PRAYER #57 - FALSE ACCUSATIONS

Shereen (Srilanka)

Dear "Need Prayer Now"

A certain person whome I had looked after so well has made a false case against me and asking for a big sum of  money.
I am a God fearing person and I am known to be patient kind and  sincere

This case has been going on for two yrs now I am praying for the person who has brought false charges on me to go overseas for better prospects as she is very ambitouse before the next case in Jan next yr so that she can earn a honest living and the case will come to an end. 

Please pray that this girl will go away without holding on to a lie she has created and making further problems I hold no bitterness against her..God already knows my heart and that I am innocent of this matter.God Bless 

PRAYER #56 - MY NIECE IS IN A COMA

Fred - Orange County, CA

My niece, Nazanin has been in a coma for almost 2 weeks now. She is only 21 years old and they don't know why she fell into a coma. Nazanin is a Christian who lives in Tehran.

If you could all please pray for her recovery. God can do anything, including bringing Nazanin back from her coma. Thank you all for caring.

PRAYER #55 - SUICIDE ATTEMPT & FINANCES

We just received this prayer request. I have contacted Jarrod immediately and I am seeing how I can help him in addition to prayer.

Here is what Jarrod wrote me,

My roommate/friend just attempted suicide for the 4th time since we moved in together. I feel like it's my fault, and bills are due and there's not enough money to pay for even the basics. I don't know what to do or how to react. I wish I were dead, I want for God to call me home.

-Jarrod

PRAYER #54 - URGENT MEDICAL CONDITIONS

Penny - (Cypress, CA, USA)

Here is a prayer request from a friend of mine. Could you please post for others to pray for? Thanks., Penny.

Just wanted to let you know and ask you to pray for my brother in-law Jim (Kathy's husband). He had a heart attack and is going to be having a triple bypass this friday, all three arteries are totally blocked. As if that's not enough, just before this heart attack he found out that his kidneys were shot and he was going to need a kidney transplant. While at the hospital he's been undergoing dialysis but, now the kidney's are secondary to the heart. As you can imagine with his body in such a compromised state this surgery comes with a load of risk. Kathy and the kids are doing pretty well considering and at this time would greatly appreciate your prayers for Jim. Thank you! Love, Mary

PRAYER #53 - MY MARRIAGE

Tim, (NJ, USA)
Need continued prayers for my wife's healing, for God to place forgiveness in her heart for me, and that she will want to move toward the restoration of our marriage. I have told her that I want to reconcile, and have done all that I can to let her know that I want our marriage forever. She has told me she doesn't know if she wants our marriage anymore, and doesn't know if she will ever trust me again and move past this. She says I need to give her time and space to figure out what she wants now, during this separation, and I know I need to give her that. I also face unemployment, as my company is in bankruptcy, and the job market is tough. I having a hard time coping with all of this, and the fact that she may not want us ever again. We have been together for 23 years, and married for over 21 years. Our names are Tim & Heidi in NJ

PRAYER #52 - CAR ACCIDENT / COMA

Shannon, 25, from near Clearwater, British Columbia, was in a very serious car accident and has been in a coma for for the last 5 weeks. She has at least some degree of brain damage and has had done numerous surgeries for broken bones and all is mending, but she is not coming out of the coma.

Please pray for her!

PRAYER #51 - CAR ACCIDENT

I was asked by a good friend of mine for much needed prayer. This morning my friends son-in-law, Pete was involved in a horrific car accident. Pete was air lifted to the hospital with an aorta injury. Please pray for Pete that God would do a great healing on his injuries. Also pray for Pete's wife and children as well as the extended family as they go through this ordeal.

May God's will be done..............

UPDATE 11/13/09

Get this out on the Need Prayer Now Blog. On Saturday, the trauma team, after taking a miriad of MRI's released him from trauma ICU to a regular ICU. The doctors decided not to do surgery on his aorta tear (flap inside the heart). By Monday Pete was released to a regular room. The last MRI showed that the tear was healing on its own. On Tuesday they released him home. Prais God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! An injury like this normally is fatal. The did find a fracture in his neck so he will be wearing a half halo (hmmm) for a couple of months.
Thank all that prayed. love you my brother.....

FIGHTING FOR YOUR CHILD

I am in need of prayer for my 15 yr. old son David.
* That his plans will fall through
* The Lord will take those friends who are pressuring him to leave home/school out of his life
* The Lord will put someone in his life he can talk with
* His salvation

Thank you so much.
In His Name,
Christine

PRAYER #50 - MY CHILDREN

Anonymous -

I am asking prayer for God to move upon the lawyers and the courts to set an immediate date to began the court hearings so that I may get full custody of my two small children. It has already been two months and with in that time I have not been permitted to see them. I pray also that God will tell them I do still love and care for them. I am believing that in the name of Jesus I already have them.

