Proclamation of a National Fast Day - August 12, 1861

PROCLAMATION OF A NATIONAL FAST DAY - August 12, 1861

"Whereas a joint committee of both Houses of Congress has waited on the President of the United States, and requested him to 'recommend a day of public humiliation, prayer and fasting, to be observed by the people of the United States with religious solemnities, and the offering of fervant supplications to Almighty God'...

"It is fitting and becoming in all people, at all times, to acknowledge and revere the Supreme Government of God; to bow in humble submission to his chastisements; to confess and deplore their sins and transgressions in the full conviction that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; and to pray, with all fervancy and contrition, for the pardon of their past offences...

"When our own beloved Country, once, by the blessing of God, united, prosperous and happy, is now afflicted with faction and civil war; it is particularly fit for us to recognize the hand of God in this terrible visitation, and in sorrowful remembrance of our own faults and crimes as a nation and as individuals, to humble ourselves before Him, and to pray for His mercy. ...

"Therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do appoint the last Thursday in September next as a day of humiliation, prayer and fasting for all the people of the nation."

The Influence of Prayer on Evangelism

This week's challenge was to take on the task of prayer when it comes to evangelism. We need God to empower us to win the world for Christ, and we need God's heart and perspective in order to be persistent in our efforts. Both of these things only come through prayer.

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Guest Blog Post

Here is a link to a blog post by my friend Richard Foster, pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Camden.  His post really gets into much of what we have been talking about the last three weeks as we discussed sexuality, God's plan for marriage, and our responsibility to live as holy people in a profane world.

(It's unusually long for a blog post, so read it when you have some time).

Richard Foster: "Why So Much Confusion About Marriage?"

Holy Matrimony

Weddings are big business these days, from bridal expos to dozens of cable reality shows, but marriage is not as celebrated. But God's plan for marriage is still a wonderful gift. This week we looked at why, if we obey God's plan, God will always fulfill his purpose in our marriages.

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Sacred Sex

There's no place area in our culture where God's standards and society's standards and practices are farther apart than in the realm of sexuality.  So why go against the flow?  Why is God so strict about sex anyway?  We try to answer those questions this week.

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