Group praying?

AnnetteW · Post by **AnnetteW** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:09 pm

Good for you and your husband.
I am so very proud for you. I have been thinking a lot about you and pray all goes well for you. Please let me hear from you.

bevhembree · Post by **bevhembree** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:59 am

Beth,
Take some time and just talk to God. Tell Him everything you would tell a friend. Ask him for specific wishes. "Ask and ye shall receive." He wants a close personal relationship with you. Go to GOogle and search for scriptured for the depressed or uplifting scriptures. Try several different searches. Read what His promises in the Bible are to us. Talk to a pastor and spill your guts. God loves us and will help us. Take care, Bev

*D* · Post by ***D*** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:10 am

ANSWERED PRAYERS,
Today i had a drs appt at the cardologist. he wanted to talk to me about puting a stint or do a bypass on both kidney. since i had to have one in my left leg last year and he could not get through the left side he had scheduled surgery that time as well and well i went there that time i had circulation where there were not before..
today when he checked he was amazed at how much pulse i had on the right side of my groin and the pulse was stronger on the left..he told me that my kidneys were not bad enough to have surgery and to come back in a year..i praise GOD once again for answering prayer..he has done that so many times.i have a drs appt on the 19 of february to see why my heart is beating fast..i am not worried because i put it in GODS hands..just wanted to let you know what a blessing that was too me and i hope that it blesses you as well.. what GOD has done for others he will do for you..all you have to do is beleive and have faith..GOD BLESS..
DON

cfe · Post by **cfe** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:57 pm

Halleluiah! *D* I love testimonies!!! I am so happy for you, You are so right what he has done for others he will do for you, and me and my husband.

That same thing just happened for my husband, his rash from Nam, has been driving him crazy the past month, I have tried everything I could think of, but it just got worse and worse. He went to the Dr. and told him he was ready for another professional guesser, so he has an appointment for the end of the month, Thank God it was a 3 week waiting period, I prayed this Specialist would not give my husband anything that would mess up is health, with sidefects. and last night my husband showed me his exima is totally cleared up. I am praying now he will just cancel the appointment, he really hasn't got anything to show the Dr. but scars. there are no new eruptions, all cleared up. better than I have seen it in 38 years. I can not imagine this specialist giving him any steroids, or states for it now. God is so good He loves to fix it in the nick of time.
I know my husband is not convinced it is healed, it has been with him so long. It hasn't sunk in that he is healed, he 1/2 expects it to come back before the end of the month it has never quit before April before.

"For change to be lasting, it must come from the inside out. Only God can effect the type of heart change. Let God be God!!! by Joyce Meyer
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. Ezekiel 36;26 KJV

I am praying tonight our collective hearts, that God will give us all a heart of flesh, a fine toned heart, in perfect condition, for *D* and for all of us a heart of JOY in all the Lord has done, is doing, and will do for us, and those we love.

JNB · Post by **JNB** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:40 pm

Bev,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND I'm GOING TO DO AS YOU SUGGEST. i USED TO GO TO CHURCH AND THEN i BECAME SICK WITH Lupus AND WAS BED RIDDEN FOR A LONG TIME AND THEN THINGS HAPPEN AND i THINK I'm READY TO GO BACK NOW. THANK YOU AGAIN. GOD BLESS YOU

*D* · Post by ***D*** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:10 am

CHERI,
I am so glad to hear that you husband is better. i think that when you went to CHURCH and he asked you too fill him in that was the turning point to his healing...sometimes we need to go ack to the dr.like i did yesterday as a testimony ...the dr was amazed like he was last time. he is a CHRISTIAN and his 2 assistants are as well...take care and thanks again.GOD BLESS..
DON

cfe · Post by **cfe** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:06 pm

On Friday, my husband got so angry at the way I was doing what he had asked me to do. He called me a name that cut me to the core, shattered my heart, and as I am picking up the peaces I am not finding much evidence that he really loves me. I have known this for a long time we have been married 38 years, and I have attributed it to the fact that he really doesn't know what love is. he was born in a very cold (barn) his folks were not loving, they were very critical, then he joined the Marines, witch furthered the critical life stile. He is hard on himself, and everyone else, very much like my dad (du), so as I loved my dad against all odds, I love my husband against his will, (sort of speak) but I am older now, and I am tired of being treated like a fool, on every plane, and with the help, of this program, and my holistic, Dr. and my Yoga class, all brought to me over the past 5 years by my GOD!, I have grown, to a place wear I can not be moved,{by much for very long}, I do not dwell long on the negative parts of life. and my life has been very negative. In so many ways. I am so blessed by all of you for your prayers, and for this program. I am strong, and I am helping my husband to grow, as well. God is doing a new thing, in our life together, and it is painful, but necessary. I am not going around this mountain any more, I am casting it in to the sea. Praise the Lord.
I opened a fortune coke on News' Years Eave, and it said (to paraphrase) get a grip this is going to be a tough year, I could not believe it!, I read some of the other peoples cookies, that evening and none of them were like mine. the next morning, there were 2 cookies left, so I though I will change my luck,(lol) and open another one, the same type of note. and 2 weeks later, in a Chinese Restraint, I read the same sort of note in that cookie. Well God says; you will know it is true by the words of 2 witnesses, and I had 3. I am thankful for the warning, because this month, has shaken, my world in many ways. But I am holding on to the hand of God and He is with me in the valley of shadows. He is attending church with me, and I am not afraid, (even among the Baptists). I am getting ready to attend Bible Study on Wen. night. When God told me to go, I was afraid, I have to live in this community, and they certainly do not know God like I do. but when I was arguing with Him, about going, I told him I don't see you in that church, I don't feel, I don't think you go there. He told me "I want you to take me with you" well that is the Key. I have to take God with me every where I go, this Nation, this World, is spinning out of control, we must all take God with us. Last weekend, I attended a seminar and the speaker from England, said, Christianity is not a RELIGION, it is a RELATIONSHIP
I pray we all have a personal relationship with God. and we take him with us all the time day and night, never let go of His hand, as Betty Davis said;"hang on honey, it is going to be a bumpy ride"! Stay in the "Cleft of the Rock, Jesus" when the wind blows, and things look dark. and Remember God is in Control, He directs our steps, and leads, us home, THROUGH the valley of the shadows of death, He prepares a table for us, before our enemies, and surely Goodness and Mercy shall follow us all the days of our lives.