PRAYER #49 - IN A COMA FOR A YEAR

Hi To All ,

Hope all is well with you. I received word today about a seventeen year old Page High School student named Matt Hodge; he was hit by a train, and has been at Vanderbilt in a coma for a year now with a one percent mortality rate. We serve a big GOD and as we know HE can do anything. Matt has been moving one foot which has the Doctors hopeful and is the reason they have not pulled the plug. Please send this to all your prayer warriors and let’s believe for a miracle that will astound all involved. I pray for revelation knowledge for the doctors and nurses treating him that he gets the right amount of medicine and treatment and that a huge army of GOD’S very elect elite surround him to do battled over him. God please increase the faith of others around him so they will speak life and not death over him in the name of Jesus. I pray the word of GOD be read daily to him because I do believe he can hear and understand things around him. Thanks! Patty S.

That all who are sick may experience the healing touch of the Lord Jesus.

That all who are ill among my family and friends may be restored to health in mind, body, and spirit.

That all who suffer from mental disease may receive compassionate treatment.

That all the homebound and bedridden may have Christ as their consolation.

That all who suffer from diseases that devastate the body may be granted strength and hope.

That all with disabling handicaps may be blessed with forbearance.

That all doctors, nurses, and other caregivers may be well in body and spirit.

That our lawmakers will pass laws to ensure that proper, dignified medical care is available for all who are in need, especially the poor and the elderly.

That God might look with favor on my special intentions.

I ask all this in the Name of the Lord Jesus Who intercedes before You on Matt's behalf.

PRAYER #48 - MY GREAT-GRANDSON

(Globe, Arizona, USA)

My great-grandson Kaleb was borned on Aug. 17th, and he hasn't seen the light of day since. He is in Childrens Hospital in Phoenix Az. And the doctors aren't really sure what is wrong with him, his plateletts keep dropping, and he appears of have hardening of the muscles around his heart which is blocking vessels, He is fighting hard, and I am requesting prayers from around the world for him to come home.

Thank You

Alice

UPDATE: 8/23/09

I do want to let you know that after I sent out a plea for prayers that he opened his eyes lastnight for the first time since he was born, and he has kept them opened, his blood surgar has also improved, and he is cooing. Thank You all so very much. Please keep him in your prayers.

PRAYER #47 - GOD SAVE MY CAR

Anonymous -

pray that my car wont be repo'ed. today is the deadline for $767.50 to the finance company. I have already contacted family and friends and nobody has been able to help me.

I need my car desperately for transportation and to go see my autistic son who is 138 miles away and in the temporary custody of the state of ohio. he is being neglected and abused and now has a medical condition from the meds they put him on. I talk to him daily but i also have to be able to see him.

He misses me and wants to come back home, i have to be able to visit him. I lost my job back in may, 2009 and have been getting the run around from several companies. Thank god, i suppose to start work this Monday so i need my car for that also.

Please pray for my faith, my peace, my endurance and that this need will be met. Pray also for my precious son for his well-being and protection and that he will be coming back home to be with his mom.

God Bless you!

PRAYER #46 - MY WIFE IS FAR FROM ME

My wife Ann, left four times in the last year on extended trips to China. She is Chinese. We have been married for six years. We were separated too long and have watched as her heart has slowly grown cold, secretive and talks very little. Yes, she may even have another. In January I lost my job and still can not find work. Our money is dwindling. And, as our sixth anniversary comes up

I miss my best friend and true love. I pray God to send here home with a reconciled heart. Two days ago I found out she has Cervical Cancer. And, my heart goes out to my 11 year old Chinese daughter who misses her home.

So many hurts and feeling. Dear God, work a miracle, give here wisdom, health and forgiveness. She is my everything.

Thomas B

HOW TO PRAY

A simple patterns of prayer that has worked for many is the acronym ACTS which stands for Adoration, confession, thanksgiving and supplication.

Adoration - Spend some time praising God for who He is and what He has done

Confession - admit to God where you have blown it or fallen short

Thanksgiving - Thank God for your forgiveness and the other great things He is doing in your life.

Supplication - This is the part where you bring your prayer requests to God.

PRAYER #45 - SUNDAY SCHOOL

Sheila - (Mobile, Alabama, USA)

Help-I need to know whether to back out of teaching a Sunday School class or not.

