Prayer March 2020 with Franklin Graham

Watch Franklin Graham lead believers from all 50 states in praying for our divided nation during a Prayer March through Washington, D.C. Hosts Cissie Graham Lynch and Mike Huckabee provide updates and prayer focuses.

second lady karen pence

and i’d like the vice president mike

pence

to say a word to us today whatever god

has put on his heart mr vice president

thank you reverend graham my fellow

americans

i’m vice president mike pence

and it’s my great honor and great joy to

be here

with a military mom

committed to the families that serve in

the uniform of the united states

who also happens to teach school at a

christian school not far from here would

you welcome the second lady of the

united states

of america my wife karen pence is with

us today

but we’re honored today to be here at

this washington prayer march

we wanted to be here to stand with you

but i also wanted to be here

to extend the greetings and the

gratitude

of a leader who has been a champion for

people

of faith for life and religious

liberty so allow me to bring thanks and

greetings

from the 45th president of the united

states of america

president donald trump

the president wanted us to be here today

on his behalf behalf of the first family

and our little family simply to say

thank you for your prayers

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the bible tells us to persevere in

prayer

that the prayer of the upright pleases

him

that the effective and fervent prayer of

a righteous people availeth much

and in these challenging times we do

well

as you do today to remember

that in everything by prayer and

petition with thanksgiving

that we’re to present our request to god

and we can claim the promise that the

peace of god that passes

all understanding will guard our hearts

and minds in christ jesus

as his grace has through the generations

of this nation

today at this washington prayer march

you continue

a great american tradition

since the founding of our nation the

american people and our leaders have

gone

to prayer in challenging times george

washington

prayed for the leaders and the people of

our states

what he called an earnest prayer that

god would hold them

and our states in his holy protection

abraham lincoln before whose monument we

stand today

said during his time in the white house

i have been driven many times to my

knees

by the overwhelming conviction that i

had nowhere else to go

and president donald trump has observed

many times that america

is a nation of believers

and you proved that again today

so on the president’s behalf i want to

say thank you for your prayers

not only for the first family in our

family but for all of those who serve in

positions

of authority when the president and i

travel around the country the sweetest

words we ever hear

and we hear them a lot and when people

reach out and simply say

i’m praying for you

and so we want to urge you on pray for

all of those

with public responsibilities in the

executive branch

pray for all of the members of the

congress of the united states

pray for all of our justices on the

supreme court including the remarkable

woman that the president will nominate

to fill the seat

on the supreme court later today

and as the proud parents of a united

states marine

with a son-in-law deployed in the united

states navy we ask you to pray

for the men and women of our armed

forces this day

and their families

pray for all of those who protect and

serve especially the men

and women who serve on the thin blue

line of law enforcement

at every level

and in these challenging times in the

wake of a global pandemic

we urge you to play pray for all of

those who are struggling with loss

and with serious illness pray for our

doctors

and nurses and all of those that are

bringing

america through this challenging time

and when you pray

pray with confidence

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as we stand today on an ancient promise

that americans have claimed throughout

our history

that if his people who are called by his

name

will humble themselves and pray

and turn he’ll do like he’s always done

through much more challenging times in

the life of this nation

he’ll hear from heaven and he’ll heal

this land

this one nation under god

indivisible with liberty and justice

for all thank you very much

god bless you all and god bless america

thank you mr vice president thank you

for coming

and we walked we’ve come here today to

pray

and that’s what we’re going to do right

now and i’m going to ask

a former representative from minnesota

michelle bachmann

and bishop harry jackson

if they would come and pray

for the vice president and for karen and

their family

and then i’m going to

have all of us pray for them as well but

michelle bachmann

and then bishop harry jackson michelle

[Applause]

join with me in prayer psalms 26

12 says now i stand on

i stand on solid ground and i will

publicly praise the lord

great is the lord father i thank you for

a president and a vice president who

publicly praised the lord

father we know they stand on solid

ground

in psalms 33 20-22 says

we put our hope in the lord he is our

help

and our shield in him our hearts rejoice

for we trust in his holy name let your

unfailing love surround us

lord for our hope is in you alone

oh god for our vice president and mrs

pence

and their family father we know that

their trust is in you and therefore

their hope

is in you alone oh father cover them as

their

shield and buckler in your mighty name

father we pray amen

thank you

several years i’ve been going through a

healing process

i should be dead from cancer and the god

saw

fit to heal me amen

10 chance of survival when we think

about the pence family

and the president we think about a

nation

going through a healing process that

prayer can turn

things around amen

so when you look at the riots you look

at the challenges

believe that god is healing us would you

bow your head with me please

heavenly father we think today

about your healing grace we think about

the fact that

you are watching over the pence family

that the vice president be a healer

let him be a physician that is

instructed by you and that the power of

god

arise as we move forward in this next

season

lord we remember psalm 68

verse 1 which says let god arise

and his enemies be scattered let god

arise and his enemies be scattered

let god arise shattered with me on the

count of three

as a prayer to heaven that god will

arise and anoint this leadership

team the vice president and the

president

one two three let god rise

amen

thank you michele bachmann uh thank you

bishop

jackson now what i would like to ask all

of

us to do all of you here today

i’m gonna let that airplane get out of

the way all want to make sure you

understand what we’re getting ready to

do i want us to pray now

all of us out loud okay

i want us to pray out loud for the

president the vice president for karen

for all of their families

their loved ones let’s pray for their

protection

let’s pray for this nation and after a

few minutes

i will close us in prayer but right now

let’s call upon the name of god and

let’s pray out loud

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pray the together of jesus christ for

this family

over his personal safety over his health

we need them oh god

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would you clear the enemy would you find

satan in jesus name and find his

minions that this president and vice

president could continue to bring

righteousness into this nation thank you

thank you

grace

on high places

hallelujah

our father and our god we come

to say thank you

but father our country is in trouble

we need your help

and father we pray today specifically

for the president

donald j trump

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father we know that he lost his best

friend

his brother just a few weeks ago

he hasn’t even had time to to mourn and

to grieve

and father we know how much he loved his

brother

father so we just pray that you would

comfort him

and today father as he makes an

announcement

as to who will fill the vacancy on the

supreme court

father give him wisdom to make

your choice for our nation

and the impact that that can have for

years to come

so father we thank you for him

melania all of their family

father thank you for vice president mike

pence and for karen

thank you that they came today to honor

not us but to honor you and to

participate in this prayer

so father we give you the praise and we

give you the glory

and it’s in jesus name that we pray

amen

the vice president and karen will be

leaving at this time

we’d like to ask everybody just to hold

in place for a few moments

and then we’ve got some announcements i

just want to kind of share with you

what the plan is okay and where we’re

going to go and

and so we can all participate together

and do that so thank you mr vice

president thank you

karen for coming today

you are watching an extraordinary event

in our nation’s capital

prayer march 2020 tens of

thousands of people gathered for the

sole purpose of praying

hello i’m mike huckabee and i’m

graham

lynch what a beautiful moment we’re

witnessing here at our nation

or our nation’s capital this is an

inspiring moment when people are coming

together

not for a political speech not even to

rally for any particular political cause

but to pray this is uh the

really the dream of franklin graham

somebody i think you know

fairly well your dad yes you know

my dad knows he loves this country

but he knows we are in trouble we’re in

trouble racially

morally spiritually and we’re in a

political year

he knows no politician is going to be

able to fix it no political party only

god can heal this country

and that is what today is about for a

nation to get on their knees and to pray

to god to ask for repentance

and lift up this country in prayer well

we’ve already seen some extraordinary

moments

vice president mike pence his wife karen

as the vice president spoke powerfully

speaking

and then after that prayers by michelle

bachmann and bishop harry jackson and of

course franklin graham

leading the congregation who is gathered

here in prayer

it’s already been an extraordinary day

and

we’ve just getting started i i think one

of the things i would mention

is that these thousands of people

have come from all over america at their

own expense

they’re coming to pray for the country

to pray that there could be

reconciliation between democrats and

republicans and among races

uh they’re not here to cause trouble

they’re here to solve

the trouble that our land is in yeah

they have a burden

and they want to pray and call on god

and it’s great to see

those shots you see all generations old

to young

and as we come today it’s important that

we remember in the bible

the lord said to king solomon if my

people who are called by my name

will humble themselves and pray and seek

my

face and turn from their wicked ways

then i will hear from heaven

and i will forgive their sin and i will

heal

their land a great reminder from the

book of

2nd chronicles chapter 7 14. now all

along this march today

people are going to be humbly seeking

god turning to him

and turning away from sin by the way

that is god’s chosen

order you can’t respond to a prideful

spirit that says

we’ve not sinned and like any

relationship

we have to admit when we’ve done wrong

and then we commit

to stop the wrongdoing that takes

humility

but that’s what brings reconciliation

and healing

and right now everyone will be heading

to the world war ii memorial which is

about a 10 minute walk

east and this memorial is truly

stunning not only is it breathtaking to

walk

through it symbolizes the absolute best

of the american people it truly does

honors sacrifice commitment those are

all words that come to mind when you’re

thinking about the world war ii memorial

and for me one of the most i guess

striking elements is the large

field of gold stars that’s on the west

side

each one of those stars represents 100

americans who died

in the war there’s a wall of over 4

000 stars reflecting the price that our

country paid

to defeat tyranny and to secure our

freedom

you know when we’re talking about prayer

today and i know there’s many people

at home and this has been a difficult

year

for many people has and you’re wondering

does god

hear my prayers prayer’s a difficult

subject sometimes

you know before you were a governor you

were a pastor

and i’m sure many people come and ask

does god hear my prayers and i think of

the story

of louis zepperini as we’re getting

ready to come up to this memorial

some say it was the greatest generation

of all time

and he was an olympic hero but then he

went to go serve

this country and his plane went down in

the pacific and he was on a raft for

days and weeks

and he didn’t even know god but he cried

out to god and so many people in those

desperate situations

even if they’re not christians they cry

out to god

and he said god if you save me i’ll give

my life to you well he forgot about that

prayer

and it was years and years later when he

had come back home

it was at my grandfather’s crusade in

california and he gave his life to

christ because he remembered

that prayer and his was a life

well-lived a life of great faith and

testimony

you know this uh this wonderful sight is

testament to what a united america can

do

it really reminds us of the moral

strength and the awesome power that can

flow

when free people come together in a

righteous cause

now i i know that you and your

family you guys have uh

been great supporters of the military so

am i

but there’s a reason that you have is

because you’ve got some folks that have

been involved and so you know what it’s

like to pray

months on end for a member of your own

family

serving our country in uniform yep my

brother edward

i have three older brothers he’s the

youngest of the three

but he served 16 years in this army he

was a west point graduate

and he served multiple combat

deployments

so my heart goes out to all those who

are praying because i’ve seen

the power of a praying mom on her knees

you know praying that her child comes

home safely

and i know many of you watching today

you

have loved ones that you’ve been praying

for for their return and my heart goes

out to you today

we want to say thanks to all of you who

are participating

either online or by way of tbn

broadcasting this event live from our

nation’s capital

it’s an extraordinary day thousands of

people gathered right here in washington

to do something that maybe washington

hasn’t seen in a while

massive masses of people just here to do

one thing

pray for this country now we’re going to

be hearing a little from edward

later on at the world war ii memorial

but right now

it’s my pleasure to introduce tonya lyon

to you she’s on the mall and she’s going

to be giving us some updates along the

way

tanya what’s it feel like down there

mike thank you so much you know you used

the word congregation

a little bit earlier and that’s what it

feels like down on the national mall

today it’s such an honor to be here with

as you mentioned tens of thousands of

people the official estimate as i

understand it is

50 000 people are here on the national

mall today to participate

in this prayer march 2020. and we’re

standing

in front of the lincoln memorial where

um

certainly we’re reminded that this

country was built on strength

and we’re reminded that this country was

built on

the lives of people who chose to stand

up for what was right even

when it was difficult and that’s what it

feels like here today

it was so interesting to hear franklin

graham asking people to pray

after the vice president prayed and it

got quiet

here on the national mall and people

then started lifting their voices to

pray

out loud for our president our vice

president for our leaders in this nation

there’s such a sense of unity and

compassion

and belief that god is going to do

something special

so many people that i’ve had a chance to

talk to as you mentioned from all over

the country

have been saying things like i believe

god is going to help this nation

make a turn and that we’re going to look

back on this day and see

a change in our nation other people

quoting the bible saying things like i

believe god’s going to do immeasurably

more

than we ask or imagine and we’re going

to look back on this day

to know that that’s when it happened so

what am i seeing out here

i’m seeing hope i’m seeing hope in the

eyes of young people

i’m seeing hope in the eyes of people

who are in wheelchairs

here to walk in wheelchairs today so i

think we’re going to see

a lot of passion i think we’re going to

see a lot of humility

and i’m looking forward to doing this

march with you so

back to you as we continue our coverage

of prayer march 2020.

