Prayer Requests

"Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ." Gal 6:2 KJV

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Urgent Prayer Request, 01/31/2012:

Dear friends and prayer warriors: Please pray for our daughter's mother-in-law, Marianne Berreth. Below is the prayer request our daughter, Stacie Berreth, recently posted to her Facebook wall...We would deeply appreciate your prayers.

For those of you who knows Jim's mom Marianne...she is currently in the ICU at Regions hospital in acute renal failure. She became sick about ten days ago and stopped eating/drinking anything. She was taken by ambulance to the ER last night. What we know so far is that she was in septic shock, that her kidneys had totally shut down and that all her labs were totally off (extremely low blood sugar, her acid levels are sky high, her bilirubin is extremely high, etc.). As of right now, she is stable, however they are going to start dialysis later tonight as she is currently not able to process the fluids in her body. Please pray for her, her condition is extremely critical at this point and we don't know if she is strong enough to pull through this. The doctors are optimistic that if they can get her to respond to treatments, she may recover, however at this point she has not been responding as they'd hoped. I will keep everyone posted as we know more.

Urgent Prayer Request, 01/25/2012:

Cindee and I would like to ask you to please pray that we, along with our four daughters, would be able to have more visits with my wife's elderly Mom (Elaine) before the Lord calls her home. Her health is failing and she is no longer strong enough to leave her home. Sadly, she is not allowed to have our family visit her there due to the fact that we are unloved by her caregivers. We live less than an hour from our daughters' grandmother—their only living grandparent—yet sadly their grandmother is denied the blessing and comfort of inviting us to the home she has lived at for over a year now. Having always been a devoted mom to her children, this deeply grieves my mother-in-law. We are grieved as well; we can hear the clock ticking every day we're apart. The recent death of Cindee's 80 year old aunt (Gladys Jacobson) is another powerful reminder of how quickly a loved one can be ushered into the presence of the Lord.
        Missing us terribly, my mother-in-law asked us (on two occasions) to drive past her home and tap our horn so she could have the joy of knowing we were that close by as we spoke by phone. For some, this may seem silly but not to a mom who desperately needs to feel she is near those she loves. The first drive by gave her much joy as she chose to laugh at the oddness of it all, instead of focusing on her sorrow. The second and final time, however, she dissolved into tears and told us, "we will have Heaven".
        Not able to reach Cindee's mom on January 3rd, her 80th birthday, we began calling hospitals to see if she had been admitted. By the grace of God we found her. Openly angered by this, her caregivers fiercely sought to interfere with our ability to visit her—even in this public place. Righteousness, however, soon prevailed as the Lord made a way for us to have a few visits there. Heartbroken when those visits ended, she told us, "even if I never get to see you again, I'm so glad I could be with you now." We promised her that God would bring us together again, just as He had done at the hospital in spite of the serious effort made to keep us apart. One of the last things we told her is not to be afraid, that "God is with us".
        It is difficult to make this prayer request public, but we believe the Lord would have us do so as we recognize that this is a severe trial Cindee's mother is facing in her last days. In addition, the Scripture says, "...The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective." James 5:16b (NIV) She needs your prayers. We are seeking to publicly honor her by requesting that those who love the Lord storm the gates of Heaven, with us, on her behalf. Please pray that Elaine is strengthened daily by her faith in Jesus Christ. Pray that the Lord would give her, and our family, grace as we walk through this "valley". Please pray with us, for her caregivers, who profess to know Christ as their Lord yet refuse Cindee's mother what so many take for granted—freedom to be visited by those they love in their time of need. Cindee's mother is indeed one of whom the Lord calls the most vulnerable among us, "the least of these". As the Scripture exhorts us all, "The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.' Matthew 25:40 (NIV) Above all, please pray for the Lord's will to be done and for Him to be glorified in this situation.

The Lord bless you and all that you do for His glory,

Rick and Cindee Morgan

"Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you." Exodus 20:12 (NIV)

Update, 02/04/2012:

We have a direct answer to prayer. Cindee and I were recently notified, by one of my mother-in-law's caregivers, that she (Elaine) has once again been hospitalized. We are thankful to the Lord that we were given the respect of being told this fact and, in addition, which hospital is caring for her this time.
We have since been able to have three visits with Mom this past week. The first and the third were a sweet time of fellowship that, by the grace of God, included one of her caregivers who treated us with kindness. The second visit, however, was a taste of the spiritual warfare we’ve encountered many times before while trying to see or visit Cindee’s mother. It is more than sad that Mom’s other caregiver refused to allow this visit to be a peaceful or a joyous one. As we read Mom the Bible, and sang hymns with her, we prayed for God’s grace to help her be able to enjoy this rare and precious time He’d given us in spite of the opposition we faced.
When it was time to leave, Mom was once again overwhelmed with fear she would never be allowed to see us again once she left the hospital. Please continue to pray that the Lord would cause Elaine’s caregivers to put her needs above their own; to honor her while there is yet time. This has been an ongoing spiritual battle—but as Cindee’s father was quick to remind us all—“I’ve read the back of the book, and we win!” Thank you for your prayers for everyone involved.

“But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. Do to others as you would have them do to you. If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that. And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.” Luke 6:27-36 (NIV)