Ashamed of Jesus at the National Day of Prayer

The 2008 Honorary Chairman of the National Day of Prayer, Dr. Ravi Zacharias, is refusing to pray in the name of Jesus Christ in his prayer posted on the official NDP website. A receptionist with the National Day of Prayer in Colorado Springs stated that the Honorary Chairman’s prayer does not include the name of Jesus so as not to offend the Jewish participants in the event, and that others are free to pray in Jesus name if they desire… –excerpted from a Christian Newswire Media Advisory posted 4.24.08 and as submitted by Muriel McConnon.

In what we read in Hebrews 8 we have information that God demands that the church, the assemblies of this end of the ages, should also be built according to the instructions and out of the pattern that the Lord God Almighty has provided.

Lost

That is exactly where you are without God — lost. You are wandering without hope, utterly empty and completely useless – like a boat without either rudder or compass or a horse without a rider. Whether you know it or not, it will become clearer to you as you come near death – that without God, you will leave this life in fear, not knowing what lies ahead. “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”