he’s a decorated veteran a best-selling

author and an advocate for military

families

we are delighted to welcome colonel

oliver north colonel great to see you

governor great to be with you

thank you and and to have

with us and

you know this is a special day of prayer

prayer is

spiritual warfare it’s battle but you’re

used to battle

not just spiritual you were in combat

you had people shoot

at you tell me how you correlate what

it’s like to be in

military battle and spiritual battle

what

i came to know my lord and savior jesus

christ

when i was 35 years old i was a marine

major

by the example of another person i had

never read this book from cover to cover

more than once

right it’s the only book i’ve now read

even you and i write great books it’s

the only one i’ve read from cover to

cover

many times and the prayer that i just

led at the at the

world war ii memorial is the soldier’s

psalm

praying for america’s military america’s

law enforcement

and our veterans families and those

around active duty

this country has never been through what

we’re going through today

i mean even the the great plague of the

1918 epidemic or pandemic was nothing

like what we’ve got today

and our country is desperately in need

of a spiritual

revival and what we’re seeing happen on

the mall of america right now

right out here is an example of the kind

of warfare that we’re in

satan is alive and well right and he’s

taking advantage of the pandemic

the discord that’s going on in our

country and so everyone out here with

franklin

your dad what a magnificent leader just

like the governor here

knows the idea that this is the

ammunition prayer

is the ammunition that we need to fight

this fight

you have done a lot of work with the uh

freedom alliance to help military

families because

they’re under the gun literally when

they’re in battle

but when they come home they’re still

under the gun they are and the recovery

process for those who’ve been wounded

over 40 000 who’ve been wounded badly

the families of those who were killed

the scholarships that we give to those

youngsters who’ve lost a parent in the

line of duty in this war

they’re the kinds of people who become

the leaders of this country

as long as they know that we’re

spiritually motivated

there’s nothing political about anything

that we do what we’re

what we’re trying to do is make this

make sure that the next generation of

leaders

i have to confess i’m motivated in many

respects by the 18 grandkids you know

that i’ve got

and i want them to have a place that’s

home for them

on this planet during their lifetime

absolutely i think many of us are here

because we’re here for that next

generation

and fighting for that next generation

but colonel

with your you’re a military historian do

you believe that god still governs the

affairs of men

the good lord knows what’s going to

happen he’s calling on us to recognize

that what we often see as obstacles

are really opportunities right that’s

what this march is all about

this is an opportunity for america to

revitalize itself

spiritually in the ammunition is prayer

and so i’m hopeful that what we’re

seeing today

with all the the involvement of

everybody who came together very quickly

thanks to your dad

the idea of turning to prayer and asking

god to bless this nation

as he has before as long as we turn to

him

and don’t try to solve it politically we

spiritually have got to revitalize

ourselves and this is an opportunity to

do so

well thank you so much for joining us

this afternoon colonel norris

there’s much more to come as prayer

march 2020 continues

stay with us

the church faces the giant of

indifference

of unbelief prayerlessness lack of a

devotional life

hypocrisy a lack of courage on the part

of church members

to stand up for christ a hundred

million or more people in the united

states are members of churches

suppose that hundred million people in

america

were living for god loving god with all

their heart mind and soul and loving

their neighbors themselves

what a transformation would take place

in the american nation

the very word christian means commitment

decision choice change

challenge it means that we get out and

march for christ

it means that we commit ourselves that

we believe in something

and that we give it all we’ve got

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in just a moment we’ll be at the world

war ii memorial

where we’ll pray for those brave men and

women

who have chosen to serve and to protect

and defend our country

they risk their lives every day to

maintain law and order

and to keep us safe so we’re lifting up

our military our police

other law enforcement first responders

and their families

we’ll also ask almighty god to provide

security

and peace for our divided nation

i want to invite you to pray with us

at our next prayer stop in just a few

minutes

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earth to god

come in god

i know you’re there hearing our prayers

wherever you are

we need you now

to send your love down

take away the pain in your holy name

we ask this now

we need your light we need your love to

heal the world you

made and save us now

and our darkest down with your amazing

grace earth to god

we’re holding on

but not for long

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can you pull us all close to the holy

ghost

and keep us strong

we need your light we need your love to

heal the world

earth to god

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god earth to god

coming god

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and save

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god

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what a beautiful song that’s john rich

