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  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...

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...

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...

Vermonter is very ill, he has pancreatic and liver cancer. Please pray for our friend and one of the best freepers ever.

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...

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

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 -...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.'"...

Hello Freepers: I am about to be laid off from work. I had an interview last week but it went to an insider. More job applications are in the works. Hopefully something comes up. Could you guys say a few prayers for me? Thank you so much!!

<p>Can we please have a civilized thread offering our prayers for Sen. Kennedy and his family? He has just been diagnosed with brain cancer (glioma) which has a very poor prognosis. The moderators have already been forced to pull at least FOUR threads on this topic due to uncivilized posters. If you feel the urge to post something unkind, don't.</p>

BOSTON - A cancerous brain tumor caused the seizure Sen. Edward M. Kennedy suffered over the weekend, doctors said Tuesday in a grim diagnosis for one of American politics' most enduring figures. ADVERTISEMENT Doctors for the Massachusetts Democrat say tests conducted after Kennedy suffered a seizure this weekend show a tumor in his left parietal lobe. Preliminary results from a biopsy of the brain identified the cause of the seizure as a malignant glioma. His treatment will be decided after more tests but the usual course includes combinations of radiation and chemotherapy. "I'm really sad," former Sen. Bob Kerrey, D-Neb.,...

AMERICANS WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of Sgt. 1st Class George W. Koon of Leesville, S.C. Requesting prayer for the family, friends, and loved ones of Sgt. 1st Class Jack O. Tye of Loyall, Ky.

here is the leatest info. Picher, OK Several people have been reported killed in Picher after at least five tornadoes reportedly touched down Saturday in eastern Oklahoma, officials said. The south end of the city has been completely destroyed. Medical examiners are on their way to the area, an Oklahoma Highway Patrol dispatcher said. Troopers are helping local authorities with search and rescue operations in the area. 2) At least 3 dead in SW MO 3) Major damage reports coming in on the SE side of Stuttgart AR

From How Do I Start the First Saturdays?Why are there five First Saturdays and not seven, or nine? Lucia once asked this question of Our Lord and received as an answer: “My daughter, the motive is simple, there are five kinds of offences and blasphemies uttered against the Immaculate Heart of Mary: (1) blasphemies against the Immaculate Conception (2) blasphemies against Her Virginity (3) blasphemies against Her Divine Maternity (4) blasphemies in the hearts of those who openly seek to foster in the hearts of children indifference or even hatred for this Immaculate Mother (5) the offences of those who...

Prayers needed for our FReeper FRiend redrock. Mike was diagnosed with esophageal cancer about 5 weeks ago. He has finished his first round of chemo, and just started the second. Many of you have been praying for him behind the scenes. "I appreciate all the 'incognito' prayers....I know they make a difference."The first round was rough, the second looks to be rougher. He and his wife would appreciate your prayer support.How Great Thou Art

I have just received word that my niece is in the hospital and in very, very, very bad health. Her liver has failed and her kidneys are now failing. She is on the transplant list, but without a new liver she won’t be leaving the hospital. Please join with me in lifting her up to God for His healing and blessing, asking for a new liver for her. Prayers for her family are also appreciated.

Sad to say that an active Freeper, Rte66, has passed away. I am her sister and have been a lurker for many years. At this point we don't know exactly what happened but it seems to be natural causes. Please keep her in your prayers. I will post her obit in coming days. If anyone needs more info they can email me here. A memorial service is pending. Thank you for being her "online family". This was her lifeline for many years. And thank you all so much for your help to her. She was much loved and she will...

The best-known invocation in Christianity has its roots firmly in Jewish tradition. And, some believe the very public liturgy was meant as a protest against fixed, statutory, public prayer. Maybe McGuinty has a point Lord, what a fuss over a prayer. "So plainly simple, natural, and spontaneous," the Catholic Encyclopedia lauds the Lord's Prayer, yet, at a mere 57 words (in the original Greek), such a magnet for controversy in Ontario. The prayer's fall from public grace began in 1988, when the Ontario Court of Appeal, citing the province's multicultural nature, struck down a regulation that required public schools to...

