God has put it on my heart that we need to pray for Marisa in a continuous and intentional way. Prayer is our connection to God and a way to stomp out the devil’s plans and see God’s glory. We all want to see God’s power and be able to say “LOOK WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE!!!”
Together in prayer we can bring our request of healing for Marisa to God 24 hours per day.
God’s word talks about praying without ceasing and this is a way that we can do that. If you know someone who is willing to pray but does not have access to the blog, please encourage them to pray too. Couples and families can pray together.
I have a schedule that has 10 minute increments and if you are willing to pray, please contact me with a time that will work with your schedule or a time that you are willing to get up in the night. We will have to consider time changes.
Please e-mail me with the subject title “Praying for Marisa” at r_shain@hotmail.com and I will schedule this continual prayer.
God Bless you!
Rebecca Shain
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September 3, 2007 at 7:02 am
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September 3, 2007 at 7:07 am
Heather
I have written a post over at my blog, and have lead my readers over to your site. They have stormed the gates of heaven on my behalf, and I know that they will do the same for you and Marisa.
I will pray every time Marisa comes to mind.
If you say go- Vineyard Music
If You say go, we will go
If You say wait, we will wait
If You say step out on the water
And they say it can’t be done
We’ll fix our eyes on You and we will come
Your ways are higher than our ways
And the plans that You have laid
Are good and true
If You call us to the fire
You will not withdraw Your hand
We’ll gaze into the flames and look for You
September 3, 2007 at 7:58 am
Regina Clare Jane
I am visiting from Heather’s blog and I just want to say, Marisa, that I will keep you and your family in my daily prayers from now on… God bless you… I don’t understand why things like cancer always seem to hit the nicest people… but I do know God loves each and everyone of us. Sometimes that’s all I know…
Blessings again… and courage…
xo
September 3, 2007 at 8:18 am
Paula Helton
I will continue to pray for Marissa, but I commit to pray from 9: 20 am til 9:50 am especially. mY husband has survived a glioblastoma for almost 4 years now (and the expectancy was 9 months) so I KNOW the power of prayer and I know the healing that comes from God. God is the only one with the final say….dr’s can only guess.
Praying now
Paula
September 3, 2007 at 8:30 am
gomomyourock
I come to you from Heather’s blog.
I am praying for you.
September 3, 2007 at 8:32 am
Lisa in Texas
Marisa –
I just came over from Especially Heathers site so I do not know a lot about your situation but I do know that you believe in Jesus and have hope. So I wanted to drop you a note and let you know that I will be lifting you up in prayer. God loves you so very much and he will give you strength when you don’t have any left. Hold onto him.
God bless you and your family,
Lisa in Texas = )
September 3, 2007 at 9:48 am
Amy (Dandelion Seeds)
Praying…
September 3, 2007 at 9:59 am
tami lewis
i am praying for a complete healing.
September 3, 2007 at 10:32 am
Susan
I am a reader of Heather’s. I just said a long prayer for Marisa. She will continue to be in my thoughts and prayers.
September 3, 2007 at 11:31 am
Abby
You will be in my prayers.
September 3, 2007 at 11:31 am
laughing mommy
I’ll pray. What would be easiest for me is just to pray all day long when I think of her.
September 3, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Laurie Lloyd
Dear Marisa and Mendelt,
I just found your site here through Especially Heathers site. I am in California and will be praying for you through this most difficult time. In my 59 years of life I have seen God do His most Excellent Work when the doctors have stated that they have exhausted all medical treatments they can possibly do.
This is when God can take over and really show His Power. I pray for you to have His Strength and encouragement every day as you go through this most uncertain journey, knowing He has it all in His hands and plans. I will be praying for you daily and ask Him for a complete healing of your entire body as He has done for so many others. There is no secret what God can do.
~*~Love and Healing Prayers for you today~*~ Laurie in Ca.
September 3, 2007 at 12:36 pm
JoAnn Weingart
I am praying for Marisa. And the prayer that I will say over and over is the same prayer that I am saying for Heather.
“Dear Lord, please let your love flow through Marisa, calming her emotions, freeing, her mind, healing her body, and giving her peace and strength through this difficult time.” As I say each line, I take a deep breath and release it slowly.
This is a powerful prayer that I have shared with many, with wonderful results.
In hope and in prayer, JoAnn Weingart
September 3, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Bobbie
I am Imagining with you as the Lord Jesus holds your hand and walks with you and you family through this.
Be Strong and of God Courage the Lord Your God is with you.
