http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/prayers/ en-us Thu, 4 Sep 2008 22:25:16 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2074894/posts All, Thank you for your prayers for my coworkers daughter and her parents. This precious two week old girl had open heart surgery yesterday afternoon and there were complications. Here's the update: She "is back on the bypass machine, so it is doing all the work for her now. She has developed some additional complications and is in critical condition. It looks like they won’t be able to close her chest until at least Monday. They could possibly be in Philadelphia for a month." Please contine to pray for this little girl. We all know that nothing is impossible with... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2074894/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 22:25:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074069/posts 9/01/08 3:12PM EST: [UPDATES IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Credible sources tell YWN that the missing body of 39-year-old Naftoli Smolyansky Z”L, who went missing while on a boating trip in Lake Piru, California has just been found. Naftoli was in a boat on the lake with his 9-year-old son and his two daughters, ages 5 and 7 last Monday afternoon, when his youngest daughter fell overboard. He jumped in to save her, and managed to push his daughter back into the boat, but he R”L went under and did not resurface. Hundreds of people joined the massive search by air, land,... Yeshivaworld.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074069/posts#comment Wed, 3 Sep 2008 22:06:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072889/posts QUOTES OF THE DAY Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate August 28, 2008 Dear Madam Speaker: (Mr. President:) Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1622(d), provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. Consistent with this provision, I have sent to the Federal Register the... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072889/posts#comment Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:20:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072801/posts Friends, Like all Americans, we are closely monitoring Hurricane Gustav and are deeply concerned about the safety and well-being of the residents in the Gulf States. Cindy and I are asking our most loyal friends and supporters to join our call for action to put Country First and support our fellow Americans affected by Hurricane Gustav. Now is the time to help our fellow citizens through this tragedy and disaster. Together, we must reach out our hands, our hearts and our wallets to help the people who are under threat from this natural disaster. Several organizations have been formed to... Email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072801/posts#comment Tue, 2 Sep 2008 05:24:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2071053/posts I thought I'd start a thread or at least a post that maybe the moderators can keep visible to all as a reminder for us all to keep Gov Sarah Palin and her family in thier prayers. After all she is looking like the answer to all of ours. The onslaught that has begun against Gov Palin and her family by the democrats and thier willing accomplices in the MSM will be ruthless, relentless, and totallyy undeserving. I believe Mrs Palin is a girl of grit and can hold her own yet I pray that her family can sustain the... vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2071053/posts#comment Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:40:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064633/posts Marine Robert Lamica was getting ready for his second deployment to Iraq on Monday. So his parents drove to North Carolina to bring his wife and the couple's belongings back to Massachusetts. During the trip home to Florence, the family stayed at a motel in Delaware. ~snip~ Lamica says, "Everything they own is on that truck and in the trailer, all of his Iraq medals all of his Iraq pictures, their wedding pictures, their furniture, their clothes, everything they own is on that truck." CBS 3 Springfield http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064633/posts#comment Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:53:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062963/posts I'd like everyone to know that Cajungirl is in a potentially life-threatening crisis/illness. She is a dear friend to me and others here know her by her humor and impressive writing. (We met during the hilarious Runaway Bride debacle, and C.G. gave us some hilarious instruction about Southern Culture and weddings and flatware!) Few here know, and she never tells about herself, but she is a very accomplished woman in the healing profession. She has spent her life doing good works. She loves life, her husband, daughters, and grandchildren. Recently she partially retired and she and her husband have had... vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062963/posts#comment Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:00:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056292/posts Morgan Freeman is critically ill after a car crash, a US hospital has confirmed. A spokesman for the Regional Medical Centre in Memphis, Tennessee, said the 71-year-old The Dark Knight actor's condition was "serious". Mississippi state troopers told showbiz website TMZ.com that Freeman was involved in the crash at around 11.30pm local time on Sunday (5.30am BST), north of the small town of Ruleville. He was airlifted from the accident scene to the hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, where he is being treated. An unidentified female passenger was also in the car and her condition was not known. The hospital, commonly... http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5j59XKeceYrmRjfRuFl9zrVyH9JfQ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056292/posts#comment Mon, 4 Aug 2008 17:03:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2055542/posts An Update!Jer. 18:7-8 “If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it, and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from it’s evil, I will repent of the evil I intended to do to it.” Sept 28 to Oct 4 is a week for all Christians to come together for prayer and fasting! "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2055542/posts#comment Sat, 2 Aug 2008 22:53:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051943/posts Dear Freepers, Please pray for my niece. She delivered twins at 5 months today. The first was still born. I can't imagine how she is feeling. The only thing I can think of to do is send up many prayers. Thanks. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051943/posts#comment Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:43:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2047344/posts   Urgent prayer request From Snykerz | 07/16/2008 12:56:06 AM PDT Dearest Prayer Warriors:It’s been a long time since I have posted here on Freerepublic, but I remember how much you had helped me out with the prayers I had requested for my older sister Sherryl, and she is doing well. Now here I am again asking for your help.My younger sister “Lori” needs all the prayers that anyone can spare. She was admitted to the hospital ( Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, Ca) a little over a week ago with a kidney infection, which turned into Gram Negative... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2047344/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:21:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2040107/posts Well, I'm just home from the ER and my sister Michelle needs your prayers. She had a teriible headache at work today. By the time she got home she was achy all over and feverish. She drove herself to the ER about 7:30. She had to be in a LOT of pain to actually want to go to the hospital. She called my Mother when she went in and made her promise not to call me because I was planning to leave town for a weeks vacation fishing and carrying on. Thank goodness, Mom didn't listen to her. When I... BTLD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2040107/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 04:59:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032058/posts Subject: Urgent Prayer Request Dear Family and Friends, I am writing to you today with a sense of urgency. I am asking that you pray for myself, my unit, and all coalition forces. Some of you may have heard through the news that the Taliban recently had a prison break in Kandahar City. Those reports are accurate. Between 500 to 1000 insurgents have escaped and are currently regrouping. I ask for prayers for protection for all of us and for all of the local nationals in Kandahar. We have received reports that the Taliban is going to try to attempt... email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032058/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:05:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032039/posts Vermonter is very ill, he has pancreatic and liver cancer. Please pray for our friend and one of the best freepers ever. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032039/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:15:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2031776/posts America has been greatly blessed by God and has stood as the greatest country in the history of the world for over 200 years. America has many foreign and domestic enemies that are seeking her destruction. This thread is a daily call and reminder for people of faith who believe in God and in the power of prayer to make a commitment to intercede for America at this critical time in her history 2 Chronicles 7:14If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2031776/posts#comment Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:01:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2031263/posts Fellow FReepers, My wife is up in upstate NY caring for her dying father. She and her sister are trying to make him comfortable at his home during his final days. She's an RN and fully understands his condition. He won't go to the hospital. He's had a pacemaker for over twenty years. He's very weak and she said, "He's going to die tonight!" He may not die but is in very bad shape. She is a good woman who needs help from God to help get her through this. Thanks, Ray FR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2031263/posts#comment Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:47:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030906/posts On Sunday, August 3, 3008, I am calling for a National Day of Prayer and Repentance. America has turned its back on God and I fear God has turned His face from us. Christians and Jews, we are the last "minority" it's safe to scorn and mock. No longer. It is time for us to reclaim our rightful Godly heritage and help return our nation to its ROOT, in the one, true God. Let us get on our knees on August 3, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time (7:00 a.m. Pacific) - at the same moment across the nation -... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030906/posts#comment Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:10:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030727/posts NYPost via Drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030727/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:30:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2024607/posts DEARBORN, Mich. — Elias Al-Karim says he’s always gotten along well with his neighbors, who are evangelical Christians. But he was angered recently to learn that they had added his name, and the names of his wife and children, to Community Faith Center’s corporate prayer list. Elias called the church to complain. "We do not want prayer from Christians, and we did not ask for it," he told a reporter. "It’s a violation to pray for someone without their knowledge or consent." To ease tensions, the church did what many churches and ministries are increasingly doing: started a "do not... Lark News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2024607/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 02:10:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2022871/posts Remember to take some time for prayer. This is the Lord's will. The worlds smallest bird, a hummingbird and as mentioned in the Bible, a sparrow, is always being noticed and looked upon by God. YouTube Video http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2022871/posts#comment Thu, 29 May 2008 10:55:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021934/posts A tear glistens in the corner of US President George W. Bush's eye as he makes remarks during Memorial Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, May 26, 2008. QUOTE OF THE DAY President Bush Attends Arlington National Cemetery Memorial Day Commemoration THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Mr. Secretary, thank you for the kind introduction. Members of my Cabinet, members of the administration, Admiral Mullen, members of the United States Congress, Senator Warner and Congressman Skelton, members of the military, our veterans, honored guests, families of the fallen: Laura and I are honored to be with you on Memorial... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021934/posts#comment Tue, 27 May 2008 15:45:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2021378/posts Some of you know I physically cared for my mother for years. I want you to know that she passed away Tuesday, May 20, and I laid her to rest Friday in Colleyville (Fort Worth), Texas, next to my father.It is fitting at any time, but especially so this Memorial Day, to write a few words about her.She was 86.The World War II generation.The most important thing to her is that she was a Christian. The greatest love of doing in her life was teaching Bible classes to children and women. At that she was masterful, and even spent years... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2021378/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 12:01:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2020763/posts America has been greatly blessed by God and has stood as the greatest country in the history of the world for over 200 years. America has many foreign and domestic enemies that are seeking her destruction. This thread is a daily call and reminder for people of faith who believe in God and in the power of prayer to make a commitment to intercede for America at this critical time in her history. 2 Chronicles 7:14if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2020763/posts#comment Sat, 24 May 2008 17:34:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2019302/posts WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Two New Zealand pilots whose plane ran out of fuel landed on a wing and a prayer, literally, local media reported on Wednesday. Grant Stubbs and Owen Wilson from Blenheim, at the top of the South Island about 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Wellington, were in a microlight plane when the engine cut out. "When you're in a microlight if you crash, you usually die. I turned to O B (Wilson) and he said we had no fuel," Stubbs told the Marlborough Express newspaper. "I asked what we should do. He said: 'You just pray Grant.'"... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2019302/posts#comment Wed, 21 May 2008 20:02:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019036/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019036/posts#comment Wed, 21 May 2008 04:50:22 GMT