Dearly beloved of GOD,
I also ask GOD for ministerial open doors and breakthrough and the power to accomplish HIS purpose for creating me. I am also believing GOD for a new accomodation, Let GOD intervene and give me breakthrough. I work for GOD and no one else. Pray also for HIS presence in my minstry, HIS divine direction, HIS HOLY SPIRIT presence, divine power, miracles, healing and financial breakthrough.
Thank You
Prosper Njoku,
Nigeria
Prayer for Ministry in Nigeria
I'm praying to GOD for ministerial breakthrough, I'm also believing GOD for a new and better accomodation that the LORD ALMIGHTY will intervene concerning it. Also pray that there be the presence of GOD in my ministerial and let the Anointing and Divine Power of the HOLY SPIRIT be present in my Ministry.
Thank You
Prosper Njoku (Pastor),
Nigeria
Thank You
Prosper Njoku (Pastor),
Nigeria
A New Beginning
It has been great to read your page since I first wrote over a year ago. At the time of my first prayer request I asked you to pray for me and my husband as we were thinking about changing from a ministry of 20plus years as missionaries to coming back home to the States. Well, that was the longest year of my life. Many hurtful things has happened since then but my husband and I kept our faith. Knowing that God is always in control and He does direct our every steps.
We gave our life to a certain group of people on the mission field and at the end they betrayed us. How? We had not only shown them to the knowledge of the Lord,but also helped them better their lifestyles by finding them jobs. We worked with one man for 15 years, (treating him as our son) and as he grew in the Lord, married and had children...we took them in, loved them and his children were like our grand children. After ordaining him and the church that we started called him as their pastor,we decide it was time to leave. As we looked for a new beginning in the states this same wonderful young man began a path of greed. He destroyed the buildings that we built for the ministry, by digging up the floors looking for gold. He totally ruined his testimoney.... on top of all that, before we left.. we had found out that somehow him and his wife contracted AIDS. They lost their third child and we loved it, held it, and helped bury the child. Thinking it could had been from needles at the hospital... we thought he was still fit to be the pastor.
If you were there you would not have known a wiser man, and one that knew the Bible ....but turned out to be a wolf in sheeps clothing.On going back to investigate the matter we found that his wife had a contract for our lives....(to hire someone to kill us) How could something that seemed so wonderful turn out so horrible? We had to get lawyers and evict the family off the church property. What was really bad is we wonder how we could have been so blind?Was our 20plus years there as missionaries waisted?Well,,Romans 8:28 is always there.
At the same time as finding out all of this we had a church call my husband as their next Pastor... We agreed and thought we would go back and share our joy with this young man....but instead it was a huge slap on the face and heart.We had to resign as missionaries from our group. And from the 120 churches that supported us for 20 years...we only had two letters of encouragement.Even our own mission board did not even care about us leaving the field....they didn't want to hear about the woes on the field.We have started a new beginning with wounded hearts. But we look only to the Lord to help us through the hurt.
I guess I would first thank you for letting me share that all with you and also ask that you pray for my husband as he Pastors (which he feels is definitly the right place to be now) and for me as I play a new role. Pastor's wife. I will need to find a job so I ask that you pray for me just to know where to begin.Thanks for your web sight and allowing us to share our hearts with you!
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We gave our life to a certain group of people on the mission field and at the end they betrayed us. How? We had not only shown them to the knowledge of the Lord,but also helped them better their lifestyles by finding them jobs. We worked with one man for 15 years, (treating him as our son) and as he grew in the Lord, married and had children...we took them in, loved them and his children were like our grand children. After ordaining him and the church that we started called him as their pastor,we decide it was time to leave. As we looked for a new beginning in the states this same wonderful young man began a path of greed. He destroyed the buildings that we built for the ministry, by digging up the floors looking for gold. He totally ruined his testimoney.... on top of all that, before we left.. we had found out that somehow him and his wife contracted AIDS. They lost their third child and we loved it, held it, and helped bury the child. Thinking it could had been from needles at the hospital... we thought he was still fit to be the pastor.
If you were there you would not have known a wiser man, and one that knew the Bible ....but turned out to be a wolf in sheeps clothing.On going back to investigate the matter we found that his wife had a contract for our lives....(to hire someone to kill us) How could something that seemed so wonderful turn out so horrible? We had to get lawyers and evict the family off the church property. What was really bad is we wonder how we could have been so blind?Was our 20plus years there as missionaries waisted?Well,,Romans 8:28 is always there.
