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Ardyj Registered user Username: Ardyj
Post Number: 83 Registered: 8-2006

| Posted on Sunday, June 15, 2008 - 10:15 am: |    |
Praying for you Toria! Ardyj |
Jim02 Registered user Username: Jim02
Post Number: 493 Registered: 5-2007

| Posted on Sunday, June 15, 2008 - 11:03 am: |    |
Toria, I am praying for you. Jim02 |
Blessed Registered user Username: Blessed
Post Number: 195 Registered: 1-2007
| Posted on Sunday, June 15, 2008 - 2:11 pm: |    |
Toria, Praying for you. Shirley |
River Registered user Username: River
Post Number: 2912 Registered: 9-2006

| Posted on Sunday, June 15, 2008 - 2:23 pm: |    |
Toria, I will be praying for you, I need to check here more often. River |
Snowboardingmom Registered user Username: Snowboardingmom
Post Number: 459 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Sunday, June 15, 2008 - 7:43 pm: |    |
Toria--I'm sorry...I know this is late, but I'm praying for you right now. Grace |
Javagirl Registered user Username: Javagirl
Post Number: 513 Registered: 6-2005

| Posted on Sunday, June 15, 2008 - 8:46 pm: |    |
Thank you for letting us know Toria. Praying, from Psalm 84 ...4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you. Selah 5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage. 6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools. [b] 7 They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion. 8 Hear my prayer, O LORD God Almighty; listen to me, O God of Jacob. Selah 9 Look upon our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one. 10 Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked. 11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. amen Lori |
Philharris Registered user Username: Philharris
Post Number: 836 Registered: 5-2007

| Posted on Monday, June 16, 2008 - 7:50 am: |    |
Toria, We are with you in our prayers. Phil |
Olga Registered user Username: Olga
Post Number: 157 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Monday, June 16, 2008 - 12:30 pm: |    |
Toria, please know I'm praying for you; may God bless you; give you the strength you need at this moment and may He hold you very close. Olga |
Toria Registered user Username: Toria
Post Number: 373 Registered: 2-2006

| Posted on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 3:30 am: |    |
Hi All; Thank you for the prayers/encouragement. I am feeling somewhat better today. I have been at the hospital each day (today will I think be the last) getting antibiotics through the IV. The infection was more serious than I first thought. I was very ill for a few days. The swelling and pain has greatly reduced. Still do not know if I can keep the port, but it looks hopeful. Praising God for his care of me, for getting me through another crisis. I know He is with me during those times. He is so faithful. I think of Him and I feel like singing. Thank you all again for being there. Blessings, Toria |
Helovesme2 Registered user Username: Helovesme2
Post Number: 1487 Registered: 8-2004

| Posted on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 6:19 am: |    |
Good to hear you're feeling better! Cancer is such a difficult thing to deal with. I just found out yesterday that my dad's cancer is back, and has spread to his liver. They're saying it's stage 4 now. Please add him to your prayer lists! Mary |
Snowboardingmom Registered user Username: Snowboardingmom
Post Number: 463 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 1:33 pm: |    |
Thanks for the update, Toria. I was praying for you this morning and wondering how your port was doing. I'm glad the infection is getting better. Mary, praying for your dad... Grace |
Mommamayi Registered user Username: Mommamayi
Post Number: 487 Registered: 12-2007

| Posted on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 2:37 pm: |    |
Mary and Toria, praying for both you girls and for your Dad too Mary. I'm so sorry to hear about that. I hug you! ~Diana C. |
Colleentinker Registered user Username: Colleentinker
Post Number: 8284 Registered: 12-2003

| Posted on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 3:29 pm: |    |
Toria, I'm so glad you're better; I'll continue to pray that your port will be retained. Praying for you and your dad, Mary. I'm so sorry. Colleen |
Toria Registered user Username: Toria
Post Number: 374 Registered: 2-2006

| Posted on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 4:26 pm: |    |
I had another antibiotic treatment today, and have to return to the hospital tomorrow for assessment. But everything looks good. My next chemo is not for a few weeks so I should have time to recover. Mary, I am so sorry to hear about your dad. You know, I sometimes think that as difficult as it is for the person with cancer, it is possibly more so for the family members. One of my younger brothers suffered greatly before he died with cancer a few years ago. It broke my heart. You and your dad will be in my daily prayers. My heart goes out to you. Toria |
Blessed Registered user Username: Blessed
Post Number: 196 Registered: 1-2007
| Posted on Thursday, June 19, 2008 - 6:53 pm: |    |
Mary, I will be praying as well. My dad had liver cancer and passed away 10 years ago. I know how you feel. Do you know if your dad has a personal relationship with Christ? Shirley |
Flyinglady Registered user Username: Flyinglady
Post Number: 5442 Registered: 3-2004

