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"Dear
Lord God Almighty, we humbly beseech thee, as we lift up to thee in prayer.... "
...those servants of yours lord, the US military personnel and their Allies, and those
of your's worldwide GOD, who make such terrific sacrifices, to spread freedom and justice. May you protect them, and guide
them, and keep them safe. Remind them that you are watching over them, and their love ones, here in the United States, and
abroad. Comfort them please oh Lord, that they may know your love, wisdom, and courage, and that you, Almighty Saviour, are
pleased with them, and all their just and true efforts. So that everyone worldwide, will have the freedom to worship You
Our God, openly, and publicly, without fear of persucution from those that would do evil.
Thank you Oh Lord, you are a
God of Might, Grace and Glory.
In your Son Jesus' name we pray.... Amen."
Please hear our prayers for a
friend of ours at AUMC, Laurie Elise Garvin, whom suffers from MS. (*note 8/19/07 "goodnews" - Laurie is returning back to
her "hometown" - her loving relatives have picked her up, and taken her back home, to be closer to more family and friends!
God Bless Laurie, and Thank you. :-)
My daughter's cousin on her mom's side - Caden, who is recoverying from
surgery, and has another one yet friday. May you ease his suffering, and bring him quick healing Lord.
(Tues., 8/7/07)
Two
of my associates at Kohl's Lord. Matt Sanchez, and Courtney Bohem. They were in a terrible car accident last weekend while
returning from Lorain, OH. Please grant them quick healing, and provide comfort for them and their families.
(Tues., 8/7/07)
Our
mother, Wanda Bradner Lord, who is preparing for a colonoscopy. Please ease her pain and suffering Lord, and comfort her.
Heal her oh Lord, that her health might be restored. Help her to be happy lord, that her pain be lifted from her, and she
may once again be able to do more of the things she enjoys (like spending time with her precious grandaughter:-)!
(Thurs.,
8/15/07)
Please be with my cousin Brad Cook (Iowa), his family, and especially his wonderful daughter Lindsey.
May her tests and treatment go well, and may she be rid of her illness!
(Thurs., 8/15/07)
The children in our
neighborhood, oh Lord. Please let them be safe. Please help them not to be in fear, and to be safe from people like the
"speeders" (drivers that drive their cars "recklessly" or "over the speedlimit" up and down our street, here on Naomi or
nearby streets) that ruin our neighborhood and prevent the children from "being children" and enjoying playing in their front
yards and out in/near the streets!
(Thurs., 8/15/07)
(oh, and P.S. Lord, those with the "loud car stereos", that are
always driving around this and other (otherwise quiet) neighborhoods, "blasting" their car stereos ("thump, thump, thump"...),
that is annoying to others! Let them "understand" Lord, that sometimes people just want to hear the birds chirp (the wonderful
creatures that you have made them! :-), or the quiet whisper of a gentle breeze of yours Lord, softly whistling through and
rustling the leaves on the trees! (Thank you again! Lord, for "ALL is your creation! And you have given us "ALL""!!
In
Jesus' name we pray! Amen Lord! :-)
(Thurs., 8/15/07)
My supervisors, fellow associates, and great customers
at Kohl's Lord. Please help them to "know and understand" Lord, that I am trying my best to keep our store as "clean and
safe, and enjoyable shopping environment" as possible, and "dirt and dust, and clutter"-free as it can be. I am trying my
best to be a good housekeeping/maintenance supervisor Lord, and "guide, teach, nurture and mentor" the associates in our housekeeping/maintenance
department I supervise. Help me to be "helpful, courteous and friendly" to all our customers, fellow associates, and managers,
etc.... That they may witness the "goodness of your world" through my humble acts to you, at Kohl's and in "all that I do"
here throughout your world, oh great God!
Thank you Oh lord, you are my "THE Lord and Saviour"! ("Forever"!! :-)
(Thurs.,
8/15/07)
Prayers of Celebration and Congratulations to President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush, and
their First Family, on this the announcement of their daughter, First Daughter Jenna Bush's engagement to be married!
