Katy is my daughter's soon to be step-daughter's step sister (how is that for confusing??). Katy is 8 years old and has recently had surgery for a brain tumor. She has a stage 4 tumor and the surgeons could not remove it all. She is home from the hospital now and waiting to begin chemotherapy and radiation. (Tristan already posted a prayer for her before I joined this group ... that is why this sounds familiar!)
Dear Lord,
I lift Katy up to you and Your loving care. I ask that You hold her in Your loving arms through all the times ahead to give her comfort and peace. Take away any pain and fear and replace it with Your loving warmth. Lord, I know that You are more powerful than any tumor, more powerful and knowing than all the surgeons, I know that you have a hope and a plan for Katy's future as I claim Jeremiah 29:11 for her. I pray that You would give her doctors and all that are involved in her treatment knowledge, skill, patience and kindness. May they all see the beautiful little girl and not just the "patient".
I pray for Sam and Chelsea and for Katy's mother as they wait and worry and take care of Katy. I pray extra strength as they try to do all of this over the next months while caring for their other children.
I also lift up Jasmine and Ian as they try to understand what is going on and worry about their sister.
Lord Jesus, give my Jessica and Nathan Your comfort and confidence that You are in control. Thank you for their loving hearts as they have learned to love Katy and care so strongly about her.
Lord Jesus, I praise You in what You are going to do in Katy's life!
Amen
(Katy is the blonde in the photo. The brunette is Jasmine)

I received word today that Katy's tumor is a different type than first suspected. It is a medulloblastoma. The family is returning to Ann Arbor Hospital tomorrow to discuss treatment.
Hello. Here is the most recent update on Katy:
For the next 6 weeks she will go for treatment 5 days a week, then she gets a month off and then for 6 months she will be inpatient 3 days a week.
Katy is playing and enjoying life at home right now. She is eating like a trooper. Please pray that she continues to have an appetite and that she will have the strength to get through all of the treatments ahead and for complete healing.
God bless.
Katy's tumor is growing again. She has begun her radiation and chemo treatments. Please keep praying.
Lord, I claim Your total healing for Katy's body. Bless her with strength and peace and freedom from pain and sickness.
THank You for being an awesome God!
Katy is not doing well at the moment. Please keep praying for her. She has severe burns from the radiation and now she has developed an infection and has been admitted to the hospital with a high fever.
Lord, please place Your healing and loving hand on Katy and soothe her hot and troubled body. Cool her fevered brow, stroke her adorable bald head and ease the pain of the burns. Let Katy feel Your strength and Your comfort and Your presence with her. I also pray, Lord Jesus, that You will be strength for her family and give them wisdom. Bless the doctors and nurses and all those caring for Katy and give them extra patience and gentleness.
Thank you Lord for all that you are going to do in Katy's life.
Amen
Hi friends,
Katy is having mixed results... she is showing progress on her scans of shrinkage of the tumor - Praise be to God!!! But... she is very weak, tired and losing a lot of weight. Pray for strength, appetite and chances to be "normal". Also... now there is going to be a custody battle over her and her brother... a stress that this family does not need. The mother has decided after all these years that she wants the children back. They have been with their dad and stepmom since they were tiny..
Please update us on how Katy is doing. I continue to keep her and her family in my prayers. God bless all of you! Ken.
Dear Heavenly Father, I pray that You will continue to heal Katy of her battle with this brain tumor as we keep her in all of our prayers. Please speak to the hearts of her family and help them to realize that a custody battle is not in the best interests of Katy at this time. Help them to reconcile their differences peacefully so that they can give more love and support to Katy. In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, I pray. Amen.
I wanted to tell you of a song that is so encouraging, I listen to it alot when I need to be encouraged to keep going. It is called "You never let go" by Matt Redman. Please listen to it. Anyone out there who needs some encouragment listen to this song, it is amazing.
