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Totally broke and fighting despair - 8/20/2008 1:01:03 PM   
allisonbrett


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I have always tried to be one of encouragement and hope but I am finding it increasingly difficult these days. Our small business is facing some severe financial hardships which has lead to extreme personal financial hardships. We are currently way behind on our bills and tax payments to the state. We've not been paid decently or at all in many months. We need a miracle!

When we started this business venture several years ago it was only following many months of prayer and seeking God's will and the Holy Spirit's lead. This was a huge step in faith and what we hoped would be a witness for the Lord. When some family and friends expected us to fail, we were still open. Several were even betting on when we'd close but we were still going. Barely making it but still open. This was a God thing, not an us thing. We told EVERYONE that God was leading and would provide so closing would show God's failure as much as ours.

In the years since we opened, my very God-centered husband and I have spent significant time in God's word, growing and praying in the Lord for His provisions, all the while trusting the Lord to keep His promises. We have seen some rough times and then some but have somehow managed to keep the doors open and the lights on. We continue to pray each morning, fill our minds and hearts with God's word and fight with all we have to keep our focus on Him instead of our rising debts and financial burdens.

I've always been taught that God provides miracles when there is literally no out, when the odds are stacked so high against you that there truly is no other way than through Him. Well, we are there. Our business and personal bank accounts are empty and very little coming in. We will continue the fight the fight and hold on to our faith. We will continue to trust that Jehovah Jirah keeps his Word to provide and make a way.

Please pray for us not only the financial means that we so desperately need but the grace to get through these very trying times.

Thank you.


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RE: Totally broke and fighting despair - 8/20/2008 1:16:01 PM   
Little_1


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Heavenly Father
I thank You that You never leave us or forsake us.
I praise You for always supplying our needs and never letting us down.
Please direct Alison and her husband concerning this situation.
Give them wisdom and grace to follow Your way through their difficulties.
In Jesus Name.
Thank You Father.
AMEN

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RE: Totally broke and fighting despair - 8/20/2008 2:44:24 PM   
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Lord, I thank you for their faithfulness to You. Lord I pray you would perform a financial miracle for them. Bless them and prosper them. Keep them strong in their faith and just overwhelm them with Your goodness and provision for them. Comfort them Lord, fill them with your blessings.

in Jesus name,
amen

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RE: Totally broke and fighting despair - 8/21/2008 12:18:24 AM   
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Lord, plesae look down upon allisonbrett and her husband. Lord, you give to those who believe in you. You reward your faithful followers with many blessings. Please bless this couple. Let their struggling business begin to thrive and help them to pay off the bills which they are behind on. Let the gates of Heaven open up and rain good fortune down upon them. Most importantly, in this tough time, help the two of them to cling to one another for love and support, and let them be drawn closer to you as they seek your help and guidance. Let the riches that flow into their business be a means for them to rejoyce in your holy name, and sing praises to you for all to hear and marvel at. Let their love for one another be made stronger by all that is happening hear, and may their faith and devotion to you continue to grow and be made even more unshakable.

Lord, of all the gifts you have given us, the most precious is that of the blood of your Son, Jesus Christ, which was shed for all of us so that our sins might be forgiven. You are loving and powerful. Even when it is difficult for us to see it due to the bad times, we know that you love us. With knowledge of that unmeasurable love, I offer these prayers to you for allisonbrett, her husband, and their business in the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

Amen.
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RE: Totally broke and fighting despair - 8/21/2008 12:47:37 AM   
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Praying in agreement with others here for you (((((Alison)))). Please let us know when and how God answers.

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RE: Totally broke and fighting despair - 8/21/2008 3:37:59 AM   
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Lord Jesus, I don't know if Alison and her husband are supposed to continue in this or not. I know some things are for a season Lord, but only You know if this season is still going or is stopping or changing.

What I do ask for Lord is wisdom and clarity, and if provision is not to come through this business, then please bring it in some other way, Lord. If this business has had its time, Lord, please show them and help them be open to the possibility and to whatever new avenue you have for them. If it is not to close Lord, then please bring custom and revenue for the business.

We ask for Your intervention in some way, Lord.
Amen

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RE: Totally broke and fighting despair - 8/21/2008 5:17:53 AM   
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Lord I pray that if you close this door on the business this couple has started that you will open another door according to your love and kindness. I know you want what is best for this couple,, and it may not be what they think is best.. Help them to just hold on to you and each other , to know that your will for them is for good and not for evil.


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RE: Totally broke and fighting despair - 8/21/2008 8:35:04 AM   
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praying in agreement with the others
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RE: Totally broke and fighting despair - 8/21/2008 8:43:26 AM   
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Praying in agreement

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RE: Totally broke and fighting despair - 8/21/2008 8:58:12 AM   
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Praying for you.

