Ragamuffin Revival Prayer Meeting
Let’s gather our forces and shake the heavens…
I’ve been pretty fatigued for the last 3 days.
Can’t seem to shake it.
Trying to rest up before my long haul on my tour tomorrow.
You can pray for me.
Now…
How can we pray for you?
Los
RAIN IT DOWN
I’m depressed. Very much so.
I will be praying for you Heather. I know His precious blood will heal all the wounds in your heart and fill you with the Holy Spirit. Hang in there! This storm will pass. In the name of Jesus, Amen.
“Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,
and he brought them out of their distress. He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed. They were glad when it grew calm,
and he guided them to their desired haven.” Psalm 107:28-30
Praying for you.
Heather I will definitely pray for you! Depression is tough stuff, I lived with it for seven years. Just remember that God is more than capable of bringing healing to your soul and joy to your life. He is capable and loves you with a passion no words can describe, and hurts because you are hurting. Because He even seeks to bring glory to His name, He would LOVe to heal your pain so you can run out to the world and tell people how He cured your depression and brought you peace and joy.
I so much want to go on a missions trip to Togo, Africa in August. Raising $2500 has proven to be a challenge (though I have raised $700 so far!) and the deadlines are approaching fast. Just need prayers that God’s will is done. If I am meant to go on this trip, it will happen. If not, then another time.
Two things: for me, I’m praying for direction as to which organization to work with when I head overseas for mission work. A few solid options, but I long to go where the need is the greatest and it’s hard to define that.
Second, for a friend. She found out some info last Thurs. that’s tearing apart her family. She and her husband are separated right now. There are two very young kids in the mix. They want to work things out and are taking steps to do so, but they need a lot of prayer support.
Thank you. I’m praying w/ you as well.
Prayers on their way up friend.
As for me, I’m putting together a benefit concert for a couple local ministries (an orphanage and a organization that works with homeless mothers). everything is balanced really precariously right now and I’m nervous that it might fall through. Prayers very much appreciated.
Praying los.
I’m in my 6th week of pastoring a re-start church. We need prayer that the people continue to accept change.
I’ve been praying for you bro. Will continue to do so.
Stout request man. Praying for you
Praying for rest and focus for you as head out again; and for peace for Heather and the kids as they have to say goodbye.
I moved to South Korea almost two months ago to teach English at an elementary school and I’m still really struggling to settle in and to not contemplate running back home as soon as I get paid. I just want to make sure that this is what I want to be doing, not something I think I need to do to please someone else.
Two years ago I had a major depressive slump that lasted for a couple of years. Life finally started feeling normal, even good a few months ago, but I feel like I’m losing hope again. God feels so far away no matter how earnestly I seek him. I feel so lonely, so discouraged, and apathy seems pretty appealing because I’m just so drained (plus it’s so painful to try so hard and feel like I’m getting nowhere). I don’t feel like I have any friends that I can talk with about all of this.
Praying for you, Friend!
Big time prayers, and hugs, for you!
God knows how you feel, what you need, and who you need in your life. Rest in the fact that, while as bitter as this moment is, it is God’s perfect will. He WANTS and DESIRES to heal you so He can use YOU in miraculous ways. Remember that you are more than you appear, because you are a PRINCESS to the one who made you. Be patient, God doesn’t operate in the realm of time and peace WILL come.
Praying for you and your family today.
I’d love prayer for our finances. We’re in the process of adopting a child from the Canadian foster care system and we’ve recently been hit with a major tax penalty bill. Our old accountant was basically doing parts of our taxes wrong. Frustrating as we’d recently got ourselves almost completely out of debt, only to have this set back…
My wife and I are trying to move to a new city. Pray for us the right jobs, housing, and for us to be able to continue to travel and lead worship. Right now, my wife and I both work 2 jobs as well as travel with our band a couple weekends a month. We’re exhausted, and looking to slow down while still trying to passionately pursue what we feel God is calling us to be a part of!
I have a tough conversation coming up about a decision that feels like a punch in the gut…
Praying for you, Los.