country singer country songwriter

an inspired song earth to god

what a day this has already been

we’ve seen the vice president your dad

has led the march they’re on their way

from the lincoln memorial down to

the world war ii memorial it’s already

an amazing experience

yeah you know earth to god that the

creed of the universe his ear is

inclined to us the scriptures say

and with the backdrop of the lincoln

memorial

where many famous speeches have been

given i have a dream being one of the

most famous but when you look at lincoln

here was a man in some of the darkest

days in this nation

a pivotal time in our nation a divided

time but he was a man who mastered the

scriptures

he knew god’s word he knew what he

believed and why

he was full dependence for god’s wisdom

and understanding what a beautiful place

that vice president

who is the same looks to god for wisdom

and understanding

it is a great experience you know mike

pence and his wife karen

authentic believers this is not

something they’re doing because

you know it’s been told to them hey it

would be a nice thing for you to show up

they truly are very dedicated believers

in jesus christ

and committed to the scriptures and i

think it was so fitting and appropriate

that they were there

and this song i want to go back to that

a minute because i asked john rich about

the writing of the song he said it came

to him in less than 30 minutes

he just felt like in the midst of all

that america has been through with the

pandemic so many people in despair it

was like that collectively our nation

was crying out to god almost as if

we were trying to get a signal make sure

that he was hearing us

and i thought it captured it so

beautifully now this has been a

difficult time for many people

especially this year i’m a mom many of

us moms had to start homeschooling and

balancing work

people have lost their jobs the economy

the racial division

and those prayers are crying out to him

and it’s just beautiful

he said it was like an sos well and uh

speaking of sos i feel like that all

these thousands and

thousands of people who have gathered

from all over the country

as they march for seven different stops

along the way between the lincoln

memorial

and our nation’s capital and at each

stop they’re praying for specific

parts of our nation and its people but

you know i think it’s important

that you know that if you’re at home you

don’t have to physically be in

washington to join with this prayer

march

you can be praying with these folks

right where you are

in your home uh you can pray if you’re

listening in your car

by one of the apps of tbn that maybe uh

how you’re

accessing this but join with these

people

don’t just be a spectator i think

we want these folks to be

a participator in the prayer we want you

to feel like we’re here i know we would

like to be down there

a little adult it’s very emotional

you’ve seen uh people

marching and walking like i said earlier

of all ages i love seeing i even saw

some people

with some walkers out there and we’re

getting ready to go to a video of my

grandfather

billy graham we all remember that great

picture

of george washington kneeling at valley

forge

when in the midst of the battles of the

revolutionary war

and george washington came to the end of

himself and it looked like that the

little army was

almost completely defeated when george

washington got on his knees and called

upon god to help him

and out of that prayer came victory for

the revolutionary forces

and brought about the freedoms that we

now know our early forefathers like

thomas jefferson

and benjamin franklin were great men

that believed in almighty god

and ladies and gentlemen the next

generations

that followed began to go to church and

they believed in god

only as an afterglow and in our

generation

memorial and we come to this site

because we we want to remember the men

and women

who have fought the battles of this

nation to defend our freedom

and the blood that has been shed for our

freedom

and we thank god that he sent his son

jesus christ who shed his blood for our

freedom

and we know if we put our faith and

trust in his son jesus christ that god

will forgive our sins and heal our

our hearts but heal our country and so

today to pray

we’ve got lieutenant colonel oliver

north who’s going to lead in prayer

vice president myron lizar

vice president of the navajo nation

and the navajo nation played a big role

in the in world war ii uh the code

talkers

the japanese could not break the navajo

language

and so um he will be praying here at

this monument

and then my son edward graham who served

16 years in special operations with

eight combat deployments

he will be praying and then mr tony

perkins

president of the family research council

and so lieutenant colonel north please

i’m going to use the psalm 91 as a

prayer

for protection he dwells in this shelter

of the most high will rest in the

shadows of the almighty

i will say of the lord he is my refuge

and fortress my god and whom i trust

surely he will save you from the fowler

snare and the deadly pestilence

he will cover you with his feathers

under his wings and find refuge in his

faithfulness will be your shield and

rampart

you will not fear the terror of the

night or the arrow that flies by day

nor the pestilence that stalks in the

darkness nor the plague that destroys at

midday

a thousand may fall at your side ten

thousand your right hand but it will not

come near you

you will only observe with your eyes and

see the punishment of the wicked

if you make the most high your dwelling

even the lord who is your refuge

then no harm will befall you and no

disaster will come near your tent

for he will command his angels

concerning you

to guard you in all your ways they will

lift you up in their hands

so that they will so you will not strike

your foot against the stone you’ll tread

upon the lion and the cobra you shall

trample the great lion and the serpent

because he loves you says the lord

i will rescue him and i will protect him

for he acknowledges my name

he will call upon me and i will answer

him i will be with him in trouble i will

deliver him and honor him

with long life i will satisfy him and

show him my salvation i offer this

prayer

in the name of my savior jesus christ

for every soldier sailor airman

guardsman marines

law enforcement officer and their

families god bless you

thank you thank you franklin

i’m going to read from first corinthians

14 10 and then pray

there are it may be so many kinds of

languages in the world

and none of them is without significance

father god isn’t it fitting that we are

here at the world war ii memorial

where we’re reminded that the navajo

code talkers and other native tongues

helped deliver america in its most

trying time in the pacific theater

first nations people or the host people

helped deliver america

when you oh lord reminded us that there

is no language that is insignificant

since 1975 billy graham’s words for

first nations

you are a sleeping giant the original

american you are

now awakening just around the corner you

may become a spiritual superpower in

this country

that could change not only america but

the world

we as first nations we are the host

people in the land

you creator god set us here on this

continent we are still here

prophetically you gave the late billy

graham words that gave our people hope

could it be that you will deliver that

you will use first nations

once again to help deliver america in

this last trying time

to be a modern day code talker to bring

new messages of healing

and reconciliation to a spiritually dry

and starving land

we thank you our creator god bonnie

god shiddi and god yeah oh

thank you jesus in jesus mighty name we

pray amen

amen

let us pray lord we come to you thank

you for the gift of prayer that we can

talk to you our lord and savior

and lord right now i just asked that we

lift up those fighting overseas right

now so many of my friends

so many of my fellow rangers are

currently serving in combat lord i pray

for a hand of protection on them

watch over the marines the sailors the

air force

the coast guard the army all that are

serving right now lord just

a hand of protection to comfort them and

their family lord we thank you for so

many that had

answered the calling to serve this great

nation i thank you for the privilege

that i got to serve it

but lord i right now i just pray for

those that paid the ultimate sacrifice

we pray for their families

those those service members that

couldn’t be here we thank you for that

but lord right now i especially lift up

our law enforcement and our first

responders

lord an ugliness a great sin and a lie

has turned towards them

lord we ask for your hand of protection

we give thanks for them in their service

we give thanks for that their ability

and their willingness and desire to come

and serve others

lord we pray for a healing that only you

can bring about as in john 17 it says

sanctify him with the truth lord your

word is the truth we pray for your word

to come down in jesus name i pray

amen

as a marine veteran and a former police

officer i’m grateful for this

opportunity to pray at this memorial

jesus in john chapter 15 verse 13 said

greater love

hath no one than this that one would lay

down his life

for his friends father i thank you as we

stand

at this memorial that represents

selflessness and courage lord two things

that mark this nation

that shows us that your sustaining

presence remains because men and women

are still willing to lay down their

lives for others

and lord we are grateful for that and we

pray for our military but we pray also

as edward did for our law enforcement

lord as lawlessness has been unleashed

upon this nation

lord i pray for courage to uphold the

truth

courage and bravery to lay down our

lives for something that is greater than

ourselves and that is the kingdom of god

and the truth that sets men women and

children free

may the truth may the transcendent truth

of the gospel of jesus christ be

released upon this nation

as we stand with courage and

selflessness

and bravery thank you for those that

have gone before

us lord may we not falter may we not

fail on this our watch in jesus name

amen

well if you’re just joining us you are

witnessing

an extraordinary day in our nation’s

capital prayer march 2020.

