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Brothers and Sisters; We've just learned that this dear child has a low-grade tumor behind her left eye. She is scheduled for 68 weeks of chemo. Needless to say, her parents are in shock. The whole family could really use your prayers. This couple has suffered through 5 miscarraiges...so the baby is their first-born. Please continue to bless this family with your prayers. I'll keep you posted on her progress. God bless saltnlemons

PLease pray for my daughter, Katie, who had a stroke and was rushed by helicopter to Cleveland for surgery. She is in her forties and has two children, one still in grade school. Since we live in different states, the information has been sketchy, but we do know that the stroke was a bad one.

Folks, I'm asking for prayers for my wife. She has a growth in her throat and the doc thinks it might be cancerous. She is going in on Tuesday to have the growth removed and tested. She is the lead singer for our small church and this is all very frightening. Please add my wife to your prayer requests.

I'm a big believer in the power of prayer so I hope whoever and wherever you are, you will say a prayer for my son who was just diagnosed with pneumonia. Many times when I see prayer requests on FR, I get my 4 little ones to add the freeper to their nightly prayers. If you have a child saying prayers tonight, please add my son to their list. Thanks so much, ---ICWHATUDO

Friends,our little Grandson, Noah Stone Jackson was born January 28,2009. He has several medical problems. He has a thick covering of skin over his right eye, may be blind in his left eye, no rectum, club feet, an undeveloped trachea and other issues. We just returned home today from Fresno and Valley Children's Hospital.His parents (my son and daughter-in-law) are devastated. They lost their first born son to Potter's Syndrome (born without kidneys). They were able to hold him for 12 minutes before he died.Please pray for our grandson Noah and his parents Casey and Rebecca. He is facing many...

A Christian nurse from Weston-super-Mare has been suspended for offering to pray for a patient's recovery. Community nurse Caroline Petrie, 45, says she asked an elderly woman patient during a home visit if she wanted her to say a prayer for her. The patient complained to the health trust about Mrs Petrie who follows the Baptist faith. She was suspended, without pay, on 17 December and will find out the outcome of her disciplinary meeting next week. Power of prayer Mrs Petrie, who carries out home visits in North Somerset, said she had asked the patient if she would like...

An animal rescue group I belong to just took in a beautiful little dog named Candoo (he was hit by a car a couple of months ago, but the family he was living with at the time never bothered to take him in for treatment of his obvious broken leg....about a month after the accident, they finally turned him over to the humane society and received a citation for neglect. Even with only 3 functioning legs, Candoo has a "I don't give up" spirit, so that's why our group gave him that name....don't tell Candoo he "can't do" anything!). Anyway,...

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The Church of England today published new prayers for people affected by redundancy as the recession bit and thousands of employees returned to work not knowing if their jobs were secure. A second prayer intercedes for those affected by "survivor guilt" when their colleagues are sacked, in recognition that the end of the season of goodwill will this year be a baptism of misery for many. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has forecast that at least 600,000 people could lose their jobs this year. The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, who is seeing the effect of...

IsraelNN.com) In an unprecedented radio event, a chapter of Tehillim (Psalms) was read aloud during prime-time on IDF Army Radio, on behalf of the war effort. The broadcasters were Kobi Arieli and Avri Gilad, who represent the religious-nationalist and left-secular viewpoints, respectively, on the humourous/political "The Last Word" show. Arieli introduced the segment by saying that he had received countless SMS messages since last night asking him to recite Psalm 20 on behalf of the ground troops entering Gaza. Gilad then said that he, too, had received one this morning. They then agreed, tongue in cheek, that "in order to...

Hello Jim, My name is Gail Cook and I am Moonman's wife. Moon passed away on Saturday morning after a long illness with Cancer. He loved this site, he loved being a Freeper. I noticed that he made a comment the day before he died, and it made me cry. Is there a way you can let the members know that Moon is now with the Lord in his new heavenly home? He was 58 years young, married for 32 years, was a loving husband and father to two children a daughter Kelly and his son, Justin. Also two little...

Please pray for my Grandmother Mildred. She's 90 and in declining health. She's at home in the care of my mom, people from hospice, and a wonderful live-in nurse. Grandma was always there for her family, especially her grand kids. Please pray for her comfort and for our family. Thanks and God's blessings to you all!

Christmas Prayers Prayers and Collects for the Feast of the Nativity (Christmas) What is Christmas? Christmas, also known as the Feast of the Nativity, literally means "Christ Mass." The feast celebrates Jesus' birth and the Incarnation of the Son of God on December 25. These Christmas Prayers relate to these themes. More Info: All About ChristmasCatholic Christmas Collect, Midnight Mass FatherYou make this holy night radiantwith the splendor of Jesus Christ our lightWe welcome Him as Lord, true light of the world.Bring us to eternal joy in the kingdom of heavenwhere he lives and reigns with you and the Holy...