As for me, I’m a Youth/Worship Pastor, and I need your prayers HUGE. My wife and I are working through some of our past in counseling, and the saying “it gets worse before it gets better” is ringing true. We both need peace from God. Thanks, Ragamuffins.
praying for you, and that others will have the courage to do what you are doing!
I’d appreciate prayer for my family. My Dad has was diagnosed with cancer, started treatments a few weeks back, & last night had a stroke leaving him unable to communicate in speech or writing. He’s in the hospital currently. In addition, my mom was just diagnosed with cancer & needs surgey. And I just started a new job & am in the middle of house hunting. Trusting in His grace & strength daily & thankful for the community that is THE Church. Thanks everyone.
that’s really intense. this note comes with a prayer for you and your family
Hey guys…I am begging for prayer right now. My wife and I have been married for three years (together 12 – high school sweethearts) and have a beautiful 10-month old daughter. I absolutely adore my wife and truly my best friend. I have character and personality flaws like everyone and have things I am letting God take control of now. My wife is battling a pain pill addiction but has decided she needs to figure out who she is and what she wants. Saturday, she left me and moved an hour away for a separation. I am broken. The last 8 months have been hell for me with some things I have had to battle. I can’t feel God right now and I am begging for him to restore my marriage. Can the Ragamuffin community please pray for me, my daughter, my wife and my marriage?
We are praying, bro.
Heartbreaking. Praying that the God of restoration will restore what’s broken.
Praying for you right now.
I’ve gone through a similar thing brother. I’m praying for you. If you want, please feel free to contact me at atkins5614@gmail.com. Again, I’ll pray for you.
I will pray for you Los and your family. I understand the being away part.
For my family, that God would turly shine. We are wanting open doors to minstry, and wisedom as we help other couples with are counsleing minstry.
Other area are normal ever day issue. Time and Money more of it.
My husband and I are in the process of a major transition in our lives. We are planning on moving in the next few months. We’ve never lived more than 20 minutes away from family so to move 800 miles away is a big deal, especially for our parents. On top of that, my dad was just diagnosed with colon cancer for the 3rd time in two years.
Please lift up a friend/colleague’s wife, Angela. They have two very young children. On Easter day she was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer. Already their faith is an inspiration, but they have a long road ahead of them.
Anxiety disorder. Been going through a rough season, unable to go to small groups, and unable to drive my car at times. Recently got (back) on meds, which makes it worse for a while. I seem to be “coming out of it”, God willing.
Thanks!
I’d really appreciate prayers about where God is leading me. I’m currently in a situation that really seems to have a very short-term future. I’m stressed, frustrated, confused, and really just completely exhausted from all the runaround.
Aside from the work situation, my beautiful bride and I are having our first child (son) in September, and are trying to figure out some medical bills, etc.
We’re really just trying to find our next step in life.
The orphanage / creche we work with in Haiti a couple times a year just experienced the death of a beautiful 1 year old girl. She was my favorite, and touched the hearts of all who went on the trip. Please pray for her family.
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Please pray for two friends of mine. They are new Christians but lately they are struggling with some issues…
They received some negative feedback at church last Sunday from someone regarding the way they dress. And it upset them a little, which has made them feel like they don’t want to return.
They are also moving house in a few upcoming weeks and are a little stressed about the situation, please pray that God frees them from stress and that the move goes smoothly.
Thanks!
Please pray for my sisters family…they are going through a rough time and the kids are getting the short end of the stick. Please pray for peace for my nephews. Thanks
Prayers for you as you leave to provide for your family!
My family needs prayers right now in the area of our jobs and finances. My husband has been self employed for 2 years after a layoff. He is doing well, but it is wearing him down. He has been trying to find another job but is having no luck at his experience and salary level. He has a call back with a fantastic company that would allow us to move back home close to family. Please pray for guidance for us that we go where God wants us and rely on Him to provide for us. Also, my job is in flux right now and I am currently looking for a new job. I want to be where God can use me best and need to be somewhere flexible for our two kids.
