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Please pray for me.  I have a lot of things going on that are mentally draining me, and I need God to help me get my thoughts in order.     Thanks, Samantha


Another thing, Terry's sister was diagnosed  yesterday with some type of heart failure, she is 41.  Pray for her healing,

Thanks,

Samantha-wil pray that God will strengthen you and refresh you at this time.
and for Terry's sister
God is able to do exceeding and abundantly above all we ask or think . God Bless

Samantha, I have prayed -- and will continue to pray -- that your mind will become clearly focused on the tasks at hand and that our Father will give you wisdom and strength to "bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ." [IICor. 10:5].  I pray you will find rest in Him and a quietness and peace that you have not known for a long while.

I also pray for Terry's sister ... our God IS an AWESOME GOD and He can and will do for us what is thought impossible ... 

Amen to Jane and Melody's prayers. Sam I have been praying for you and Terry for a long time and will continue.

Samantha How about an update?  We have been praying.

I still need lots and lots of prayer

Dear Lord . We thank you for the Avenue of prayer. I bring Samantha to you now in prayer and pray that you will minster unto her right now. She is your child lord and I pray she will sense your loving arms around her.
You word tells us you will give perfect peace to the one who's mind is stayed on you.
I pray the peace of God will rule the heart and mind of samantha right now.
Wipe away the tears today Lord and let the joy of the Lord be her strength.
May she look to you today lord and know that you are her helper and you are with her at all times.
Your word tells us you do not sleep or slumber and May Samantha sense your presence not only in the day but all through the night.
Give her sweet sleep and surround her today and may she know that you will watch over her at all times.
In Jesus name i ASK
Amen   
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Yes, Lord .... I agree with Melody's prayer and say Amen!   

Samantha There is a verse in Timothy that I pray and it helps with the thinking.  (God) I have not given the spirit of fear but of .......a sound mind.  Pray that He gives you a sound mind, many times a day as you need, and HE WILL.

Father be with my sister as she walks this difficult path.  Let her feel your presence, guide her thoughts and let her rejoice in answered prayer.

Amen

Amen to all of  the above prayers, and I add this:  Lord God May your peace that passes all understanding guard Samantha's heart and mind in Christ Jesus as is stated in Philippians 4:6-8. We need not be anxious for anything but in all things by prayer and supplication and with thanksgiving to let our desires be made known to you.  Lord I pray that Samantha will prosper spiritually, physically, emotionally and financially, even as her soul prospers. I thank you Lord Jesus for all the many blessings you have bestowed upon Samantha and Terry over the years and also for the future blessings you will bring to them. In Jesus name Amen.

Thank you all so much for your prayers.  I started counseling today, a really nice Christian woman, who I believe will be able to help me sort through my problems.

Melody, Marilyn, JudyB, Jane,& Ruth  -  Terry and I thank you from the bottom of our hearts.  I don't think I could have made it this far with them.

Bless you all,

Later,
Samantha

You are very welcome.  It is a priveledge to pray for a sister.

Well, the counseling didn't go like I thought it would, she said she thought I didn't need it. 

I am having flashbacks of a terrible ordeal from 22 yrs ago.  They are bad tonight.  Please remember me    this is how I feel right now.

Samantha I will continue to pray for you. I understand those flashbacks I have had them for years. I wonder if they will ever go away. They  invade my dreams and my sleep, I pray for the to go away and they do for awhile then one will pop up again.

Ok I too am praying.  Go to a differend counsellor.  Don't give up on counselling just because the first, second, or third one didn't work.  The flashbacks do stop with work, a good counsellor, and with God's help.  My flashbacks have about stopped.  Very rare that I have them anymore.  So I will continue to pray, and you continue to fight.  In the meantime when the flashbacks start, go immediately to prayer, and spend the time praising God instead of looking at or listening to the flashbacks.  Get some good praise music, and sing as loud as you can.  We here at CP are continuing in prayer.

Praying for you today

Well Samantha, I'm the same, my past keeps digging itself up and dragging me down, I think I know how you feel, is there any specific area you can share without it being too personal, or intimate in anyway, then we know what and how to pray for you. Seems like me you need reassurance of God's personal love for you in your life. Those things have passed, you are who and what you are now, these are memories and feelings and they can do all sorts of harm to us, they may not go but its at times like these you need the support and fellowship of other Christians. No you can't go it alone, sometimes you need God with flesh on i.e. someone to stand by you and nurse you through these fiery trials, as the Apostle Paul says, they are fiery trials, which try to undermine your faith in Christ, we are all a long way off but we can all ask God to give you the comfort you need, and I do this right now as I write, through Your only begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Samantha, just adding my prayers to the others.  One of my favorite verses is John 14:27.  "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.  I do not give to you as the world gives.  Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." Many is the time I have prayed this upon going to bed, sometimes over and over again until I fall asleep saying it.  It reminds me, the peace of Jesus is unlike any other. Peace to you,

Becky

Hey let me tell you something, when I became a Christian I had uncontrollable bouts of anger, sometimes I would blow up and not know where it was all coming from, the amount of times I've wrecked the house, doesn't bear thinking about, the amount of times I've blown up in God's face, and called Him, is nobody's buisness, the stupid things I've done, because of frustration, is beyond count. Why because I've never known how to approach others and tell them how I'm really feeling, bottle it up, and watch it explode, you can only fill a balloon with so much gas before it blows up in your face. My problem is when there's no one to run too you run away. What does all this do, it gives you a past, it gives you a sense of, how can I be a Christian, when I'm like this? Yes I have flashbacks too, and bad memories, and guilt, in other words I've been there too, and I'm often like that, but not as bad, I'd forgotten how to pray and ask. But I'm asking now. Please Lord help Samantha in her distress, show her she's not alone, and if this helps, make it be blessing to her.

