A woman named Charmaine Daniels sent an email that moved me so deeply. I want you to read it before we begin praying for the women listed on today's Thoughtful Thursdays list.
Charmaine wrote:
Dianna, Thoughtful Thursdays has really changed my life. I learned about it because a family friend was listed on here a while back and I got an email asking me to pray. I wasn't a believer at the time, but from that, I started reading your blog. And when I would see how you would pray for people with problems and God would really answer and bless people I wanted to know God too! About three months ago I gave my heart to Christ and my daughter and I pray together all the time. I am so thankful for you and this blog. I read it everyday and I just wanted to tell you that God is truly using you to change lives! I love you and your ministry so much. God Bless.
Only God could do something like that! He's so, so awesome. For those of you reading this blog post today, thank you for logging on for another Thoughtful Thursdays where we take the prayers of others before God. I need you to join me in praying for these women who desperately need God to move.
1. A woman caught up in a dangerously abusive relationship needs our prayers.
I received an email from the concerned family member of a woman who is caught up in a cycle of abuse that has torn her family apart. The violence has resulted in Child Protective Services (CPS) removing all of her children from the home. Still, she chooses to remain in this situation.
2. A woman named Terri Lewison, who has just been diagnosed with Breast Cancer wrote:
"Hi Dianna,
First of all I love your blog and Thoughtful Thursdays. I pray for the other women one here all the time and I never imagined I would need someone to pray for me for what I'm going through right now. About 3 weeks ago I knew something was wrong when I discovered a lump in my left breast when I was taking a shower. At first I thought it was nothing, but after a few days I grew more worried about it. Although it didn't hurt I knew I had never felt it before. After running tests the doctors discovered that I have Stage 2 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma. I am so in shock that this is happening to me!! Please, please have the Daily Cup family pray for me that God would rid my body of this disease!!! I have 2 teenage children who need their mother."
3. A young woman named Angela wants to be free of depression:
"Thank you for taking time to read this request. I am so ashamed to admit how sad and depressed I am to my family. They don't realize how many times I have wanted to take my own life. But in my family no one believes in depression. They just say don't let the devil mess with your mind and that the joy of the Lord is my strength. But I need help so bad. I just don't think I can continue on with this dark cloud hanging over my head. Life feels worthless and meaningless. Just empty. I have been crying out [and saying] please God set me free! I want to be free so bad. Please pray for me."
4. A woman struggling with sexual addiction and perversion:
"I was raped by my uncle, my mother's brother, repeatedly from the time I was 9 all the way up to age 15. He told me if I told anybody he would make like I tried to seduce him and nobody would believe me. So I didn't tell. I just held it all bottled up inside and became promiscuous. And still at 40 years old sex is the only way I know to express myself and relate to other men. I have never been married but I am sexually active and can't seem to stop. I know it might sound crazy but I don't know what to do. I go to church faithfully and read my Bible but I cannot break free from these urges. I don't want to lose my soul and I feel so guilty, dirty, and nasty every time I have a sexual relationship with another man but I honestly don't know how to stop. I don't know how to get rid of these feelings. I need help."
5. A woman named Joanne who is going through a tough divorce wrote:
"I never thought I would see the day when my marriage fell apart but my husband stepped out of the marriage with a close friend of mind and I just can't trust him. Please pray for my strength, sanity, and for our three young children who have been ripped apart inside over this whole mess. I am just barely hanging on by a thread myself. Thank you."
Daily Cup family I need you to pray with me, because I believe that the Lord is able to do all things! Thanks in advance for your prayers.
As always, thanks for reading and until next time... may you be empowered to prosper!
Dianna Hobbs
