DAY 7 - DAILY HISTORY - AMERICAN MINUTE FOR MAY 31, 2011

American Minute for May 31st:


    In his Memorial Day Address, MAY 31, 1923, President Calvin Coolidge said: "Settlers came here from mixed motives...Generally defined, they were seeking a broader freedom. They were intent upon establishing a Christian commonwealth in accordance to the principle of self-government...It has been said that God sifted the nations that He might send choice grain into the wilderness." Calvin Coolidge continued: "They had a genius for organized society on the foundations of piety, righteousness, liberty, and obedience of the law...Who can fail to see in it the hand of destiny? Who can doubt that it has been guided by a Divine Providence?" At the Memorial Day Ceremony, MAY 31, 1993, President Bill Clinton remarked: "The inscription on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier says that he is 'Known only to God.' But that is only partly true. While the soldier's name is known only to God, we know a lot about him. We know he served his country, honored his community, and died for the cause of freedom. And we know that no higher praise can be assigned to any human being than those simple words...In the presence of those buried all around us, we ask the support of all Americans in the aid and blessing of God Almighty."


Endnotes


Coolidge, (John) Calvin. May 31, 1923, Memorial Day, as Vice-President under President Harding, speaking on the motives of the Puritan forefathers in his message titled "The Destiny of America." Calvin Coolidge, The Price of Freedom - Speeches & Addresses (NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924), pp. 331-353. The Annals of America, 20 vols. (Chicago, IL: Encyclopedia Britannica, 1968, 1977), Vol. XIV, pp. 410-414. Peter Marshall & David Manuel, From Sea to Shining Sea (Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1986) and The Glory of America (Bloomington, MN: Garborg's Heart'N Home, Inc., 1991), 1.5, 5.30. D.P. Diffine, Ph.D., One Nation Under God - How Close a Separation? (Searcy, AR: Harding Univ., Belden Center for Private Enterprise Education, 6 ed., 1992), p. 17.


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DAY 6 (MEMORIAL DAY) - DAILY BIBLE VERSE (SORROW) - MAY 30, 2011

May 30



Revelation 21:4 (New International Version)


4 ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’[a] or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

DAY 6 (MEMORIAL DAY) - DAILY PRAYER (MEMORIAL DAY) - MAY 30, 2011

May 30





Blessed and Loving Father,


We approach your throne today with humble thanks and praise for our freedom in this country.  Today we honor our many men and women who have served valiantly to protect our borders throughout our 200 + year history, and to fight for righteous causes abroad.  Our American service men and women committed themselves to defend and protect the lives of Your people in this land, whether they knew You through Your Son, or will someday make a decision to know You through Christ Jesus.


Father, we also reflect upon the great sorrow that many families have shared across this country due to war.  We ask that your Holy Spirit would continue to comfort those who mourn over lost military family and friends, and that they would be brought closer to You through their healing.  Lord, please wipe away every tear from their eyes, and show that though Your Son, death shall be no more!


Protect the travels of those who have journeyed to far away places over the weekend, and accompany them with Your hand of protection to their homes and families.  Give Your angels charge concerning them, and protect them from any harm or evil along their paths.


Thank you for the many blessings that you have bestowed on us as a nation, and may we continue to seek your face in our daily lives, and times of national reflection.


We ask these things in the precious name of Your Son, Jesus Christ.


Amen!


Wally Ziolo
40DAYPRAYER4USA
Lancaster, Ohio
Christian

DAY 6 (MEMORIAL DAY) - DAILY HISTORY - MAY 30, 2011

American Minute for May 30th:


    Southern women scattered spring flowers on the graves of both the Northern and Southern soldiers who died during the Civil War. This was the origin of Memorial Day, which in 1868 was set on MAY 30. In 1968, it was moved to the last Monday in May. From the Spanish-American War, to World Wars I and II, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, War against Islamic Terror, up through the present, all who gave their lives to preserve America's freedom are honored on Memorial Day. Beginning in 1921, the tradition has been for Presidents to lay a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which is guarded 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The number 21 being the highest salute, the sentry takes 21 steps, faces the tomb for 21 seconds, turns and pauses 21 seconds, then retraces his steps. Inscribed on the Tomb is the phrase: "HERE RESTS IN HONORED GLORY AN AMERICAN SOLDIER KNOWN BUT TO GOD." In his 1923 Memorial Address, President Calvin Coolidge stated: "There can be no peace with the forces of evil. Peace comes only through the establishment of the supremacy of the forces of good. That way lies through sacrifice...'Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.'"