I
pray Jenna and her fiance be blessed with a long, happy, loving marriage!!
Hear our prayers Lord!
(Thurs., 8/16/07)
Prayers
of Safety for those being effected by the terrible Rains and Flooding in the Midwest of the United States this week. Also
Lord, please protect those effected by the hurricane in the Carribbean, may you comfort those who have felt loss.
(8/20/07)
Prayers
for education of our youth. Please God bless the teachers, give them patience and understanding, help them to "leave no child
behind", our school administrators, guide them to make the best decisions regarding our youth's futures, the students may
they relish and grow in your knowledge and understanding of your blessed world and all it's wonders, and the parents lord,
help them to help their children as they embark on their roads in pursuit of higher education. (and the public, that the
"drive slower and more carefully paying attention to little ones getting on and off the busses!)
(09/03/07)
Thank
you lord, for another wonderful year of blessed life, you have blessed me with much lord, and today on my birthday I pause
to thank you and reflect (Health, Church, family, job, wealth, love...), and tell you how grateful I am, Lord. Thank you
for sacrificing you son Jesus Christ, that I might be forgiven of my sins. Amen.
(9/14/07)
Prayers of joy and
gratefullness lord, that my daughter's mother, Krista, was able to get a new job. Thank you lord, that she has a good employer,
who I know will take good care of her, and they both will benefit from their association with one another. (She is a very
hard working and intelligent woman, and I know with the right employer, she and their relationship can really prosper and
grow.)
(9/15/07)
Prayers for Chris and Julie Mack, and their 1 year old son Matthew, who has to go to Cleveland
to have brain surgery. I pray it is a success (and please help Julie with her kidney stones Lord, that she may be there for
the operation)
(9/23/07)
Prayers of JOY and CELEBRATION that Another of your churches is moving into the Syvlania
and Douglas road (Devaux) area Lord! I was SO happy to hear (from Sam Burnett - at Aldersgate UMC) that the non-denominational
church "Cedar Creek" (which has 3 locations already! Maumee, Perrysburg, and ??) is opening a fourth church location, this
one in WEST TOLEDO!! PRAISE BE TO YOU OUR GOD!!!
(9/23/07)
The Families, (those of ours, whom were
close friends), who had loved ones listed in the Toledo Blade Obituaries today.
Former Naomi neighbor (mother of a childhood
friend, Dana), Sally Ann (Watson) Crocker.
Also the family of Aldersgate UMC member and friend, (rand one of
my "youth church basketball" assistant coaches in my 3rd grade year) John A. Piehl, Sr..
May the recieve your comfort and solace Lord,
may they have the grief brought on by loss of a loved one.
In the Lord's name we pray. Amen.
(10/1/07)
Copied
and re-posted here from the Bradner.cc homepage on 10/7/07:
TY
for praying with our family for my Brother-in-law "Dave Bestpitch" in Sacramento, and his recovery last month from a heart
operation. (and the prayers for our sister Bev, all of Dave's many family members and Friends!! Too bad Bev lost 1- 12"
Coi from her backyard "FengShui" pond then tho...awwww)
Please pray for for the Mine collapse victims, their families,
friends and co-workers.
Please join us in praying for the victims and their families and friends, and those whose lives
were effected by the Minnesota Bridge collapse! (May the good lord bless you with comfort, healing and understanding.)
(10/07/07)
please
join me in praying for Professional Football player, "Kevin Everett" of the Buffalo BILLS, and his family and friends. (We
hope he is able to recover from his terrible neck/spinal cord injury. He and his family are in our thoughts and prayers!)
GOD
hear our prayers for the Firefighters, volunteers, victims, and all those effected by the "California Fires"!!
(May the
Santa Anna winds subside, the firefighters be able to extiguish, and the victims and their families find peace and comfort.
(10/24/07)
God?...I'm
so sorry I haven't prayed to you lately... (it's all my fault, "I love you". I know I don't say that enough, sorry.)