Someone is creating all kinds of drama and backbiting for no reason and making teaching very difficult.

Do I defend myself - let her push me around - get out or call a meeting with the five people she's thus far involved. Her dramas are not anything that involves reality.

I'm a good teacher - 30 years of teaching and people are being blessed but she and the two council members she has run to are making everything such a trial...I cannot understand what she wants although I and the other sub (she's the third sub) have asked her repeatedly what she wants. She says all is well and then later calls, texts or emails others complaining that she is being slighted and treated unfairly.

I am so upset about all this - it's a new class and I don't know what to do. The people in the class love it but it's getting me crazy. I need to hear from God on this one...
Sheila

PRAYER #44 - MY HUSBAND'S HEALTH

Kathy (Orange County, CA, USA)

Dear Friends and Family,

I'm coming to you again to ask for prayer.

Many of you know, but a few don't, that Bob was diagnosed 6 weeks ago with pancolitis, barretts esphogas and a hialtal hernia. It appears that that pancolitis is what has been messing with his body for months now. Pancolitis is ulcerative colitis, but instead of being in a small area of the colon - has spread throughout his entire colon. The pictures are awful and the doctor said it's one of the worse cases he has seen.

Okay - so we serve a wonderful, healing God. We do believe that Bob is healed, but are walking through the process now. He's taking horse sized pills 3 times per day and following a very strict diet. But this is the deal - he's having a really hard time with food - it seems that everything makes him sick. We've worked him down to a very limited diet, trying to eliminate the things that affect him - but not working!!!!! Everything - even the most innocent seems to mess him up - every time he eats. I love the fact that he doesn't complain, but can see how tired his body is becoming. And purely from the wife's point of view - he's shrinking.

Please pray for him. Pray for his healing, pray for inspiration on what to do about food. Pray that when we see his doctor on Tuesday that he has some good suggestions - effective suggestions. Suggestions that don't keep us running back to the doctor since our medical insurance ends on Tuesday! but most of all we are praying together and ask that you join us in this - May God be glorified in the process.

We appreciate you and love you. We thank God for the body of Christ! We are grateful to be a part of you.

God bless you!
Kathy

PRAYER #43 - RUNAWAY SON (PART 2)

David's mom wrote us originally on March 6th. She has written us again asking us to continue praying for her son. As most parents know, the teenage years are the most difficult to keep your children from drifting away from you and toward their friends. It's also the time of their lives that they drift from God.

We need to pray for our teens, especially David. I know how painful it is to see something become more important to your child than God. We all pray that our drifting children are our prodigal children.

I will be taking this prayer request to my bible study and to my local church for extra prayers. I ask that you pleasem, PLEASE do the same.

Here is her second letter to our blog:

asking for prayer for my son, David please. He is 14 years old and has become addicted to pot. We are trying to get him into a christian program to overcome this. He has become very disrespectful and wants to do what ever he wants. We ask for prayers that the Lord will completely take away all desire to want to smoke again. And that the Lord will soften his heart and put conviction in his heart.

Thank you,
Sincerely
David's mom

PRAYER #43 - RUNAWAY SON

(Hacienda, Heights, CA, USA)

I would like prayer for my 14 year old son, David, who ran away for a day. He came back but doesn't want to be home.

I pray that he would find the Joy of the Lord in his heart like he once knew it when he was a little boy. And that the Holy Spirit will do a work in his life and my son will once again find Jesus's love!!!

Also, so he doesn't have any more desire to run away again.
Thank you,
his mom

PRAYER #42 - HUSBAND FINANCIAL TROUBLES

Shereen (SriLanka, Colombo) -

I need prayers for my husband Kumar who is facing a financial crisis at the moment in his business He is depressed and ill with this problem He believes in Jesus and a good man who has done lot of charity for the needy Thank you for your prayers and may god bless you.

HOW HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF

My church is currently studying the minor prophets.

The more I read about how God is upset with Israel and he is punishing them for the wrong ways, the more I am associating our bad economy to the same thing.

Think about the world. Our economy is bad due to Enron greed. Banks are greedy, autoworkers are greedy, and even Circuit City is greedy. Have you seen Circuit City's liquidation sale. Walmart still has better prices. That's embarrassing.

In fact, Walmart, which is based on Christian values, is the only company flourishing in this tough times.

I truly believe we are again being punished for our lifestyles, greed, lust, and all the other sins that we as a society have grown accustom to.

So I am asking prayer for two things.

1. That God forgive us for our ways. That He forgive us for accepting things that as being okay when they are not. How can we spread the word of God when we are living the life of a sinner.

