# Need prayer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 2, 2000, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-prayer/21222 "2000-06-02T16:39:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jenkinsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cc9497/32.png) [@jenkinsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jenkinsfan)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2000, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-prayer/21222/1 "2000-06-02T16:39:10Z")
First of all let me state that this is NOT a witnessing thread. I am making a public promise to anyone who asks to pray for them, their families, and any problems they may be facing. I can’t promise you any miracles, but I will approach the throne of God on your behalf. All you have to do is state what you want me to pray for. God bless, jenkinsfan BTW, Euty, if this is the wrong forum I apologize. I didn’t think it belonged in the GD. (And as I stated earlier, I’m not trying to witness. I’m simply trying to help people. Thanks.) ---
**Author:** ![Devil\_In\_Disguise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Devil\_In\_Disguise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Devil_In_Disguise)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2000, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-prayer/21222/2 "2000-06-02T16:44:36Z")
Pray for me. I’m the devil. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2000, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-prayer/21222/3 "2000-06-02T16:52:48Z")
Ten million US dollars in small unmarked bills with no strings attached, in the trunk of my car before I leave work this afternoon. How will this help me and my family? Well, I will be able to spend more time with my wife and kids and finally open up that antique refinishing business in New Hampshire I’ve always wanted to have. Think you can swing that? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2000, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-prayer/21222/4 "2000-06-02T16:55:49Z")
Jenkinsfan, what do you feel makes you so special that your intercession would be more meaningful to God than anyone else’s? If I felt the need for divine help, I think I could handle it on my own. Thanks, but, no thanks. ---
**Author:** ![jenkinsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cc9497/32.png) [@jenkinsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jenkinsfan)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2000, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-prayer/21222/5 "2000-06-02T16:59:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Jenkinsfan, what do you feel makes you so special that your intercession would be more meaningful to God than anyone else’s? If I felt the need for divine help, I think I could handle it on my own. > > Thanks, but, no thanks. > \*\* I’m not more special than anyone else. If you want to pray for yourself-GREAT! I was simply going to join you, Sir. After all, where two or three are gathered in God’s Name He promises to be there. God bless, jenkinsfan ---
**Author:** ![Lauralee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lauralee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lauralee)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2000, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-prayer/21222/6 "2000-06-02T17:01:07Z")
Methinks ya gots more guts than I do… UncleBeer, when’d you get to be a big shot? I’ve got one for JF. Hubby and I are looking for a new house… and a little divine help with the financing would be a wonderful thing!! ---
**Author:** ![jenkinsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cc9497/32.png) [@jenkinsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jenkinsfan)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2000, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-prayer/21222/7 "2000-06-02T17:09:03Z")
LL, I’m prayin’ Anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2000, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-prayer/21222/8 "2000-06-02T17:14:33Z")
> [@](#): > > After all, where two or three are gathered in God’s Name He promises to be there. Hmmm, interesting. God’s powers must be waning. I thought He held dominion over us at all times. Now He’s only there for groups of two or more? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2000, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-prayer/21222/9 "2000-06-02T17:15:36Z")
Hey Jenkinsfan - I’m kind of new to this prayer stuff. A real rookie. Perhaps you can help me out here. How does that prayer go that would get you to KNOCK OFF THIS CRAP and stop you from being the SD equivalent of a Jehova’s witness ringing my doorbell on a Sunday morning! Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![jenkinsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cc9497/32.png) [@jenkinsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jenkinsfan)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2000, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-prayer/21222/10 "2000-06-02T17:21:30Z")
Quick Silver, I kinda figured if you didn’t want anything to do religion you wouldn’t open a thread called “Need Prayer?” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2000, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-prayer/21222/11 "2000-06-02T17:34:40Z")