bevhembree · Post by **bevhembree** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:57 pm

The key words in your post are that goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, not they "might." KEEP BELIEVING! You are doing an outstanding job. Hang in there! Bev

P.S. My ex was a Marine and I have utmost respect for him/them all. But they were almost "programed" to be in control of their mind or something. I also dated a Marine after my divorce. I don't mean to offend anyone out there so please don't get mad at me. But they can be standoff-ish and even cold. When his unit went to Iraq, a lot of the other wives, girlfriends and mothers said the same thing. It's like having feelings is a weakness to them. My ex dealt with a lot in Iraq besides being away from his best friend, our son. He lost his sister to cancer, he was shot at, he almost shot a man who turned out to be innocent, they watched the Navy Seals drag dead Iraqi's into the raod as a warning to the others, his gun blew up in his face, he's a postman in the real world but was on the front lines to Baghdad. Boy I've gotten way off topic here. I guess I'm trying to say that a lot of them deal with problems internally or seem to explode. I do feel for you and am sorry about the rambling. I guess I just wanted to say I understand the way you dealt with your hubby's anger and coldness and I admire you for it. I wish I had been as strong as you through my ordeals. Best wishes to you. Bev

cfe · Post by **cfe** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 5:23 pm

Bev; you are right, about the verse, I got it wrong, God will follow through.

I wish I had been as strong as you 
no apology needed.I understand, those Marines can get in your heart, but they are very hard to live with. My dad was a Marine Corps sniper, in WWII he was wounded after 4 days on Palau, a record for a sniper. he spent 18 months in the hospital. I loved him and I grew up rubbing his legs that were all scared from the shrapnel, and bullets. I thought I could love my husband, I expected the nightmares, the PTSD, the rage. My husband was a heavy equipment operator for 22 months in Nam. The 9th, Marine Corps of Engineers. with snipers shooting at him, and landmines in the roads. the terror, from never knowing who or wear the enemy was, like Iraqi, the question is always who is the enemy, and who are the good guys, they all look alike. Dad always said in the Pacific, the enemy was totally different from the good guys, but in, the European front, Nam, and now, you can't tell them from the ones you are protecting. I thought I understood PTSD, but I did not understand what mom was going through. I admire here more all the time. 40 years have passed since he left Nam. but it comes back and hits hard. Joining the Marine Corps League, last year has been wonderful, for him, and it has been difficult to. talking it out is always good, but like in this class, it is a hard thing, it brings back all those feelings.

they were all most "programmed" to be in control of their mind 
You are right, they are programmed, not to feel anything, to be hard enough to take the life of another human being, takes programming. I know God is in this and it all for the good. God has been equipping me all my life to help my husband through this, I just have to get over this fear, of committing my heart to him again. "better to have loved and lost (gotten hurt) than never to have loved at all". I think that is how it goes. A big part of me right now, wants to run, I could go to my nieces and help her with her kids, her husband was deployed (army guardsmen) until Oct. to Iraqi last week, It is tempting. but I will stay and work this out, for us both. I love him, so deeply, I can't walk away, He is Marine/cowboy/John Wayne. He is no surprise to me, but the disappointments sometime, make it very hard to stay here. I don't always know if I was right to stay and put our kids through it all, some times I think they would have been better off if I had left 34 years ago, when my Doc wrote me a prescription, to:"Leave his sorry @$$ before the situation kills me". I just couldn't I love him, he is not physically dangerous,
Tonight as we were, sparing, we never have a conversation, he doesn't know how. I proved I was right about what he was sure I wasn't, you know, He has to be right, and I have to be wrong, when I proved him wrong, he called himself a terrible name,(strait out of boot camp) and walked out, like always, Dad did that too. a safety valve I think.
I realized he is harder on himself than anyone, just like Dad. I have always said, when God said " Love thy neighbor as you love yourself, in this couture the neighbor is short changed, it seems no one loves themselves very much. I feel my husband doesn't love himself, thus he really can't give me much love.
Thank you for your kind words, I know God loves my husband, more than I do and God is helping me to deal with this and help my husband to stop beating himself up, for all of his past, what ever is back there haunting him, must be forgiven, God helped me to lead my dad to Christ, 2 weeks before he died 7years ago. and He is helping me now, for my husband. I must be strong, and to be God's emissary here on earth.

Thank you for your kind words, and prayers, we all do what we can with what we have to work with, this course has the tooles to equip us to be strong, secure, and confident. I have been learning this year and 1/2 since I finnished, just how much it can help me. to BE ME
God Bless you Bev.

Barb G. · Post by **Barb G.** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:28 pm

CALLING ALL PRAYER WARRIORS!!!!!
This is a very urgent matter. yoyoyomo,nica needs prayer. Pray for Monica for strenght to endure. Pray she goes back to work at the daycare caring for the children and that they love on her. Pray she feels God's loving arms around her as she and her family are going thru a difficult time. Pray her husband gets a good paying job. Thank you.