The power of prayer...

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  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited April 2009

    Dear Lord, Please help our dear friend whoopiedoodle, Help her to be strong and rest in Your arms, Help the Dr's to get all of the tumor so it can help her heal. There are many others on this line in need of Your guiding hand and courage to fight. Bless Cora, To remember the faith of a mustard seed can move a mountain. Be with Sweet Genia and Kind Springtime in there fight to win. Also Jane,EWB and any other  wonderful people on this line. Thank you Lord for loving us all, In your name AMEN

  • Genia
    Genia Member Posts: 1,055
    edited April 2009

    I posted this on my chemo thread but wanted to fill you all in also. 

    Had an appt with my Onco today. I will be starting rads, herceptin and tamoxifen next week.

    Didn't get much encouragement from him today. My path report said my tumor was still 5 cm......and the 5 positive lymph nodes when they took my breast. He's hoping that the herceptin, radiation and tamoxifen will take care of any that's left.....but he says I'm very high risk of having METS. Made my day.....I just wanna bury my head in sand. But I already knew that.....figured that one out a while ago. More in my heart....than in my head.

    Anyway.....that's life in the Genia household.

    I have my days and nights mixed up. Staying up all night and sleeping a lot during the day. Can't get my brain to shut down at night. Had a major meltdown last night....just because I dropped my glass in the floor. Doesn't take much to trigger those emotions anymore.

    Love you all......

  • EWB
    EWB Member Posts: 592
    edited April 2009

    Sweet Genia, my heart goes out for you. So much going on, no wonder you're all mixed up and all. My shoulder and ear are always here for you, along with gentle hugs and lots of prayers.

    My prayers are with whoopsie and all that are in need today. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever....

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited April 2009

    Father in heaven, Heal me, I pray. Not because it is in my best interest,

    but because it is in Your nature to do so. For you alone are the Great

    Physician. Grant me the grace to remain faithful in the face of pain and

    suffering, nausea and concern. If you heal me I will praise You. Lord bring me

    encouraging people alongside me during this time if I feel like stopping. By the

    power of Your Holy Spirit, who dwells within me, focus my mind upon the

    victory through Jesus Christ Our Lord. AMEN

  • deborye
    deborye Member Posts: 2,441
    edited April 2009
    Dear Jesus,
    Divine Physician and Healer of the Sick,
    we turn to You in this time of illness.
    O dearest Comforter of the Troubled,
    alleviate our worry and sorrow with Your gentle love,
    and grant us the grace and strength to accept this burden.
    Dear God,
    we place our worries in Your hands.
    We ask that You restore Your servants to health again.
    Above all,
    grant us the grace to acknowledge Your holy will
    and know that whatsoever You do,
    You do for the love of us.

    Amen.
  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited April 2009

    God is in the middle of doing something great for us

    and, because we are not comfortable as we would

    like to be, we do not recognize the good things

     that He has put in our lap.

    The Lord is your keeper;

    The Lord is your shade at your right hand.

    The sun shall not strike you by day,

    Nor the moon by night.

    The Lord shall preserve you from all evil;

    He shall preserve your soul.

    The Lord shall preserve your going out

    and your coming in

    From this time forth and forevermore. Psalm 121:5-8

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited April 2009

    Come unto Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden,

    And I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and

    learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and

    you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy

    and My burden is light. Matthew 11:28-30

    My help comes from the Lord,

    Who made heaven and earth.

    He will not allow your foot to be moved;

    He who keeps you will not slumber. Psalm 121:2-3

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited April 2009

    Dear Lord, Bless all the wonderful people on this line. Alot of

    them are in need of your love and comfort. Bless our wonderful

    Genia, She is so loving and caring and needs You, To remind

    her she is very important to all of us. Thank you Lord for this

    caring line, We love you. AMEN

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited April 2009

    The Lord is my light and my salvation; 

    Whom shall I fear?

    The Lord is the strength of my life;

    Of whom shall I be afraid?

    When the wicked came against me

    to eat up my flesh,

    My enemies and foes,

    They stumbled and fell.

    Though a army may encamp against me,

    My heart shall not fear;

    Though war may rise against me,

    In this I will be confident.

    One thing I have desired of the Lord,

    That will I seek;

    That I may dwell in the house of the Lord

    All the days of my life,

    To behold the beauty of the Lord,

    And to inquire in His temple.

    For the time of trouble

    He shall hide me in His pavilion;

    In the secret place of His tabernacle

    He shall hide me;

    He shall set me high upon a rock. Psalm 27:1-5

  • EWB
    EWB Member Posts: 592
    edited April 2009

    Thank you Foot, I know I can come here and read wonderful selections from the bible and prayers that always seem to be just what I need at that moment. Thank you for being here and for being such a source of support and love.

    I pray that today is a good day for you, that you know and feel the love of God in your life.

    Elaine

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited April 2009

    Dear Elaine, Thank you, I Love this family we have here and any other that

    are in need of a reminder, Genia was the one that I started to I love to help

    her and still do. She has taught me so much and so have all the others here.

    We are never alone, I was when I had surgeries and chemo. But now like us

    all, We always have the Lord God with us and friend like you, And that has helped me alot.

