Rumbling

Thank you so much for the response of those 
willing to pray for our Ruby. 
I was blown away by how many of you had 
already been nudged by God to pray {and fast} for her.  
He, loves your hearts friends.
We love you too and thank you so much. 
We are always comforted by your  concern, 
your encouragement,  and your love.
Thank you for lifting our weary arms during this difficult season and thank you for caring for our precious Ruby Grace.
We know that many, many, many of you also are burdened by heavy needs yourselves.  Many struggle with marriage turmoil, many are in the midst of financial crisis, some have health issues, some have adoptions troubles, 
some are grieving deep loss,
others have struggles they painfully carry alone, 
some are wondering if God even cares.
Friend, you are not alone.
There is a whole bunch of sweet bloggy people who care and many will be joining Dw and I as we pray through each of the needs listed below.
Please post in the comments below concerns that we can pray about specifically for you.
If your need is deeply personal, please feel free to just post: 
 *personal*
My prayer today is that throughout the earth there is a rumbling going on as God’s people are on their knees for the cares of others.  And in turn, there will be a rumbling of movement in Heaven as He hears our hearts united together crying out to Him on behalf of each other.
xo

75 thoughts on “Rumbling

  1. Fasting and praying for Ruby this morning. I would like to request prayers for patience as I wait upon the resources to move to the next step in my adoption. And that the enemy would not discourage me as I wait upon God's perfect timing. xoxo Debbie

  2. I will be fasting and praying for Ruby this morning with all hope and confidence that the Lord is moving in her life and little body this very minute. I would like to ask for prayers for my husband and myself. My desire to adopt again is so great and he is just not there. It is quite heart breaking. Thank you so much.

  3. We started praying for Ruby as soon as you posted yesterday and will continue through out today! I would like to ask for prayer for the family of a former student on mine. He was 16 years old and was killed tragically in a 4 wheeler accident. The family lives in a very small, close knit community. Please keep the Cannon family and the Lawnside, NJ community in prayer.

  4. First, I wanted to share with you…though I've been reading from my phone, at whatever spare minute I had, and unable to comment…we have been holding Ruby up. Whenever I wake in the morning until the moment I sleep….she's on our lips.

    My family has two prayer requests if you may have a minute. The first is for one of our teens. They have been depressed and angry with the world….and blaming everyone else. Could you pray for a transformation of their heart? We feel this is a spiritual battle.

    Also, God called us to pray on behalf of our special needs (she will most likely face amputations in the first year) 3 1/2 year old daughter in China. We feel God calling us to pray Jael is in our arms by our years end. This does not fit any of man's guidelines, but God is bigger than man's guidelines. Can you storm Heaven with us?

    Thank you dear bloggy friends!

  5. Have been praying for Ruby and will fast and pray today for complete healing. Would appreciate prayers for our treasure in Ch * na who we will bring home in Februay – praying her little heart knows we love her and that God will protect her during all these transitions (from her foster family, back to the orphanage, to us).

    Blessings,
    Karen D.

  6. praying for y'all, Ruby, Karl, Tyler…

    Please pray for us – I want to move forward with an adoption, hubby is worried. Please pray for peace for me or change of heart for him – but we need to come together!

    Thank you! Praying with y'all especially today!

  7. Fasting for Ruby Grace this morning and for the requests listed above. Two requests of my own.

    A dear friend who has 6 adopted older children (1 she brought home from the Ukraine and the other 5 she adopted when her friend died and left them orphans) is in the hospital awaiting the birth of their first adopted infant. Please pray for peace for all involved and safety for the mother and baby.

    My cousin, Keith, has stage 4 cancer and is angry with God. PLease pray that the Lord will draw him close and that Keith would turn to Him and not away. Pray for a miraculous healing and peace for him, his wife and his son.

    Thank you! Erica

  8. Praying for your precious treasure and your family!

    I would like to ask for prayers of comfort and peace… My mom passed away 4 months ago by suicide… And I'm a mess! I miss her more.than.words.

