National Day of Prayer – Thursday, May 2, 2024

By: Bill Johnson

National Day of Prayer
Location:  American Decency Association
203 E Main Street, Fremont, MI  49412
Time:  Noon to 1:00 PM

Our involvement with the National Day of Prayer (NDOP) spans all the way back from 1986 to the present time. Back then there was an amazing sense of tranquility and security in our culture, largely thanks to President Ronald Reagan’s policy of “peace through strength.” Year after year, I saw the deterioration in America from increasing moral confusion on issues such as abortion, homosexuality, pornography, and divorce. The more American television rejected Christian morality, the more it consumed people’s lives and shaped their lifestyles. Then came the advent of the cell phone whereby Americans, young and old alike, had their minds bombarded with messaging, images, inuendo, addictive sexual content and skillful propaganda from near and far.

With each passing year, questions arose in my heart and soul, “How long, oh Lord, before you are going to deal with our increasingly degraded homeland?”  2015: the U.S. Supreme Court passes Obergefell v. Hodges, legally affirming homosexual “marriage.” In 2022, Roe v. Wade was overturned, returning the abortion question to each state jurisdiction. Good news, but since then many states, both red and blue, when given the opportunity to vote for strong pro-life legislation, voted to protect abortion measures.

Throughout those many years of observing the NDOP events, the most familiar scripture highlighted year after year was 2 Chronicles 7:14. “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”

I believe then as I do now.  Surely God sees.  Surely He will judge.  But, He has graciously given us year after year to turn from our wicked ways.  And, we did not!  One now wonders if God will yet grant us another year of His grace and if we may yet have the freedom to gather and to pray openly.  Just last year, Christians were arrested for praying in front of abortion clinics. In his proclamations this past Easter, President Biden had more warmth for transgenders than he did for Christians. Meanwhile, China’s influence on the United States is only growing through their “unrestricted warfare,” and the UN’s “climate agenda” is being imposed on our industries and food supply. We are in deep trouble in so many ways, and the only good explanation for how we’re still here as a nation is God’s grace.

I’m not trying to be dramatic.  But, in our state of lethargy are we capable of repenting and turning from our wicked ways?

 On Thursday, May 2, 2024 from noon to 1:00 PM we will be hosting a National Day of Prayer event at ADA’s auditorium at 203 E. Main Street, Fremont, MI.

We hope that if you’re in our area you can come join us! If you’re not in our area we encourage you to find an NDOP event happening near you and join us and Christians around the country in prayer, not only to ask for God’s favor, but to repent of our own and our nation’s sins in humble repentance.

 

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