40-DAY PRAYER 4 THE USA: May 31, 2012

Pledge of Allegiance of the United States

"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

In 1954, in response to the Communist threat of the times, President Eisenhower encouraged Congress to add the words "under God," creating the 31-word pledge we say today. Today it reads:
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
Section 4 of the Flag Code states:
The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag: "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.", should be rendered by standing at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. When not in uniform men should remove any non-religious headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Persons in uniform should remain silent, face the flag, and render the military salute."

Thursday, May 31, 2012

DAY 8 - DAILY BIBLE VERSE (SAMARITAN) - JUNE 1, 2012

June 1

Luke 10:35 (The Voice Bible)

35The next day, the Samaritan took out some money—two days’ wages to be exact—and paid the innkeeper, saying, “Please take care of this fellow, and if this isn’t enough, I’ll repay you next time I pass through.”

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DAY 8 - DAILY DEVOTION - JUNE 1, 2012

June 1

Agape Love

Are you a loving person? Most people will answer very quickly, Yes! I’m not talking about romantic love. I’m talking about Agape love: showing un-conditional love, doing something for someone with no expectations in return. Jesus was our best example in showing un-selfish love: John 15:13 NIV “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” The Message Bible says, “This is my command: Love one another the way I loved you. This is the very best way to love. Put your life on the line for your friends.”

Wikipedia says, “Love is a virtue representing all of human kindness, compassion, and affection; and the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another”.

Jesus showed us how to love, without wanting anything in return, loving the un-lovely. God, You took time for those who didn’t understand love, yet you loved them. Help us to love when someone isn’t worthy of our love, to love the hurting & oppressed, the dying, and the sick in heart.

Maybe, you are having a hard time trying to love your co-worker who annoys you, the drug addict down the street who steals money for his habit, or maybe you are scared to show love towards anyone because no one has ever loved you.

Whatever the issues of life that have tried to hinder you from loving- I encourage you today to allow God to prune out the things that have stopped the flow of love. God, we ask You to cultivate a heart of love in us. We declare that our hearts will overflow with the Love of the Lord. We will show love to those whom you put in our paths. Because He first loved us, we can love! “Greater love than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”

Thank you God for changing our hearts into gentle tender hearts, full of love one for another. Let your love be contagious! Love Never Fails!

In partnership with Katherine Clift of DailyLiveWorship

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DAY 8 - DAILY PRAYER (CAREGIVERS) - JUNE 1, 2012

June 1

Father, I come to you in thanksgiving for all your blessings to me. Thank you for people in my life to love and care for those with special needs. Please bless those who care for the sick and disabled. Help them when they get tired and stressed; show them that they are doing the Lord's work, and let others show their appreciation for the work that they do.

We thank you for Your love and caring ways.

In Jesus' Name, Amen!

Betty Bullock
Christian
Lancaster, Ohio

DAY 8 - DAILY HISTORY - AMERICAN MINUTE FOR JUNE 1, 2012

June 1

"Don't Give Up The Ship!" commanded 31-year-old Captain James Lawrence, as he lay wounded on the deck of the U.S.S. Chesapeake.

Captain Lawrence fought Muslim Barbary pirates in 1804, and when the War of 1812 began, he commanded the U.S.S. Hornet which captured the privateer Dolphin and the H.M.S. Peacock.

President Madison wrote May 25, 1813:

"The brilliant achievements of our infant Navy, a signal triumph has been gained by Captain Lawrence...in the Hornet sloop of war...

The contest in which the United States are engaged appeals...to the sacred obligation of transmitting...to future generations that...which is held...by the present from the goodness of Divine Providence."

On JUNE 1, 1813, Captain Lawrence sailed from Boston and was attacked by the British ship Shannon.

Within an hour, nearly every officer was killed.

Later, Captain Oliver Hazard Perry was inspired to name his flagship on Lake Erie "Lawrence."

Theodore Roosevelt wrote in Hero Tales from American History, 1895:

"Lawrence, dying with the words on his lips, 'Don't give up the ship' and Perry...with the same words blazoned on his banner...won glory in desperate conflicts and left a reputation hardly dimmed."

Perry, Oliver Hazard. Tucker, Poltroons, pp. 331-332. Peter Marshall & David Manuel, The Glory of America (Bloomington, MN: Garborg's Heart'N Home, Inc., 1991), 9.10. http://08016.com/lawrence.html http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/barb-war/burn-phl.htm http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-l/j-lawrnc.htm

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