| Posted on Friday, June 20, 2008 - 7:11 pm: |    |
Mary, So sorry to hear about your Dad. I will pray for you and him. Toria, you will continue in my prayers. Our awesome God hears and answers our prayers. Diana |
Jdpascal Registered user Username: Jdpascal
Post Number: 75 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, June 20, 2008 - 7:53 pm: |    |
Where is Clyderp? I was looking through this thread and remembering some of the requests and the "requesters". The last time clyde posted (that I could find) was on may 5. How's it goin' Clyde? We are still praying for you here... |
Jdpascal Registered user Username: Jdpascal
Post Number: 76 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, June 20, 2008 - 7:58 pm: |    |
Joyfulheart's friends? What is happening with your friends that were thinking of going back to the SDA? Still remembering them but wondering where they are in their valley of decision. |
Joyfulheart Registered user Username: Joyfulheart
Post Number: 173 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Saturday, June 21, 2008 - 8:23 am: |    |
Jdpascal, Thank you so much for asking - and caring. Actually I was just about to post something about them. They have become VERY good friends lately and are calling me with questions almost weekly. They have doubts - serious doubts about what is truth. They know Ellen White is a false prophet and last week told me a church with some error is better than a church with a false prophet. They both feel intense anger at the elder who told them everything they were learning was from the Bible - and the Bible only. They are aware that most of it is from Great Controversy. The have recently begun attending a church about twenty minutes from their home. They love the pastor, but still question the Sabbath and the law stuff. We have read and reread Galatians and Romans and they seem to get it, but then come back to the law and pleasing God by keeping His law every time. They are also strong believers in the State of the dead doctrine. For now, I think they're OK. I'm praying that the church they have been attending with embrace them and provide the church family and Christian friends they need. The people at our SDA church were SO nice. We did everything together. Most non-Adventist Christian churches are not like that. (It's left many holes in my life, too.) We were truly a church family. We want a church with truth that really loves and cares about each other. Again, thanks so much for asking. Please continue to pray for them. The elder who studied with them (for a long time) wants them back and is trying hard. Both of our families love that man and his family - in spite of everything he's done. Please ask God to open up the Word and reveal truth to them. My friends (and I) want the SDA church we had, but without the false doctrine. We loved that church. Even I knowing the truth and all the false doctrine have had a tremendously hard time leaving that fellowship - and they did some mean and nasty things to me as soon as I starting questionsing openly. They don't want certain questions asked. I think for my friends it will have to be a trust God for provision of a church family thing. I know I'm not telling anyone here anything you don't already know, but it has been very very hard leaving (for me trying to leave). We need an FAF group in Michigan! Thanks again for praying and caring! Joyfulheart |
Jdpascal Registered user Username: Jdpascal
Post Number: 77 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, June 23, 2008 - 7:18 am: |    |
I'm glad that your friends have no doubts about the true status of Ellen. The church with "some" error will more likely have the essentials in place and hopefully the "error" will be on the side of the non essentials. My last seemingly un resolvable question was the Sabbath as well. It has run it's course though since I've studied Mark 2: 27,28 in the total context of verses 23-26 and looking at the parallel Jesus drew between the "moral" law of the Sabbath and the "ceremonial" component of the shewbread. The thing that drew me into a closer look at this was noticing a parallel in the way Mark related the 4 stories of Jesus life in that chapter. If the Sabbath commandment was really a "moral" law, it wouldn't have been paralleled, here, to the "ceremonial" by Jesus or used as a rememberance of any thing. In my view, the whole of the old covenant, including the ten commandments, was a ceremonial shadow of Jesus who is the New Covenant and He brings us the Holy Spirit who manifests the fruit of the Spirit in us as He continues to write the law of love on our hearts. It is hard to leave a really close fellowship. In retrospect, our close fellowship was a sham. We have a closer Christain fellowship with a small group of friends that we now have formed. It may be that is one purpose in this situation - to draw you close to eachother. Any way, you all remain on my "long term list" as do the others with requests. |