[__ Prayer __] Some prayers please

[lovely]

Hello everyone,

I would like prayer for two things that are upcoming in March. The first is that I will be working with a friend every Sunday in March while her husband is away. I want to serve her, and be a light...they are muslim...but it is also a very difficult day to be away from my family.

Secondly, I am going to be giving my testimony as it relates to widowhood in front of a large group of home educators in a nearby county. I am not a public speaker, or outgoing, so please pray that the Lord will help me speak His Words and that He will give me boldness...and whatever else He lays on your hearts.

I really appreciate your prayers.

 

[Caroline H]

I will pray for you. What a great opportunity that will be to work with a muslim woman, sharing Christ through your actions! And about the speaking...I'm definitely not a speaker either so I know how you must be feeling about it. I'm sure you will do just fine, and that the Lord will lay on your heart exactly what he wants you to say.

 

[Rosalee]

Keeping you in my prayers for Gods' guidance in both situations. I'm sure you'll do well :yes God Bless you!!(Let us know how things go- please :D ) Thank you.

Rosalee Decker
This is the Day the Lord has made; let us rejoice & be glad in it

 

[lovely]

Caroline and Rosalee,

Thanks so much for your prayers, I need them. I actually lost sleep over this last night because I was being so self-centered in my thoughts. sigh. I had this feeling of just not really having anything worthwhile to share, nor being fit to be able to speak about the Lord...like I was just a hypocrite. Anyway, I repented, but it continued to nag at me. I am going to have to seek the Lord more about my thoughts, and just ask Him to remove my 'self' and my fear. This is stretching me. The Lord bless you both.

 

[Rosalee]

Give it to the Lord- He will see you through this. Trust Him.

Rosalee Decker
This is the Day the Lord has amde; let us rejoice & be glad in it

 

[lovely]

Thanks Rosalee...you are such a faithful sister, your repsonse has just helped me so much because I believe the Spirit just spoke through you to me.

Trust Him is what Shaun was saying to me before he died...his last words were telling me to trust God. In fact, in our marriage, especially early on when God was asking us to step out on faith in so many areas, he would quite my fears daily with that simple reminder. He was a gentle brother of few words, and always made things simple. It is so clear that this is the whole point of why I am speaking to begin with, so that people know that we can trust Him no matter what our circumstance may be. Thanks so much for heeding the Holy Spirit, it has comforted me, but it has also brought Shaun's words back to my mind and put this whole thing into focus for me. The Lord bless you. :twolove

 

[Rosalee]

You are so welcome Lovely... God Loves you so much and I'm so glad He does (I do to). He wants us not to worry but to trust Him and keep our focus on him as we should. God Bless you dear.

Rosalee Decker
This is the Day the Lord has made; let us rejoice & be glad in it

 

[Vic C.]

OK Tina, will do. I know it will be tough for you to be away from family for a while. I also know that as your legs wobble and your knees bang together as you speak, you will surely feel God's presence and you will begin to relax a bit.

It surely is a matter of Trust. :angel

 

[LostSoul]

Lovely,

To stand up and minister as well as witness or reach out unto others truly does take a lot of courage. Public speaking too can be a rather unsettling field if you are not comfortable in it. God though can truly be the greatest inspiration any of us could ever hope for, so He will likely serve as your motivation.

Will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. May God Bless You

Danielle

 

[lovely]

Thanks so much for the encouragement and prayers Vic and Lostlamb. I think the Lord is giving me strength, and Michael has been very encouraging. I just love the body, and I am asking the Lord to not just help me overcome the fear, but to enter into this with a desire to speak of Him. Yes, it all comes down to the trust that I am speaking about! The Lord bless you both, and thanks for taking the time to pray, and comment. The Lord bless you.

 

[Solo]

I have and will continue to pray for you. thanking the Lord as he provides you with His strength in both situations.

The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. Numbers 6:24-26

 

[Ginger]

Ah lovely what an opportunity. It doesn't matter if you are a wonderful speaker or not, I have heard apparently 'good' speakers who did not 'speak' to me (as it was abut them and not about God) but simple testimonies from people that obviously aren't eloquent speakers have stayed with me as it is all about Jesus and how he has and is working through a persons life, that always shines through when it is real -seeing the Holy Spirit.

You have been a beacon of light here showing the Holy Spirit in how you approach posts and in what you say, so just by living your life in Jesus it will go well and as the scripture says He will give you the words to say. And in your witness to the muslim it will be the Holy Spirit in your life that will be evident and prayerfully she will ask about the difference in you.

Keep close to Jesus as you are already doing and recognize the evil one as you already have done so when he is putting doubts in your mind.

I didn't know you were a widow and would be interested myself in your testimony and if you have shared it here, I would love a link as you do help me when I read your posts, thank you for your witness as it is an encouragement to me and to others you come in contact with.