A lot of big changes coming up- praying we make the right decisions!
We are g oing to be without a home in 3 weeks! Please pray!
praying for provision and peace!
This Saturday I’m hosting a fundraising auction/event for a team going to Antigua and Guatemala City, Guatemala. Even now pray that the right products still come in and that on Saturday the right folks come. We’re having a concert of sorts, catering and the auction. I’m pretty stoked.
Then on Sunday, I get to speak to a church in the area that’s without a pastor right now. Pray for wisdom and direction.
And continued decent health through the weekend.
My daughter’s father has taken us back to court to lower his child support saying he can’t afford it. Meanwhile taking expensive trips and giving twice as much to his other children – and stretching the truth when it comes to the amount of money he really makes. During which time we almost lost our home, and things were extremely tight during attempting to fight their reduction.
My biggest prayer is I find the balance between just caving in – but not being so stubborn that it hurts my daughter in the long run. I have often been very compliant when it comes to what they want, and have finally stopped which is not an easy task. I have issues with finally standing my ground then right afterwards feeling guilty and wondering if that was really necessary.
Oh wow. Hang in there…
I am in the midst of transitions and not all of it’s easy (although I am excited for what it coming!). However it’s so easy to imagine the future, that I get discouraged when I realize I am still in the present. If you could pray that I invest love in the people I am currently around and the things i am still doing; and at the same time that I invest in the forward motion of the changes that are coming. I will not accept discouragement, God is a God of hope, and of love. I want those things to ring true in my life.
I’m in a similar place so I’m certainly praying for you.
My church has a food and clothing store house that flooded and ruined alot of our supply,just when people need it most! We are asking for donations of non-perishable,ready to eat foods,good condition clothing , toiletries, baby supplies,and or money. Any way you can help pass the word? It would be GREATLY appreciated! Lots more info on my facebook page…pictures, news videos,pictures,CONTACT INFO,ETC! THANKS SO MUCH!
Hey Los. I’m praying for you and your family. I’m also praying for God’s help for every person on this blog.
As for me, I’d like prayers for finding a husband and having children, particularly wisdom about actually having a baby.
praying for that!! I have the same hope. the verse i am focusing on this week is Romans 4:18-25. Abraham believed and trusted when all hope was gone! Praying for you today!
Big prayers for you too! Interesting, Abraham keeps coming up again and again. Hmmmm…
Praying for all of you.
My prayers are for my church that it can continue to grow and flourish helping those in needs. I also need prayer in making career decisions, maturing financially and in finding a new place to live.
praying for rest, peace and joy!
i am praying for joy in where the Lord has me today, and not focusing on hope deferred. Contentment!
Praying for you, friend. Enjoy today with your family!
Pray for me to not sink into depression. I’m trying hard, but feeling down. Trying to find joy in these hard times, but easier said than done.
essays. dissertation. & a crippling fear (and an absolute lie) that I’m not good enough.
Los, I am praying for you! As a fellow worship leader, I know how exhausting it can be to put everything together. However, I can only imgaine how hard it can be to do it 3-4 times, in a week. Blessings to you, as you go out to spread the Word through Worship!!
My request is that I need prayer for healing. In ’06 I had to have emergency surgery on my low back (L5-S1 micro discectomy). Since then, I have struggled with continued pain in my back and left leg, with weakness/numbness down to my foot. This past Sept, the pain became more intense and I have been off work since. Fortunately, primary my employment still pays me, but I don’t have the benefit of my shift differntial pay or overtime. I have also not been able to work at my secondary employment.
Needless to say, it has been very difficult for my family financially. All of our savings are drained, and we have had no choice but to use our credit cards. At times, I feel that I am somewhat of a failure when it comes to supporting my family (We have 4 wonderful boys!). I also can’t take part in activities with them, such as sports or just wrestling around.
I have been praying for healing for so long. Sometimes, I struggle with the “why” I haven’t been healed yet, but I know that my God is bigger than my circumstances and I do trust Him.
