Join Us in Prayer for our Nation, our Leaders and Topics of
Concern for the week of 4/3/15 - 4/9/15
From Foe to Friend
“For
sheer verbal savagery,” writes biographer Ron Chernow, the presidential contest
between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams “may have surpassed anything seen
today.” In the 1800 campaign, Jefferson claimed Adams was a “hideous
hermaphroditical character, which has neither the force and firmness of a man,
nor the gentleness and sensibility of a woman.” Adams responded that Jefferson
was a “mean-spirited, low-lived fellow, the son of a half-breed Indian squaw,
sired by a Virginia mulatto father.”
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And he was in the wilderness forty days,
being tempted…and the angels were ministering to him.
Mark 1:13
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Both
eventually became president, and years later they began a warm correspondence
and became best friends. How could this happen? In a word – empathy. Each
suffered the rigors of the presidency and had survived to become part of a
small, exclusive club.
However you may be tempted or tested today, Jesus understands. He has been there. He is ready, with His angels, to minister to you. And when you emerge from the wilderness of adversity, you will be equipped to befriend and serve others. As you pray today, ask God how you might be used to draw others in America to Him so that they will trust Him as Lord.
However you may be tempted or tested today, Jesus understands. He has been there. He is ready, with His angels, to minister to you. And when you emerge from the wilderness of adversity, you will be equipped to befriend and serve others. As you pray today, ask God how you might be used to draw others in America to Him so that they will trust Him as Lord.
Recommended Reading: Psalm 91:1-10 
J.R. - Your Prayer
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Choices Have Consequences
Perhaps
no other people on the face of the Earth have had as many opportunities to hear
the truth about Jesus than Americans. There are over 450,000 churches in the
U.S., 600 religious radio stations, and all manner of Christian publishing,
music recording and even billboards. But how many Americans can genuinely say
they’ve had the all-important salvation-giving encounter with the Lord of the
universe?
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Then he began to denounce the cities where
most of his mighty works had been done.
Matthew 11:20
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Some of
the people in the six cities that Jesus decried in Matthew 11 probably thought
of themselves as good, charitable, decent people – but they were the same in
their spiritually darkened hearts. Too many Americans are in the same boat as
the people in Chorazin, Bethsaida and Capernaum…cold toward God. Jesus Himself
gave a stern warning: choices always have consequences.
Please pray today for Americans to return to the nation’s spiritual roots, to the claims of the risen Christ on their lives, and to choose repentance over their rebellious hearts. Heed the message yourself, and warn others of the serious results awaiting those who reject Jesus. Be sure to include the leaders of the country in your intercession.
Please pray today for Americans to return to the nation’s spiritual roots, to the claims of the risen Christ on their lives, and to choose repentance over their rebellious hearts. Heed the message yourself, and warn others of the serious results awaiting those who reject Jesus. Be sure to include the leaders of the country in your intercession.
Recommended Reading: Matthew 11:20-29
P.G. - Your Prayer
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A U.S. military official said that an Iranian observation
aircraft flew within 50 yards of an armed U.S. Navy helicopter operating in the
Persian Gulf.
Islamic State fighters seized most of a Palestinian camp on the
outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus on Wednesday, nearing President Bashar
al Assad’s seat of power.
Feeling the heat from the backlash in Indiana, Arkansas Governor
Asa Hutchinson said he would not sign a religious freedom bill passed by the
legislature unless it makes changes.
Indiana Governor Mike Pence called Tuesday for his legislature
to immediately pass clarification to the state’s controversial religious
freedom act in order to quell concerns that the law sanctions discrimination
against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
U.S. intelligence officials have revealed that the
Iranian-backed Houthi rebels managed to acquire important intelligence files on
informants and counter-terrorist operations in Yemen when the Houthis seized
the Yemeni capital of Sama back in September.
The United States military faces a challenge recruiting people
with the high-tech skills it needs for the future as those who joined after the
September 11, 2001, attacks leave the service and the U.S. economy creates more
jobs, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said.
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directly from our Presidential Prayer Leader.
We ask you all to pray for
our leaders as the scripture says.
1
Timothy 2:1-3 (KJV)
1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may
lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our
Saviour;
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