2. That we stand up stronger as one church and stop treating churches like they are gangs. People get so protective of their church and proud of the name and size of their church. We all are one body. We all are Christ's church. So stop fluanting your church's name around like it means something. It doesn't matter if you worship at Calvary Chapel, Willows, The Rock or the local high school gym. All that matters is that Christ died for our sins.

Please pray for these things. They definitely need to change.

PRAYER #41 MY SON - BIPOLAR

Diana - (USA)

Please pray for my son, Todd. He is 24 and has bipolar I with schizophrenic symptoms. He cycles rapidly from depression to extreme mania / agitation sometimes with violent behavior. He doesn’t trust anyone to help him and has turned to self medicating with pot to ”stop the voices” even though he now has insurance through his wife and a new doctor who is willing to help him.

He had to be hospitalized three weeks ago after attacking his dad. He was in 72 hours then had to agree to go 6 hours a day 5 days a week for 2 weeks then could be released. He doesn’t want to give up the pot and using his prescribed meds the way he wants. His doctor has given him an ultimatum or stop treating him. Todd had turned on his wife. He has only one friend – the one he can smoke pot with.

He has fractured his relationship with his brother; won’t go to church. He can’t work; he doesn’t want to live; we’ve lost our son and are grieving.

We need a miracle for his life. Satan CANNOT HAVE THIS MAN. HE IS GOD’S.

Please stand with us and pray for Todd. If you have a prayer chain ask those on it to pray. I have felt a struggle for him for a long time – since he had a head injury when he was 10 years old. He told me in church a short time after that “Mom, did you say that? I heard Him calling me” . He said later he felt God wanted great things for him and that there was a struggle for his very life. I though about that time and told my husband that truly either God was calling him or he’s schizophrenic. Little did I know what would happen. I cannot let Todd’s life be snuffed out.

“ …Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me” Matthew 25:40

PRAYER #40 - MY CHURCH

Jack (Buena Park, CA, USA) -

I have been working hard since Thanksgiving to get Knott Avenue Christian Church on the web live on Saturday nights and also archived in higher quality for watching at a later time.

God has answered my prayers and allowed this to be possible. I want to thank David Bemis, Pastor Mike Carman, and Pastor Shane Womack for your trust and support in this area.

Now KACC broadcasts can be seen live on Saturday's 5pm at:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/kacc-live

The next day the higher quality version will be available for watching at:
http://KACCLive.blip.tv

The next thing I am working toward is an amazing new website where all of our classes, services, projects, missions, and events can be posted. KACC is my church home and I can't even begin to tell you how much this church is doing.

Please continue praying for the KACC media projects. We really have a lot to tell people when it comes to God's word. This is only the beginning.

PRAYER #39 - THYROID SURGERY

Theresa (Anaheim, CA, USA) -

Please pray for Teri. She lives in Toronto and just had thyroid surgery to remove tumors. We need your prayers to ask God that these tumors be benign.

Thank you for your time.

KACC LIVE BROADCAST EXAMPLE

HERE IS ONE OF OUR FIRST BROADCASTS THAT GOD HAS ALLOWED US TO DO.

THANK GOD FOR KACC MEDIA PROGRAM

I just want to thank God for blessing my local church "Knott Avenue Christian Church". He made it possible to broadcast our sermons live each Saturday night on the internet so everyone around the world can see. He also allowed me to record them and put them up for people to watch at their convenience at kacclive.blip.tv.

I had so many technical hurdles and financial struggles in making this come together. God just kept clearing the way and we are so excited about this new media outlet.

We began on Christmas Eve and since then our church sermons have been watched over 600 times. I haven't even began promoting it, yet.

Thank you Lord for always being there!!!!

Prayer #38 - LITTLE GIRL HAS VIRUS

POSTED 12/17/08:

I would like prayer for my future daughter-in-laws new niece. She has an unknown virus. They have a team of research Drs. trying to find the problem. Mean while the baby is in ICU very ill. She is only two weeks old and weighs six pounds.

JC

Cypress, CA

UPDATE: 1/12/09

Hello again,

I just got an update on my prayer request praise report.

The virus is gone, but she is still on the ventilator and not really trying to breath on her own.
Also the family really needs prayer as they are not believers and they have no peace. We as believers can do the one thing we know how to do and that is pray. So thank you all my sisters and brothers out there for joining me in praying for this little one.

JC Cypress CA

UPDATE 1/13/09

The prayers are working. She is now off of the ventilator and is now breathing on her own. Please keep praying so that she makes a full recovery from this illness. Thank you again for your prayers.

JC Cypress, CA