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| Mjcmcook Registered user Username: Mjcmcook Post Number: 825 Registered: 2-2011  |
Dear Asurprise~ I am praying the prayer that never fails~ for your friend and her son~ GOD's Will Be Done~ In HIS Name~ ~mj~ | ||
| Colleentinker Registered user Username: Colleentinker Post Number: 14183 Registered: 12-2003  |
Praying now for him... Colleen | ||
| Grace1958_f Registered user Username: Grace1958_f Post Number: 83 Registered: 3-2011 |
Would appreciate prayer for my husband and I (Victor & Laura) this Thursday, January 10, 2013. My husband’s Uncle & Aunt (Henri & Beverly) are extremely devout SDA’s in their mid 70's. They have traveled all over the world evangelizing as *health missionaries* and just recently demanded to come visit us at our home. They have never visited my husband before so we are rather perplexed as to why they are demanding to visit now. Henri can be especially combative in his *SDA* stance. My husband is a former SDA and I am a never been SDA. We are both *born again believer’s in Jesus Christ.* Thank you. | ||
| Asurprise Registered user Username: Asurprise Post Number: 2918 Registered: 7-2007 |
I'm praying... (I suspect that they want to visit to "reclaim" your husband and convert you into the SDA church. I'm praying that they instead get won to the Lord!) | ||
| Mjcmcook Registered user Username: Mjcmcook Post Number: 827 Registered: 2-2011 |
Grace1958_f~ It does sound like your husband's Aunt & Uncle are on a 'Mission' to save your 'souls'! As you realize, most likely for them, this means that both of you will be 'evangelized' to become members of the adventist church, "before it is too late!"~ Be ready to stand and defend the Faith! If you need any assistance in dealing with any issues you know that FAF is here to help! However, who knows, You might be used of GOD to bring them to "born again believers in JESUS CHRIST"~ I will be praying that GOD will use this time in a way that glorifies HIM! ~mj~ | ||
| Colleentinker Registered user Username: Colleentinker Post Number: 14184 Registered: 12-2003 |
I'm praying, Laura. I'm sorry...but just know that you can stand firmly in what you know and not be guilted into whatever it may be. The passive-aggressive method is well-honed in many of the rigid Adventists...ask God to hold you in truth and resist taking the bait. Colleen | ||
| Flyinglady Registered user Username: Flyinglady Post Number: 9889 Registered: 3-2004  |
Praying for you Laura, that God gives you and your husband the words to tell the aunt and uncle. You say they "demanded" to visit you? Awesome God will be with you. Diana | ||
| Philharris Registered user Username: Philharris Post Number: 2813 Registered: 5-2007  |
Laura, I have certainly been praying for you and your husband but have delayed posting a response here on the forum. Simply submitting to this demand to a ‘visit’ in your home while not wanting to a have the obvious confrontation that certainly must be coming your way is what troubles me. It has forced me to confront my own vulnerabilities and place them before and in the hands of the Lord before I compose this response to your request. I believe we all who have escaped something such as Adventism have common issues even though they may be revealed in our lives in different ways that might not seem related. Since I am someone who would not even consider allowing someone into my home who was not welcome I could offer all sorts of advice on how to deal with this coming visit. In doing so I think I would be totally missing the point of what is really important for you and your husband to confront in your lives. For instance, yesterday I had a couple of JWs come to my door. Because of the personality I have and the experience I have had dealing with them and what they believe they were quickly eager to leave. Recounting how I did this would be pointless because there are other areas where I’m really vulnerable and I wouldn’t be focusing on what is really the issue for any of us. First off, praise the Lord and give him thanks that there are many other things that harm people terribly which you and your husband are free of. Then, submit your fears and this particular issue before the Lord and trust him to lead you through it. This confrontation has the potential of revolutionizing your lives. While this issue has manifested itself in a totally different way that is what is happening in my own life. PS Some people think I am fearless because of the way I talk but really I am not. I am simply a brother in Christ who has experienced healing through the imputed righteousness of Christ. Phil | ||
| Grace1958_f Registered user Username: Grace1958_f Post Number: 84 Registered: 3-2011 |
First of all I want to say *Thank You* for ALL your prayers and input on this thread regarding my husband’s SDA Uncle and Aunt insisting on visiting us. My husband and I do not allow Mormon’s, JW’s or SDA’s - with evangelistic motives - who knock on our door into our home, and we were not looking forward to accommodating his relatives demand to visit us today - but we believed we should not turn away relatives. So, I thoroughly cleaned house and then made a special organic vegan salad & veg stew because they told me they wanted me to do that for them. . . They called this morning and canceled. They still want to visit some time in the future, however, at the moment - our schedules don’t seem to coordinate. Imagine that. At the end of our brief phone conversation, I told the Aunt that we *loved* them. Her response, as usual, was to pause and say *Uh Huh.* They have never been able to say *I love you* back to anyone in the family. My husband says it is because the religion has hardened their hearts. So, sad. Thanks again for the words of support and encouragement here on this Forum. You are all endeared to us as we move forward walking along the path of the plan and purpose God has for each of our lives. | ||