I
haven't asked you, but please be with all those people I missed. The school shooting in cleveland, the endless list of victims
of violence and violent crimes...war victims, refuges, casualities, and worse. Famine, sickness, disease....I'm so sorry
God. (Please forgive me)
I know this is stupid, but I gotta ask you for just one more, please. Could you please be
with me on november 15th? (and ALL the smokers.) We are trying to give up smoking. (I know, we NEVER should have started...YOU
are the one that told us "Our bodies are YOUR temple". I'm really sorry...I was weak...
But, could you please be with
me (and the many others,) as we try to GIVE UP smoking?? I swear I'll try my hardest for you!!! (I won't mess up, I promise!
:-)
WE (I just want) to QUIT! and I need your strength lord to do it! Please help us. We promise we'll make it up to
you! (I just want to be there for my daughter. Ya know, see her grow up and stuff.) Okay?
Thanks God, I love you!!
You're the best! Always take care of yourself, okay?? (oh yeah, and can you kinda of look over my parents too??) I know
ya do. I just worry about them sometimes, being down there in florida all alone. Thanks.)
Okay, that's it. Thanks,
I'll talk to ya again soon okay?
Peace.
(11/9/07)
Prayers for the family and friends of the victims of
the house fire in west Toledo on 11/28/07. (Mother and her 3 children). We also pray for the firefighters, neighbors, and
all involved in the terrible disaster. (The next day members of the Fire Department were in our Kohl's Department Store,
buying toys to give to the underpriveledged children in our area. Bless their hearts Lord, that was a very brave, generous
and courageous thing of them to do. Hear our prayers lord for them, their safety, and their families.)
(11/30/07)
Prayers
of celebration and joy, for our daughter Kylie Lord!! She received "ALL A's and B's" on her report card this week!! (She
has worked very hard, doing her homework as soon as she gets home from school, studying at night for tests, doing unassigned
reading, stopping with her dad at the library to look up resource material, and complete her homework in the most timely matter
for a hour each day she comes to stay with him! Thank you lord for giving her the gifts and skills to be a good student AND
A "THE GREATEST OF DAUGHTERS!" :-)
Dear Lord, please be with all those effected by violence in today's world.
(Wars, shootings, gangs, domestic) it is all so senseless. Please help people to see Lord, that "we are only here for a short
time, please remain patient while you are here." (After that, we know Jesus will come to judge "the quick and the dead")
Please
lord be with the victims, and the loved ones of those victims of the violence. Comfort them, guide them, strengthen them
Lord. Give them hope, courage, will, LOVE them with your son Jesus Christ's ETERNAL LOVE lord. May we raise them up Lord,
to show others, encourage others, that their is hope, a way out of despair, and brotherly love. May we learn from your son
Jesus' teachings that we should "Love one another Lord", the way you intended us to "Love one another"!! Help us each to
show "compassion, kindness, consideration at brotherly love" lord, for ALL of our Fellow man! (Be them "black, white, red,
yellow, or any color, race, creed or religion of your choosing Lord!" Thank you our Saviour, our eternal King, our guiding
light and beacon!! "We are forever your humble servants lord!" (In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.:-)
(12/10/07)
Dear
Lord, please hear some of my random thoughts. I pray for family and friends of "Evil Knevil" (I was saddened to hear of his
passing Lord, but I know if you "call them" they must respond. (Like "Ike Turner") Thank you Lord.
Please be with the Micheal
Vick family. His story too is a sad one. May he discover rehabilitation in prison lord, learning the value of "all of your
creature's lifes Lord". (I kind of hope you let him return to professional football someday God, he truly is a highly motivated,
and "(self)conditioning" athlete. I believe he does have a "love of football")
Please be with those in the midwestern
US lord, that are suffering from the effects of the Ice Storms. I pray electricity is returned to their homes, and no more
lives are lost.
Help me "make and KEEP" a "new year's resolution" to QUIT smoking (on 1/1/08!).
Bye for now. Thank
you Lord, Love you, Bill
(12/13/07)
Please be with our daughter's maternal Grandparents, who were hurt in a
car accident. May their pain be eased, and their recovery quick.
