There are many prayer guides and devotionals, but there are three specific things that each believer should include in his or her personal prayers before engaging the civil society…

It is easy to feel overwhelmed and not know where to start when praying for government.  There is so much going on and so many needs that you could find yourself praying 24/7 and still not include everything burdening your heart…

There is a lot of red meat packed into the five verses of Psalm 100. Let’s read it together – this time in the King James Version (yes, the old version, it is so beautiful)…

It is June, 2020. Much of America is in the throes of race riots, even as our country continues to contend with the coronavirus. Economically we are in deep distress with companies going bankrupt, accelerating unemployment…

The 2020 National Day of Prayer is on Thursday, May 7th. Christians Engaged has compiled some resources related to this important day.

John Adams said, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”[i] It follows then that if the leaders and the people turn their backs on God, not only will they forfeit God’s blessing, but it will corrupt our system of government, which protects us from tyranny….

Charles Dickens wrote in A Tale of Two Cities, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…” describing a time in the 1700’s. In that same era, the First Great Awakening happened in America which for the most part focused on people who were already church members, pulling them away from ritual and ceremony only and making religion “personal” to the average person.

Does Dickens describe our current situation today?

As an African American female who loves America and loves prayer, I was recently grieved by the mocking I saw online of Vice President Mike Pence and the Coronavirus Task Force as they prayed for answers for our nation as it relates to the coronavirus.

The picture that accompanied the criticism showed white men, many with white hair, PRAYING with their heads bowed. The criticism centered on BOTH the ACT of praying and the RACE of those praying. Both under attack…

It has been said: “If you want to change the world, draw a circle around yourself and start with everything inside the circle.” We agree with this, so if Christians wish to change the direction of our nation, we should begin by examining ourselves. This process begins with prayer…