Joel Osteen Prays For 7-year-old Son Of Shooter Who Attacked His Church

Pastor Joel Osteen has offered tearful prayers  for 7-year-old Samuel Moreno-Carranza, who was shot in his head at the Lakewood megachurch on February 11, when his mother instigated an armed attack on the church and engaged two off-duty police officers in gunfire.

The boy’s mother, Genesse Ivonne Moreno, a mentally troubled 36-year-old woman who had previously worshiped at the church, was fatally shot during the armed confrontation with the church’s security team, preventing what many believe could have been a mass shooting. He is reportedly barely clinging on to life at Texas Children’s Hospital and has very little brain activity.

“Lord … we lift up that little 7-year-old boy, Samuel, that was injured here, Lord, and [through] no fault of his own,” Osteen prayed.

“Lord, we know you can do what looks impossible. Even though medical reports don’t look good, Lord, I know he’s in your hands. Lord, I thank you that his destiny for his life will come to pass, and Lord, that your mercy is upon his life. We just pray your healing and wholeness. And Lord, I pray for all the family of the deceased and the troubled woman, Lord,” Osteen said before he became overwhelmed with tears and covered his face with his hands.

“Lord, I know she was troubled in her mind, but I know her family’s hurting. Lord, we know you’re in control. So I just pray for comfort for that family and just comfort for all those that are here. Lord, these are not tears of sadness but tears of your goodness and overwhelming,” he added.

“Just Your grace and Your mercy protecting us all. Lord, we know what it could have been. But here we are, and Lord, like already declared, I think that Lakewood is strong and that You bless us with awesome people. And we’re moving from glory to glory, from victory to victory. In Jesus name, Amen.”

In an earlier announcement about the services at Lakewood Church on Sunday, Osteen said they were designed to help the church community heal from the tragedy.

Credit: Christian Today

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