(12/17/07)
Please be with my mother and her family.
She lost her last sister-in-law (to throat cancer) on 3/3/07. Lord please be with Aunt Lois' two sons, Todd and Tim Wilson,
as they prepare for their first christmas after the loss of their mother.
(12/23/07)
Dear God, hear our prayers
for the victims, family, friends, businesses, and all effected by the tornadoes is Tennessee, and flooding in northwest Ohio,
and other areas throughout the midwest. May they feel your comfort, their pain and suffering eased, and their burdens lifted.
In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.
(2/7/08)
Lord, please be with the voters of the United States of America as they
are electing their next president, legislative and judical leaders. May they select wisely and with your foresight Lord.
May these leaders that are to be selected be blessed with your grace, wisdom, knowledge and courage lord, that they will
make good decisions, for all your people, these your people of the United States of America God. Amen.
(2/9/08)
Hear
our prayers Lord for the victims of the City council shooting in St. Louis, the 2 polic officers killed in the line of duty
(for ALL the LEO's killed Lord), their families, friends, fellow citizens. Bless them with comfort and guidance lord.
Please
be with your own "Aldersgate United Methodist" church and your flock their lord. Be with Pastor Marilynn Schroeder as she
is retiring. May she be blessed with a long, happy, enjoyable retirement in which she and her husband Paul are able to spend
much, much time with their lovely grandchildren. In Christ's name we pray, amen.
(2/9/08)
Please keep in your
prayers the Whitaker family (they live down the street from me here in West Toledo). Ray Whitaker passed away last night,
saturday 2/16/08, he had been suffering from a heart condition. Ray and his wife Eveleynn have been long-time members of
the church we belong to "Aldersgate United Methodist Church" on the corner of Sylvania and Douglass. Please pray for Evelynn
and her Sons and their families. "Please Lord comfort their family, and help to ease their grief and pain. Please welcome
Ray into your arms and provide him with the comfort and warmth he long deserves. In Jesus, name I pray, Amen."
(2/17/09)
Those
whom have "anger issues", Lord, and be with those who are unemployed. Help them to find employment and a secure and stable
future.
(6/5/08)
Also Lord, thank you for the fan who emailed me and thanked me for the download of my song "Big Butt".
Be with her Lord that she says "My life is now complete, I have Big Butt on my MP3 player"!
(Ahhh, "life is a bowl of
cherries" Lord, thank you!:-)
Dear Lord, please here my prayer. I have a prayer (a message) I would like you to
pass along to my Dad's Dad, Mr. D.D.Bradner, Lord. Please tell him:I AM "6-6-8" THAT'S IT!!
(That's "BRADNER" "10-code"
for "NON-SMOKING, NON-LEO, CIVILIAN/SUPPORTER"!!) Effective 23:00 hours, on June 6, 2008 - I QUIT!! (Sorry, I lied - I CAN'T
be your "Marloboro Man"!!)
(I DON'T want to be, NEVER DID, and NEVER WILL!!)
(**I apologize Sir, COLUMBIA can HAVE that
one - I don't want TOBACCO in the US!! Never again. Sorry if I let you down Grandad Sir, but that's one I DON'T EVER WANT
TO DO!! God Rest your Soul "David Daniel Bradner" Sir, (the last Bradner Family Patriarch to smoke, "BUTT" this BRADNER loves
his time with YOUR SON, ROBERT H!....
listening to him, learning from him, and ADMIRING HIM, AND BEING HIS FRIEND!! I
LOVE IT too much to spend ANY OF MY time SMOKING!! (THIS BRADNER, Mr. Bradner SIR, "IS" a NON-SMOKER!! "Goodbye".... )
Oh
yeah, lord, and: "I hope you are enjoying your time up there with the Lord, Sir....I'll see you "face to face" someday Danny!
(Please don't be mad at me then, okay?....that wouldn't look good in front of the Lord, ya know?....Thanks. I love you."
:-)
(6/6/08)
(Oh and "P.S" sir....Your son's name is not "Bobby" Sir....It's "ROBERT". thanks.:-)
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