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THANK YOU, CONNIE.[National Day Of Prayer Event on May 6, 2021.]
IT IS A JOY TO WELCOME EACH OF YOU TO THIS 70TH NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, 70 YEARS.AND THIS IS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, DIFFERENT TIMES TODAY, BUT WHAT A BLESSING IT IS THAT WE HAVE THE FREEDOM TO GATHER AND TO PRAY.
AND WE ALL COME FROM DIFFERENT PLACES.
AND, BUT WHAT A JOY, WHAT A BLESSING THAT WE CAN DO THIS.
AND I WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU BECAUSE THE CITY ALLOWS ME TO JOIN WITH THEM TO DO THIS.
AND THIS IS THIS HUBER HEIGHTS, NICE DAY PRAYER.
ISN'T IT WONDERFUL THAT A CITY DOES THIS.
AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE A VERY IMPORTANT PERSON, ALTHOUGH HE DOESN'T CONSIDER HIMSELF OR CALL HIMSELF THAT, BUT HE IS SO IMPORTANT AND WHAT A WONDERFUL PERSON HE IS AND SUPPORT AND EVERYTHING.
AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HE DOES OR HAVE ANY IDEA, IF YOU GO ON THE HUBER HEIGHTS WEBSITE AND JUST LOOK UP THE CLERK OF COURT, YOU WILL SEE ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT TONY ROGERS DOES, YOU WOULD BE AMAZED BY IT.
SO I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE TONY AND THANK HIM FOR ALL THAT HE DOES.
AND HE'S THE, HE'S THE ONE THAT IS THE CATALYST TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
IT'S A JOY, BUT WE DO HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT FIRST OF ALL, IF SOMEONE FORGOT, LIKE I SOMETIMES DO, PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES.
WE WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF COVID PANDEMIC.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, INSTEAD OF ALL OF THE PAPER, WE ARE PROJECTING ON THE SCREENS AND MAYBE NEXT YEAR, WE WILL BE ABLE TO BE BACK TO WHAT WE CALL OUR NORMAL, BUT THEN THERE'S ALWAYS THAT THING OF MODIFYING AND IMPROVING ON EVERYTHING.
SO WITH US, AND WE'RE SO HAPPY TODAY THAT WE COULD HAVE MILITARY AND VETERANS COMMISSION MEMBERS HERE WITH US TODAY.
PRAISE GOD FOR YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE STAND AND FACE THE COLORS OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL THAT.
LET'S BOW OUR HEADS, OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME, THY KINGDOM COME, I WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
GIVE US THIS DAY, OUR DAILY BREAD AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US AND LEAD US, NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US REVEAL THE KING POWER AND THE GLORY FOREVER.
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE BE SEATED.IT IS MY PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO RECOGNIZE AND REMEMBER WILLIAM FRANCIS, BREON, BETTER KNOWN TO US, THOSE OF US WHO KNEW HIM AS BILL.
UM, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GETTING TO KNOW BILL, UH, TO A SMALL DEGREE, AND IF YOU'RE NOT, UH, HAVING PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER, UH, HE WAS THE FAITHFUL HUSBAND OF, UH, PASTOR JERRY.
AND HE WAS A, A LIGHT TO ALL THOSE IN HIS, UH, CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO ESPECIALLY RECOGNIZE HIM FOR HIS SERVICE TO OUR NATION.
UM, WE'VE ALREADY SAID THE PREJUDICE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S, UH, PROBABLY NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT TODAY, BUT, UH, I CERTAINLY HONOR THE SACRIFICE OF OUR VETERANS, INCLUDING BILL, BECAUSE, UH, WHAT LOT OF PEOPLE SEEM TO HAVE FORGOTTEN TODAY? IF I MAY BE SO BOLD, IS THAT FREEDOM ISN'T FREE.
UH, OUR FREEDOM COMES, EXCUSE ME.
OUR FREEDOM COMES AT A HIGH COST.
IT COMES AT A VERY HIGH COST AND WE WANT TO REMEMBER AND THANK BILL FOR HIS SERVICE ALONG WITH ALL OUR VETERANS.
WILL YOU PRAY WITH ME? OH GOD, WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THE GIFT OF BILL FATHER.
WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT HE MEANT TO THOSE.
AND EVEN TO THOSE, HE DIDN'T KNOW.
AND FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR NOT ONLY HIS SERVICE TO CHRIST KINGDOM, BUT FOR ALL THE, WE ALSO GIVE YOU THANKS FOR HIS SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY.
AND WE REMEMBER HIM AND ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY, WHETHER THEY'RE LONG GONE AND IN YOUR EVERLASTING ARMS OR WHETHER THEY'RE INACTIVE DUTY TODAY AND FATHER, WE THANK THEM.
FEW PEOPLE, I THINK TRULY UNDERSTAND THE SACRIFICE THAT NOT ONLY OUR VETERANS MAKE, BUT THEIR FAMILIES MAKE AS WELL.
SO WE GIVE YOU THANKS LORD, FOR THOSE WHO VOLUNTEER FOR THOSE WHO VOLUNTEER TO KEEP US SAFE, TO KEEP OUR RIGHT TO PRAISE AND WORSHIP YOU FREELY ON SUNDAY MORNING SAFE WHO KEEP OUR RIGHT TO HAVE FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY AND FREE SPEECH SAFE FROM ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
SO WE LIFT THEM UP TO YOU LORD AND ASK THAT YOU BLESS THEM, THAT YOU BLESS THEM IN THEIR FAMILIES.
AND LORD HELP US TO UNDERSTAND HOW IN EVEN A SMALL WAY, WE CAN LET THEM KNOW HOW GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL WE ARE FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE FOR US AND THEIR COUNTRY.
