President Bush: 

Prayer is an opportunity to praise God for His mighty works, His gift of freedom, His mercy and His boundless love. Through prayer, we recognize the limits of earthly power and acknowledge the sovereignty of God. According to Scripture, "the Lord is near to all who call upon Him ... He also will hear their cry, and save them." Prayer leads to humility and a grateful heart, and it turns our minds to the needs of others.

 

 

President Abraham Lincoln, March 30, 1863:

And whereas it is the duty of nations as well as of men, to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God, to confess their sins and transgressions, in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon; and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord.

 

May 6, 1982, President Ronald Reagan:

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?

 

 

Please consider devoting 5 minutes

of prayer each day to:

~ Our National, State, & Local governments ~

~  Television, Radio, and Print media ~

~ Public and Secular schools at all levels ~

~ Pastor's and church leaders ~

~ Families in our neighborhoods and

preserving the family institution ~

We all benefit from the blessings of prayer!

God bless you and your family.....