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Evangelist and president of the Christian charity Samaritan’s Purse, Franklin Graham, announced through his Twitter account a special activity “Prayer March 2020” to take place in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 26.
The goal of the event is to pray for the United States of America because the “nation is in trouble” and needs “God’s help”. So, the evangelist made the invitation for thousands of families, pastors and churches to join him in prayer.
“I’m announcing today that on Sept. 26, I’m going to be in our nation’s capital to pray—& I hope thousands of families, pastors, & churches will join me! Our nation is in trouble, & we need God’s help. Make plans now to come for #PrayerMarch2020,” he wrote on Twitter.
“Our only hope for this country is God,” he says in a video message.
In response to Graham’s calling, the pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, Jack Graham said that he will support the activity and will also invite other to go with him.
“… I will be there. I want to invite every Pastor and church in the SBC and all others who can to join us. Can you imagine thousands of believers praying together for our broken nation? Let’s do it,” he tweeted.
The event’s website says that believers will march from the Lincoln Memorial to the Capitol building covering 1.8 miles while praying for the nation during “extraordinary times.” It will be from noon to 2 p.m.
“America is in trouble. It’s in distress. But we do have hope, and that hope is in Almighty God. And we need to pray now more than ever — more than we have ever done in our lives. Our communities are hurting. Our people are divided. And there’s fear and uncertainty all around us,” Graham says in a video message on the website, referring to riots and violence across the country and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since the May 25 death of George Floyd, a man who died while in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota, riots have been taking place in the US nation. Recently, rioters carrying “Black Lives Matter” signs threw Bibles into a fire in front of the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon, and burned an American flag.
The month of August a season of … crying out and praying and fasting
Jentezen Franklin, is another faith leader that is encouraging people to pray for the nation. The senior pastor of Free Chapel Church in Gainesville, Georgia, called on Americans to join him for 21 days of fasting and prayer beginning Aug. 1.
“I believe the Lord spoke to me and said to make the month of August a season of … crying out and praying and fasting and turning back to God like never before,” Jentezen Franklin said.
“It’s time to fast and pray and break the back of COVID. We must see a divine reversal. We must see a turnaround,” added the host of the weekly television program “Kingdom Connection.”
I’m announcing today that on Sept. 26, I’m going to be in our nation’s capital to pray—& I hope thousands of families, pastors, & churches will join me! Our nation is in trouble, & we need God’s help. Make plans now to come for #PrayerMarch2020. For more: https://t.co/XSqMiRVUlM pic.twitter.com/9BpvpmV6z4
— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) August 8, 2020
Source: The Christian Post
