Faithwire
  • Watch
  • Go!
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletter
  • Contact Us
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • SCOTUS
  • Life
  • Religious Liberty
  • News
  • Politics
  • Faith
  • Opinion

Franklin Graham Shares His Prayer Moment with Trump and His Efforts to ‘Lift up Christ’ During COVID-19 Crisis

Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Share Tweet
By CBN News
Contributor

April 9, 2020
By Andrea Garrett

Samaritan’s Purse, the ministry founded by Franklin Graham, opened a 68-bed field hospital in New York’s Central Park on April 1 to help treat the overflow of COVID-19 patients streaming into Manhattan’s Mt. Sinai Hospital.

On Thursday’s 700 Club, Graham told CBN’s Pat Robertson that there’s a lot of despair and hopelessness in New York right now, even though the number of patients entering hospitals is dropping.

Five Easter Services to Watch This Weekend

Currently, there are 53 patients being treated by the Samaritan’s Purse team, including eight or nine on ventilators in ICU. 
 
“We have chaplains who pray with every patient who comes in. The doctors and nurses pray. Our chaplains pray. And as Christians, of course, we want people to know that God loves them, He hasn’t forgotten them. And we want to lift up Christ in the middle of this,” Graham said. 

President Trump has praised Samaritan’s Purse for the work it’s doing in New York. Graham spoke with the president on the phone this week and said he had an opportunity to pray for the first family.

“I wanted to pray for him and Melania and Barron,” Graham said. “This has been difficult for the president. I don’t know when he sleeps. He’s been working all hours of the day and night. And I’m just concerned about him and his health. And I certainly wanted to pray for him and his family. That’s very important. He’s the leader of our nation, and he’s done an incredible job of keeping us informed. And mobilizing the government – I don’t think anybody could have mobilized the government as quickly as he had done it,” he said.
 
Graham said he believes during this unprecedented Holy Week, God is using the COVID-19 crisis to wake up a sleeping world. 

Samaritan’s Purse Sets Up Field Hospital to Treat COVID-19 Patients in Hard-Hit New York City

“We’ve never seen this in our lifetime,” he said. “The whole world shut down. And we as Christians, of course, believe that this may be just some of the beginnings of the return of Christ. I believe Christ could return at any time. Whether He’s going to return in my lifetime, or my grandchildren’s, I don’t know.”

Graham went on to say now is an opportunity for Christians to share the love of Christ with the world. 

“For the non-believing world – they’re beginning to ask questions. They’re beginning to ask Christians, ‘what do you think this is?’ And it’s a great opportunity for Christians to witness,” he went on. “We need to be sharing the good news of the Gospel. That’s what Easter is about, it’s about ‘God so loving the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.’ Jesus Christ came not to condemn the world, but to save the world.”

Latest

  • Faith

    Grandma Arrested For Feeding Homeless Fights Back, Won’t Back Down: ‘They Are Wrong’

  • Life

    Brave New World: Artificial Wombs Could Be Here in a Few ‘Short Years,’ Says German Molecular Biologist

  • Christian Persecution

    ‘We Are Stunned’: Machete Attacks at Churches in Spain Leave One Dead, Four Wounded

  • culture

    ‘Felt Led By God’: Old Man’s Secret Act of Kindness Revealed After His Death Inspires Chain Reaction of Goodness

  • Life

    ‘It’s a Miracle … A Needle in a Haystack’: Family Thanks God as Son Rescued After Being Swept Out to Sea


Sponsored
Sponsored

Newsletter
Signup

Sidebar

Recent Posts

  • Grandma Arrested For Feeding Homeless Fights Back, Won’t Back Down: ‘They Are Wrong’
  • Brave New World: Artificial Wombs Could Be Here in a Few ‘Short Years,’ Says German Molecular Biologist
  • ‘We Are Stunned’: Machete Attacks at Churches in Spain Leave One Dead, Four Wounded
  • ‘Felt Led By God’: Old Man’s Secret Act of Kindness Revealed After His Death Inspires Chain Reaction of Goodness
  • ‘It’s a Miracle … A Needle in a Haystack’: Family Thanks God as Son Rescued After Being Swept Out to Sea

Archives

  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016

Categories

  • Christian Persecution
  • Coronavirus
  • Culture
  • culture
  • Entertainment
  • Faith
  • Faith
  • Family
  • George Floyd
  • Go!
  • Israel
  • Life
  • Life
  • Lifestyle
  • Media
  • Men
  • Mission Haiti
  • News
  • News
  • Opinion
  • P.O.V
  • Politics
  • Politics
  • Sponsored
  • Sports
  • Virtue
  • Women

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Navigation

  • Watch
  • Go!
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletter
  • Contact Us
  • Staff
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Instagram

Subscribe to the Newsletter

Sign up to get our newsletter your inbox every day.

Newsletter Signup

Do you want to read
more articles like this?