New girl who needs your prayers

[morethandiamonds]

First of all, I am so thrilled to find such a wonderful, loving and godly place on the internet! I am have been burned a few times trying find a safe place to come to for fellowship and friendship. I come to you today not just to introduce myself, you can call me Cricket by the way, but I come to you to ask you to pray for me.
I have a gigantic decision to make. To make a very long story shorter, I was diagnosed four years ago with End Stage Renal Disease. Basically, I am in kidney failure. I have been on dialysis since last summer, which has been a blessing because I have lost alot of weight that was bearing down on my heart and I have met alot of wonderful people. God has been so amazing to me. My blood work has been perfect, my weight gain between treatments has been minimal, and the doctors have knocked my time back three times.
That means that when I first started I was going for three hours and forty-five minutes. Now I am down to three hours PRAISE THE LORD!!
Anyway, I do have a dilema that only God can fix. I went to a urologist a few weeks back to check the condition of my bladder. He said that my bladder was in great condition that he saw no reason to believe I couldn't recieve a transplant. Here's the catch. He suggests that I have a nephrectomy, which is a surgery where they remove both my kidneys so that when I do have a transplant, there will be less chance of rejection of the new kidney. I go the 11th of this month to talk to a surgeon mg: .
This is where I am struggling. If I give the go ahead for this surgery, and they remove my kidneys, am I showing lack of faith that God can heal the kidneys that He already gave me? Should I say no and keep holding on to my faith that He WILL heal me?? I am just so confused as to what to do. I keep praying for the Lord JESUS to snatch me out of this situation. Please pray for me to know what to do when I see this surgeon. I do believe God can do anything. I have seen Him heal me before. I would love some Godly advice as to how to handle this situation. Thank you in advance for your prayers and support. May the Lord JESUS shine His face upon you and shower you all with His love!!
Cricket

 

[Chad]

Hello sister Cricket welcome to Talk Jesus. Glad you like the forums already

I will keep you in prayer. One thing to remember is that healing is not prommised in the Bible, but healing is performed miraculously by Jesus Christ numerous times in the New Testament.

You can see a bunch of verses regarding this (I typed "Jesus Healed" in BibleGateway.com) click here

Faith in Christ is key. Give it to GOD, let GOD speak to you about this situation. The Holy Spirit will convict you with an answer.

 

[rlowe]

Response to Cricket's post

Hi Cricket & welcome.
I hope to get to know you more & become prayer partners & friends.
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Response to your question regarding "gigantic decision":
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I am & will be praying for you.
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First, I would suggest getting a second earthly doctor's opinion if you haven't.
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Second, seek your heavenly doctor's opinion (the most important one).
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Recognize that sometimes answers to pray come directly & exclusively from God our Father, but other times He chooses to use an earthly vessle, with Him behind the scenes, in control.

One idea to consider is praying that if He wants to heal you directly & exclusively, that He would do so enough before your surgery to be evident.

This is not testing God nor doubting Him, it is a method of confirming that you are hearing Him, not yourself, the earthly doctor, or Satan.


I have had a shadow appear & then disappear before surgery to never appear again. 8-O God truly is awesome.

I hope & pray this incite helps.

Sibling In Christ,
rlowe

 

[jiggyfly]

First of all, welcome to TalkJesus cricket. I am glad you have come here.
Now to address your question.

1Hebrews 11:6 *
So, you see, it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that there is a God and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.

The problem that many of us get into when it comes to believing God for something, is we are not believing according to the measure of faith we have. Our faith in God is directly related to our maturity in Him. It developes and grows as we grow spiritually. God is ready to meet us where we are in our faith. When we believe for something that our faith won't support we begin to doubt, and we then operate outside of faith.

Now understand that God is not limited to work or operate according to our faith. But He will condescend to where we are and then walk with us all along the way and help our faith in Him to grow.

Ephesians 3:20
*Now glory be to God! By his mighty power at work within us, he is able to accomplish infinitely more than we would ever dare to ask or hope.

So cricket, just be as honest as you can and make your decision based on what your faith will support. If you under estimate your faith, God will nudge you forward. When you use the faith you have you are pleasing God and you are not more pleasing when you try to use faith that you don't have.
I pray that as you do this, God will give you peace and let you be at rest in full assurance that you are pleasing to Him. I hope this is a help to you, if you are still in question please say so. May God comfort and guide you.

 

[Snowrose]

Hey Cricket,

It is wonderful to meet you and you will be in my prayers for sure. Chad, rlowe and jiggyfly gave you some wonder advice so I will pray. Trust in the Lord - He is faithful and true and never disappoints us. God bless.

Best wishes,
Snowrose

 

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[Jesuslovesu]

Hi cricket

Welcome to talk Jesus I think you will enjoy it here.

I will be praying for you

 

[Mike]

Welcome to TJ . You will find people who will pray with and for you here . God is watching over you . All things are possible . Mike

 

[greyfeather]

Hello Cricket welcome to Talk Jesus , its nice to meet you. I can only say you have been given good advice so far. I will be praying that God will touch you mightly and let you know what to do. Just keep trusting in Him and you can never go wrong , for He will not let you down in anything you ask. The Lord will always lead you need only to follow.

 

[Buddy2]

Hello Cricket!

Please pray with no fear of the outcome.
In my own life, I've discovered that when I pray still fearing I make my own decisions. In otherwords don't truly listen to God.

Remember God loves you!

 

[SpiritLedEd]

Hi Cricket, welcome to Talk Jesus. Perhaps the story I'm about to share with you will help in some way.

In March of 2005, my 30 yr old son was diagnosed with Burkitt's Disease, a rare and extremely aggressive form of lymphoma (cancer of the lymph system). Doctors held little hope for his healing.

My wife and I each went on prayer-request rampages. She contacted friends, family, even total strangers and got them to pray. I devloped a Christian e-mail list of more than 90 people, asking them to pray daily and to pass the request on to folks on their lists.

We all prayed and prayed and prayed. Meanwhile, the situation grew darker and darker. The doctors struggled to find a medication that would stop the tumors. Then, in desperation, they decided to give it one last shot. They gave him a dose of chemo that was way higher than the manufacturer's recommended maximum with the belief that it will either kill him or cure him.

David went into a coma and was on total life support for a week. Then came a phone call from my daughter from the hospital: "The doctors are surprised!, they can't find the tumors!" He was healed. He went home last February. Then, on Thanksgiving Day, both lungs collapsed and David was back in the hospital for three months. Contrary to what the doctors expected, his lungs healed.

David is at home now, reuperating from the fight. His strength is slowly returning. Its amazing!

I can't tell you what to say to that surgeon on the 11th, but this I will suggest: beat the bushes for prayer warriors to come alongside and pray for you. One friend of mine said that he figured my e-mail campaign produced more than 1,000 people praying regularly. Add to that the gang of people my wife (his mother) lined up and you come up with an army of people praying for our son.

"Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it and it will be yours." (Mk 11:24).


SLE

 

[living]

Hi, welcome to TJ. Infact I am also quite new to this site but so far I have found it a great place for learning and sharing. I hope to see you around often. And Wish a good time!
God Bless!