 

[lovely]

Solo and Ginger,

Thank you both so much for your prayers. It is so good to be able to come to my family for prayer, but even better to have it answered. I have that peace, Solo.

Ginger, your post was so encouraging to read, and your point about hearing 'good' speakers that didn't speak to you...that is so right. I need to just be Holy Spirit led, and seek to please God. Your wisdom always astounds me, and I thank you for sharing it.

As I make notes about being widowed, I will share it here so that you can see how good God is. If there is a link, I don't know what it would be...I will look.

The Lord bless you both.

 

[lovely]

Last Sunday was my first Sunday helping my friend. Her husband's trip was actually delayed until today. I was able to see him and tell him that I would pray for his safety, and he said he felt it was a nice thing to have a christian praying for him.

Please pray that God will help me be able to share with them both that Jesus is the only way to God. The Bible is not something they believe to be true, and so I know that God must do this. Also, we had to talk about my preference to decline the Hala meat....so please pray that God will use everything for His glory.

Also, my children had a very difficult time with me not being home this past Sunday. I didn't think they would. The work hours are long, and the drive is long, and so they were in bed by the time I returned home...they were very sad.

I also need physical strength to do this. I had to recover from the hard work the next day. My body is not in good condition anymore, since being sick, but I think it is getting stronger...pray that the work will strengthen me and not set me back.

One last thing, please remember Michael, because he is letting me go into a very dangerous neighborhood, and he is concerned for my safety as well as my health. Pray that God give him the ability to trust God with his wife.

Thanks, and the Lord bless all of you.

 

[lovely]

Thank you all so much for your prayers. This was my second Sunday working, and I am so thankful that God has protected me, and has given me an opportunity to share about Him. The work has not set me back, and it almost seems like it's been really good for me physically. The Lord bless all of you, and again thanks for praying.


Also...

Could you continue to pray about the event coming up where I will be giving my testimony. I am no longer fearful, and now I just want the Lord to direct my motives and words. I am so thankful for you all praying here.

 

[Ginger]

Thanks lovely, it's great when you are specific as it makes it easier to pray for and I know I am not off base.

I will pray for Michael as it must be hard going into a dangerous area and also for your safety. Also your children. And will pray for your list but will have to leave my post to be able to see it all and pray for it :D

I am curled up in my chair on painkillers after a 3 and a half hour (second 3 hr visit in just over a week) painful visit with my dentist and I don't feel like doing anything. But I don't want to waste an a'noon so armed with a list of people to pray for, I know I can pray

And sometimes God does this to us to slow us down and to just sit and be with Him, which my dense brain is just getting this second , so it is all good as I don't have to feel guilty spending so long doing this (and why do we, housework, chores things to do aren't that important! anyway enough of sideways tangent)

 

[lovely]

Hi everyone,

I wanted to give an update. My time of helping out on Sundays is past, and our family is so happy. I appreciate all of your prayers so much. I was able to talk about Christ while there, and really able to share about the Lord with another man who came to visit very often.

The testimony went very well. I couldn't write one thing within the time I had to prepare...over three weeks. I spent a lot of time just crying over emails and journals, because I was thinking about so many things all over again. I didn't realize I would do that. It was good, though, because I was reminded of a lot of things I had forgotten, and was able to have some great talks with Michael and the children. I feel so blessed to have them to talk to, because they were very understanding and encouraging about me sharing a testimony of God's help during the time of Shaun's sudden death. Michael was just praising God for His help to us, and the children were able to just talk about their daddy Shaun and the ways God comforted them. Anyway, so I went with a general outline only...Intro, God's preparation, God's provision, God's glory, and conclusion. I had to just share the rest on the spot, and I am so thankful to God for helping me do it. I don't think I could have shared as well if I was looking at a bunch of notes....that would have been poorly organized and badly written anyway. I was nervous when I began, but in just a few minutes my mind was focused on the testimony alone, and I was caught up in just telling everyone how good God is when we are afflicted. Afterward, I did get a little nervous, because people want to come up and talk to you, and that's a little unsettling. The Lord helped me with that too. It was easier to speak to the crowd than it was to speak to individuals, to be honest.

So, that's how it went, and I just want to thank you all so much for praying...God answers prayers, and I really needed them.

 

[Ginger]

That is great lovely and so encouraging! And even though you had times of crying over things I am sure it helped you as well - what I am reading

I am glad it is now over for you and your families sake but you can take the memories with you, to further encourage you and bless you as you know your words and prayers for all those people will still carry on as you did everything in the Holy Spirit - so He will continue to whisper those words, days even years to come, in all those people you witnessed to. :amen

 

[Caroline H]

I'm glad to hear all went well, Lovely, and that things can now get back to normal for you. It's encouraging when we let ourselves be led by the Spirit in times like that, because it gives us more confidence that we don't need to do anything, but He does it through us Well done sister!