So, that is what I am praying for. Sorry that it ended up being such a long story here. God Bless, everyone else who has placed their prayer requests here as well. I will be praying for you as well! Let’s agree in prayer for each other!!
Praying for healing!
My wife is pregnant with our 2nd boy, our house has been on the market for a year, and my job is done in 9 weeks. Please ask the Lord to give us the patience we need to wait on him.
I love my wife to death…But my eyes and thoughts don’t always reflect that. I want to take my resistance to lust to the next level.
I’ll be praying for you Aaron! We as men are called to love our wives, but sometimes our eyes wonder. I think that is a “natural” thing, however it can be overcome. My good friend has a great website that you should check out. He is very concerned for other men, and his heart is to help them to overcome these and other types of temptations that we struggle with. His web address is http://www.jtalk.ca. Blessings to you Brother, you are not alone!
Praying for you! and scrolling through, praying for others.
As for me, I need to get my weight and fitness under control. New baby and tons of projects has made a mess of me recently.
I could use prayer for perseverance in the trenches of youth ministry and for a deeper connection with my daughter-in-law rooted in Christ.
For my brother Danny – he has been seriously depressed and recently said he has been struggling with thoughts of suicide. He does see a counselor…has been, we need God to intervene.
I need to raise $6000 by September to go to the discipleship program I want to go to. I’m only going to make it if God makes away.
Lately I’ve been trying to chase my dreams as a writer and a minister. It’s been proven difficult to put yourself out there. Chasing dreams isn’t always easy. That past few days I have been very discouraged and borderline depressed, believing that I’m not cut out to do what I love to do. I need peace.
Praying for you, Los. I have a lot of things on my mind and a few significant decisions to make, regarding church…whether to stay or go, if you know what I mean.
Trying to figure out my next practical step after I graduate college. Not sure what I need to do. Also trying to start a worship ministry called The Well (http://www.thewellministries.co) Im not totally sure how to get it going…
Pray for renewed passion.
And a miraculous learning of time management skills.
due to recent federal budget cuts, my team and I all lost our jobs, so prayer for direction, provision, and encouragement would all be very helpful.
praying for you as well…
Praying for all of these.
Would you pray for my new friend Jerry?
He came to church for the first time on Easter and I’m praying his life will have been impacted.
Scrolling through and praying for all of these.
Mine is a 2 part prayer… I’ve been dating a guy for about 9 months, and really care a lot for him. We finally had the “what is your REAL opinion about God” talk on Saturday and where I thought he was seeking it appears he may be happy just calling himself agnostic and not moving from there. My heart is broken because 1. I know I can’t be in a relationship with him and be able to serve and honour God to my fullest and 2. I know God’s heart broke to hear him say he wouldn’t change. He’s on vacation for the next 2 weeks so I have to make a final decision on stay with him or break up before he gets back. So my prayer is this, 1. That I can make the decision that God wants me to make on whether to continue the relationship or break up with him. And 2. That God would be able to capture his heart so securely that he wouldn’t be able to avoid God any more.
Please pray for Alabama. WOW! Amazing storms ravished those guy. My heart goes out to all effected.
Please pray for Alabama. WOW! Amazing storms slammed those guy. My heart goes out to all effected.
Lonely. Very few single friends and would like to find that special person for myself but there don’t seem to be Christian men around. I’m discouraged and impatient.
I feel like I’m a little late to the party, but I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it when you do this. It’s amazing.
I’m in an incredibly busy season of life. I’m in school full time, working near-full time, and between homework and sleep, I don’t have a lot of time to get my life together. I constantly feel drained and that constant, slow wearing down is really making me unhappy. And I don’t like being unhappy. So pray that God would give me strength and stamina to get through this season, and peace of mind and calmness to deal with the struggle.
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After being cut to part time in my job due to budget reasons, I believe God asked me to step out in faith and give my notice at my current church and I’m trusting Him to show me where I am supposed to be, whether it be in another church position or in freelance production. Trusting He will continue opening doors and closing them as well. I know clearly that He told me the first step to take and He’s been doing some incredible things that confirm to me that this is His plan. Just wish I had the next few steps planned out as well as time is ticking down. He has seen me through tougher stuff and I know He will guide me now. Just praying for wisdom and discernment.