WE PRAY AND GIVE THANKS FOR THEM.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO TELL EVERYONE THAT THE CANDLE ON THE TABLE BACK THERE IS AN HONOR OF BILL AND HIS PLACE ON THE TEAM THAT HELPED YOUR SO MUCH.
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THESE LAST YEARS, UH, IN THIS ENDEAVOR, WE LOOK UP AND SEE THE BILLIONS OF STARS YOU CREATED, AND WE PRAISE YOU.WE LOOK AROUND AND SEE THE BILLIONS OF PEOPLE YOU CREATED IN YOUR IMAGE, UNIQUELY FEARFULLY, WONDERFULLY.
AND WE THANK YOU, WRAP US IN YOUR SPIRIT AND UNITE US IN YOUR FAMILY.
LORD, THANK YOU FOR LOVING US FIRST IN YOUR LOVE FOR THE WHOLE WORLD.
YOU SENT YOUR SON TO SAVE US JESUS AND YOU ALONE.
WE HAVE ABUNDANT AND EVERLASTING LIFE.
THANK YOU FOR TEACHING AND LEADING US TO LOVE FRUITFUL AND FAITHFUL IN YOUR LIFE.
DEATH, RESURRECTION, AND ASCENSION.
OUR LOVE OUR LIFE AND OUR LIBERTY.
YOU CAME TO BIND UP THE BROKENHEARTED TO PROCLAIM, TO PROCLAIM LIBERTY, TO CAPTIVES AND FREEDOM TO PRISONERS.
YOU HAVE FREE TO US FROM THE PENALTY AND SHAME OF OUR SIN FREE TO LIVE LIFE.
AS YOU DESIGNED AND YOUR DESTINY FOR OUR NATION SPIRIT, SEARCH US, CONVICT US AS WE REPENT FOR OUR SIN AND THE SINS OF AMERICA, PLEASE CLEANSE, FILL AND SEND US.
WE REJOICE KNOWING THAT YOUR FORGIVENESS MAKES US ACCEPTABLE AND EFFECTIVE VESSELS FOR YOUR LOVE LIFE AND LIBERTY AND OUR FAMILY CHURCH EDUCATION WORKPLACE, MILITARY GOVERNMENT, ART ENTERTAINMENT, AND MEDIA.
WE PRAY THAT AMERICA WILL BE UNITED IN LOVE TO SERVE YOU WITH ALL OUR HEARTS ALL OUR WAYS.
AND ALL OF OUR DAYS UNITE US TO PRAY, LOVE TO LIVE AND WALK BY THE SPIRIT CONFORM AND TRANSFORM US AS WE PRAY AND PROCLAIM.
NOW, THE LORD IS THE SPIRIT AND WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS.
WE PRAY THIS IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
HELLO, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME, I'M OFFICER NICK LAMBERT, UH, HUBER HEIGHTS.
AND, UH, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
UH, FOR A LOT OF COMMUNITIES, THERE WAS A LOT OF HATE TOWARDS EVERY SINGLE OFFICER.
UM, AND I JOINED THE AIR FORCE AT 18, STRAIGHT FROM THERE, WENT INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND MY EXPERIENCE WITH EVERYBODY HAS IT JUST BEEN LOVE.
AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE WORKING FOR A, A COMMUNITY IN A CITY LIKE HUBER HEIGHTS RATHER THAN ANY OTHER CITY THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT, UH, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE LOVE THAT THEY SHOW THE POLICE OFFICERS AND ALL THE OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS.
IF YOU PLEASE, BY YOUR HEADS, WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THE LOVE.
YOU PROVIDE US FOR THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE EVERY DAY AND FOR YOUR PROTECTION OVER ALL OF MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
EVERY DAY I STAND HERE TODAY AS A POLICE OFFICER PLEADING ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHER POLICE OFFICERS, PLEASE, GOD KEEP US SAFE.
LET US SERVE YOU, OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITIES WITH LOVE, WHERE THERE IS HATE TOWARDS US.
POUR OUT YOUR LOVE, HELP US SHOW YOUR LOVE, DO YOUR WILL, AND BE A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS.
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STAND THERE PLEASE.THIS IS MY FIRST TIME BEING UP HERE AND, UH, TRYING TO LEARN MY WAY OUT.
I'M SUPPOSED TO READ A PRAYER.
WOULD YOU STAND WITH HIM? LIKE, UM, AND WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO EVERYONE, THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW THIS IS OUR NEW CHIEF,
AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL YOU'RE HERE AND NO, I DIDN'T EXPECT THAT HE WOULD COME.
WE WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU TODAY.
I CAN SAY FOR ON BEHALF OF THAT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL, UM, A SHORT AND JUST KIND OF PASS THE MANTLE, PLEASE, PLEASE.
YOU ALL WORK ALL EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AND WHEN YOU'RE BETTER, I HAVE A PRAYER FOR BOTH THE PEOPLE.
SO THANK YOU GOD, FOR CHIEF KNISELY.
AND WE JUST ASK THAT YOU JUST GIVE HIM WISDOM AND VISION TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND MAKE THE RIGHT CALLS AND JUST BLESS HIM AND BLESS HIS FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ALL OF MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REALM AND THE MEDICS, AND EVERY CALL THAT THEY GO ON AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY SEE AND HELP THEM GOD AND HELP THEM DEAL WITH ALL THE DIFFICULT CALLS, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW DURING COVID KEEP THEM PARTICULARLY SAFE AND SAFE FROM ALL HARM AND JUST CONTINUE YOUR HAND AND PROTECTION OVER THEM.
