Pray for Steven Curtis Chapman’s Family
The Tennessean is reporting tonight…
Steven Curtis Chapman’s youngest child died Wednesday afternoon after being struck by a car driven by her teenage brother in the driveway of the family’s Williamson County home.
Maria, one of the Christian singer’s six children, was taken by LifeFlight to Vanderbilt Hospital, which confirmed the death, according to Laura McPherson, a spokeswoman for the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
Steven Curtis Chapman has always held a special place in my heart. He was the first Christian artist that I ever remember listening to. His music has encouraged me in so many ways throughout the years. Please keep this family in your prayers. I can’t imagine the hurt, confusion, anger, and pain they must be feeling right now.
Pete,
Thanks for posting on this I hadn’t watched the news.
I will be praying for their family tonight. How distasting for their family. My heart goes out to their teenager.
BA
Working at the newspaper tonight, so caught this as soon as it came through the wires.
My heart broke as I read it, but Fox News has it wrong. How awesome to know that God is sovereign, and that nothing happens outside His perfect will. It wasn’t an “accident,” Fox News, because that simply doesn’t give any comfort to those who have suffered such a great loss.
“Oh, taste and see that the Lord is GOOD; blessed is the man who trusts in Him!”- Psalm 34:8
This is so sad. I can’t even imagine what the family must be going through. I will be in prayer for them.
Incredibly tragic situation. this is heart-breaking.
As a huge Christian music fan and avid concert goer, I can attest to the fact that SCC is simply one of the classiest guys out there. His heart for his family comes second only to his heart for our Lord.
Praying for their family, and my own as well.
An extra kiss and hug tonight.
I can’t even begin to understand the pain of loosing a child. My son means more to me than anything on this earth. It is so scarry to know that one day he will die and I won’t be able to stop it.
This is where my faith in God takes over. I have to trust that He has a plan. I have to believe that this earthly pain will soon be over and that eternity with our creator is worth anything we have endured on earth.
My prayers go out to the Chapman’s.
i graduated h.s. with his oldest daughter, and after seeing the way this family loves their children, i cannot imagine what they must be feeling with this loss. my heart doesn’t even know what to feel right now. all i can do is pray.
Thank you Jesus that you are our God in tragedy as well as in the best of times. Forgive us for seeing this tragedy as something to blame each other or even You for. Help this family to seek Your comfort and Your peace in the midst of their pain. Bring together an enourmous outpouring of Your love and enable them to receive this outpouring with open hearts, and to be blessed by it. Protect them from the evil one, and awaken your warrior pray-ers to hold vigil on behalf of the Curtis-Chapman family for these next 30 days, and beyond. In Your name. Amen
Wow. This is tragic. I will be lifting up the family in my prayers. Somehow God will be glorified through all of this. I just cannot imagine how they must feel right now.
I am so sorry to hear of your news! I have been inspired and strengthened by your music for years –thank you. I had a brother die suddenly in a house explosion. It was the hardest experience I ever had to endure. Although it is not the same, all in all, it was the biggest spiritually strengthening event in my life. God is good all the time!!! Keep your eyes open to him in this hard time and he will emphasize that to you. I pray that God will give you & your family strength, bless you & hold you tight, and help you to continue to glorify his name in the future!!!! God Bless!!!
Wow. It’s hard to imagine anything much harder than this. I’m so glad this family knows the Lord and pray that they can find comfort in Him.
My heart goes out to you over this great tragedy the loss of one of your children would be the hardest thing for any parent to go through. May you find strength in the lord and your daughter have eternal peace bless you and your family amen.
I will be especially praying for the son who was driving the car. I can’t even begin to imagine what that young man is going through right now.
I am so sorry.
There are no words at a time like this to express the pain and grief your family is going through. I am so very sorry and I am praying diligently for God’s restoration of your hearts,body & minds as you travel down this painful road to recovery. You know God stands with you all the way.
In his mighty name.
Sandy LaBelle
Wow. That’s awful. I was just listening to one of his CDs this morning.
It is a shock to me.We will be praying for the family.
Yes, I shall
Nettey, thank you for the reminder that God is in CONTROL. I praise Him because He knows. I speak peace and comfort into the members of the Curtis Chapman family. May Jehovah Rapha bring healing to hurting hearts. May His name be glorified.
thanks for posting pete…i had not heard.
My heart breaks for the whole family. All the conflicting emotions must seem endless. I cannot even put my own grief for them into words; the depth of their pain is unimaginable. My prayers are with the entire family, and I will pray rosaries for the teenage son particularly.
That is so heartbreaking. I will remember them in prayer.
I just read this article moments ago and literally gasped out loud. As a mom, my heart just broke for their children. My prayer will be changed today…and hopefully a bit more grateful for the three little blessings I do have.
There are no appropriate words from one parent to another. My heart races at the thought of losing a child and on top of that consoling another. My prayer is that his son will lean on God and his family to heal.
