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Prayer request for a fellow volunteer firefighter (vanity)
7-11-08 | RWB Patriot

Posted on 07/11/2008 6:03:39 AM PDT by RWB Patriot

One of the firefighters on my volunteer department is in the hospital with terminal cancer. They say he's still going strong, but from what I was hearing, his chances aren't good. I'm asking for a prayer of healing and...a prayer for a peaceful departure should it become necessary.

I'm also asking for a prayer of comfort for his family.


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1 posted on 07/11/2008 6:03:40 AM PDT by RWB Patriot
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Prayers for your colleague’s suffering to be eased.


2 posted on 07/11/2008 6:05:52 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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RWB Patriot,

It is my honor and privledge to petition the Almighty on behalf of this brother and his family. Thank you for letting me know about this.

Tom
Firefighter/Chaplain
Franklin Twp Volunteer Fire Co.
Carbon County Dist 4
Pennsylvania


3 posted on 07/11/2008 6:15:42 AM PDT by fatboy
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Prayer sent.


4 posted on 07/11/2008 6:16:04 AM PDT by Old Grumpy
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To: RWB Patriot

Prayers for healing, comfort, and strength.


5 posted on 07/11/2008 6:34:26 AM PDT by llmc1
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To: RWB Patriot
I heard it said once that, - “as a Christian, the day I die will be the best day I’ve ever lived. But it won’t be the best I will ever live.”

This is truly what I believe. Not believing this, not believing in God, not believing Jesus when he said he was going to prepare a place for me, would end all purpose for living. And what keeps me going is focusing on the Heaven that awaits the believers.
The Heaven John wrote about in the Bible is so full of wonders and mysteries that in our wildest dreams we could not imagine it. Certainly Heaven contains many surprises which we will never be able to comprehend in this life. And it will not be boring.
Think back to the one single best day of your whole life. Maybe it was your wedding, the birth of your child, your first trip to Disneyland, the anniversary cruise with your spouse, whatever. Now imagine each day in Heaven being that multiplied 100-fold, and the number of those days will be endless. That is what I firmly believe Heaven will be like. Is it no wonder the Creator of it all will be worshiped by all the Heavenly host?

I hope he knows Christ, and if not I pray that God send someone to him who could lead him to Salvation.

God Bless him, his family, and his friends.

6 posted on 07/11/2008 6:47:26 AM PDT by NavyCanDo
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Prayers up.

2 survivors


7 posted on 07/11/2008 6:49:01 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch (US Constitution Article 4 Section 4..shall protect each of them against Invasion...domestic Violence)
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Lord take this man in your powerful hands and bring him comfort and peace in Jesus name we ask amen.


8 posted on 07/11/2008 6:50:38 AM PDT by squarebarb
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Prayers going up


9 posted on 07/11/2008 8:27:03 AM PDT by GloriaJane (http://www.download.com/gloriajane)
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Prayers for him and his family. May the Lord touch and cure him and may our Holy Spirit surround him and his family.


10 posted on 07/11/2008 12:19:19 PM PDT by rep-always
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Prayers respectfully offered.


11 posted on 07/11/2008 8:47:30 PM PDT by elk1
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I have two family members in the Fire Service. My prayers and thoughts are with this man and his family.


12 posted on 07/11/2008 9:42:21 PM PDT by tajgirvan ( Please Pray for Steve Godbold, Christian Missionary Kidnapped in Africa 10/11/07)
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I have two family members in the Fire Service. My prayers and thoughts are with this man and his family.


13 posted on 07/11/2008 9:42:21 PM PDT by tajgirvan ( Please Pray for Steve Godbold, Christian Missionary Kidnapped in Africa 10/11/07)
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I’d just like to get on and say thank you to all who have sent prayers and to any future prayers. Not only are you helping a fellow firefighter, you are also showing me the bond that firefighters have with each other; that brotherly bond is one of the top reasons I want to be a firefighter.

I’ll try to keep you guys updated on his condition; understandably, his family isn’t comfortable discussing it.

And while I submit to the Lord’s will, I can’t help but pray it’s not his time yet. The death of a fellow firefighter is something...I was hoping not to have to experience so soon.