At the same time as finding out all of this we had a church call my husband as their next Pastor... We agreed and thought we would go back and share our joy with this young man....but instead it was a huge slap on the face and heart.We had to resign as missionaries from our group. And from the 120 churches that supported us for 20 years...we only had two letters of encouragement.Even our own mission board did not even care about us leaving the field....they didn't want to hear about the woes on the field.We have started a new beginning with wounded hearts. But we look only to the Lord to help us through the hurt.
I guess I would first thank you for letting me share that all with you and also ask that you pray for my husband as he Pastors (which he feels is definitly the right place to be now) and for me as I play a new role. Pastor's wife. I will need to find a job so I ask that you pray for me just to know where to begin.Thanks for your web sight and allowing us to share our hearts with you!
Read Girlfriends Mentor, Drewe Llyn's Response
Women's Ex-Offender Aftercare Ministry
I have a transition home for women in Austin, Texas. Today I am very broken and heartsick to find out that the girls living there have all deceived me on one level or another by covering for each other. One has been using pot, another a guy and another actually had sex at the house. I live a ways from Maggie's Home (affectionately named after Mary Magdalene) and I was really trusting that God changes hearts, not me. I provided them with 30 days free rent, food, a car and requirements were they attend church, have no romantic relationships, and stay for a year.
My dilemma is today I have been cussed at by family, threatened to be sued, and another calling me at work crying and crying.
I need prayers of protection for me and my family, prayers for the Wisdom of Solomon and most of all for the women themselves. That whatever the outcome, this would have been an experience that look back upon that they had an opportunity to get closer to HIM!I am an ex-offender myself and I have been out 8 years this month. I know how heart-breaking this can be, but I also know that without accountability and struggles we don't grow!
His Prisoner Now,
Cheryl
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My dilemma is today I have been cussed at by family, threatened to be sued, and another calling me at work crying and crying.
I need prayers of protection for me and my family, prayers for the Wisdom of Solomon and most of all for the women themselves. That whatever the outcome, this would have been an experience that look back upon that they had an opportunity to get closer to HIM!I am an ex-offender myself and I have been out 8 years this month. I know how heart-breaking this can be, but I also know that without accountability and struggles we don't grow!
His Prisoner Now,
Cheryl
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Miscarriage
Dear Girlfriends,
My husband and I have been trying for over a year to get pregnant with no luck. Last year around June I took two different pregnancy tests on the same day and both were positive. We thought we had finally got what we prayed for, only to find out that five days later I began bleeding. At the emergency room all that was done was a urine test, and the dr said that I was not pregnant but would expect my period instead. I didn't understand how I could have two different tests say positive and days later there was no trace of anything.
Well a year has passed and after lots of medication to move my cycle, prayer, and waiting, we found out that we might be pregnant again. I was very cautious due to the situation last year. I took a blood test at the clinic before I even made an appointment to see the doctor. After the results said pregnant, I scheduled an appointment. Everything went fine when the dr checked me out and I requested an ultrasound to make sure everything was implanted in the uterus. I thought I was 6 weeks when we did the first ultrasound, so therefore hoped to see the heartbeat on the screen. The ultrasound had me at 5 weeks 5 days, and no heartbeat was seen. The technician told me it was probably still too early. A week later a second ultrasound was done. This is the day no heartbeat was found and I was diagnosed to miscarry.
I was devasted and upset, yet a certain peace lingered within me. I understand that God has reason for everything and tried to see that. Since I had not had any bleeding or symptoms of miscarrying, I chose not to do an immediate d&c. The next day after researching about misdiagnosed miscarriages, I called my doctor for a blood test. After waiting several days for the results, I called from a youth camp where I was chaperoning for the week. My hcg levels were 21,000 which were somewhat high. After my week at the youth camp, I still felt a peace from God and every lesson seemed directed to me. I definately had a divine appointment there that week.
When I returned from the camp, I went in for another blood test to see if my levels were increasing or decreasing. Days later at my dr's appointment I found out that my levels had dropped to 7900. It was as if I was reliving the first time they told me again. All last week I had hope for a "miracle baby" yet it seems that is not what God had in mind. I finally have scheduled a d&c for Monday, and I am very scared. I don't want to wait and see how long my body will hold this child before it decides to expel it. That could take weeks or months. I want to try again so badly and get back to the point that I left off of. Of course the dr says wait three months, but I know this will be a long three months. To make peer pressure worse, I have several friends that are pregnant right now. I know these next few months of waiting and hoping my cycle works out will be nerve-wracking. Please pray that the procedure will be successful (no infections and such) and that I will be able to deal with the events of the next couple of months.
Thanks for listening!
God bless!
