While preparing the kids for another school year, you may add joining in united prayer to your to-do list.
In the time leading up to the 10-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Assemblies of God and the Awakening American Alliance are working to make their Cry Out America prayer initiative a top priority.
The partnering groups believe that just as America was “shaken to its foundation” 10 years ago, the country needs to be shook again – this time with a Christ awakening.
With a recessed economy, dissolving church attendance and lack of absolute truth, united prayer seems to be the preferred means to battle America’s critical spiritual condition, the groups say.
John Maempa, director of the Office of Prayer and Spiritual Care says: “Desperate times call for desperate measures. We must seek God as never before for the moral and spiritual well-being of our nation. Pray that a powerful move of the Holy Spirit will transform our churches to become transformational in the culture.”
People continue to hear the cliche that history repeats itself and the Awakening America Alliance seems to agree with the phrase. The Tennessee-based organization’s website states, “The historical patterns of America’s Great Awakenings indicate that it is in precisely this type of seemingly hopeless national environment that God chooses to move in response to the cries of his people.”
Pastors, volunteering county coordinators, believers and churches, regardless of denomination, will organize prayer gatherings. Some have even began the initiative earlier this month and will continue through Sept. 11, taking on 10 consecutive weeks of community prayer. Regardless of length, either 10 weeks, one day, or anywhere in between, supporters seek to follow structured prayer guides to strengthen America’s biblical foundation and to pray for the Holy Spirit to touch “every state, every county and every heart.”
To learn more about the Awakening America Alliance, how you can get involved in Cry Out America, or to become an Alliance partner, visit www.awakeningamerica.us or call 1-888-9 AWAKE US (292-5387).
