National Day of Prayer

Thursday, May 6, has been designated as the National Day of Prayer.National days of prayer have been observed in America since 1775, when the Continental Congress asked the nation to join in a petition for divine guidance. Since that time, 34 of 44 U.S. presidents have called for days of prayer during times of crisis. The list has included George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush. National days of prayer have been the tradition of our nation from its founding.In 1952, Congress passed legislation establishing an official Day of Prayer. This was signed into law by President Harry Truman. In 1988, Congress passed an amendment that designated the first Thursday of May as the annual National Day of Prayer. This has been our cherished history, which is supported by millions of Americans of all faiths.Unfortunately, that heritage of prayer as an integral part of our nation’s history has come under unrelenting assault. On April 15, 2010, federal judge Barbara Crabb issued a ruling striking down the National Day of Prayer as unconstitutional. And now, a small group of noise makers in Albuquerque have demanded that the Pentagon cancel its planned National Day of Prayer on May 6th.We have a nation that has lost its way and has long left those principles our founding fathers fought gave there life for. We are supposed to have a freedom of religion here, yet over and over again the courts and various organizations have tried to take that freedom away. This year a federal judge in Wisconsin declared the National Day of Prayer to be illegal. Go ahead – let’s do an “illegal” act. Lead! Pray for the nation.For the Portland area, you can find a prayer meeting near you at:http://www.creatingnewworlds.org/nationaldayofprayer.pdfFor the larger Oregon listing and for other states as well as related articles, check::http://nationaldayofprayer.org/