Dear editor:

The National Day of Prayer is this Thursday, May 7. The organizers of the 2015 National Day of Prayer are asking Christians to all pray individually, at 1 p.m. Thursday, the following prayer prepared by Dr. Jack Graham.
The regional National Day of Prayer event in Great Bend is at 7 p.m. the Crest Theater. It’s a free event for corporate prayer and praise.
For more regional events please go to nationaldayofprayer.org.
    2015  National Prayer by Dr. Jack Graham:
We come to You in the Name that is above every name — Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Our hearts cry out to You.
Knowing that You are a prayer-answering, faithful God — the One we trust in times like these — we ask that You renew our spirits, revive our churches, and heal our land.
We repent of our sins and ask for Your grace and power to save us. Hear our cry, oh God, and pour out Your Spirit upon us that we may walk in obedience to Your Word.
We are desperate for Your tender mercies. We are broken and humbled before You.
Forgive us, and in the power of Your great love, lift us up to live in Your righteousness.
We pray for our beloved nation. May we repent and return to You and be a light to the nations. And we pray for our leaders and ask that You give them wisdom and faith to follow You.
Preserve and protect us, for You are our refuge and only hope.
Deliver us from all fears except to fear You, and may we courageously stand in the Truth that sets us free.
We pray with expectant faith and grateful hearts.
In Jesus’s name, our Savior.
Amen.

Leslie Mayo
Great Bend