    Thanks
    Liz

  9. I will be praying today for your sweet little girl, but also just in case you all didn't know this month (November) is pray for Africa month with World Vision so somewhat indirectly many many people across the world are praying for both your little ones today.
    God Bless you

  10. Praying for sweet Ruby this morning. Thank you for sharing your precious treasure with all of us.

    Please pray for our 2 year old niece, Ava. She was diagnosed with leukemia yesterday and will begin chemo on Monday.

    Thank you so much!
    Blessings to you and yours,
    Monica

  11. Linny,
    I will be fasting and praying or sweet Ruby today. For quick resolution to the fluid in her neck and chest and then for the surgery needed to help relieve the pressure in her head. Praying for strength and good health for you as you take care of your precious treasure.
    As for my request-We just brought 2 new treasures home from the Ukraine in August. My husband was laid off just after he returned home in July and has not worked since. We have 7 other treasures. I work part time but am also running to doctors locally and out of town as we have several special needs children. Please just lift our family up for God to give me the strength to continue at this pace and for leading for my husband to the right job.
    God Bless you,
    Jackie
    proud mom of many beautiful gifts from God

  12. Praying for you and asking for God's healing and protection during this time. Also so for strength and peace as you wait.

    Pray for us as we are in the homestudy phase for our first adoption in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Just that we will not grow weary in the details and will trust God through the fundraising process!

  13. I will be fasting and praying for sweet Ruby and the others here. I, too, checked my phone for any news on Facebook or the blog all day long. I kept hoping our miracle would already come to pass and today would be praise and worship day. But, why not? He is worthy!
    My two requests:
    – salvation for my beloved son, Ethan, almost 22. A terrific son and loving person in every way. A delight! But he needs to see his need for Jesus as his Lord and Savior.
    – peace for me as I wait to see what God has planned for my future. I left my job of 34 years for a dream job that ended after a very disheartening, hurtful two months.
    Waiting for your Memorial Box story that will be told after today!
    Your family means so much to me!
    Sue S from GA

  14. My family took on the foster care of a local family and once friend's 14 year old son with behavioral issues at home. He did wonderfully at our home. His family refused to give up any control but didn't want him. They took him away this week. Please pray that he would be placed somewhere where he will be loved and respected as a human being. So thankful that Christ is his advocate.
    I continue to life up your precious, Ruby Grace and Sarah Jane. How is Karl doing these days?

  15. Dear Linny,

    I want you to know that I have been following your story for a while now. I have been praying with you for many requests you have made in the last year. Your family is so often in my mind and on my heart. I religiously read your blog, but I have never taken the time to let you know I am praying. Today I am pausing my morning to let you know I am fasting and praying for Ruby Grace, as well as for all your friends who leave their needs here today. Your family is such an inspiration and I cannot wait to see the miracle that God is working through Ruby Grace. You are his treasures and he dearly loves your family because you love him so. Thank you for inspiring me in my heart of hearts where I know one day he is going to call me to bring my own treasure home.

    Fasting with you today,

    Jessica

  16. Praying today for your Ruby! Thankful today for our Ruby Hui-Mei–adopted one year ago at age 8 from Taiwan. Please pray for us today as we wait our "travel" call inviting us back to Taiwan to pick-up our Claire Hui-Jyun (Ruby's biological sister!!). If we receive the call in the next few days we can travel before the end of 2011! Also, we need to raise $8000 plus travel expenses. We are asking God to move in a B.I.G. way:). And one more *persona;* request.

  17. First, we are continuing to pray for you! What a summer and fall your family has had!

    Second, we very much do need prayer. God brought home the two daughters from China for whom we had requested prayer in late summer, early fall, and we praise Him for the amazing circumstances He brought together for that to happen! But now that the girls are home, they are really struggling, especially the 14-year-old, who is intensely angry and frightened and feels as though she has been kidnapped. She truly does not understand the traumas that awaited her in just a few weeks had she not been adopted, so from her perspective, she's been taken from a situation in which she knew what was going to happen every day into a situation in which her life is completely out of control and she doesn't speak the language, and she's lost all her friends forever. We've had some frightening behaviors from her, some things that have effected the life of our three younger children (who are also struggling with the changes in our family), and we ourselves are exhausted.

