This is a prayer request for myself (Lita), I will go to see the dentist on April 5 (thursday) and I would like prayer for when I go I will feel great being there, and to come against anxiey, fear and just feeling nervous. I have a cavity and I also request prayer that it hasn't gone into the root. Thanks for your prayers and being led by the Spirit of God. God Bless you.
I am praying, have had similar anxieties.
Remember that God gets no glory out of a body that is unhealthy. Get that tooth fixed for Him.
In Christ,
Ron
Seeing this is your first post on SI, there is not much to comment on, but I would like to say from much experience that I love the dentist!
As strange as it sounds, it is true! Even before I became a Christian, I always felt that there was a purpose for me to be there and that in the end I would always come out better for it.
Now that I am a Christian, I pray continually with my hands comfortably clasped on my chest. If I am not 'trying' to crack a joke, or 'watch' what they are doing, because I find it very interesting, I close my eyes and open my mouth and THINK ABOUT THE PAIN THAT JESUS ENDURED.
He suffered much more for you and I, so I figure that I can handle a bit of discomfort.
I have had SEVERAL cavities and recently I had my first root canal, replaced with a new shinny gold tooth. My smile is good and I do take care of my teeth, but as a kid my dental hygiene was lacking to say the least.
Anyway, my advice is to PRAY continually and keep your eyes to the Lord... /YOU ARE IN MY PRAYERS/
God Bless You,
BrianMira
P.S. It is always nice to treat yourself to somesort of snack afterward. McDonald's Big Mac's (this is a dental, not a health issue) make me happy in the best and worst of times, even when my mouth is frozen and drool is running down my face... :-( :-)
Lita, I definitely understand what you mean. I generally dislike going to dentists too as a rule of thumb.. have had mildly bad experiences with one. . .
Remember that God gets no glory out of a body that is unhealthy. Get that tooth fixed for Him.
Hope you understand where I'm coming from :)
P.S. I do very much believe eating and living in a general healthy state does help the body much and is very necessary and good, however it cannot be presumed that all have the "capacity" for this, due to past mistakes of a certain nature concerning this, et cetera.
Jordan
InTheLight wrote:Remember that God gets no glory out of a body that is unhealthy. Get that tooth fixed for Him.
In Christ,
Ron
Right... which is why God got no glory from John the Baptist... you know.... the guy who only ate locust and honey for quite a few years.
Locust and Honey... now that is a bowl of fantastically great nutrition right there...! :-(
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Oh, and Jesus fasting for a full 40 days... now THAT is EXTREMELY healthy to the human physical body... I suppose God didn't get any glory from Jesus, did He...? :-( ;-)
2 BELOVED, I WISH ABOVE ALL THINGS THAT THOU MAYEST PROSPER AND BE IN HEALTH, EVEN AS THY SOUL PROSPERETH.
3 JOHN V.2
5 BUT HE WAS WOUNDED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS, HE WAS BRUISED FOR OUR INIQUITIES: THE CHASTISEMENT OF OUR PEACE WAS UPON HIM; AND WITH HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED.
ISAIAH 53:5
God wants us to prosper and be in health, even as our soul prospers. Our health also includes our teeth. It may sound silly to some, but I believe God can heal our teeth. I've believe I've heard of HIM healing people of lung cancer that had smoked for a long time in their earlier years. If we truly believe and trust in God, He'll take care of us and can restore what the devil took away from us in earlier years and what we ruined in earlier years.
I stated earlier in 3 John v.2 that it says that God would have us to prosper and be in health, EVEN AS OUR SOUL PROSPERS. As long as we're in HIM, we should be well. Jesus took the stripes for our healing; that means ALL healing. From the smallest of headaches or a small paper cut, or a toothache, to cancer, AIDs, and things this world thinks impossible.
