DAY 24 - DAILY BIBLE VERSE (PRAISE) -JUNE 17, 2011

June 17


Matthew 6:9 New King James Version (NKJV)
9 In this manner, therefore, pray: 


      Our Father in heaven, 
      Hallowed be Your name. 

DAY 24 - DAILY PRAYER (LONELINESS) - JUNE 17, 2011

June 17


The Lord's Prayer 
(traditional)


Our Father, which art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy Kingdom come, 
thy will be done, 
in earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive them that trespass against us. 
And lead us not into temptation, 
but deliver us from evil. 
For thine is the kingdom,
the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever.
Amen.


Taken from the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, 1662.

DAY 24 - DAILY HISTORY - AMERICAN MINUTE FOR JUNE 17, 2011

American Minute for June 17th:


    "Don't Shoot Until You See the Whites of Their Eyes!" was the order given JUNE 17, 1775, by Colonel William Prescott to troops on Breed's Hill, adjacent Bunker Hill, guarding the north entrance to Boston Harbor. They were aiming at 2,300 British soldiers, under General Howe, marching at them with bayonets fixed. Twice the Americans repelled them until they ran out of gunpowder. The British then burned the nearby town of Charlestown. This first action of the Continental Army saw over 1,000 British killed, and nearly 500 Americans. This same day, 300 miles away in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress drafted George Washington's commission as commander-in-chief, for which he refused a salary. Washington wrote to his wife, Martha: "Dearest...It has been determined in Congress, that the whole army raised for the defense of the American Cause shall be put under my care, and that it is necessary for me to proceed immediately to Boston to take...command...I shall rely therefore, confidently, on that Providence which has heretofore preserved, and been bountiful to me." Washington ended: "I...got Colonel Pendleton to Draft a Will...the Provision made for you, in case of my death, will, I hope, be agreeable."


Endnotes


JUNE 17. Prescott, William. 1774, in writing to the citizens on the occasion of the British blockade. George Bancroft, History of the United States of America, 6 vols. (Boston: Charles C. Little & James Brown, Third Edition, 1838), Vol. VII, p. 99. Lucille Johnston, Celebrations of a Nation (Arlington, VA: The Year of Thanksgiving Foundation, 1987), p. 76. Peter Marshall & David Manuel, The Glory of America (Bloomington, MN: Garborg's Heart 'N Home, 1991), 7.27. Letters of Delegates to Congress: Volume 1 AUGUST 1774 - AUGUST 1775 
George Washington to Martha Washington, Pages 510-511, JUNE 18, 1775. RC (Armistead Peter III, Washington, D. C., 1974). Reprinted from Armistead Peter III, Tudor Place (Georgetown: Privately printed, 1969), pp. 44-45. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hlaw:@field(DOCID+@lit(dg001452))


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DAY 23 - DAILY BIBLE VERSE (HEAVEN AND EARTH) - JUNE 16, 2011

June 16


Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

DAY 23 - DAILY PRAYER (MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH) - JUNE 16, 2011

June 16


RICHARD NIXON, JAN. 20, 1969, FIRST INAUGURAL:


Only a few short weeks ago we shared the glory of man’s first
sight of the world as God sees it, as a single sphere reflecting light in
the darkness.  As the Apollo astronauts flew over the moon’s gray surface on Christmas Eve, they spoke to us of the beauty of earth - and in that voice so clear across the lunar distance, we heard them invoke God’s blessing on its goodness... Let us go forward, firm in our faith, steadfast in our purpose, cautious of the dangers, but sustained by our confidence in the will of God.



The Prayer For Protection

The Light of God surrounds me.
The Love of God enfolds me.
The Power of God protects me.
The Presence of God watches over me.
The Mind of God guides me.
The Life of God flows through me.
The Laws of God direct me.
The Power of God abides within me.
The Joy of God uplifts me.
The Strength of God renews me.
The Beauty of God inspires me.
Wherever I am, God is!

“Prayer for Protection” is one of two Freeman compositions carried to the moon by Apollo astronauts. In 1969, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin took the “Prayer for Protection” along on the first manned moon landing. A microfilm copy of Freeman's poem “I Am There” was left on the moon in 1971 by Apollo XV astronaut James B. Irwin.
This prayer was written by James Dillet Freeman for all soldiers during World War II. It is as powerful today as it was then.

Used by permission from Unity School of Christianity.

DAY 23 - DAILY HISTORY - AMERICAN MINUTE FOR JUNE 16, 2011

American Minute for June 16th:


    The father of the American space program died JUNE 16, 1977. He developed the V-2 rocket for Germany before emigrating to the US, where in 1958, he launched America's first satellite. He was director of NASA and the U.S. guided missile program. His name was Wernher von Braun. Founder of the National Space Institute, Wernher von Braun stated: "The laws of nature that enable us to fly to the Moon also enable us to destroy our home planet with the atom bomb. Science itself does not address the question whether we should use the power at our disposal for good or for evil. The guidelines of what we ought to do are furnished in the moral law of God." Wernher von Braun continued: "It is no longer enough that we pray that God may be with us on our side. We must learn to pray that we may be on God's side." To the California State Board of Education, September 14, 1972, Wernher von Braun wrote: "Some...challenge science to prove the existence of God. But must we light a candle to see the sun?" In American Weekly, February 10, 1963, Wernher von Braun wrote: "It is difficult for me to understand a scientist who does not acknowledge the presence of a superior rationality behind the existence of the universe...Viewing the awesome reaches of space...should only confirm our belief in the certainty of its Creator."


Endnotes


Braun, Wernher Magnus Maximillan von. Statement. Charles E. Jones, The Books You Read (Harrisburg, PA: Executive Books, 1985), p. 120.


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