seven stops between the lincoln memorial

and our nation’s capital there are

thousands and thousands of people who’ve

come from all over the country

to simply march this length of our

nation’s capital

and they’re praying they’re not doing

political speeches they’re praying

what you just witnessed was franklin

graham for whom this was

his vision and his dream to have a day

of prayer and he introduced to us

colonel oliver north myron lizer who’s

vice president of the navajo nation

edward graham and tony perkins who

prayed at the world war

ii museum it it’s it’s a pretty

remarkable thing just to be

watching all of this and being part of

it that’s a unique stop

you know as we talked earlier about the

world war ii and my brother i got a

little emotional

where many of his friends haven’t come

home there’s many gold star families out

there

and to pray and to lift those families

up

who’ve endured a lot our country

is only here because people made the

ultimate sacrifice they paid with their

lives

to keep the rest of us free and one of

the things that’s happening in this

prayer march today is a reminder to be

grateful for those folks who have served

in uniform our military first responders

police officers and that’s what we’ve

just been witnessing

it is an extraordinary experience and as

we said earlier

we know that many of you you’re watching

by way of

tbn or maybe you’re watching online

but we’ve asked you don’t just watch

join

join in prayer lift up

these parts of our nation that we’re

highlighting in the seven stops

along our nation’s capital i think

that’s a very

very important thing for us to do now i

know that many of you

may be wondering what difference will

this possibly make

to have this event i want to tell you a

story about a man his name is daniel

now he lived during a time when his

nation had come

under god’s judgment that might sound a

little familiar

for an entire generation his people were

held

captive by their enemy and separated

from god’s blessing

but he was persistent in his prayers for

deliverance

the bible says that daniel cried out to

god

lord listen lord forgive

lord hear and act for your sake

my god do not delay because your city

and your people bear your name

and god heard those desperate pleas and

answered daniel’s prayers

and we’re following his example today

crying out to god

on behalf of our nation there’s more to

come

thank you for joining us in prayer today

there is tremendous power in prayer

through prayer you can call down the

power of heaven in any situation

any time anywhere for anybody

for anything we’re about to call upon

god

again at the washington monument

uh we’re going to be praying for the

salvation of the lost

uh for a renewed strength in our

families

for a cure to the corona virus pandemic

and a vaccine

that has not just ravaged our country

but the world

and we’ll be praying for the medical

workers those that are on the front line

and also an end to abortion

you might say well franklin those are

mighty big prayer requests

that’s right they are but we serve a

mighty big god

the bible says god is able to do

exceedingly and abundantly

above all that we ask or think

so get ready and pray with us

i believe in a god who not only hears

our prayers but i believe in a god who

can answer them

o beautiful

for spacious skies

forever waves of

grain

for purple mountains

majesty

above the fruited

paint america

oh man

god shed his grace on me

and crown thy good

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america

america

god shed his grace

home

and crown thy good

with brother

from sea to shining

sea and

clown thy good

with brother

from sea to

shining sea

get ready to be right here at the

washington

monument and our prayers continue so we

invite you to join with us

as we pray for those who are lost that

they will find salvation through jesus

christ

and we also want to lift up our families

and ask for renewed

strength during this time well you know

there’s so many people that are being

prayed for today people like our

front-line

medical workers we’re always wanting to

remind ourselves that there are people

who make great sacrifices for us

i i’m impressed with the number of

people who have gathered

i must be honest i didn’t expect

this many people to

come from all over the country with a

pandemic going on

but people wanted to be here they wanted

to be able to pray

to lift their nation up in prayer not a

political event but a prayer event

and i’m so grateful for your dad

franklin graham for the vision of this

i think what’s significant is

samaritan’s purse the organization that

he heads

reaches out and helps people through so

many disasters right now

the aftermath of hurricane laura

hurricane sally

the wildfires in california samaritan’s

purse

they’re always there and it’s because

people

pray and then they act upon their

prayers and today people are acting upon

their prayers

joining together with franklin graham

and samaritan’s purse

uh to be here in our nation’s capital

let’s go to franklin graham once again

he’s joined now by

pastor skip heidzig jerry privo and

kelvin

cochrane

we’re here at the washington monument

we’re here to pray

we want to remember the salvation of the

lost

renewed strength for our families

and for healing as it relates to the

chronovirus

that god would give us give our leaders

solutions

to this pandemic on how to treat it how

to

vaccinate against it

and all the front-line workers

that are dealing with this pandemic

and coming to to pray are

pastor skip heitzek calvary chapel of

albuquerque

one of the largest churches in the

southwest

then dr jerry privo who is

president of liberty university and dr

calvin cochran

chief operating officer of elizabeth

baptist church

and so i’m going to ask skip and then

jerry prevost dr prevo and then calvin

cochran

all right let’s pray father we want to

thank you

that we have the holy spirit living

inside of us

thank you lord that jesus said when the

holy spirit comes he will convict the

world of sin

and of righteousness and of judgment of

sin because they do not believe in you

father we pray that you would open up

the blind

eyes of people around even as they watch

this prayer march and they see

the peaceful nature of it father we pray

that you’d convict them

that you draw them to jesus show them

that there’s only

hope in jesus christ alone

father we do pray that you would give

wisdom to doctors to medical

professionals those who are doing

research to find

not only therapeutics but a vaccine

father healed this land

of this plague that has taken the lives

of so many

we pray lord that you would protect

those of us who are here today

but father we pray that you would heal

those who are not here because they’re

sick

father we pray that you put an end show

us how

give us a way to show an end to this

awful plague

of abortion that has uh afflicted this

country lord

so many beautiful lives that have been

have been snuffed out father we pray

that

you’d forgive us of our sins as a nation

you turn this nation

back to you and we we ask for your

forgiveness

in jesus name amen amen amen

thank you skip let’s pray our heavenly

father we thank you today that we have

the privilege to be

here in washington d.c thank you for

franklin graham

who called us here to pray for our

nation

and lord we do pray today lord our

nation has lost the lord it’s

its trail its inheritance uh its

original beliefs and lord i pray that

you’ll raise up

leaders that will believe in you and

recognize you like the founding fathers

of this great nation did

and lord as we continue to pray today we

pray for

those who don’t know you as their

personal savior

dear lord jesus we know that you love

the whole world

and lord whosoever shall believe in you

shall not

perish but have everlasting life

now lord we’re going through a pandemic

you know all about that

and lord maybe this is what is needed to

call so many people to come to the place

where they’ll repent of their sin

they’ll become a believer

but lord i pray for those who have been

so seriously affected by it

those who’ve lost loved ones because of

death

from this pandemic i pray that you’d

comfort their heart

lord i pray that everyone that’s lost

their life i pray that they were a

believer in you

and lord we come today thank you for

these thousands of believers who are

here

and lord you’ve told us if we will come

your people

will come and call up your name and lord

you will heal

our land and we call upon you today for

that healing

lord we pray today for our not only our

our federal uh elected officials

not only our congressmen here not only

our senators not only our president not

only our

vice president but we pray for every

state leader

across this country give us governors

that will

believe in you like our vice president

pence talked about a few moments ago

give us assembly members give us

governors and give us legislators

give us citizen state houses across this

nation

lord we just need people to be bold and

lord we thank you for this group that’s

gathered here today to be

bold and to come to this prayer march

and to pray for

this country pray for each other pray

lord that

we will see revival in this country lord

that you bring many to a belief

in you again we thank you for all of

these thousands of people who’ve

gathered here today

and for franklin graham being led of you

to call this prayer march today in jesus

name we pray

and all god’s people said amen

heavenly father this is the day that you

have made

and we your sons and daughters have

gathered on this

nation’s capital from sea to shining sea

to rejoice and to be glad in it father

we thank you that you have blessed us to

be

citizens of the united states of america

the land

of the free and the home of the brave

and we pray dear god that today will be

cleared the day that the

united christians of the united states

of america

came together for a prayer that you

would forgive us for our sins and that

you would heal our land

father i lift up families in the body of

christ and in our nation today

and pray dear god that you would use

families as you intended before the

foundation of the world

to manifest your glory within families

and to spread your glory

all over this nation from one nation to

another and all over the world

father i pray that you will return the

hearts of fathers back to their children

and you will return the hearts of

children back to their fathers

and that fathers would love their

children and not provoke them to anger

and that children will be obedient to

their parents

pray dear god that husbands will love

their wives as christ loved the church

and gave himself for them that as you

promised to your servant abraham that

through

through families all nations of the

earth shall be blessed

father we lift up health care providers

in our country who are

on the front lines every day caring for

the sick

who have been afflicted by covet 19. we

pray your blessed protection

over them even beyond their personal

protective equipment we pray

your sovereign angels be encamped all

around them to keep them in all their

ways so that they will

be able to provide the care that you

have called them to provide and to be

able to go home safely to their families

we pray dear god that you would speak to

those scientists that are working

towards the cure for the vaccine

and in your sovereign will we pray that

you would give them the solution

in your own divine time father we pray

that you would

open our eyes as your sons and daughters

that we would see what you would have us

to see and open our hearts that we would

do what you have

us to do unite us as a family of god

let it be known today dear god in the

united states of america that you alone

o

god our lord and that you have used

these circumstances to bring us

back together and to turn our hearts

towards you again

and we’ll be careful to give you all the

praise in jesus name

amen

well welcome back we’ve just been

witnessing some prayers that have been

delivered at the

washington monument here on prayer march

2020

in our nation’s capital now as we leave

the impressive washington monument

i want to let you know that there are

scriptures carved on the memorial blocks

in the walls there

and there’s an inscription on the east

side at the peak so it’s facing the

rising sun

it’s the latin phrase laos dayo which

translate

praise be to god despite

efforts to rewrite history and deny in

our country’s judeo-christian heritage

we see signs of it everywhere on this

national mall

you know god was with us in the

beginning he’s brought us through dark

and chaotic times before

and i believe as we look to him he’s

going to bring us through again

i really believe it and i’m seeing some

real evidence of that just by the

prayers of people here in our nation’s

capital

i think the people in this crowd believe

that too and

as they head toward the white house

which is the next stop

we’re going to be back in a moment so

stay with us

right now we want to pause to pray for

those that work in the executive branch

we’ll be able to see the the white house

in the background

from where we stand down the washington

monument hill

and i think about the white house and

that executive branch

is not just the president vice president

but it’s the staffs

it’s all those his cabinet all those

that advise him

they’re making decisions every day and

they just need god’s wisdom

so we’re going to pray for those that

are in the executive branch that god

would guide and direct

their each and every step and that the

decisions that they’re made

will be according to his plan and his

purpose

so let’s let’s gather together in prayer

for those that serve at the white house

among god’s spokesman who were

ministering to the spiritually hungry

was a man who only two years earlier

had organized the first evangelistic

rally ever held on the steps of the

nation’s capital

dr william franklin graham

to millions of americans he was plain

billy graham a dynamic preacher

whose phenomenal success in getting

folks back to church

was evidence enough that he had been

singled out by god for his job

for america to turn back to god and back

to christ and

back to the bible at this hour we have

been the recipients

of the choicest bounties of heaven we

have been preserved

these many years in peace and prosperity

we’ve grown in number wealth and power

as no other nation is grown but we have

forgotten god

i ask the united states senate and

congress

to request the president once again in

our crisis

when we stand on the evis of national

destruction and catastrophe

to call our people to prayer

you know when the white house comes in

view we’ll be praying specifically

for the president and the vice president

and their families

plus all those who work in the white

house and the executive branch of our

government

but governor you’re one of the few men

who’ve dared to run for that

intimidating office

what would give you the urge to take on

such a great responsibility

well thank you so much for reminding of

how that turned out

uh you know it was a great privilege to

have grown up as i did

just a poor little insignificant kid in

hope arkansas and yet

to be able to one day run for president

of the united states it’s a testament

of what this country is about that we

get to lead our own country now the

people chose someone else

and that’s fine but the beautiful thing

is that we have

come to a place in our country where we

choose our government not many people on

earth have that kind of privilege

that’s an important thing that we should

never forget

all right i think we’ve got to go to

franklin graham paula white kane and

pastor

greg laurie at the white house

we’re here at the washington monument

with a view of the white house behind us

and at this vantage point i think it’s

important that we pray

not just for the president and vice

president but for all those that work in

the

executive there’s so many

i’m talking about the cabinet i’m

talking about all the staff

so many people that are serving our

country that you don’t even know their

names

and faithfully serving and we just want

to pray for them today

and we’re so thankful so i’m going to

lead and then after

i pray paula white

is going to come and she’s been very

instrumental in

putting together a faith leadership team

around the president

and then pastor greg laurie from

riverside california

greg is a member of our board of

directors has been a friend for

over 30 years but let’s pray

our father and our god

we come and we stand here on this

well today is hallowed ground

and father we pray for this city we pray

for the white house

that’s behind us and those that work and

serve

there we pray for president

donald j trump and vice president mike

pence we pray for all the cabinet

for all the staff for all those that are

advising

and that are making decisions each and

every day

and father we know today that the

decision

to who will replace

the vacancy on the supreme court will be

announced in just a short time

and father whoever that person is we

just pray for them right now

that they will be your woman on that

supreme court

that she will be a voice for

righteousness

for thy word protect her whoever she may

be father

we just pray right now thank you father

for this great privilege thank you for

this nation

thank you for the freedoms that we have

in this nation forgive us of our sins

father

father we come today confess that we

have sinned as a nation

we repent we turn from our sins

and father we come today and we put our

faith and trust in your son jesus christ

thank you for sending him to take our

sins to die on a cross

and that you raised him to life we know

that anyone puts their faith and trust

in him will not be disappointed

thank you father and we pray this in

jesus name

amen

father we just come to you right now in

the name of jesus and we thank you that

we can enter in boldly by the superior

blood of jesus

we lift up our president president

donald j trump

we lift up our vice president vice

president mike pence

we lift up every cabinet member right

now we put a hedge of fire around them

according to the book of zachariah

we ask that they would have the mind of

christ according to philippians 2

5. your word declares in proverbs

chapter 20 verse 12

that you give the ear for them to hear

and eye to see

so give them a spiritual ear and a

spiritual eye incline their heart

towards you

that they would walk in righteousness

surround them with godly counsel

let all that would bring wickedness in

be turned away and scattered in the name

of jesus that no weapon formed against

them will be able to prosper

we raise up a hedge around them and we

ask that you anoint them from the crown

of their head

to the soul of their feet let them lead

this nation

and let them lead everyone that they

have authority over

in righteousness god we repent for our

sin

we repent for the sins of our

forefathers god

and we ask you for the grace and the

mercy of jesus christ to cover us

to cover president trump to cover first

lady melania

to cover their children we put

protection around them

we send and dispatch angels to watch

over them

to war for them and speak to president

trump’s and dreams and visions god i ask

that you would speak to him

clearly by the voice of the spirit lord

let his ears be deaf to any voice that

is not of you

but everything that is of you let his

heart be open and receptive

and god i pray a supernatural strength

that you would strengthen him physically

emotionally spiritually in the name

which is above

every name the name of jesus christ god

and we just lift up your name over this

nation and we thank you for reverend

graham

we thank you for all of those who have

come to pray

and we ask for revival we ask for an

awakening

and just as we walk the the halls of the

white house and we pray every day god

and we see you do mighty things let it

continue lord

let this nation be a nation of

righteousness in the name above

every name the name of jesus christ amen

let’s pray lord you promised in

scripture if we will call upon you

you will hear us and deliver us and

we’re calling upon you now

we’re laying hold of that promise in

second chronicles 7 14

where you say if your people which are

called by your name

will humble themselves and pray and seek

your face and turn from our wicked ways

then you’ll hear from heaven and forgive

our sin and heal

our land so often we point to the white

house

as the problem but in reality you point

to your house

the church to us so lord we’re praying

right now

that revival will start here that we

could mark it in time

this momentous time here in the nation’s

capital

where we gather together to pray and we

think about in acts 12 where

things were bleak james had been

martyred and peter was in prison and we

read

and the church prayed they prayed unto

god together

so we’re your church in this place

praying together

acknowledging we need you we ask your

blessing on our president

on his family on the vice president

give them special wisdom in the days

ahead we commit our nation to you

and we pray that you will bless america

in jesus name we pray amen

well if you’re just joining us you are a

part of prayer march 2020 in our

nation’s capital

tens of thousands of people from all

over america gathered

to make seven stops between the lincoln

memorial and our nation’s capital which

you can see

right behind us and as they make these

stops

specific people are praying for aspects

of our nation

they’re praying for you and i hope

you’re praying for america

as well it’s a wonderful and beautiful

expression

of just recognizing that our country

really truly depends

upon our dependence upon god

cece i understand your grandfather has

had the unique

experience of praying with every u.s

president 12 presidents over the course

of his lifetime starting with harry

truman

through barack obama and president trump

spent time with your grandfather

even before he was a candidate for

president yeah

you know when you look back as we just

saw the white house

it has to be one of the loneliest

offices in the world

you think of the weight that is on one

man’s shoulders

and my prayer especially in the time

that we’re in now

is that the president would know that

he’s not alone that he can find refuge

in god

strength and god and wisdom and

understanding in god and i think

that’s what they found in my grandfather

he had friendships with many of them it

didn’t matter what political party it

was

but they had friendships with them but

they found counsel with him

and just that presence you know lyndon

johnson he wrote

a letter to my grandfather saying nobody

will

understand the moment and that moment of

darkness what you were to

me and the counsel that you gave me but

i know

and i’ll never forget you know when i

was just 15 years old

president george w bush requested that

my grandfather daddy bill is what i call

him

to speak at the national cathedral here

in washington

it was just three days after the 9 11

terrorist attacks

you know he was almost 83 years old and

it was very difficult for him to climb

those steep steps

but he was determined to bring the

nation a message of hope

and his words still ring true today

god can be trusted even when life seems

at its darkest

the cross tells us that god understands

our sin

and our suffering for he took upon

himself

in the person of jesus christ

our sins and our suffering

and from the cross god declares

i love you i know the heartaches and the

sorrows and the pains that you feel

but i love you i don’t know

not sure well that is a powerful

reminder for

all of us now there’s a lot more to come

but right now we’re going to go back

down on the national mall tonya is with

us

tonya what are you seeing down there

mike and thank you

i’m here with evangelist alvita king and

of course you know that name she’s the

niece of the slain civil rights

leader martin luther king jr and her

ministry

now is called civil rights for the

unborn

and i imagine as you look around here

you’re believing in big things

about what god will do through the

hearts of his people will you tell us

what you’re believing in today

i’m believing that god is touching the

hearts of all americans and all people

around the world

one race one blood acts 17 26

one ethnic group from the womb to the

tomb

that means the little babies in the womb

we don’t fight about skin color

ethnicity i see it i see the skin color

i celebrate celebrated ethnicity but

we’re one human race amen

and one family and that god will hear

our prayers and bless

us and what are you believing god will

do

in the wake of this march what will we

see god will hear our prayers

bless us and cause us to learn to work

together how do we do that how do we

learn to work together prayer and do

what we’re doing now amen

praise god amen well we’re going to let

you go you’re going to go pray right now

thank you so much

god bless you back to you as we continue

our prayer march 2020.

well we’re back here uh in our wonderful

position where we get to sort of oversee

the u.s capitol during the prayer march

but right now the group has gathered at

the national museum of african-american

history and culture

this is what now is the fifth stop of

seven stops

in the course of prayer march 2020.

so we’re going to go back down to uh the

prayers for these folks

my dad will be joined by daryl

strawberry

alvita king and jensen franklin

you know one of the things we see with

this is a wide variety of people

ministers people who are government

officials

but the one thing they have in common

they’re praying for america today

this isn’t a rally for democrats or

republicans or independents it’s

not a political thing at all it’s

strictly a day

for people to pray for our country with

all the problems we have in this nation

and the division and the polarization

i don’t have anything that can bring us

together

other than prayer and dependence upon

god and i think all of us are hoping

that that’s exactly

what is going to happen i think we’re

ready to go down and

see what’s happening at that place with

franklin graham

well we’re right now at the national

museum of african american history and

culture here on the mall and we want our

prayer focus

to be on compassion

kindness toward one another

respect reconciliation that is so

important today

and for the healing in our communities

across this country the bible says the

effective

fervent prayer of a righteous man avails

much

and here to lead in the prayers

daryl strawberry retired major league

baseball player

four-time world series champion

who’s been a not only a great friend

but he’s been a voice for righteousness

and for the lord jesus christ dr albeda

king

director of african american outreach

for the gospel of life

and pastor jensen franklin

senior pastor of free chapel and so

we’re going to ask now that

daryl strawberry would lead us in prayer

at this time

daryl thank you thank you very much

frankly graham thank you all for being

here

let’s just welcome the holy spirit in

the holy spirit you’re welcome here

father today we just come we just come

to pray we pray for compassion

we pray for kindness we pray for respect

we pray for reconciliation father

we pray for the violence to stop father

we pray for this nation right now

in the name of jesus father we must lead

them back to the cross

john 14 6 says jesus says i am the way

the truth and the life no one comes to

the father except through me

there’s only one way that they got to

come father and we just want to pray

right now we want to pray over the

hearts of the people

we want to pray for us to unite together

as people of race together father

we have been divided we have been torn

apart by the enemy we rebuke to devour

right now in the name of jesus

father we claim victory over this

country right now father no weapon

formed against us you’ll prosper

with more than conquerors through christ

jesus father we ask that you put a hedge

of protection thank you for this great

day you are the great i am

there is no one like you lord thank you

for all that you have done you have

lifted us up

as believers to come today to speak life

father and we speak

life over this country right now we pray

for we pray for every

dark situation every dark situation must

go

we rebuke that right now in jesus name

we rebuked it we thank you father

we thank you because you’re a good god

there is no one like you we thank you

for the grace

and mercy that you continue to give us

each day may we continue to be a voice

for the kingdom

matthew 6 33 says seek ye first the

kingdom of god is righteousness

then all these things will be added into

you father we seek after the kingdom not

the things

we seek after the kingdom of god and

your righteousness so we can be

righteous people so we can lead those

that are lost in this dark time father

father we thank you we love you we honor

you we praise you we give you glory

and there is no one like you lord there

is no one like you we exalt you right

now

in the name of jesus and we give you

glory amen and amen

[Applause]

