Huge praise that the Praise and Prayer chain is again in operation!! Sorry, for the breakdown of the system, but AOL felt that we were sending out spam and shut the system down. Thanks to those who helped me get through this very frustrating situation.
Prayers requested for a friend for strength to face the changes in her life.
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Well, I was not expecting to spend my 23rd anniversary in the ER. I had been having some pain over the last couple of weeks that came to a head today (can you say “denial”?) They ruled out cardiac, gall bladder, and lung issues and have settled on muscle strain. However, they have diagnosed me with high blood pressure. When I got to the ER it was 215/118 and when I left it was 179/100. I am on pain meds to see if reducing the pain will lower my BP, but I have to follow up with my doctor tomorrow. Please keep my BP in prayer. Hypertension does run in my family, so it was just a matter of time.
Psalms 133:1 A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
~ Thank you all for your support. Your presence in body and Spirit is a testimony of your love for God. It also encourages me to go after the Lord harder for the edification of the Saints, the salvation of the lost and the glory of our Lord Jesus. Thank you. I hope that you will all be blessed.
Maranatha!
Just had a call from my sister in Ohio, Her son has fallen about 30 ft. He was airlifted to a hosp. He has broken arms, shoulders, back, tail bone ,hips, and legs, also collapsed lung, please keep my sister, nephew, and their family in your prayers
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THE FOLKS WHERE I STAY, ARE ASKING FOR PRAYERS, AS AM I. HIS MOM HAS HAD A STROKE. SHE IS IN THE HOSPITAL WHERE SHE LIVES. THEY ARE DOING TESTS. SHE IS A REALLY NICE LADY. I HAVE NEVER MET HER IN PERSON, BUT WE HAVE HAVE SPOKEN OFTEN ON THE PHONE. SHE HAS BEEN GETTING DIALYSIS FOR QUITE A WHILE.. THE SYMPTOMS, AS FAR AS WE KNOW, ARE THAT SHE CANNOT SPEAK OR WRITE. WE ALL KNOW GOD IS THE GREAT HEALER!!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS!!!
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Please pray for a young man who fell off his skateboard and suffered a severe head injury. He is currently in an induced coma.
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Prayers for a friend. I am not sure what is happening, but will update everyone when I find out. Just know that she is in the hospital again and not doing well.
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Please pray for a young teenage boy, who was severely burned.
I would like to ask for some prayers please.
I’m going to be truthful, I hope I don’t make anyone mad. I had my back op and so far it’s been a fast bounce back. i what to thank all that has prayed for a torn soul like mine. Lately I need you guys now more then ever. I got a great wife and kids, but I’ve back slid and I do love God but I’ve felt mad, depressed ,and, after my uncle dying and my mother getting cancer, my great gramma get worse. I’m really trying to keep my head up and stay with God, but I’ve felt like riping off someone’s head . I keep things in. I don’t show anyone my weakness because I was brought up man don’t cry and let people in so I keep a harden shell so I don’t look like I’m weak ,I don’t smile and that’s because that’s not who I am, but with my Closer Walk famliy maybe I can get back to being closer to God again the way I was. I was happy then, but now not so much. I’m sorry but that is the truth of it, I loved serving on the Walks and I’ve given two talks, and I got God to thank for that my brothers for asking me to be there and the pastor that were there even if I did something that I did that they didn’t like, but that is who I am.
I want to thank you all for the prayers I’m feeling better.
My cousin’s grandson was born early and the mother is having problems too. Please pray for them. They really need the prayers.
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Prayers needed for one of my staff members…TY
I was asked to post a request for prayer for a grandfather of a student. He went in for an MRI for symptoms he was experiencing and they found a tumor. He will find out whether it is malignant or not.
It is still so amazing to me to say the words…..Lord hear my prayer and then know He has heard and then to see how they were answered!!! It is truly a joyous day!! Thank you Jesus for walking with and sometimes carrying my girls!!
Not a requests, but some thoughts on trials.
