National Day of Prayer

Did you know that President Abraham Lincoln signed a resolution proclaiming a National Day of Prayer and Humiliation in 1863?  Did you know that, in 1952, President Harry Truman signed a bill proclaiming the National Day of Prayer into law?  Did you know that President Ronald Reagan amended this law in 1988 designating the first Thursday of May every year as the National Day of Prayer?  Today, May 7th is that day.  Let's pray for our "one nation under God."  Let’s pray that “in God we trust.”

Did you know that the theme for this year's National Day of Prayer is taken from Solomon's prayer during the dedication of the magnificent temple He built? 1 Kings 8:18 -- "Yet give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy, O Lord my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence this day." 

I challenge you to remember God's response to Solomon's prayer during the dedication of this temple in Jerusalem found in 2 Chronicles 7:13-14.  “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, ¹⁴ if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." 
 

I challenge you to pray for our nation, not just today but daily. I challenge you to pray for the nation of Israel.  I challenge you to pray!