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1Heart
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| Posted 10/11/2004 8:25 AM (GMT -6) |   | quote:
Originally posted by cbost6421
Hi Y'all...
I have been struggling with Insomnia lately and I wish to let everyone know to pray for me.
This is especially difficult in the fact that I commute a long way to school and that I have a full work load.
thanks and God Bless,
-Chuck
Chuck,
I'd be glad to pray for you...starting today! Please let me know how you're doing. I have a daughter who has suffered for the past four years, but with her it is ongoing violent nightmares, which began after her missions trip to S. Africa in 2000. It has been almost debilitating. She's passionate about God, and is an amazingly gifted young woman (no bias here  ), but this has confused her. She does not hold to the open view, so why wouldn't an all loving, all good, all powerful God - come to her aide? The problem of evil is not so easily solved. This view comes closest to giving me an explanation that fits with the picture of the Father that I see in Jesus. While I was visiting her in N.C., I spent one service at FIRE just praying for her, and the Spirit spoke just two words to my heart, "Come Expecting" The next morning she woke up feeling better than she had felt for a very long time (she couldn't remember when). The next night two of her roomates came, lay hands on her, and prayed. I sat back and just agreed in prayer in my heart. I felt it was for them to pray for her, and that I wasn't to lay hands on her then. The next day she felt even better, and the next - even better. But, the dreams continue. It is one of those unsolved mysteries. I would like to think that it is a battle that will be won, and I continue to pray. I love to come to the Father expecting Him to answer. At the very least I know that He hears, and that He desires us to sleep, and to be well. I will pray for you with that kind of heart. If you feel like sharing more, please do.
This may be my daughter's "dark night of the soul" I learned some things on my recent trip to the conference in Shipshewana that have changed the way that I see the Father, and the way that I pray. I've been going through a "dark night of the soul" myself, and it is not something that I can share openly. I've learned that the hard way. I appreciated being able to share a little with Selah. She is an amazingly gifted young woman, with a heart for people.
Chuck, sorry to ramble. I'll pray.
God Bless You. If you have a long commute, what do you do to stay awake?
Jo-Anne
"Sometimes all we can do is go back to the character of God, and drop anchor there."
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Tigress
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| Posted 10/11/2004 11:56 AM (GMT -6) | | Joanne,
Is your daughter still having those horrible nightmares? Ugh. I don't know if this will help but each night during my prayers before bed, I pray and say out loud, ".....Lord Jesus, please free me and heal me from Satan and his demons and all bad things by the Truth of Your Holy Word, by the power of Your Holy Spirit, Lord Jesus. I rebuke and I bind and I cast out Satan and his demons from this house and this neighborhood. Your Kingdom is in my heart and in my mind, Lord Jesus. Your Kingdom is in this house and this neighborhood, Lord Jesus....."
(I have O.C.D. so my regular bedtime prayers are always the same and are very repetitive. But, that just helps me to remember them easier.)
Anyway, that always helps me to feel and be protected during my sleep. I'm sure your daughter is already doing something similar before bed, but I just thought I'd share my "method" with you.
Tigress 
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quest for truth
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cbost6421
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quest for truth
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| Posted 10/22/2004 1:15 PM (GMT -6) | | Jo-Annequote:
It sounds like she's "bottomed out" and that deeply concerns me. She'll be flying home November 21st.
I can relate with a mother's concerns. I will be praying for your daughter and you.
Chuck, I too would like to hear how it's going.
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