"When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned. There is no such thing as a no-man's land between honesty and dishonesty. Our strength lies in spiritual concepts. It lies in public sensitiveness to evil. Our greatest danger is not from invasion by foreign armies. Our dangers are that we may commit suicide from within by complaisance with evil, or by public tolerance of scandalous behavior." President Herbert Hoover
The National Day of Prayer began in 1775 when the Continental Congress called for prayer to direct the founding of our great nation. In 1952 President Harry S. Truman signed into law an annual observance of a National Day of Prayer. In 1988 President Ronald Reagan amended the previous law to declare the first Thursday each May would be the designated National Day of Prayer. Our government did not found a state religion, but many of our nation’s leaders have valued the importance of praying as a nation, for our nation. Two of our presidents, Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush, called for two National Days of Prayer during the same year, indicating their encouragement of such gatherings on a routine basis.
Tomorrow is the 61st annual observance of the National Day of Prayer. There will be gatherings all across our land, at various times throughout the day, praying for our nation, our leaders, our military, our citizens, and our land. Be encouraged to take some time out of your day to be intentional and meet fellow believers in Christ at the flagpole. Let us be intentional about setting aside time to intercede for our nation. We are not only enabled to meet and pray for our nation, but for personal repentance as well. Change begins in the heart of each individual; without personal repentance, our nation will not preserve the Judeo-Christian heritage on which it was founded. Our nation is in great danger of losing sensitivity to evil; that it why this year we encourage our communities to partake in the local National Day of Prayer events and intercede for our people as we navigate through the current times and the upcoming elections.
May the Lord bless you and keep you this National Day of Prayer.
Find more information at: www.nationaldayofprayer.org
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