to my brother franklin graham and your

whole family and all my brothers and

sisters

let us pray here we go hear our prayers

oh lord

hear our prayers

oh lord

incline your ear

to us

and grant us your peace

father in the name of jesus we ask

you to forgive us of all of our sins

like daniel

he prayed for his and a nation so did

esther lord god

and we’re here today doing the same

thing led by our bold brother

to come and just walk the grounds and

you told joshua every place that his

feet touched

he could claim it for you so we claim

this territory

for your kingdom father we have sinned

and

misunderstood or just on purpose thought

that we were separate races

we are one human race acts 17

26 says one blood lord god

we are one human race we’re not

colorblind we’re going to open our eyes

jesus gives sight to the blind

and we’re going to recognize ethnicity

and all the beauty that you gave us lord

so forgive us and let’s let us love

children

let us love life life liberty and the

pursuit of happiness

from the womb to the tomb

in jesus mighty name amen

let’s pray lord we thank you

that the first man that was ever covered

by the blood of sacrifice

was a black man by the name of simon

cyrene

he carried the cross and that blood on

that cross

covered him and his family we plead the

blood of jesus over our families and

over our nation

and over the racial division only you

can heal it

only you can make us a coat of many

colors again

it’s been torn to pieces the coat of

many colors but would you

carefully piece it back together father

with your healing hand

and lord we thank you that the cross was

an international cross

it had three different languages nailed

to it

king of kings was written in three

different languages

because the gospel is not an evangelical

white gospel

it’s all men for all people need the

cross and the blood of the lamb

so lord we point the nation to the lamb

of god that takes away the sins of the

world forgive us

cleanse us and heal us in jesus name

wow what a powerful moment as a year

that we’ve seen much

racial division you look at those three

that are praying

all come from different backgrounds all

have different stories you got a

baseball player with a great story of

redemption

dr alvita king a face that everybody

loves

and jensen franklin you know the

in this world of division even the

church has been divided lately on many

issues

that we have more in common than we

don’t

and that is jesus christ and as jensen

talked about the blood of jesus

that sets us free the truth will set us

free it was such a powerful moment

all three of these folks who prayed each

had a different perspective

you know you and i both know daryl

strawberry and know what an amazing

personal story he has if there ever was

a

story of redemption it’s the story of

daryl strawberry

and i was listening to him pray and i i

turned to you and i said

well there’s an authenticity about him

it’s so

genuine he’s a person whose life has

been overcome by the grace of god

i pray that what happened to him

individually will happen to our nation

that we will all be overcome by god’s

grace

alvida king’s prayer beautiful as always

and then jensen franklin

said something about simon of cyrene i

guess i’d never thought of that before i

know i

i was sure to think about i’m glad you

had you’re never thinking about that and

you’re a pastor

that’s good i thought that’s profound

i’d like to thank you jensen

that was really good well it is our hope

that as we

disperse from this event in just a

little while

that we’ll all continue praying every

day it’s not just a one day thing

cover your states your hometowns your

neighbors and families in prayer

i hope you’ll do it often and do it with

confidence as the bible says let us

therefore

come boldly to the throne of grace that

we may obtain mercy

and find grace to help in time of need

absolutely and thank god we still have

the freedom to pray in the public square

like we’re seeing

right now but we’ve got to be vigilant

to protect our religious freedoms the

secular forces are hard at work

trying to weaken even destroy the

religious liberties

set forth in our founding documents

well those inspired documents have a

permanent home in the national archives

that’s going to be our next prayer stop

visitors

can go and see the declaration of

independence the constitution of the

united states and the bill of rights

together these three are known as the

charters of our freedom

they’ve secured the rights of the

american people for more than

two and a quarter centuries governor

this has been an incredible day and it’s

been so encouraging to watch americans

exercise their religious beliefs

and to live out their faith and this is

what the founders

wanted to ensure they wanted that our

voices were heard in every aspect of

life

whether that’s in our jobs in our

communities not just inside of our

churches but yes

even in the public square they wanted

our voices to be heard

not silenced and i think that’s

what is just so magnificent about this

day

one of those voices is tonya lyons she’s

going to be standing by with a special

guest down on the mall tanya tell us who

you have with you

well mike and this gentleman needs

no introduction of course

sissy’s big brother and the vp of billy

graham evangelistic association and an

evangelist in his

own right will graham i’m with now

will when you look at this crowd and

when you’re in this place what strikes

you today

well it’s been this has been a huge

prayer group i mean that’s what this is

i think about sometimes in our dorm

rooms uh when we get together and have

prayer together as a group you know as a

whole dorm

this is a big dorm you might say and uh

we got people from all walks of

life i’ve been walking around and i love

geography so i ask people you know where

are you from

and we got people from albuquerque we

got people from

new jersey i mean we’ve got people from

all over the place

that have come here all different colors

all different races

different backgrounds religious

backgrounds i say religious different

denominations

but yet they come down and they pray

they’re praying for our country right

now and

and uh we go from one area to another

area right now

and it’s been interesting because a lot

of people’s up they just stop and they

hold hands and they just start praying

in a group of four

group of five and it’s just been a sweet

thing to watch and to be a part of and

uh and we’re just praying for our

country we love

our country we know things aren’t right

we see a lot of hate and division going

on

and we believe that prayer is that

answer to all those needs

and it’s interesting that you bring up

hate and division as we’re standing in

front of the

national museum of african american

history and culture

how do we bring that unity how is prayer

the answer i found i tell you when

you’re

if you’re upset with somebody you start

praying for that person because god

commands us to pray for our enemies and

you start praying for that person that

maybe

wronged you you start to realize you

know i don’t hate them as they

as they used to and i think when we

start praying for one another

and lifting each other up and we start

focusing on god

and taking it off ourselves even whether

it’s our hurt our own hurt

when we can start focusing on the lord

it seems to melt away it doesn’t mean

that everything’s made right in the

world but what happens is now we

you know what i see this person as a

child of god this is someone that god

loves

god loves me and you start to build a

relationship with that person and so

prayer is what can change things it’s

what moves in people’s hearts

and where that’s what we’re doing we’re

praying that god will change people’s

hearts and change will

graham’s heart yes you know and start

with mine lord

and that’s what we’re seeing and that’s

what we’re seeing so many thousands tens

of thousands of people here

and so it’s just been an interesting to

see all different walks of life

different economic economic statuses

different

racial statuses uh different

denominational statuses

all coming together different genders

all coming together

for one purpose to pray for one another

to pray for our country to pray for our

leaders

and ask god for spiritual healing as

you’re speaking will it strikes me that

you’ve been talking a lot about what’s

happening here on earth

about people praying for one another

about god changing our hearts and it

makes me wonder what’s happening in

heaven

what’s happening in heaven and i know

you’re not there but you’re an

evangelist and you know the heart of god

and i would wonder what is happening

in heaven now as tens of thousands of

people are on the lawn here in

washington d.c

well i think i think i think we are

looking at heaven right now

is what heaven looks like and uh all

different walks of life

praising the lord and i mean i just saw

a stranger down here on about

40 minutes ago just start singing

leading worship i don’t know who he was

but he was pretty good singer i can tell

you that

ricky scad is going to have his uh

better get that guy to help come

help him sing or something or michael w

smith but this guy here just leading

worship

and just people just proclaiming the

good news of christ and

and that’s what we’re praying for and um

it’s so fun because this is what heaven

really is going to be like

it’s going to be all different languages

different people all in heaven

and i think we’re just getting a small

glimpse of heaven right now i agree it

feels like heaven on earth

here in this atmosphere right now and

speaking of heaven

when your grandfather billy graham went

to heaven i know that you began research

on a book

that is out now because people wanted to

know how did billy graham become so

successful

what did you find in your research about

your grandfather’s work it was something

it was something that uh is when i was

leaving the the pastorate and i was

coming to work for

my father at the billy graham

evangelistic association

and uh he said well he said and i said

you know

i call him daddy bill that’s my name for

my grandfather it’s our

what us grandchildren call them and i

said daddy bill you know i believe god’s

called me away from the church now and i

don’t want to go but

um i feel like god’s calling me to come

and work at

the billy graham evangelistic

association he looked at me for a while

shook his head and said was uh he called

all his grandsons you know

sons son that’d be uh that’d be

wonderful we’d love to have you

and he said i want to give you two words

of advice he said

i want you to do i’m going to tell you

some things i learned

he said i wish i did less preaching

i wish i didn’t preach as much he said

but i wish i spent more time on my knees

he said

we should we could have seen so much

more if

we spent more time on our knees and

especially and he was talking about

himself because especially if i spent

more time on my knees instead of

preaching

but praying we could have seen even more

more people come to know christ

and so my my grandfather understood that

the battle

is not with the supreme court it’s not

done in the legislative in congress down

here

it’s not in the white house which is off

to my right right here

it’s done on our knees and that’s where

the real fight is

and um and so my granddaddy understood

that and so he said you know to make

sure that you pray

pray and pray that’s the key to seeing

people come to know christ and so i

gotta

constantly remind myself you know

sometimes i just need to shut up

and just do more more silence on my

knees and praying before the lord and i

can see more things come

thank you so much prayer often involves

a lot of listening

doesn’t it it does and i need to

practice my listening more often

thank you so much will graham back to

you now in the studio

she was the first republican woman to

represent minnesota in congress

she’s been a woman i’ve looked up to for

many years

and we’re very pleased to welcome former

congresswoman michelle bachmann

thank you for joining us today michelle

it’s always a good day when i’m

with you it’s been an incredible day so

far

oh it has and it’s going to be even

greater as the day goes on i’m thrilled

about the prayer march

so michelle you’ve always been open

about your faith when you were running

for office when you held

office why is it so important for

christians to be

open about their faith in the public

arena and especially the public square

yeah that’s a great question i think

it’s because

it should be that our faith is really

the lead part of our life it is our

identity

we are in jesus christ and so that

should be the tip of the spirit

not to be obtuse or obnoxious about it

but we’re to be

living christ’s values and so i think

that’s what it should be

this is a rough town i mean i think

that’s a very nice way to

you’ve been here you know you get it

yeah i stay away until i get my shots

and then i come back

but but there used to be a time

seriously when even democrats and

republicans were able to

pray together have bible studies

together

there was intense rivalry and

obvious competition but there’s a

meanness

now that that just didn’t exist why

has it gotten so like that and what is

the way to fix that

i think the reason why it’s like that is

because government’s become too

important

government wasn’t always this important

in our lives if you look at

the front pages of newspapers from 40

and 50 years ago

everything wasn’t government but today

so much power so much of our life is

controlled by government

especially now in this corona virus here

so

much of our every movement is mass the

whole thing are surrounded by

in its and been mandated by government

that

people just think that governments are

sourced for everything as believers we

know that god is our source

he’s our financial support our ego are

emotional he’s our support in every way

but it’s become too important

and so because of that people want to

grab as much

as they can for themselves and so their

worldview perspective

demands that government mandate what

they want and punish

other people who don’t want what they

want and that’s really why it’s become

so important it’s really a

zero-sum game now where everything is

about government and that’s

not god’s economy that is not god’s plan

great perspective michelle you raised

five children

20 foster children there’s many mothers

and parents i look the wear for it too i

got it

and really quickly what you know we’re

there’s many mothers who are concerned

about this generation how should we be

fighting and praying for this next

generation we’re raising

oh i love that question um i think it’s

important to realize that

once you have children they’re worth it

i mean they need to be your number one

in your life they deserve that

um it’s good for for mother and father

but it’s also good for them

and i think we need to recognize the

world is completely different than when

we were in high school

and so it’s especially important that we

protect their innocence that’s what god

says we’re to protect

childhood innocence and to do that we

need to protect what they take into

their ears

and their mind you know that song that

says be careful little ears what you

hear

i think it’s important as parents that

we are very careful we were restrictive

about what our children had

access to today it’s much harder they’ve

all got this

yeah and this is a very difficult issue

to deal with so i think

unless you’re a praying parent and ask

god for wisdom

and to protect and cover your children

we don’t have to walk in fear we don’t

have to have a spirit of fear and

neither do the children

but we need to pray over them every day

well michelle we miss you in congress i

will tell you that but i’m so happy you

are still doing the lord’s work right

here in the devil’s town

so keep up the good work hey there’s

more to come from the national mall and

prayer march 2020.

