Wiley S. Drake, pastor of the First Southern Baptist Church of Buena Park, CA has created quite the stir by encouraging members of his congregation to pray imprecatory prayers against two men who threatened the church’s nonprofit status.
The problem originated with Pastor Drake’s writing a letter—on church letterhead—to his congregants making known his support for former Arkansas governor and current presidential candidate Mike Huckabee (Wikipedia).
My purpose here is to examine the Bible’s teaching on the sovereignty of God and the prayers of man with the goal of answering the question, “If God is sovereign, why pray?” This will be done by briefly defining what it means that God is sovereign and then by offering five answers to the question of why people should pray.
Tens of thousands of Christians recently gathered in Nashville for united massive fasting and prayer for the nation—and the church—to repent and turn to God. The gathering was led by Lou Engle, visionary and co-founder of The Call, which describes itself this way:
The Call is not an event. The Call is a movement emphasizing prayer, worship and fasting for Spiritual breakthrough. It is a nameless and faceless movement joining the generations. Therefore, it will not be marketed as a convention of celebrities. The primary participants are young people. The musicians on stage are to be worshippers, not entertainers. The board of directors will not receive financial compensation, and speakers and leaders come at their own expense.
People should prayerfully consider fasting on the day that The Call gathering is in their city, region, or nation; no food will be provided. The Call is a grassroots movement. It is a cross-cultural and cross-denominational gathering. The Call espouses these definitive values: worship, unity, prayer, fasting, follow-up, transformation, repentance, reconciliation, impartation, equipping, revival, and a holy revolution.
Most who attended fasted for the gathering. Some even fasted for the 40 days leading up to it—devoting themselves to focused prayer for God to do an unusual work.
The sins of a nation drew an estimated 55,000 believers to Nashville July 7 to convene a “solemn assembly” and pray for spiritual awakening among America’s young people.
Christians from all 50 states and countries as far away as Nepal and Mongolia gathered in Nashville’s riverfront LP Field for The Call—12 hours of worship and prayer they hoped would spark a renewal movement that would sweep the country.
The nondenominational event marked 40 years since the “Summer of Love” in San Francisco unleashed a wave of sexual promiscuity, drug abuse, abortion on demand and pornography in the country and separated a generation of Americans from God, organizers said.
Alistair Begg, Senior Pastor of Parkside Church in Chagrin Falls, OH, was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. A note and a very encouraging letter have been posted on his website. I’m sure he and his family would appreciate your prayers during this trial.
Wiley S. Drake, pastor of the First Southern Baptist Church of Buena Park, CA has created quite the stir by encouraging members of his congregation to pray imprecatory prayers against two men who threatened the church’s nonprofit status.
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Tens of thousands of Christians recently gathered in Nashville for united massive fasting and prayer for the nation—and the church—to repent and turn to God. The gathering was led by 
