National Day of Prayer

     What are you praying for today?

     Today is the 65th Annual National Day of Prayer. Today we pray for our nation! Today in your prayers give thanks for the men and women who pushed and supported this bill!

     You should do yourself a favor and go check out their website: nationaldayofprayer.org
I learned a lot of amazing information this week going through their website. For example, every year they have a theme and verse. This year's verse is Isaiah 58:1a (NIV) "Shout it aloud, do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet." What a perfect verse! Also, on Thursday, May 8, 1988, Ronald Reagan signed into law Public Law 100-307 the designation of the first Thursday in May as the annual observance for the National Day of Prayer! Then, Bill Clinton signed into law - Pub. L. 105-225, August 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1258: The President shall issue each year a proclamation designating the first Thursday in May as a National Day of Prayer on which the people of the United States may turn to God in prayer and meditation at churches, in groups, and as individuals.

     Something that hurts me as a Christian is that non-Christians assume "separation of Church and State" means to abolish "church." I find it hilarious that if they only knew that Baptists came up with "freedom of religion." Our once great nation was founded by Godly men on Godly principles. Men who prayed before making decisions about our country. Men who actively sought God's Will in our the leading of our country. A good book (so I'm told-it's on my TBR list) to read is The Jefferson Lies. It's about exposing the lies people have perpetuated about Thomas Jefferson. I pray one day we get back to that place in our nation.

So today at noon I will kneel with millions of people in

prayer for our nation! May God Bless us.