Anne Graham Lotz, and other Christian leaders asked for Americans to participate in
May Day! May Day! A Distress Call For Prayer.
This commitment involved setting aside the nine days between the Day of the Ascension of Jesus and the Day of Pentecost, (May 15th to May 23rd, 2015) for repentance, prayer, and fasting.
Fasting and praying are Bible-based disciplines that Jews and Christians have practiced throughout history, a spiritual discipline not relegated only to the early church.
When the British Parliament ordered an embargo of Boston in May, 1774, to begin June 1st, the Burgesses of Virginia passed a resolution protesting this act and set aside that very day to seek God with fasting and prayer.
On March 16th, 1776, the Continental Congress recommended:
“that Friday, the Seventeenth day of May next, be observed by the said colonies as a day of humiliation, fasting, and prayer; that we may, with united hearts, confess and bewail our manifold sins and transgressions, and, by a sincere repentance and amendment of life, appease his righteous displeasure, and, through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, obtain his pardon and forgiveness; humbly imploring his assistance to frustrate the cruel purposes of our unnatural enemies;”
Our national leaders also called for days of prayer at other times throughout our history, including in 1812 and during the Civil War.
Today was the final day of May Day! May Day! A Distress Call For Prayer. For those
people who made the commitment to join Anne Graham Lots and thousands of others in this call for prayer, each day they received suggestions for guided prayer and video talks ranging from 4-16 minutes.
My husband and I chose to answer this call, and found it to be an incredible blessing. The prayers furnished each day were Spirit led. It was time well spent and we would do it again.
It is never too late to set aside a time to pray for our nation, because the need is great.
On this Memorial Day weekend, when our minds and hearts remember the men and women who gave everything to defend and preserve this nation, we can do our part by committing to pray for God’s blessing.
For more information:
http://www.annegrahamlotz.org/category/messages-from-gods-word/latest-from-anne/
Janet, thank you for this reminder to PRAY! It has been part of the history of this nation whenever the need was great, and I think we all know, the need is desperate. Memorial Day weekend is the perfect time to remind us all. May the Lord bless and heal our nation.
Thank you Elaine. I hope people will access the prayers Anne was inspired to write.