{"id":239,"date":"2019-12-18T23:27:49","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T23:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/granburyministries.org\/?page_id=239"},"modified":"2021-04-28T12:38:51","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T17:38:51","slug":"national-day-of-prayer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/granburyministries.org\/index.php\/national-day-of-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 National Day of Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-64\" src=\"http:\/\/granburyministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Alatha-leading-worship-HCN1-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"http:\/\/granburyministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Alatha-leading-worship-HCN1-300x204.jpg 300w, http:\/\/granburyministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Alatha-leading-worship-HCN1-1024x696.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/granburyministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Alatha-leading-worship-HCN1-768x522.jpg 768w, http:\/\/granburyministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Alatha-leading-worship-HCN1-1536x1044.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/granburyministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Alatha-leading-worship-HCN1-735x500.jpg 735w, http:\/\/granburyministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Alatha-leading-worship-HCN1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>&#8220;In 1775 the Continental Congress allocated a time for prayer in forming a new nation. Over the years, there have been calls for a day of prayer, including from President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. On April 17, 1952, President Harry Truman signed a bill proclaiming the National Day of Prayer into law in the United States. President Reagan amended the law in 1988, designating the first Thursday of May each year as the National Day of Prayer<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">.&#8221; (Copied from: <\/span><span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/holidays\/us\/national-day-prayer\">https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/holidays\/us\/national-day-prayer<\/a>.) <\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 2021 National Day of Prayer will be Thursday, May 6th. The National Day of Prayer was established in 1952 as an annual observance in our Nation by Congressional Resolution and Presidential Proclamation. In l988 President Ronald Reagan and Congress fixed the Day as the first Thursday in May.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Throughout our Nation, communities honor our Lord by praying together for their Community, State, Nation and the World. Here in Hood County we will do this at a worship and prayer gathering in Hewlett Park from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.\u00a0 The Park is on Pearl Street across from the Lake Granbury Conference Center.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>YOU ARE INVITED!\u00a0 <\/strong>We pray that you will join us at Hewlett Park to seek and exalt our great God together.\u00a0 Please click on the video to see our invitation to<strong> YOU<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"width: 1025px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-239-1\" width=\"1025\" height=\"577\" poster=\"http:\/\/granburyministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/web-page-header-e1471477470282.jpg\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/granburyministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/NDOP-V02-FINAL.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/granburyministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/NDOP-V02-FINAL.mp4\">http:\/\/granburyministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/NDOP-V02-FINAL.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">These events are planned and sponsored by the <a href=\"http:\/\/granburyministries.org\/index.php\/prayer-task-force\/\">Hood County Prayer Task Force<\/a>, a ministry of the Lake Granbury Ministerial Alliance.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;In 1775 the Continental Congress allocated a time for prayer in forming a new nation. 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