Attendees at the National Day
of Prayer event held in Albany today were taken by surprise when Assemblyman Michael Benjamin took to the stage and announced he will not be running for re-election to his Bronx seat this fall.
The Rev. Franklin Graham lost an invitation to the Pentagon's Day
of Prayer event due to remarks on Islam.
President Donald Trump talks with White House Chief of Staff John Kelly in the Oval Office before the start of a National Day
of Prayer event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 3, 2018.
President Donald Trump presided over a National Day
of Prayer event in the White House Rose Garden for the second year, pledging at the Thursday morning gathering to protect religious liberty all across America.
Not exact matches
Trump signed the executive order during an
event in the Rose Garden to mark the National Day
of Prayer.
President Trump had just returned to the White House on Saturday from his final inauguration
event, a tranquil interfaith
prayer service, when the flashes
of anger began to build.
It's a very unfortunate reality that many are nervous now because
of past
events... and I believe that in some terrorist cases the name
of Allah was shouted or spoken before the act, which provides that connection
of Islam (and possibly an Islamic
prayer).
Every
prayer, every rally, every
event hosted by one religious faction becomes fodder for the other to question the sincerity
of their faith.
Actually Jesus you're wrong about what Atheism said,
prayer changes things by not doing anything and allowing the natural (disastrous) course
of events to transpire.
There is no evidence that there is any God answering anyone's
prayers or influencing the outcome
of any
event anywhere in the world.
Meanwhile in one
of his first
events as US President, Donald Trump attended a
prayer service at Washington Cathedral on Saturday.
Prayers have been said as part
of events marking 100 years since the Irish Easter Rising against British... More
The God
of revelation intervenes and interposes in historical
events and personal lives, and hears and answers
prayers; the god
of reason does no such things.
The only thing that
prayer changes is your perception
of / expectation for the cause
of future
events.
But most
of these
prayers were memorized and recited, and were formal, ceremonial
prayers for particular
events and holidays.
For Jews, a
prayer over wine is part
of the sabbath service, sabbath meals, all religious holidays and special religious
events such as weddings and circumcisions.
There are many people today who walked an isle at a revival service, raised a hand at a youth
event, or prayed a
prayer in a trying moment
of life, and they think that these actions «saved them.»
No one claims any
of them are sentient entities that have the power to create worlds, alter the course
of natural
events, hear your
prayers, perform miracles, heal the sick, make it possible to exist beyond death, and so on.
The same goes for Texas Governor Rick Perry, who earlier this month led «The Response,» a
prayer and fasting
event at a Houston football stadium that had the look and feel
of an evangelical revival.
That's your «freedom
of religion», but not one student at their graduation should have to feel excluded and that's exactly what public
prayer at a tax payer
event is doing.
Thank you for reading, for commenting, for our funny and deep and weird conversations on Twitter and Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram, for your emails and letters, for your support and critiques, for showing up to the
events in churches and community centres where I stumbled over my words and hugged you a bit too tightly and likely cried, for buying my little yellow book, for your
prayers for me and my family, for staying with me, really, for all
of it.
It is an
event that is equal parts
prayer and politics, where members
of both parties laud one another about a temporary political truce, lay down their partisan ammunition, and pause to pray together.
And that is why, in our
prayer at the altar, we ask that the consecration may be brought about for us: Ut nobis Corpus et Sanguis fiat... 3 If I firmly believe that everything around me is the body and blood
of the Word, 4 then for me (and in one sense for me alone) is brought about that marvellous «diaphany» which causes the luminous warmth
of a single life to be objectively discernible in and to shine forth from the depths
of every
event, every element: whereas if, unhappily, my faith should flag, at once the light is quenched and everything becomes darkened, everything disintegrates.
first, it is effected without any distortion or disruption
of any particular determinism: for
events are not, in general, deflected from their course
of prayer but are integrated into a new arrangement
of the totality
of forces;
When we think
of religious liberty, the concept usually revolves around matters like whether the government can allow
prayers at public
events.
Among those attending the
event were Bobby Ghosh, TIME Magazine's world editor, veterans Fahad Khan and Matt Gallagher, and Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr.,
of the Healing
of the Nations Foundation, who delivered a healing
prayer before inviting all interfaith leaders to the front
of the chapel to link hands as a sign
of solidarity.