In Colossians 1:11, Paul prays that “(you will be) strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and long-suffering with joy.” This seems rather relevant to the topic of prayer requests, so I would like to share what I got out of that passage in my devotions today. From my study of the words “patience” and “longsuffering”, I conclude that we can be confident that God in His glorious power is not only able, but eager to make us rock solid strong to have a calm spirit in each trial, small or great, single or in great number, brief or long-lasting, no matter the character of our past responses. It is God who gives the strength, and this strength is absolutely sufficient for us to be courageous, content, and full of joy and thanksgiving in every circumstance he allows into our lives. Hallelujah!
Having this kind of response to trials has been my focus recently, so I was really blessed by these thoughts. I pray this for myself and for you, my brothers and sisters. May our Lord have joy as we receive this truth and take Him up on it.
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God is good! My reservations at this “resort” have been rescinded and they are kicking me out.
I am home!!!!! They ruled the headache was due to the high blood pressure…the headache caused the blood pressure to keep climbing….thus the vicious cycle. I truly believe that the prednisone they put me on for the anaphylaxis started the chain reaction. But I am now feeling better, on BP medication, and looking forward to relaxing….thank you everyone for their prayers
Brother and sister Ii need praying for I’ve had my sixth back operation and i got a lump where they cut me open and they said it was a sack of fuild and once again I’m asking for you to pray for me. I feel I’m slipping away. I’ve been praying for another invite to serve on the walk. When I’m there I feel over joyed with the spirit of God and the Holy Ghost. I need my brothers and sisters more than ever, but I need it more than ever. Please help! I love all of you and a special thank to my brothers. Love you all more then you ever know
Please pray for my daughter, she had disk surgery in June. While out on medical leave, her employer filled her position, she is unemployed and buried financially. She has an interview on Friday. Please pray that it goes well. Thank you, Prayer Warriors!
they told her they would hold her job for 13 weeks, but they didn’t…it’s a small office with 6 or 7 employees….there’s less than 50 employees, so they don’t need to comply with FMLA. She is getting unemployment, but needs to be working…
Just found out that my b-i-l may have cancer. He went in to the doctor due to ear problems and his doctor found what he believes to be cancer on his tonsils. They will be following up to see if it has moved into the bones. I’m hoping it is something else entirely and will be rediagnosed by the second doctor. Please pray for him. This is the husband of the s-i-l that has been dealing with breast cancer these long months. Please hold the whole family before God. Thank you so much.
Asking for prayers for new born baby on her way to Rochester one day old not doing well. Pray for her parents and big sister.
UPDATE: our daughter, had her radiation this past weekend. She had her full body scan and she is cancer free. Yay! God has definitely blessed our family!!!!
Out of surgery. Went well. Reattached rotator cup. Removed some arthritis from collar bone spurs and shaved off bump from shoulder bone
Please keep us in prayer as we prepare to go to Haiti on Sept 4. Currently we are in need of four more sets of twin bed sheets. If anyone could bring them to the weekend we can get them at closing.
GOD IS SO GOOD!!!! I want to thank everyone for their prayers concerning our house! thanks to some wonderful friends and our closer walk community we got the money to pay off our taxes on our house! people have just gave us some money not even asking for it to be paid back they r truly putting the bible into action! we are truly grateful for everything our friends and church family and closer walk family has done for us! God is good all the time!!!!! DE COLORES!!!
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Prayers requested for the mother of a friend. Prayers for comfort and to live with dignity Prayers also for Gods will to be done.
dear brothers and sisters, my heart is heavy today as I have found out that my nephew and his wife have broken their marriage. she is a good girl, and apparently he is having issues: drugs, abusing her, ignoring his son, and now has a girlfriend and is homeless living on a friend’s couch. Meanwhile this girl is dealing with healing because he choked her and hurt her and has to heal a broken heart as well. I am very disappointed in my nephew, but life happens sometimes and he has not had God in his life as my sister chose not to bring her children up in the Lord. This couple are only in their 20’s, and his son from a previous marriage is only 3 and has severe health issues, this girl is the only real mom this baby has known and now she can no longer be in his life. please pray with me for this family that healing will begin on all and that God will get ahold of them both. thank you
Hi every one im try too get back on track see i hqve back slided abit and praying that i will find a church close too my house the devil has been beting me and my family up pretty bad but it the poeple in this room and the help form god thatis praying for me see ive asked god too forgive me for what ive done and i feel that thow his help and your help that my mom can bet cancer and i can walk around with my head held hi once again becouse i feel that i can now send the pass and the devil back were he belongs and i pray for ever i guess what im saying is i love you god and i love my brother and sisters of Christ i have the best family that any one could ask for i love ya thank you and please keep praying for my mother thank you and good night
So yeah, God answers prayers:
Prayed for a leadership position in a College ministry and to do a Bible Study – answered.
