The Voice of the Christian Community, serving Yuba, Sutter, and Butte Counties
We are therefore Christ’s Ambassadors (2 Cor. 5:20)
As American troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, President Franklin Roosevelt called for our nation to unite in prayer. He also offered a prayer to prepare each citizen for the road ahead. “Let our hearts be stout, to wait out the long travail, to bear sorrows that may come, to impart our courage unto our sons wheresoever they may be. And, O Lord, give us faith. Give us faith in Thee.” The victory that followed on June 6, 1944-also known as D-Day-began the march to Berlin. Eighteen months later, WWII was over and one of the world’s greatest evils had been defeated. The prayers of a nation had been a powerful force. Prayer has always been used in this country for guidance, protection and strength-even before we were a nation or a handful of colonies. The Pilgrims at Plymouth relied on prayer during their first and darkest winter. Our founding fathers also called for prayer during the Constitutional Convention. In their eyes, our recently created nation and freedoms were a direct gift from God. And being a gift from God, there was only one way to insure protection-through prayer. President Abraham Lincoln knew this well. It was his belief that, “it is the duty of nations as well as men, to owe their dependence upon the overruling power of God.” When it came to the fate of the nation, he practiced what he preached. Before the battle of Gettysburg, he turned to God in prayer. “I went to my room one day and I locked the door and got down on
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National Day of Prayer, Thu. May 6th “For Such A Time As This” Beale AFB Chaplain To Speak At Breakfast my knees before Almighty God and prayed to him mightily for victory at Gettysburg.” Won by the Union, Gettysburg was one of the turning points in the war that ended slavery and kept the states united. Today the need for prayer is as great as ever. Our nation again faces battlefields, along with an epidemic of broken homes, violence, sexual immorality and social strife. As the heroes of our nation did in the past, we must again bow our heads in prayer. We must ask the Lord to bless our leaders with wisdom and protection, and that we will have the fortitude to overcome the challenges at hand. If Roosevelt, the Pilgrims and Lincoln never underestimated the power of prayer, neither should we.* Today, we live in a world besieged by natural disasters, a nation that is heading towards socialism and godlessness, a nation and state that is racing toward bankruptcy both financially and morally and a community with a legacy of crime, drugs, gangs and poverty. We NEED Revival! Revival comes ONLY through prayer. On Thursday, May 6th, hundreds of people from various local churches and denominations will join together to seek God’s face, and “cry out” for His Merciful Hand of Grace. We will gather throughout the day to give our community what it badly needs: Prayer. Even more than jobs or levees, prayer is our only hope! The Christian Business Alliance (CBA), led by David Kugelman, has been sponsoring the
local Yuba-Sutter Prayer Breakfast on the National Day of Prayer. The Ambassador Ministry is a co-sponsor. The breakfast will be held at the Church of Glad Tidings (off Hwy 99 at Eager Rd, near Live Oak). This year, the CBA is pleased to host Beale AFB Chaplain (Major) Christian Biscotti as the keynote speaker. Chaplain Biscotti is clearly not ashamed of his faith in Jesus Christ even in “politically-correct world” of the US Military. In addition, there will be a time for small group prayer at each table. The breakfast is scheduled for 7:00 –
Yuba-Sutter National Day of Prayer Community Breakfast
9:00am and tickets are available at Crosspointe Christian Books on Plumas St., Yuba City or by calling 632-9292. The National Day of Prayer was initiated in 1952 through the efforts of Conrad Hilton (Hilton Hotels) and Senator Frank Carlson. In 1988, President Reagan, signed into law that the first Thursday in May would be “National Day of Prayer”. In 1991, Shirley Dobson accepted the role of chairperson of the NDP Task Force, in which she continues to serve. Other opportunities for prayer are available throughout the day (see sidebar). *From the NDP Task Force website (www.nationaldayofprayer.org)
Glad Tidings Church, 1179 Eager Rd.,Yuba City Keynote Speaker: Beale AFB Chaplain Christian Biscotti 7:00 – 9:00 am, Tickets- $12 available at Crosspointe Christian Books or call (530) 671-3160
Oroville National Day of Prayer Community Breakfast
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Southside Community Center , 2959 Lower Wyandotte Rd., Oroville Keynote Speaker: former Assemblyman Rick Keene 7:00 - 8:30 am, Tickets- $18 contact Debra Folsom (530) 300 - 3880
Community Prayer at the fountain on Plumas & C St., YC – 6pm
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