{"id":9855,"date":"2025-11-08T20:36:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T20:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=9855"},"modified":"2025-11-08T20:36:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T20:36:38","slug":"the-thread-of-prayer-that-has-sustained-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=9855","title":{"rendered":"The Thread of Prayer that Has Sustained America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n              <span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Join us in praying through the Bible next year!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">249 years ago, the United States of America was born. 249 years ago,\u00a0the Bible was the most important document to our founding fathers and\u00a0established our nation on the principles that we find in Scripture.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Who is praying on the wall?<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Today,\u00a0the\u00a0necessity for America to rely upon the Bible has\u00a0not\u00a0changed.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Today, our nation\u00a0needs to be reminded of these\u00a0biblical principles and\u00a0how the hand of God can guide us.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">God is not\u00a0done\u00a0with America!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We at Intercessors for America spend every day praying for our nation and its leaders, and the official Pray for America Bible leads you in doing that.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I would like to introduce\u00a0The\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Pray for America Bible<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0with\u00a0features\u00a0that\u00a0include:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:1080,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A daily reading with prayer prompts at the start of each day, linking themes of the text (for example, a Psalm of lament, a prophetic vision, a New Testament teaching) with national-level concerns: leadership, freedom, justice.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:1080,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Special full-color pages interspersed in the Bible that highlight prayers for America: featuring Biblically based speeches, proclamations, and prayers from past and current leaders.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:1080,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A reading-plan structure: the text is organized so that readers engage Scripture over a year, with each day\u2019s\u00a0portion\u00a0encouraging prayer for America\u2019s challenges and hopes\u2014much like a \u201cOne-Year Bible\u201d format. Indeed, reviewers\u00a0observed\u00a0that the NLT Pray for America Bible uses a \u201cread-through-in-a-year\u201d structure, with daily prayer prompts for the nation.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In a time of\u00a0celebrating our 250<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Anniversary, IFA\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Pray for America Bible<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0offers an invitation: to pause, open Scripture, pray, reflect, engage, and move from private faith into public hope.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It reminds readers that their voices, lifted in prayer for leadership, justice, families, media,\u00a0education,\u00a0and business, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">do\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">matter. As one of our board members put it, \u201cIf enough of us will pray for our nation, we may help stir the kind of renewal America needs\u2014not by power, but by the quiet strength of God at work through people.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>Click here or on the ad above to order your copy!\n<\/p>\n<h4>Will you be reading the Bible with us next year? Share your prayers for our nation\u2019s 250th anniversary below!<\/h4>\n<p>(David Kubal is the President and CEO of Intercessors for America. 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