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RE: Totally broke and fighting despair - 8/21/2008 3:12:54 PM   
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Thank you all so much for your thoughts and prayers. My husband and I are both working hard on staying positive and trust that God will lead and provide for us and our family.

We have prayed for discernment and what to do and believe very strongly that God is telling us to hold on and not close. We are encouraged by this and hold on to our hope and faith that through Jesus Christ we will be successful. If the Lord leads us to close then we'd close in a heartbeat, watching for that open door. We are really seeing God's hand in our business and are ever grateful but as yet it hasn't helped our financial situation...yet. So, we continue to trust and obey.

I guess in the end we'll have one heck of a testimony to share, won't we?

Blessings to you all
Allison

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RE: Totally broke and fighting despair - 8/21/2008 5:24:29 PM   
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quote:

Thank you all so much for your thoughts and prayers. My husband and I are both working hard on staying positive and trust that God will lead and provide for us and our family.


You're welcome. I'm glad you're being obedient. God honors that. A friend of mine told me once that if something is God's will then it is God's bill.

I'm still praying...God Bless!

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RE: Totally broke and fighting despair - 8/21/2008 8:17:49 PM   
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Lord, plesae look down upon allisonbrett and her husband. Lord, you give to those who believe in you. You reward your faithful followers with many blessings. Please bless this couple. Let their struggling business begin to thrive and help them to pay off the bills which they are behind on. Let the gates of Heaven open up and rain good fortune down upon them. Most importantly, in this tough time, help the two of them to cling to one another for love and support, and let them be drawn closer to you as they seek your help and guidance. Let the riches that flow into their business be a means for them to rejoyce in your holy name, and sing praises to you for all to hear and marvel at. Let their love for one another be made stronger by all that is happening hear, and may their faith and devotion to you continue to grow and be made even more unshakable.

Lord, of all the gifts you have given us, the most precious is that of the blood of your Son, Jesus Christ, which was shed for all of us so that our sins might be forgiven. You are loving and powerful. Even when it is difficult for us to see it due to the bad times, we know that you love us. With knowledge of that unmeasurable love, I offer these prayers to you for allisonbrett, her husband, and their business in the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

Amen.





In agreement with the above prayer. AMEN!
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RE: Totally broke and fighting despair - 8/22/2008 2:15:45 AM   
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quote:

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Lord, please look down upon allisonbrett and her husband. Lord, you give to those who believe in you. You reward your faithful followers with many blessings. Please bless this couple. Let their struggling business begin to thrive and help them to pay off the bills which they are behind on. Let the gates of Heaven open up and rain good fortune down upon them. Most importantly, in this tough time, help the two of them to cling to one another for love and support, and let them be drawn closer to you as they seek your help and guidance. Let the riches that flow into their business be a means for them to rejoyce in your holy name, and sing praises to you for all to hear and marvel at. Let their love for one another be made stronger by all that is happening hear, and may their faith and devotion to you continue to grow and be made even more unshakable.

Lord, of all the gifts you have given us, the most precious is that of the blood of your Son, Jesus Christ, which was shed for all of us so that our sins might be forgiven. You are loving and powerful. Even when it is difficult for us to see it due to the bad times, we know that you love us. With knowledge of that unmeasurable love, I offer these prayers to you for allisonbrett, her husband, and their business in the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

Amen.


Praying in agreement
Amen

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RE: Totally broke and fighting despair - 8/22/2008 7:24:26 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: kyl

quote:

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Lord, please look down upon allisonbrett and her husband. Lord, you give to those who believe in you. You reward your faithful followers with many blessings. Please bless this couple. Let their struggling business begin to thrive and help them to pay off the bills which they are behind on. Let the gates of Heaven open up and rain good fortune down upon them. Most importantly, in this tough time, help the two of them to cling to one another for love and support, and let them be drawn closer to you as they seek your help and guidance. Let the riches that flow into their business be a means for them to rejoice in your holy name, and sing praises to you for all to hear and marvel at. Let their love for one another be made stronger by all that is happening here, and may their faith and devotion to you continue to grow and be made even more unshakable.

Lord, of all the gifts you have given us, the most precious is that of the blood of your Son, Jesus Christ, which was shed for all of us so that our sins might be forgiven. You are loving and powerful. Even when it is difficult for us to see it due to the bad times, we know that you love us. With knowledge of that unmeasurable love, I offer these prayers to you for allisonbrett, her husband, and their business in the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

Amen.


Praying in agreement
Amen


I am also praying in agreement
Amen


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RE: Totally broke and fighting despair - 8/22/2008 11:14:57 AM   
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Father, I ask that Your will, will be done in this. Thank You that alllisonbrett and her husband seek Your will in this and in they're life. Guide them in the way that You know is best. Bless they're efforts Father, and use this and them to Your glory. In Jesus name. Amen

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