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Please pray for my niece. She is young, only eighteen, has gotten in with a really bad bunch of friends and now the girl who used to travel all over the United States winning Bible quiz competitions, smokes marijuana, drinks hard and has started proclaiming herself a lesbian. Her family lost a child to a hidden illness last year and dealing with her issues now is almost more than they can take. In prayer, the Holy Spirit revealed to me that she is a hurting child, and has felt cut off from her mother's affections for most of her life. The way the Holy Spirit showed it to me is that they both care for each other, but aren't able to show it in a way the other understands. I do believe that she is crying out through her actions, but the deeper she goes into this lifestyle, the harder it will be for her to get out. Please agree with me for her deliverance from this lifestyle. I am asking God to break down the relationships she has with this crowd of friends and bring people she cared for and trusted in her past to be in the right place at the right time to minister to her. I have also been praying that God give her dreams in which she sees herself the way he created her to be and that it would plant a desire in her to be that person. Thank you all so much!!

Just another UPDATE!! My dad came home from the hospital last night, exactly six weeks after he was taken by helicopter to the hospital and not given much hope of making it. But God did the miraculous and brought him through. Please continue to pray for my Dad. He needs to grow in strength and will be on pretty powerful meds.....most likely for the rest of his life. But EVERY complication the enemy threw in Dad's way, our Father God removed!! So thankful for all your prayers. God is SO FAITHFUL!!

Just another update; Dad had the surgical procedure done last Monday without any complications. He is having the dialysis port removed this Monday. Everything he has had need of God has supplied amazingly, abundantly, above what we could ask or think! I really feel in my spirit that when they recheck for the blood clot they will not be able to find it. Dad has felt well enough that he got to spend some time outside on the patio of the hospital this morning. He is eating real food and doing some walking. Thank you so much for the prayers. He is a miracle!! And he believes that God spared him and healed him for a specific reason. Oh, and he may get to GO HOME next week!! PRAISE GOD!!

Just an update; Dad is doing GREAT!! He is no longer breathing with the ventilator. He is talking, eating, and laughing! He is possibly DONE with dialysis, but continue to speak LIFE to his kidneys!! He will be having a drainage tube put in for his gallbladder tomorrow and this involves a surgical setting. PLEASE pray that this is accomplished without ANY complications or setbacks. He has been on high amounts of blood thinners to reduce the pulmonary embolism, and we don't want any unnecessary bleeding. I am believing GOD that when they do the next ct scan to locate the blood clot that it will be completely GONE! His doctor said today that at the rate my Dad is improving and progressing, he will be released from the hospital pretty soon. Music to our ears after four weeks in ICU. God is SO GOOD! Please, continue to pray and agree with us for his complete healing!! Thank you all!!

Thank you Astra. You have given me much to think about and hope for. I appreciate your prayers and the time you have taken to share this more than you will ever know! God bless!!

Just a few specifics my dad needs for continued healing. **His blood, which they were thinning due to the blood clot, had gotten too thin and needs to thicken a bit. **His gallbladder, which is causing infection, needs a drainage tube put in. We need this to be able to happen soon & the infection to be gone. **He needs to be able to pass the swallow test.....he is so thirsty and just wants ice-chips. But he is very limited until he passes the swallow test...please pray for his healing in this area. **He is weak and depressed and wanting to progress, but is hindered by the above needs. Thank you all for the continued prayers. There is NOTHING to hard for God to do!! Thanks again & God bless!! Dawn

Yes, my Dad is a believer and he has had to trust God thru some very hard times. He is probably less anxious than I am in staying by himself. I called his nurse this morning and she said he told her he'd slept well. I know God has carried him thru this ordeal. Please agree with us for everything to be healed completely, no setbacks and strength in his body to be able to pull thru the physical therapy. I do not know how to pray for my mother. She denies having any issues. I just pray God's will be done in her. And that He enable me to honor her even when it seems impossible!

I sent out a mass text to extended family....have been getting a few willing to step up and help out. Please pray specifically for Tuesday and Thursday to be covered!! Thank you!!

What a lovely thought, Deborah! I could ask my uncle. He used to pastor in that city. Although, Dad may not like it. He is pretty much a family is family kind of guy.

The decision to do something was taken out of out hands. The hospital has decided that if she isn't taking her meds, she cannot stay overnight in Dad's room. Now the problem is that Dad has a lot of anxiety about staying alone in a hospital (his mother died because she was alone the nurses didn't come check on her) and with Mom out of the picture of being able to sit with Dad, that leaves the rest of us; who are worn out from doing two and three days shifts to sit with Dad to cover for a couple who haven't stepped up to do it yet. It wouldn't be so bad but we all live from an hour to four hours away from the hospital. Please pray that God will direct us. Our Dad has possibly 3-4 more weeks in this facility.

