Please pray for my Aunt's health and my friend's closing on a house.

I pray for more emotional sobriety. Since 5 August 2010, for the third time, I have chosen physical sobriety by reaching out to others who share a former addiction to wine, women, men and song. God lifted my escaping from problems in this way on that day for the third time.

I grew up in a fundamentalist religious environment and believed that God was either punishing me or that I would die before getting off wine. Then, I discovered I suffered from mild depression, a disease little understood in rural Southwest Virginia or any other underfunded government. God brought me out of depression and anxiety for the third time on March 5, 2018.

I encourage anyone fighting an addiction to request help. Again, I pray that God me more emotional sobriety to withstand life's tumults.

I request prayer for my friend Daniel that God give him the courage to face his illness. I also ask God to direct me to a place where I can do His will, meet open minded people and maybe even have a date or two, if that be His will. I also ask that peace return to my family buffeted by some health concerns and transitions. God is not the author of conflict. Rather, conflict leads us to His peace. Amen. Thank you all.

I am requesting prayer and thanking God at the same time for a clear mine. For so many years, I tried to do what I thought I ought to do in order to get the validation of others. Now, through some events which could have been tragic, I realize that life is about doing what I want to do and where I want to do it. The only one I really have to make happy as I am unmarried is me. The rest falls in place. Thus, I ask prayer that God sends me where the need is. I know that we blossom wherever we are; however, I do want to feel comfortable with my environs after living so long outside the country. Amen.

Pray that God uses my tongue, mind and facial expressions to build His kingdom, not tear it down. Disagreement builds wisdom as long as those disagreeing realize that we are all God's children.