed! And…would it be too much to ask for a little extra blessing on those tough days? 🙂
Restoration of my marriage…God knows what needs to happen. A job for my hubby (2 years out of work). Help in deciding whether or not we should pull our ds16 out of public school… Thanks for the prayers. I'll be praying for all of you.
I have 2 requests –
1. My friend's 3 month old daughter is having major liver failure and the doctors are still trying to figure out what is going on. Prayers for God's miraculous healing!
2. Our adoption process. I am so excited but we're also at a point where the waiting is starting to get to me. Mostly because we have a small window of time to get a referral AND travel before our likely PCS (move) this summer that would throw everything askew. Praying for God's perfect timing and peace.
Thanks everyone for joining together in prayer. I am sure we will all see many miracles. Praying, praying, praying
My prayer request is that the finalization of our kids adoptions goes smoothly and quickly. I pray for God to guide us through our move. For our home to sell and for us to feel at peace about what we build. I pray for my Grandpa's salvation.
Thanks
personal; especially for guidance with current anger/grief/more anger issues consuming someone close
Prayers for my cousins son. He is 4 yrs old and has been haveing what looks like are sizers, but are not. The are so hopeful that this new Dr who is on board will be able to finially give them answers to thier sons medical problems. http://helpforjude.com/
Thank you for the opportunity to post a request. Prayer is the only thing to make this situation right.
We are in need of a home to sell in Florida.
We are feeling called to adopt for a third time.
We are in need of funding for this adoption.
Thank you
I just love reading your posts! What an encouragement you are to so many people.
I also love to scroll down and see the pictures of your family. Such a neat picture of not only how God adopted us into His family when we had nothing and could offer nothing, but also what an awesome picture of how heaven will be with so many cultures and faces all worshiping God for eternity!! Love it!
You ask for prayer requests and I would love for you to join us as we pray our little one home from Thailand!
You can go to my blog (if you have time) and read our specific requests!
Many Blessings to you and your family,
Stephanie
http://www.lacockfam.blogspot.com
I have two(three):
I am about to head to a Spanish Oral test.. Prayers that it goes well and that the information I'm learning will stick… Because I am praying to return to Nicaragua and volunteer there for a year. Please be praying that God will direct my path.
Almost 7 months ago my 3.5 year old sister was killed in a tragic car accident.. My mom was leaving the church parking lot and hit her. It has been a brutal time for my parents and family who live in their town. As well as for my siblings and myself who don't live as close. Please pray for them. I have come to a place of transition (needing to move forward but not wanting to leave her behind) and it's hard.
1. Next week.
2. Personal
Love you all!
and also for God's healing hand on little Teresa from China whose heart condition is such that there isn't much hope, but in God alone. Praying for her family {the Bartlinksi's} at A Place Called Home.
Our family returned from being overseas as "workers" 4 months ago. My husband is still in the job search and we are in limbo as to what Father has for our future. Pray that He will give us clear direction and we will have ears to hear Him.
Prayer that my husband's heart would be softened toward the orphan plight and have his eyes opened to God's deep heart for them and His expectation for us to help them in all that He has blessed us so richly with! I ask that our family might be prepared to grow another member through adoption … but if that is not God's will for us, that He will use us in other ways for the orphans of this world and bring me peace and fulfillment in my mommy heart that pleads to nurture and give.
Thanks again for this opportunity to pray for each other, Linny.
I would appreciate prayer for a few things:
>that God would move my parents and our family through the final weeks of the foster care approval process quickly
>a couple of personal things
>a family in our church who is in crisis. I can't explain details on here, but they need God to work in mighty ways.
Praying and fasting for everyone today, that God will show how great He is!
my sweet husband to get a job. Repeat-er!
Praying for all these request.
Please pray for us with our finances and that we may be able to adopt again.
And also my sweet husband has felt God calling him to do something but just not sure what. He is really struggling with that.
Thank you.
Thanks Linny for having a prayer day. I do love you!
The same two requests:
My son Ethan's spiritual heart. Salvation for him. He is 21 and a great son, he just needs to see his need for a Savior. **He has started meeting with someone from Campus Crusade since we started praying – this is huge!
Josh, my son-in-love's physical heart. Healing from cardiomyopathy from unknown cause. He goes back 3/10 for another echocardiogram. Praying for God to heal his precious heart.
One more, please? My daughter, Molly, is wanting to only work part time as teacher next year after their baby is born. School Budget cuts have really diminished her chances, But GOD!
Thank you all so much. I will be praying for others.
We have a house in Indiana that we are trying to sell. We currently live in Massachusetts and it's really putting a huge burden on our finances.
