National Day of Prayer Edition: President Barack Obama, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King (The Prayer Motivator Devotional #76)

Summary: Join us today on this special edition of The Prayer Motivator Devotional Broadcast as Daniel Whyte III marks the National Day of Prayer with prayer insights from President Barack Obama, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, R. A. Torrey and J. Gordon Henry. <br><br> Our thought for today is that prayer is the pathway by which God is able to do anything. <br><br> Our prayer motivator verse for today is Matthew 7:7-8 which reads: "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened." <br><br> Our prayer motivator quote for today is from R.A. Torrey. He said, "Prayer is the key that unlocks all the storehouses of God's infinite grace and power. All that God is and all that God does is at the disposal of prayer. But we must use the key. Prayer can do anything God can do, and as God can do anything, prayer is omnipotent." <br><br> Our prayer motivator devotional for today is titled praying for our nation from J. Gordon Henry. Dr. Henry said... <br><br> Since 1952, there has been a day set aside each year as a National Day of Prayer. Many across America have caught on to the value of such a day in our history and we want others to do the same. There should be some kind of organized praying in every church building for our nation on the first Thursday in May. Though days of prayer are found throughout our history and the National Day of Prayer has been observed since 1952, it has only had a specific calendar date authorized by Congress since 1988. The National Day of Prayer has great significance for us as a nation. It has been the foundation on which our country was established. The early Pilgrims engaged diligently in prayer. Today, both houses of Congress open their sessions daily with prayer. <br><br> Certainly we need to come together to repent and confess sins and to ask for God's mercy. That is what Daniel did in Daniel chapter 9. God is the only one able to change the appetites, the hearts, and the minds of men. We need to ask Him to intervene in America as never before. We need to pray for leaders to come on the scene who will follow God's way in preserving a strong, moral nation. <br><br> Many times such days of special occasion are neglected. Our attention is diverted elsewhere to many good things - programs, schedules, activities - which invade our lives nullifying our participation in national repentance and confession. We are reminded that we have not, because we ask not. James 4:2 says, "Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not." There is no doubt that only God can spare America from self-destruction. Nothing can surpass the necessity, the failure and the results of genuine deep prayer by His children. After all, the formula given in 2 Chronicles 7:14 for the healing of a nation includes prayer. 2 Chronicles 7:14 says: "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."