Prayer request for Preacher Jim

[Boaz]

Amen .

[Blackwater]

Gee whiz, Jim! Praying you and Mary get the reprieve you both need! Sorry to have not been here earlier. Been fighting some of my own problems here, and just haven't felt right to try to pitch in here, but even so, you and all the regulars here are always in my prayers, whether I check in here or not. God bless you and Mary both, and may our Lord send you both the healing you need to continue your diligent and wonderful work. Amen.

[Hickok]

I pray God's love, care and protection for Jim and Mary as they face these trials, in the Name of Christ Jesus amen!

[Boaz]

Gee whiz, Jim! Praying you and Mary get the reprieve you both need! Sorry to have not been here earlier. Been fighting some of my own problems here, and just haven't felt right to try to pitch in here, but even so, you and all the regulars here are always in my prayers, whether I check in here or not. God bless you and Mary both, and may our Lord send you both the healing you need to continue your diligent and wonderful work. Amen.

Amen .

[big bore 99]

Prayers sent.

[Boaz]

Lord be with Jim today . Allow him rest , lighten his load Lord . Give relief to his physical problems . Thank you for Jim , thank you for working through him here and his ministry . Amen

[buckwheatpaul]

Father, I am renewing my prayer for comfort, fear removal, and medical help for Jim and his bride, Mary. Please be with them as they are treated and do Your work while under medical care. Please guide the medical teams that are treating them and wrap Your loving arms around them. AMEN

[Preacher Jim]

Our God answers prayer!!! Preliminary report just came in blood and fluid. The oncology report final report due next week but my internist was relieved and said eat steak tonight. God is good, his words.

[Preacher Jim]

Fellows i thank all of you for the kind words and prayers. You all know how to humble and old preacher. Now I have to live up to those words.

[Boaz]

Good news ! Still praying brother , mobility and relief .

[Blackwater]

"Eat steak tonight!!!???" I sure wish my docs would give me that Rx!!! Great to hear, Jim. You must be made of the "good stuff" our forebears were made of. Those were some TOUGH folks, and God blessed them richly. Maybe TOO richly? Our generation didn't learn what they did, and the newer generations don't have a clue what it took to get them to this point in this world! You always inspire me, Jim, and that ain't exactly an easy thing to do, brother! Thanks!

[castalott]

I went and celebrated with you tonight... I was the guy eating salmon... Dale

[Preacher Jim]

Great Dale we had salads and pizza friend owns an all you can eat place best salad bar around.
Mary loves salmon she would have been over with you..

[Pine Baron]

Thanks for the good news, Jim. God is indeed good. Prayers continue.

[Blackwater]

Nobody celebrates like a bunch of believers who have just received a blessing from the Lord! Nobody can ever be as happy, thankful and humble, all in one! Our God is a wonderful and masterful and loving God, and I thank Him for all that, and yet more!

[Preacher Jim]

They have moved on to item number 2 on my list of ailments.
X-ray last Friday showed right lung collapsing have appointments with pulmonary specialist tomorrow. Had orders not to preach this past Sunday but I did anyway. Guess I need you all praying on this one. Mainly for my wife as this is having an effect on her. God is in control.

[Boaz]

Praying for you and Mary . Ya'll have never left my prayers .

[DerekP Houston]

Sure hope they get you to feeling better soon, prayers sent.

[buckwheatpaul]

Jim, I am still praying for you and Mary....I really pray that you both are getting better brother....Paul

[Blackwater]

Jim, I admire your spunk and get-up-and-go, but SOMETIMES, the Good Lord gave us a brain so we can know when to quit, and take it easy, and let folks learn to get along without us! I love your passion, and I think there's a special place in God's heart for really passionate men. But we CAN, if we let it, let that passion drive us to places where we are NOT magnified, but are diminished. The folks who rely on and depend on you MUST see you take care of yourself. God didn't give us these brains just to WANT things, but to know when to say "enough," and when to cut back for a bit, so we can carry on later.

I know you love your work, and want to do even more, but sometimes, you have to let folks who depend on you learn to fend for themselves, or at least tread water a bit, so you can continue your work. Remember, we can't always have what we WANT, but if we are humble enough to listen to the Lord, and use our brains for something besides justifying what we WANT to do, we'll all live a lot longer in all probability. So .... know when to slow down and take it easy, and when to rest, and you'll get a lot more done in your life. You're "ripe," now and can do more with less. Use that. It's good when folks have to figure out some things for themselves. It helps keep them from becoming dependent on you, and makes them more self sufficient, and self sufficient Christians are the best kind, and can do much more than the dependent kind. You'll be doing both yourself AND them a favor! None of us is 10 ft. tall, bulletproof and immortal any more! I keep getting reminders of that more regularly than I think I really need them, but ..... I don't have the best track record of being judicious in those judgments, so ..... I'll go with what the Lord sends me! And I absolutely HATE slowing down, but compared to the other option .... well, let's just say I HAVE to take that option!

God bless you my brother!