Every presidential election is of the
utmost importance, for as our leadership goes, so goes the
nation. It is always a four year decision
that has tremendous national and
international consequence.
This year our nation is at an
unprecedented place. We stand at a crossroads where national
decisions made in the next couple of months and years will
literally impact the next 40 years. There is
no doubt that far more hangs in the balance than the usual
matters of significance or importance. You may or may not be
aware, but here is just a glimpse of a few of the
decisions that will be before our national
governmental leaders (whether the President, Congress, or the
Supreme Court) very soon, any one of which will have
sweeping national consequence.
1.) The next administration will without doubt appoint
some number of U.S. Supreme Court justices for life, tipping
the national scales of justice toward
righteousness or unrighteousness for a
generation. (Reference Liberty
and Justice - The Crisis of Our
Time).
2.) The two court cases (Roe v.
Wade and Doe v. Bolton) that brought abortion on demand in
1973, overturning laws in all 50 states, and bringing the
present holocaust of the unborn (with the
loss of 40,000,000 of our children) are again in the courts.
Both of these cases will again be before
the High Court very soon. (Reference Operation
Outcry - Silent No More)
3.) For forty
years our Christian heritage as a nation has been slowly
stripped away, whether from our history books or every
vestige of faith in the public square, the acknowledgement
of God has become a vicious target.
Legislation will be before the U.S.
Congress that could lay the axe to the root and fully
address this abuse defining specific judicial
boundaries within the year. (Reference the Constitution
Restoration Act of 2004).
4.) The
War on Terror is a whole new era for this
nation, and how it is handled will impact the lives of
families and nations.
5.) Whether a person or a
nation, reckoning with past injustice and reconciling with
those wronged or offended is not only a matter of doing what
is right - there is lingering consequence until the wrong is
made right so wounds may heal. An unprecedented
National Resolution of Apology to the Native
Peoples is now before U.S. Congress acknowledging
the atrocities done by the hand of the U.S. government and
the continual breach of covenant and treaties (Reference
bill number S.J.RES.37 or
H.J.RES.98 at the Library of
Congress).
And so much more
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May we consider very seriously the time, and our
responsibility in this critical hour ...
John
Buhler Alabama State Coordinator U.S. Strategic Prayer
Network
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In light of these things, and so many other
signs that we as a nation stand at a pivotal crossroads, we
must embrace our call and responsibility.
Please consider some of the following ways to
ARISE and SHINE as lights in this present world
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Specific
Actions
1.) Please be faithful
in prayer, and even
fasting. Stand in the gap for our
nation in word and deed - with fervent prayer and
decisive action.
2.) Let your voice and
vote be heard! How shall they hear if we do not
speak? Register to vote, and go to the
polls.
May heaven hear our
cry ...
May earth hear an unwavering
voice that comforts the afflicted, defends the
innocent, and reproves injustice ...
3.) Please take
personal responsibility to be informed
(on local and national issues, on candidates, on party
platforms). Make an effort to inform
others. (Reference Informed
Action page)
4.) Be
salt and light! To
preserve this nation, we cannot pretend
moral laws are less real than
physical laws, or the personal and
national consequences will be
devastating.
5.) Find political leaders who
share your values and convictions, and
support their campaign efforts and
volunteer to help.
6.) Consider
involvement in grassroots efforts like Christian
Coalition of Alabama.
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Exhortations
"I looked for a man
to stand in the gap before me for the
Land ..." (Ezek 22:30)
"If my people, who are
called by my name, shall humble themselves, and
pray, and seek my face, and turn from
their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, forgive
their sin, and heal their Land." (2 Chr
7:14)
"Open thy mouth for those
who cannot speak, and in the cause of all such as are
appointed to destruction." (Prov
31:8)
"Open thy mouth, judge
righteously, and plead the cause of the afflicted and
needy." (Prov 31:9)
"And knowing the time, that
now it is high time to AWAKE ..." (Rom
16:11)
"Ye are the salt of the
earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith
shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing,
but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of
men." (Matt 5:13)
"Neither do men
light a candle, and put it under a
bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto
all that are in the house." (Matt
5:15)
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Please see the Informed
Action page to help in registering to vote
or obtaining other details regarding information,
decision, or action.
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As Moses spoke to the nation of Israel at just
such a crossroads for a generation, may we too hear, "I call
heaven and earth to bear witness against you this day, that I
have set before you LIFE and death, BLESSING and cursing:
therefore CHOOSE LIFE that both you and your children may
live." (Deut 30:19)
As a nation, we too stand
at just such a river Jordan ...
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Event Information and
Directions |
Two strategic area-wide
gatherings will occur in North
Alabama to highlight this critical time for our
nation, and to help mobilize the Christian community through
informing, calling to fervent prayer, and encouraging people
to vote. These are not political rallies. Understanding the
unique time we are in, they are a call to prayer and
action for the Body of Christ, that we might be
faithful in our responsibility to both God and man ...
"Then saith he unto them, Render therefore
unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the
things that are God's." (Matt 22:21)
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7pm, Thursday, October 7th
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Area-Wide North Alabama
Gathering The
Shoals
Liberty and
Justice The Crisis of Our Time
with Judge Roy Moore former Chief
Justice Alabama Supreme Court
This will be an evening where Judge Moore will
highlight some issues of
national importance regarding the
present judicial crisis (which has spiraled
out-of-control over the last four decades) and areas of
possibility that are now before us, with the potential
for incredible national impact through prayer and
specific action.
You may reference a brief
summary of the Judicial Crisis here: Liberty
and Justice - The Crisis of Our
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Please also see:
Event
Newspaper Announcement
Event
Flyer Distributed
Location: Highland Baptist Church** 219 Simpson
St Florence, AL 35630 (256) 764-1392 Map
and Directions
Presented
by: Minister's Prayer Fellowship of the Shoals CSR
Ministries Alabama
Strategic Prayer Network and participating
churches
**Please note this location
change from the original flyers distributed
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7pm, Thursday, October 21st
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Area-Wide North Alabama
Gathering Greater
Huntsville
A Call to
Prayer for the Nation
special
invited guests U.S. Senator Richard Shelby U.S.
Representative Robert Aderholt Circuit Court Judge Hon.
John H. Bentley
This will be an evening devoted to
prayer for our nation, where pastors and
leaders from throughout the Greater Huntsville area will
lead us in corporate prayer with specific areas of
national focus (including the president, our
governmental leaders, the upcoming elections, the war on
terror, the judicial crisis, our youth, etc.)
In
addition, we will have strategic governmental
leaders present to give us critical
updates regarding some key issues of national
importance to help inform, educate, and fan the flames
of prayer for the evening.
U.S. Senator
Richard Shelby and U.S. Representative
Robert Aderholt will share updates on what
could be the most significant legislation introduced in
forty years, inspired by Judge Moore, which they each
have now introduced to the U.S.
Congress. | Location: Whitesburg Baptist
Church North Campus (Worship Center) 6806
Whitesburg Dr S Huntsville, AL 35801 (256)
881-7729 Map and
Directions
Presented by: Greater Huntsville
Pastors' Prayer Summit Mission
Huntsville Alabama
Strategic Prayer
Network
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Informed Intercession - Fervent Prayer and
Decisive Action |
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