We live in a world that is becoming increasingly secular and void of the Word of God. The only solution, in my opinion, is for believers in Christ to come together and lift our voices in prayer to our heavenly Father. We need to pray for those who reject the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We need to be humble before the Father, and ask for forgiveness for not fearing and honoring Him in everything that we do. We need to pray for the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to reveal Himself to us and to heal the hurt, the pain, and the suffering in our world today. We need to fervently seek His face, especially during these turbulent times.
As James 5:16 points out (New Living Translation), “The Christian’s most powerful resource is communion with God through prayer. The results are often greater than we thought were possible. Some people see prayer as a last resort to be tried when all else fails. This approach is backward. Prayer should come first. Because God’s power is infinitely greater than ours, it only makes sense to rely on it – especially because God encourages us to do so.”
May God richly bless you as you lift up your prayers to the Lord today!
Ed Ahlmeyer
National Prayer Summit
October 17-19, 2008
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are non-christians and catholics invited to pray?
The world will never be the dwelling place of peace till peace has found a home in the heart of each and every person, till every person preserves in himself the order ordained by God to be preserved. (Pacem in Terris)
Peace begins with me. Praying at Sacred Space, today, I can be especially open to the gift of Peace in my heart. It is a gift and can't be forced.
As we long for peace we remember our brothers and sisters of all faiths who share our longings.
Yes, as we discover more about the natural world we live in, we can cast away our childish beliefs in the supernatural. The world will continue to become more secular, especially as long as you are increasingly exclusionary and discriminatory towards those who do not share in your delusion.
But yes, please do participate in a day of prayer, since prayer accomplishes absolutely nothing. Meanwhile, the rest of us, a scant minority at that, will actually be performing real acts of compassion and inclusion that will have measurable results.
How do you define success? By the number of participants, or by the actual, tangeable, measurable results of the actions of your participants?
Hey wait! This is the last blog on the list and up until this point I didn't really believe all the commenters who said the NDP was discriminatory but you just said it loud and clear! If you don't believe in Jesus you aren't included? That's so hateful!
I was VERY concerned that Honoray Chairman for the National Day of Prayer would actually pray a prayer NOT in the Name of Jesus at a corporate prayer meeting.....I hope that this was just a rumor and not the truth....Is it?????
Was this done in response to a clear word from God????
I fear this might have opened a door in this nation that might never be shut.....I would like to share this prayer with you for the ongoing prayers that go on for this nation....I hope that it will bless you and us as we stand together asking for the Lord to Bless and restore this land....
Prayer for Mercy and Forgiveness for Our Nation
Dear Lord,
We have been following our own ways and rejecting yours. Please forgive us and have mercy on us. We have shed innocent blood, broken your laws, rebelled against You and Your authority, we have looked to our own ways and made our own convenient gods; we’ve created and believed lies and taught lies to our children. Satan is the father of lies, so, by doing this, we have made Satan our Father.
Please Forgive us, Lord, and HELP US. We cannot fix this or others alone. We cannot seem to stop this attrocious nightmare we have created that now has a life of its own. ONLY YOU can make us a people and a nation wise to acknowledge that Your ways alone are right once again.
Help us and cause us to walk according to your ways so that we would be called just in your eyes. Have mercy on us, Lord, forgive us and send your Holy Spirit to help us walk uprightly once again so that we will accomplish Your purposes and so that YOU will be seen as the ONLY true Good and GREAT God, so that ALL the nations and peoples of the world will worship you alone and walk uprightly before you. Lord, let no man be lost.
Help us to live and love as you would have us.
Please forgive us for calling evil:good and good:evil. For calling darkness;light and light:darkness for calling bitter:sweet and sweet:bitter. Please have mercy, through your Son, and make us a people and a nation that speaks and lives the truth once more. Reveal to us any bitter root judgements we have harbored and help us to allow you to take them out and turn our heaerts and lives sweet once again before YOU. Please forgive us for cursing and rejecting your creation as you made it to be and for rejecting your Word.
Lord, Your ways are perfect. We stand here now, and say, We trust in YOU Lord, with ALL our hearts, We lean not on our own understanding and in all our ways we acknowledge you So YOU will direct our paths. Lord we choose to trust, in YOU alone to perfect all that concerns us.
Help us to live this and not just say it. Thank you Lord for your great and marvelous compassion and for making a way for us to come to You and ask these things, not on based on our own worthiness; but based on the righteousness we have gained through Your son, Jesus who has made our peace with You….Thank You Father, In Jesus Name we pray. Amen.
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