Because of Jesus, Bobbie
September 3, 2007 at 5:24 pm
jtcosby
Coming from Heather’s blog also…Marisa, YOU CAN BEAT THIS!!! Love,
Tamara
September 3, 2007 at 5:24 pm
Ubuntu
Intercessory prayer doesn’t work: http://tinyurl.com/2mvoz7
September 3, 2007 at 5:28 pm
Ubuntu
That’s of course not to say I don’t want Marisa to beat this disease, it’s just that prayer is an unproductive (though perhaps consoling) way of doing nothing and thinking you’re doing something.
Can’t you think of something else to spend your time on? Maybe planting her a garden or writing a song for her?
September 3, 2007 at 5:35 pm
Astraea
I pray for Heather daily and now I will pray for you too! May the Lord hear the words of our hearts and answer our prayers. Be strong and joyful in Him. God bless. I will be checking on you daily.
-Astraea
Avondale, AZ
September 3, 2007 at 6:19 pm
Mindy Curtis
Marisa,
I’m here from Heather’s site and please know that I, too will pray for you and your family!
In HIM –
Mindy
September 3, 2007 at 6:35 pm
Becky
Dear Marisa,
I’m here by way of Heather’s blog. Even though I don’t know you, we are sisters in Christ and I will be praying for you, your doctors, and your sweet family.
September 3, 2007 at 6:42 pm
Lynnebee
I am praying for Marissa from 10:00 p.m. until 10:15 this evening, and then whenever she comes to mind along with Heather. God is able to do exceedingly more than we are able. With Hope, Lynne
September 3, 2007 at 6:52 pm
Monica C.
I came over from Especially Heather’s site. Please know that I will be praying for you! God bless!
September 3, 2007 at 7:28 pm
Wendy
I come form Heather’s Blog- and I am praying for you. WE’ll certainly storm those doors with prayer!
September 3, 2007 at 8:46 pm
Laurie in TN
My daughter’s name is Marissa. . . I came here from Heather’s blog and will pray for you. . .
September 3, 2007 at 9:30 pm
julie van puffelen
I came from Heather’s blog as well and read your story from the beginning. I feel for you and your children so deeply and when i was putting my son Henry to bed tonight, it was your story that kept me from taking him for granted. You’ll be in my prayers as the answers unfold for you in the coming days.
September 3, 2007 at 10:25 pm
kelli
Here from Heather as well. Standing in the gap with prayer. Absolutely believing God’s will over all over you. Hugs.
September 3, 2007 at 10:49 pm
carrie211
I am praying for you and your family!
Hang in there!
God bless 🙂
September 3, 2007 at 10:52 pm
christy
Marisa, I am coming over from Especially Heather’s site, and I want you to know that you are and will be in my prayers. God is listening!
P.S. this is for Ubuntu, who posted a comment previously*
I am praying that you will open your heart to the Lord, who loves you and wants so desperately to call you His own. Please claim the victory that can be yours by accepting that Christ died for your sins, and that His love is selfless and endless and He is waiting with open arms. Love to you both, your sister in Christ, Christy
September 3, 2007 at 11:06 pm
episcopollyanna
I’m here from Heather’s blog and want you to know that I’m praying for you too. I’m starting a Novena to St. Peregrine, the Patron Saint of Cancer Patients, in your honor tonight.
God bless you, dear.
September 3, 2007 at 11:43 pm
Teresa from SC
Lifting you up now, in God’s name
September 4, 2007 at 1:56 am
Sheri Beaman
You can count on our family for prayer for you, Marissa. God’s Word is full of promises about healing and we are standing on them for you.
September 4, 2007 at 7:02 am
aliann
Marisa, I’m praying for your encouragement, peace, comfort, hope, and healing, healing, healing!
September 4, 2007 at 8:44 am
Nicole M.
I’m here from Heather’s site. I will be praying for you and your family.
September 4, 2007 at 9:47 am
Holly Smith
Praying for you, dear Marisa, and for your family.
With love in Jesus,
holly
September 4, 2007 at 11:06 am
Pilot Mom
I am committed to pray for you Marisa, and for your family. May the Lord richly bless your day today!
September 4, 2007 at 1:25 pm
G & R
Hi Marisa and Mendelt!! You are so special and mean so much to us. We think and care and pray for you both so often. Lots of love R&G
September 4, 2007 at 1:29 pm
Gonda Voortman
Marissa and Mendelt,
I was saddened reading the post by Ubuntu regarding the fact that prayer does not work. As Christians we KNOW that it does. Please know that when there are times when you do not know what to say or even how to pray that there are many, many people lifting you up before the throne of God in prayer. We will certainly continue to do so.
Rick and Gonda Voortman
Alexander, Braden, Angela & Kendall
September 4, 2007 at 5:36 pm
Penny
Prayer works miracles… I will pray for yours.