    What I would pray for our two new daughters is not only a transformed heart but also a transformed *mind* — they are so "brainwashed" to believe that they have no value, that no one can be trusted, that we adopted them to use them, that truth does not exist, that God does not exist, that Jesus is a myth, that the future is hopeless, et cetera. So I ask prayer for transformation of both heart AND mind for our new daughters, ages 8 and 14. Their minds must be opened before they can hear truth.

    Thank you!!!! Blessings.

  18. My family is praying for Ruby Grace. Cant wait to see the miracle God will do in her life. Please pray for us as we try to adopt from China the finaces are just not there.
    Thank you.
    Melissa

  19. Hi Pastor LInny & DW~
    Been covering your precious little babe in prayer.

    My request is the same as it has been for over two years now…

    Reconciliation with my son Brock. He just turned 19. I have not been able to speak to him for 2 years and 2 months. I write to him weekly. Y'all prayed before, remember the graduation miracle I go? 16 hours before graduation I got tickets to attend! It was because of people praying all over the world thanks to your blog!

    I am not giving up. I know one day I'll hug my boy again and tell him how much I love him and how much I miss him.

    JESUS ROCKS THAT WAY!

    Blessings,
    Suzanne

  20. We continue to pray for Ruby and all in your family needing prayers! The Knee Team is onboard and updated…we are storming the heavens with prayers of petition and praise. I will be praying for those requests listed here.

    Prayers for Joel's mom: Isabelle is 93 and has a large aneurysm close to her heart that will eventually end her life.

  21. It is an honor to fast and pray for Ruby and your family. Been praying already for weeks…. Can you please pray for God to financially provide for our adoption? My DH was in ET 3 weeks ago for a mission trip and met a little boy who God has clearly called us to adopt. but now we have only 2 months to come up with all the Agency/USCIS… fees (about $18,000. Also for families whose cases are stuck in the embassy process in ET. That God move mountains and their children come home quickly.Blessings!

  22. Just found out I can join you in fasting today, after all, for Ruby Grace. I am excited to pray for her! And for the many other prayer requests that are already listed and that will be listed throughout the day. Thank you for this day of prayer.

  23. We have been praying for Ruby Grace and will continue to pray for her specific needs.
    I do have a prayer request. My dear cousin, who's like a sister to me, is going through a really bad divorce. Please pray for her and her 2 chidren. (ages 5 and 10). Prayer for strength to get through this time so they can find peace again in their family. Thank you!

  24. I will be fasting and praying for all of you today. I ask for prayers to move a huge finanacial mountain, to show us a way through this, my foster daughter who is struggling, my sister (personal).
    I will be praying for Ruby, Sarah Jane, and your whole family.
    Blessings,
    Joni

  25. PRAYING and thanking the Lord that HE NEVER SLEEPS. Praying Ps 121 over your family (thats me on FB with the picture of my Bible & hand with RG on it). my heart aches for your family. thank you for being such amazing examples to each of us to keep fighting, keep being a voice for the voiceless, keep pressing on when we face a brick wall, to keep going to our knees with EVERYTHING! praying with expectation that our mountain moving God will heal Ruby Grace! Psalm 5:1-3 O Lord, hear me as I pray; pay attention to my groaning.
    Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for I pray to no one but you. Listen to my voice in the morning, Lord.Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly.

    I am also praying for family & dear friends adoptions:
    David Platt's family are in China finalizing their daughter's adoption this week, my cousins are awaiting court in December for Isaiah & Kaleb from Ethiopia, a friend awaiting a court date for Samuel in Ethiopia, a friend waiting for Olivia's referral from Ethiopia, Eden & Ali Rose's final paperwork in Uganda. My heart aches, longs, and is confused about two little girls in Uganda. Awaiting my husband's say so to move forward in adopting and discernment about pursuing the twins that God has laid on my heart for the past 8 months.

