Prayers for Rick Warren, His Son Commits Suicide
 

http://www.charismanews.com/us/38979...ommits-suicide

Rick Warren’s son has taken his own life. Matthew Warren, 27, had struggled with mental illness before his death.

Evangelist Greg Laurie posted an e-mail the Saddleback Church pastor sent to this staff: “Only those closest knew that he (Matthew) struggled from birth with mental illness, dark holes of depression, and even suicidal thoughts. In spite of America’s best doctors, meds, counselors, and prayers for healing, the torture of mental illness never subsided. Today, after a fun evening together with Kay and me, in a momentary wave of despair at his home, he took his life.” Click here to read a prayer request Rick Warren e-mailed to his staff.

Prayers and condolences are flooding into Warren’s Facebook page. And Laurie also expressed his heartfelt pain over Warren’s loss.

“I too have had a son die, so I have a sense of the pain Rick and Kay are facing. But their circumstances are different and my heart goes out to them,” Laurie wrote on his Facebook page. “At times like these, there really are no words, but there is the Word. There is no manual, but there is Emmanuel. God is with us. I know the Lord will be there for all of the Warren family and Saddleback Church as they grieve together. Looking forward to that day when God will ‘restore all things’ (Acts 3:21)."

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Horrific.

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how heart breaking~ I will be praying for this family

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Praying for the family. :(

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So very sorry for their loss. :(
Praying for this family.

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Very sad.

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Hurts my heart to think of that kind of desperation.

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to lose a child is a nightmare no matter what. To lose a child in this way has to be the most horrific thing that parents will ever go thru. I hope that Heaven is bombarded with prayer on behalf of this family. I will sure be adding mine.

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Praying

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Prayed and wii continue to pray

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I will pray for his family.

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Words cannot express the depth of the loss of a child. Praying for the family that God grant them peace during this trying time.

Praying for the Warren family in their time of loss.

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Father, please help and comfort this family tonight with your loving presence. Help them to know they are loved and not forsaken. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

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Amen

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Matthew's pain is one of the most horrific illness imaginable!!! May he rest in peace!!

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You know I thought it was absolutely horriffic when one of Stephen Curtis Chapman's sons ran over his small sister backing out of the driveway in a van. (She later died at the Hospital)

But this is just absolutely so much more horrible than that! One was basically a tragic accident, but the other was on purpose.

How very sad for someone who has devoted their life to helping others through THEIR pain!

I will be praying and asking my church to pray. God Bless.

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Praying for the Warrens