Customs from Various Countries and Cultures by Victor Hoagland, C.P.Centuries ago Christians brought plants and flowers into the celebration of Christmas, for did not Christ come to uphold the dignity of all God's creation? The natural world, as well as humans, angels and animals, should have a part in welcoming him. Evergreens, from ancient times symbols of life and eternity, have always had a prominent place in Christian celebrations. Holly, with its green leaves, its prickly points and red berries, suggested that the Child born in the manger would wear a crown of thorns and shed drops of blood. Mistletoe,...

My nephew, Chris, has been battling Crone's Disease for a couple of years, but sadly no drugs or diet regimes he's pursued have worked satisfactorily. It's so hard to believe that someone so young (38) is facing the rest of his life with this situation, but the team at Johns Hopkins concluded that colostomy surgery is the only safe and prudent option, given the damage he's sustained internally, to preclude the more devastating prospects of cancers, etc. in the future. Asking for your prayers for Chris, his wife and families through this challenging surgery, recovery and rehab and into what...

<p>I am in need of prayers. I planned this trip to Chicago several weeks ago. A week ago Monday my mother became short of breath and was taken to the ER at her hospital. They kept her overnight and could find nothing wrong. She's 74 and has been smoking all her adult life.</p>

<p>Several black unmarked cars escorted Barbara Bush, 83, and President George H.W. Bush to the hospital because she had been feeling ill for about a week.</p> <p>HOUSTON -- It has been reported that Former First Lady Barbara Bush was taken to the emergency room at Methodist Hospital.</p>

Our dear friend, Snugs, from across the sea in the UK, is going through a very tough family crisis. Her beloved Dad, Bryan, has had serious abdominal surgery and is struggling mightily in the hospital. They're fearful that, unless he can muster the strength to cough and get his lungs working normally again, his condition will soon gravely deteriorate. Snugs is such a dear soul who has been so kind to so many here at FR, and has SO many FRiends here. I know she would appreciate it so very much if you would add her Dad, Bryan, to your...

Brief comment from Jim to the mods, please say some prayers for his brother: My brother Don has had a heart attack and is in intensive care. His son-in-law, Dan, called a couple hours ago saying that Don went to the doctor today complaining of stomach pain and after some scans they said he had an abcess on his intestine and they had to do surgery tonight. They told us not to come down there because we couldn’t see him. Now they’ve called and said his heart stopped during the surgery. They got it started again but he’s in trouble.

I was reading a thread and came across this post by FR ArchAngel1983....When I got home, I was excited to tell my wife of 26 years of the ‘great bargain’ I got at the pumps.She was of course happy as well and then proceeded to tell me how the doctors (after an x-ray) think she might have lung cancer.If that’s true, I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to smile again.If you’re a praying man, please do… Since we're praying men and women...I ask you to please do so. Thank you everyone!

Hey folks, Your prayers are needed for a fellow FReeper. MOGirl’s mom is in her last days. She’s been on hospice for awhile, and today the nurses told MOGirl she’d better make funeral arrangements very soon. MOGirl is really a private person, but I got her permission to let you all know. All she asks for is prayers, and all those prayers are greatly appreciated. MoGirl was there for me when my best friend was dying in August. She’s a wonderful lady, and this is very tough for her. Prayers up! Blessed Assurance

Common Tator will find out on Monday the results of how his chemo has worked to battle his cancer. He's in the fight of his life.

Family and FRiends of Robbie Willis are asking for prayers. Last Wednesday, Robbie went deer hunting in the Sierras and planned to return home on Saturday. His pickup has been located but so far no sign of 38 year old Robbie. Robbie is a cousin to my niece. Please pray that he is found safe soon. Locally his family and friends are asking for prayers at 10:00am PST today, but prayers for Robbie until he is found will be appreciated.

Please join the growing number of Christians fasting and praying for our country these next few critical days. "[I]f my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." (2 Chronicles 7:14) I do not know what God's will is for our country, he may want to give us Obama as President to give us what we deserve, but I do know that everyone should vote their faith before anything else...

To all: I have sit here and watched this forum today in dismay. Some have forgotten one thing, God is in charge. I have experienced over and over again in my life the loving hand of God and what he can do and this election is no different. You have to remember that God does things on His terms. When things seem so lost that there couldn’t be a positive conclusion, that is sometimes when God works best. He waits so that you know that it came from Him and no other. It is His love for you that the...