Praying for you Los, and all the posts above and below mine.
My cousin’s wife is going through a very rough time with my drug-addicted cousin and there is a small child involved. Any prayer for them would be greatly appreciated.
Also, I’m asking for guidance as I start the next leg of my journey. I moved away from home 9 months ago to get away from a bad breakup and I’ve now decided it’s time to go back home. I’m sad to give up the life I’ve started to build where I am now but eager to start over at home. I pray for the motivation and stamina to keep moving forward instead of falling back into the slump I was in when I moved.
This community is amazing and I am truly thankful I found it <3
I have two things to ask for prayer about. One is a friend of mine who I haven’t really talked to since high school (almost 6 years). We recently started talking about spiritual things and what he “knows” as truth is pretty messed up. He basically thinks that we (humans) are God because we made him up with our minds and that the only truth on this planet comes from the writings on the walls in the pyramids. He says everyone else is brain washed. Please pray that Jesus reveals Himself to him.
Also, I am about to move out of a community that is filled with low-income American, Hispanic, and Burmese refugee families. I love that place but my internship ends in less than a month. The time I lived there has better prepared me to be a missionary in Thailand. Please pray for fundraising for me to get to Thailand and for the community I’m leaving!
Carlos, I don’t know if you remember me, but we went to high school together. My sister is Jessica Horne and I was in the same grade as Eddie. My husband is in Afghanistan and one of his good friends was killed yesterday by the gunman in Kabul. He leaves behind a wife and two small children. I do believe he was a Christian, but I can’t even imagine what begins for his family now. Please pray for the Brodeur family, and please pray that my husband will be able to find someone to pray with and someone that can offer him some sort of comfort in this trying time. Thanks.
My prayer is for you you Los. Your ministry and your family have touched so many lives and opened the door for many here who need prayer for the burdens they are carrying. I pray that God protects you and your family and continues to open doors for you to minister to others through the many talents God has given you.
I have friend that just started hospice for Cancer. She was diagnosed w/ 3 forms of cancer in June 09. The request is: ease of pain for her for however long God allows here to stay here, and for her family and all of us friends that we would be able to praise God through this hard transition time and once she finaly goes hom to Him.
I am scared that my worst fear is coming true and I won’t be able to get pregnant. It is terrifying and heart breaking and lonely. I am trying hard to let go of the fear and give it to God, but I can’t seem to do it completely. I want so desperately to be a mother and my husband wants so desperately to be a father. I know it is killing him to see me in pain both physically and emotionally. Pray that we find comfort and the ability to trust God with our burden.
Prayers to all. My prayer today is for continued growth and excitement. I’m in the middle of the exponential conference and the excitement of the growing emerging missional church is electrifying the air. I pray that this is not a mountain top experience, rather that all of these people go home and capitalize on their ideas and revolutionize the church.
I’m so frustrated to still be single at 35 when I’ve been praying… I was invited to an Easter brunch and it would have been me and 14 couples. It’s discouraging and lonely.
In a new marriage, everything new is both exciting and scary, but such valuable lessons are learned. Unfortunately, loss of income was not one of those scary lessons I was hoping to experience in my first 8 months of marriage. Please pray for my husband to keep his focus, patience and trust in God while I continue to seek new employment. He’s been so caring and patient with me so far, but I don’t want him to let unecessary pressure crush him. Pray that we are open to the guideance and wisdom of the Holy Spirit, that we praise God for his awesome power, and that we give glory to his name, even through less than wonderful circumstance.
In need of prayers, indeed:
–search of a new church community, whom I can bless with my gifts and how I may be blessed by them too.
–open doors to serve the greater Church in music worship. Currently writing songs and hoping for opportunities to lead worship in church camps/events.
–my own heart to be protected in humility and love of God
–my mom, that she will one day, see Jesus as her personal Saviour.
