- Bob Unruh, WND
But there are those who believe there is a higher power to whom Washington ultimately will answer, and that is the focus of the Presidential Inaugural Prayer Breakfast, Jan. 21 at 7 a.m. at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park hotel.
The event will feature U.S. House Chaplain Father Patrick J. Conroy, “Harbinger” author Rabbi Jonathan Cahn, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn.; Christian Broadcasting Network founder Pat Robertson, Trinity Broadcasting Network host Jan Crouch; entertainer Pat Boone; WND CEO Joseph Farah; Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo.; and others. State Sen. Stewart Greenleaf of Pennsylvania will be the master of ceremonies
“I think it’s important that we pray for our president,” Greenleaf told WND. “We leave other questions to God, but it’s important for us to pray for him and our Congress and others in authority.
“And pray that they put God first in their decision-making process,” he said.
Greenleaf said political party, in this instance, is not relevant.
“They’ve been elected now, and we’ve asked them to do their job,” he said. “I don’t think we should add to that, as American people.”
And, he asked, if people don’t rise above politics for a time of seeking God’s will, how can their representatives be expected to do that?
The event is scheduled to coincide with what, in Washington, is a time of speeches, accolades, political digs, food, wine, music, balls and celebrity parties.
In stark contrast, the prayer breakfast, say organizers, is a time for humbling and seeking God’s will.
Keynoting the decidedly politically incorrect event will be Cahn, whose bestselling book “The Harbinger” also has been made into a bestselling film documentary called “The Isaiah 9:10 Judgment,” produced by Farah.
Cahn’s message to America is to heed warnings from God, turn back to seeking His will, and prosper.
He doesn’t say it, but there’s definitely an “or else” implied, as described in his book, which recounts God’s warnings, or harbingers, to the nation of Israel before it eventually was broken up and taken into captivity by enemies.
Israel suffered, he posits, because it vowed to go it alone, without God, and come back bigger and stronger and better after being ravaged by its enemies. Cahn’s book warns that America right now is experiencing the same judgments, or warnings, from God and needs to heed them immediately.
He documents a series of stunning parallels between the Old Testament collapse of Israel and events in the United States, specifically the 9/11 attacks, the construction on the Ground Zero site and the economic crisis.
The guiding spirit of the prayer event is to be II Chronicles 7:14, which places the burden of a nation’s restoration not on its political leadership, military, social programs, economy or any other locus of earthly power.
Rather, it places the responsibility squarely in the hands of Christians: “If my people, which 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, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/01/washington-plans-meeting-to-call-on-god/#jo4aGj4dtwZKfLJW.99
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