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-We All Should Follow Rick Perry’s Lead and Pray For Obama

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

     ( Getty Images via @daylife) Texas Gov. Rick Perry took time out from his busy presidential campaign in South Carolina to attend a prayer event. While there, without any fanfare or introduction he took the stage at the large prayer gathering called "The Response" in Greenville, S.C. and prayed for President Obama and his [...]

-4th Circuit Ruling Stands: Prayers in Jesus Name Are Out

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

                                         (Image via Wikipedia) Today (Tuesday 1/17) the US Supreme Court declined to hear a case coming from the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. The Appeals Court had ruled in a 2-1 panel decision last October in Joyner v. Forsyth County (North Carolina) that public legislative meetings could not begin with prayers in the “name [...]

-IHOP: Pancakes vs. Prayers

Friday, September 17th, 2010

The International House of Pancakes is suing the International House of Prayer over using the acronym IHOP which the restaurant chain says it has a registered trademark for. The International House of Prayer began 10 years ago in Kansas City, Mo. under the leadership of Pastor Mike Bickle. The ministry promotes continuous 24 hour prayer [...]

-No Prayers Allowed on the Steps of the Supreme Court?

Friday, July 16th, 2010

(Image via Wikipedia) In May, a teacher and her students were prohibited by the police from praying privately on the front steps of the Supreme Court. Here’s an account of the incident from The Christian Post: “Maureen Rigo is a teacher at Wickenburg Christian Academy, a nearly 20-year-old school that provides Christ-centered education and child [...]

-Girl Rescued by Man Praying and ‘Directed by God’

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

An Incredible story. Hundreds had been searching for the missing 11 year old girl for over 4 days. James King credits God for help in with finding the girl who has an autism-related disorder: "He [God] directed my path," volunteer searcher James King told "Good Morning America" today. "When you’re in a swamp, there’s no [...]

- ‘See You at the Pole’: Today Millions of Students Gather to Pray

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Millions of public school students are committed to gather at their flagpoles on campuses all across the country today and pray. According to Doug Clark, a spokesman for the national SYATP 2009 organization the theme for this year’s observance-= "Engage: Go and pray"- is taken from II Kings 22: “…it’s a great story to look [...]

-60,000 Show Up for Prayer in Times Square NY

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

(Image by MCSimon via Flickr)  60,000 folks showed up in Times square New York City last Sunday afternoon (Sept 20) to pray for the future of the city and the nation. This was sponsored by 200 Christian churches and the response was far greater than the 15,000 or so they had planned on. New York [...]