AND NOW GOD, WE OFFER THANKS AND PRAISE TO YOU FOR ALL OF OUR EMERGENCY PERSONNEL.
LORD, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE THERE FOR US.
AND WE NEED TO SOMETIMES JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM.
SO LORD, HELP US TO JUST SHARE A APPRECIATION FOR THE MANY SACRIFICES THAT THEY MAKE ON OUR BEHALF, THE SACRIFICES OF THEIR FAMILIES, LORD, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE HOUR WHEN THEY'RE CALLED UPON THEY COME OR THEY GO, LORD IS NOT A BUSY SIGNAL THAT WE GET FROM THEM.
THERE'S NOT A LEAVE A MESSAGE AND WE WILL GET THAT TO YOU, BUT WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE COMING TO HELP US.
SO LORD BLESS AND ANOINT THEM AND KEEP THEM SAFE IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE? NO.
WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION ON NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY AMERICANS OF MANY RELIGIONS AND BELIEF SYSTEMS HAVE TURNED TO PRAYER FOR STRENGTH, HOPE AND GUIDANCE.
PRAYER HAS NOURISHED COUNTLESS SOULS AND PART MORAL MOVEMENTS, INCLUDING ESSENTIAL FIGHTS AGAINST RACIAL INJUSTICE, CHILD, LABOR AND INFRINGEMENT.
ON THE RIGHTS OF DISABLED AMERICANS.
PRAYER IS ALSO A DAILY PRACTICE.
FOR MANY, WHETHER IT IS TO ASK FOR HELP OR STRENGTH ARE TO GIVE THANKS OVER BLESSINGS BESTOWED.
THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO OUR CONSTITUTION PROTECTS THE RIGHTS OF FREE SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, INCLUDING THE RIGHT OF ALL AMERICANS TO PRAY.
THESE FREEDOMS HAVE HELPED US TO CREATE AND SUSTAIN A NATION OF REMARKABLE RELIGIOUS VITALITY AND DIVERSITY ACROSS THE GENERATIONS TODAY.
REMEMBER AND CELEBRATE THE ROLE THAT THE HEALING BALM OF PRAYER CAN PLAY IN OUR LIVES AND IN THE LIFE OF OUR NATION.
AS WE CONTINUE TO CONFRONT THE CRISIS AND CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME FROM A DEADLY PANDEMIC TO THE LOSS OF LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS IN ITS WAKE TO A RECKONING ON RACIAL JUSTICE, TO THE EXEMPT STERILE THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, AMERICANS OF FAITH CAN CALL UPON THE POWER OF PRAYER TO PROVIDE HOPE AND UPLIFT US FOR THE WORK AHEAD.
AS THE LATE CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS ONCE SAID NOTHING CAN STOP THE POWER OF A COMMITTED AND DETERMINED PEOPLE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR SOCIETY.
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ARE THE MOST DYNAMIC LINK TO THE DIVINE OF THIS PLANET.ON THIS NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, WE UNITE WITH PURPOSE AND RESOLVE AND RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO THE CORE FREEDOMS THAT HELP DEFINE AND GUIDE OUR NATION FROM ITS EARLIEST DAYS.
WE CELEBRATE OUR INCREDIBLE GOOD FORTUNE THAT AS AMERICANS, WE CAN EXERCISE OUR CONVICTIONS FREELY, NO MATTER OUR FAITH, OUR BELIEFS LET US FIND IN OUR PRAYERS.
HOWEVER, THEY ARE DELIVERED THE DETERMINATION TO OVERCOME ADVERSITY, RISE ABOVE OUR DIFFERENCES AND COME TOGETHER AS ONE NATION TO MEET THIS MOMENT IN HISTORY, THE CONGRESS BY PUBLIC LAW, 103 OH SEVEN, AS AMENDED HAS CALLED ON THE PRESIDENT TO ISSUE EACH YEAR OF PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE FIRST THURSDAY IN MAY AS A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.
NOW, THEREFORE I, JOSEPH R BIDEN JR.
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME BY THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY SIX, 2021 AS A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.
I INVITE THE CITIZENS OF OUR NATION TO GIVE THANKS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR OWN FAITH AND CONSCIENCE FOR OUR MANY FREEDOMS AND BLESSINGS.
AND I JOINED ALL PEOPLE OF FAITH IN PRAYERS FOR SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE, MERCY AND PROTECTION AND WITNESS.
WHERE OF, I HAVE IRAN TO SET MY HAND THIS FIFTH DAY OF MAY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 2021 AND OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 245TH, I HAVE NOTHING PREPARED, BUT WE'RE GONNA WING THIS.
WE, UM, LIKE TO, UH, SAY A PRAYER FOR OUR NATIONAL LEVEL LEADERS, OUR PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN, HIS CABINET STAFF AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THE US SENATE AND HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES, THEIR STAFF AND THEIR FAMILIES.
GOD, THESE FOLKS HAVE HAD A CALLING TO SERVE ARE THE PEOPLE OF THIS GREAT NATION.
AND I ASK THAT YOU PROVIDE THEM THE WISDOM, COMPASSION, AND CARING TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, WHICH SERVE THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.
AND I GUESS THAT YOU CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT GUIDANCE AND LEADERSHIP SO THAT OUR COUNTRY CAN CONTINUE TO BE THE COUNTRY.
THAT IT IS A WONDERFUL PLACE IN WHICH WE LIVE, PROTECT THESE PEOPLE.
AND AGAIN, GIVE THEM THE GUIDANCE AND WISDOM THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS FOR US.
IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF OHIO, WHEREAS THEY COME TO CONGRESS ESTABLISHED A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER IN 1775 TO ENCOURAGE COLONISTS, TO PRAY FOR WISDOM AND FORMING A NEW NATION.
AND WE'RE AS THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER HAS BEEN PART OF OUR HERITAGE SINCE 1952, WHEN CONGRESS APPROVED A JOINT RESOLUTION, SETTING ASIDE A DAY ANNUALLY TO PRAY AND OUR NATION AND WE'RE AS, AS FOR 70 YEARS, MILLIONS OF AMERICANS FROM COAST TO COAST HAVE GATHERED IN PRAYER ON BEHALF OF OUR COUNTRY.
AND WE'RE AS THE 2021 NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER THEME IS QUOTE LORD FOR OUT YOUR LOVE LIFE AND LIBERTY IN THE BOOK.
AND WE'RE AS GIVEN THE UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES, PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY HAVE EXPERIENCED DURING THE PAST YEAR DUE TO THE CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC, WE CONTINUE TO SEEK DIVINE SUPPORT TO RESTORE LOVE UNITY AND HEALTH.
AND WE'RE, AS WE ASK OHIO UNION
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TO LEND THEIR SUPPORT DURING THE 2021 NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, BY MARKING IT WITH ENSEMBLE UNIFIED PRAYER FOR THE PROTECTION AND BLESSING OF AMERICA.AND WE'RE, AS WE UNITE WITH FELLOW CITIZENS TO EXERCISE THE FREEDOM WE HAVE TOGETHER IN PRAYER WITH THANKFULNESS, WHILE SEEKING GUIDANCE, PROVISION PROTECTION, AND PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFITS OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL.
AND WE'RE, AS ON THIS NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, MANY PEOPLE OF FAITH THROUGHOUT OHIO, WE'LL BE PRAYING FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC AND THOSE SEEKING LOVE LIFE, LIBERTY.
AND NOW THEREFORE WE MIGHT DO ONE AND JOHN HOUSTON, GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OHIO DO HEREBY RECOGNIZED THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER ON THIS SIXTH DAY OF MAY, 2021, MIKE DEWINE, GOVERNOR AND JOHN WHO'S THAT, UH, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR GREETINGS EVERYONE TODAY, I'M HERE TO PRAY FOR OUR GOVERNOR, OUR STATE OFFICIALS, OH, PRECIOUS GOD, OUR FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU AT THIS TIME, WHAT GOD, KNOWING THAT YOU ARE THE GREAT AND MIGHTY GOD, THERE IS NONE LIKE LORD, YOU HAVE BLESSED US.
AND WE COME WITH A HUMBLE HEART BEFORE YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS AND MERCY THAT YOU HAVE COVERED US THIS PAST YEAR.
WE'RE SO THANKFUL GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOU ASKING THAT YOU WOULD KEEP YOUR HAND OF PROTECTION ON OUR GOVERNOR, DEWINE LORD GOD, AND HIS FAMILY LORD, THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE THEM AS THEY GO UP AND DOWN.
LORD GOD, THESE DANGEROUS STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, LORD GOD, AS HE SITS, LORD GOD ON THAT SEAT THAT YOU WOULD POUR INTO HIM.
LORD GOD, WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE, HOLLY, LOU, YOU HOW HE MUST GO BEFORE US.
AND THAT HE MIGHT BRING UP PLAN FOR THE STATE OF OHIO TO UNITE US IN THAT LOVE LORD GOD, THAT WE MIGHT HAVE THAT LIBERTY LORD TO LIVE PEACEABLY ON THIS EARTH.
WHAT GOD BLESSED TO THOSE THAT ARE HELPING AND WORKING WITH HIM.
LORD GOD, ALSO, THEIR FAMILIES YOU'VE KEPT US.
WE'RE ASKING YOU LORD GOD, TO CONTINUE TO SHOWER YOUR LOVE UPON US.
AS WE GO FORWARD WITH A HEART AND A MIND, LORD GOD THAT WE MIGHT LIVE TOGETHER WITH PEACE HOLIDAY.
WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF THESE TIMES.
LOOK OUT THAT YOU WOULD BRING TO US A TIME THAT WE GET STREETS WOULD BE FIELD WITH BROTHERLY LOVE.
WELL, GOD POUR OUT YOUR DIRECTION.
AS HE STAND LORD GOD THROUGH THIS TIME, LORD GOD THAT HE WE'RE FIGHTING TOGETHER TO COME TOGETHER THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC AND THE RACISM AND THE CULTURE DIVIDES AND UNEMPLOYMENT CUTBACKS AND SHORTAGES, HUNGER, HOPELESS, HOMELESSNESS, LORD, YOU HAVE MADE WAYS.
AND WE KNOW YOU'RE ABLE WHAT GOD TO DELIVER US FROM THIS TIME THAT WE MAY LIVE.
AS YOU HAVE DESIGNED FOR US IN HARMONY AND THE LOVE THAT YOU HAVE POURED OUT ON US, MAY WE ALLOW IT TO FLOW THROUGH OUR STREETS IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.
AS WE PRAY FOR OUR SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THOSE MEMBERS, THOSE WHO LEFT THE LAWS FOR US STATE, IT'S A RESPONSIBILITY, A GREAT UNDERTAKING.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO LIFT UP TO ALL OF US IN THIS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE FORGET ABOUT OUR CHILDREN,
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BUT LET US CONTINUE TO SPEAK WITH AND ABOUT OUR CHILDREN.WHEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WITH, UH, REPRESENTATIVES, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO SEND THEM AN EMAIL, BUT WE NEED TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT CARING FOR OUR CHILDREN.
