I need prayers, my 19 year old is in a correctional institution, and has been since December. What he did was not a good thing, but he didn't hurt anyone. I have never went through this kind of pain before in my life, I have 4 boys and 1 girl and he is my baby boy, they have moved him 4 times, each time further away from me. I am heartbroken and at times I feel I can't breathe, I have never felt like this before, I don't wish that I was dead, but I wish I would not hurt so much. I am 63 years old and none of my kids has experienced anything like this. I have done everything to try to keep my kids from getting to any trouble, it is easy to get into and very difficult to get out. He can get out on judicial release, I have paid a lawyer, just hope he can get out. He got into a fight recently and I hope that does not stop his chances. He told me that if you don't stick up for yourself then everyone will mess with you. I know he understand the consequences of his mistake now, I don't think he will ever want me to go through this again. Please pray that my son will get out. I not living, just existing. He is my life. AMEN

My 18-year-old son has court today, got him an attorney, because the attorney hired by the state was not doing his job as I thought he should. My son did not kill anyone and no one was hurt, but they want to give him a minumum of ten years in jail. Praying that it goes well and that soon there will be a resolution to his case. I also want to be forgiven for ever doubting you Lord, I have been in so much pain lately, but I know there is a God. Also to thank you for the blessing that I do have. Hoping that you forgive my son for what he has done, and give him a clean heart where he will not make this kind of mistake again. Help him to understand the errors in his ways and to come out in victory and help others with the knowledge he has obtained from his misdeeds.And thank all of you who are prayiing for me and my son. Thank you

It seems like I can't catch a break lately, I have been off work since November, because I could no longer do the job I was required to do, I am 62, so the doctor said no more lifting, I was let go because my job required me to lift at least 60 lbs. I have found other employment, but even though I have no criminal record other than speeding and a few dog violations, not having rabies shots and no dog license, I have never done anything else. But I have waited and waited on my background checks to come back and as of yet it has not happened. My 18 year old son who has never done anything is in jail, I am holding on by the skin of my teeth. I feel like I could lose it at any moment. I have 4 other children, who have helped me as much as possible, but even though they do it is not enough. I just want to work and take care of myself. I am tired and weary and wake up every morning with tears in my eyes. My mother is in a nursing home and I am her caregiver, I feel like th burden is too much. I cry everyday, I am sad everyday. I just want to feel good about myself again and right now I do not. Tired of praying and it seems like my prayers are not being answered.

My 18 year old son is in County Jail, has been there for almost 2 months. I will not say whether the crime he is accused of committing he did not do. I would like to say, he has never been in trouble before. I have raised 4 boys and 1 girl and have never faced anything like this before. I am hurt and all I can think about all day long is my son. I am also 62 years old had him at the age of 44, I call him my magic man. I want prayers to change him from all negative areas in his life and to make a great person out of him, which I know he can be. I love my son and he was raised in a loving environment, he will not and can not stray too far away from his teachings and I know he has seen the error of his ways. Jails are made to demean people. He is in lockup with about 14 other inmates 24 hours a day, they do everything in this dorm-like environment. They practically starve them to death, their last meal being at 4pm. When he first went in, they took his underwear and the only thing he had on was a orange jumpsuit with nothing under it. i was not allowed to bring him anything, could not leave money on his commissary, Have to mail it which takes over a week for him to receive even though I live in this city. He has to buy underwear from them. I do not get a chance to see him privately, I talk to him through this monitor, which has everyone in the dorm right there to view. I am appalled how the justice system demeans its prisoners. I only get to visit him once a week. I know people must pay for their mistakes, but should they be herded like cattle and made to feel like animals, or should we be rehabilitating these people to try to make good citizens out of them. I just want you to pray that this will be over for us very soon and that he won't ever put himself in a situation for something like this to happen again. Thank you

I am praying that all turns out well in the lives of my sons and I, I have a very vengeful nephew who is also my neighbor. I also live with two of my young sons, one 24, the other 18. We bought the house next door hoping we would have a nice family partnership and fun. It has turned into a nightmare. He is a bully, he has done several things to make our life miserable. The last thing being to set my son's car on fire and it was totaled. He is 18, works and goes to school. It was his first car and he didn't deserve for this to happen. He had only had the car 3 months. We all work, now we are back to sharing one vehicle until we can try to get another car as this just happened last week. Proving he did it is another thing, but he has pulled so many stunts lately that it is hard to think that he did not. We know it was intentional and being that we have no other enemies and other things surrounding the incident were suspicious it is hard not to believe he is the one. I want prayers to make him stop this behavior and to help us to move on without this nastiness. I also would like to find a way to get another vehicle for the family as one is just not doing it. We are trying but if it is up to my nephew we won't succeed. I want to sell the house and move on away from all this negativity. That is what I am praying for. Thank you in advance

I am a person with a heavy heart, I ask for prayers to change the direction of things in my life. My mother has been very ill, lately, she is 83 and I do understand she is older. She was living on her own when her health started to decline, I am the only person in the family who helps her along with a caregiver that would go over a couple of hours a day. Mind you, I am in school, almost about to get my associate degree, down to 3 courses, I work and try to take care of my mom. Several times she was hospitalized until finally, I put her in a therapeutic nursing home because she was a fall risk. I allowed my son to use my car for a new job he had gotten delivering medicines over the state, to help him out, until my car under his care failed to work. He bought him a car and mine has been in the shop several times, now it won't start at all, he acts as if he doesn't want me to touch his car, I will take you here or I will take you there or I have something to do. I hope soon that my car will be in repair, but in the meantime, I have had trouble with this son before, he seems think he should always be on the receiving end and never on the giving. After I get my car in repair, I am going to limit my interaction with this son and will not loan him anything again until he learns that we are to help each other, not to take from one another. I keep telling him KARMA is something that happens, you need to watch how you treat people. He is so negative about everything and I try to keep a positive attitude about things even though they are not always how I would like them. The last three weeks have been very hard for me to get to work, get to school, visit my mom and move her furniture out of her apartment. I still continue on because I will never give up. But I do need prayers to help me sustain, and prayers to my son that his heart will lighten one day.

I would like to say thank you to everyone who prayed for my son and continue to pray for him, your prayers along with my faith and Jehovah will pull him through in the name of Christ Jesus. AMEN

My oldest son, has sarcodosis, it is a lung disease, if you do not know what this disease is, it is the disease that killed Bernie Mac. My son has gone through so much since having this disease, but now he has a viral infection on his lung which has stopped them from treating the sarcdosis so that the can treat the viral infection, if this medication does not work then they will have to do surgery to treat the viral infection directly which will also kill half of his lung function. They are using steroids which have caused him to puff out abnormally, I am praying and hoping for the best but right now it looks like they are using and experimenting on my son. He was such a handsome young man and very strong and he is still strong but I know he has to see himself differently and know that people know he has changed. He won't talk to me about it unless I happen to see him and notice the difference. I call at least once a week to see how he is.I don't think that he has a strong belief in God, but I would like for God to heal him so that he can see the power of our fierce God. I pray that I can get other prayers because I know there is strength in prayer. AMEN and Thank You

Lord, I want to say thank you, thank you, thank you, for everything, good and bad. AMEN

Lord, this morning, I don't want to pray for anything, only to tell you I love you. You have given me so many good things, I just want you to know that I do appreciate it. AMEN