A Prayer for Another Tiny Baby

Brad's Gramma | 2-20-04 | Myself

[Brad’s Gramma]

Well everyone, I'm back with an urgent prayer request for yet another tiny baby. I don't know what the outcome of this will be, our Lord knows, and only He can handle this situation.

My niece Ann and her husband Mike were married this past September and became pregnant on their honeymoon. They found out last Tuesday during a doctor's check-up that something was not right with the pregnancy. She went in the next day for an ultra sound and found out the baby is severely physically handicapped. He has a disease that will not enable him to live out of the womb.

The doctors gave them the choice to abort the pregnancy, but they could NOT do it. Ann said she could NOT stop a beating heart.

Ann and Mike named their precious baby Matthew Paul. He's almost 23 weeks "old". The little guy is moving around in the womb, his Mommy can feel him. She may or may not be able to carry this pregnancy to term...this is all in the Lord's hand.

The bottom line here is one of three things....Matthew will NOT make it to term, or he WILL make it to term but still not live, OR our God will heal him in the womb. We've all heard of cases where the doctors HAVE BEEN WRONG, urging an unnecessary abortion. I don't have an answer ... none of us do. I DO KNOW that God is an AWESOME GOD and is able to use this baby and his parents in a mighty way.

My friends, we prayed for another baby and look how that turned out. I beg you to pray for Ann, Mike and Matthew.

Dear Heavenly Father, we come before you again, on our knees begging you to heal a baby whose chances are mighty slim. Lord, we KNOW that You're the Great Physician and can heal whomever You wish. We also know, and acknowledge, that Your "yes" is not always OUR "yes". Please Lord, give Ann and Mike the spiritual, physical and emotional strength to go through with the remainder of this pregnancy. Lord, please give every health care provider YOUR wisdom. Please let Your words be their words. Please let Your decisions be theirs. And Lord, if it's Your will that Matthew not spend time with his parents here on earth, we thank you for that, too. We know that he will see YOUR face, he'll stand before YOUR throne, and for that we thank you. In Jesus' Holy Name, Amen.

[luckymom]

Prayers for this whole family- it will be a difficult time and I ask God's healing arms to be around them.

[petercooper]

Prayers sent.

[Mercat]

Thanks for the prayers. I love this web site. What a great community.

[MilspecRob]

White light to you & all. ( it's my way)

[wardaddy]

Prayers for Ann, Mike, and Matthew. It sounds like they have faith, hope, and courage. God bless them and all the family.

[Aquamarine]

I'm joining you in prayer.

[Alberta's Child]

Prayers offered for a precious child in distress.

"See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels always see the face of my Father in heaven." --- Matthew 18:10-11

[BlessedBeGod]

Prayers on the way!

[hocndoc]

I'm praying for baby Matthew and believe that God answers prayers (even when we're a little skeptical or don't expect much).

In Sept 2001 my brother (who, over the previous 3 months, gone from 3 packs a day of cigarettes down to less than one because he felt tired and weak) found out for the first time in his early 40's that he's a diabetic when he passed out and begain having seizures one morning. He continued to have seizures for 9 hours and everytime the docs tried to decrease his sedation for 4 days. At the hospital, his blood sugar was in the 800's, and his pH was less that 7 (very acidotic, I think I remember 6.8). The efforts to stop his seizure, along with the acidosis, caused him to "code."
That day, his CT of the head showed a stroke, and the echocardiogram showed that his heart was not functioning in a way that is compatible with any activity at all (ejection fraction 35%). It appeared that he had had a heart attack during his seizure, and that he had had a stroke either at that time or that the stroke contributed to the onset of the seizures.

His co-workers held daily prayers meetings for him, and we in the family all prayed all the time.

On the 4th day he finally quit seizing, woke up, was extubated, and talked and acted like his old self.

Later tests showed that he had a blood vessel blocked in both his heart and his brain, but the blockage was compensated by other vessels, and that the blockage had happened at least a year earlier, since all the tissues seemed to be functioning well and healed. We still don't know why he waited 'till 43 years old to become a diabetic, but the best medical guess is that all of the symptoms of that day were due to acidosis, not an immediate stroke or heart attack and the blood clots didn't bother him when they happened and weren't on the day he went into a seizure.

if that's what you want to believe.

[Tribune7]

prayer bump

[LADY J]

Dear Heavenly Father bless this Mom and Dad who choose life for their baby.

They have chosen to put their faith in Your mercy. Bless them and reward them if it be Thy will.

[Faith]

Heavenly Father,

You are the author of miracles. We call upon Your amazing grace tonight asking for a miracle for this precious baby and his parents. Father, Your hands formed Matthew in the womb and You know him well. We ask in the Name of Jesus Christ that You reach down and restore him so that he can live a full and healthy life. Father, You are able. Nothing is too difficult for You. We pray that You will visit this family in a mighty way, in the Name of Jesus. Amen.

[TejasRose]

Prayers for all!!

My niece's son's name is Matthew Paul, and he's big, hearty, and healthy! I pray that your niece's little Matthew Paul will be, too!

[OldFriend]

Amen.

[maestro]

Amen,......More Grace and Mercy,......In Jesus' Precious Name, Amen!!!

[Victoria Delsoul]

My prayers for the little baby. May God protect him.

[sweetliberty]

Agreeing with you in prayer. God be with ALL of you.

[mamaduck]

Dear God
Please let these young parents put their faith and trust in You.
Amen

[lonestar]

done

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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A Prayer of Healing of Little MATTHEW PAUL =


"Almighty GOD,

If it be Your will...

Please Heal him with Your LOVE.

If it not be Your will...

Then please Heal his Fear."


AMEN

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