Thank you all so much for the prayers for my dad. He is doing amazingly. Two doctors have already proclaimed his progress as "a miracle". He has been placed in a specialty hospital for his recovery (he had double pneumonia, sepsis and a massive blood clot in his right lung). His survival rate at the time of his admission to the hospital was 20%. His new physician team have discovered he wasn't completely over the pneumonia and are addressing it with more aggressive antibiotics. The sepsis is gone and he is no longer symptomatic of having the blood clot. He is still on a trach-ventilator and cannot eat or talk and he is weak from three-weeks of bed-rest, most of which during he was heavily sedated. But he is awake now, alert and sharp as ever. His heart rates, oxygen levels and everything else they check is wonderful and he is progressing. And his kidneys have taken a hit, so he is currently undergoing short-time dialysis to correct the problem. The doctor expects it to be resolved soon, as his kidneys ARE working on their own. PLEASE continue to pray that all the health issues will be resolved and healed and his physical therapy goes well. He was very active before this attack and being even a partial invalid would be extremely hard on him and very depressing. Now onto the "hard place".......as some of you know, last winter, my mother was diagnosed with a severe mental illness. She was placed on meds and had a psychiatrist and therapist she has to meet with weekly. This has been a difficult situation because she is convinced she is fine and is a victim. After dealing with her for over twenty years on this (and knowing other members of her family who suffer with the same illness) we realize she is deluding herself. But she declared herself "fine" in May. She quit taking her meds, and stopped going to her psychiatrist. When my dad went into the hospital, she quit seeing her therapist. She has been getting progressively worse and even had to be told to leave dad's room by his nurse, three times. So, my brothers and I need the wisdom of God to know what to do here. Do we recommit her or do we let her slide and focus on dad getting better. But how can dad come home in the projected three to four weeks when Mom will be his main care-giver? Just do not know what to do. If I was advising anyone, I would say, RECOMMIT her! But it is so much harder when she is your mother and she really isn't hurting anyone.....just living in her delusions and telling her stories and believing everyone is out to get her. But as my brother has said, those are the kind of people you see on Dateline, after the crime. Thank you for your prayers!!

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! to all who have been praying for my Dad!! My brother just texted me that they have taken Dad off the breathing machine and Dad is fine, doing well!! The nurse said all he needs to do now is regain his strength and recuperate. He is trying to talk even though the nurse has told him he needs to save his voice for now. His doctor told my brother that Dad is a MIRACLE!! (dad's odds of living through this was 20%) But we know a GOD that is able to perform the miraculous!! Please continue to pray for Dad's strength, continued healing and no setbacks. Thank you again and God bless you all!!

Thank you so much for the prayers!! My dad is still in the icu and still progressing. His doctor has said he is a miracle. The pneumonia is gone from his right lung and receding from his left lung. The sepsis is completely gone. He is breathing well with a ventilator. If you are praying with us, please agree for; 1) blood clot to dissolve easily and quickly 2) all infection gone from his body 3) full recovery of his kidneys 4) full restoration Thank you SO MUCH!! God bless you all!!

Thank you so much and please keep praying!! They found a large blood clot in his right lung, he has double pneumonia and sepsis. The fact that he made it to the hospital alive is a miracle! Everyday he just keeps improving and responding to treatment, but he is still in critical condition. We are trusting God to completely heal him. Thank you again and God bless you for the prayers!!

My dad was just taken to the hospital by air ambulance. He cannot breathe. PLEASE pray!! We a trusting God for complete healing and restoration!! THANK YOU!!

Thank you Cholette. Maybe I should have added that one of the reasons the couple left the ministry in the first place was that the lady of the pair has a Jezebel spirit. I am not just saying that lightly. She manipulated her husband, and the pastor of that church, and the praise and worship leader, and the pastor's wife, etc. etc. Whatever she wanted, she GOT. The Holy Spirit opened my eyes to the truth of it when I didn't give her her way over a simple incidence. When she found she could no longer manipulate me to watch her children free of charge and all the time, at the drop of a hat, and that she could not dictate to me how to do my own ministry, even though she wasn't part of that ministry, she was done with me. It fell like dominoes. First the praise & worship leader, then me, then the pastor's wife, and eventually the pastor. When she sensed her husband was even beginning to see the truth, she hurriedly manipulated the situation and he was amazed that he was called for a job IN ANOTHER STATE. Of course, he didn't know his wife had pulled in some favors from some family she had in that area. And he was disappointed that all he was promised when he moved didn't pan out (he was told he was being seriously considered for a ministry position in a church in that town. Years later he still isn't doing ministry of any kind). I just know that she doesn't contact us unless she wants something more. Her text may say a simple get together over cake and gifts. But there will be fine print involved that you don't even realize is there until you are caught in her web with no gracious way to decline.

