Wikipedia tells me that "the National Day of Prayer is a day designated by the United States Congress as a day when people are asked to come together and pray, especially for their country. It was created as a floating holiday in 1952 and fixed on the first Thursday in May by Ronald Reagan."
The article went on to talk about the controversy surrounding this event (separation of church and state, growing exclusivity to Christian evangelicals, etc). I write that here to recognize that exists, but as a person of faith and as a contributor to this, uh, prayer group, I'm all for the NDoP.
I was recently reminded that, like the plaster slabs upon which the law was written by the Israelites upon entering the promised land, the monuments surrounding our nation's Capitol tell us that our founding fathers were people of faith. Moreover, many of the principles for today's law and society are built on God's law, which he commanded "that [we] may live, and that it may go well with [us], and that [we] may live long" (Deut 5:33). There are many Bible verses engraved into those monuments and even a depiction of Moses and the Ten Commandments on the frieze of the Supreme Court buidling. Sadly--and ironically--such is simply not allowed anymore.
There's a lot about our country that we can't fix ourselves--just look at the headlines.
But let's pray thanks, too, for all the ways in which we are blessed by our nation, most of all for the many freedoms we enjoy.
Happy NDoP, and happy praying!
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I had the opportunity to pray with some Christians within the entertainment industry at Bel Air Pres and it was great to have a wide variety of traditions come together to pray! There were Pentacostals, Presbyterians, Catholics, etc all represented in one place. I have a feeling God is really wanting us to unite and use one another's strengths together as ONE BODY to glorify Him. We prayed for revival for this city and I'm believing it will come to pass! Yay for the GLO blog. Love it.
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