  26. Prayers will continue for Ruby and her family.
    Please pray for my husband and me as we decide on adoption.
    Prayer for my 3 kids:
    daughter with 2 kids, their safety, finances, that mom will make the right decisions and she will seek God.
    Son and his situation, that he will make right decisions.
    Daughter and her health, finances and the house situation. Also that God would send her "her perfect husband".
    That God will work in all 3 kids & 2 grandkids lives.

    That I will hear Him and know.

    Thanks to all who are praying!
    Thank you Linny! Praying for you and DW, to have the strength to do this battle for/with Ruby.

  27. I first wanted to say I am a long time lurker and prayer for you guys! You have touched my heart in many, many ways!!! Still praying faithfully for you newest treasure!

    Can you please pray for my 11 year old daughter? She is having some female problems. Also, we have a HUGE decision to make in the next few months, please pray we make the decision He wants us to make so we can strengthen our walk with Him! Lastly, please pray for our finances…we like many others are having difficulties with them!

    God Bless you!
    Donna

  28. We have been praying for Ms. Ruby! She is such a little cutie!!

    Would you please pray for us? We are moving 10 hours away (into a different state…ah!) on Thanksgiving, I am 33 weeks pregnant, we have one little guy that we don't have a clue what we are going to do with when I go into labor. Please either pray for someone to come into our lives that we can trust or that this baby will give us enough warning to have my parents come up. Please also pray for the 10 hour drive with a two year old. Thank you so much for praying.

    Lifting you, sweet Ruby and your family up!
    Leigha

  29. Praying and fasting for Ruby today and all the children suffering with health issues. Believing your cherished Ruby' story is just in Chapter 1.
    Asking for prayer for mountain moving miracles for our business and finances.
    Now I know that the Lord saves His annointed. He ANSWERS them from his Holy Heaven with the saving power of His right hand. Some trust in chariots and some in horses. But WE trust in the name of the Lord our God. Amen

    As you said, "We trust Him- His plan always trumphs. every. single.
    human. circumstance. "

  30. Praying continually for precious Ruby Grace and Karl and Autumn.
    Please add my request to your prayer list today. My daughter-in-law is being released from prison and will come to live with us on Tuesday. My husband hates her but has (miraculously) agreed to allow her to come. Pray, pray, pray. Thanks you.

  31. I had written this and put it in yesterdays post. I'll put it here, too. Thank You, all for your prayers. Please, know that I will be Fasting today for Baby Ruby and for All of the Prayer Request I read here. My heart aches for the requests I've read. Wish I could give each of you a Hug.

    Over the past 4 months, I have been treated for 9 bladder/UTI infection. But, they never cleared the infections. I have continued to have blood in my urine and a lot of pain. I hat an MRI done last week and it showed that my bladder, ureters and urethra are filled with tumors. I will be starting a Trial of chemo tomorrow. It's not looking good and I've been told that I will be very ill for the next few months. I will not be able to be with my Mom & Dad or any other family for Thanksgiving or Christmas. I am feeling very sad and depressed. I already feel so alone and isolated, but it's more difficult to think of being alone over the Holidays. So I'd like to ask for Peace in my heart. And, for Strength to get through the treatments. They sound barbaric. But, mostly for Healing. Or, for Him to take me Home. I try to be strong, but I'm finding that I am not as strong as I thought. Oh, and for Pain relief. I have cried a lot from the pain. Narcotics don't even touch it.

    Thank You, for allowing me to share my private pains here. Love in Jesus' Name ~Jo

  32. fasting and praying for Ruby Grace today!
    Please for we be matched to our treasures soon..we have been waiting 2 years for this adoption process.

    also that God provides toe rest of the money we need and for my husband's teeth that are falling out daily…Seriously!
    Thanks and I will be praying for everyone on the list as well!
    Love the Funk's
    http://www.campfunk.blogspot.com

  33. A elderly bloggy friend wrote asking if I would post this:

    Could I please ask for Prayer for Healing of my very painful Arthritis in my neck, as well as a frequent Problem with high B/P?
    Please also pray for my oldest son who is 61 and has job applications in. His wife got her job cut from 40 to 20 hours. And he has been out of work for a very long time.

