National Day of Prayer, Thursday May 1st

National Day of Prayer, Thursday May 1st


Please join as individuals and communities across this great land in National Day of Prayer.


NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, 1 MAY 2008

On 6 May 1982, Ronald Reagan offered these words: “Today, prayer is still a powerful force in America, and our faith in God is a mighty source of strength. Our Pledge of Allegiance states that we are ‘one nation under God,’ and our currency bears the motto, ‘In God We Trust.’ The morality and values such faith implies are deeply embedded in our national character. Our country embraces those principles by design, and we abandon them at our peril. Yet in recent years, well-meaning Americans in the name of freedom have taken freedom away. For the sake of religious tolerance, they’ve forbidden religious practice in the classrooms. The law of this land has effectively removed prayer from our classrooms. How can we hope to retain our freedom through the generations if we fail to teach our young that our liberty springs from an abiding faith in our Creator?”

History of the National Day of Prayer

1775 The First Continental Congress called for a National Day of Prayer.

1863 Abraham Lincoln called for such a day.

1952 Congress established NDP as an annual event by a joint resolution, signed into law by President Truman.

1988 The law was amended and signed by President Reagan, to be the first Thursday in May.




Helplessness©

I am unnerved and have such a sense of personal helplessness regarding all the events going on at home and abroad.

There has never been a time more in need of God’s blessings. Prayer is in order, by all of us..


May your family be blessed.

Richard G. Shuster, RandomlyRamblingRick, Helplessness©


The Power of Prayer, but yet,©

The power of a prayer is frequently underestimated, but yet;

but yet, 84% of all physicians claim prayer’s effects are positive and provide improved conditions for patients,

but yet, millions of individuals from around the world claim the power of prayer is greater than any other individual human act,

but yet, whether a frightened child or aging adult, nothing else brings the spiritual comfort of a prayer being answered,

but yet, when praying for another in need, prayer also brings blessings to those who selflessly care and pray for those others in need,

but yet, the act of opening the line of communication with our “higher power” assures our hope that others will pray for us,

but yet, if we don’t pray for others, how will we really know the Power of Prayer?

Richard G. Shuster, RandomlyRamblingRick, The Power of Prayer, but yet,©



http://www.pmimchat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=868

RandomlyRamblingRick, at Point Man Ministries