Matt Moore, a fire captain in Murrieta, Calif., became seriously ill in November and doctors were initially baffled as to what was causing his sickness, according to the report. Moore, 43, is on life-support in a critical-care unit in San Diego. Late last month, doctors, using a brain biopsy, pinpointed the illness to parasitic meningoencephalitis, an extremely rare infection caused by the brain-eating amoeba Balamuthia mandrillaris, it is reported. "This has been a total nightmare," Moore's wife Sherry Moore, 42, told the Press Enterprise. "He's very, very sick, and the prognosis just doesn't look good. At this point, we're all...

Our local refinery just blew up. It's a bad one folks! I have allot of friends out there. Please Pray for them.

Isaiah 43:25-46 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

A very good friend of mine is in urgent need of prayers. She is faced with a pregnancy that will not survive and will probably kill her. Her baby is developing with it's brain out side of it's skull. Her doctor has told her she needs to abort the baby as soon as possible as there is evidently some risk to herself as well. I know that there are many prayer warriors here at FR so I turned to you. Thank you in advance for the prayers.

My mom, at about 87, is going into Hospice tonight. She has "outlived the hardware" and has had a wandering mind for the past few years, but it has come to a head in the past 9 months or so, after my parents decided to get her a new knee. We have discovered all kinds of things dad wasn't mentioning after this point...aparently her kidneys were on the way to failing before the knee, and we found out about the problem when they did and she went into regular dialysis. She has been frail and in a nursing home for...

Dear friend and FReeper nunya bidness has died. It happened last week. It was a heart attack. He was 44. He will be buried tomorrow in Columbia, MD.

I found some Scripture references pertaining to the 2004 Presidential Election at the Presidential Prayer Team website. But the actual Scriptures were left out; only the references and the way in which we could apply them were listed. So I added the Scriptures (all are from the NIV). Many of us here are so concerned about the outcome of Tuesday's election. So PLEASE consider taking these Scriptures (and distributing to others, if you feel so compelled) to pray them for our country: Prayers for Election O God, Your plans are firm, faithful and forever. The purposes of Your heart prevail...

<p>AUSTIN, Texas — A 7-year-old boy is in critical condition after being found hanging by his shirt collar from a clothing hook in a charter school's dressing room, and police tried to determine Thursday whether it was an attack or an accident.</p>

Prayers needed for our FReeper FRiend stephenjohnbanker.He has been diagnosed with cancer and is having trouble with his kidneys.How Great Thou Art

Please spare a thought for my Dad, Freeper Ax, who is undergoing triple bypass surgery as we speak. It came suddenly, he had an appointment on Monday, and he is on the table today. I wll be unable to reply, because we are at the hospital now. Again, thanks for your thoughts, Patrick Truax

I'm sitting here in a Hospital on the Big Island with the only thing keeping me sane being my laptop an Free Republic I brought the family down from Alaska, and flew my son in from collage to have a couple weeks of sun, golf and diving. My back has been hurting for a couple of weeks and I have been doing the useual therapy with strtching, ice and Advil to no avail. I woke up the other night with excruciating pain and unable to stand or walk. Now I'v been in pain before, I've been a Firefighter for 30+...

Five members of a Maryland family died late yesterday when their minivan was hit head-on by a pickup truck going the wrong way on a Toledo, Ohio-area interstate, according to the Toledo Blade. Bethany Griffin, 36, and Jordan Griffin, 10, of Parkville, Md., to the northeast of Baltimore, were pronounced dead at the scene, along with Lacie Burkman, 7, and Haley Burkman, 10, police sources told the Blade. Lacie and Haley Burkman are from Redford, Mich., according to the Associated Press. Six-month-old Vadi Griffin was pronounced dead after being taken to St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center. Danny Griffin, 36, of...

Presidential Message: Christmas 2007 "But the angel said to her, 'Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High... his kingdom will never end.'" -----------------------------Luke 1:30-33 President Bush: During the Christmas season, our thoughts turn to the source of joy and hope born in a humble manger on a holy night more than 2,000 years ago. Each year, Christians everywhere celebrate this single life...

<p>‘I’ve got good news and bad news. It looks like an encapsulated type growth with defined margins, which is good. The bad news is that there’s only one way to be sure. You can go with a core biopsy, but I prefer a surgical biopsy and I think your doctor does, too. That way the whole thing comes out.’’</p>

I have been away for 16 days. Were it not for the actions of one man, it may have been much longer before I could be here, writing this, and maybe this writing may not have been possible. On December 3rd I was mugged by a falling tree, at least that is what the eyewitnesses say. My memory of the events begins only much later, when I here the voice of Rabbi Yehoshua Kaganoff telling me not to move, that everything is O.K., that the EMT crew is on the way - as sat holding me, with one arm around...