OUR CHILDREN SHOULD NEVER BE THE LEAST THE BASE.
WE KNOW THAT IT'S A DIFFICULT TIME, BUT WE NEED TO BE INTENTIONAL EVERY DAY ABOUT PRAYING FOR OUR CHILDREN.
WE KNOW THAT WE ALWAYS AS ADULTS FOR CLAIM OURSELVES AS YOUR CHILDREN, BUT LORD, THE LITTLE ONES THEY ARE COMING UP THROUGH DIFFERENT AND DIFFICULT TIMES IN THEIR LIVES.
AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HEAR THEM SPEAK ABOUT THE PROBLEMS THEY'RE HAVING WITH HAVING TO DO DISTANCE LEARNING.
THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE PROPER EQUIPMENT.
AND SOMETIMES LORD, WE DON'T WANT TO SUPPORT LEVIS FOR OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN, BUT LORD, WE MUST REMEMBER SOMEONE SACRIFICED AND SUPPORTED THE SCHOOLS WHEN WE WERE GROWING AND WE MUST STEP UP AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATION OF OUR CHILDREN AND LORD, WE NEED THE SCHOOLS, THE TEACHERS, AND ALL OF THOSE WHO WORK WITH OUR CHILDREN DOWN TO THE LUNCH ROOMS. WE HAVE A SHORTAGE IN SOME PLACES OF BUS DRIVERS TO TRANSPORT OUR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.
SO LORD, WE JUST ASK THAT YOU WOULD, PEOPLE LIKE US PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF OUR CHILDREN.
AND THEN I LEGISLATORS WILL HEAR OUR VOICES AND THAT THEY TOO WILL BE MOVED TO BE MORE PROACTIVE FOR OUR CHILDREN.
AND AS WE GO FORTH, LORD, WE KNOW WE'RE ALL STRUGGLING THROUGH MANY DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT WE CAN COME TOGETHER IN PRAYER FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN.
AND THAT CAN BE DONE THROUGH THE POWER OF OUR LEGISLATORS HOME.
WE HAVE CALLED TO WORK ON BEHALF OF EVERY PERSON IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
SO LORD, WE ASK YOUR BLESSINGS UPON THEM AS THEY PONDER AND STRUGGLE WITH THE LAWS THAT THEY MUST ENACT.
AND, AND, AND THESE TIMES IN THE DAYS AHEAD BLESSED THE FAMILIES.
SO WE PRAY YOUR BLESSINGS UPON THEM AS THEY DO THEIR DUTY IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
HI, EVERYONE WITH APOLOGIES MIRROR CORP COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY.
YOU WERE STUCK WITH ME ON VICE MAYOR, TOM WEB.
IT'S A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S A HUBER HEIGHTS NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.
SO ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, I'M VERY HONORED TO READ THIS MAYORAL PROCLAMATION, CELEBRATING RQ BEHINDS NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.
WHEREAS THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER IS A TRADITION FIRST ESTABLISHED BY THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS IN 1775.
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IN 1988, LEGISLATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS AND SIGNED BY PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN STATING THAT THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER WAS TO BE OBSERVED ON THE FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MAY HAND.WHEREAS NATIONAL DAYS OF PRAYER HAVE BEEN PART OF OUR NATIONAL HERITAGE, WHETHER IN TIMES OF WAR OR PEACE, JOY, OR SORROW PROSPERITY OR DEPRESSION.
AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR WILL MARK THE 70TH CONSECUTIVE OBSERVANCE OF THE NATIONAL DAY OF, AND WHEREAS ON THIS NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, ALL CITIZENS ARE URGED TO JOIN WITH OTHERS FROM ALL OVER OUR NATION IN PRAYER.
NOW, THEREFORE I, JEFF CORR THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THURSDAY, MAY 6TH, 2021 IN THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS AS A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER AND WITNESS THEREOF.
I HAVE HERE ON TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS TO BE A FIXED ON THE SIXTH DAY OF MAY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 2021, JEFF GORE MAYOR.
I'D LIKE TO READ TO YOU FROM FIRST TIMOTHY CHAPTER TWO AND LISTEN FOR THE PLURALS.
WHAT ARE THE PLURALS IMPLY AND LOOK FOR? WHAT PLEASES GOD, FIRST OF ALL, THEN I URGE THAT SUPPLICATIONS PRAYERS, INTERCESSIONS AND THANKSGIVINGS BE MADE FOR ALL PEOPLE FOR KINGS AND ALL THOSE WHO ARE IN AUTHORITY OF HIGH POSITIONS THAT WE MAY LEAD A PEACEFUL AND QUIET LIFE, GODLY AND DIGNIFIED IN EVERY WAY.
AND IT PLEASES IT'S PLEASING IN THE SIGHT OF GOD, OUR SAVIOR WHO DESIRES ALL PEOPLE TO BE SAVED AND TO COME TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH FOR THERE IS ONE GOD.
AND THERE IS ONE MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND MEN, THE MAN CHRIST JESUS WHO GAVE HIMSELF AS A RANSOM FOR ALL, WHICH IS THE TESTIMONY GIVEN AT THE PROPER TIME.
WE CALL THIS A DAY OF PRAYER WITH THE DIRECTIVE OF SCRIPTURES TO GIVE PRAYERS INTERCESSIONS AND SUPPLICATIONS AND THANKSGIVINGS PLURALS.
I CAN OFFER ONE, BUT IF YOU COULD JOIN WITH ME IN PRAYING, WE CAN BEGIN TO FULFILL THAT, WHICH WILL ENABLE US TO LIVE A QUIET LIFE.
AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY TO PLEASE GOD.
THEY'RE A GOOD REMINDER, BUT A LIFE OF PRAYING IS WHAT PLEASES.
AND SOMEHOW OUR ACTIONS WILL LEAD US TO LIVE WELL.
WHAT DID HE SAY? QUIET AND GODLY AND DIGNIFIED LIVES.
THE KIND OF COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE ARE HONORED BECAUSE THAT HONOR FLOWS OUT OF A RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH A GOD WHO HONORS US AND LOVES US AND GAVE HIS OWN SON FOR US.
SO I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE CITY.
I WANT TO LIVE IN GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY I LIVE IN, BUT ALSO THE OBLIGATION I HAVE AS A CITIZEN AND ONE WHO CALLS BEFORE GOD TO PRAY.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO PRAY AND I'M GOING TO LIST SOME NAMES THERE.
OUR NEIGHBORS, CAN WE CALL THEM BY THEIR FIRST NAMES AND I'LL MENTION THEIR CITY OFFICES.
AND WOULD YOU PRAY FOR THEIR PROTECTION? WOULD YOU PRAY FOR THEIR THRIVING? WOULD YOU GIVE THANKS TO GOD THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO DO THIS STUFF, CAN'T ALWAYS BE EASY, BUT HOW ABOUT WE GIVE PRAYERS AND INTERCESSIONS AND THANKSGIVINGS BY YOUR HEADS AND HEARTS WITH ME AND YOU QUIETLY JOIN ME IN PRAYING.
AND SO LORD, WE PRAY FOR OUR MAYOR.
JEFF AND I PRAY FOR CITY COUNCIL, RICHARD,
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DON, KATHLEEN, ANDY AND MARK, AND ED AND NANCY AND GLEN, HOW THESE ONES NEED WISDOM AND HOW WE GIVE THANKS THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO SERVE IN THIS VERY PUBLIC WAY.WE PRAY FOR PROTECTION FOR THEM AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
WE PRAY FOR PROSPERITY AND FOR THRIVING, PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY AND SPIRITUALLY, WE PRAY FOR OUR CLERK OF COUNCIL AND DEPUTY CLERK OF COUNCIL, ANTHONY AND KAREN WHO PRAY FOR OUR LAW DIRECTOR, GERALD FOR OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER, SCOTT FOR OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BRIAN, THESE TWO LORD NEED YOUR PROTECTION.
THEY NEED YOUR ENDURANCE AND THEY NEED OUR THANKS.
I PRAY FOR OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, JASON, OUR CITY ENGINEER, RUSS, OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, JIM, OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, LAURA, LOTS OF DECISIONS, LOTS OF RESPONSIBILITY, LOTS OF PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES.
THEY TOUCH GRANT THEM WISDOM AND ENDURE.
ONCE THEY HAVE FAMILIES TOO, THEY HAVE AS WELL.
HOW QUICK WE ARE TO JUDGE AND CRITIQUE.
BUT TODAY WE STOPPED TO GIVE, THANKS OUR CITY TAX, ADMINISTRATOR, TRACY, OUR NEW FIRE CHIEF OR POLICE, CHIEF MARK AND PAM.
WE THINK OF, FOR EVERY TIME WE TURN ON THE WATER, GIVE THEM WISDOM FOR A TASK BIGGER THAN THEMSELVES.
GIVE THEM A TEAM THAT THEY CAN WORK WITH AND TRUST, GIVE THEM PROTECTION.
MAY THEY THRIVE? MAY THEY KNOW YOU, THESE THINGS WE ASK IN YOUR NAME.
UM, COULD YOU COME BACK UP? HE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT SHY ABOUT IT.
I'LL USE THAT WORD SHOCK, WHICH HE REALLY ISN'T.
BUT ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR THING I HAVE HAD SUCH A PLEASURE.
I KNEW JERRY WAS GONNA MAKE ME DO THIS.
UH, JUNE 6TH OF THIS YEAR IS MY LAST SUNDAY.
AS THE PASTOR HERE IN HUBER HEIGHTS, I'LL BE RETIRING.
AND I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEP GRATITUDE FOR BEING PART OF THE CITY.
HE HAS COMMON PRAYED FOR THE COUNCIL AND MEETINGS AND THINGS.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE MISSED AROUND HERE.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE MISSED, BUT WE WISH YOU ALL OF THE BLESSINGS AND ALL OF THE LOVE THAT GOD HAS IN STORE FOR YOU AS YOU JOURNEY TO YOUR NEW HOME, YOU WILL BE MISSED AROUND THE CITY AS WELL.
I DIDN'T REALIZE MY NAME WAS ON THERE.
UM, SO YOU WERE GOING TO PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYING FOR OUR, FOR THE UNITED STATES AND THE OHIO SUPREME COURTS.
UM, THE COUNTY AND LOCAL COURT SYSTEMS, GOD, AS
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WITH OUR OTHER LEADERS, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO POSITIONS, WHERE THEY GREATLY AFFECT THE DIRECTION AND LEVEL OF OUR COMMUNITY.WE PRAY THAT THEY ARE GIVEN THE WISDOM, THE GREAT WISDOM THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE PROPER DECISIONS TO DO.
TAKE CARE OF THE FOLKS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, WITHIN OUR NATION, WITHIN OUR STATE, AND TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS TO THE BENEFIT OF THOSE THAT THEY SERVE.
PLEASE GIVE THEM STRENGTH, GIVE THEM WISDOM.
AND AGAIN, I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY, GIVE THEM COMPASSION, LET THEM UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE ALL FAULT.