Dear Lord God Almighty, creator of the universe and all things therein. I come to you this election eve in humbled earnest prayer. I pray on behalf of the country I have been blessed to have been born in, and my fellow countrymen with whom I share it. Our desire is to see continued blessings from you Dear Lord not only for us, but for all generations to come. We fear having to tell future generations of how our country used to be and how great this country was once upon a time. Tomorrow we head to the election polling...

Any prayer that can be raised will be appreciated for my wife, Anne and newly coming son, Joseph. Joey will be born tomorrow morning (Wednesday 10/29/08) via cesarean section. Please pray that: 1.) Joey's diagnosed complications of fluid build-up inside his brain cavity and sacral agenesis are healed by the great physician - and no lasting effects are realized - for the praise and glory of His Name, and in demostration to those medical 'professionals' that subtly encouraged us to terminate. 2.) Courage and faith for my wife and myself leading up to and during this procedure. 3.) That my...

Prayer for our Nation (U.S.A) God our Father, Giver of life, we entrust the United States of America to Your loving care. You are the rock on which this nation was founded. You alone are the true source of our cherished rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Reclaim this land for Your glory and dwell among Your people. Send Your Spirit to touch the hearts of our nation´s leaders. Open their minds to the great worth of human life and the responsibilities that accompany human freedom. Remind Your people that true happiness is rooted in seeking...

I would like to recommend this devotion for a McCain/Palin victory on Nov. 4th.

A situation has come to my attention that has made me quite sick. There’s a woman who’s intentionally become pregnant for personal gain. Her plan is to have an abortion after her ends are met. She’s doing nothing illegal and there’s nothing any human being can do to save this baby. (There is no doubt that she really is pregnant.) This is in G-d’s hands. Please pray with me that her heart will be touched and that she won’t go through with her plans. There is absolutely nothing that I can do to stop her.

Prayers for my Mom needed- Open Heart Surgery to be performed at Riverside Hospital in Columbus, Ohio on Thursday Morning, Oct 23rd. Thanks for your prayers. Mom is 81 and having a Mitral Valve Repair (or Replacement if needed). Thank you so much, CharlotteVRWC

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Barack Obama's 85-year-old grandmother broke her hip recently and is "gravely ill," her brother said Tuesday. Madelyn Payne Dunham, who helped to raise Obama, "has not been well for a long time. Then she fell and broke her hip fairly recently," Charles Payne said in a telephone interview from his home in Chicago. "She's unhappy with the condition that she's in, I can tell you that."

"The Obama-Biden campaign today cancelled Sen. Biden's schedule Monday and Tuesday because of the passing of Jill Biden's mother, Bonny Jean Jacobs, this afternoon after a long illness. Other details will follow, but we appreciate everyone's respect for the family's privacy during this difficult time," says Biden spokesman David Wade.

SAMARRA — After two years of silence enforced by sectarian violence, prayers of Shia worshippers were echoed recently in Samarra’s Maqam Ghaybat Shrine, which is co-located with the ancient Al Askari Shrine. Shia faithful gathered the morning of Sept. 30 to pray to commemorate the end of Ramadan. “Hundreds of people were at the Mosque for the Eid celebration,” said Maj. Gen. Rasheed Flahe Mohammed, Samarra Operation Center Commander, who’s a Shia himself. “Today we are celebrating in the mosque. We are very happy.” The Samarra Operation Command’s comprehensive security strategy has bolstered the confidence and courage of the citizens...

Many of you have prayed for Eric and his son Matthew in the past. I am calling for Believers to petition the Father on behalf of Eric in light of recent news regarding cancerous lymph node activity. May the Name of God be glorified as we come together on behalf of Eric and his little boy. Please go to this web site for more details. Click here.

All, Thank you for your prayers for my coworkers daughter and her parents. This precious two week old girl had open heart surgery yesterday afternoon and there were complications. Here's the update: She "is back on the bypass machine, so it is doing all the work for her now. She has developed some additional complications and is in critical condition. It looks like they won’t be able to close her chest until at least Monday. They could possibly be in Philadelphia for a month." Please contine to pray for this little girl. We all know that nothing is impossible with...

9/01/08 3:12PM EST: [UPDATES IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Credible sources tell YWN that the missing body of 39-year-old Naftoli Smolyansky Z”L, who went missing while on a boating trip in Lake Piru, California has just been found. Naftoli was in a boat on the lake with his 9-year-old son and his two daughters, ages 5 and 7 last Monday afternoon, when his youngest daughter fell overboard. He jumped in to save her, and managed to push his daughter back into the boat, but he R”L went under and did not resurface. Hundreds of people joined the massive search by air, land,...

