National Day of Prayer in D.C.

Wow, what an exciting and long day Sandy and I had in Washington D.C.

We arrived at the Cannon Caucus Room at 11 am for a noon prayer gathering.  It was broadcast live on GodTv.  Shirley Dobson, sick with a cold and all, led the meeting.  Ravi Zacharias was the keynote speaker.  Ravi did a marvelous job talking about the power of prayer in his life and the power it has in all our lives.  He is so eloquent!  He focused on the fact that prayer is our strength and shield.  Our ultimate hope and answer lies in a sovereign God who is a near as a friend.

There were government officials; congressman, judges and pentagon representatives.  The Secretary of the Interior took the main stage fromt he White House.  Mr. Kemphorne is a devout follower of Jesus and did a great job sharing his heart for prayer.  There was a great time of worship led by the worship leader of Thomas Road Baptist Church.  Dave Butts from Harvest Prayer Ministries is the National Prayer Committee chairman and led in one of the prayers for the government.

We left that gathering around 3 pm and went to the lawn of the capital where the local expression of the days event had gathered.  There was a nice crowd of diverse ethnic and church representation.  Dave Butts was one of the national prayer leaders who led a section of the prayer time.  It was a gorgeous sunny day.  We then went to dinner with the NPC group at Union Station.  Had a wonderful time of fellowship.  Sandy was able to meet Beth Moore and she was thrilled!  Beth will be next year’s honorary chairman and keynote speaker.

Well we are getting ready to fly home!  God truly blessed us with this wonderful experience.  As one of the NPC leaders said, “the Kingdom advances through friends