My niece is in a very dark place right now.  She will be 19 in March and she is so out of control.  I do not want to list her sins, because those are between her and God, but she is in a very bad place and doing very bad things.  The party scene to be a little more specific.  Here is a little back story...

 She had a tough childhood, my sister and her husband were druggies who lost custody of all four of their children, my niece being the eldest.  All were adopted out of the family.  As she got into her teen years she fought hard against her adopted parents and ended back with my parents and I just 3 years ago.  She dropped out of school a long time ago and got her GED when she came to live with us.  She then started classes at the local community college, it wasn't long before she started in with drugs and alchohol.  She left school because she couldn't keep her grades up and missed a lot of school.  She got a job at a local pizza place and continued to go down hill.  She ended up trying to get into the army but shortly after getting to boot camp she landed in the hospital and because of reasons I cannot say was discharged.  She had only been there for a few months, but to her it seemed much longer.  She came back and since she turned 18 it wasn't long before she moved out and got her own place.  Well, shortly after that she landed back at my parents house for a while, but now she is out there somewhere, we don't know for sure.  She just had a terrible break up with her boyfriend and has given up on love.  She is very unhappy and very lost.  She has basically turned her back on this family and God.  My sister has Scitzophrenia and even though she is on medication, is still not any kind of mother especually the kind of mother my niece needs.  My mom has always been like a mother to her and my dad like her father, but she isn't even talking to them.  she only contacts us when she needs something.  The whole situation is stinky.  She is heavy into the party scene now and I don't even want to think of all the other horrible things she is doing.  She obviously doesn't want us to know what she is doing, but I have my ways of finding things out.  It is just bad, she is going through so much but all I can think of is that she is making her own decisions now and she has to deal with the consequences.  She is breaking my mothers heart and I go through such bouts of anger about her choices.  She is only a child, but she thinks she is so grown up.  Obviously she isn't if this is the kind of life she is leading.  A normal respectable adult does not act this way.

I am sorry I didn't mean to go on and on, I just need to seek prayer for her and our family.  This is a horrible situation and we are all worried for her.  Please pray for us.

Thank you so much,
Marci

Oh, Marci ... Don't think you have to apologize for talking about this. We're all friend's here and when someone is hurting ... we're here for that person. Your parent's are so awesome to take her under their wing and I know how hard this must be on them and you. I'm so sorry!!!!! My heart goes out to you all!!!

Dear God, We pray for Marci's niece and ask that you'll put a hedge of protection around her. You know her situation and so we ask that you do whatever you need to do to bring her to the place where she needs to be ... in your will. And Lord, when we see a change in her  ... we will not forget to thank you for it. We thank you even before these change's take place because we know that our prayer's are being heard as we lift her up to you ... and you are going to work in her life. We love you and praise you ... In Jesus precious holy name ... ~Amen~

Hi honey I will be praying for your neice. Remember that addiction is a sickness of the mind as well as the body. I hope she finds the help she is in need of. I found out the hard way that self-medicating doesn't fix anything, quite the opposite. I had to hit my rock bottom before my eyes became wide open and I could face what I had become, and seek help. Every addict must hit their personal rock bottom. Some are much worse than others. Help will find her if she wants help. just keep her in prayer. The prayers of those who loved me is what finally worked for me, it happened in God's time not my time.

Love, Lori

 Oh, thank you, thank you so much for your prayers and encouragement.  What a blessing this was  to me today.  This blessed me greatly.  I will share this with my mom too.  Thanks so much, may the Lords Face shine upon you.  God bless you.

Marci

Hi Marcia,

Dove7 will also be praying, because knowing about the way my nephew once did, it can make many a sleepless night worrying about their well being, say where are they at, do they have food, have they overdosed, etc..........It is a scary world for the people that are so concerned for their loved one.

I have even prayed before for law enforcement to pick up my nephew for his safety, so to protect him, and with in hours we would get the call, they had him, because some times, it would be cold, rainy etc, and not knowing where he was at was killing us so ,  yes, I prayed prayers like that and within no time, they would have him/ I would not turn him in/ because we had no idea where he was at, .....prayer turned him, and we would be so happy.

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So at the time ,

Heavenly Father you know all about the niece, Lord we pray, for her protections, we pray for her salvation, Lord  pick her up out of the gutter* as we call it and lift her to dry land, show her the right way to go so this family can quit living in turmoil, Saviour you are our rock, and we know you can crush all sin that she is out there doing, yes, Lord, bring her to her feet, or better to her knees, and let her know the road to salvation,

God we are giving you all of the praise and thank you's in advance for all of your help.

We Love you Lord Jesus, Amen, and Amen.

Dove7.........leigh

Thank you all so much for your prayers and encouraging word.  I know that those prayers are being answered because she called me last night and told me a lot of what is happening with her right now.  I tried to be encouraging and loving and I spoke life into her.  I got this prayer request from her and I am just so thankful to God for what He is doing in her heart.  He is working on her.  Please continue prayer for her. 

Here is her prayer request:

Can u please pray for me i am goig through a lot right now and i need love and guidence i am broken and need picked up i need God to be my Daddy right now and sooth me and wipe my tears.

Thank you all so much for your prayer support.  I know that she loves God and that when she gets angry she turns to her own way, but when things calm down, she goes back to Him, that is a GOOD thing.  I pray that God will help her to find some peace in her life.  I also pray that He will help her to be strong and even if her boyfriend and her cannot work things out, I pray that she will stop looking for someone else to fill the void and that she will allow the Lord to help her be strong.  She is too relient on others.  She needs to find peace in herself before she can truly live her life the way God intended.  Please just pray that God would love on her right now and that the things I said to her last night would sink in. 

You all so totally rock!  I love you!

Marci