14 posted on 07/11/2008 9:59:10 PM PDT by RWB Patriot
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Prayer bump


15 posted on 07/11/2008 10:01:16 PM PDT by Tribune7 (How is inflicting pain and death on an innocent, helpless human being for profit, moral?)
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To: RWB Patriot; nickcarraway; Lady In Blue; NYer; ELS; Pyro7480; livius; Catholicguy; RobbyS; ...
 
 
Catholic Prayer Ping!
 
Please send me a FReepmail to be added or taken off the Catholic Prayer Ping List.
 
Please address your prayers to RWB Patriot;

16 posted on 07/11/2008 10:21:53 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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Almighty Father, help this man in his fight against cancer, heal him and make him whole, as is Your will, and to Your greater Glory. See to all his needs and those of his family and loved ones as only You can. I ask this in Jesus’ Holy Name, Amen.


17 posted on 07/11/2008 10:27:09 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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Prayers


18 posted on 07/12/2008 1:36:42 AM PDT by kronos77 (Kosovo is Serbian Jerusalem. No Serbia without Kosovo.)
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Prayers up for this courageous man and his friends and family.


19 posted on 07/12/2008 1:57:46 AM PDT by derllak
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Prayers are on the way.


20 posted on 07/12/2008 3:09:08 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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May he know and feel God’s invincible healing power.


21 posted on 07/12/2008 3:15:10 AM PDT by Mad Dawg (Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
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To: RWB Patriot

Prayers offered.


22 posted on 07/12/2008 3:40:11 AM PDT by freema (MarineNiece,Daughter,Wife,Friend,Sister,Friend,Aunt,Friend,Mother,Friend,Cousin, FRiend)
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Prayers going up. My son is also a Vol FF in his off time from the Marines.
I believe God watches out for those special people that unselfishly give of themselves to community, country etc.

I stopped asking why do all these bad things happen to good people. I just put my faith in God and feel that he knows best.
God Bless.


23 posted on 07/12/2008 6:31:25 AM PDT by MarineMom613 (My son is My Hero!!!)
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I pray that Jesus will help this firefighter and his family.


24 posted on 07/12/2008 7:49:46 AM PDT by GinaLolaB (=^..^=)
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Prayers


25 posted on 07/12/2008 7:54:57 AM PDT by knighthawk (We will always remember We will always be proud We will always be prepared so we may always be free)
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Prayers for God’s Blessings.


26 posted on 07/12/2008 8:32:14 AM PDT by ex-snook ("Above all things, truth beareth away the victory.")
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Prayers for your brave friend.
Prayers for healing, peace and courage.


27 posted on 07/12/2008 10:52:35 AM PDT by Ramcat (Thank You American Veterans)
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Prayers sent!


28 posted on 07/12/2008 7:51:40 PM PDT by JZelle
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Prayers up for your friend and brother-in-arms.


29 posted on 07/12/2008 7:52:58 PM PDT by Allegra (If you lived here, you'd be home by now.)
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Saying Prayers.


30 posted on 07/14/2008 4:14:33 PM PDT by The Bass Player (" Live every day as if it is your last, for surely one day you will be right"~ Tom Burnett,Jr.)
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in my prayers


31 posted on 07/14/2008 7:07:02 PM PDT by LadyDoc (liberals only love politically correct poor people)
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To: RWB Patriot; 4woodenboats; abletruth; Accountable One; Aeronaut; AKA Elena; Alamo-Girl; ...
Prayer ping.

Please post your replies to RWB Patriot


Please know that I am praying. May God provide protection, healing and comfort as needed.  

Blessings,
trussell


If you want on/off my prayer ping list, please let me know. All requests happily honored.

32 posted on 07/14/2008 7:24:02 PM PDT by trussell (I carry because...When seconds count between life and death, the police are only minutes away)
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Prayers to this brave man, for peace and for comfort, to not fear.

Prayers to his family & company for strength, healing and acceptance.

Prayers to all who care for him to hold each other up.


33 posted on 07/14/2008 8:33:59 PM PDT by Dominnae (This is my opinion, and worth every penny you paid for it.)
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I join in your earnest prayers for him and the family!


34 posted on 07/14/2008 8:37:54 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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Prayers respectfully offered.


35 posted on 07/14/2008 9:47:19 PM PDT by elk1
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May your friend and his family find comfort, strength, and encouragement in this Healing Confession, penned by a beloved husband for his wife, Patsy, and one he prayed daily until her return to vibrant health. May it be so for your friend.