Yours prayers are really appreciated.
I am beginning the process for my third adoption. This one will be from Taiwan. The Taiwan accepts singles only on a case-by-case basis for waiting children. Please pray that the Lord will open my heart to the child He wants for our family and that Taiwan will choose me for the child that the Lord has for us. My two girls and I are really excited about adding to our little family. Please pray for me during this process – that I will have forthright honesty and that God will work in the process to match me with the right child.
Thank you,
Candis
Pray for my sister-in-law who had emergency brain surgery today. Pray for her healing and that God would speak to her and also my brother. Pray for their two precious girls in this situation.
As we step out in faith, please pray for clear direction and MIGHTY provisions from our Jehovah-Jireh. Just weeks after committing to a mission trip to South Africa this summer, God called us again to adoption.
Wild Ride of faith, for we have no money set aside. In 3 months, God has blessed us with over $9,000 for the adoption and just over $1,000 for South Africa. We have a long way to go, but His provision for each step of the journey has been nothing but miraculous.
Now, though, I feel I need wisdom and clear direction. I want to be CERTAIN God is calling us to South Africa, that I am following Him and not only MY desire to go. I pray He will make His will crystal clear.
Praying as we drive to Kinley's post-op visit.
Our request is the same – finances for our 2 Treasures waiting in China. God has been faithful to supply all we've needed to date! He will supply the rest ($30,000). He is able! Now we need LOA. Thank you, Linny, for the opportunity to pray for each other.
Love you –
I ask for prayers of healing for depression and anxiety, and that we may help all to open their hearts to the Lord.
Thank you and I will pray for you all 🙂
Please pray for soup kitchen Christs Kitchen we need a new place, We serve on most days 100+. Pray that The Lord will speak to a mans heart who took funds from the donation jug a Christs Kitchen! Pray for a man named Scott to be set free from alcohol and homelessness.PRAISE had you pray awhile ago about my neighbor Amber who had cancer, SHE IS NOW CANCER FREE!! YIPPEE JESUS!! Janet
Hi – thank you for your generous offer to pray! When I checked your blog just now…it hit me, the magnitude an opportunity like this could have on my Dad's life. He is in advanced stages emphysema and is not a Believer. In fact, he is down right prideful and has even stated that he does not need "religion" because he is not a sinner. Ouch. My mom and sisters and brother have been storming the gates on his behalf..but would sure appreciate some reinforcements! His name is Bob Kennedy and I would feel so humbled by you joining me in praying for his salvation. The magnitude would be great as he carries a ton of influence with his side of the family and if he got saved…well who knows what kind of supernatural effect it would have on his whole unbelieving family! To God be the glory…
Praising the Lord that He caused our social worker in Asia to send my son's birth certificate and 1 other important document. We are adopting a 3 year old boy.
Now we are waiting for documents to be processed by the U.S. government. Please pray that these papers get approved and move quickly through to their destinations.
Also, the date that we'll go get my son keeps getting pushed further and further away. Please pray that my son will get to come home soon.
So much to pray about today:
**broken families (M & C, N & M, Solomons, Dixons)
**Simonson's as they welcome preemie twin girls (9 weeks early)
**Our next Rwanda mission trip
**How and when to enlarge our family (do we wait for Rwanda to open adoptions again?)
**paying off company debt
**homeschool or not to homeschool?
**for all waiting families who long to bring their children home
**for more families, couples, singles to open their hearts to adopt.
**the church to rise up and walk alongside all the hurting people in our midst and not be afraid to get involved.
We just found out our daughter will loose her remaining vision very soon. http://kyfamilyforfaith.blogspot.com/2011/02/mothers-heart-is-never-prepared-to-hear.html
pray that we find a house that meets our needs while being within our price range and is accessible to our youngest daughter who uses wheels to get around. We dont want to live apart from each other when my husband starts his new job!
Hi Linny, God placed adoption on my heart when I was a young girl. My husband and I have two children. I wanted to have more and he said no and had a vasectomy against my wishes. He said that if I still wanted more children we could look at adopting in a couple of years. It has been more then 4 years and he will not consider adoption. I am at a very low point in my life right now. I want to adopt, I found a beautiful little girl on China's waiting list that I feel is our daughter. My husband is unwelling to consider any adoption. He says its for financial reasons. Please pray that his heart be moved and that he would be willing to accept adoption. Thank you.
My wonderful RH and our future adoption. 🙂
Homeschool needs.
Praise! I posted a request awhile ago about my friend L. who was having a difficult time bonding with her newly adopted daugther, M. Only a day or two after posting that request I got an email that said that she now loves her daughter!
