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Chemotherapy Prayer Points

Time: Thursday afternoons

Prayer Points

1. As of right now, Cade is receiving one outpatient chemotherapy for the next few weeks. Please pray with us that this drug only destroys the cells that are cancerous, and that miraculously it does not destroy any other part of his body.
Here's a pretty crazy verse that gives us faith to pray against any bad effects of treatment in Mark 16:18:
And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”

2. Please pray for all of the effects, and none of the bad side effects of chemo. Some of the side effects we are especially concerned about right now would be: jaw pain, mouth sores, neuropathy (nerve tingling in hands and feet), infertility of any kind, damage to other organs- especially his remaining kidney, heart damage, seizures, drastically weakened immune system. A friend gave us a really cool picture she saw in her mind while praying for Cade that I'm sharing to build your faith and mine:

"In my head I had this scene, Cade was asleep in his hospital bed and he was hooked up to chemo. You, Chad and Eden were standing around him, there was music playing and you guys were worshipping around him. It was really dark at first but in Cade's chest there was a small light. And as you three worshipped, and you started to speak out loud scripture and promises over Cade, the light got brighter and he was like glowing...and the chemo line started to get brighter too like it was glowing. Almost like it was on fire. It just kept getting brighter and brighter and the room wasn't dark anymore."

Psalm 91 says "Surely He will save you from the fowler's snare, and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will NOT FEAR the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you...if you make the Most High your dwelling- even the Lord who is my refuge- no harm will befall you, no disaster come near your tent. For He WILL command His angels concerning you, to guard you in all your ways, they will lift you up in their hands so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. You will tread upon the lion and the cobra, you will trample the great lion and the serpent."

3. Please pray against any kind of infection in his port. The nurses who first accessed his port after surgery raved about how beautiful it was and how well the surgeon did...so we take that as a gift. But infection is a real danger, and we are praying Cade never deals with that.

4. Please pray against any fevers or infections for Cade in general, and that his immunities somehow remain up. We are asking God that Cade would abound in health during this process, and that people who hear his story would be filled with wonder.

Psalm 84:7 says, "Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgramage. As they pass through the Valley of Baka (weeping), they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools. They go from strength to strength till each appears before God in Zion."

Psalm 18:32 says, "It is God who arms me with strength, and keeps my way secure." (PSALM 18 IS AMAZING. I read it the morning of my due date with Cade, the morning before we found out he had a cleft lip. I kept wondering why I was reading verses about God training my hands for battle and my fingers for war when I was supposed to just have a baby. Turns out...some babies require mommas to fight)

Psalm 144:12 says, "May our sons in their youth be like well nurtured plants". Random verse, but one that I draw courage from. May Cade be nurtured by the Father himself, to the absolute amazement of even scientific or probable reason. May he flourish because he is getting some of the "hidden manna" Revelation talks about, and is being watered by the Source of Life Himself!

5. Please pray that JOY would be Cade's strength. I have had this verse on my mind since the very first night: "It is the spirit of a man that sustains him in sickness, but a broken spirit, who can bear?" Proverbs 18:14  Please pray that Cade has laughter as "good medicine" like Proverbs says, and that his spirit would be bouyed up by the Holy Spirit. Please pray that he would inherit what the kingdom of God is made of- (Romans 14:17)- righteousness (salvation), peace (untroubled), and JOY in the Holy Spirit.

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