    A devoted reader of the Blog and a consistent Pray-er for the need listed.
    Thank you so much – RaRa

  34. Please pray for my mother who continues to battle stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Please pray for her complete healing. Thank you.
    I will be praying will all of you and for Ruby Grace as well.

  35. Fasting and praying for Ruby Grace and for our adoption. And now that I see Vanessa's need right above mine, definitely her. I lost my grandmother to pancreatic cancer and it was devastating, but I know someone else who survived it. Hugs!

  36. Praying for your sweet Ruby! I am all too familiar with the blessings and risks of modern medicine as they try to keep our precious ones alive and thriving. I love seeing photos of your beautiful girl. What a difference in her now that she is learning she is loved and wanted unconditionally!
    I ask for prayers for my precious Ethiopian Princess, Eden, who was diagnosed with a rare degenerative disease in January. It has no cure or treatment, so we give thanks for everyday with her, and pray for a miracle.

  37. I actually do have a request. Well, over two years ago, someone I had loved for years left me, not speaking to me again. It was a big loss to my whole family, especially me. And ever since then, I've been in a lot of pain and then feel guilty for being in pain still (so it's pretty much a cycle). I don't mean to complain but it haunts me everywhere I go and makes me so weary. I know God is good, but I've struggled a lot with not believing He wants to heal me since He hasn't. My trip to Africa gave me the hope to keep going, but it's still so hard. So I suppose if people could pray for my healing, I would surely appreciate it 🙂 And I am praying for Ruby's healing as well 🙂

  38. Thank you for the opportunity to make a prayer request. Not many people in my "real life" circle totally understand how painful this is, but I think an adoption-minded family as yourselves will.

    A few months ago, my husband and I had committed to adopt a little boy with special needs from eastern Europe. Not very far into the process, my husband changed his mind. I am trying to deal with this in a Godly way, but I feel extremely hurt, angry, and confused. I may be setting myself up for more heartache, but I am still trusting that we will bring him home.

  39. Oh Linney- I wish I hadn't missed your blog about the PICC line- I would have told you to say NO! (I'm behind reading due to personal issues) We've known 2 people who had them and both had trouble… praying for little Ruby!

    Please pray for our family. Due to job issues, hubby has had an unexpected and expensive return to college after 15+ years. He is nervous about being an adult student and it looks like it will stop our adoption plans. I am crushed. I keep asking God that if this adoption is not what He wants to take away my deep desire and it's getting worse! There is NO WAY in and of ourselves this will happen. I need mountains to move and I am afraid to ask. My little boy needs to come home!

  40. Praying ….. God give me the focus to fast! Please lift our DD and her/our attachment. We walk not by sight but by faith. Standing with you!!
    Maureen

  41. Oh, Linny, know that I am and have been praying for your sweet girl & your whole family!

    For me, the semester is finishing up, and I am taking a huge, scary step of faith & not finishing my degree. It is so clear that school is not where God wants me, but it's scary. He wants me back in Uganda… and sooner, rather than later.

    Please, please, please pray for my parents' hearts. They are not happy or supportive of what I believe God is telling me. They don't agree with what I want to do (what I feel God has told me flat out to do) and because of this, it's caused a painful rift in our relationship… a relationship that was just starting to actually heal & grow. I so want them on my side.

    Since I'm moving back to Uganda, Lord willing in the next 6-ish months, I need a TON of prayer. I'm still not 100% sure what He wants me doing in UG. I believe I'm supposed to start a family-style home that provides a home for orphans, while trying to get them into forever families, but I have NO idea where to start or how to start. I will, also, need a lot of financial & prayer support… and I just don't know where it's going to come from.

    The enemy is also having a field day with me and pushing doubt into my mind & heart.

    And lastly… please pray for my sweet son & that God will find a way for us to be a forever family.

    Thank you for praying for me. It does wonders for my heart.