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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. November 11, 1932, inscription on back panel. Thomas Vorwerk, The Unknown Soldier (Springfield, MO: Pentecostal Evangel, June 28, 1992), p. 12. Vice-President Calvin Coolidge, May 31, 1923, Memorial Day Address, "The Destiny of America," The Price of Freedom - Speeches and Addresses (NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924), pp. 331-353.


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DAY 5 - DAILY BIBLE VERSE (REPENT) - MAY 29, 2011

May 29


Jeremiah 18:8 (New International Version)


8 and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned.

DAY 5 - DAILY PRAYER (REPENTANCE) - MAY 29, 2011

May 29

Lord,


We come to You today to ask forgiveness for the many sins of this nation.


Forgive us for not keeping the Sabbath Holy, as You declared, but instead we have turned Sunday into a day of sports and recreation.


Lord, Your word states You are a jealous God. Please forgive us for tolerating other religions, such as Islam, and their disrespect of You and Your nation.


Forgive us for not raising the children of this nation to love and respect You as their Lord.  We have not told them there is a clear right and wrong.  Forgive us for allowing prayer to be taken out of public schools, and allowing man’s politics to teach them a false history of this nation and other national propaganda.


Forgive us for electing officials with good economic plans and deplorable morals, with no respect for You Lord.


Forgive us for being a divided body.  For not standing together as one family, united under one Holy God.  Lord, may we now come together working to further Your kingdom.


Lord, forgive us for thinking Your money, is our money.  Lord that what we have gained on earth, somehow has come from our own strength.  Forgive us for storing up our treasures here on earth, and not in heaven.  Please give us an eternal mindset.


Forgive us for turning sex into a casual, adulterous, careless act, with no regard for what You intended of these binding relations.  There are many secrets in many hearts, in Your church, and outside of Your church.  The devil has crept in, and has a stronghold in many of our lives.  Lord, may the sacred unity of a man and a woman be forever upheld, and for whatever we are at fault in, either personally or as a nation, we repent.


Forgive us for allowing minority groups of sinners to speak louder than the believers in this country.  They are like yapping little dogs! Lord, we ask you to muzzle them, and help us to become a bold and outspoken representation of You, Your word, and Your saving grace to this community and to the nation.


Lord, please forgive us for running to You in the bad times, and forgetting You in the good times.  Yes, Lord you are the God of the valley, but also the God of the mountain.  Please Lord, be in our loves everyday, not just in tragedy.


Lord, now I will ask You to speak to all the hearts gathered here today.  Lord, tell us what else we need to repent of, either personally, as a church or as a nation.  May we confess those sins to you now.


Luke 18: 10-14


10"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11The Pharisee stood up and prayed about[a] himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.'


 13"But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'


 14"I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."


In closing, we are sorry for all the sins of this nation.  Please accept our humble prayer of repentance to You.  Please move in a mighty way across this Nation.  Please Lord, honor this 40 days of prayer and fasting.  May all we do bring glory to You!


In Jesus Name, Amen




Jennifer Ziolo
Christian
Good Shepherd Church
Lancaster, Ohio

DAY 5 - DAILY HISTORY - AMERICAN MINUTE FOR MAY 29, 2011

American Minute for May 29th:


    Awarded the Navy's medal of heroism during World War II and the Pulitzer Prize for his book Profiles in Courage, he was the youngest elected President, serving just over 1,000 days before being shot. This was John F. Kennedy, born MAY 29, 1917. Kennedy stated in his Inaugural, January 20, 1961: "I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forbears prescribed nearly a century and three quarters ago. The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life." John F. Kennedy continued: "Yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe - The belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God." Writing to Brazil's President, Janio da Silva Quadros, January 31, 1961, John F. Kennedy stated: "Once in every 20 years presidential inaugurations in your country and mine occur within days of each other. This year of 1961 is signalized by the happy coincidence. At this time, each of us assumes challenging duties...To each of us is entrusted the heavy responsibility of guiding the affairs of a democratic nation founded on Christian ideals."


