WND EXCLUSIVE
CHRISTIANS' 1 MESSAGE: JOIN 9/11 DAY OF PRAYER AND REPENTANCE
3 national conference calls to be held Friday
That America is turning away from God is evidenced by events that are documented: Millions of unborn children have been killed in the womb through abortion, sexual immorality has been legitimized by the U.S. Supreme Court and materialism has taken over the culture – just look around.
Which makes now a perfect time for Americans to confess their sins as a nation and repent of their wicked ways. They will have a chance to do so Friday during the annual 9/11 National Day of Prayer and Repentance.
WND Founder and CEO Joseph Farah first issued the call for such a day on September 11, 2013. He was quickly joined by such figures as Rabbi Jonathan Cahn, former Rep. Michele Bachmann, Greg Laurie and Chuck Norris, and the movement is surging.
The 9/11 Day of Prayer asks believers to follow God’s call as outlined in 2 Chronicles 7:14, which reads: “If My people who are called by name will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their evil ways, I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.”
Supporters pointedly say that leaves the future in the hands of Christians, and all believers are encouraged to join however they want to: individual prayer, group prayer, church gatherings, regional or citywide gatherings, media events, fasting or another way.
Interested people may also join Joseph and Elizabeth Farah, David and Jason Benham, Rabbi Jonathan Cahn, Dr. Richard Land and others in three national repentance conference calls, which will begin at 12:15 p.m., 1:15 p.m., and 3:15 p.m. Eastern time. Members of the public are asked to call 712-432-0075, then dial passcode 1412452#.
During these conference calls, various leaders will share the need to repent, and then all will have a chance to repent and pray for God’s mercy on America.
Numerous Christian and Jewish leaders have spoken to WND about the importance of prayer and repentance and offered their endorsements of the 9/11 Day of Prayer. Here are some of their comments:
Rabbi Jonathan Cahn, author of “The Harbinger:”
“I urge you, I appeal to you this year on September 11, take this day, consecrate this day, set it apart for a time of coming before our God in prayer, in supplication, in appealing to Heaven, in repentance, and in hope for God to do his thing, to touch and to have his way. Because as long as God exists, there is hope, and as long as there is His people, there is that crucial word ‘if’ – if we will, He will answer. God will do it.”
Pastor Carl Gallups, speaker, radio host, and author of “Be Thou Prepared:”
“When we say America needs to repent, what we’re really saying is America needs to turn around. America needs to change directions. We’ve wandered away from the word of God. We’ve wandered away from the goodness and the mercy and the grace of God. We’ve decided that we don’t need God anymore.”
Jason Benham, entrepreneur, author, and WND columnist:
“If Jesus Himself says he can’t do anything on his own, and he lived a perfect life, how much more can you or I do except through the power of prayer and getting in touch with our Creator.”
Joni Earekson Tada, founder of Joni and Friends International Disability Center:
“On a day like this when we focus on 9/11, I am reminded not to pray inward, but to pray outward, because we live in a world where there are so many atrocities being committed and evil seems to be on the rise. There is a swelling movement to come up against America, against Israel, against the enlightenment of the West. This is a spiritual warfare. Oh my goodness. If it was never clear before, it was clear now that we are in a spiritual warfare. And with evil growing as it is, we need to tear down those strongholds with powerful and specific prayers.”
Ted Baehr, publisher of MovieGuide.org:
"We're at a place in our country, a moment in time, where we have to make a tremendous difference, and we can't do it ourselves. Only God can do it. So this is our opportunity to get together on 9/11 Day of Prayer and pray for the nation, pray for the world, pray for revival, and pray that the forces of darkness will be driven out of the land in Jesus' name."
Ken Ham, president of Answers in Genesis:
"When you read the Bible, it doesn't say 'if you pray,' it says 'when you pray,' and that's something that we need to understand. We're told in the New Testament to pray without ceasing, and I think a lot of people have gotten away from that. We need to realize that God commands us to pray."
Richard Land, president of the Southern Evangelical Seminary:
"We've got to turn back to God, we've got to confess our sins, we've got to ask for God's intervention, we've got to humble ourselves and understand that our problems are God-sized problems. Only God can cure what ails us in America, and it starts with repentance and rededication and revival among God’s people. Without repentance and without revival among God's people, it will never happen."
Dan Cummins, pastor and director of church relations for ReAL:
"Prayer is important for America because prayer moves the hand of God. But even more importantly, prayer puts the Christian, the believer, in the most optimal position for God to move in our lives… So for the nation to pray, it puts us in the optimal position for God to move upon our country."
Stephen Kendrick, producer and co-writer of "War Room:"
"God has worked miraculously in previous generations when believers united together across racial and denominational lines and began to cry out to Him on behalf of their nations. With the second and first Great Awakenings in America happened because believers were praying. We believe the time is now for believers to get desperate before the Lord and begin to cry out to Him based upon what is going on in our country."
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