QUOTES OF THE DAY Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate August 28, 2008 Dear Madam Speaker: (Mr. President:) Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1622(d), provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. Consistent with this provision, I have sent to the Federal Register the...

Friends, Like all Americans, we are closely monitoring Hurricane Gustav and are deeply concerned about the safety and well-being of the residents in the Gulf States. Cindy and I are asking our most loyal friends and supporters to join our call for action to put Country First and support our fellow Americans affected by Hurricane Gustav. Now is the time to help our fellow citizens through this tragedy and disaster. Together, we must reach out our hands, our hearts and our wallets to help the people who are under threat from this natural disaster. Several organizations have been formed to...

I thought I'd start a thread or at least a post that maybe the moderators can keep visible to all as a reminder for us all to keep Gov Sarah Palin and her family in thier prayers. After all she is looking like the answer to all of ours. The onslaught that has begun against Gov Palin and her family by the democrats and thier willing accomplices in the MSM will be ruthless, relentless, and totallyy undeserving. I believe Mrs Palin is a girl of grit and can hold her own yet I pray that her family can sustain the...

Marine Robert Lamica was getting ready for his second deployment to Iraq on Monday. So his parents drove to North Carolina to bring his wife and the couple's belongings back to Massachusetts. During the trip home to Florence, the family stayed at a motel in Delaware. ~snip~ Lamica says, "Everything they own is on that truck and in the trailer, all of his Iraq medals all of his Iraq pictures, their wedding pictures, their furniture, their clothes, everything they own is on that truck."

I'd like everyone to know that Cajungirl is in a potentially life-threatening crisis/illness. She is a dear friend to me and others here know her by her humor and impressive writing. (We met during the hilarious Runaway Bride debacle, and C.G. gave us some hilarious instruction about Southern Culture and weddings and flatware!) Few here know, and she never tells about herself, but she is a very accomplished woman in the healing profession. She has spent her life doing good works. She loves life, her husband, daughters, and grandchildren. Recently she partially retired and she and her husband have had...

Morgan Freeman is critically ill after a car crash, a US hospital has confirmed. A spokesman for the Regional Medical Centre in Memphis, Tennessee, said the 71-year-old The Dark Knight actor's condition was "serious". Mississippi state troopers told showbiz website TMZ.com that Freeman was involved in the crash at around 11.30pm local time on Sunday (5.30am BST), north of the small town of Ruleville. He was airlifted from the accident scene to the hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, where he is being treated. An unidentified female passenger was also in the car and her condition was not known. The hospital, commonly...

An Update!Jer. 18:7-8 “If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it, and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from it’s evil, I will repent of the evil I intended to do to it.” Sept 28 to Oct 4 is a week for all Christians to come together for prayer and fasting! "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and...

Dear Freepers, Please pray for my niece. She delivered twins at 5 months today. The first was still born. I can't imagine how she is feeling. The only thing I can think of to do is send up many prayers. Thanks.

  Urgent prayer request From Snykerz | 07/16/2008 12:56:06 AM PDT Dearest Prayer Warriors:It’s been a long time since I have posted here on Freerepublic, but I remember how much you had helped me out with the prayers I had requested for my older sister Sherryl, and she is doing well. Now here I am again asking for your help.My younger sister “Lori” needs all the prayers that anyone can spare. She was admitted to the hospital ( Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, Ca) a little over a week ago with a kidney infection, which turned into Gram Negative...

Well, I'm just home from the ER and my sister Michelle needs your prayers. She had a teriible headache at work today. By the time she got home she was achy all over and feverish. She drove herself to the ER about 7:30. She had to be in a LOT of pain to actually want to go to the hospital. She called my Mother when she went in and made her promise not to call me because I was planning to leave town for a weeks vacation fishing and carrying on. Thank goodness, Mom didn't listen to her. When I...

Subject: Urgent Prayer Request Dear Family and Friends, I am writing to you today with a sense of urgency. I am asking that you pray for myself, my unit, and all coalition forces. Some of you may have heard through the news that the Taliban recently had a prison break in Kandahar City. Those reports are accurate. Between 500 to 1000 insurgents have escaped and are currently regrouping. I ask for prayers for protection for all of us and for all of the local nationals in Kandahar. We have received reports that the Taliban is going to try to attempt...

Vermonter is very ill, he has pancreatic and liver cancer. Please pray for our friend and one of the best freepers ever.

America has been greatly blessed by God and has stood as the greatest country in the history of the world for over 200 years. America has many foreign and domestic enemies that are seeking her destruction. This thread is a daily call and reminder for people of faith who believe in God and in the power of prayer to make a commitment to intercede for America at this critical time in her history 2 Chronicles 7:14If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then...