so stay with us everyone

in the modern world of transportation

and technology the whole world

has become a neighborhood without being

a brotherhood

and the whole world suddenly becomes our

neighbor and we have a responsibility to

them

you’re an energetic generation a

generation that could change the world

if you begin to march shoulder to

shoulder for jesus christ

and i think that’s great the world needs

changing

but you’ll never change it until you

link up with jesus christ and then

you’ll change it in the right way

jesus christ on that cross can transform

the human life

and change hate to love witness for him

be willing to choose for him suffer for

him die for him

jesus said follow me come and change the

world with me

with the national archives as the

backdrop

we invite you to join us and pray for

our religious freedom

and we’re asking for boldness for

churches to stand firm

with the word of god and to preach jesus

christ

in a troubled world well you know

i know that uh this whole day has been

marked by

it’s kind of an awe and wonder for me to

just see this many

people come out uh just to pray we’ve

had some great guests you know i i got

to be honest one of my favorite moments

today has been this

song by john rich earth to god it sort

of sums up

everything that we’ve been a part of the

people of god

crying out and asking for his

intervention

in our country and so you know when we

go to the national archives we’re going

to see the great documents of our

country the things that

that has given us our underpinnings our

foundation

and governor you’ve written that in your

recent book the three c’s that made

america great again

or made america great i don’t want to

mix it up so it doesn’t make america

great

tell us about the third c constitution

well what makes

our constitution so unique is that it’s

a document that empowers people not

government

most people never read it to understand

that it doesn’t say

government here’s what you can do it

says government here’s what you

can’t do because the people are free and

you can infringe upon their liberties

and their freedom

for example every one of the bill of

rights is a restriction of government

not one of them is a restriction on

people not one time

did our founders say okay people you

can’t do this so the do’s and don’ts are

not given to the people

we’re assumed to have liberty it’s the

government that’s been throttled back

and

boy do we need that lesson again and a

reminder

so when people stop by the national

archives today and they see the

declaration and they see the bill of

rights

and they see our constitution i hope

they embrace what a unique inspired

document

that we live with in this country

because uh

it’s it’s the longest document of

time that has governed a country in the

history of mankind most constitutions

only last

20 50 years and then they’re thrown away

and started over

ours has been going for well over 200

years and that’s remarkable you know and

another c

in your book is christianity yeah you

know and we’re here

to be in the public square praying

lifting up the voice of god and praying

for him

but you know what is christianity what

is the proof that’s there

that it was with our founding fathers

here in the beginning of this nation

even in our declaration of independence

they understood

that we hold these truths to be

self-evident that all men are created

equal

and they’re endowed by their creator

with certain unalienable rights life

liberty and the pursuit of happiness

our founders did not think for a moment

that our rights

came from the government they came from

god

government’s job was simply to protect

the rights not to give them

and that’s unique to us and all of our

early

experiences as a country in america were

based on the judeo-christian worldview

that we are individually responsible to

god

and that we’re not collectivists we’re

individualist and that’s very powerful

because

each of us has our identity not on our

race

not on our gender not on our occupation

but on our relationship to our creator

that’s what a lot of people seem to be

missing today and i hope

that as they stop at the national

archives people will just take note of

that

yes sir well join us

as we watch this video from john rich

[Music]

amazing grace

a rich like me

[Music]

i once was lost

[Music]

twas grace that’s

and grace my fears

how precious did

that grace appear

the hour i first

[Music]

bright shining as

the sun

we’ve known

to see god’s praise

then when we first begun

[Music]

amazing embrace

how sweet the sound

that saved rich

like me

i was lost

but now i’m found

[Music]

i was lost

but now i’m found

[Music]

one of the people that will be joining

my dad at the next stop is pastor

andrew brunson you know many of us

remember that image

when he was just got out of the turkey

prison and he came into the oval office

and prayed with the president united

states

you know he’s in captivity he was in

prison for two years in turkey

and i just interviewed him this summer

and

we’re here for prayer that’s our focus

today and when he was in prison and his

wife noreen would come visit him

he would say are people still praying

for me

or have they forgotten me and she would

say no the world is praying for you and

it would give him hope

and to know that people are praying for

you it brings hope

to people especially in days like this

it’s a great reminder of

of what freedom means right now franklin

graham is being joined by andrew brunson

we’ve just been talking about him also

former congressman frank wolf

and pastor robert morris

we’re here at the national archives

and the focus of our prayers here are

for religious freedom

uh for the boldness pray for the

boldness of the churches

to stand firm with the word of god to

preach jesus in this troubled world

and standing with me are some giants

in this area of religious freedom the

bible says

watch stand fast in the faith be brave

be strong and so coming today to pray

is pastor pastor andrew brunson

evangelical pastor who is held in turkey

for his faith in christ and we just

thank god that

president donald j trump put pressure on

the government there and he was released

and then representative frank wolff

former u.s representative

for virginia he has been a outspoken

advocate for religious freedom

around this world and then to close us

will be pastor robert maher senior

pastor of gateway

church in dallas texas

and so i want to thank these men for

coming and pastor

brunson if you’ll lead us now in prayer

father god i bring before you the words

that you gave us

through the prophet daniel that in the

most difficult times when even the

foundations are shaken

that those who know their god shall

stand

firm and take action so lord i pray

accordingly

that we may be a people who know their

god give us

an impartation of intimacy

give us the gift of hungering after the

living god

so that we may devote ourselves to what

is most important

to make the first thing first which is

to love you with all our heart

soul mind and strength and because of

this love

because we love you that we will stand

unashamed

of identifying with jesus and his

teaching

that without apology we will pledge our

allegiance to the son of god

and to his kingdom i ask also that we be

a people

of right perspective give us heavenly

eyes give us

king demise expose a spirit of fear

give us victory over the spirit of fear

instead may we have a right fear a fear

of god so that we will not

fear those who threaten us here in this

life who threaten to harm us or cancel

us

instead put the fear of god in our

hearts

so that when pressures come we do not

run but stand now i pray

what i prayed so many times for myself

and for my

family when i was in prison father god

pour out on your sons and daughters

proud on us your sons and daughters

the courage the strength the confidence

the boldness

the perseverance the endurance and the

steadfastness of jesus

pour out on us the fullness of jesus

that we may run the race set before us

and finish well a beautiful bride

purified in the fires of faithful

obedience

tested and found worthy of her beloved

of jesus

the king of glory

dear god we know that in your word there

are so many directions that we should be

interested in religious freedom and

standing with a persecuted

we are with this building the national

archives where

three of the most important documents in

our nation’s history are there the

constitution

the bill of rights the declaration of

independence these

are covenants not only with the people

in the united states but their covenants

with the people around the world

dear god we see persecution taking place

in china the catholic church

protestant pastors in jail taking down

crosses

we see uighur muslims in detention camps

almost like the nazis

we see persecution against the buddhists

we see anti-semitism around the world we

see in nigeria genocide

genocide in nigeria so we pray lord

as franklin said you’ll wake up to

church the church will pray and then

lord

the church will speak unfortunately we

hear the sound of silence

from so many pulpits we heard the church

will speak

and then the church will act will boldly

act regardless

of what the cost the church will act and

lord we ask you to bless the congress

both republicans and democratic members

they will come together

in healing a reconciliation elasti lord

we

ask for a renewal for revival for an

awakening for our country we ask and

pray for these things

in jesus name amen

hallelujah lord we pray for the pastors

in america today

we pray god for a holy boldness to come

on the pastors

that they will stand in the pulpits and

declare the word of god

lord as in acts 4 when the holy spirit

came upon them and we know he came in

acts 2 but acts 4 he came again he came

upon them

and it said they spoke the word of god

with boldness

that is our prayer today lord that

pastors will speak

the word of god with boldness and lord

we pray as paul

charged timothy that the pastors would

be instant

in season and out of season that they

would preach

rebuke exhort with all long suffering

god that they would not heap up teachers

to themselves with itching ears

but they would stand strong stand in the

pulpits

do the work of an evangelist fulfill

their ministry god we ask today

that you will anoint the pastors of

america with a fresh

anointing of the holy spirit in jesus

name

amen

you’ve been listening to prayers at the

national archives you’ve heard prayers

from

andrew brunson who was held in a turkish

prison for

two years before he was finally released

thanks to people’s prayers

also frank wolff former congressman of

virginia who’s one of the real

champions of christian who are

persecuted

across the world he has spent a lot of

his time even after his congressional

career helping people around the world

who are persecuted because their faith

in jesus christ

and of course also pastor robert morris

from texas

well there is a reason that the church

needs to keep preaching jesus christ in

a troubled world

truth is he alone is the answer to

life’s

deepest problems you know what a

precious sight it’s been and then we

keep talking about jesus and jesus said

i am the way the truth and the life and

no one comes to the father but

by me and if you were at home

and if you’ve never invited jesus into

your heart and accepted him as your

savior

please listen to this personal

invitation from my father

as you have been watching today of this

prayer march

the only hope for our country is god but

the only hope for you

is god and if you haven’t put your faith

and trust in his son jesus christ

i want you to do that right now you see

god made us he created us but our sins

separated us from god and there’s

there’s nothing that you can do

god has done it he sent his son from

heaven to this earth

to die for your sins he took your sins

and my sins

he went to a cross where he died and

shed his blood

and he was buried for your sins he took

your sins to the grave

but on the third day god raised his son

to life

and if we’re willing to put our faith

and trust in him god will forgive our

sins he’ll heal our hearts

he’ll give us eternal life and if you’ve

never invited christ into your heart i

want you to do it right now just pray

this prayer just say god i’ve sinned

i’m sorry forgive me i believe jesus is

your son

i want to trust him as my savior and i

pray this in jesus name

amen but if you prayed that prayer uh

call that number right now that’s on the

screen we’ve got some people like to

talk with you and pray with you

so call that number and do that right

now god bless you

[Music]

as dad said if you prayed that prayer

or if you have more questions we would

love to hear from you

you can call the number on your screen

or visit

peacewithgod.net but right now

let’s check in with tanya lyon for an

update

thank you so much for on the

opportunity to share what’s happening on

the lawn here and i’m joined by kaylee

kaylee is a liberty university graduate

student and she got on a bus bright and

early this morning

with about 2 200 other students to

participate in this prayer march kaylee

as a graduate student you could have

been doing a lot of things today

what made you decide to come here well

liberty made it affordable like it was

completely free for students to come

i had nothing else going on today so why

not just come take the time to be

unified

with the country and the body and the

christ what has it felt like to you

what have you experienced here it’s just

so much joy

and there’s so much comfortability

knowing that we all are looking towards

the lord right now we’re all just

praying for this country praying for

peace

praying for the hurt and healing and

it’s so nice to not

feel uncomfortable in his surroundings

to know that you’re surrounded by

body believers so i’m hearing you say

that

you don’t get a chance to go everywhere

and share your faith that this is

something that’s unusual and special for

you

tell me more about that well for me the

lord is my hope

you know he’s the light at the end of

the tunnel he’s the light on the darkest

days

he’s all i have he’s like what i cling

to i trust him and to know that his will

is being played out in my life

every single day like without him i’d be

nothing

it was your senior year last year it was

a very strange

season for you for graduating what are

you believing in god

for both for your personal life as well

as for our nation

well it’s been hard especially going

through all these changes but i just

have to trust the lord that

his will is being worked out because i

know his good is my good and whatever i

think is good

isn’t even as close to god’s best so i

just have to keep putting my trust in

him every day that he wants

the best for me kaylee thank you so much

back to you as we continue this coverage

of prayer march 2020.

