Thursday, May 5th was the National Day of Prayer. It also marked one year of our First Thursday Day of Prayer in Carrollton, TX. The theme for this years National Day of Prayer was “A Mighty Fortress” based on Psalm 91:2. We started with that text and then used the ACTS form of prayer. Approximately a dozen people joined the event including the current mayor and a council member who are both running for mayor and another candidate running for city council.
A – Adoration – We read from Job 38 and then joined together in praying and praising our great God!
Fellowship after praying!
C – Confession – We read Psalm 51 and then joined together crying out to God to forgive us both individually and corporately as a country for our sin.
T – Thanksgiving – We read Psalm 107 and then prayed to God to thank Him for everything.
S – Supplication – We read Hebrews 4:14-16 to remind everyone that we can come boldly before God with our requests because of what Jesus has done by shedding His blood on the cross. We then read selected verses from Psalm 33. This was followed by prayer requests to God to guide our nation and our upcoming elections in Carrollton.
We concluded by singing together “A Mighty Fortress” by Martin Luther. Why not spend a few minutes meditating on those words now?
A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing;
Our helper He, amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing:
For still our ancient foe doth seek to work us woe;
His craft and power are great, and, armed with cruel hate,
On earth is not his equal.
Did we in our own strength confide, our striving would be
losing;
Were not the right Man on our side, the Man of God’s own
choosing:
Dost ask who that may be? Christ Jesus, it is He;
Lord Sabaoth, His Name, from age to age the same,
And He must win the battle.
And though this world, with devils filled, should threaten to undo us,
We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us:
The Prince of Darkness grim, we tremble not for him;
His rage we can endure, for lo, his doom is sure,
One little word shall fell him.
That word above all earthly powers, no thanks to them, abideth;
The Spirit and the gifts are ours through Him Who with us sideth:
Let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also;
The body they may kill: God’s truth abideth still,
His kingdom is forever.
Our next prayer event will be Thursday, June 2.
