Family Prayers

[rhetoricfemme]

Hi All,

I'd really appreciate it if you could help pray for my son and daughter. Edward is only 19 months old, and is having a somewhat hard time sharing his mommy and daddy time with Kyra, who is almost 4 weeks old. [i]Please pray for him to find some peace, and for my husband and I to keep our eyes and hearts open for all of his needs[/i]. As for Kyra, I'm worried that she may have some blockage in her intestines, and we'll be finding out one way or the other today. She doesn't seem to be in any kind of pain, but I'm still worried, as this type of problem runs in our family amongst newborns.[i] Please pray that she would be healthy[/i], and that she's just taking a little too long to soil a diaper.

Also, could you please send up some prayers for my eldest niece and nephew?

Ashley is 22 and has already dealt with cervical cancer by the age of 20. Thankfully, that is out of the way, but lately she keeps landing in the ER for severe abdominal pains, and the doctors cannot figure out what is causing it. At first they thought it to be either appendicitis or a ruptured ovarian cyst, but apparently neither of those is it. To be completely honest, while I believe in Ashley's physical pain, I'm not unsure if she's somehow unintentionally causing it herself. She's had a very stressed out couple of years, at one time even being told by her father that she needed to step up and take care of their family (when he temporarily left) because she was the one strong enough to keep things together. She was only 17 or 18 when he did that, and she really hasn't been the same since. [i] Please pray for her, that she would be cured of whatever is causing this pain, and that she would rely on God to get her through. [/i] She used to have such strong faith, and while I know she still believes in God, the reliance and faith has seriously waned in the past few years.


My nephew, Andrew, is 21 and trying to navigate the world on his own. He's overwhelmingly naive, gives people the benefit of the doubt to the point where he gets hurt, and he's an outspoken intellect who doesn't much care for being told what to do... His lease is nearly up on his seriously-wrong-part-of-town apartment, which his roommate left him to pay for a months back when the kid literally just up and left. Not to mention, his father is back in his life. This man left when Andrew was 2, and just showed up at Andrew's place of work one day. After a lifetime of anger and hatred toward this man, Andrew has established a relationship with him, but the rest of our family is very worried for him. We know what his father is really like, know the serious lies he tells to get what he wants, and we know the life-threatening premise under which he finally left my sister and nephew's lives all those years ago. Andrew was never told about that particular night, and he wants so badly to believe his dad is there for him, that I'm not sure he'd even believe us. [i] Please pray for Andrew to remain safe, and to not be so proud as to decline moving back home, or at least closer to home while he sorts his life out. Please pray that he would consider letting God into his life. [/i] He's an atheist, but appreciates the concept of religion in a person's life, and more than once he's listened to me talk about faith.


Thanks, Pham. It means a lot to me!