November 2009

In Matthew 6:7-13, Jesus said:

“When you pray, don’t babble on and on as people of other religions do. They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again. Don’t be like them, for your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him! Pray like this:

Our Father in heaven,
may your name be kept holy.
May your Kingdom come soon.
May your will be done on earth,
as it is in heaven.
Give us today the food we need,
and forgive us our sins,
as we have forgiven those who sin against us.
And don’t let us yield to temptation,
but rescue us from the evil one."

Prayer Requests (29)

One of my mom's friends is having heart surgery tomorrow. The past few months have been very difficult for him with the economy being so horrible. He and his wife seperated and he has been forced to move back in with his mom. Please pray that he will fully recover from his surgery and that things in his life will start to patch up.

Thanks! :)

 

my 2 best friends are moving to another country tomarrow & im really having a hard i time with it. i've ask for prayer for them in the past but they really need it. like i've stated in the past request, their missionaries. they need the prayer &i think i do too.
thx

 

My best friend's parents just got into a horrible car accident. Her father is fine and at home now, but her mom is still in the hospital and will be for some time. She had to have immediate surgery after the accident for internal bleeding and is still very week after being tossed out of the car on impact. Please pray for my friend's family and the recovery of her mother.

 

Please pray for my friend, his mom has cancer, and they recently have had hospice help take care of her. (Pretty much there is nothing more that can be done for her). I am not sure if she is a christian, but i pray she is so she will be pain free with her savior. Please also pray for my friend who has recently become really rebelious, and has been drinking, and hooking up with guys. I have tried taking her to church, and just loving her, to help her, but i am out of ideas. But through God all things are possible, and i know he can answer all of our prayers if it is in his big plan.

 

Please pray for my familia :) Going through tough times with the economy :/

 

my mamaw passed today....i be very sad...

 

Please pray for my friends who I love dearly. We are sort of separating but I would like to keep a bond with each of them, especially a special someone <3
Please pray for one of my old teachers. Something fell on her and she almost broke her back. She's recovering but it's not the same. I love her.

 

My soccer coach who is the father of a 3 yr old is now in afghanistan. Plz pray for all military men and women along with their families and friends

 

There is a young man that used to go to high school where I go now. My parents both teach at my school and this boy was in my dad's agri classes. About a month ago he was outside building a fire. His wife was in the house so she isn't really sure, but somehow a can of paint thinner was involved and the fire got all over Brent. His wife came outside and sprayed him off with a water hose. He is a lot better now.. They just started letting him come out from under sedation this week and he seems to be doing a lot better. He has had one skin grapht already but he has many, many more surgeries to come. Please pray for Brent and his family. His parents have been the best witness through all of this. They tell everyone he is in God's hands and that is the best hands they could put him in. Also please pray for his wife. They haven't been married very long, but just before the accident happened she found out she was five weeks pregnant. This is a terrible tragedy but his parents know that God is and will be glorified through this whole situation. Please pray for them all and the doctors that are watching over Brent. He has a long journey to recovery before him and he needs all of the support he can get. Thanks again! :)

 

please pray that i become better in person not seeing life so dark and having a better relationship with my mom. Pray for those who are fighting and for those that dont have anyone.

 

hey i kinda need some prayer things have not been well in my house my bro and his wife moved out and i dont like the kind of quiteness its been. could you please pray. thANKS

 

im just wondering...is it possible 2 fall in love - like real love that husbands and wives have - when ur 13 or 14???? can it happen??? or r grlz 2 young 4 that??? just wondering...:)

 

so 1 of my good friends (lets call her j) is being pretty mean 2 me l8ly. she likes 2b sarcastic, & its bothered me sumwat in the past, but shes been getting meaner and being sarcastic alot more often. shes also been k/o ignoring me l8ly. she also has this huge crush on my bff (lets call him s) 4 2 yrs & recently he went out w/ this other grl (thats a whole other story) and it just about killed j. s and the grl broke up after a month but ever since they started going out j has been obssessing over s. she talks about him way 2 much & shes not eating very much anymore b/c shes so upset over him. shes positive he likes me even though he doesnt & she keeps talking about it. its getting rly tiring & its not good 4 her. also, b/c s & i r bffs he tells me evrything & she normally finds out things about him through some1 else l8r (if @ all). then when she finds out ive known the thing 4 a long time & i didnt tell her she gets mad @ me b/c she wnts 2 know evrything about him & if i dont tell her evrything i know about him she thinks im betraying her. i think thats totally not fair. i cant going around telling his secrets of course. plz pray that ill get evrything wrked out w/ her.
ok, now about s. so he rly likes this grl (lets call her v) whos totally a player (but he didnt know that until i told him). he asked her out and kissed her even tho hes not supposed 2. 2b honest, i got pretty mad and disappointed in him but we talked about and i 4gave him. anyway, she dumped him after almost a month and he was crushed. hes doing ok now but he still rly likes her. plz pray 4 him, just that he'll get over her sometime and not do anything like that again and be able 2 stay strong and get evrything wrked out. just 2 clarify, hes NOT by boyfriend, just my greatest friend ever. :)
now i have requests 4 v ( the grl s likes). shes 1 of my best friends and 2b honest, she sounds exactly like shelby. hopefully that tells u y she needs prayer!! (by the way, im praying 4 u shelby.:)) v did have sex w/ a guy (who is 16!!!!! isnt that illegal??!) this summer and he made all kinds of promises 2 her and then he dumped her a few wks ago and shes so so totally crushed...its actually rly hard 2 watch. so plz pray 4 her 2 - shes rly rly rly needs it!!!!!
ok, last thing. plz pray 4 me as i deal w/ all this!! also ive been homeschooled my whole life up until this yr and this yr i started public school as a freshman and im not getting the grades i would like (A-'s, B's, C's r what im getting...) so if u could plz pray that my grades improve. and that i resist the temptation 2 swear.. almost evry1 does @ my school so its hard not 2. also plz pray that i get more sleep and that i have better time management!!!!! and that i spend more time w/ god... hvnt rly been doing that since school started. and just pray that i get my whole life under control and that i follow gods will.
ok thats all 4 now. sry that this is so dang long!!!!!!!!!!!
i luv and am praying 4 u all!!!!! thank u so much!!!!!
eliza:)

