Weekly Watch Focus: National Day of Prayer

FRIDAY, April 25, 2014, May 1st is the National Day of Prayer. As Americans we want to come before God in repentance and humility, asking for forgiveness, direction, and wisdom. The Founding Fathers had an abiding faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. We turn our hearts afresh as a nation to the Living God, crying out for mercy, restoration, and revival. May we have a spirit of reconciliation so we overcome the many divisions of race, culture, politics, and economics. May our children grow up with strong families and lasting moral values.

May we have a restored economy, so that in prosperity we may succor people of other nations whose lives have been devastated by poverty, oppression, disease, and disasters. May God Arise and His enemies be scattered!

Pray for South Korea

Our hearts are extended to South Korea, a friend and ally of America, following the devastating ferry disaster that resulted in the loss of more than 150 lives. Many of the victims of this accident were young men and women on a high school trip. Pray comfort for the families who are grieving for their children. We extend our prayers and condolences to our friend, South Korea.

1 Tim. 2:1-2, “Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.”

Jer. 6:16a “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; then you will find rest for your souls.”

Ps. 33:12, "Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his inheritance."