  42. Praying for Ruby Grace today! She has been such a blessing to me and I love seeing how God continues to SHINE through all of this!

    I'm asking for prayer for my state boards next Tuesday. I'm so nervous and anxious about them and just want to be able to start helping people (when I pass my boards). Please pray for peace and knowledge.

  43. Storming heaven for Ruby Grace and all of you today! My prayer is for a personal confirmation about something BIG in the life of our family…that's all I can say:).

  44. Praying for all.

    I feel as if I am under attack this week. This semester was the first point in my life that I actually felt SECURE in the relationships I have with people, and all of a sudden I have been paralyzed with a fear of getting hurt by anyone and everyone. Please pray for peace.

    Also, there is a guy that I have been talking to recently. We share a lot of the same beliefs and we've both expressed interest in each other, but he says he doesn't have time for a girlfriend. I understood that, but it feels as if he's playing games with me and how he appears to feel one day is not the same the next (flirtatious and friendly one day, stand-offish the next). Please pray that God will give me the wisdom to deal with this before I get hurt.

  45. We've been praying for Ruby. Praying that God will heal her and use her testimony in a big way to bring others to Christ.

    I covet prayers about selling the house my husband bought against my will and is financially draining us and we are unable to sell.

  46. Prayer requests..

    -Troubles with our church (Being a pastors family is HARD and things need to change).

    -Our adoption. Paperwork seems to be stuck and our 9 year old girl need to be home in the next couple of weeks for different reasons.

    -I would love some prayers for me. I am struggling with so many hurts and feelings of not belonging.

    -For guidance for me. I am graduating next month and have no clue where to go from there.

  47. My daughter and I are still praying for Ruby Grace. I will continue to do so until she is happy and healthy. God can and does move mountains this I do know. I have seen it in action. I have no specific prayer requests to add for myself except that if God sees it as my path to adopt that he works on my husbands heart to get him on board with the process. 🙂 I am sure there are many other things I SHOULD be praying about, but I have given them to God to worry about and am not worring about them today. Jesus Rock that way!!! God Bless.

  48. Fasted yesterday…was goign to today but it didn't work out so will continue this weekend.
    I don't even know how to put my request into words anymore, but a huge thing would have to happen to have a lot of other things fall into place…need to get me home and no longer working, homeschooling, financing adoption…
    RUBY GRACE AND THE LINNY'S WHOLE FAMILY!
    Blessings all!

  49. Praying for Ruby from the nicu, in Hershey PA.
    And that is where are pray request starts.
    We received the call 2 weeks ago about a little angel that was born 11/31 and did we want her…. She has down syndrome , she has a whole in her heart, a grade 3 brain bleed and a perforated bowel…. And she is 8 weeks early. We needed to pray and told thhe worker that we would get back to her. She called us back and asked again the next day ( we didn't call back because our fear was telling us we couldn't do it… We have 6 other children and 3 of them are toddlers… So Glad my God is bigger then my fear) the worker told us they couldn't find anyone , were we sure we weren't her family… God clearly spoke to both my husband and I that he was our strength and we Could , and we're her family!

    So please pray with us for healing Em. Is slowly COMMING off her vent , we hope to start feeds soon( she had surgery on her bowel and pat was removed) Se gets very agitated when we are not here and her breathing and heart rate are high… Pray she stays calm when I need to go home to the other..pray she starts making stool, and her body continues to ubsorbe the blood that is in her brain, and that there is no swelling !!!!!!
    Thank you !!!!!

  50. Your darling little Ruby is in my prayers! I have been so awed by your family, and your example of moving forward with God, and withOUT fear. Ruby will be made whole!

    I would ask that you pray for my husband's heart to be softened to another adoption. Our last was, to say the least, difficult. But my heart has never been able to forget those faces that we saw, and I know our family will never be complete! Please pray for my husband to be willing to ask the Lord for His will, and that we may come to a decision together.