Thank you for your prayers.
God is so wonderful! I was going to post a personal request earlier but God already moved the mountain at 8am!
Please pray for my pastor and his wife as they seek God's will for their family in regards to adoption. Pray that they would hear God's voice clearly and have the faith and courage to obey (either way) despite fear, pressure from others, or any other tactic the enemy may use to keep them from God's plan for their family.
Please pray for my friend Joanne Heim. She suffered a massive stroke on January 11th at just 38 years of age. Wife, mother, daughter, sister…sister in Christ. She is recovering but is suffering from headaches, paralyzed on her left side and shoulder pain. Her road to recovery will be very long. Please pray for her daughters Emma and Audrey, ages 9 and 12. Also, for her husband Toben.
Thank you,
Julie Hoagland – Seattle, WA
a desire to adopt and a husband who does not
Please pray for my 18 year old son, Caleb. He is a freshman in Bible college, learning preaching & worship ministry. Please pray for God's hand of protection from the evil one who is on the attack right now.
I'm praying for each of the requests. Thank you for praying for our first blessing.
Blessings,
Karen
Hi Linny,
Thank you for mentioning Christchurch. We are still having aftershocks. Still half the city has no power or water.
Please pray for our city, that power and water can be restored. That the searchers find anyone still alive soon. That the families waiting for news feel His presence and love.
I was in a car accident in 2000 that left me with chronic pain. I always felt God had a plan as far as that went.(as i received a payout which paid for gestation surrogacy and made me a mum. I would do it again for the same result, they are so worth it). Now i feel He's asking me to trust Him that He is the great healer. Please pray for healing for me and that i can pray believing and except His will for my life whatever the outcome.
Thanks for praying,
Relle
Linny and everyone else,
Please pray for our church! Specifically a woman named Ella. Ella and her husband are our church custodians, they buried their 27 yr old daughter 3 weeks ago. It was completely unexpected, she was healthy and vibrant. They seemed to be getting back to work anyway and now TODAY while in the church working, Ella's husband Bob DIED from a massive heartattack! My heart is so heavy for this family, for our church leadership who performed CPR on him, who consoled Ella who was also there. We have had so much loss just since January in our church family to include our Business administrator the very beginning of the year. Enough Satan, get away from our family! We are all hurting and grieving with Ella.
I am leaving for Honduras in the morning for a mission trip to serve the people there by bringing food/shoes/clothes and to play with the kids at the orphanage. Pray we are the hands and feet of God!
Thanks so much, Linny, for remembering the people of Christchurch! So kind of you! Yes, we here in NZ are suffering right now.
My hubby will be leaving soon, leading a team of about 10 to minister Jesus' love to the precious people in Christchurch. Would appreciate your ongoing prayers for everybody there! Thanks so much!
Hi Linny.
I thought I left my request this morning, but I don't know what happened to it…
Please keep praying for my healing and the ministry with widows and orphans in Kenya.
These prayer posts are a beautiful expression of Jesus love. I'm blessed to participate.
hugs,
Lisa
Please pray that my husband would be open to adding to our family again through adoption…SOON!
Please pray for tomorrow the 25th Gods favor and closure on a issue for me and my children. Also for the court date next Thursday. May God reveal and bring truth. Praising and praying for all.
I am a late arrival!
We found out last week we have 30days to find a new house to rent as the owner wants to move back into this house… I really want to stay in this immediate area as it has the best schools for Bella when she starts next year.
My mother lives with me and my daughter, so bills can be less for the both of us. Mom lost her job 2 days ago. Now we have to find a house on my salary ONLY-ugh!
I just pray that everything works out… I have been so uptight and worried that my gallbladder is coming back to haunt me…
I know there are others with worse problems, but this is quite huge and stressful for us.
Thanks
Carrie
Please pray for our home study social worker.
Personal—and the same as last time…
Continued prayers!
Please pray for my family.
Thank you and God bless.
Lori
praying over these requests.
Mine is personal
I had placed my prayer requests in 'Whatcha Think'entry. Thanks for those who have prayed. The funeral went well. My little one's first day at kinder went really well for both of us. Praying for all of you and your needs mentioned here.
Please pray for my 9 yr old son — children at school are not being very nice and just this week all the boys in his class were invited to a party (well except for him). He was so sad and he thought this little boy was his friend. When he asked the boy why he wasn't invited, he said he didn't have enough invitations. The teacher says he is kind to the students and has never noticed an issue with this boy or others. I know this seems so small, but when your child is being hurt it is so hard. We have prayed and tried to make this a learning experience, but still broken hearted for him.