In a nutshell - 22 yrs ago, gang r_p_.  (3 Men) just have starting remembering this about 6 months ago.  I was only 20 and married only 1 year.  Husband is not handling this well, remember him also.

Thanks,
Samantha

Oh Samantha I am sorry to hear that, I am praying for you right now even as I type, that is Satan attacking both you and your marriage, through something that wasn't your fault, its strange that these memories should surface like that, no I'm not a councellor, but they do say that you should first forgive your attackers, then release them into God' mercy and justice, praying for their eventual salvation.
   When the Lord's prayer says forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, its only in God's mercy and grace that anyone is forgiven, i.e. your forgiveness is for their eventual salvation. Its hard I know when your troubled, any form of physical abuse leaves deep scars that can open up and hurt, and it can wound the whole family environment. Lord Jesus Christ, please bring your healing into Samantha's life and home, and bring repentance and salvation to these three men Try praying that last bit of the prayer for yourself, I'm sure God will honour it, and it could well be the first step to the healing of your emotions. Seek prayer each time those memories crop up, and tell God you've released those who've wronged you into His hands, ask also for God's healing balm, into your life and your husbands too.
   In telling you these words, I'm having to teach myself the same lesson, I hope this helps. Christ bless you, Michael. P.S. in talking to you like this its releasing something in me, that I've never been able to talk to God and others like this before, I feel that I can pray, that God is not a trillion light years away, that He's left me alone like this so I should seek His face when I'm feeling perplexed and frightened, as a child alone in the dark. Its only God's Spirit alone who can bring your eventual peace. So SEEK AND YOU SHALL FIND. Don't just knock on the door, BANG REALLY HARD, it will eventually open, once again God bless and goodnight, Michael. Lord give me something else to really pray about, Amen.

Amen to the above advice/prayer.  I do understand.  Something I have learned in the past 4+ years.  Forgiveness is not a just once "I forgive" and it is over type of thing.  Forgiveness is like the waves of an ocean.  Every time this incident comes to mind, and that is often right now, Tell the Father you are hurting and tell Him that out of obedience to Him you forgive, even when you don't feel the forgiveness.  Let the waves of the forgiveness cleanse you, your mind and your soul.  As you purpose to forgive, you will begin to feel His cleansing.  Then start asking for the "feelings" to follow.  Just remember feelings are like the tail on a dog, it doesn't lead the dog, but it sure can shake the dog. 
Father I ask and pray for Samantha as she walks through these difficult times.  Lord hold her tight in your havd and let your presence be felt as she walks through her day.  Be with her husband as he stands by her.  Give him patience and an overwhelming love for Samantha.  Let your peace flow through her, peace like a river that never stops flowing.  I ask this in Jesus precious name.

having said all that I feel drained and empty myself and full of anxiety, felt great last night, Samantha's problems helped me to deal with my own, but today all the fears came flooding back.

Remember God has not given the spirit of fear, but of Love power and a sound mind.  Get into reading Philippians and Timothy.  The Word will lift you up.  Remember Jesus said "I am the Word".  Also turn on some praise music. Let it bathe your soul.  I am praying for you both.

Summicron continue to keep your trust in the Lord. He said he would never leave or forsake you.
The Psalmist said he would look unto the Lord from whence cometh his help.
God is our helper at all times.
He knows how you are feeling and he cares. Know that I am praying for you.

Thanks both of you I guess its only feelings, but feelings can make you feel weird, and nothing at all seems to help alieviate them. Might go lie down for a bit with a hot water bottle and get snug.

Yes do that.  Take your radio/record player/cdplayer with you and turn on some quiet music to restore you.

Thank you all.  One man is already dead, and he (and his father) professed him to be a christian. (Although he never asked me for forgiveness).  We confronted one on the phone and he never denied it, short phone conversation, and the other one I'm not sure of, yet.  God will reveal him to me in time, I hope.  It is not too late for prosecution for the two.  It's a long story, and not very pretty.

I really, really appreciate all the prayers, it's what is getting me by.

You all are a great bunch of people and I love each and every one of you

God bless you,
Samantha

Walk Wisely.  Remember prosecution takes a lot out of the "victim" and is hard on all around.  Also God's judgement is sound, and He will deal with these men, far more thoroughly than any human court.  Get through your trauma before starting anything, and then re-assess your moves.  Now I am not saying not to prosecute, just weigh it up in light of God's Word.  I suggest you read, The Shack.  It may help you sort out your feelings.  Bear in mind it is fiction.