Endnotes


Kennedy, John Fitzgerald. Jan. 20, 1961, Inaugural Address. Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States - From George Washington 1789 to Richard Milhous Nixon 1969 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office; 91 Congress, 1 Session, House Document 91-142, 1969), pp. 267-270. Department of State Bulletin (published weekly by the Office of Public Services, Bureau of Public Affairs, Feb. 6, 1961). Davis Newton Lott, The Inaugural Addresses of the American Presidents (NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1961), p. 269. Charles E. Rice, The Supreme Court & Public Prayer (NY: Fordham University Press, 1964), p. 193. Benjamin Weiss, God in American History: A Documentation of America's Religious Heritage (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1966), p. 146. The Annals of America, 20 vols. (Chicago, IL: Encyclopedia Britannica, 1968), Vol. XVIII, pp. 5-7. Lillian W. Kay, ed., The Ground on Which We Stand - Basic Documents of American History (NY: Franklin Watts., Inc, 1969), p. 296. Willard Cantelon, Money Master of the World (Plainfield, NJ: Logos International, 1976), p. 121-122. Bob Arnebeck, "FDR Invoked God Too," Washington Post, September 21, 1986. Vincent J. Wilson, ed., The Book of Great American Documents (Brookfield, MD: American History Research Associates, 1987), p. 84. Halford Ross Ryan, American Rhetoric from Roosevelt to Reagan (Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, 1987), p. 156. Jeffrey K. Hadden & Anson Shupe, Televangelism - Power & Politics on God's Frontier (NY: Henry Holt & Co., 1988), p. 272. Ronald Reid, ed., Three Centuries of American Rhetorical Discourse: An Anthology & a Review (Prospect Heights, Il: Waveland Press, Inc., 1988), p. 711. William Safire, ed., Lend Me Your Ears - Great Speeches in History (NY: W.W. Norton & Co. 1992), p. 812. Peter Marshall & David Manuel, The Glory of America (Bloomington, MN: Garborg's Heart 'N Home, Inc., 1991), 1.20. J. Michael Sharman, J.D., Faith of the Fathers (Culpepper, Virginia: Victory Publishing, 1995), pp. 111-112.


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DAY 4 - DAILY BIBLE VERSE (FAMILY) - May 28, 2011

May 28


Deuteronomy 6:6-7 NIV


These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. {7} Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

DAY 4 - DAILY PRAYER (FAMILIES) - May 28, 2011

May 28



To Have Strong Families


Father, I pray for all my brother's and sister's.  

Help them train their children in the way they should live, and give the children hearts to honor and obey their moms and dads. May the fathers not exasperate their children but bring them up to understand how You want them to live. (1 Corinthians 11:3; Proverbs 22:6; Ephesians 6:1,4)

May every husband love his wife as he loves himself, as Christ loved and was willing to give Himself up for the church. Help husbands not be harsh with their wives but be considerate, treating them with respect so their prayers won’t be hindered. (Ephesians 5:33a, 25; Colossians 3:19; 1 Peter 3:7)

May each wife respect her husband and submit to him as to the Lord, as the church submits to Christ. As all of us are to do, may they submit to one another out of reverence for Christ, each looking to the interests of the other. (Ephesians 5:33b, 22, 21; Philippians 2:4) Keep their families strong and together; help them to be givers and not takers.

In Jesus' name, Amen.