WIll be praying for all the requests!
Personal
Thought we were on the path to adopt our 5th child. Received a call from a very good friend who has always given truth in love. She raised some questions for us to think about regarding adding to our family. Praying for God's will.
Prayers for my daughter. I don't know who she is…or where she is…but God does. Please pray for her, her birth family, and pray that God moves in our lives to prepare us financially, and in our faith…to go get our daughter when His time is right for us to. And also for the hearts of our family…that they see our hearts and find peace with adoptions being our first choice for growing our family.
God bless you all.
Thanking God for all he's done in my life and in the life of all my friends and family.
Asking God for financial provision for school fees, accommodation and life in general.
Asking God to intervene on some personal matters.
Asking God to please help me to get an internship.
Asking God for my university work and that of all my siblings, that he would help us to continue to do even more than our best in school. Amen.
Please pray that my husband will finally come to the place where he trusts that God is enough for him to handle another adoption. We have been praying about a particular child for some time. He is so close. Your prayers are so appreciated.
As always, thank you for doing this, Linny! 🙂
The most pressing thing right now is that my younger brother is deploying in just over three weeks. We live in Michigan, he's stationed south of us, a good 14 hour drive. He's been asking us to come down and see him before he leaves, as he wasn't able to get a predeployment leave. My mom is trying to go for the whole week – his day to leave is sometime Wednesday through Friday. There are so many things that need to fall into place for myself, my husband, and my kids to get down there. We can't leave until Wednesday evening, and then would need to drive straight through the night. We are so ready to do it!
I'm just praying that God lets everything fall into place to make this happen. We need my husband to be approved for those days off work (he's a driver for a living, and he is the one who can get us there safely and quickly!). Most importantly, we need him NOT to leave before we get there. I'm just praying that he doesn't leave until at LEAST Thursday evening, if not Friday.
If anybody could pray that we get to see him before he leaves, I'd really appreciate it. It's his first deployment, and he's very ready for this (he's been a Marine for three years), and he really wants to go, but I could hear in his voice that he'd really like to hug us before he leaves.
Thank you for doing this Linny,
i prayed for some of these requests and will pray for some more
I have an urgent prayer request for
an old friend Lora(we where in the same church and shared a passion for Africa and orphans.)
She and her husband runned an orphanage in Kenia wher last night (24 feb) armed robbers came and killed her husband Ebel and have harmed her in a very bad way, all in front of their 2 precious young kids.Plaese pray, pray, pray!
Also for the other staff and the new DTS students who just arrived there as well as the watchmen who also got hurt.
Thank you in advance!
Dear Linny,
I am sorry I am just now posting my prayer request. On Monday I decided to take my own life. My friends have been with me practically round the clock. I thought about posting on Thursday but I really didn't want to feel better then. Nothing would change simply by feeling better. Last night my friends had four hours of prayer over me. I did feel better after that. I am struggling to maintain that feeling better. Life is still hard. There is still more on my plate than one person can do. I don't know what help to ask for. I don't deserve help anyway. I should be able to live my own life and not need help from people.
Anyway, can you pray? Pray for that peace I felt last night, that joy, that love from God.
Dear Friends,
Please continue to pray for salvation for my husband and my dad!
In previous posts I've also asked for prayer that my husband will get the job that he's been seeking. It's been a long process and we should be only days away from finding out if he will get it or not. In the meantime, we've found out that his current job is likely ending… possibly as soon as next week.
Whew… I'm hanging tight, trusting God, but we could sure use your prayers!
Thank you all so much!
Hi Linny!
I'm a semi-regular reader (infrequent commenter!) from Christchurch and just wanted to leave a comment to say thanks for remembering us!
It's VERY strange living here right now – since things this serious never seem to happen to YOU in real life, only to people in movies. :O
Thanks again,
Holly 🙂
Hi Linny.
I wanted to update you on my prayer request. Today was the first day I have felt normal again. I had a great day. Not trouble free of course but not a day I just wanted to die either. Last Sunday I tried a med. to help me feel better. It sure helped. too much. I was a vegetable and was taken from church via ambulance to spend the afternoon in the ER. It has been a very hard two weeks but I see light at the end of the tunnel now. Please continue to pray.
Please pray for me as I am trying to raise funds for my 4th (and hopefully last) SHORT TERM missions trip to serve orphans in Latvia. I plan on becoming a full-time missionary there, but raising funds is always an issue, and I do not have support from my family. But I KNOW God is faithful-he moves mountains, HE will provide if it is his will.
Blessings