America calls on God nationwide on 70th National Day of Prayer
WASHINGTON (BP) – An estimated millions of Americans petitioned God for the health and care of America as the nation marked the 70th anniversary of the National Day of Prayer on Thursday (May 6), culminating with an evening program broadcast from the Museum of the Bible in Washington.
FIRST-PERSON: Assist churches through elevating the ministry of prayer
NASHVILLE (BP) – When Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple area, He began to teach them and said, “Is it not written, My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations?” Mark 11:17.
FIRST-PERSON: Why Southern Baptists should embrace the National Day of Prayer
NASHVILLE (BP) – The National Day of Prayer mobilizes unified public prayer for America. Southern Baptists should fully embrace and participate in this day as we call upon God on behalf of America.
FIRST-PERSON: God brings revival to small-town church through weekly prayer meetings
COLMESNEIL, Texas (BP) – Over the last two months, we have seen an amazing manifestation of the Spirit of God in our little community of just under 600 people.
Call to Pray, National Day of Prayer, Pray.com events to feature Southern Baptists
BURLINGTON, W.Va. (BP) – Broken Before the Throne prayer ministry leader Dan Biser discovered a reality when working with a multidenominational group of Christian ministers.
FIRST-PERSON: The power of extraordinary prayer
NASHVILLE (BP) – Extraordinary prayer is experienced when you pray beyond your normal practice of prayer. If you ordinarily pray five minutes a day or an hour a day, anything beyond your ordinary becomes extraordinary.
FIRST-PERSON: So many reasons to pray for your pastor
JACKSON, Miss. (BP) – A long-time friend of mine began to dredge up a couple of dumb, thoughtless remarks I had uttered years ago. Time had minimized their sharpness and given us a healthy perspective on them, and she did it in good humor.
FIRST-PERSON: How to pray for five life situations
NASHVILLE (BP) – Jeana and I were in our mid-thirties when she was diagnosed with cancer. Her diagnosis moved us to pursue God, and prayer was our first choice, not our last.
In a ‘dark, dark time,’ Biden urges a turn to faith at National Prayer Breakfast
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BP) – At the 69th National Prayer Breakfast, President Joe Biden called for those watching online to lean on their faith and see others not as Democrats or Republicans but “fellow Americans, fellow human beings.”
FIRST-PERSON: Who will be Mrs. Dann in 2021?
CLEVELAND, Ga. (BP) – One of my top ten life-changing books is Andrew Murray’s classic "With Christ in the School of Prayer." First published in 1885, it has been continuously in print for the past 136 years. Murray was a Dutch Reformed pastor in South Africa whose preaching and writing was a catalyst for revival in his own country in the 1860s and the great revival that began in Wales in 1904 and reverberated throughout England and the United States.
