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What do you mean by the "big server change?" I know I have not recieved email notifications of people's prayer requests since the 20th. Could that be related to this change? I miss getting those so I can stay up to date and pray for folks. How do I fix this? Any helpful suggestions would be appreciated...

Dear Lord, I give you the glory for who You are. And for Your Goodness, bestowed in answering prayer. I am thanking You for healing my loved one's cellulitis. The sickness was very bad at first and there was even some talk of hospitalization. But You worked it out that the IV antibiotic was not necessary afterall and the medication at home was enough. I am grateful and praise You for lovingly meeting this need with Your healing Touch. In Jesus Name, amen.

Thank You, Lord for her prayer from the heart. I'm sure it touched many here at worthyboards. I know it personally touched me... I found it both comforting and uplifting. But most importantly, I'm sure that her honest prayer and praise pleased You. And in the end, that is what really matters. In Jesus Name, amen

I praise God today for my brothers and sisters on worthyboards. Since I am a shut in and have no local church, you guys mean all the more to me. For you are the Christian fellowhip I've got! So I thank you for every loving PM, each kind reply to my prayer requests and your faithful praying. May God bless you!

Dearest Lord, we bless You for who You are...a holy and awesome God! You are so forgiving, generous and worthy of our praises!! You look after us each day. As Your precious word puts it, " Your mercies are new each morning." We would never make it without You. You give us our every breath and meet our needs. None of us deserve You in ourselves. Only in Christ are we made acceptable. We delight in Your Lovingkindness! You comfort us when nobody else seems to care. When we are at our lowest point. We give You the glory for being our Creator and Redeemer. In Jesus Name, amen.

WISHES FOR A HAPPY BIRTHDAY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! ( JUST DISCOVERED THIS NOW, SO PROBABLY SHOULD BE SAYING THAT I HOPE YOUR BIRTHDAY WAS A HAPPY ONE... )

I'm glad God watched over your granddaughter and she is safely back!

I am so grateful for how God mercifully answers our prayers! The terrible twitching below my left eye has gone away, thanks to our loving Great Physician. I give Him all the praise!! I know those of you who were so concerned for me and holding me up in prayer will rejoice with me...

This song really says it all!! For that is the true meaning of life... I'm so glad it was able to encourage you when you needed it most! Thanks for turning around and sharing it with the rest of us here, so that it could encourage us as well. And most of all, bring glory to Him who is SO worthy, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

I praise God for His lovingkindness, longsuffering, mercy, grace, protection and provision. I praise Him for sending His only begotten Son to die for us undeserving sinners! I thank God for His infinite goodness, which our puny minds can not even comprehend!

I give Jesus the glory! I rejoice with you. What a special experience for a special lady!

Thank you Nathele. Happy Mother's Day to you!

Today I am praising God for my mom, who I love dearly. We had a real special phone conversation. When it ended, I cried happy tears. As many of you know, I have been through fiery trials for such a long time. This priceless talk with my mom was unexpected cool, refreshing waters in a desert. I give Jesus all the glory for His sweetness and this much needed blessing!! But I also want to thank my friends at Worthyboards. I'm sure your prayers helped this come about. And I was really surprised by all the responses to my "just want to die" post. I was flooded with so much concern, kind replies and scripture verses. I guess I never knew until now just how much you guys care...So I consider this my other big blessing this month. It just feels so good to praise God!

A heartfelt wish to all the mothers out there for the day they so richly deserve! But please keep in mind that being a mother is a joyful time for many. Yet quite sad for others. So let's all remember to say a special prayer for those whose moms are no longer with them. They have a definite void in their hearts and a lump in their throats as they recall those dear women who raised them. I heard a touching Christian radio talk show where everyone was able to share a special memory of their mom. Almost each caller got choked up...even the men. Many of their mothers had died. Some long ago. Yet the memories were as fresh as yesterday! It was truely touching. Anyway, I wrote a special little poem today for the moms out there, including my own...

IN HONOR OF MOTHERS

Mothers have a daunting task.

They do far more than we could ask...

They birth us, feed us, tie our shoes.

They listen to our schoolday blues.

They say in peptalks we can win.

They love us through both thick and thin.

And some will teach us of God's Love.

They're blessings sent from up above!

So enjoy your mother. We must love them while we can! And to you who have already lost yours or had a rough childhood with your particular mom, my heart goes out to you...God is able to fill that empty space with Himself. Though I understand He is invisible and it's not quite the same, because you can't get the flesh and blood kisses you miss. But as scripture says, "He is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother." I believe that would include as a mother Still, I know it hurts a lot. It is natural to miss them and grieve them. So I do sympathize with you. And to all the rest of you who are still blessed to have loving mothers on this earth, don't forget to shower them with affection. Not just this one day a year...but every day you can! HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO YOU ALL.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!! May this be a very blessed day for you two.

I rejoice with you! God has faithfully provided for your need and that makes my heart glad.

Thank You, Jesus! You get the glory and the praise...

God was watching over all of you! Isn't it neat how the Lord knows all things, lays them on our hearts and prevents disasters? Praise His Name! Thanks for sharing your experience.

I rejoice with you Kathy! And many hugs back to you I will keep your healing process in my prayers. And don't worry about not being able to reply to our posts. We understand. Just concentrate on getting yourself better.

You are very welcome, Worthy family. I hope you all had a good Resurrection Sunday yesterday!

