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 29, 2014

DAY 6 - DAILY PRAYER (THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS) - MAY 30, 2014

May 30

A PRAYER FOR MASSACHUSETTS

Our Heavenly Father,
We thank you for our State of Massachusetts and its unique purpose and role as the birth place of our great nation.  We thank You that our state serves as a strategic power base of politics, education, medicine and business within America and the World.  We have blindly surrendered our children, families, schools, churches, communities, cities and state to the forces of evil.  As the Body of Christ in Massachusetts, we ask that you forgive us for forsaking our God-given territory and authority as Your ambassadors within this region.

We now come boldly as David stood before Goliath to reclaim all that we have surrendered and what was stolen by the evil one.  We are confident that we shall pursue and recover all by the power of the Holy Spirit!  It is not by power, nor by might, but by My Spirit says the Lord!  We come against every opposition in the spirit or by human will. 

Father, we pray the prayer of Jesus,  "that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me."- John 17:21  We tear down the walls of division and separation within Your body and speak that this generation of believers will stand together in unity upon the earth.  

We pray "Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven".  


In the name of Jesus, we pray, Amen.  

Prayer taken from: http://www.praymassachusetts.org