September 4, 2007 at 6:28 pm
Sam & Leona
Hi Mendelt & Marisa,
I need to be reminded to pray, everyday. This is an excellent idea. I’m planning to pray everyday at 3:00pm. Love Leona
September 4, 2007 at 6:31 pm
Deborah
Marisa,
Yes, indeed it is a good day… you may be asking how can that be…
No matter what you face today… you are NOT alone! How wonderful is that… knowing you need not worry about who is there with you by your side… who may carry you at any given time. Jesus is there always… even when the enemy tries so hard to convince you to believe you have been left alone to carry your trials on your own.
Are you feeling afraid today…?
I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.
Psalm 34:4
Perhaps you’re feeling anxious about your situation or circumstances…
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7
Are you facing an illness…feeling sick and in pain…?
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weakness, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
Is doubt filling your thoughts today…?
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what is invisible.
By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as a righteous man, when God spoke well of his offerings.
By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death; he could not be found, because God had taken him away. For before he was taken he was commended as one who pleased God.
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family.
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though de did not know where he was going.
By faith Abraham, even though he was past age—and Sarah herself was barren—was enabled to become a father because he considered him faithful who had made the promise.
All these people were still living by faith when they died.
Hebrews 11
No matter what you’re facing today, do not allow the enemy to steal your joy. He cannot take what you do not allow him to. It matters not if your feeling afraid, feeling anxious, have a heavy cloud of depression lingering overhead, being filled with doubt in your thoughts, carrying the daily weight of sickness and pain. You are not alone… Christ suffered… Christ hurt… Christ carried the sins of all mankind. But through it all He had the promises of God. When the enemy tries to fill you with doubt in your circumstances remember the promises of God…
God has said,
“Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
Hebrews 12:5-6
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever…
You will be in our thoughts and prayers always…
May you have a beautifully blessed week!!
**Lots of Hugs**
Deborah
September 4, 2007 at 8:22 pm
hebrews 11:1
To “Ubunto”…if prayer didn’t work my mom wouldn’t have given birth to 4 children (and 2 more miscarried) after being diagnsed with cysts, and told she would never get pregnant again. She did nothing about it, but hadns were laid on her, and she was healed.
To Marissa, I am praying for you!
Lil Pilgrim Pal
September 4, 2007 at 9:42 pm
Tine Buma
Dear Marisa and Mendelt,
I have yet to read the most recent blogs, but this one has caught my attention to the extent that the others will have to wait for a moment. This is for Ubuntu too, for all of us for whom this stream of prayerful support for Marisa has been a blessing, a challenge, an experience, a joy, a difficulty, a tender mercy…If prayer were an exercise in self consolation, I’d be well ahead of the stop line! But Ubuntu…I like your ideas of writing Marisa a song as well…and I get the sense that Mendelt would like it too…and planting a garden…well that’s simply a beautiful idea! And whose to say that these aren’t acts that stem from the same heart of love for one another?
Carry eachother’s burdens and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
(Galatians 6:2)
It’s been an interesting, and an amazing first day back at school! I thought about you, Marisa! You, Mendelt, children and your families are in the thoughts, and in the hearts, and in the prayers of so many.
This day too!
Tine (Ms. Buma)
September 5, 2007 at 6:51 pm
Sunshine
I will pray! I sent you an email to let you know – my entire family will. May God be glorified by so many of His people seeking Him on behalf of a faithful servant! Sunshine
September 5, 2007 at 7:52 pm
ohamanda
I’m praying!
Psalm 91.
September 6, 2007 at 2:43 pm
Jen
I also found you by way of Especially Heather’s blog. I’ve commited to praying for you daily and I have added a link to you blog on my blog if that is ok. If it is not, I will remove it immediately but I wanted as many people to be able to pray for you as possible.
In Christ,
Jen
September 6, 2007 at 7:34 pm
oldqueen44
We serve a big God. I pray he gives you peace and understanding and healing. I will pray for you as I am waking in the morning. That would be about 6am.
September 7, 2007 at 11:25 am
Kathleen Marie
I am praying and have placed you name on several prayer chains. God Bless You!
September 10, 2007 at 9:56 pm
kristy muysson
Just wanted you to know that our family prays for you and for Ann Mary Vermeer every night at bedtime… and whenever our thoughts turn to you in the day. You and Mendelt don’t know us (or even our kids, actually), but they know of you thru John Knox. As we pray aloud, our five year old daughter *always* interjects with her little whisper “don’t forget Mrs “mermeer” (our son’s teacher last year) and the other lady with the kids…”
As I sat in the dentist’s chair for an hour with my jaw locked (ugh – good reason to avoid dental work, I think) I just hung out there and prayed for you and Mendelt, for strength and wisdom as you make decisions about treatment, for support from your friends and family, and overwhelmingly for the peace that passes understanding…and for that same peace for your kiddos.
hang in there…the Muyssons