Frank and Sherri Pomeroy helped lead yesterday’s National Day of Prayer service in Washington, DC. The service came just two days before the six-month anniversary of the shooting that took the lives of twenty-six members of Pastor Pomeroy’s church, the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas.
Today, on the National Day of Prayer, President Trump issued a proclamation noting the importance of prayer and its sustaining power in times of “peace, prosperity, war, and depression.”
From Washington to Wyoming, well-known clergy and grass-roots people of faith plan to gather Thursday (May 3) for the annual National Day of Prayer.
Once a year on the first Thursday of May, Christians gather together to pray for our nation. It’s the National Day of Prayer, a day set aside for America to seek God in faith and unity. t’s easy to pray generically and ask God to bless America. From reading the Bible, we know and understand God loves the details of our lives. Our Heavenly Father wants us to live in a continual attitude of prayer. Here are ten prayer starters to spark your prayer life during the National Day of Prayer:
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Today, the National Prayer Committee announced that Dr. Ronnie Floyd of Cross Church in Springdale, Ark. will serve as the new president of the National Day of Prayer Task Force — an ecumenical organization that mobilizes prayer across Christian denominational lines.
Long a celebration of evangelical influence in Washington and beyond, speakers at this year’s National Day of Prayer observance decried what they saw as America’s moral decline, in particular the acceptance of same-sex marriage.
The atheist organization Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) filed a lawsuit against the chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives on the National Day of Prayer.
Today (May 5) marks the 2016 observance of the National Day of Prayer when people from all over the country take time to intercede for the nation and its leaders.
The theme of the U.S.’s National Day of Prayer, set to take place on May 5, is “Wake up America.”
A civil liberties group has demanded that Air Force general Craig Olson should be court-martialed for crediting God with his accomplishments in the military.