    God bless you Elaine and everyone else here. Hugs Debbie

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited April 2009

    Father in heaven, help me to have hope by surrounding me with hopeful people.

    Help me to not receive bad news as though it is the last edition, But rather as one

    piece of information afloat on a river of facts flowing into a hopeful future. Heal me,

    I pray, not for my sake or anyone else's but for your sake. And ground my hope in

    reality of Your profound and enduring love for me and desire for my well being. In the

    of Jesus I pray, Amen

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited April 2009

    Count it all joy when you fall into various trials,

    knowing that the testing of your faith produces

    patience. But let patience have it's prefect work,

    that you may be lacking nothing. James 1:2-4

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited April 2009

           "Arise, shine;

    For your light has come!

    And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.

    For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,

        And deep darkness the people;

       But the Lord will arise over you,

    And His glory will be seen upon you."   Isaiah 60:1-2

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited April 2009

    As a Christian, where do I find hope? Hope grows out of my

    Easter faith. Easter teaches us that there is

    no despair so dark,

     no moral failure so grievous,

      no thundercloud so threatening,

       no disappointment so great,

        no future so bleak,

         no news so grim,

          no life in such peril,

          that our good and gracious God cannot remedy

    through His power to heal, comfort, restore, reconcile

    and redeem. Such is the reason that God came to earth

    in the form of Jesus Christ. He wants us to live and love.

     God bless you all this Easter.

  • Genia
    Genia Member Posts: 1,055
    edited April 2009

    That was beautiful Deb......God bless you too hun!

    hugsssss

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited April 2009

    Thanks Genia, My prayers are with you. May Gods peace surround you, May He's love help you understand. May God's hand walk with you, Until you see God smile at you in heaven.

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited April 2009

    Father,install in me a reason for hope. Bring, I pray, calm the raging storms

    of my life. I am afraid of the cancer, but I am not afraid of You. Help me place

    my trust in You, and as I learn from the doctors and nurses, Please help me to

    make the right decisions. Bless my family and help them to be strong so we may

    work with You, to stay close to You threw this difficult time. I love you Lord and thank You

    for all you have done for me. In Jesus name AMEN

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited April 2009

    I will love You, O Lord, My strength.

    The Lord is my rock and my fortress

    and my deliverer; My God, my strength,

    in whom I will trust; My shield and the

    horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

    I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy

    to be praised; So I shall be saved from

    my enemies. Psalm 18: 1-3

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited April 2009

    Let them shout for joy and be glad,

    Who favor My righteous cause;

    And let them say continually,

    "Let the Lord be magnified,

    Who has pleasure in the prosperity of

       His servant."

    And my tongue shall speak of your

    righteousness

    And of Your praise all the day long. Psalm 35:27-28

  • Jane_M
    Jane_M Member Posts: 932
    edited April 2009

    Happy Resurrection Sunday!

    Our crosses have been heavy, but not as heavy as the cross He bore for us.

  • EWB
    EWB Member Posts: 592
    edited April 2009

    He is Risen

        He is Risen indeed

    May your day be full of grace, family, the Holy Trinity and Life! Happy Easter to all.

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited April 2009

    May God give you peace on this beautiful Easter Day.

    Dear Lord, We are so happy for the life you gave us

    and how you arose on this Easter Day. May people

    feel your peace and love this Easter, And may they

    share it with other they love. Bless everyone that is

    in need of you comfort and love. AMEN

  • EWB
    EWB Member Posts: 592
    edited April 2009

    Please bless our sister FPAngel, whose words bring comfort and peace and healing to so many here.

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited April 2009

    The Lord is my Shepherd;

    I shall not want.

    He makes me to lie down in green pastures;

    He leads me beside the still waters.

    He restores my soul;

    He leads me in the paths of righteousness

    For His name sake.

    Yea though I walk through the valley of

       the shadow of death,

    I will fear no evil;

    For You are with me;

    Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.  Psalm 23:1-4

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited April 2009

     O God, You are my God;

    Early will I seek You;

    My soul thrists for You

    In a dry and thirsty land

    Where there is no water Psalm 63:1

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited April 2009

    Believe unflinchingly in your treatment

    decisions, in your medicine and caregivers,

    and in God's power to heal you

    if it is His will to do so.

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited April 2009

    Greater love has no one than this,

    than to lay down one's life for his friend. John 15:13

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited April 2009

    Lord, Thank you that my life is never over  here

    on this earth until You say it is, And when that

    time comes, I will see you face to face and dwell

    in Your presence.  Thank You that  You never give

    up on me, even when I have given up on myself.

    I am so happy that no matter what age I am, I 

    will always have a purpose because You have

    great things for me to do. My times are in Your

    hands, and I know that I am secure as long as I

    can walk through them all with You. Give me strength,

    courage,health, wisdom, revelation, and faith for my

    journey. Please bless all my dear friend that are in need

    of you also. Continue giving them the comfort and peace.

    Amen

  • Genia
    Genia Member Posts: 1,055
    edited April 2009

    Thank you Debbie....those were beautiful sweetie!

    Hope you are doin ok........hugs and love