Actor Tyrese Gibson Calls on ‘Prayer Warriors’ as His Mother Fights COVID Pneumonia in ICU

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“Fast and Furious” star Tyrese Gibson has taken to Instagram to ask fans to pray for his mother, who is currently in the ICU battling COVID pneumonia. Gibson is also providing regular updates about his mother’s condition. 

Over the weekend, Gibson posted to Instagram, telling fans that he had received a phone call while on the set of his upcoming movie “Dangerous” that his mother had been put in a medically induced coma after being in the hospital for a week with COVID pneumonia. 

Calling it “the worst phone call I’ve ever gotten,” Gibson wrote, “I just had to ask the director [to] let me pause for a second, close my eyes and pray.”

“This has been going on all week. I haven’t posted…I’m doing it [at] this time cause I feel helpless, this is my cry for help,” Gibson went on to write. “I need prayers, the most sincere prayers from you prayer warriors.”

Gibson then asked prayer warriors to write out their prayers in the comment section, expressing that his family needed encouragement. “I never ever ask…#PrayerWarriors we need you now more than ever…Her name is Pricilla Murray,” Gibson wrote.

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The next day, Gibson shared that he was flying to see his mother, thanking his director for rearranging a busy filming schedule to allow him to leave. He soon needed to return to set to complete the final two days of filming, after spending just 10 hours with his mother. Gibson expressed that he was anxious to return to the hospital.

During that 10 hours at the hospital, Gibson gave fans a video update on his mother’s condition. In that update, he again asked fans to pray, saying that many other families are experiencing similar battles and that some are even worse off—even in the ICU where he was sitting, looking at his mother from behind a glass door. 

“As I’m sitting here, what I want to tell you guys is that the Lord Jesus Christ is responsible for every breath that I see entering into my mom’s body right now. We’ve had our share of issues over the years, but as I sit here, I’m thanking God for every breath—for every breath,” Gibson said. “The machines are helping her to breathe, but there are some machines that stopped helping people to breathe.”

“I’m so grateful. She’s right here,” Gibson said as he looked toward his mother. “So grateful for every breath. All of a sudden, every issue, every misunderstanding, the way my childhood was, the way I was raised, and all of these different issues I find myself holding on to—God as a way of getting rid of everything that you’re carrying.”

“I’m also praying for everyone in this hospital,” Gibson went on to say. “Every nurse, every doctor, every professional that has created an assessment and dialed it in to keep people alive—everybody wants their loved ones to come home, but we know that that’s not going to be possible for everybody.”

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Dale Chamberlain (M.Div) is Content Manager for ChurchLeaders. With experience in pastoral ministry as well as the corporate marketing world, he is also an author and podcaster who is passionate about helping people tackle ancient truths in everyday settings. Dale lives in Southern California with his wife Tamara and their three sons.

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