Urgent Prayer Request for Karen Stewart
Jeff Stewart just posted the following:
“I would like to ask for prayer for Karen, she has taken a down turn, she is retaining fluid, her blood pressure is low, she is having difficulty eating, hospice is bringing a hospital bed, which I am hoping will help her to sit up & eat……..if Jesus is calling her home now please pray for me and the kids…thank you guys”
Please join in prayer as they walk through this very difficult time. Let’s lift Karen and Jeff and the kids as we did Nancy and her mother.
UPDATE 6/1 Â Â 10:13pm:
“Thank You all so much for your prayers, reading them comforts me……… not sure if Karen will make it through the night, the kids and I are taking turns telling her how much we love and appreciate her
Jesus we need you, please comfort Karen and hold us in your arms”
Father, we pray for your mercy, for your tender care in their midst.
Praying…….
Praying for Karen and the whole family.
PRAYING
Praying for Karen, Jeff, and the kids. May God be present in a way that you can feel!
Praying
praying for God the Holy Spirit to comfort and assure this family – settle their love in peace and confidence in You, Lord…
I’m so sorry to read this about Karen. I will definitely pray for God’s mercy and best.
Praying…
Praying for Karen and all involved.
Joining everyone here in prayer.
Praying for God’s mercy and comfort.
Lord have mercy on Karen and Jeff
Praying.
Praying…
Blessed by Your Name,
We pray for You to touch this family in Your Mercy.
Strengthen and encourage all with a sense of Your presence.
So Be It.
Thank You all so much for your prayers, reading them comforts me……… not sure if Karen will make it through the night, the kids and I are taking turns telling her how much we love and appreciate her
Jesus we need you, please comfort Karen and hold us in your arms
Praying…..
Praying for you Jeff. May God draw close to you and hold you and your family. I pray that he releives Karen’s pain.
Wow, sorry to hear about Karen. We’ll put her immediately into prayer, Jeff.
continuing to pray for all the Stewarts…. and so sorry to hear…
Continuing to pray.
“Jesus we need you, please comfort Karen and hold us in your arms.”
Yes, LORD, we stand in agreement with Jeff’s prayer.
Praying
Oh, Lord comfort this family who loves and serves you. We pray for Karen. Be her peace, Her healer, Her hope. Bless this family with your presence as you walk them through this valley. Let them feel Your embrace and also the love from all of us. We know they are precious in Your sight. Into Your loving hands we commit this family. Amen
Lord, comfort all in this difficult time.
Praying
Father, it seems like we were here so recently, praying with hushed whispers as Nancy told us how her mother was slipping away. We watched and we prayed and we somehow felt a part of the passing of a saint.
Now, again, we come quietly. We do not rush. We come with a hush and with our breath held.
This is the moment, Father, when or faith is most real. The reality of our mortality and our eternity meeting before us. The passing of Your saints is a holy thing. Your Scripture tells us that it is precious in Your sight.
Father, I have no idea if Karen is still with Jeff and her children, or if she is even now in Your presence.
If she lingers longer here, I pray that there are sweet moments, and not moments filled with pain. I pray that You have and will allow them the ability to say good-bye well and with courage, and with hope.
I pray for her children, who have watched her struggle and survive, who have learned closely what it is to be mortal. I pray for them that in these last moments You will embrace them tenderly, that You will hold them up and that You will protect them. I pray that they will know You so closely.
I pray for Jeff, as he is split between his love and I can only imagine his desire to protect and care for his children. Give him the space to mourn as well as to protect and guide. Give him the freedom to feel what is right for him to feel right now.
Father, I don’t know all to pray in these moments. I only know that I want You to show up, to be close to them, to be gracious and merciful and to hold them as they walk through this. Be gracious and take Karen well….without fear or pain, but with love and peace. Guard this family from words that would hurt, and shelter them in Your presence so they can be free to walk through this as they need to.
Be present. Be gracious. Be strong for them, Father.