Pamela Barnett
Christian

DAY 4 - DAILY HISTORY - AMERICAN MINUTE FOR MAY 28, 2011

American Minute for May 28th:


He left Yale for four years to fight in the Revolutionary War. After graduation, he became a lawyer and taught school in New York. Dissatisfied with the children's spelling books, he wrote the famous Blue-Backed Speller, which sold over one hundred million copies. After twenty-six years of work, he published the first American Dictionary of the English Language. His name was Noah Webster, and he died MAY 28, 1843. In his 1788 essay, "On the Education of Youth in America," printed in Webster's American Magazine, Noah Webster wrote: "Select passages of Scripture...may be read in schools, to great advantage. In some countries the common people are not permitted to read the Bible at all. In ours, it is as common as a newspaper and in schools is read with nearly the same degree of respect." Noah Webster continued: "My wish is not to see the Bible excluded from schools but to see it used as a system of religion and morality." In his History of the United States, 1832, Noah Webster wrote: "The brief exposition of the Constitution of the United States, will unfold to young persons the principles of republican government...The genuine source of correct republican principles is the Bible, particularly the New Testament or the Christian religion." Noah Webster continued in The History of the United States, 1832: "All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible."


Endnotes


Webster, Noah. 1832. The History of the United States (New Haven: Durrie & Peck, 1832), p. 309, paragraph 53. Gary DeMar, God & Government, A Biblical & Historical Study (Atlanta, GA: American Vision Press, 1984), p. 4. "Our Christian Heritage," Letter from Plymouth Rock (Marlborough, NH: The Plymouth Rock Foundation), p. 5. Noah Webster, The American Dictionary of the English Language (NY: S. Converse, 1828; reprinted, San Francisco: Foundation for American Christian Education, facsimile edition, 1967), preface, p. 22. Gary DeMar, God & Government - A Biblical & Historical Study (Atlanta: American Vision Press, 1982), p. 4. Robert Flood, The Rebirth of America (The Arthur S. DeMoss Foundation, 1986), p. 33. Noah Webster, History of the United States, p. 307. Peter Marshall and David Manuel, The Glory of America (Bloomington, MN: Garborg's Heart'N Home, Inc., 1991), 6.24. Stephen K. McDowell and Mark A. Beliles, America's Providential History (Charlottesville, VA: Providence Press, 1988), p. 6. D.P. Diffine, Ph.D., One Nation Under God-How Close a Separation? (Searcy, Arkansas: Harding University, Belden Center for Private Enterprise Education, 6th edition, 1992), p. 10.


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DAY 3 - DAILY BIBLE VERSE (SAFETY) - MAY 27, 2011

May 27


New International Version (NIV)


Psalm 91
1 Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High 
   will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.[a] 
2 I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress, 
   my God, in whom I trust.”
 3 Surely he will save you 
   from the fowler’s snare 
   and from the deadly pestilence. 
4 He will cover you with his feathers, 
   and under his wings you will find refuge; 
   his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. 
5 You will not fear the terror of night, 
   nor the arrow that flies by day, 
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, 
   nor the plague that destroys at midday. 
7 A thousand may fall at your side, 
   ten thousand at your right hand, 
   but it will not come near you. 
8 You will only observe with your eyes 
   and see the punishment of the wicked.


 9 If you say, “The LORD is my refuge,” 
   and you make the Most High your dwelling, 
10 no harm will overtake you, 
   no disaster will come near your tent. 
11 For he will command his angels concerning you 
   to guard you in all your ways; 
12 they will lift you up in their hands, 
   so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. 
13 You will tread on the lion and the cobra; 
   you will trample the great lion and the serpent.


 14 “Because he[b] loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him; 
   I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. 
15 He will call on me, and I will answer him; 
   I will be with him in trouble, 
   I will deliver him and honor him. 
16 With long life I will satisfy him 
   and show him my salvation.”

DAY 3 - DAILY PRAYER (SAFETY) - MAY 27, 2011

May 27

Father in Heaven,


As the nation stands torn and in trauma from disastrous tornadoes, flooding, earthquakes, and other calamities, we fall to our knees in fervent prayer.  We seek you in our sorrow, and in our daily need for food, shelter, and hope for the future.  Daily we have buried the bodies of those that have gone before us, and continue to work to repair the wounds and agony of those who escaped death's call.  Lord, only you alone can give us a sense of peace and comfort in our national suffering, and our only hope lies in your precious gift of eternal salvation of those who accept your Son.  We call upon you to provide a great covering of your wings over our nation, a mighty hand of protection from the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, and the plague that destroys at midday. We cry out “The LORD is our refuge,” and we make the Most High our dwelling.  Father, command Your angels concerning this nation,  guarding us in all Your ways.  We shall say of the Lord;  “Because these people love me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue them; I will protect them, for they acknowledge my name. They will call on me, and I will answer them; I will be with them in trouble,  I will deliver them and honor them. With long life I will satisfy them and show them my salvation.”  We cry out to You now Father to rescue us from trouble, and to provide us shelter from disaster.


