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Dear John,
You are keenly aware that 2020 is an extremely important year for our values. It's crunch time for America's future.
Monumental battles will rage in the coming months. Currently, the Left is relentlessly pursuing their partisan impeachment proceedings against President Trump... a thinly-veiled attempt to stop the advance of the conservative agenda.
I believe America will rise or fall based on the actions and engagement of Americans like you and me -- those who believe faith, family, and freedom must be preserved.
With every other ad seeming to be a political one right now, spending less time consuming cable TV entertainment (masquerading as news) and instead spending more time on our knees in prayer is a good idea for all of us.
One Scripture passage describes how believers should begin every day:
"First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way." -- 1 Timothy 2:1-2
It's a convicting message each of us should take to heart. Before we pray over meals or bring our other petitions before God, the Bible says "first of all" to pray for those in authority.
Today, that means praying for our city council members, mayors, state representatives, members of Congress, Governors, Supreme Court Justices... and certainly for President Trump and his administration.
I am asking you to pledge to pray for our nation. "Intercession" means to intervene on behalf of another -- or, put another way, to stand in the gap.
Will you commit to stand in the gap for our nation alongside FRC?
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One intercessor in the biblical history of Israel was young David, who stood for the people of God against the giant Goliath. In 1 Samuel 17, we see how he fought the powerful foes gathered against them, armed with just his sling and five smooth stones.
As our current battle heats up, it's clear who the special-interest Goliaths are today -- those who are enemies of innocent life. Planned Parenthood Action Fund has pledged to spend $45 million in this year's elections. In 2018, the pro-abortion group Emily's List raised and spent more than $110 million, a fraction of its planned spending for this year.
Those are the same groups who last year coordinated a wave of state laws intended to legalize abortion up tothe point of birth. Tragically, New York and Illinois passed the barbaric laws, and other states are on these groups' 2020 target list.
When we look at biblical examples of intercessors, they were not armed with the most powerful earthly resources. Young David rejected the heavy armor and sword of King Saul in favor of the simple defensive tools of a shepherd -- the tools he knew best.
Israelite worship leader Asaph concludes Psalm 78 by praising God for how He used David as an instrument of deliverance, saying, "David shepherded [his people] with integrity of heart; with skillful hands he led them."
Integrity of heart and skillful hands. Working through young David, those are the only tools God needed to bring down the giant Goliath and the Philistines' reign of terror over the Israelite people. It is our prayer that FRC is known by those same defining attributes.
As we face pressing needs in this season, will you support FRC with prayer and with your financial gifts to advance our mission? Every dollar makes a difference!
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With more than 60 million defenseless American lives in the womb lost to abortion-on-demand since 1973, it's an alarming indicator of our depraved culture that pro-abortion forces continue raising funds for their wicked cause.
FRC has "slingshot strategies" for impacting culture and policy with truth -- and we've learned to skillfully wield them. Our daily radio show Washington Watch engages and equips believers like you, and now reaches 336 stations nationally.
Thousands of pastors nationwide receive updates that help them inform and activate their congregations with the truth in these deceptive times. And FRC is increasing our training efforts, so parents and leaders at local school boards are equipped to stand up for what is right.
I thank you for joining me in the pledge to pray. Discernment, wisdom, and, most of all, prayer are needed for Christians seeking to apply biblical principles to the issues facing our nation.
Yes, let's stay informed of events happening right now and be wise as we seek out truth.
But let us never neglect to start and end the day on our knees, interceding for our nation by crying out to God for truth to prevail, for innocent lives to be saved, and for the Kingdom of God to advance.
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