Does anyone engage in community-wide prayer for the nation and world anymore?

2016-03-14T22:30:19-04:00

After 9/11 cities across America saw great crowds gathering to pray together for our nation. Maybe it's just me, but a review of the weekly news drives me to my knees. Our frontrunner candidates for President have some serious issues, our nation is very divided, terrorism seems to be spreading, Iran and North Korea are test firing missiles, the world economy is unstable. Just to name a few. Does anyone gather in communities to try to find commonalities instead of highlight differences? Does anyone gather to pray anymore like we did in the post 9/11 days? Does anyone believe in the power of corporate prayer anymore?

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 15 at 2016 6:38 AM

2016-03-15T06:38:27-04:00

Each election year, including this one, a bunch of the republican candidates claim that they prayed about whether they should run or not, and that God called them to run. And they say that it is all part of God's plan and God's will. Yet both times when they lose and Obama won, they somehow failed to acknowledge that his election was not just the will of the people but the will of God. Seems to me you can't have it both ways. Either the winner is God's will or he isn't. It can't be God's will when republicans win and not when democrats win.

Ted Cruz is pandering to the religious crowd by asking his supporters to fast on Monday prior to the Tuesday primaries. It's astounding to me that anyone would believe that who will win the primary will be determined by God based upon how many people skip meals for a day.

http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/cruz-asks-supporters-to-fast-ahead-of-tuesdays-primaries.html/

Ted Cruz campaign asks supporters to fast on behalf of voters in Tuesday’s primary states

WASHINGTON –Sen. Ted Cruz's campaign asked supporters Monday to consider fasting for the presidential hopeful, one day before delegate-rich primaries that could cement front-runner Donald Trump's grip on the Republican…

Response by LTC Eric Coger made Mar 15 at 2016 6:45 AM

2016-03-15T06:45:01-04:00

Every Sunday at Mass we pray for our leaders, our people, our community, etc. We have groups that have participated in prayer groups that have successfully prayed continuously for decades without interruption for these very things.

Response by SPC Nathan Freeman made Mar 15 at 2016 7:09 AM

2016-03-15T07:09:32-04:00

Our church prays for our nation before each service

Response by Cpl Jon Westbrook made Mar 15 at 2016 9:19 AM

2016-03-15T09:19:17-04:00

I say do what you want, Society says pray where it doesn't make us uncomfortable.

As a Christian I support prayer when appropriate. However, that's sort of the question now isn't it? When is prayer appropriate. You have this entire generation that is so worried about offending other cultures that we no longer stop and practice our own.

I know from personal experience that praying in a corporate environment is now not only frowned upon, but makes you as a company likely to be facing a lawsuit. Our society has really taken a tough stance on this and in a lot of ways I agree with the reasoning, but as a Christian I can also see why people are worried.

Response by Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth made Mar 15 at 2016 10:37 AM

2016-03-15T10:37:59-04:00

"and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14