Thursday, May 2, 2013  

National Day of Prayer: Remember Exodus 20:3

Today is the National Day of Prayer.  Wikipedia on the internet describes it as a day when members of all faiths could pray in their own way.  The official website for the National Day of Prayer confirms that since 1952's Congressional authorization that people of all faiths or none can participate, although the National Day of Prayer Task Force "represents a Judeo-Christian expression of the national observance based on our understanding that this country was birthed in prayer and in reverence for the God of the Bible."  Saying that all faiths or none can participate, in of itself, is a contradiction of the Bible because there is only one God and there is only one way to God through Jesus Christ.

The National Day of Prayer Task Force rightly points out that this country was birthed in prayer with the God of the Bible--the God of Jews and Christians.  When the 1775 Continental Congress called the people to pray for wisdom in forming a nation, it didn't ask countrymen to pray to allah. When President Abraham Lincoln asked the nation to set aside a day of humiliation, fasting and prayer in 1863, he didn't ask the country to do it in the name of buddha.  When President Ronald Reagan proclaimed Thursday, May 7, 1981 as the National Day of prayer, he mentioned God, as in God Almighty, no less than 14 times, there was no reference to a god other than the God of Jews and Christians.

The first commandment found in Exodus 20:3 proclaims, "Thou shalt have no other gods before Me." Point is, that this nation is, as Ronald Reagan more eloquently said, a nation that was built by the hard work of our people, the freedom they enjoyed and their faith in God.  While others who worshipped other gods played a role in this nation, there is only one God and the Founding fathers understood it, and the presidents until this modern age understood it.  Unfortunately, Presidents Clinton, Bush and the current occupant of the Oval Office have driven this country away from the one true God with their concept of many roads to salvation.  Ancient Israel's leaders did the same and it led to their nation's demise and to their people's captivity and slavery.

It is my prayer this day that God's people unite and remove the other gods from the high places of this nation--that their prayers today turn into fervent action and resolve to end abortion on demand, to end promotion of homosexuality, to make pornography illegal, to stop the sexualization of our children, to end the false doctrine of separation of church and state, to expel the radical anti-God colonization of America by Islam, and to restore the rightful place of God Almighty in the minds, spirits and souls of our countrymen. It starts, by the way, with the occupant. His National Day of Prayer proclamation mentioned God only twice--once in the context of all faiths.

 
Have a Blessed and Powerful Day!
Bill Wilson