The Response: A call to prayer for a nation in Crisis

The prayer event is over and I have removed the live player and embedded a video of Governor Rick Perry above.






Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, has called for a day of prayer to pray for unity and righteousness - for Texas, for this great nation and all mankind. He urges Americans of faith to pray today for the healing of our country, the rebuilding of our communities and the restoration of enduring values as our guiding force.


If you can't be at Reliant Stadium in Texas, you can follow along at home at The Response, where a livestream will be active during the event that will assist you in guiding your prayers and join with others as they pray. [LINK to website]




Prayer Guide


Today will be a day of fasting and prayer, a gathering unto God as the body of Christ to worship, repent, and pray for America. May Jesus’ name be lifted above every other name today in Reliant Stadium.


The goal today is to worship the Lord in spirit and truth, to come together as a diverse body with sincerity, wholeheartedness and freedom. We encourage you to actively engage in worship in your own heart and by singing out loud. Join with the prayers from the platform by verbally agreeing or taking their words and praying them in your own way. Rather than watching as a spectator, join as a participant.


You are standing before God on behalf of america; he wants to hear your voice.


Gov. Perry Declares August 6th a Day of Prayer
Monday, June 06, 2011 • Austin, Texas • Proclamation


In 1775, the Continental Congress asked the colonies to join in prayer, seeking wisdom as they faced the responsibility and opportunity of building a new nation. As leaders of that young nation assembled in 1787 to craft a Constitution, Benjamin Franklin implored the framers to pray for guidance, famously declaring, "The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: that God governs in the affairs of men." Decades later, during a time of national turmoil, President John Adams declared "a day of solemn humiliation, fasting and prayer," asking citizens of all faiths to pray for America's protection from danger. Later, as civil war tore our young country apart, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a day of national fasting and prayer, saying "It behooves us ... to humble ourselves before the offended Power, to confess our national sins, and to pray to the God that made us." During World War II, with our troops locked in battle on the beaches of France, President Franklin D. Roosevelt led the nation in prayer, "As we rise to each new day, and again when each day is spent, let words of prayer be on our lips, invoking Thy help to our efforts."


Given the trials that have beset our country and world - from the global economic downturn to natural disasters, the lingering danger of terrorism and wars that endanger our troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and theaters of conflict around the globe, and the decline of our culture in the context of the demise of families - it seems imperative that the people of our nation should once again join together for a solemn day of prayer and fasting on behalf of our troubled nation.


In times of trouble, even those who have been granted power by the people must turn to God in humility for wisdom, mercy and direction. In the spirit of the Book of Joel, Chapter 2, Verses 15-16, I urge a solemn gathering of prayer and fasting. As those verses admonish: "15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, declare a holy fast, call a sacred assembly... 16 Gather the people, consecrate the assembly..." As Jesus prayed publicly for the benefit of others in John 11:41-42, so should we express our faith in this way.


THEREFORE, I invite my fellow Texans to join me on August 6 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, as we pray for unity and righteousness - for this great state, this great nation and all mankind. I urge Americans of faith to pray on that day for the healing of our country, the rebuilding of our communities and the restoration of enduring values as our guiding force.


THEREFORE, I, Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, do hereby proclaim August 6, 2011, to be


A Day of Prayer and Fasting for Our Nation


in Texas, and urge the appropriate recognition whereof.


In official recognition whereof, I hereby affix my signature this the 23rd day of May, 2011.


RICK PERRY
Governor of Texas


From John Hagee:












Here is a schedule (all times are in central Time, so add an hour for Eastern Time):



8:00AM
Doors open and pre-event worship


10:00AM
Opening remarks and direction for the day
Worship
Focus: Personal Repentance
Prayer for personal repentance


11:30AM
Worship
Focus: Corporate Repentance
Prayer: Repentance for the Church’s Idolatry
Rapid Succession Prayer
Small Group Prayer


Prayer: Repentance for the shedding of innocent blood
Rapid Succession Prayer


Focus: Prayer for America
Rapid Succession
Small Group Prayer


Focus: Prayer for Israel
Rapid Succession Prayer


1:45PM
Worship
Focus: First Commandment
Worship
Rapid Succession Prayer
Small Group Prayer


Focus: Generational Blessing
Small Group Prayer


3:15PM
Worship
Focus: Revival
Worship
Rapid Succession Prayer
Small Group Prayer
Worship


5:00PM
Closing remarks