| Mjcmcook Registered user Username: Mjcmcook Post Number: 832 Registered: 2-2011 |
Grace1958_f~ Thank-you for getting back to tell us what happened today~ It seems like an answer to prayer to me! If your husband was once an adventist and married you, "a never been", perhaps their consternation is more with you, than him~ because you took him away from adventism~ who knows? in the scheme of things, it really doesn't matter, does it? You certainly exhibited "Grace" with your being willing to cook a "special" meal for them! I say,"GOD Bless You for this"!~ GOD's Timing is everything~ I will pray~ ~mj~ | ||
| Flyinglady Registered user Username: Flyinglady Post Number: 9892 Registered: 3-2004 |
Thank you Awesome God for taking care of Grace and her husband. Diana | ||
| Colleentinker Registered user Username: Colleentinker Post Number: 14191 Registered: 12-2003 |
Oh, wow! I believe this cancellation really was an answer to prayer, Grace 1958! Praise God! He knew. And your husband is right; the religion has hardened their hearts. God spared you...and I'll bet that organic vegan salad and stew was even more delicious to the two of you as you experienced the incredible relief! God is gracious. Colleen | ||
| Jareth81 Registered user Username: Jareth81 Post Number: 1 Registered: 4-2012 |
Hello, I have two prayer requests. One is that I find my "calling" in life, in regards to profession. I went into an approved SDA profession, never thinking it was for me. After over ten years (and after leaving the church I was brought up in), I want to change careers to the one of my dreams. Pray for guidance. Also pray that I am no longer afraid of men. I was raised without a father, and had two awful boyfriends who controlled me. Now I want to interact with men, and meet a nice one, but am way too afraid. Even at work it is tough to talk to guys. Thanks, Deborah | ||
| Mjcmcook Registered user Username: Mjcmcook Post Number: 888 Registered: 2-2011 |
Deborah~ Allow me to be the "First" to WELCOME You to the Forum~ I am looking forward to getting to know you~ Your 'earthly' Father may not have been "there for you"~ REMEMBER This~ about your "FATHER" in Heaven: "Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand~ For I am your provider and I will meet all your needs~ My plan for your future has always been filled with hope~ Because I love you with an everlasting love~ My thoughts toward you are as countless as the sand on the seashore~ And I rejoice over you with singing~ I will never stop doing good to you~ For you are my treasured possession"~ James 1:17, Matthew 6:31&33, Jeremiah 29:11, Jeremiah 31:3, Psalms 139:17-18, Zephaniah 3:17, Jeremiah 32:40,Exodus 19:5,~ Sincerely with Prayers~ ~mj~ | ||
| Asurprise Registered user Username: Asurprise Post Number: 2935 Registered: 7-2007 |
Yes, welcome to the forum, Deborah!  I'm praying for you too... | ||
| Flyinglady Registered user Username: Flyinglady Post Number: 9910 Registered: 3-2004 |
Deborah, welcome to the forum. I will pray to our awesome God about you. Diana | ||
| Colleentinker Registered user Username: Colleentinker Post Number: 14248 Registered: 12-2003 |
Deborah! Welcome to the forum! I'm also looking forward to getting to know you! With prayers for you, Colleen | ||
| Rain Registered user Username: Rain Post Number: 128 Registered: 9-2011  |
Welcome to the forum Deborah! I'm praying for you. I was also in an awful, controlling, abusive relationship. I have the same issues talking to guys. I don't even like it when a guy answers the phone if I'm calling somewhere. If I may suggest some books that have helped me recognize red flags and to see what was so horribly wrong with my previous relationship: The Verbally Abusive Relationship by Patricia Evans, Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men by Lundy Bancroft, and Verbal Abuse Survivors Speak Out by Patricia Evans. Again, I'm praying for you. | ||
| Lyrical Registered user Username: Lyrical Post Number: 131 Registered: 4-2012 |
Welcome Deborah! I relate to both of your prayer requests. Lifting you up to our Father... | ||
| Kiki Registered user Username: Kiki Post Number: 84 Registered: 9-2011 |
I have been away for over a year. After many years of unemployment I got a low paying job that lasted 8 months. I had to work in scorching heat and freezing cold and rain, with an injured shoulder. My shoulder is now 95% well and I am once again unemployed. I would like to ask for prayer for my mom. I need to move my mom but her money is tied up in a house that is not selling. My brother and sisters have all turned their backs on her and myself and I am left to look after my mom. My mom is sad, bitter, unhappy, she was abused for many decades by my father and his side of the family, my brother has always been mean to my mom and is now causing her a lot of stress, trying to take away her money, to control her life, he won't even let my mom have my dad's money. I have enough problems of my own, unemployment, depression, thoughts of suicide but none of that matters, I just have to take care of my mom but everything is out of my hands. Thank you all. |