We ask these things in the precious name of Jesus Christ,


Amen!




Inspired by God's promises for the righteous in Psalm 91




Wally Ziolo
40DAYPRAYER4USA
Lancaster, Ohio
Christian

DAY 3 - DAILY HISTORY - AMERICAN MINUTE FOR MAY 27, 2011

American Minute for May 27th:

    Twentieth-Century Fox made a motion picture in 1955 titled A Man Called Peter, about the life of U.S. Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall, born MAY 27, 1902. Peter Marshall emigrated from Scotland, was ordained a Presbyterian minister, and became a U.S. citizen in 1938. A novel titled Christy, written by his wife, Catherine, was made into a CBS television series. His son, Peter Marshall, Jr., was the renowned author of such best-selling books as: The Light and the Glory, From Sea to Shining Sea and Sounding Forth The Trumpet, which chronicle the Providential expansion of liberty throughout American history. On January 13, 1947, U.S. Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall stated: "The choice before us is plain: Christ or chaos, conviction or compromise, discipline or disintegration. I am rather tired of hearing about our rights...The time is come...to hear about responsibilities...America's future depends upon her accepting and demonstrating God's government." Opening a session of the 80th Congress, July 3, 1947, Peter Marshall prayed: "God of our Fathers...may it be ever understood that our Liberty is under God and...to the extent that America honors Thee, wilt Thou bless America."

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Marshall, Peter. July 3, 1947, in a prayer before the 80th Congress. Catherine Marshall, ed., The Prayers of Peter Marshall (NY: McGraw Hill Book Co., Inc., 1949), p. 186. Robert Flood, The Rebirth of America (The Arthur S. DeMoss Foundation, 1986), back cover.

DAY 2 - DAILY BIBLE VERSE (REPENTANCE) - MAY 26, 2011

May 26



2 Chronicles 7:14 (New International Version)


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 I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

DAY 2 - DAILY PRAYER (REPENTANCE) - MAY 26, 2011

May 26


Father in heaven we pray that you would reign as the one true living God of this land we call America. We pray that the nations love of idolatry , power, and money would come to an end. We pray that people would come back to more of a fear of you, than pleasing the god of this world. We pray that the true manifest power of Jesus would come back to our churches, making the world jealous of your presence and favour on our lives. We pray that you would make our enemies our footstool, and that Jesus Christ would be supreme once again in this great nation. 


We ask for your forgiveness and lack of passion the church has had in the past. We know that religion can not save us, church can not save us, only your blood and the cross give us true power. So know Lord we turn our backs on the world’s system, as the love of many is waxing cold, our love for you if ever growing. We the bride of Christ are preparing for your soon return getting our eyes and attentions off the temporal things to things of the eternal. Save us by your mercy and grace Father , revive the hearts of your children once again we pray in Jesus name amen.


In Loving Memory of a True Brother in Christ
March 19, 1972 - September 24, 2010


Bryan Clift
Rowlett, Texas


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DAY 2 - DAILY HISTORY - AMERICAN MINUTE FOR MAY 26, 2011

American Minute for May 26th:


Oscar winning actor Marion Michael Morrison, better known as John Wayne, was born MAY 26, 1907. A U.S.C. football player, he worked behind-the-scenes at Fox Studios, before being discovered by director John Ford, who cast him in epic western and war films. On MAY 26, 1979, Jimmy Carter said: "I have today approved...a specially struck gold medal to John Wayne. For nearly half a century, the Duke has symbolized the American ideals of integrity, courage, patriotism, and strength and has represented to the world many of the deepest values that this Nation respects." Ronald Reagan said November 5, 1984: "I noted the news coverage about the death of my friend, John Wayne. One headline read 'The Last American Hero.'...No one would be angrier than Duke Wayne at the suggestion that he was America's last hero. Just before he died, he said in his unforgettable way, 'Just give the American people a good cause, and there's nothing they can't lick.'" In his album, America-Why I Love Her, 1977, John Wayne stated: "If we want to keep these freedoms, we may have to fight again. God forbid, but if we do, let's always fight to win...Face the flag, son...and thank God it's still there."