GOD BLESS THESE FOLKS PROVIDE THE DIRECTION THAT THEY NEED TO DO WHAT THEY'VE BEEN CALLED TO DO.
LET US PRAY FOR OUR MILITARY SERVANTS GRACIOUS AND HOLY GOD, GOD OF PEACE FATHER, WE KNOW IT IS NOT YOUR INTENT THAT YOUR CHILDREN WOULD BATTLE ONE ANOTHER.
BUT FATHER, WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE LIVE IN A BROKEN AND FALLEN WORLD AND LORD PEACE SEEMS SO ELUSIVE AND FATHER.
WE LONG FOR THAT DAY, WHEN YOUR PEOPLE WILL WAR NO MORE AND YOUR PEOPLE WILL BEAT THEIR SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES FATHER.
WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT DAY IS GOING TO BE.
JUST KNOW THAT WE LONG FOR IT.
WE LONG FOR YOUR PEACE TO RULE IN THIS WORLD YET UNTIL THAT DAY COMES FATHER, WE HAVE NEED FOR MILITARY.
WE HAVE NEED FOR DEFENSE AND GOD.
I WANT TO GIVE THANKS FOR ALL WHO HAVE BEEN CALLED TO SERVE THEIR COUNTRY.
AND EVEN YOU IN THIS WAY, FATHER, AGAIN, A FEW OF US CAN IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE SEPARATED FROM FAMILY ON LONG DEPLOYMENTS.
FEW OF US CAN IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE SHOT AT FEW OF US CAN IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LOSE LIMBS, TO LOSE LIVES OF FRIENDS, MAYBE FRIENDS WHO WERE STANDING RIGHT BESIDE US.
SO FATHER, WE PRAY NOT ONLY FOR OUR PRESIDENT AND UH, AND HIS CABINET AND THE GENERALS AND UH, ALL THOSE WHO LEAD FATHER.
WE PRAY THAT YOUR WISDOM WOULD BE UPON THEM FATHER.
WE PRAY THAT THEY TOO WOULD PRAY AND SEEK YOUR GUIDANCE IN ANY KIND OF MILITARY DECISIONS THEY MAKE.
WE PRAY FOR ALL WHO HAVE GIVEN SO FREELY OF THEMSELVES, GIVEN SACRIFICIALLY TO KEEP US SAFE, TO HELP BRING PEACE AND JUSTICE IN PLACES WHERE THAT DOESN'T EXIST.
FATHER, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD PUT YOUR HEDGE OF PROTECTION AROUND THEM AND FATHER.
WE PRAY THAT NOT ONE MORE, NOT ONE MORE, NOT ONE MORE LIFE WOULD BE LOST.
NOT ONE MORE LIMB, BE LOST, NOT ONE MORE MIND, BE DAMAGED BY THE HORRORS OF WAR AND FATHER.
WE ALSO TAKE A MOMENT TO GIVE THANKS FOR THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR FAMILIES, WHO ALSO MAKE HUGE SACRIFICES THAT THEIR SPOUSES, THEIR LOVED ONES, THEIR SONS, THEIR DAUGHTERS CAN BE A PART OF PROTECTING THIS GREAT NATION FATHER.
WE LIFT THEM ALL UP TO YOU GIVING THANKS FOR THOSE WHOM YOU'VE CALLED TO DO THIS, THIS DUTY AND THIS SERVICE TO THEIR COUNTRY GIVING.
AND AGAIN, MORE JUST PRAYING THAT YOU WOULD KEEP THEM SAFE.
IT'S IN THE NAME OF JESUS TO CHRIST.
WE GIVE THANKS AND PRAY AND SAY, AMEN.
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I WILL BE PRAYING FOR THE WISDOM, PROTECTION AND HEALING OF ALL, UM, FOR THE VETERANS THAT ARE IN THE ROOM.IF YOU CAN STAND, UM, WILL YOU PLEASE STAND UP? THANK YOU.
WE COME TO GIVE YOU THINGS FOR WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY IN OUR LIVES.
WE THANK YOU FOR, WE THINK YOU, FOR THOSE WHO YOU HAVE CALLED TO SERVE AND YOUR MISSION THROUGH THE UNITED STATES, MILITARY AND ALL BRANCHES OF SERVICE.
AND TODAY WE PRAY OVER ALL VETERANS.
THE ONES THAT STAND UP BEFORE US RIGHT NOW, THE ONES WHO WE KNOW PERSONALLY, AND THOSE WHO WE DON'T KNOW DIRECTLY LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THEIR SELFLESS SACRIFICES OF GIVING OF THEIR SELVES TO PROTECT AND DEFEND OUR FREEDOM, ESPECIALLY OUR FREEDOM TO PRAY, TO PRAY TOGETHER AND TO PRAY PUBLICLY.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE SELFLESS SACRIFICE OF THEIR FAMILIES TO LET THEIR LOVED ONES GO TO LET THEM GO AND TO BE RELINQUISHED IN YOUR CARE.
WE THANK YOU FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO TRY TO BE UNDERSTANDING OF A MILITARIES LIFESTYLE, TO BE SUPPORTIVE IN THE BEST WAYS THEY COULD.
AND FOR ALL THE CONTRIBUTIONS THEY HAVE GIVEN OVER THE YEARS, LORD, WE PRAY THAT EVERY VETERAN OF OUR NATION'S ARMED FORCES ARE APPROPRIATELY HONORED BY THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS.
PLEASE BLESS THAT EVERY MAN AND WOMAN YOUNG AND MATURE NEVER FEEL FORGOTTEN OR NEGLECTED BLESSED US.