earth to god

[Music]

come in god

i know you’re there hearing our prayers

wherever you

are we need you now

to send your love down

take away the pain in your holy name

we ask this now

we need your light we need your love

to heal the world you made

and save us now and our dark is down

with your amazing

grace earth to god

we’re holding on

but not for long

[Music]

can you pull us all close to the holy

ghost

and keep

we us your love to heal the world

and save

earth to us

[Music]

birth to god

come in god

earth to god

come in god

[Music]

god we need your light

we need your love to heal the world

[Music]

come in god

[Music]

i’m so glad we got to hear that song by

john rich again earth to god

i’ll be honest with you the first time

it came on i got a text from my wife

she said that’s an amazing song i mean

and it is an amazing song it’s one of

those that

i think i could hear it a hundred times

and i still would be blessed it just

really touches the heart i think it’s

like you said it pulls out the

heartstrings of what we’ve all been

facing this year there’s been lots of

emotions um this year with everything we

faced i don’t even pretend

to try to define 2020 because we still

have quite a few months to go

yes we do we keep having surprises but

that song

just reminds us that god the creator of

the universe he’s not far away

yeah he’s right there exactly where we

are and god meets us where we are

you know i’ve not met anyone who was uh

saying oh i sure wish

2020 would just extend and keep going

nobody’s feeling that

you know we have mentioned several

times your grandfather billy graham

and one of the reasons is because he

played such

a huge role in the spiritual life of our

country

for almost a century we’re watching even

on the screen

some great moments of his life he was

not just a uh

a preacher he was a christian statesman

because it was here at the capitol steps

in 1952 that he preached to a crowd

of 40 000 people and encouraged congress

to establish an annual national day of

prayer

yeah it was in 1952 he was on those

steps it had been a rainy day and it was

called a program

for peace and you would think he was

talking today

we were facing the same exact things

that we were facing then division

the um moral decay of this country right

and he always turned people back to

repentance we have people mocking god

now

we have people in this building behind

us mocking prayer

but here we are coming together

people from all across this country

coming back to those steps right here

and we were bringing

prayer and it’s a great revisit

of those days when billy graham stood on

those steps

and called people to pray and and i

think his legacy

will live on and and one of the ways his

legacy is living on is

obviously through his son franklin

graham the father of

who continues that legacy today we’re

not celebrating so much the graham

family as we are the gospel

that the graham family has consistently

preached whether it’s

your dad your grandfather your brothers

you uh all of the members of your family

who

faithfully continue to serve christ and

this day as we celebrate

and really observe the power of prayer

in our nation

and its influence you really can’t talk

about the spiritual life of america

without bringing up

your grandfather billy graham he has

played such a vital role

in every president’s life since uh harry

truman

but also in helping americans to

understand

the simplicity of the gospel you’re

right it was a simple message

that god loved you so much that he sent

his son jesus christ to die on that

cross

and he was always encouraging this

country to turn

back to god to repent

and how god used him you know i get

emotional i was born

later on in his career if you say so

there was a lot i didn’t see her witness

and i find myself late at night on

youtube watching videos of him learning

from him

still to grab the emotional because god

used his voice

to help bring a hope and a peace to

remind

people that god is sovereign what a

beautiful reminder

all right here’s franklin graham he is

with evangelist am graham lotz

and pastor jack graham we’re going to be

going to them in just a few moments

they are standing by waiting on our cue

we have this beautiful view behind us

of the u.s capitol as the folks are

making

what is the last stop of seven stops it

started at the lincoln memorial

and have followed down all of this

wonderful

national mall uh historic

with so many different monuments and

great facilities to remind us of

our nation’s heritage and history right

now let’s go

down to franklin graham

we’re here in front of our nation’s

capitol and

we want the focus of our prayers to be

for all those that work

in our nation’s capital it’s not just

here but the capitals across

this country the state capitals and for

all those men and women that are in

authority

and so we’ve come here today to ask that

god would

grant wisdom as they make the laws that

affect our lives

and we just pray that if there’s a law

that displeases god

that he would just trouble the hearts of

the lawmakers and

they just won’t pass it he can do that

and he can bring confusion to the enemy

but we pray for unity for those that are

here to serve in the name of the lord

jesus christ

father we pray that you would watch over

protect those that work behind me in

this capital

lead them and guide them and direct them

the bible says blessed is the nation

whose god is the lord we need god’s

blessing

we need his blessing and coming to pray

are

someone that very special to me and

that’s my sister

and graham lotz and angel ministries

and then pastor jack graham of

prestonwood baptist church in dallas

so i’m going to ask my sister ann to

come

and then pastor jack and then i will

close us in prayer

and thank you

thank you franklin so pray with me

please

god of creation god of our fathers

abraham isaac and jacob

george washington john adams abraham

lincoln

god of my father god of our fathers

you are my god and we bow before you now

and we acknowledge you for who you are

you’re the creator god your greatness

none of us can fathom

you brought the world into existence

with just a word

you opened up the red sea so your people

could escape

bondage on dry ground and set them free

you raised jesus from the dead you are

great your greatness has not been

depleted or deluded over the

millennia you are still as great today

as you were at the beginning as you will

be at the end

so we acknowledge you are great we

acknowledge your faithfulness you have

been so

faithful to us to our nation you have

blessed us in the city you’ve blessed us

in the country

you’ve blessed our coming in and are

going out you’ve poured

out your blessing on us but god we have

not

been faithful to you we have turned away

from your commands

we have turned away from your word we

have come up with our own

interpretations of things and following

our own

uh will so lord we we confess before you

our unfaithfulness now think of the

leaders

that have walked the halls of this

capitol building great men and women

who have stood by you and have been

people of integrity who cared about this

nation and now lord

what’s happened to us we’re no longer

the nation and

not led by the people anymore that we’ve

been led by in the past and so we come

to you acknowledging our

unfaithfulness to you the unfaithfulness

of our religious

and our political leaders as well as

ourselves and god we acknowledge you are

righteous

you are right we are wrong we are

sinners and we come before you knowing

that to the cross

teaches us there will be judgment for

sin

and you will not tolerate it so lord god

in this

moment before i believe your judgment

comes in a severe form we come to you

and we acknowledge that we’re sinners

that we’ve done so many wrong things and

we want to say we’re sorry

we’re so sorry lord and we ask please

for your forgiveness and lord that

reminds us to acknowledge that you are

a kind god a loving god a merciful god

in the midst of

wrath you remember mercy so we plead on

your mercy lord we ask please

we know we don’t deserve this but we’re

asking for your blessing

and we don’t want to say it in a trite

way god bless america we

we want to humble ourselves pray seek

your face we want to repent of our sin

that you might hear our prayer forgive

our sin and heal our land

so we come before you now asking that

you would hear

all the prayers that have been prayed on

the mall today oh god

would you hear would you forgive would

you heal

we ask this please for the glory of the

name of jesus the son of god the son of

man

the lion of judah the lamb of god the

redeemer the savior

jesus we pray in his name yeshua amen

and we do agree together we stand

together confident in you lord that when

we pray when we cry out to you

you do hear us in the name the name that

is above every name

the name of the lord jesus christ who

binds us together

lord we believe we trust in you our

hearts are turning to you

revive your church and churches across

this nation

we do pray for those who serve across

this country and legislators

and at this capitol building lord and

i’ve been asked to pray for the supreme

court

and so we pray that in this hour lord

this very epic

hour of history when our president is

about to announce a nominee

we pray for that process we pray for

your will to be done

on earth as it is in heaven and god we

especially pray

for the end of the holocaust that is

abortion in america

we pray that we are at the tipping point

we do pray and repentance with tears

knowing that we have sinned greatly

against you and allowing this thing to

happen

we have been sinfully silent but silent

no more

and god for those who have prayed and

worked and served so hard

over the years we can see the answer

coming

and we pray oh god that you who are the

judge of the universe

the judge of the supreme court of heaven

and earth

that you would rule over all that you

would place an authority in legislators

and in court benches

not only here but across america those

who will seek your wisdom

let them know and trust in you we pray

just

boldly god that each one of them would

come to a personal

faith and trust in jesus christ that may

the cross be exalted in their hearts may

the resurrection

be real in their lives and so bind our

hearts together

and move us not only from this moment

but from

moments forward to be different let us

walk out of here

changed committed to prayer

knowing that when your power falls

nothing can stop it

and we just pray this blessing the lord

bless you

and keep you the lord make his face to

shine upon you

and be gracious to you the lord lift up

his countenance upon you

and give you peace in jesus name

amen

[Music]

thank you ann and pastor jack

i call him cousin jack we’re not ken

but we call him cousin and right now

i’d like for all of us just to i’m gonna

just we’ll just turn and let’s face the

capitol

and let’s raise our hands uh toward the

capitol

and father we pray right now in jesus

name

for the men and women that work there on

capitol hill that make the laws that

affect this nation

father we pray that you would move in

the hearts of those men and women and

father we pray

for the supreme court of this country

and for the pick that the president is

getting ready to announce today

father we pray that that woman will be

your woman

and that she will sit on that bench

to carry out your laws and your

instructions so father we pray this in

jesus name amen

i want to just thank all of you that

have been watching by live stream

uh thank you for being with us today uh

many thousands of people have come from

all over the united states

to participate and to pray

and as we’ve walked across this mall we

have prayed

i’ve been able to meet many people and

everyone has come for the same purpose

and that’s to pray

uh to pray for this country i think

we’re at a crucial point

in this country we’re that close to

losing our nation

and uh there are people that are wanting

to manipulate

the direction of this country and we

just need to pray that god will

intervene

and that’s what we’re here to do to pray

for this country

um god’s judgment

may fall on this one day for what i just

think of

abortion for what what what we have done

as a people

is wrong and we confess that to god and

ask for his forgiveness

we pray that he would turn this country

and turn these laws that

that are that are wicked that he would

turn them another direction

and he can do that and so it’s through

prayer

and we’ve been here today we’ve prayed

we’ve marched across this

uh this great mall and we’re thankful to

god and we give him the glory and we

praise and we thank

all of you that have come and for those

of you that have watched thank you so

very much

god bless

[Applause]