Or, most recently, you might have heard the rumor from Bryan Fischer, from Mike Hucakbee or a friend on Facebook, saying that God abandoned the children at Sandy Hook because, though children have every right to pray in public schools, those schools can not sponsor
prayer events out
of deference to religious freedom.
Earth to Christendom: Every religious person and every religious group is free to commemorate Sept 11th with all the
prayer and hymns and other forms
of outward religiosity the
event planners choose.
For
prayers based on specific biblical texts and
events, this pattern
of interconnections also fosters a theocentric hermeneutic which resists any supersessionism.
Gradually that tie has largely gone, but the christians in the USA at least want to impose their religion on the rest
of us despite the First Amendment: biblical texts on public buildings, their god on the currency, their religious beliefs to be law, christian
prayer at public
events, etc..
There is no evidence that any
prayer uttered in the history
of the world has ever been answered or changed the outcome
of any
event.
26:39) Yet within wide limits,
prayer even for the direction
of events makes a difference, and ought to be engaged in.
The question as to whether such
prayers can expect an answer in the outward order
of events, or only in direction and strengthening
of the resolution to secure such needed goods for ourselves, carries us on to the fourth angle
of petition.
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The organisation has asked
prayers to be focused on families like Ali's who have fled their homes and lost nearly everything, healing for those who have experienced highly traumatic
events and recovery
of communities, infrastructure and the economy in Mosul and across Iraq.
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of silence (
prayer) before public
events Christian cable networks 24/7 Discounts on insurance for being christian Churches every 6 blocks in every city over 100,000 Christian bookstores in every town over 12,000 God in The Pledge
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we understand that throught faith the worlds were framed by the word
of God... and each word we speak in the earth actually effects
events in the earth... some things require a lot fo
prayers and some things just a litte..
This sequence
of events is a significant step forward from the Texas VA Cemetery Memorial Day ceremony, where the
prayer was foisted on the audience when it was not expecting the pastor to be praying «in Jesus name.
Speaking during an
event at the Third Congress
of the United Socialist Party
of Venezuela in Caracas on Monday, María Estrella Uribe read the changed
prayer in front
of hundreds
of delegates and current President Nicolás Maduro.
And, having followed
events through your blog over the past year, I had included you and your parishioners in my
prayers, that you would have the same sort
of experience
of being welcomed home that we had experienced.
The
prayer vigil had been scheduled for a field 30 miles outside
of the city at «Campus Fidei,» or faith field, but organizers had to move
events to Rio because
of flooding.
And the book certainly does offer some fascinating insights - what it is like to be on duty at the Vatican over Christmas, to be guarding the Pope when he is at his
prayers, to be in attendance at one
of the great
events that are televised worldwide.
In general, the Christian feeling for the solidarity
of believers and the expressions
of this in
prayer and devotion can stimulate relational theology to maximize the social - organic character
of its reflection, and thus present death as less
of an atomistic
event and more as an occasion in a society
of events that share a real union through internal relations.
He read some Bible passages in Urdu, gave a long
prayer in impossible Panjabi, and then made a little speech, in simpler Panjabi, illuminating the significance
of the day's
event.
Members
of Congress mixed in across the ballroom with the 3,000 diplomats, dignitaries, clergy, veterans and many more from 140 countries who bought a ticket to join in the ecumenical
prayer event.
The renovation he calls for must give attention to the ideas and spirituality
of our shared past, to a renewal
of prayer in all its modes, and to a liturgy that is fitting to the great
events it celebrates.
I do care when
prayer is done as part
of any official school
event.
Alpha is the invitation: it's up to the congregation to care for the guests after «the Alpha
event,» to shape habits
of prayer and worship, activate individual ministries and help people to form Christian friendships.
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of silence (
prayer) before public
events Christian cable networks 24/7 Discounts on insurance for being christian Churches every 6 blocks in every city over 100,000 Christian bookstores in every town over 12,000 God in The Pledge
of Allegiance Televangelists 24/7 Christian billboards along the highway advertising VBS and «Repent or Go to Hell» Federally recognized Christian holiday Radioeveangelists 24/7 Religious organizations are tax free 75 %
of the population claims to be Christian National day
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In any
event, Hezekiah spreads the written threats
of the Assyrians before the LORD in the temple with fervent
prayer, Isaiah utters a defiant oracle
of victory, a great disaster befalls the Assyrian army, Sennacherib returns to Nineveh, and Jerusalem is saved.