Posted on 11/21/2001 8:25:30 AM PST by Captain Culpepper
This is the first time in a long while that I am posting an original post. I have periodically responded to posts, but have been a very active "lurker" for a long time. I hope I'm posting this correctly.
I have often read an said prayers in in response to the PRAYER REQUESTS and I can't believe I am doing this but, here goes: My son was born two days ago, his name is Daniel Patrick and he is 7 pounds, 11 ounces, 21 inches long. My wife and have another child and she is five years old.
My son has been in the natal intensive care unit since birth due to very little activity- responses in his arms and legs, and he doesn't show hunger to date. There is no general term for his condition other than "floppy baby" syndrom which is an apt term in my view but hurts to say.
I have been asking the doctors lots of questions but they will not or can not give any prognosis, or idea since from one has told me- this condition in newborns has the greatest range of possibilities. He is having a spinal tap shortly and we are all praying hard for him.
Last year my daughter prayed to God in church for a baby brother and I had her say a prayer the other night with me thanking God for giving him to us (she isn't allowed to see him yet, though-as per the intensive care unit). She did and we are all very thankful. I am a big believer in prayer and prayer groups and ask all who have done for so many here to do so for our little Danny.
I will keep you posted, but I'm off to the hospital now.
Thank you!!!!!!
Ma~Bear
I'm also hoping that he's just tired from working so hard in answering the prayer that his big sis requested.
Dear Lord, if it be in your will, make this little one a "happy and heathlty, bouncin' baby boy" !! !! !!
My heart goes out to you. My wife was an ICN RN.
Lord, YOU KNOW what this child needs. Your Word declares by your stripes we WERE healed. Please manifest that wholeness in this child's body for your Glory, Lord.
Lord, please lead strong believers in that area to the parents to pray with them and perhaps to even pray as a group at the hospital. Let all the efforts of the enemy in this situation come to naught. Any delay or hindrance or retaliation against prayers of folk who Love you, Lord, let such efforts of the enemy fall back on him and his camp 100 fold. And for every effort of the enemy in this situation, may 100 additional believers pray earnestly for this child and may 100 similarly attacked babies be freed, released and made whole, in Jesus' Name.
Captain, you might consdier contacting a Vineyard church nearby and asking for their prayer support. . . and all the elderly ladies who are prayer warriors in your area. There are also a lot of prayer req sites on the web.
Blessings, Q
But, I humbly thank everybody from all over the country- far and wide who are praying for our Danny and our family.
A little update from earlier: As per the doctors, the intitial results on the spinal tap is negative- which is a good sign, as have many of the tests shown to date.
Also, Danny has taken well to feeding to the bottle several times late today, first water and sugar, and now on to milk. This was a big thing today, I think and we are hopeful. He seems to be coming along on that end and we hope to see more improvement in leg and arm movements.
He is a very alert baby and knows and loves when his mommy an daddy are around him (as some have noted, we will likely get big sister in soon as we know this is important).
The hour is late, but I just wanted to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart and ask -which I know will happen- for the prayers to keep coming. I know He hears them and like someone noted earlier, my fellow Freepers really are an "extended family" and I love you for it. I'll keep you posted.
I read your response on my own prayer request thread and now fully realize the meaning of your comment, November 19th. God has blessed both of us on the same day, and presented us, as you indicated, with different challenges.
Heavenly Father, in whom all things are possible, I ask that You place Your healing hand on Daniel and his family. Grant Daniel strength and vitality, so that he can recognize the joy of his parent's love and be a source of pleasure in their lives, grant his family patience and strength as You bring him to full healing, grant his doctors wisdom as You guide their discovery, and bless all with peace as you complete the process. Holy Lord, Almighty God, through the power of Your Grace let Daniel's eyes be filled with sparkle, his limbs with activity, and place a hunger in his heart for all the beauties of Your Creation. I pray Daniel's eyes light with recognition of the love his family so eagerly feels for him, and that he grows to be a truly blessed son who fills his parents' days with laughter and joy. Restore him completely, Lord, so that he may be a faithful servant and a testament to Your Loving Mercy all of his life. In Jesus Name, Amen.
As you have so graciously answered my request, Captain, it would be an honor to keep you and your family in my prayers.
Some Scriptures that has come alive to me regarding Jesus healing us:
Luke 5:17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he [Jesus] was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.Mark 5:30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
Luke 6:19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
Luke 8:46 And Jesus said, Somebody has touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.
I pray that your (and our) prayers will "touch" Jesus so that His healing virtue must (!) flow out of Him.
I pray that your (and our) prayers will "touch" Jesus so that His healing virtue must (!) flow out of Him to your baby.
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