Please pray for me and the whole staff at Spring Jam Fest. My name is Jonathan Slye and I am 17. God placed on my heart to start a Christian Rock/Hip Hop Outreach Festival here in an area that is never reached, Washington DC. As the word continues to spread and interviews continue to come up my prayer is that God will give me wisdom and truly speak through me in all of them. Also, I am praying for all of the people who are behind this event to make it possible, God is doing big things through them and so I pray that God will bring them peace and bless them for their hard efforts to glorify Him.
my husband is depressed and angry over our work situation at church. Too long to explain, but please pray for us.
Lord Jesus, please renew carlos’ strength so that he can perservere, even better than that that he will mount on wings as eagles and not grow weary. Protect him and his family. It is in your powerful and precious name I pray. Amen
You came to visit North Hills Church in Brea, CA several weeks ago. My daughter Seraphina gave you a picture. You told her that you would put it in your guitar case so that every time you opened it you would pray for her. Thank you for doing that. It means the world to me that you, a total stranger to us, would be so dedicated to praying for her. God is working at making her as well as our family whole. It is a long road ahead with much hard work to accomplish. She may have schizophrenia. The nuero-psychologist has stated that she is suffering from dissociative breaks in her frontal lobe. Basically a nervous breakdown that has caused her to use coping mechanisms that are very dysfunctional. Please continue to pray for her and the family as a whole as we move forward on this journey that we will keep our focus on God and his desire for us to be made whole.
Thanks again for being such an awesome prayer warrior.
In him, Kim
I have been studying the Word for years… Loved Jesus- never feared anything – not even death because that meant being with Him. And now I need prayer. Because for two months my thoughts out of nowhere have been telling me God doesn’t exist. And so anxiety after anxiety of death and end of the world and millions of things are plaguing me. And I am desperate to put my trust in Him again more than anything else but my brain wont let me. Please Jesus I believe help my unbelief…. Please..
I moved to Minnesota almost 11 months ago. I married a wonderful man, but I left everything that was familiar for 17 years, my job, my church family, etc. I have not been able to find a job here and I really want to know what it is the Lord wants me to do with my life here…I just feel lost.
I hope I’m not too late to chime in with a request! We are in the process of adopting from South Korea, and have one more home study left to complete.
Most of all, we just need prayer for patience once we get the referral until we actually get to bring our baby home! We also know that God led us to this place, so He will make the way financially. Lastly, that we will do the best we can, since reading so much information throughout is scary. Ultimately, I know that God is the leader in our family, and He will get us through it all, but help us remember that.
Thanks all!!!
Please pray for my church, there is a spirit of disunity among the leaders and a lot of us can tell. We know God wants to do mighty things in us and through us but He can’t do anything until we come together and are willing to lay everything out.
I’m experiencing discrimination for not being the “right kind” of Christian. My job has me working with students in a Christian setting, but some have completely closed up because I am in a different denomination. I guess “closed up” isn’t accurate-they’re downright rude, mean, look for any reason to find error in anything I say (to the point of inventing things that aren’t real), won’t listen to anything I share with them, laugh at me when I try to get them to listen…any sane person would have quit by now. These students will soon be graduating, and I just pray that they become decent people, because the way classes go, there’s not much I can do. And I guess pray that I can somehow like my job, even with this going on.
glad I found the prayer thing. Ya know I am new,but sincere. I am only 50 but my body is wracked with pain. my whole spine. the pain fills my head and I can’t think right. I am trying to read through the Bible and seem to be fighting things I can’t see. Aren’t we all. I need help with lots of prayer please. I don’t know how God can use me when I have to lay most of the time. My daddy recently died in june,my 13 yr. old german shepard(perfect) just died in Feb. My boyfriend got drunk and held guns on me all night then used his mma skills to try and kill me for no reason. ( that one is resolved) but mentally and physically this is all too much for me to bear alone. I really need prayer, I am so full of pain I can’t even think right..So please someone strong in the Lord read this cause I really need you right now.Thank you so much.From the bottom of my heart…..