Prayed for a second job to pay of debt – answered (taking the Recruiter Position – still interviewing but looking good!)
Prayed to be involved at Wildwood Camp – looking good
Prayed to be involved more with Young Life – answered
Prayed to still be able to do all of the above with the second, full time, job – answered.
travelling home on very wet roads. praying for travel mercies to arrive home safely. if you are awake can you please pray with/for us?
Please say a prayer for the family that lost 4 children in a house fire last night on Elmira’s Southside. I know the grandfather of these children as I went to school with him and I can only imagine the heartache he is feeling. God received 4 beautiful angels into His loving arms. My heart aches for them. Please also say a prayer for all the First Responder’s as this has to weigh heavily on their hearts.
Thanks for all your prayers. My friend went to be with our Lord last night, you will be missed my friend
Prayers please for our family as we face yet another challenge going forward.
My friend has taken another turn. She is not awake right now, her blood pressure is dangerously low, heart rate very fast and fever back up to 107. They are not sure why she is not awake, if it because of the pain or seizures. They shocked her heart earlier while she was awake to try to get it to slow down. Continued prayers, please.
My brother is in need of prayers. He has been out of work for a year, and is struggling with mental, physical and spiritual illness. Now he tells me that his ex-partner of 25 years is dying of esophageal cancer, and on life support. I know he believes in God, but he is so full of fear, that he cannot sleep, having nightmares. I mentioned Closer Walk, but I’m not sure that he is healthy enough for the weekend. Please pray for peace and comfort, for him, as well as his ex-girlfriend. Thank you, Jesus!
please keep my parents in prayer. my mom fell today and broke her hip. she is 82 and has been so fragile the last couple of years. right now she is in a lot of pain and the pain meds are making her sick. i don’t know what is going to be done. dad wasn’t sure if they will pin the hip or do a replacement. dad just got out of the hospital yesterday. he had a tia[ a mini stroke] wednesday. thank you
mom had surgery today. they put screws and a plate in her hip. when i left the hospital today, she still was in some pain and nauseous[ probably from anestesea ] the plan is for her to be in the hospital for 3-4 days and then rehab. thank-you for the prayers.
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Asking prayers for a friend whose son ran away. Although an adult, this man is dealing with some major legal issues and may have felt overwhelmed by all that is happening. Thank you so much.
Please pray for my sis-in-law, Just found a tumor in her belly that is pressing on her liver and spleen… don’t know any more than that until she sees the doctor again on Thursday…
Update on my medical crisis: I have a port put in tomorrow morning so I can start Chemo this week. It is Colon cancer and Im scared, that is what my father and 2 brothers died of. Please keep me in your prayers
Please pray for my friend & co-worker as she is at the hospital this morning for surgery for colon cancer. I pray that God will calm her nerves and comfort her as she goes into surgery and then the days of recovering ahead. Prayers also for her 2 daughters.
Hi ho,hi ho, it’s off to court we go!! Yes, yet again!! Who will pray with me?
Dear Heavenly Father, I am asking that you be in court with us today and you give the law guardian and my daughter the right words to say to protect the girls. I ask that you let the judge hear that we are trying to uphold the childrens rights, hear their voices through the adults that are trying to keep them safe and help them heal. You have not left our side in this matter since the beginning. Please somehow put an end to this forcible visitation request so the girls have time to heal. I ask that the judge see there is an issue and require the grandmother go to counseling before she can be around the girls. In these things I pray, Amen
Asking for prayer for a good friend and former boss hoping to hear that the adoption paperwork has been approved.
