Chuck Colson in critical condition after brain hemorrhage (Update @ #87)

LifeSiteNews ^ | 4/4/12 | John-Henry Westen

[wagglebee]

WASHINGTON, DC, April 4, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Evangelical leader and frequent life and family spokesman Chuck Colson is in critical condition in hospital after undergoing surgery this weekend. He was hospitalized Friday after enduring a brain hemorrhage while speaking in Virginia at the Wilberforce Conference.

Colson underwent surgery on Saturday morning to remove a pool of clotted blood on the surface of his brain. Colson became ill while speaking at the Wilberforce Weekend conference on Friday night.

“We believe that we serve a mighty God - the ‘Great Physician’ - and are hoping and praying for Chuck’s full recovery. When I visited him yesterday, I was encouraged to see that as we prayed, Chuck was responsive,” said Prison Fellowship Ministries CEO Jim Liske.

Penny Nance, President and CEO of Concerned Women for America, said in an email comment to LifeSiteNews: “We are praying that God grants him a full recovery. Chuck is the one of the most influential Christian leaders of our time; he has influenced everyone from prisoners to business leaders, thought leaders, and politicians. CWA staff is lifting him up in prayer.”

Brad Mattes of the Life Issues Institute told LifeSiteNews that Colson “has been a shining example of where a Christian needs to be on the critical life issues and other moral and faith issues.” He added, “Our prayers are certainly with Chuck and his family.”

“Colson is listed in critical condition at this point but has shown some early signs of potential for recovery,” said Michelle Farmer, Colson’s spokesperson.

[wagglebee]

Please keep the Colson family in your prayers.

[wagglebee]

Special Prayer Request

Please keep Chuck Colson and his family in your prayers.

Thank you and God Bless

[Pegita]

Exodus 15:26 ~ For I am the Lord that healeth thee ...

Hear our prayer, O Lord ...
Hear our prayer, O Lord ...
Incline thine ear to us
And grant us thy peace. Amen ...

[al_c]

Wow ... prayers going up for Chuck. I hope he recovers.

[blueyon]

Prayers for him and his family

[APatientMan]

Done. Continued prayers for Mr. Colson.

[smokingfrog]

prayers up

[Quix]

END TIMES PRAYER REQ

FOR BELOVED CHUCK COLSON

BRAIN HEMMORAGE

[freekitty]

Prayers being said.

[maine yankee]

The man came along way to get where he is today.

I remember he had a sign on the wall in his white house ofice;

When you have them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.

[HokieMom]

http://www.breakpoint.org/wilberforce-weekend-2012

[grey_whiskers]

Thanks to Quix for pinging.

Don't know how you feel about Colson, but he and his family could use our prayers...

g_w

[Joya]

Thanks, I’d not heard about this. Will pray.

[dennisw]

Prayers up for a good guy

[fieldmarshaldj]

Prayers for Mr. Colson’s health.

[Albion Wilde]

Thank you, Father,
for Chuck Colson’s inspiring conversion,
witness and testimony.
His health is in Your hands as never before.
Spare him to us, we pray,
if it is Your will to do so.
We humbly ask
in Jesus’ name,
Amen.

[pollywog]

Father God,
We lift our dear brother Chuck Colson up before You right now and thank You that He is yours. Father we ask in Jesus’ Name that you will restore Chuck to health.

We need this great servant of righteousness in these critical times in our history.
Lord hear our prayer and perform a miracle of Your grace.

In the Name of Jesus
Amen

[kindred]

I pray for Chuck Colson, Lord Jesus , for his healing and return to health if it be thy will. He has been an inspirational Christian man since you saved him in prison and he would be greatly missed here on the earth. Thank you Lord Jesus for your goodness and wonderful works to the children of men.

[Brad’s Gramma]

PLEASE pray for Chuck Colson!!!!

[Glenn]

Death comes to all men...

[Steve Newton]

Amen

[ohioWfan]

Wow! Prayers for this humble servant of Jesus Christ!

Thanks for the ping, wagglebee!

[pollywog]

Bump to top for all prayer warriors

[Quix]

I think Colson has been a very top flight Christian since his imprisonment.

He took the humbling and disciplining of The Lord well and came out way ahead of most preachers, imho.

[pollywog]

Amen......a good example to us all.

[pollywog]

confused about the date. Did this happen last weekend? Said he had surgery Saturday.

[momtothree]

Prayers for Colson and his healing. Prayers also sent for his family and friends.

[annalex]

Lord our God, please heal Thy servant Charles (Chuck) and extend his service to Thee.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, amen.

[combat_boots]

Prayers

[bramps]

God bless this great man. In Jesus name. Amen

[Sans-Culotte]

Praying for Chuck’s recovery!

[Tax-chick]

Very sorry to hear this. I admire Mr. Colson and have a book or two of his on the shelf. I will pray for his recovery.

[sweetiepiezer]

Sincerest prayers for him.

[Coldwater Creek]

Win Win for Chuck! If God heals him good, if he doesn’t he goes Home to be with Jesus.

[Billthedrill]

Prayers up, of course. The Lord sends us down some very strange and circuitous paths to a destination only He can see.

[AliVeritas]

Love him... always have. My family and others are storming heaven praying for him.

[lightman]

Blessed Lord,
we ask your loving care and protection for those who are sick
in body, mind, or spirit and who desire our prayers.
Take from them all fears and help them put their trust in you,
that they may feel your strong arms around them.
Touch them with your renewing love,
that they may know wholeness in you and glorify your name,
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,
now and for ever.
AMEN.

[boatbums]

Prayers sent for Chuck’s recovery.

[credo 2]

Prayers up for Chuck and his family. He has helped so many with his ministry.

[left that other site]

Prayers up for the man who was the biggest inspiration in my early years of my Christian Journey.

[napscoordinator]

Never heard of him, but PLEASE get better soon. Prayers to his family and for his quick recover.

[holly go-rightly]

Thanks Quix and Wagglebee. Praying.

[FourPeas]

Prayers for Colson and his family. It would be terrible for him to leave his ministry in the hands of the likes of Liske.

[DLfromthedesert]

Prayers for the healing of Chuck Colson; he has been doing amazing work for our God and our country.

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

He was Nixon’s Special Counsel and had been involved with Watergate.

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

He sure turned himself around.

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

Bleeding in the brain? That’s scary. :(

[silent_jonny]

Thank you, Father, for Chuck Colson’s inspiring conversion, witness and testimony. His health is in Your hands as never before. Spare him to us, we pray, if it is Your will to do so. We humbly ask in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Amen.

[mkjessup]

Most definitely keeping Chuck Colson and his family in prayer for a full and complete recovery.

[mkjessup]

He sure turned himself around.

I daresay it was the Power of God manifested through the Blood of Jesus Christ that turned Chuck Colson around.