As a person that has lived thru an adopted young sister dying, the feelings of loss seem unbearable at the time, but thru faith and belief in our God, you come to understand that our God needed an extra angel and needed someone with a pure and loving heart. It is in the belief that we will all be together as one in the future that we find comfort.
My prayers and blessings are with the Chapman family at their time of loss.
Loree Larsen
I’m so,so, sorry. How so very tragic. My family will be praying for your family ,to feel overwhelming comfort from our amazing God.May He hold you, and your son ,with His amazing tenderness,and compassion ,at this most difficult time in your lives.Hold on tight to Him.
My entire family sends our sincere sympathy, loaded with prayers. Maria is now in heaven with our Lord but your family is suffering terribly. We had the same exact vehicle two years ago and I now the visibility is not great from them- especially out the back. I don’t know exactly how the accident occurred but realize it must be horrible for all of you. I hope your son can deal with his feelings. We have five biologic children and two daughters adopted from China- I know how much our children love each other and adoption is no barrier to love. Our thoughts are with you.
Jean Lipson
Oh Jesus….
awwww I am so so sorry about what happened. My prayers are with your family at this time. May God give you the strength that you need.
I, too, am so saddened by your loss. I am praying for your family as you embark on this long road to a painful recovery.I also lift up your son in prayer. God bless you and your family.
someone please get a message to the family from all of us….
“WE WILL BE HERE!”
Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in the time of need. Heb 4:16
I pray this verse over this family!
praying…
Chapman Family,
Smitty wrote the lyrics to the song below for a friend who lost their child several days after his birth. I hope that you find encouragement in it, even a hint of joy through the tears as you consider our Lord’s great and precious promises. He will never leave you nor forsake you – He loves you; you are His child, adopted into His love even while you hated and reviled Him. God’s love is so great that it has reached down to those who did not love Him, and He saved them. Your beautiful daughter is now dancing before her Father, seeing clearly what we still see so dimly. At this young age she is understanding things we can only imagine – such as the perfect, unconditional love of God Himself. My heart pours out to Father on your behalf! May you find comfort in Father alone, in the remembrance of what was and what is to come. I pray for peace for your family and for your son – that his heart would be protected from Satan’s darts of condemnation and fear. I pray that the press and reporters would not be opressive, that they would be kind and honest in their press releases, and that your family would be granted the needed grace to respond appropriately to their questions. And I ask God to give your family time to be together, with eachother in private and before God. I wish I could reach through my computer and hug you, not as a “fan” but as a fellow Christian and friend who is walking this road, facing different struggles, but looking to Father for His provision.
With Love in Christ Jesus,
TGG (Sarah M. Bosse, NC USA)
Hello, Goodbye
By Michael W. Smith
Where’s the Navigator of your destiny?
Where is the Dealer of this hand?
Who can explain life and its brevity
‘Cause there is nothing here that I can understand
You and I have barely met
And I just don’t want to let go of you yet
Chorus:
Noah, hello, goodbye
I will see you on the other side
Noah, sweet child of mine
I will see you on the other side
And so I hold your tiny hand in mine
For the hardest thing I’ve ever had to face
Heaven calls for you before it calls for me
When you get there, save me a place
A place where I can share your smile
And I can hold you for more than just a while
Chorus
Forever praying….
my heart goes out the chapman family – they are a true inspiration and testament of God’s love. i pray God will draw near to each and everyone – God holds each tear in his hand.
Dear Chapman family,
So many times I have looked at you as a family and thought “what an incredibly awesome family!” I’ve honestly thought of Steven as the “modern psalmist” and compared him to David. He too has been called by God. When someone has been called by God, there will be strife. We are in the middle of the war between good and evil. We cannot forget that there are powers and forces all around us that we don’t have much knowlege of. Satan wants to break up this precious family and scatter them broken and useless to God. I pray that will not happen. I pray for the grief and sadness of the whole family and mostly for the son. I pray that you hold tight to what you know to be right and you give up to God what does not seem right. I pray that when you do that, God will lift you up out of the darkness and help you to see your purpose in life. Precious little Maria had her God given purpose in life, everyone does. It’s OK to question God about your purpose also, he is up for it. Mostly, now he just needs you to trust. So, I pray that you all can lay your sobbing heads into his strong hands and just give him your all. I pray that you can remind him how wonderful he is, and thank him for the gift of Maria and know that her purpose was to help knit this family even tighter together than could ever have been known otherwise. God knows your sorrow. You are not alone, he is with you and wants to comfort you and take you to a level with him that you have never been before…
I am so sorry that the Chapman family is going through this and I especially hold their son in the battle he will undergo. He will need so much support, counseling, prayer and time to heal from this. Losing a child is the ultimate pain one can endure. I have no idea how people without Christ in their lives survive.
Add my prayers to everyone else’s for the grief and loss this family is experiencing!
I wept this morning as I was hearing the “news” and while “praying” for them and also the son/brother!!