Update on my mother had surgery they removed both breasts and limpnods under right arm pit and now she can cheak he poles or can put a iv in that arm and she can use it for along time but the doctor said they got the cancer but now she got too go thow 6 week 5days a week so that i no for now please keep her in prays thank you
Some neighbors could use some prayer. She is showing signs of giving over to denomic influences. He is going to be going to the Men’s Walk 101 and I’d love it for her to agree to go on the Women’s Walk. She’s reading the Alchemist and trying to convince a co-worker to break up with his family and take her in. Bad situation.
They have kids and I’ve been meeting with him regularly. Appreciate the prayers brothers and sisters!
What an amazing Sunday. We had 22 people from our church get baptized by submersion today, it is amazing to see what God has planned for everyone. The service was at one of our Elder’s house on Arbuckle Pond. Simply beautiful. God is Great!!
I thank God for all of you!!
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Just got a message that my mom’s half-brother has been bitten by a recluse spider, has Lymes’ disease and Rocky Mountain Fever and is in hospital undergoing surgery as his hands are turning black. Please pray for this man, his family, and the medical team working with him as they go through this. Thanks so much.
He is in pretty good spirits, all things considered. He has red welts all over his body from the waist down, and his skin is beat red above the waist. He is in a lot of pain and said his body just feels like it is burning up inside. He has many areas of blackened skin. He said if he scratches himself or bumps the bed rail, his skin turns black and literally falls off(?) He is in isolation, and the doctors have him on morphine for the pain, as well as to limit his movement because of the skin breakdown issues. He has a team of infectious disease docs working with him, but no one seems to know what is at the root of all of the issues beyond the spider bite on his arm. His blood counts are all still out of whack. I received an email from your mom saying she had called him this afternoon. He said he really appreciates everyone’s concerns. It’s hard for him to talk long because he feels so weak and groggy. I would be scared absolutely silly, but he’s a fighter. I hope that and the grace of God are on his side. I wish I had a happier update, but at least other family members are able to contact him, which adds to the support he so needs right now. Thanks again for keeping him in your prayers.
Please pray for a family whose daughter died last night. They believe it was an overdose. Thank you so much.
Please pray for my niece. She is 9 months and they say the baby is not as responsive as they would like so sending her to hospital now . Please pray for this situation!
Prayers for all those affected by the flooding in Colorado, for their safety.
Could use some prayers my friends!
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Mom is at james square nursing home for rehab. she is still not eating well because of nausea from the pain meds and anesthesia still being in her system. she is being given meds for nausea right along with the pain meds. all the staff that i saw yesterday were kind and caring. mom is angry with herself for falling and asking”why God, why” please pray that she will be able to eat so that she can heal and get her strength back and for her caregivers to continue to be kind and caring. my dad gets out of breath walking to her room. pray that he will stay healthy thru this and maybe even ask for a wheelchair when needed. my folks have been married 60 years. they worry more about the other than themselves. thank-you
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Asking for prayers for a very dear friend who has had another bone marrow transplant because the first one didn’t cure his Leukemia. He is full of fluid and now has pneumonia and the fluid is affecting his heart and kidneys as well. He was moved to CCU in the night because the fluid is increasing and his breathing is affected now as well. Please lift him up in prayer and pray for strength and healing.
Thanks to God for my brother-in-law coming out of an accident with bumps, bruises and a probably broken rib. Someone ran a stop sign/light. Fortunately he was driving the car, not on the motorcycle. My sister drove from Perry, NY to Strong Hospital by herself. She sounds ok this am, but I am sure the what if’s will come along, She was in a severe car accident years ago and has issues this 40 + years later. Prayers for healing of mind and body for both of them. And praise for the minor injuries.
Praise God for answered prayer! I’ve asked for prayer for neighbors. The praise is that we prayed for her and that her reading of The Alchemist would be confusing for her and she wouldn’t soak anything in – that’s what happened. Praise God!
Prayers now for continued renewal and mending of brokenness, and for her to go on Women’s Walk 101
Continued prayers for baby in icu.
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