{"id":2191,"date":"2018-05-18T14:52:05","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T14:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/?p=2191"},"modified":"2018-05-22T18:31:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T18:31:21","slug":"unity-national-day-prayer-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/2018\/05\/18\/unity-national-day-prayer-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Unity – National Day of Prayer 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Dr. Lou Shirey<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 67th<\/sup> annual observance of the National Day of Prayer occurred May 3, 2018.\u00a0The final tally has not been released, but in recent years people have gathered in more than 40,000 venues throughout the United States to pray for our nation.<\/p>\n

My wife, Becky, and I have been privileged for the past seven years to represent the IPHC at the observance in Washington, D.C.\u00a0\u00a0Held in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol, this year was an exceptional time of unified prayer and proclamation.\u00a0\u00a0We left saying to each other, \u201cThat was too short.\u201d<\/p>\n

The chosen theme of \u201cUnity\u201d reverberated throughout the evening.\u00a0\u00a0Ephesians 4:3 reads, \u201cMaking every effort to keep the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace.\u201d\u00a0This verse is a strong biblical reminder of the importance of unity within the church of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

\u201cA divided church cannot call a divided nation to unity,\u201d Dr. Ronnie Floyd, president of the National Day of Prayer, stated this early in the program to remind us that our fractured nation can only be ministered to through a unified church.\u00a0\u00a0A variety of impactful speakers shared for five minutes each, and then we were called as a group to pray for repentance, for unity among the leaders of our nation, and for unity among ethnicities.\u00a0\u00a0We huddled in small groups and prayed, and other times we were on our knees crying to God to heal our nation.<\/p>\n

The Brooklyn Tabernacle Singers presented their powerful songs sprinkled throughout the evening.\u00a0\u00a0Imagine these anointed singers filling up the space of Statuary Hall with their praises to God!<\/p>\n

Possibly the highlight of the observance was an interview by Dr. Floyd with Pastor Frank and Sherri Pomeroy who serve as pastors of First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.\u00a0\u00a0Their church is where 26 people were killed on November 5, 2017.\u00a0\u00a0This brave couple brokenly shared about the healing that God is doing within their church and their community.\u00a0\u00a0Their 14-year-old daughter was one of the church attendees that was killed.\u00a0\u00a0Pastor Frank then led us in prayer for unity and security in America\u2019s churches, schools, and communities.<\/p>\n

A portion of the observance can be seen by viewing the National Day of Prayer video online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

God bring unity to our churches!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,99],"tags":[510,318,68,90,11],"class_list":{"0":"post-2191","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general","8":"category-win","9":"tag-510","10":"tag-may","11":"tag-national-day-of-prayer","12":"tag-prayer","13":"tag-win","14":"entry"},"title_es":"Unidad - D\u00eda Nacional de Oraci\u00f3n 2018","content_es":"Por el Dr. Lou Shirey<\/strong> La 67 \u00aa<\/sup> celebraci\u00f3n anual del D\u00eda Nacional de Oraci\u00f3n producido 3 de mayo de 2018. La cuenta final no ha sido puesto en libertad, pero en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os, las personas se han reunido en m\u00e1s de 40.000 lugares en todo Estados Unidos para orar por nuestra naci\u00f3n. Mi esposa, Becky, y yo hemos tenido el privilegio durante los \u00faltimos siete a\u00f1os de representar al IPHC en la celebraci\u00f3n en Washington, DC celebrada en el Statuary Hall en el Capitolio de EE. UU. Este a\u00f1o fue un momento excepcional de oraci\u00f3n unificada y proclamaci\u00f3n. Dejamos de decirnos el uno al otro: \"Eso fue demasiado corto\". El tema elegido de \"Unidad\" reverber\u00f3 durante toda la noche. Efesios 4: 3 dice: \"Haciendo todo lo posible por mantener la unidad del esp\u00edritu mediante el v\u00ednculo de la paz\". Este vers\u00edculo es un fuerte recordatorio b\u00edblico de la importancia de la unidad dentro de la iglesia de Jesucristo. \"Una iglesia dividida no puede llamar naci\u00f3n dividida a la unidad\", dijo el Dr. Ronnie Floyd, presidente del D\u00eda Nacional de Oraci\u00f3n, al principio del programa para recordarnos que nuestra naci\u00f3n fracturada solo puede ser ministrada a trav\u00e9s de una iglesia unificada. Una variedad de oradores impactantes compartieron durante cinco minutos cada uno, y luego fuimos llamados como grupo para orar por el arrepentimiento, por la unidad entre los l\u00edderes de nuestra naci\u00f3n y por la unidad entre las etnias. Nos acurrucamos en peque\u00f1os grupos y oramos, y otras veces est\u00e1bamos de rodillas llorando a Dios para sanar a nuestra naci\u00f3n. Los Brooklyn Tabernacle Singers presentaron sus poderosas canciones rociadas durante toda la noche. \u00a1Imagina a estos cantantes ungidos llenando el espacio de Statuary Hall con sus alabanzas a Dios! Posiblemente el punto culminante de la celebraci\u00f3n fue una entrevista del Dr. Floyd con el pastor Frank y Sherri Pomeroy, que sirven como pastores de la Primera Iglesia Bautista en Sutherland Springs, Texas. Su iglesia es donde murieron 26 personas el 5 de noviembre de 2017. Esta valiente pareja comparti\u00f3 sobre la sanaci\u00f3n que Dios est\u00e1 haciendo dentro de su iglesia y su comunidad. Su hija de 14 a\u00f1os fue una de las asistentes a la iglesia que fue asesinada. El pastor Frank nos gui\u00f3 en oraci\u00f3n por la unidad y la seguridad en las iglesias, escuelas y comunidades de los Estados Unidos. Una parte de la observancia se puede ver al ver el video del D\u00eda Nacional de Oraci\u00f3n en l\u00ednea<\/a> . \u00a1Dios traiga unidad a nuestras iglesias!","author_name":"","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/05\/2018-National-Day-of-Prayer-UNITY.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb62Bx-zl","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}