27 AND JESUS LOOKING UPON THEM SAITH, WITH MEN IT IS IMPOSSIBLE, BUT NOT WITH GOD: FOR WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
MARK 10:27
Anything is possible with God, and He cares about everything we care about. He loves us. He's our heavenly Father. Like a father loves a child, He loves us, but much stronger. He cares about all our cares and He will heal us.
Although a cavity may seem insignificant when we think about it, God cares.
6 BUT LET HIM ASK IN FAITH, NOTHING WAVERING: FOR HE THAT WAVERETH IS LIKE A WAVE OF THE SEA DRIVEN WITH THE WIND AND TOSSED.
7 FOR LET NOT THAT MAN THINK THAT HE SHALL RECEIVE ANYTHING OF THE LORD.
8 A DOUBLE MINDED MAN IS UNSTABLE IN ALL HIS WAYS.
JAMES 1:6-8
We should trust God with everything. If we can't trust Him with the small things, how can we trust Him with the things that seem huge to us? We must realize God sees no little or big things. He heals all. Jesus took the stripes for all. We simply must believe that He loves us and has healed all and will continue to heal. It's simply up to us. We must believe and have faith in God. His hands are tied otherwise.
I will pray for you. Thank You Jesus for healing and loving us! In Jesus name, AMEN!
- Jenn Grace
Dear Sister Jenn,
I write this with great caution.
I believe you are in grave danger of not understanding the results and expectations that come from following Jesus. Jesus said that if one would come after him in his footsteps, he must take up his own cross. That signifies and is death. It is not a very pretty picture. You don't get to "prep" up before you take up the cross. Once you enter into covenant with God you take it up. It's death now or never, in other words.
Jesus was the son of the very living God. It was He who suffered in this life and at the hands of the church and world and was crucified at the hands of the church (of the day) and the world to bring reconciliation to us. He went down into the "abyss" and was even abandoned by God on the Cross. It is true suffering of a supreme nature. If we are to follow in His footsteps, how shall we escape such things as He? "For in this life ye shall have tribulation."
While it is true we should trust God with everything, it is not true that God will heal every defect of our body, even if it's a "word of Faith." Remember Paul's thorn in the flesh? Etc. The Word makes clear that God will not heal your every problem.
The Word, I reiterate, makes clear if anything that you will suffer in this age, and not prosper (to the world's eyes, of what its views on prosperity are).
Only one will prosper in the grace of God, if anything. On this earth God shall prune us and refine us and take out all the impurities, and for that to happen means either a.) fire or b.) cutting/hacking-- both of which are painful and both of which are necessary to follow Jesus.
Indeed the Lord I am sure has healed people's lung cancer, and maybe even teeth... and will continue to do so! But that doesn't mean he will heal everyone's, or that you should expect him to unless it is revealed by the Spirit through the Word.
This life is painful. You get old. You might lose some teeth. You might get sick. You end up dying. That's how it's supposed to be for the most part. It's a result of the sinful adamic flesh we have, it cannot live, it must die as a result. Satan may bring about sicknesses, I am sure, and God can restore health to people. God can as well use people to restore health to other people. But basically, stay in the Spirit, and you need not worry. If you get sick, die, or get healed, all the more glory to God.
If this world were all that there was, and we were left in our sins, in our Adamic state, in our sufferings alone to die and live in vain.... what a shame it would be...
But thank God that in Jesus, by His Grace, we can live beyond the flesh of this World, in Him! And thankfully we have Jesus, whom we can have fellowship with in His sufferings!
Jordan
Just quote Psalm 3:7b before you go in, "...You have broken the teeth of the ungodly."
As long as your godly, you'll be just fine. :-P
wow...some of you?! :-( :-?
she asked for prayer requests...
I love the dentist... my teeth were bad and now they are better... God can use me with or without teeth, but a smile does go a long way.
prayer requests... remember!!!