one of my very favorite people is john

rich the country singer and great

country

song writer and he’s written one that is

just fantastic

you’ve done it here today at the prayer

march 2020 called

earth to god one of the best songs i’ve

heard in a long time it’s not a

political song

right it’s about connecting with god

what was the inspiration for that john

you know i i was in nashville quarantine

like everybody else in this country and

i had this thought i wonder when the

last time all of humanity had the same

problem at the same time

i thought probably noah’s flood it’s

probably coming to my mind

and it might be right actually and i

thought you know

we’ve got all this division in our

country and around the world

what unifies us well right now what’s

unifying us is we all have a threat

that’s threatening everybody and we’re

all in this same position

and who created us all god almighty

created the human he created human

beings in his own image he created us

and i thought

man this this thought in my mind came

earth to god

come in god we need to hear from you

almost like as if earth was sending an

sos

off to god and what do we want to hear

god say back to us

this is god come back earth wouldn’t

that be a great response come back to me

please i’m right here you know and that

communication i think is something that

every human being on the planet should

do and somewhere down in there whether

they say they believe in him or don’t

i know it’s down in them that that there

is the truth still there

and so i’ve seen this song earth to god

hit people that i never thought in a

million years would would have a

reaction like they’re having to it

and so to me i’m not really a singer of

a song i’m more delivering a message

i don’t even feel like i wrote it to be

honest with you i feel like it was just

put on me and i grabbed the pencil and

boom there it was it was 30 minutes

a simple very simple lyric very simple

song but i believe it states

uh something very important it is a

prayer i mean it’s not just a song

it is a prayer but it’s not just your

prayer it’s our prayer

everybody can pray this that we are

looking for god to come to earth

and speak to us i think it’s such a

phenomenal

kind of song the first time i heard it i

just thought wow

yeah well you’re the i have to thank you

because you’re the guy that i reached

out to and said

you know i love samaritan’s purse i love

what they do around the world

regardless of who who is in trouble they

just show up and help them

and and that’s what this the spirit of

the song was that that it was for

everybody

and so i reached out to you to say i

don’t know reverend graham i don’t know

anybody there but can you get them this

song and i just want to see if they like

it because

i would love to help samaritan’s purse

with this song and thank you for that

connection that led us to hear today

well i sent it to your dad as well

rest is history he loved it and we’re so

thankful that you’re here today

we know you love this country and the

power of prayer especially through

your song but i saw that you had your

boys out here earlier today

and why is it important for you to bring

your children out here to the national

mall today to see this

i think throughout our country there is

a

a big effort underway to desensitize our

kids

that the fact that god is real and the

fact of how great our country is in our

country allows us to worship him

like we want to and i wanted them to

come to something like this prayer march

to see tens of thousands of their fellow

americans praying for their country

and to understand ultimately guys that

is what you have

man cannot fix mankind’s problems he’s

never been able to do it and he never

will be

able to do it and the only thing you can

do is come together pray to him and say

please help us please fix it

and i wanted my kids to witness that in

person in our nation nation’s capital so

it’s

it’s a very important day for our family

as well well it’s been a beautiful day

so far thank you for joining us today

and really quick where can people find

the song

earth to god is now anywhere you

download your music it could be itunes

apple amazon anywhere earth to god

uh and your all your radio stations have

it now

all of my tithe this is important to

know all of my tithe on earth to god

goes to samaritan’s purse

that’s great so as big as that song is

going to get there’s there’s yeah

we’re supporting back with that so folks

should go download it tell their friends

about it post about it and let everybody

know

thank you for being here stay with us

there’s much more prayer and much more

to come

from the national mall in prayer march

2020

and thank you that song earth to

prayer

earth to god is so incredible and it

just really sums up the

sense that you get when you’re here i’m

here on the national mall

the prayer march is just about over but

as you can see thousands of people

continue to stream by and we believe

that there were as many

as 50 000 people here today

and i was thinking if you’re at home and

you’re you’re

sad because you couldn’t be here today

and you were listening to these bold

prayers and you’re wondering

but how does this impact me i wish i

could have been there but

i couldn’t be there how does it impact

you well our god is a very

personal god and he wants to meet you

right where you are and this is a divine

appointment for you

you heard franklin graham give the call

to salvation earlier you have an

opportunity

to receive jesus into your heart today

and as we

watched people walk by as we listened to

their stories

i’m sure they’re not unlike yours you

might have been scared during this covid

season

we’ve all been afraid but jesus invites

us into a relationship

to cast out our fears and to give us

strength and it’s funny as i’ve been

talking to people today that’s what i’m

sensing i’m sensing

strength i’m sensing courage and

compassion

for one another as brothers and sisters

this has been a very unifying

march a very unifying time and of course

my prayer

and i bet yours is too is that we could

continue that sense of

unity in our country in the days and

weeks to come yes the prayer march 2020

may be wrapping up however it doesn’t

mean that the prayer stops

it means that you can stop at any time

and invite jesus to to pray with you

invite the holy spirit

to pray with you and so i just want to

say thank you for joining us today and i

want to thank the graham

family as well for having the courage

to lead a prayer march like this to lead

our country at such an important

time in our nation’s history and i’m

really believing

that we’ll look back on this march and

we’ll see that god moved

we’ll see that god moved in the hearts

of his people will see

that there has been a shift in our

country towards more unity

towards more peace towards more courage

thank you so much for um the opportunity

to be a part of this coverage

i’m so grateful for um for the beauty

of our nation and that’s what we saw

here today is that our nation

as one people from all parts of the

country people from all parts of the

world

even coming together in prayer and so

i’ll just leave you with a blessing

as we wrap up from the nation’s capital

here on the lawn for our crew

here and for all of us who continue to

stream by

pilgrims really as we’re all on our way

to greater peace

greater health greater compassion

greater love

beginning here and now and may the god

of hope fill you with all joy and peace

as you trust in him so that you may

overflow with hope

by the power of the holy spirit and back

to you

robert morris is the founding and senior

pastor of gateway church in texas pastor

morris great to see you again it’s great

to see you governor

cece great to see you thank you for

being here today pretty spectacular day

out here on the national mall isn’t it

it is fantastic

i mean it’s just incredible to be in the

nation’s capital

praying for our nation you know a lot of

people probably think oh prayer you know

that’s just you just

i’ll lay me down to sleep kind of thing

but when we’re talking about

praying for our nation how much

difference does that even make

well uh you know i love to study i’d

like to be a theologian

and the word intercession i don’t think

a lot of people even know what it means

but there’s an english word that’s very

similar and that’s

intersection it comes from the same root

and it means where two things meet so

when you think about it

prayer is where we meet god

it’s where we lift up a loved one or a

nation a love nation

and we’re intersecting that person we’re

praying for

that nation with god so it’s

huge the opportunity that god gives us

to pray

and you’re talking about praying for our

nation how should we be praying for our

nation what should people at home

be praying for as they’re joining us

today and how to pray for this nation

today

yeah well i think jesus taught us in the

prayer you know

thy will be done so when we’re praying

for god’s will

we know we’re not praying for our

selfish desires our candidate to win

or anything like that we are praying

lord your will be done

on earth as it is in heaven and i think

if we stick to that prayer and then if

we begin to pray

other principles in the bible that we

know

our values in the bible if we pray along

the bible and

what we know about the character and

nature of god then we know

according to first john when we pray

according to his will

that he hears us and we have the

petitions for which we ask

pastor do you think sometimes people

feel that prayer is only

something we do when we’re really

desperate like the old fellow said one

time

well there’s nothing else to do but pray

and somebody said oh has it come to that

i mean why is it that we feel that

that’s last

call prayer well i think we have a long

heritage

you know you look at psalm 106 and

you’ve got uh the nation of israel would

get into trouble

and then they would call out god and god

would deliver them and it goes and

every verse says oh that men would give

thanks to the lord

and then they get in trouble and then

they call out to god he delivers them oh

that men will give thanks

i think what he’s saying is oh that you

just pray every now and then when you’re

not in trouble

if we could just have a conversation

yeah but again we are

the link for some reason god decided

to partner with us and gives us an

ability

it’s like moses lifted the rod and god

parted the water

you know david slung the stone but god

made it hit exactly where it needed to

for a giant

so we get to participate with god and

that’s what prayer is

it is a privilege to be able to pray to

god but pastor thank you for joining us

today thank you for joining dad here

there’s more ahead as prayer march 2020

continues

stay with us

[Music]

light has come into the world but men

loved darkness instead of light because

their deeds were evil

there’s a world out there that needs to

know this wonderful news of god’s love

[Music]

we need to be the light of the world

we’ve got an opportunity

to make a difference we’re to take our

faith wherever we go in life

and we’re to live it

we’re not just to take our light and

hide it under a bushel we’re to set it

up so

the whole world will see it

knows my dad was just talking in that

video

that we’re to be a light in this world

that we’re to stand

boldly and unashamed of the gospel and i

hope today’s event

has been an encouragement to you to

stand boldly

to live out your faith in all aspects of

life

no matter where god calls you we talk

about mission fields yes i’ve

gone with my dad all around the world to

different mission fields

and i think sometimes my greatest

mission field is my kitchen table

around my with my children that children

are olive shoots around our table

but wherever god has called you that is

your mission field

that you are to be a light in that world

and we look at what

when the world is dark which it is right

now what light

can do and what one light and governor

you were just telling me on break

a beautiful story about my grandfather

in the light

well it it happened back in 1972

it was an extraordinary moment

explo 72 is an event older christians

might remember it was

christian woodstock campus crusade for

christ

build it as a youth evangelism happening

and a hundred thousand young people from

all over the world came to dallas

for evangelism training and on the final

night

dr billy graham was the featured speaker

and as we came to the cotton bowl

everyone was given a little candle and

told to hold on

he preached that night on being the

light of the world and let your light

shine i’ll never forget it it was such

a powerful message but when he came to

the conclusion

he talked about that it was not just

somebody else’s light it was yours and

at that moment

all of the lights in the cotton bowl

were turned off every single one it was

pitch black

and then on the stage your grandfather

lit that candle that he had he turned to

bill bright the head of campus crusade

for christ

and he lit his candle now there were two

then they turned to two other people

then two became four and four

eight and eight sixteen and pretty soon

just in a very short period of time

every

candle in that cotton bowl was

illuminating

the sky a hundred thousand candles

it was so magnificent that people who

lived around the cotton bowl were

calling the dallas fire department to

report

the cotton bowl is on fire well

truthfully it was on fire but not the

way they were thinking

but here’s what i remember yes the

magnificence of a hundred thousand

candles that was

pretty powerful but what i remember even

more

was that his your grandfather spoke and

he lit his candle i was 100 yards away

and sitting up in the nosebleed section

but with the lights turned off the tiny

little candle that he held in his hand

pierced the darkness now let me tell you

what that meant for me i’m a kid that

was a nobody

i had i’m the first male in my entire

family lineage to ever graduate high

school nobody upstream for me had ever

gotten out of high school

so here i am this kid from a little town

nobody had ever heard of

i’m with a hundred thousand people

there’s only eight thousand people in my

whole hometown

more people were standing in line at the

bathroom than were even

you know in my whole city

and i remember it was as if god

dismissed everybody else

and he said when things are really dark

even a little bit of light can change

the world and that message from your

grandfather

was a seminal event in my life

wow as i sit here and tell you about it

it’s still

is very emotional for me to remember

what we’ve seen today

that’s what it’s been every person out

here marching the tens of thousands

they’re light we talk about how bad

things are in america but can i tell you

something

the darker it gets the more valuable

the more powerful your light

will be what a pleasure it has

been to be with you today

thank you for this great joy of sharing

the day with you

thank you governor for joining us at

this prayer march 2020.

and we want to thank you who have been

joining us from wherever you are today

and if once again if you need um prayer

during this time

you can call our prayer line or check

out our website

but once again thank you and thank you

for all the tvn

viewers we do thank you for the tbn

audience that have joined us and for

all of you who have been a part of this

special prayer march

of 2020 god bless

you