May God provide comfort and may good come from what is bad.
We love you Chapman family and will keep you in our prayers.
I can’t even imagine what that’s like. It’s really sad news to hear. We’re praying for you Chapmans!
My prayers are with the Chapman family. Steven’s music has long been an important part of my own worship time with the Lord. My heart breaks for their pain in the midst of this tragic accident.
Dear Chapman Family, We lift you all up in prayer. We are so saddened for your loss of your precious daughter/sister/friend, but rejoice in knowing she is dancing with our Lord and Savior. Know she is in Jesus’s care and she is so loved by all. We pray for your son also. God uses all things for His glory, please know that this act is in God’s hands not yours. We love you all! Keep your eyes upon Jesus -
Dear Chapmans,
I am truly sorry to hear of your loss! My family, church, and I will continue to pray for ALL of you through this time in your lives! Remember to always keep your eyes on God, and He will bless you! This is in some way for God’s glory. Although you might not know how or why at this time, it will definitely bless others.(Maybe even lead someone to Christ)!! You all have already blessed me! Just by being the people you all are! Anyway may God help ya’ll through this and like I said I will continue to pray everyday for your family.
May God Bless ALL Of You!!!!
And remember- Smile ‘Cause Jesus Loves You!!!
Dearest Chapmans,
Our family preys for you. We hope that even in this dark time of your lives, God can shower you with his love and give you the encouragement that your whole family has given the world. Words are useless at a time like this, but know that their are many people who will be holding you up in prayer.
In the bible it says this to will pass, and though you will never forget the pain and all the other feelings your going through ,you will be able to function without the constant ache you have in your heart. I hope all our words and prayers comfort you some how.Don’t give up on your dreams, remember, just as you have been here for us with your songs, we will be here for you in our prayers. We love you !
I know the pain in your heart I have lost a child too. and I am truly sorry the footprints poem has never brought better meaning into my life then when my son died. just remember that you are not alone God is holding you. my prayers are with you and your family.
My heart hurts for your family, I know how you feel, my husband accidently ran over our 2 year old son Caleb. The pain is real, and sometimes hard to understand why? Our God is Great and HE’ll replace the anquish with joy someday. We’ll pray at our small group tonite for your son that God will take away guilt and wrap him in His arms to comfort him. Bless you
I’m so glad you posted this site…
It’s so important for us to pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ who are suffering from this right now…
My heart just aches for the family. Don’t give up on God.
He is there during the most hurtful times in our lives. This
will make your family grow even closer. My prayers are with you and your family. We are also lifting up your son!
Mr. Chapman and family,
Our prayers and thoughts go out to all of you at this time. May Christ cradle all of you in His Merciful embrace and may your son know God’s love and consolation. Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the communion of saints are surrounding your family and, along with us, are praying for healing and grace for your family.
Pax et caritas,
Celeste
Mr.Chapman and family,
My heart hurts to have found out that your little daughter has passed away but rejoice for she is with Jesus singing to the most High… I will pray for you all, may God’s Grace shine down upon you
God Bless
My Prayers and endless love goes to The Chapman Family. Special prayers are for you Will. Know that God is good. All the time. You as well as your family is in Gods good grace. My heart feels some of the pain that you must be going through. Such a heavy burden for one heart to carry. So share your feelings, open your heart and relize the love that your heart holds, the love from God, and so many hearts around the world. Your recovery is with our Savior and your family and friends. May God Bless you and your family.
Lord our Father, please watch over this wonderful loving family now. Touch their hearts with the love and guideance that they need now and will need to recover from this time of loss and sorrow. I pray that through the strength of their Faith they will overcome the loss and pain they now feel. Bless this family oh Lord. In Jesus name we pray.
Amen!
My prayers are with you. My youngest son, Cody went to be with the Lord 6 years ago. I know that your world is spinning and confusing. It is completely unnatural and alien right now. But eventually it will become normal again. It will NEVER be the same. A piece of your heart is missing. But there is comfort in knowing that you are not alone. There is a group called “Compassionate Friends”. These are people who have lost children, grandchildren and/or siblings. We are here for you.
Only someone who has lost a child can truely come close to completely understanding the pain you are living in.
Be blessed in the knowledge that God understands COMPLETELY, for He lost His son at one point too. He knows the pain, the lonelyness, the heartache. He was there.
The Lord Bless you and Peace be with you.
I am so very sorry. May God bless you all.
chapmans… we are praying for you guys. It is such a trajedy what happened but God has a plan even if we have no earthly idea how we are going to make it to the end safely…You will see your beloved daughter again in heaven and spend eternoty with her.. the time will be made up!
comfort and prayer~The Kotlyars and the Jacksons.
We have continued to pray for the entire chapman famiy but especially for her brother. We pray that the Lord will help lift his spirits & guilt. tht his thought of not being worthy to live will be lifted forever & that in their time of grift the family wil remain loyal & support of him.
i have seen this before and continue to have him in my heart & prayers.