Endnotes


Wayne, John. Rachel Gallagher, B.A., Author, Games in the Street. Rachel Gallagher, "Wayne, John," World Book Online Americas Edition, http://www.aolsvc.worldbook.aol.com/wbol/wbPage/na/ar/co/595925, October 9, 2001. "Face the Flag," narrated by John Wayne, Copyright 81973, Devere Music Corporation (ASCAP), Batjac Music Co. (ASCAP), Music: Billy Liebert Words: Bill Ezellpeace, http://www.fromtheheartpostcards.com/ICQ/FacetheFlag.html, http://www.dukelestweforget.com/john_wayne_face%20e%20flag.htm


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DAY 1 - DAILY BIBLE VERSE (PRAISE) - May 25, 2011

Psalm 145 (New International Version)

A psalm of praise. Of David.

 1 I will exalt you, my God the King; 

   I will praise your name for ever and ever. 

2 Every day I will praise you 

and extol your 

name for ever and ever.

 3 Great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; 

   his greatness no one can fathom. 

4 One generation commends your works to another; 

   they tell of your mighty acts. 

5 They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty— 

   and I will meditate on your wonderful works.[b] 

6 They tell of the power of your awesome works— 

   and I will proclaim your great deeds. 

7 They celebrate your abundant goodness 

   and joyfully sing of your righteousness.

 8 The LORD is gracious and compassionate, 

   slow to anger and rich in love.

 9 The LORD is good to all; 

   he has compassion on all he has made. 

10 All your works praise you, LORD; 

   your faithful people extol you. 

11 They tell of the glory of your kingdom 

   and speak of your might, 

12 so that all people may know of your mighty acts 

   and the glorious splendor of your kingdom. 

13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, 

   and your dominion endures through all generations.

   The LORD is trustworthy in all he promises 

   and faithful in all he does.[c] 

14 The LORD upholds all who fall 

   and lifts up all who are bowed down. 

15 The eyes of all look to you, 

   and you give them their food at the proper time. 

16 You open your hand 

   and satisfy the desires of every living thing.

 17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways 

   and faithful in all he does. 

18 The LORD is near to all who call on him, 

   to all who call on him in truth. 

19 He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; 

   he hears their cry and saves them. 

20 The LORD watches over all who love him, 

   but all the wicked he will destroy.

21 My mouth will speak in praise of the LORD. 

   Let every creature praise his holy name 

   for ever and ever.

DAY 1 - DAILY PRAYER (PRAISE YOU) - May 25, 2011

May 25



Father Almighty,


We praise you and exalt Your Holy Name dear Father.   May Your Name be higher than every name in Heaven and Earth, and across this vast nation.  We humbly thank you for the great and many blessings that You have given us as Americans.  Through Your mighty hand we were given freedoms that are unique on Earth.  Your blessings of prosperity have been lavished on us from our meager beginnings.  You alone have protected us from the scourge of our enemies, and sheltered us from lasting occupation by other nations.  As You once set your captive people free from captivity in Egypt, you have freed us from our chains of slavery to men and other nations.  Eternal Father, You have shared Your greatest gift with this nation, allowing us to know and accept Your one and only Son though our freedom of religion.  While other countries make His name illegal, You have given us the free will to accept Him in our heart…the heart of this nation. Our mouths will speak in praises of the LORD.  Let every creature praise Your holy name for ever and ever.  As a Christian nation; we commit our prayers and supplications to You during these 40 days of prayer, and humbly seek your face in this land.  Please bless us with your open ears, and manifold grace over these 40 days of prayer and fasting.


In the name of your precious Son Jesus,  we commend these words to Your ears as a nation.


AMEN.


Wally Ziolo
40DAYPRAYER4USA
Lancaster, Ohio
Christian