I CITIZENS TO ALWAYS HONOR OUR VETERANS IN WAYS THAT WILL SHOW THEM OUR DEEPEST AND DURING GRATITUDE.
THERE ARE MANY OF US IN THE WORLD WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE EXPERIENCES THAT OUR VETERANS HAVE ENCOUNTERED.
WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE LEVEL OF PAIN THAT MANY OF THEM HAVE ENDURED OR STILL STRUGGLE THROUGH.
AND FOR THIS, I BELIEVE THAT MANY VETERANS FEEL ISOLATED AND ALONE, BUT GOD, WE COME TODAY RIGHT NOW ON THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER AND ASK YOU TO PLACE IN THEIR PATH.
THOSE WHO FULLY UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY ARE, THOSE WHO FULLY, WHO HAVE RECEIVED YOUR GRACE OF OVERCOMING AND RECEIVING HEALING.
YOU'RE HEALING THAT MEN, THEIR PHYSICAL WOUNDS OF THEIR BODIES, THAT RESTORED AND AT TIMES MADE NEW THE VITALITY OF THEIR SPIRITUAL LIFE.
THE HEALING THAT HAS TOUCHED THEM, AND THAT WILL TOUCH THEM.
AND THE MOST DEEPEST PLACES THAT ONLY YOU CAN TOUCH LORD YOU TOO.
BLESS AND PROTECT OUR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
THAT ONLY COMES FROM THE BOOK OF PROVERBS AND SATURATE THEM WITH YOUR PEACE, YOUR PEACE, THAT SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING.
BEFORE YOU ARE SEATED, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SACRIFICE THAT YOU HAVE MADE FOR ALL OF US AND OUR FAMILIES.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.
WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH HEAVY HEARTS, WE HAVE LIVE THREE CANDLES ON THIS STAND TODAY.
EACH CANDLE REPRESENTS THE ALMOST 200,000 AMERICANS THAT HAVE DIED FROM THE CORONAVIRUS THAT IS JUST RUNNING RAMPAGE.
EACH CANDLE REPRESENTS 1.1 MILLION PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD.
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DIED FROM THIS VIRUS.SO WE LIFT UP THE LORD, UH, REQUEST A PLEA FOR YOUR HEALING POWER TO WIPE THIS VIRUS FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
AND WE LORD, WE LIFT UP THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM THIS FIRES FOR THE MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED IT.
AND MAY OR MAY NOT EVEN KNOW THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS THAT IT WILL HAVE ON THEIR LIVES.
WE LIFT UP THE CHILDREN WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THINGS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN EXPERIENCED BEFORE BECAUSE OF THIS VIRUS, LORD, WE PRAY FOR UNITY OF THE WORLD.
WE PRAYED FOR PEACE BECAUSE OF THE MILITARY, BUT WE KNOW LORD THAT WITHOUT PEACE IN THE WORLD, THERE CAN BE NO PEACE WITHOUT UNITY IN THE WORLD.
THERE CANNOT BE UNITY, NOR ARE WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL USE THIS VIRUS WILL USE ALL OF THE EVIL THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THIS WORLD TO BRING US TOGETHER, TO BRING US TO A STATE WHERE WE FIGHT AS ONE AGAINST THE BROKENNESS AGAINST THE FALLENNESS OF THIS WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN.
WE PRAY FOR YOUR BLESSINGS UPON ALL OF THOSE WHO YOU HAVE GIFTED TO CARE FOR US, THE DOCTORS, THE NURSES, THE WORKERS IN THE HOSPITALS, THE FIRST RESPONDERS, ALL YOU, ALL THOSE, YOU HAVE GIFTED TO CARE FOR US IN OUR TIME OF NEED.
WE KNOW LORD THAT THEY HAVE WORKED LONG, ARDUOUS DAYS WITHOUT SLEEP WITHOUT REST DAYS AND NIGHTS ON AND TO HELP PEOPLE.
SO WE PRAY FOR YOUR STRENGTH TO BE GIVEN TO THEM FOR YOUR COURAGE TO CONTINUE AND FOR YOUR COMFORT.
IN THOSE TIMES, WHEN ALL THE REFERRED SEEM IN VAIN, YOU PRAY LORD FOR ALL OF THESE THINGS IN THE MOST PRECIOUS AND MOST POWERFUL NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
I HAD ASKED FOR PHONES TO BE SILENCED AND IT WAS MINE.
AND EVEN THEN I THOUGHT I HAD TURNED IT OFF.
SO I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THIS PHONE AS SOON AS WE'RE OUT OF HERE.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING WITH THAT.
I'M SO SORRY, BUT GRACE ABOUNDS, I PRAY.
SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AS WE HAVE GATHERED HERE TODAY IN PRAYER, KNOWING THAT WE SHALL GO FORTH CONTINUING TO PRAY, PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER.
IF WE WOULD JUST TAKE THIS MOMENT, I KNOW SOME OF US DIDN'T COME TO THE PODIUM, BUT WHERE YOU ARE, IF THERE IS SOMEONE OR SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO LIFT UP, JUST SIT THERE AND LIFTED UP THE NAME OF THE BOOK, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
SO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN LIFTED UP VERBALLY ARE THOSE HOME.
WE HOLD DEAR IN OUR HEARTS, WE LIFT THEM UP TO THE LORD AND WE SAY, LORD, IN YOUR MERCY, HEAR I PRAYER LORD IN YOUR MERCY, HEAR OUR PRAYER.
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AS WE PREPARE FOR, GO FROM THIS PLACE, I BET YOU GO TO GO IN PEACE AND MAY THE LORD BLESS AND KEEP YOU AND HIS LOVE, BUT EVERMORE.