National Day of Prayer

Today is the National Day of Prayer. The theme this year is Hope.

Are you praying - really begging God to change your life and the lives of those around you?

For the last few months as I've prayed it seems like what is always on the tip of my tongue is: Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Please God may we be vessels of Your Kingdom. Help us to put our lives before You so that we will changed. And that by Your Spirit working in us we will be change agents.

As You Pray . . .

As we join millions of others today during the National Day of Prayer asking God to humble us and transform us . . . here are some reminders:

"So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened." (Jesus in Luke 11:9-10)

". . . I tell you the truth, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete." (Jesus in John 16:23-24)

"Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results." (James 5:16)

"Each time, before you intercede, be quiet first, and worship God in His glory. Think of what He can do, and how He delights to hear the prayers of His redeemed people. Think of your place and privilege in Christ, and expect great things!" (Andrew Murray)

"God does nothing but by prayer, and everything with it." (John Wesley)

Praying . . .

In thinking towards the National Day of Prayer on Thursday, I asked a couple of our Prayer Team Leaders to share their heart on prayer and the NDP.

Here is what Lynda Stayton shared with me to share with you:

After reading Pastor John’s blog regarding the National Day of Prayer I opened my bible to the theme verse for this year - “The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Psalm 28:7. “---- I am helped”. If ever there was a time our Nation needs to be “helped” it is now.

As I read these verses I noticed on that page and on the opposite page in my bible were a number of verses where the Psalmist is crying out to God for His help, His mercy.

“Hear my voice when I call, O LORD; be merciful to me and answer me. My heart says of You, “Seek His face! Your face, LORD, I will seek.” Psalm 27: 7-8

“To you I call O LORD my Rock; do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if You remain silent, I will be like those who have gone down to the pit. Hear my cry for mercy as I call to You for help, as I lift up my hands toward Your Most Holy Place.” Psalm 28:1-2

“Praise be to the LORD, for He has heard my cry for mercy.” Psalm 28:6

We have an opportunity Thursday to join our voices with millions of others who feel this is a critical time to be calling out to God on behalf of our nation, for its health, its leaders and its future.

God’s promise: 2 Chronicles 7:14 “If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves and pray, and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land”. God’s answer depends on our repentance and our prayer.

I urge you, if at all possible, to join with others in our city at one of the locations Pastor John listed in his blog. If that is not possible, please do not let the day go by without taking a few minutes, knowing that your prayer along with millions of others, is going up as sweet incense before the Lord our God who is sovereign and in whom we put our trust.

Will it make a difference if we pray? If we pray, God promises to answer. If we don’t pray, He promises nothing. We can choose to ignore this day and treat it like any other. But I ask you, should we? Dare we?

National Day of Prayer

The National Day of Prayer is next Thursday May 1st. This years theme verse is Psalm 28:7 - "The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped."

It is a time for us to unite as followers of Jesus and cry out to God for mercy and revival!

I encourage you to check out the NDP website and to ask God how He would want you to pray. How would He have your family, and your group to pray together?

Below are just three of the places that folks will be gathering to pray in Corpus:

1) City Hall at the Flagpole (Leopard St. Side)

1201 Leopard Street

Corpus Christi, TX

TIME: 12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.

Coordinated by: Debra Hamaker

2) Nueces County Courthouse at the Flagpole (Leopard Side)

901 Leopard Street

Corpus Christi, TX

TIME: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Coordinated by: Barbara Molina

3) Prayer at Annaville Baptist Church

In Prayer Garden/Prayer Chapel

4025 Violet Road

Corpus Christi, TX 78410

TIME: 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Coordinated by: Sandy Stokes