 

I have two. My first one is that my best friend's grandmother died Sunday night and it's really hard on her. She hasn't been coming to school for a whole week. So please pray for her. My second one is that there's this guy at my school, he's in 11th grade, his house burned down two days ago. Not only that, but he can't find his sister. I'm not sure if they (my friend and headmaster) found her or not. I'm really worried for both of my friends. Please keep them in your prayers. I know it's really hard for them. Both of them going through really tough times.

 

My friend, Anna, had surgery to remove this lump from her throat. Then, she got an infection, which they just recently had surgery on again. I heard the surgery went well. Please pray that she will have a safe and full recovery and that the disease and infection does not return. Also, that God will be her comfort because I know that this is very hard for her and she needs support and care that only God can provide.

 

so i have a huge crush on my best freind & all of my real good friends know it, i wish i didn't like him like that but i do. since i told him the flirting has gotten worse with everyday. i mean the guy picked me after school to shows his buddies (& i) he cuold! it's already hard enough with him flirting did he have to pick me up? i'm in a real bad sitchuation because he's not a christion, so i refuse to date him. but it's real hard!

 

Keep praying for my missionary friends. Their leaving on the 30th of this month, & i think that tommarow is the last time i'll see them for a while :(
i wrote earlier this month &im requesting more prayer because it seems like everywhere i turn my friends need it or i do. My friend Dalton might be laeving earleir than expected, infact way earlier. instead of aruond Christmas, Dalton might be leaveing aruond thanksgiving next week! i'm soooo sad. i know i should look to the bright side of things but it's hard! I haven't cried... yet but im pretty sure i will. i mean come on, 4 of my freinds are moving. Two to Slavokia, one up state of where i live &my best freind of all time is moveing to Flordia( i for got to minchen that dalton's sister wount be going to Flordia after all, she'll be moving up state from me).
last but not least, speech & debate is getting really stressful & ag-ro-vat-ing, lol can't spell. i know that you can't win them all but with every turnament it seems that the more i suck!
thx again i'll be praying for you all.

 

Madoson: For your friend that is Hindu i know a great book you could give her. its called "Just Ask" by Melody Carlson. I am reading it now and discusses how Christianity is different from the other religions in the eyes of a girl who's adopted family was Christian, but her original family was Buddhist. she struggles between the two.

 

Plz pray for my bestie Maddi...her mommy has breast cancer and goes into surgery on friday...plz pray all goes well....

 

Please pray for the soliders in afganstan, and my teacher's nephew is fighting there and there have been alot of bombing:(

 

Sister needs to be nice. She so mean. Please help her be nice, cause she is so mean.

 

Well, I haven't been on the Pray Request thing for so long and I relized that alot has changed. When I went to youth group a long time ago I felt like a ghost. No one would talk to me and poeple would never listen to what I said. They are all in clicks. I never want to go back because everytime I go I feel rejected. I just don't feel like youth group is for me. I don't want to always be a loner there. Please pray for me. Thank you!

 

Okay, so I posted this first to yahoo answers, not my best idea, then here. I've liked a guy for a year and a half nearly and we've been okay friends. I told him I liked him about 2 months ago, and he turned me down. I told him I valued our friendship more than a dating relationship (mostly because I didn't want to lose connection) but the longing for the relationship is still very much there. I care a lot about him and I'd like for him to ask me out just so that I can see if this sweet, cute, funny, Christian guy is for me. We are getting close again and I don't want to blow our friendship, but I want him to know that there may be more to us. I feel he's worth some considering. Can you help me with what to do and pray for me on how to carry out this in a way God can work through?

