SarahM
Puritan Board Freshman
THe U.S. National Day of Prayer is coming up and I have been grappling (is that a word?) with the idea of the U.S. having a national a day of prayer and Christians supporting it.
My concerns are as follows:
The day is promoted as a day of all faiths to pray; in doing so, are we not only encouraging moralism among the heathen, but a blurring of gospel? Also, the Christian radio station, I was listening to said, "Prayer is America's only hope." I do no understand this statement. Our hope is in Jesus Christ, not in prayer. I agree prayer is important and believers in Christ are told to pray without ceasing, but unless I have the righteousness of Christ, my prayers are an abomination to God (James 5:16; Prov. 15:8, 29). Am I correct or off in my thinking?
My concerns are as follows:
The day is promoted as a day of all faiths to pray; in doing so, are we not only encouraging moralism among the heathen, but a blurring of gospel? Also, the Christian radio station, I was listening to said, "Prayer is America's only hope." I do no understand this statement. Our hope is in Jesus Christ, not in prayer. I agree prayer is important and believers in Christ are told to pray without ceasing, but unless I have the righteousness of Christ, my prayers are an abomination to God (James 5:16; Prov. 15:8, 29). Am I correct or off in my thinking?