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My husband and I have been trying for over a year to get pregnant with no luck. Last year around June I took two different pregnancy tests on the same day and both were positive. We thought we had finally got what we prayed for, only to find out that five days later I began bleeding. At the emergency room all that was done was a urine test, and the dr said that I was not pregnant but would expect my period instead. I didn't understand how I could have two different tests say positive and days later there was no trace of anything.
Well a year has passed and after lots of medication to move my cycle, prayer, and waiting, we found out that we might be pregnant again. I was very cautious due to the situation last year. I took a blood test at the clinic before I even made an appointment to see the doctor. After the results said pregnant, I scheduled an appointment. Everything went fine when the dr checked me out and I requested an ultrasound to make sure everything was implanted in the uterus. I thought I was 6 weeks when we did the first ultrasound, so therefore hoped to see the heartbeat on the screen. The ultrasound had me at 5 weeks 5 days, and no heartbeat was seen. The technician told me it was probably still too early. A week later a second ultrasound was done. This is the day no heartbeat was found and I was diagnosed to miscarry.
I was devasted and upset, yet a certain peace lingered within me. I understand that God has reason for everything and tried to see that. Since I had not had any bleeding or symptoms of miscarrying, I chose not to do an immediate d&c. The next day after researching about misdiagnosed miscarriages, I called my doctor for a blood test. After waiting several days for the results, I called from a youth camp where I was chaperoning for the week. My hcg levels were 21,000 which were somewhat high. After my week at the youth camp, I still felt a peace from God and every lesson seemed directed to me. I definately had a divine appointment there that week.
When I returned from the camp, I went in for another blood test to see if my levels were increasing or decreasing. Days later at my dr's appointment I found out that my levels had dropped to 7900. It was as if I was reliving the first time they told me again. All last week I had hope for a "miracle baby" yet it seems that is not what God had in mind. I finally have scheduled a d&c for Monday, and I am very scared. I don't want to wait and see how long my body will hold this child before it decides to expel it. That could take weeks or months. I want to try again so badly and get back to the point that I left off of. Of course the dr says wait three months, but I know this will be a long three months. To make peer pressure worse, I have several friends that are pregnant right now. I know these next few months of waiting and hoping my cycle works out will be nerve-wracking. Please pray that the procedure will be successful (no infections and such) and that I will be able to deal with the events of the next couple of months.
Thanks for listening!
God bless!
Read Girlfriends Mentor, Drewe Llyn's Response
Homemade Bread and Bible Stories
Thank you so much for taking time to email me, sometimes as missionaries’ wives we feel so alone and out of touch with the real world, and the Lord has blessed me today by allowing you to email me and tell me you are praying. What a blessing!
Please pray for the Lord’s cooking/Bible storing classes here in Mexico. We travel around in the state of "O." giving 6-8 weeks of cooking classes at the same time sharing a Bible story. For example, I may teach them to make homemade bread, and at the same time I share the Bible story of Jesus feeding the people with only fish and loaves of bread. The amazing thing for us, or should I say miracle for us, is how the Lord multiplies the bread we make. It never fails that each woman gets to take home a loaf. We never know how many women will be there, but God does, and we always have the exact amount needed, Isn’t He awesome? In the last year we have seen 72 women, men, children, and youth come to know the Lord through this ministry. Some attend a church and others have just kept the cooking class going to study the Bible due to their husbands not allowing them to go to church, however allowing them to go to cooking class, not knowing they are learning the Bible. Please pray that this continues to reproduce and make a difference here in "O.", and that God starts a revival here due to it.
IMB Missionary to Mexico
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Please pray for the Lord’s cooking/Bible storing classes here in Mexico. We travel around in the state of "O." giving 6-8 weeks of cooking classes at the same time sharing a Bible story. For example, I may teach them to make homemade bread, and at the same time I share the Bible story of Jesus feeding the people with only fish and loaves of bread. The amazing thing for us, or should I say miracle for us, is how the Lord multiplies the bread we make. It never fails that each woman gets to take home a loaf. We never know how many women will be there, but God does, and we always have the exact amount needed, Isn’t He awesome? In the last year we have seen 72 women, men, children, and youth come to know the Lord through this ministry. Some attend a church and others have just kept the cooking class going to study the Bible due to their husbands not allowing them to go to church, however allowing them to go to cooking class, not knowing they are learning the Bible. Please pray that this continues to reproduce and make a difference here in "O.", and that God starts a revival here due to it.
IMB Missionary to Mexico
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On the Field Praying for Wisdom
We are serving in Venezuela with our two children. Our son will be starting his senior year and has begun the college search process, We do not thave the resources to visit any of these universities. Please pray with us for wisdom as we help him select the university. Pray that God would give him peace and that God would be glorified in each step of the process. Thank you for choosing to strenghthen us through your prayers.
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