We know some people, who we used to work with in ministry. At one time we were very close to them, even our children were best friends. Then they left the ministry and moved to another state for better jobs. They have been there a few years, have bought a home and joined a church they love. We hadn't heard much from them since they have been gone. However, we did discover after they left that they had used their position in the church we both served to plant seeds of rebellion in the kids they taught. They basically twisted certain scriptures to say what they wanted them to say; so the "cool" and "worldly" things the Bible calls sin, in their opinion was NOT. The sad thing is they have convinced at least one of our children that certain things the Bible calls sin, isn't. Now to our dilemma. They know how both my husband and I stand on those issues. And from the pictures they are posting on fb they are getting even deeper into their deception. A month ago I received a text from them, wanting us to come visit because their daughter was performing at an big contest and she wanted us there. We cited other plans we had at the time. But last week I received a text from them again. Their son wants us to come for his birthday. He shares a birthday with one of mine and they always used to celebrate together. I haven't even answered the text. We really want nothing to do with them. Their lifestyle and ours are poles apart, We want no more "leaven" added to our children's hearts that is going to take a lot of time and prayer getting out. We love them, pray for them, but just want to live our lives away from them. All this sudden, out of the blue contact also makes me wonder, why??

Praying God's favor and blessing and "peace that passes all understanding" every step of the way!!

You are so wise to seek confirmation. But in asking for confirmation, I am guessing this did not confirm what you already had in your heart. Any prophecy given to you should CONFIRM what you already know by the Spirit. Anything prophesied over you that does not confirm something the Lord has already spoken to your heart needs to be prayed about or placed on a shelf. Just because a man or woman says words over you does not make those words "thus saith the Lord".........just be careful accepting words spoken over you. The Bible says to "know those who labor among you" and also "let no man lay hands on you suddenly"......there are true prophets and there are false prophets. I have seen those who have been basically "prophesied" out of God's true will for their life by some of those last kind. A very good friend of mine, a widow, was prophesied over several years ago that she was supposed to marry again, to another man in the church. They trusted the prophet and married. But it was disastrous and tore apart her relationship with her still grieving teen-aged children. Even today, years later, her sons will have nothing to do with God or the church. And her marriage is very hard, the man she married a very difficult person to live with. Praying God give you the confirmation if the prophesy was from him and clarity if it was not. God bless!!

Do they by any chance live on or near an Indian reservation? There are certain evil spirits that attach themselves to certain areas. And attending a church that does believe in the power of the Holy Spirit and deliverance would be a must. You say they have been through some deliverance. Did they continue to fill themselves with more of God and his word or were they, perhaps, like the house that is "clean and swept and garnished" (emptied out) that Jesus spoke of, so that more "unclean spirits" came back after a season and took up residence there again? Praying for you!!

Lara, I don't know your story, but I know this; Jesus died to set you free, He sacrificed everything he was for everything you need. When we get our eyes off Jesus and onto our hurts, other people and situations around us, it is easy to become bitter and disillusioned. We become like Peter, who made a big step in stepping out of the boat, onto the water, but in noticing the wind and the waves, he forgot about Jesus, standing there with arms open wide. Everyone misses it from time to time. Everyone finds themselves in a place they didn't expect to be. But turning to Jesus CAN turn it around. Sometimes we just have to get alone with Jesus, worship him without asking for anything, focus on him and his love and let him heal the hurts and let him begin to rebuild our lives. When we get our eyes on Jesus, we lose focus on those things that irritate us so badly.When we stand before Jesus on that day, it isn't going to matter what you had in this life, where you went or what you wore. The only things that will matter is, did you love him? did you share him? could others see him in you? Praying for you!!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this!!!! As a former children's church pastor, this warms my heart!! Thank you so much for sharing!!

I posted a prayer on here a while back about the church we were attending that seemed so cold and unfriendly. Thank you all for praying. But I think it was as I suspected all along.....we were not supposed to "hook in" because that church was just a rest stop on the highway of life. In recent weeks we have felt a release from that church and my husband has been getting opportunities to minister all over the place. We know it is time to find our true place. We desire your prayers for clear direction....not just "feels right" or "convenient" but true, Godly leadership to the right path. We live in a rural area and most churches that flow in the Spirit are quite a drive. But I would rather sell our home and move than have to compromise where we worship. My husband thinks this is impossible, with the real estate market tanked. And with refinancing a few years ago to do some remodeling he doesn't think we have enough equity to sell. Please just pray......Holy Spirit led direction. That is all we desire is to just be where God wants us to be, doing what he has called us to do, reaching those he has called us to reach. Thank you!

He actually came to me a few days ago and we had a very good talk. Cholette was right and he does feel lousy about himself. He even apologized for many things. Right now he is pursuing a possible tech school angle and ramping up the job search. I think just stepping back and letting God deal with it was what we needed in the end.

Our son is serving the Lord, which is a blessing!! He is just so unmotivated about finding a job. I have cast the care of it over on the Lord and am trusting Him to speak to my son's heart. I do believe you are right, Cholette, in that his attitude is being fueled by his own unhappiness with himself. I just keep asking God to surround my son with people who will motivate him to do what is right. Thank you and God bless!!