  51. Me again, back to praise God for the encouragement he gave me this morning. And to pray through the heartfelt requests above.
    Saw your tweet Linny, I am praying for healing, is there something they can give Ruby for pain, so difficult to hear she is in pain.

    xoxo Debbie

  52. Praying here in south central PA! We serve a God of MIRACLES! as we brought home a 8 month old special needs son from Ethiopia in August, and God has nearly COMPLETELY HEALED HIM!! you wouldn't even know that Z was ever on his deathbed. We are praying the same for beautiful Ruby Grace.

  53. It's a beautiful thing to join together in prayer!
    Our request is for God's blessing in our financial situation. All our documents are in for a mortgage modification. We are at our last option and know He's fully in control and sense that He is going to bring beauty from our ashes. Our specific request is for a quick favorable offer and peace through the process of trying to save our home.
    ~Kelly

  54. Praying for sweet Ruby Grace! I have asked for prayer for my Grandson Miguel whose Dad was murdered on 9-11 of this year in Mexico.Well… God heard. I did not tell that his Dads killer escaped. He was caught entering the U.S. illegally. He had a warrant for a attempted murder from 26 yrs.ago. They had his finger prints on file. He is in the county jail in my town. ONLY GOD! PLEASE PRAY HE WILL BE SAVED!! JANET

  55. Will continue to pray Ruby and SJ and the rest of your family. I lift up our 9 yr old waiting for us in China – that her heart be prepared for her new life in our family and that we travel in December if it be God's will, also for my niece who is 35 weeks pregnant and on bed rest, that she'll have a healthy, full term baby in God's good time, and for my daughter who is 22 weeks pregnant, that all will be well throughout the remainder of her pregnancy. Praises for God's blessings upon us (safety in a car accident last month) and that all we do glorify Him.

  56. Praying for all…
    Please continue to pray for the restoration of my marriage…it feels impossible at this time, but we know that All Things Are Possible With GOD!!!

  57. I fasted and prayed this morning for sweet Ruby Grace! I pray for her whenever I think about her throughout the day as well. I have been praying and will continue to pray for her every day. She is a special little gem and I can only imagine what heartache y'all must be going through w/ all of these medical issues she is having to go through. Sweet, sweet little Ruby Grace. God has plans for her and He will not abandon her.

    I feel bad asking for prayer when her needs are so great, but I know every prayer counts. If you could just say a prayer for our family. Our 9 year old daughter we adopted over 4 years ago is still really having a lot of emotional and behavior issues which makes it hard on all of us. Pray for peace in our family and for God's wisdom on what to do. Thanks for your prayers. God bless!
    ~Holly <><

  58. I thought I posted earlier but I don't think it registered. I am having a health issue and we are in the middle of a move. I have been praying for Ruby today (and everyday).

  59. I am lifting Ruby (and your family) up!

    Please pray for us. We are in the midst of an adoption from China (already logged in), and my husband has had a change of heart. In fact, he is adament that we quit. My heart is broken. Please pray Jesus moves mountains in Brad's heart. Thank you!

    I will gladly pray for everyone else!

  60. I would like prayers for two things:

    1. for my mother and I to receive the promise of Jesus and the Father that He mentioned in John 7:38 and Acts 1:4

    2. for peace, wellness, strength and joy for my mother to be secure in His love, as she goes through chemotherapy (she has done first round, and has 3 more to go).

    Many thanks 🙂

    I will pray for all prayer requests above

  61. Visiting my sis in WA state and just had a wonderful day with viewing falls yesterday that God has created and i captured it on film. One of the places I've wanted to visit. Thankful for His tender mercies of safe travel. There were a few times cars were too close for comfort.
    Reading this on my nephew's computer and doing a bit of catch up.
    Prayers for my dear friend Teresa B. and her battle with an aggressive breast cancer. A dear sister in the Lord.
    So have a good weekend and hugs to all.

  62. I've been telling my hubby and kids about you guys… and my hubby, and both sons (ages 12 and 10) also wanted to fast…makes me smile and warms my heart. The first thing they asked when they arrived home from school was "How's Ruby Grace?" Oh, and they had a bake sale at school today and they both did not eat a thing!! 🙂

  63. praying for Ruby Grace!