All this talk about the dentist got me so excited that my fiancee and I went today!!! We both got some touch ups on previous work. We made an appointment for next week because I am getting some of my old cavities fixed-up because I got them many years ago with that blackish-grey filling stuff (I am changing it to white fillings).
Here, in Korea, medical procedures and other related things are much cheaper than North America, so we are trying to get everything that we can finished before we leave for Canada.
I was so happy sitting in my chair thinking about this thread, and praying to God that He would minimize the pain. I keeped my eyes up to our Lord and everything worked out fine.
I survived, so you will, too!
God Bless those that fear nothing but Him,
BrianMira :lol:
Thanks for your encouragment and most of all prayers, I appreciate them. God Bless you. Your kindness is Christ likeness. I will keep my eyes on the Lord. Lita
How was the dentist?
The office cancelled because of the Easter Holiday, so I'm back to see him next week. I appreciate your prayers, God is faithful to answer. I'm praying for walking into the office so relax and ready to sit on the chair. Lita
That is a good prayer, but I would also suggest that you do not look at going to the dentist as a 'big event'. Try looking at it as something you are doing that day and look more towards what you have to do later on and not so much on walking up to the dentist's chair.
You will get through it!
God Bless,
Brian
Thanks, God Bless you today.
to encourage you: A friend was terrified of hospitals and had to have an operation. Her prayer group prayed specifically for release from fear, without specifying what sort of fear. She was completely calm through the operation and everything, and later found to her surprise that the Lord has also dealt with a fear of spiders, and (can't remember what) another phobia she had!
Expecting big things for you too - "above all we ask or think"!
Jeannette
Thanks Jeanette,
I see the dentist on April 19, thursday so again thanks for your encouragement. Lita
Lita,
Oh what a dread, to not want to go, and yet need to.
I've has a lot of work done, and I hate it. I hate the dread before; I hate the tension and pain of even the shots to prevent more pain, and I hate the numbness, the helplessness, everything that the word 'Dental Appointal' brings to me.
So I will pray that between now and Friday, God will comfort you, remove your fear, and hold your hand through the day. And I will pray that what the dentist will find is a lot less than he thinks!
Blessings,
Well today was the day to see the dentist and so he bascially said that I had bad gums and that was causing the tooth decay, so I'll be taking a antibio. for infection and learned a new way (will for me) of brushing my teeth. So in a few weeks the dentist will see if my gums are better and if my roots are strong, he said that maybe a root canal could be possible. But for now its making my gums and roots strong. Thanks for the prayers, the Lord is merciful. I was afraid however the Lord soothe my fears. Please continue to pray, I appreciate everyone for taking the time out to pray. Lita
Praise the Lord. He may not have taken away the fear completely, but made you able to cope, so you will be stronger the next time you have to go.
lita wrote:
Well today was the day to see the dentist and so he bascially said that I had bad gums and that was causing the tooth decay, so I'll be taking a antibio. for infection and learned a new way (will for me) of brushing my teeth. So in a few weeks the dentist will see if my gums are better and if my roots are strong, he said that maybe a root canal could be possible. But for now its making my gums and roots strong. Thanks for the prayers, the Lord is merciful. I was afraid however the Lord soothe my fears. Please continue to pray, I appreciate everyone for taking the time out to pray. Lita
Dentists are used to people being scared, so if yours is a good one he will always do his best to put you at your ease during treatment, and stop if you signal that you need a break.
The fear is often the worst part, worse than any pain there may be. And it can happen to the most faith-filled believer. Remember how Elijah fled from Jezebel (1Kings 1:19 following)? The only thing she did was send a message, "I'm going to get you!"
Maybe it will help if you treat the fear itself as an Enemy agent, (which it is!), rather than part of your own personality. You are a child of God, so why should you have to put up with it?! Submit to God and resist the devil. It may take a while, and perhaps more than one battle, (maybe the reason you have to go back to the dentist) but we are of the seed of God's overcomers!
Hallelujah!
Love in Him
Jeannette
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