I don’t have anything to do with the homosexual lifestyle but I often open the thread on “Ask the Gay Guy”. I don’t have much to do with the practice of abortion, use of hand guns, busty redheads, and naked hollywood stars either. But I open those threads just the same. Call it a natural and unwavering curiosity about the world at large. ---
**Author:** ![jenkinsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cc9497/32.png) [@jenkinsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jenkinsfan)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2000, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-prayer/21222/12 "2000-06-02T17:39:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > After all, where two or three are gathered in God’s Name He promises to be there. > > Hmmm, interesting. God’s powers must be waning. I thought He held dominion over us at all times. Now He’s only there for groups of two or more? > \*\* Sorry, Uncle Beer, but this isn’t the proper forum for a debate. But of course, being a Moderator and all you know that… ---
**Author:** ![Devil\_In\_Disguise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Devil\_In\_Disguise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Devil_In_Disguise)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2000, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-prayer/21222/13 "2000-06-02T17:40:09Z")
Hey jinxinfan, I’m really starting to take a liking to you. I have a spot right next to me I am keeping warmer than usual just for you. And keep practicing how you say “Lord”. I really like to be called that. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2000, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-prayer/21222/14 "2000-06-02T17:44:12Z")
Well, since UncleBeer and Laurelee posted I might as well also. Laura said > [@](#): > > Hubby and I are looking for a new house Woohoo! Someone who can feel my pain. I have walked through more partially finished houses than any construction worker over the past month. Good luck finding a place. No prayers needed, but if any dopers want to contribute to a Mully-needs-a-house fund, I’ll gladly take all monies. ---
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2000, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-prayer/21222/15 "2000-06-02T17:45:38Z")
i need a new job. oh, and guess what, if you can do that for me… i’ll pray back for you! hows dat neighbor!? the buddhas are always listening 😃 doesn’t mean they’ll do anything about it though 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jenkinsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cc9497/32.png) [@jenkinsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jenkinsfan)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2000, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-prayer/21222/16 "2000-06-02T18:17:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > i need a new job. > \*\* You got it, Pal. I’m praying now. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2000, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-prayer/21222/17 "2000-06-02T18:33:23Z")
If you want to pray for someone, let me suggest praying for Brother Henri de Rosiers, a seventy-year-old priest whose name appeared on a ‘death list’ drawn up by a death squad believed to operate with the acquiescence of the police in Brazil. Brother de Rosiers works as a lawyer for the Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) in Xinguara (in the south of Para State.) This area has long been the focal point for the killings of land activists by local landowners, which go unpunished for many years. The CPT, which is administered by the Catholic church, has worked tirelessly against those killings and for the defence of land activists. Their work has brought them into conflict with landowners and their supporters in positions of authority. You can find more information about him here. [http://www.amnesty-usa.org/weeklyua.html](http://www.amnesty-usa.org/weeklyua.html) ---
**Author:** ![jenkinsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cc9497/32.png) [@jenkinsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jenkinsfan)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2000, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-prayer/21222/18 "2000-06-02T18:38:15Z")
Hhhmm. That is interesting. I’ll pray for his safety. Thanks for informing me. G ---
**Author:** ![Sucellus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Sucellus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sucellus)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2000, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-prayer/21222/19 "2000-06-02T18:54:43Z")
\*\* [/QUOTE] After all, where two or three are gathered in God’s Name He promises to be there. \*\* [/QUOTE] And all we have to give Him is our eternal soul. Do we get a price break in quantity ? 1-10 (3/4 soul) 11-20 (1/2 soul) etc… ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2000, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-prayer/21222/20 "2000-06-02T20:52:52Z")
Thank you, jenkinsfan. You are very kind to offer. Would you please pray for Alison Cardenas and her family? \ Also, for my hubby, Mr Bear, who just returned back to UAE, and I had to tell him about Alison a couple of hours ago. There are several posters I’d like you to pray for with me, but I’d better not name them here. And, a prayer for me, if you don’t mind. I’m very sad right now, and am fighting some depression over all that’s happened this week. Thank you, and may God bless you and yours always, jenkinsfan. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-prayer/21222.md?page=2)