    Please pray that I will have the money to pay the 2010 property taxes by March 1. If I don't, I will lose my home and be homeless. So far, I have paid $1075 with another $300 going when I get paid on Tuesday. Also, I am still having trouble adjusting with life without my mother. I was her caregiver and though it has been 13 months (today), I miss her so much as much as I did when she first passed away. My family tells me I should be over her by now, but they have been saying that since 3 weeks after she died. My friends who are in the same position say it takes a couple of years. It just hurts so much without her. Thanks

    Heather

  64. Praying for Miss Ruby, what a blessing you hold in your arms!

    I need prayer aboout going a mission to Afercia. I have never been on a mission I have always wanted to since I wal littl.

    Pray that I am doing the right thing and that the Lord opens the door fininacially. I want to serve God by helping his children and people. I really think this is where I am being led. I just need to learn the in's and out's

    Oh Father gather you sheep around me and guide me to where you want me to be,

  65. I just want to say Thank You for taking the time to listen to others prayer requests. I have a foster child who's parents have court on Nov.23rd. At this time or soon after the Judge could terminate both parents rights. I hate to say I'm praying for termination but in this case it is the only way to keep all these children safe from continued harm. Dad is a child molester and Mom is an enabler who knew about the abuse and did nothing to protect the kids. They both have substance abuse problems, anger/violent issues, phyiscally, mental and verbal abuse, the list of issues is to long to list. There are 6 children in the mix with the parents and now just found out that mom is pregnant again. There has been child abuse and neglect going on for 16yrs now, and with no hope in sight unless the rights are finally terminated. This case has been on going for almost two yrs now and the kids have been in limbo, and being tormented with this whole situation. The safest thing for all of these kids is to have parents rights terminated. This is their only chance to be saved and have a safe and wonderful life and childhood they so deserve. We have the yongest child of the family and has been in our wonderful loving home for a yr and has fleurished with us in our stable safe home and we would love to keep him here with us, we feel he was meant to be with us. I know that's all in God's plan what will happen for this little boy, but we really hope and pray we are meant to adopt him. And also be able to adopt a baby sister for him too. We would really love to finally be blessed with a family we've been praying for for 12 yrs now. We've had so many heartbreaks and so many infertility problems, we would love it to be finally our time to have the family we so much desired. We want what so many take for granted…children and a completed family. We would finally love to have a easier road, and be able to adopt our foster child and a little baby sister as well with some what of ease. It's been so hard to deal with this heartbreak over and over again. We pray for God's good will to be done for our foster child and for us. We are so Thankful we've gotten the privledge of having him for a yr and just hope he's really meant to stay with us as our "son", and let the adoption process for him and baby girl to be easy and smooth as can be. I lost my Mother in the past few yrs who was my very best friend and my biggest supporter and just the most wonderful person I've ever had the privledge of knowing, my husband lost his Dad a yr before this, and then finding out we couldn't have children of our own and then so many obsticales and disappointments it's been a hard road and sometimes faith gets tested, but I always felt God would send us the children we were meant to have, that we were meant to save a childs life or lives, that was why we didn't have bio children.That that was our destiny. I believe that. I just hope our prayers for these children will soon be answered. We are very Thank ful for what we have now and have had, but we would love to fill the void in our lives that this little boy would help fill, since we feel like he's our own already..and hopefully a little baby girl to complete our family. I hope our prayers will be answered and we are meant to adopt him, and save him (and his siblings will be saved as well), and we can easily adopt him and a little girl. I Thank you and Hope God continues to bless you and your family.

  66. Please pray that we are able to adopt sweet Elijah — a 5 year old boy in China. My dh is slowly warming to the idea of adding a 5 th child to our busy household of young kids. Please pray that his paperwork comes into our agency's hands and that he is safe and loved as he lives in his foster home. I pray my desire to be his mama is in allignment with the Lords plan for Elijah. Thank you. I will be praying for you all too
    samantha

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