I don’t even know what to say. I’m praying.
Dear Jeff and Karen, May God’s Holy Spirit and all His angelic host fill your room and strengthen you. Our hearts beat with yours this morning. We are praying and interceding for you. The Lord is faithful. He is risen.
Jeff and Karen, still praying for the two of you.
Please God do something. You are able to….please….step in and move this mountain…please show Your glory..remember Your mercy…
Jeff…praying.
Praying, for God’s great and mighty mercy and tenderness to seep in all the places that mourning and weariness expose. Praying that all of our wondering is quieted in their ears and that God shelters and strengthens and ministers. Praying that those in their close circle have strong shoulders and quiet hearts, and courage to stand with Jeff and the kids in these moments. If Karen is still with them, I continue to pray for healing…and short of physical healing I ask for God’s merciful ushering in of a saint with joy and hope.
Continuing to pray. Jeff, Karen and family, you are loved.
Praying the Lord’s hand touches them where they need it most; echoing Jeff’s prayer for Jesus to hold them all and comfort Karen.
Please come to them, Great Comforter, with mercy and a peace that passes all understanding.
Amen
first of all thank you all soooo much for your prayers, karen is resting comfortably, and we are not sure exactly when she will go to be with Jesus…….I will update you when she does, we have had a stream of her closest friends today telling her how much they love her, and what she meant to them………..once again thank you so much for praying, I feel a little like I am adrift in the middle of the ocean, no idea what time, or day it is. Somehow Jesus is holding us up….Thank you Jesus, I love You, even when I cant see, or hear You
Jeff,
Words are completely inadequate, but you and your bride and your family are on our hearts and in our prayers…
If we can do anything, ask.
i hadn’t visited this thread today – just came insidw from a beautiful time in the Lord’s presence as the sun is setting and the sky clearing from a day-long rain – He is so close and He is so omnipresent in love and caring for His own and those who are lost and wandering; i just know He’s with this family right – He hovers over us all, waiting to be noticed and trusted – praise His matchless Name.
I’m an old friend who has been praying for your family for the last few years. I spent tonight telling my family about my fun elementary school years with Karen. I went camping with the Stuarts when I was about ten. My mom was not that excited when she developed my film and saw about one hundred pictures of a gopher! Karen’s sweet and funny spirit has affected so many… I’m praying for you and your children…
Jeff, I so admire your faith. God bless you.
Christina,
Karen has told me many times about you guys being friends, spending time together, I want you to know that everytime she spoke of you she would say what a sweet, & kind girl you became as a teenager, I have very fond memories of your brother Paul please tell him I said hello. Thank you very much for your prayers for her, and us………
For those PP readers who might be confused about Christina saying she went camping with the “Stuarts”…..Karens Maiden name is Stuart, all she changed was the spelling……we have joked often about the possibility of being related………… however I have family from Arkansas, and she from Oklahoma so we were afraid to research the possibility 🙂
Our prayers are with you and the kids. I pray for God’s peace to surround you all and carry you through these difficult times. I know his presence can be felt in your household. We love Karen and know that God is totally in charge of her life.
Your family has been in our prayers and will continue to be, we know His comfort and peace will surround each of you.
“I stay close to you; your right hand upholds me” Ps 63:8
Continuing to pray …
We just sang Karen into the arms of Jesus…..thank you all for your prayer
Jeff,
We can only offer out hearts and prayers to you…may God be with you and the little ones.
Jeff, the Lord be with you and yours.
Lord God, please wrap you arms around them. Blessed be Your Name!
Focused prayers for strength and healing.
Glory be to God…another sister victorious with Jesus! Almighty Father, may the Stewart family lean on you for comfort and strength now and always.
Glory be to God…another sister victorious with Jesus! Almighty Father, may the Stewart family lean on you for comfort and strength now and always.
I pray that God will remove Reginald Armstrong and Marcia Armstrong away from my life and my family’s life. Using some type of craft to harm me. please help~!