Hi. Hope that I am posting this in the right place. Someone let me know, okay? Thanks. God helped me write an easter poem, in honor of remembering His Sacrifice. I wanted to share it with the worthy family. I hope it is a blessing to you. Happy Resurrection Day everyone!

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First and foremost, I am grateful beyond words for what Jesus did on the cross. Dying in my place because I am a sinner who only deseves to go to Hell. Then He rose from the grave! And intercedes for me in Heaven. Thanks to His precious Blood I will one day join Him there. Much praise to merciful Jesus!! It's so true what God's word says: " His mercies are new every morning "...He helped my dad for the second day in a row! My dad is alive. And the doctor believes that all the infection is out. Now all that remains is the healing process. Plus, my dad says that he read my Easter poem I mailed him, in which I put the gospel message! I called him up and we were even able to talk a little about the Lord!! This is a miracle, as he usually changes the subject. It has been a remarkably good day, and I am grateful... Another blessing I want to thank God for is that He somehow worked it out that my mom now has a phone in her room at the nursing home. For the first time ever! It was such a pleasure to actually be able to call her there ...God is full of sweet surprises and I give Him all the glory!

Thank You Lord! You are so kind!! We are truely grateful to You for answering our prayers.

I am relieved for both your daughter and you.

I agree with Bolts 100% about the dangers of the prosperity teachings! But I think even after Job lost all his wealth he said " The Lord it is who gives and the Lord takes away. Blessed be the Name of the Lord." And " Naked came I from my womb. And naked shall I return whence I came." I am trying to go off memory here, as I don't have good vision to read a Bible in print anymore. So I hope I got that straight! (I only have audio Bible on CD for the NEW testament. Which would exclude the book of Job, of course) Anyway, it seems that I also remember Satan saying to God something like, "Touch a man in his body and he will curse You to Your face." So I think Job eventually got upset with God after he kept suffering with those awful boils he got all over him. I learned from personal experience that you can endure many a hardship. But when it affects your own body, you go crazy from the pain after awhile. You start thinking bad thoughts you never dreamed you were capable of. Even doubting God's Love for you and wondering if you are really saved!! Chronic illness and severe pain can do awful things to your mind. They can turn your world upside down! I am still struggling with this confusion. But I am trying not to let it destroy my faith. Sorry to get long winded on this, but it is a book of the Bible that is near and dear to my heart. Because of my nearly two year brain disease ( and the crippling of my legs plus bad weakening of my hands. ) Though I don't claim to have suffered as much as Job did, he's a guy I sorta relate to...

Thanks everyone for your input. It was helpful. I think God is telling me to hold off on telling her the cd is bad until the proper time. Right now it would only add to her severe depression and she would view it as me rejecting her act of love towards me! How would that help her spiritually? She has been hurt by too many people and needs love very much. It is hard for her to reach out and trust anybody. So whenever she does anything kind for me, I really treasure it. It would be a bit like spitting in her face to say that I destroyed her gift. " The natural man recieveth not the things of God" scripture came into my mind today. In other words, she just would not understand where I was coming from. I believe God is telling me to wait and see if this confrontation is even necessary. Afterall, I'm sure she just thought it was a cd to help me sleep and never suspected occult ties. Some of these people selling stuff out there are so sneaky! If she approaches me on if I liked the cd, however...then I will definitely tell her the truth about it. In a balanced way. But since she really believes it was strictly a "medical" cd, why upset her for nothing? I feel peace that this is the right decision. I may have been pushing the panic button to assume she harbors occult stuff in her house. Just pray she doesn't, okay? I do feel God still wants me to warn her about " A Course In Miracles " being occultish, though since Oprah is starting that in March. So many folks are Oprah fans and she may be too. I have decided to write her a new letter, putting that warning in there briefly. Good thing I didn't yet mail the other one! I think God wants the new letter to emphasize how much I'm thinking about her and that I'm sorry for all the hard times she is going through. I haven't seen my daughter in over a year. With my disease, I am unable to travel that far. And she went through bankrupcy, so has no car to get to me. I even had to miss my little grandson's birthday party for the first time last year! It is sad. Please pray for our disconnected family. And that the encouragement card I send my daughter will cheer her up and bring us closer. I would love for her to see the Love of God through me! Thanks again for the advice and prayers.

I am struggling with a dillema. The details are in my Feb 11 post, under Looking for advice and I just postedupdated details under prayer requests today. ( If you want to read more in those. )Basically, is it okay to use harsh wording in the case of something as serious as the occult? I have an emotionally fragile daughter whose gift to me required destroying, because it involved a psychic hypnotist. I wrote a letter telling her as gently as I could, since this was done in ignorance by her. But I did feel that the word destroyed was vital in my letter, so she would know how bad the occult really is (and hopefully get rid of any risky junk in her own house.) As her mom, I wish I'd taught her years ago about occult dangers. But I think it's better late than never, right? And I have to stand up for Jesus by standing against evil...even if it saddens an already extremely depressed person I dearly love. Still, I'm scared for her mental state. Couldn't all this do damage to a bi-polar person and, worse yet drive her further from God? Sure don't want that! I sure hope to generate a discussion on this because I feel God wants me to mail her a letter soon. ( Either this one I worked on yesterday or else revise it.) It seems like walking a tightrope to expose anything demonic with an unstable person whose spirit you don't want to crush!