Whenever I read over the prayer requests I receive through this blog, it always hits me. We never know what people are going through just by looking at them. If they don't reveal their personal struggles, we can assume that all is well when they are drowning and sinking under the weight of life's hardships and pressures. But thank God He is with us. Whether we tell anyone or not, He knows exactly what we're going through and can meet our every need if we just surrender to His will.
Today I'm asking you to take a few moments to pray with me for these women on our "Thoughtful Thursdays" list. The burdens they carry are quite heavy, but as the seasoned saints say, God is a burden-bearer and a heavy load-sharer.
Geri wrote:
This prayer request is on behalf of my son and his family. About a month ago his wife decided the was no longer in love with him. With the help of her parents, who by the way live in another state, helped her move out in an apartment she had secretly acquired. She took their 4 children and left as a thief in the night. He thought everything was okay, or there wasn't anything out of the norm that could not be fixed. Of course, he is hurt over this matter. Plus he thought their marriage was a lifetime commitment. They have so much to lose because of her action. Please pray for my son's situation that God will give him the strength to go through. Pray for his marriage. Pray for their 4 children and simply that God's will be done. And whatever else the Holy Spirit gives you. By faith I believe that all is well.
A.T. Watson wrote:
I need healing from disappointment that has made me cynical and angry with God. I have been working on a book manuscript for 4 years. I sent it to book publisher after book publisher and got one rejection after the next. Just before giving up on my dream of being published I felt like God had said for me to try one more time, so I went with a small independent publisher and they loved my book manuscript! It was nonfiction about sex and relationships. Just a few months before the book was supposed to come out they changed staff positions and switched some of the roles within the company and now the person in charge is no longer interested in my work. I feel like someone snatched a rug out from under me. I thought God was in this the whole time but obviously he wasn't. I feel embarrassed and like a fool because I had a pre-book release party. Friends and family were celebrating when I finally got a publish date and now I'm back to square one. I feel like God has failed me. Your prayers for emotional healing and confidence in myself and God are needed.
Former First Lady wrote:
Dianna I read your blog for encouragement and inspiration and you deliver that everyday. I praise God for you and your writing ministry. I am requesting to be added to the Thoughtful Thursdays prayer list today because I am a former first lady of a small baptist church. My husband, the pastor and I, are currently going through a divorce and he wants me to leave the ministry altogether. I don't feel as though I should have to leave. I helped to build the ministry and he is the one who filed for the divorce after only 4 years of marriage. But I don't want to cause confusion and I cannot heal properly if I stay. I need guidance and direction about where to go. I know a lot of people in ministry in my hometown and they all know my business. This is a very humiliating situation and my husband is very respected in the community, so he has people who are more loyal to him. I feel like an outcast and reject. I just need God to guide me through this phase of my life and lead me toward wholeness and happiness again.
Anonymous wrote:
I was molested by my cousin at 4 years old. This went on for about 5 years off and on. After a while I learned to hate it and like it at the same time, but I never told anyone what happened until I was about 15. When I shared my conflicted feelings with a close family member they told other people and put all my business out. People talked about me like I was a perverse and disgusting person instead of praying for me and helping me understand my feelings. Some people even called me a liar and accused me of making stuff up. It was a painful time in my life and I tried to kill myself several times with pills, razors, or anything I could get my hands on. Now I am 27 and I still hurt from what happened to me but nobody knows how bad. I still want to kill myself some days but I have learned to just drink or get high instead. My life is ruined and in a mess. I don't know why God left me here. I feel worthless and useless like nobody will ever love me. Sometimes I think like maybe it was my fault, like I asked for this to happen to me or something. Deep down in my heart I know there has to be a better life. But I need God to show me a sign and give me some help.
Yolanda wrote:
I am married to a wonderful man but I cannot take his mother. She drives me absolutely crazy! She tries to control his every move and she never liked me in the first place. Her choice was not me but this other woman who had been a longtime family friend. But after I got pregnant with his child before we got married his mother accepted that he was going to be with me whether she liked it or not. But now she is doing all she can to destroy our marriage. She tells him lies about me constantly and plants thoughts in his mind. As much as I love him I feel like he needs to make a choice. Please call out Yolanda in prayer because I need some relief here. This is getting to be too much for me and my son. He is starting to see the strain on the relationship and hear the arguments between me and his grandmother. This has got to stop.
Lord, there is no issue you cannot rectify. No pain you cannot heal. No brokenness you cannot mend. Whatever afflicts us, dogs our conscience, keeps us up at night, and steals our joy and peace, you are already aware of it. You are an all-seeing, all-knowing, and all-powerful God. So today, I ask You, Oh God, to show Yourself strong on behalf of these women requesting prayer. Please forgive, heal, deliver, and set free. Loose shackles, lift burdens, and bring life back to those dry and desolate places. We believe You God. We trust You. And we praise You in advance for what we know is done by faith. In Jesus' name, Amen.
