National Day of Prayer

I received an email today from Andrea Lafferty of the Traditional Values Coalition which contained in part the following:

Today marks the 62nd National Day of Prayer.  America needs it more than ever.

 

Today — or perhaps tonight with your family — take a moment to pray for our country.

 

Pray for national healing.

Pray for spiritual revival,  for a sense of renewal and encouragement.

Pray that America might turn its face back to God. 

Pray that God will continue to protect America.

Pray for those who keep America safe.

Pray for our children and grandchildren, that we might leave an America worthy of inheritance.

Pray for our elected officials, that God may grant them wisdom.

Pray for those who are lost.

Pray for those who are searching.

Pray for those who are tempted.

Pray for the faithful, that they may remain strong in their faith.

Pray for an America that once again can be proud of its faith, its institutions, and its leaders.

 

It is not easy to be a Christian in today’s America.  It is all the more reason why we have a responsibility — and a unique privilege — to stand tall for American values today.

 

There is much in the Bible to guide us in our prayer life. God still answers prayer, and is delighted when His children speak to Him by means of prayer, and listen to Him by means of reading His written word in the Bible.

There are many Bible promises pertaining to prayer. I have always found Luke 11:9 to be an encouragement to prayer, ever since I was in elementary school. That must have been one of the first verses I noticed in my own reading of the Bible as a child. One could certainly be blessed and encouraged by reading the cross references for this verse as given in The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or Nelson’s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible.

I believe the indexes in The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge provide the most complete resource for studying prayer in the Bible to be found anywhere.

Luke 11:9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
Luk 11:10   For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened

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