A Prayer for Britney Spears

E! Online reports that Lynne Spears is asking for a prayer.

As Britney Spears's problems continue to grow, online support campaigns have sprung into action, offering the troubled star hope and inspiration.

Megan Carruth, a 25-year-old online marketer, launched one of the sites, Prayers for Britney (prayersforbritney.com), after hearing Spears's mother, Lynne, issuing a request: "Just say prayers." The Official Support Britney Spears Blog (supportbritneyspearsblog.blogspot.com), started only days ago, but is nevertheless aiming for a National Support Britney Spears Day less than one month from now, on Mar. 1.

The official Spears site run by the singer's record label, Britney.com, has also become a place of encouraging words, and its message boards have also become a forum for rants against everybody from Dr. Phil to Spears's pregnant younger sister, Jamie Lynn.

In support of Britney, Carruth states that she is "a human being, she's struggling, she's hurting ... and that makes me sad. I hope that she gets well in the same way anyone who's sick and hurting gets well."