My brother lies in the hospital in Osage Beach. Art is as opinionated as any Freeper posting. Some MO Freepers may have heard his Sunday morning radio show, when he had it. His kidneys shut down some days ago, and they're having trouble stabilizing his vitals. All your prayers would be greatly appreciated.

I need to ask for you guys to put someone in your thoughts and prayers. Someone I work with at a site, a young black woman with 2 little boys under 4 was diagnosed with skin cancer when she was pregnant with the second boy last year. Because she's so dark, the skin changes had gone undetected for years, and they got worse when she got pregnant the second time. Even the Drs were baffled with her skin problems at first, and she got lots of wrong diagnosis' and treatment, up until about a month before the baby was born...

Sorry for long title and caps. I am typing thru tears. My mom is dying of pancreatic cancer. She raised my son and I got thru to Red Cross & Hospice and they approved it. Military is denying it saying she is not loco parentis. On top of that nobody knows how to do the paper work. My son is her baby (30 Year Old Marine) and she is all she wants. Seems to be holding on for him. She just took a drastic turn for the worst yesterday. I need a congressman/senator anyone who I can call and try...

Exclusive: TVNewser has learned that Headline News anchor Nancy Grace is in the hospital following complications from her pregnancy. Grace delivered twins last Sunday. Headline News spokesperson Janine Iamunno tells TVNewser Grace "started experiencing discomfort, and was having trouble breathing, on her way to church" on Sunday. "She was brought to the emergency room in Atlanta. Her doctors found two blood clots in her lungs, which occurred as a result of the pregnancy." Grace is recovering in the hospital where she is expected to stay for the rest of the week. We're told the health of the twins, Lucy Elizabeth...

More than 250 faith-filled Georgians joined Gov. Sonny Perdue outside the Capitol this morning to pray for the rain needed to end the area's historic drought. Perdue asked them to "reverently and respectfully pray up a storm." The governor was joined by several ministers; his wife, Mary; Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle; and many other state elected officials. Gil Watson, senior minister of Northside United Methodist Church, prayed, "Lord, have mercy on your people, have mercy on us and grant us rain. Oh God, let rain fall on this land of Georgia." About a dozen TV cameras representing local and national...

+++++. Please forward this prayer request: The sister of my co-worker, Katie ****, is giving birth today to triplet girls, age 22 weeks. They are not expected to live due to their age but are otherwise healthy. The doctors have not been able to stop labor. Please pray for the babies and their parents. Love, ********* My sister was so impressed at how quickly we can assemble a army of prayer warriors -- she thought of Free Republic first, as a source of strong prayer for this very urgent request.

Authorities are searching for a 10-year-old boy who has not been seen since Friday morning. Isaac Moore, whose nickname is "Nuk," is a student at Frost Elementary School and was last seen playing outside his home around 8:30 a.m., wearing a white T-shirt, blue jean shorts, and black Nike Air Force shoes. Moore has a scar on his right forearm. Anyone with information related to his disappearance is asked to call the Houston Police missing persons department at 713-731-5223.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Top distance runner Ryan Shay died during the U.S. men's Olympic marathon trials Saturday after collapsing about 51/2 miles into the race. He was 28. New York Road Runners president Mary Wittenberg said Shay was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital and was pronounced dead at 8:46 a.m. "It cuts a knife through everybody's hearts," Wittenberg said. Wittenberg said Shay received immediate medical attention. "There were several layers of medical response," she said. "It was very quick." Shay of Flagstaff, Ariz., hit the ground near the Central Park boathouse, a popular Manhattan tourist spot, during the 26.2-mile...

My Stepson Adam is getting deployed shortly. Godspeed sir. May the Lord of Hosts be round you as a wall of fire, and shield you in the day of battle.

I have been reading (and praying) for Darnright's prayer thread about the highschool boys in TX with MRSA. (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909418/posts) I am so sorry about the passing of Ashton. It breaks my heart. It is not right that a parent should ever have to bury a child. I know. Lord, be with Ashton's family in this time of loss. I am posting this - because I, also have been diagnosed with MRSA. (Five days ago). The antibiotics are not working, and I would be so greatful to have a little prayer. My laptop is a good diversion, and being able to...