 

my mom needs a job...she & i are among the people who always do the right thing even if it hurts us and helps someone else. I want her to have a job she will LOVE no matter what ...she has been out of work for 4 years now because of her degenerative disc disease...please pray she will find a job in gods right timing so we can keep our house ,clothes,ect.

 

I have a hard time witnessing to two friends: one thinks she's a Christian but has all secular beliefs( abortion, gay rights,etc) and when I told her that they were wrong, she asked,"why? Because it says so in the 'bible'?" and another who is Hindu. I feel God wants me to witness to her (instead of any of my other friends) because I've known her longest and have been her friend longest. She gets Christianity sort of, but she needs to get it's the one way. Also, she may get disowned, I've heard, if she accepts Christ. The third request I have is boy troubles. I feel flattered when guys like me and need help finding happiness in God, not in guys liking me. I also want to be prayed for, as for any ther young woman that isn't happily married, that we will all find men who love us ( I know I'm far from that, but I just want to say) and also that my uncle will find a special someone that won't treat him bad or drop their engagement.

 

My math teacher is in a very bad situation. He got sick last week with Swine Flu, then it turn to Pneumonia which turned to double pneumonia. He is currently in the hospital ICU- critical condition. Strong christian students in my school get together in little groups everyday and pray for him. Please help us pray for his recovery and that he may be healed.

 

ive got alot of things that need to be prayed for so this'll be a long entry...
Im on the speech & debate team at school. this weekend is the annual ternament that my school host every year. this year we hav 1/3 of the judges we need. so what? Well, my coch has been telling us that each one of the team members need 10 ruonds of judges, wich means i need at least 8-10 judges. Everyone i know that are old enough to do it, that means if your oiut oh high school you old enough, hav so meany reasons why they can't do it. for examples... they can't do it because their working, they need child care wich means they need to get a babysitter (& guess who their babysitter is? me), not to minchin the "i don't wount to do it becuase i'd be wasting my weekend", but who can blame them? i don't wuont to be at school for an exrtra day untill 10 or 11 at night, yes that late. i need judges becuse i hav NONE. just be praying that God gives my coch understanding &that He'll give favor with her.
also my #1 crush, you kno the kind that are the first chioce for a boyfriend, is moving to Europe or Slovockia becuase his family are missionaries( idk how to spell that cuontry) it's near Russia. His sister & i are good friends & we are good friends. im going to miss them sooooo much! the next time i'll be able to see them is in 2-3 years! that's a LONG time to be waiting to see your close friends in person. be praying that God sends His angles ahead of them to prepare their way &that He prtoects them. ill miss them soo much!
My bff is moving to flordia after Christmas. im going to miss him soooo much too(yes my bff is a guy)!He's name is Dalton & ive tried, for aruond 2 1/2 years, to get him saved. Ive whitnessed to him soo much & now he's laeving to Flordia. this leaves me with quetions like, "why is Dalton moving?" & "is this God or is it the devil trying to descorage me?" im soo bumbed to see Dalton & his sister move away. i have no clue if they'll ever come back. im soooooooo sad. please pray that Dalton gets saved. He really needs God. i resently gave him a bible & a picture of me &when i did he was soo excited. i was very happy that i gave him somthing that he'd be entrested in. We like eachother but considering he's not saved not to minchen he dosen't hav the best reputation out there we never had. He knows im interested in a good christion guy.(sadly my type is moving to Europe on the other side of the earth). but it's been harder latly but im standing my gruond & not settling. Please pray Dalton gets saved &that i don't settle for less then what im looking 4 in a guy.
And last but least there's a guy i have in my study hall. his name is Caleb & he told me he liked me. well,he's one of Dalton's friends &i developed aliitle crush on this dude. He lives near me & is really nice. but sertainly not someone that's good for me. but i CAN NOT! AT ALL! GET INVOLVED WITH THIS GUY! he's an acquentance & dosen't need to be anything more. I told him that we cuold only be friendly aquentances but idk if he got it. he's been really forward lately, asking me what im doing after school. idk why this guy intersts me but just pray that all these feelings for him gose away. just pray that god gets this kid out of my life but in a peacefull way w/o hard feelings.
see i told you this was a long entry.
well thx tons & ill be checkin' in on u all.
T hx again
:)

 

my prayer request is that my dad would find a christian job. and my two brothers and their wives would come to know God.

 

Hey,
Ive kinda been following the prayer board and such. And this is for Shelby. Im praying for you, i just wanted you to know. I have suffered with depression and i can tell from reading your posts that you also struggle with it. The hardest thing about depression is that you cant talk about it. Talking about it feels like the hardest thing you could ever do. But i found that when i finally told someone i felt much better. Find a friend and tell them the truth. Tell them you are the girl in the story. I wouldnt confide in this boy that you seem to like so much. Find someone who has known you a long time. It will help. Give it all to God.It wont just go away, i still struggle with it. But dont be afraid to show how you are feeling, dont be afraid to be emotional

I hope this helps