Blessed Gma; I am so sorry for all of your pain, Katy is such a beautiful child, I will keep her in my prayers along with praying for your son to keep custody of her,Lord I come to you once again to lift up this child of yours and free her little body of this terrible illness, let her go on to a beautiful life she so deserves,
I ask you this in Jesus name Amen God Bless you
Debbie xoxoxox
Dear Heavenly father please bless this family. Bring a miracle into little katy's life and heal her completely. Please intercede if you will so that this family doesn't have to go through this ordeal of a custody battle. I pray this in Jesus name
Lord i pray for miracle and total healing for Katy. Thank you Lord for we know that right now you work in ways that we cant see. Amen
Lord please take this child in the palm of your hand and protect and heal her. Give her peace and comfort.
I Pray Heart And Bottom Of Soul Prayer For Little Katie. Father Please Touch This Angel And Heal Her. In Jesus Name Amen. All My Love, Kathleen
We keep asking Lord, for a healing. If you are listening, please Father heal Katy Lord. For Your glory and for her health and that of her family. In Jesus name Amen!!
Dear Sweet Jesus, Please surround these children and keep them safe. Please give them a happy home life and remove all stress. Please help Katy endure all the treatments. Please give her strength and comfort. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen.
we are told in Hebrews 12, everything that can be shaken will, so what is from God will remain. We can be sure that everything that is from God will survive the shaking.
Using the metaphor of being launched like a rocket, this move of God has barely left the launch pad and has a long way to go before stage 1 is finished. The shaking will likely get much more violent and remain that way through the stage 1. It will lessen some after the main booster has completed its burn, but it will not be over until we are finally in the assigned orbit.
A lot of the shaking will come from persecution, most of which will come from religious people. Historically, the worst persecution of emerging moves of God came from the leaders of the previous moves of God. This great tragedy has undoubtedly nullified much of the fruit accomplished by these leaders and even helped prepare for the coming move that they persecute. This tragedy has rarely been avoided because pride comes before a fall, and those who get used in great ways have rarely been able to escape the most deadly trap of pride, which is easily salted with jealousy.
We are told that it was because of envy that Jesus was crucified (see Mark 15:10), and this is still true. As we do to the least of His people, we are doing it to Him. As we persecute or resist even the least of His messengers, we are doing it to Him.
When this happens it should not surprise us because sadly it is the pattern. Even so, the Lord uses this great shaking that comes to purify those who will go forward with Him. When persecution of a move of God comes from one that we esteem because of their previous great leadership, it can be even more confusing and discouraging, but this has been the pattern in both Scripture and history, and it should not surprise us. A warning about this is given in Daniel 11:33-35:
"And those who have insight among the people will give understanding to the many; yet they will fall by sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder, for many days.
"Now when they fall they will be granted a little help, and many will join with them in hypocrisy.
"And some of those who have insight will fall, in order to refine, purge, and make them pure, until the end time; because it is still to come at the appointed time."
This has in fact been the pattern in almost every revival, movement, or reformation of the Church. If we would learn from history, maybe we would not be doomed to keep repeating it. I will address some of these examples, at least briefly, in future Special Bulletins.
For now, tighten your seatbelts. We are in for the ride of our lives! Getting there may not be easy, but being there will be worth it.
Dear Lord, our Saviour. our hope and our grantor of miracles. I pray that you uplift this prayer and bring your healing hands down upon Katy and remove the tumor. Bless her with strength and a long life to come. I also pray that you bless this grandmother and her family. Keep Katy and her brother surrounded by the love she has known with her family all these years and bring knowledge to the Judge who presides that he/she will have Katy and her brother remain with her father and his family. Through the Sacred heart of Jesus, I pray. Amen
Lord Jesus we lift up this young girl's situation
it is only You who know better than we do
please heal this Young girl's total being,
bless this family as well
thank You for preserving her life. In JEsus name AMEN!
May the Lord's gentleness and compassion bless you,
nurturing you to good health. Yu are in my prayers.
Lord we pray Your Word and expect it to do what You say it will. We come into agreement with one another and pray and believe in Jesus name.
Jer 33:6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and
I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the
abundance of peace and truth.
1Pe 2:24 Christ himself carried our sins in his body
to the cross, so that we might die to sin and live for
righteousness. It is by his wounds that you have been
healed.
Psa 103:3 He forgives all my sins and heals all my
diseases.
Jer 30:17 For I will make you healthy again and I
will make you well from your wounds, says the Lord;
because they have given you the name of an outlaw,
saying, It is Zion cared for by no man.