HEALING CONFESSION

Heavenly Father, I thank You for Your Living Word. You said that Your Word is Life to those who find it and medicine to all their flesh. Today, by my confession, I apply Your Word to our body by giving voice to it. You said in Psalm 139:14 that we are fearfully and wonderfully made and that Your works are marvelous. I declare that You made us and we are a marvelous creation.

I speak to sickness and disease today and proclaim that according to Philippians 2:10 that they must bow down to the mighty name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Every name in Heaven, on earth, and under the earth bows its knee to Jesus’ name.

I speak to our body today and declare that we have authority over it. I command it to receive the Word of God. Matthew 8:17 proclaims that Jesus bore our sickness and took our infirmities. Heavenly Father, I thank you that the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead dwells in us and makes alive our mortal body.

I speak to our immune system and command it to line up with the Word of God. Our immune system will destroy sickness and disease in our body and perform its job, for this is what You created it to do. I thank you, Father, that every cell in our body responds to Your Word. Your Word permeates our body from the top of our head to the bottom of our feet. I confess that the Word of God is being made flesh in us. Psalm 103:3 declares that You, Father, forgave all our iniquities and healed all our diseases. Father, that is Your confession and I make it my confession, also. We don't judge by the sight of our eyes; we judge by Your Living Word. It is Your Word that lives in us and brings health and healing to every part of our body.

Heavenly Father, I rejoice at Your promise of divine health. You said it and I believe it. Today I declare that we will see Your promise of healing manifest in our body.

Healing is ours because Jesus paid the price two thousand years ago. God so loved us that He sent His Son to die on the cross so that we could experience life on God's terms. His abundant life is manifesting in us. Make us whole ~ body, soul, and spirit. Amen ...

36 posted on 07/14/2008 11:01:50 PM PDT by Pegita ('Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, just to take Him at His word ...)
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May God hold this man close to Him now and guide those who care for him. May He give him and his family peace and strength as they endure this trial. May He restore him to complete health in His service, in Jesus' name.

Carolyn

37 posted on 07/15/2008 4:44:57 AM PDT by CDHart ("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
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You tell your friend that this firefighter would be proud to make entry with him into an involved structure, anytime.


38 posted on 07/15/2008 4:53:16 AM PDT by Focault's Pendulum (Doomage on you)
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Father, have mercy on this man who would risk his life to save our lives and property. We beseech you to grant him healing and peace. In Your Holy Name, we cover him now with our prayers.


39 posted on 07/15/2008 6:33:32 PM PDT by July4 (July4)
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Prayers for your fellow firefighter and his family.


What A Friend We Have In Jesus

40 posted on 07/15/2008 8:35:00 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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Prayers on the way!


41 posted on 07/15/2008 8:50:59 PM PDT by BlessedBeGod
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I regret to inform Free Republic that David Ragsdale, volunteer firefighter of the Beaverfork Volunteer Fire Department, passed away a few days ago.

His family and I thank you for your prayers.


42 posted on 07/18/2008 6:00:03 AM PDT by RWB Patriot
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I’m so sorry.

Continuing prayers on the way for his eternal rest, and for the comfort and consolation of his friends and famly.


43 posted on 07/18/2008 11:52:23 PM PDT by BlessedBeGod
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TAPS

RIP David Ragsdale


Amazing Grace

44 posted on 07/19/2008 2:03:58 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: RWB Patriot

So sorry for the loss of your friend.

Prayers sent for you and all of his loved ones.


45 posted on 07/20/2008 11:06:22 AM PDT by Bigg Red
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prayers!


46 posted on 07/20/2008 12:05:55 PM PDT by Perdogg
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Prayers up.


47 posted on 07/21/2008 12:54:07 PM PDT by Irish Rose (Will work for chocolate.)
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Prayers up, may he know the Peace that passes understanding

http://www.billygraham.org/SH_StepsToPeace.asp


48 posted on 07/22/2008 6:13:22 AM PDT by The Spirit Of Allegiance (Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
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I am truly sorry. Please give my condolences to his family and his brother Firefighters.

May the Grace, Peace and Mercy of God be with you all.


49 posted on 07/26/2008 2:23:31 AM PDT by tajgirvan ( Please Pray for Steve Godbold, Christian Missionary Kidnapped in Africa 10/11/07)
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Prayer up—


50 posted on 08/02/2008 5:07:07 PM PDT by Mamzelle
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