Prayers and Stories of Hope for America

Welcome to a special national Day of prayer broadcast.

This is Focus on the Family with your host focus president Dr. Jim Daly I John Fuller entering our nation's shutdown. We invited your prayers and your stories of hope to share with others inwardly hearing those today on the broadcast John for a number of weeks. Our countries been going through an extraordinarily difficult time and we have much more work ahead of us but in this time of hardship God has been there with us and on this national day of prayer we want to bend our need to the heavenly father and acknowledge him, and that to do that we've asked you, our listeners to call us over the last couple weeks with encouragement and we asked you either to pray it or say it and that's what you've done so were going to bring you a dose of encouragement today, not from an expert or an author but from you, the listeners and it's fitting on this national day of prayer to begin with the recorded prayer hears Renée as we begin the special edition of Focus on the Family may be glad in it. All delighted about how that it sounded kind one to me that that means police calamity at God has so many rich and wonderful promises in the Bible says that all of this is a yes and a man by the just thinking that we can hide and safety in the shadow of your wings got it you will keep us in contrast and that covering you faithful God just pray for their goals and in the body of Christ to maybe feel some degree of fear will guide that income from you. You did not give us a spirit of fear. One of the power and a sound mind that we receive those gifts from you and those gifts of blessed assurance in Jesus name we love you so much going to continue to trust you that you always there, no matter what it looks like you always present to you our refuge and strength a very present help in the time of trouble that we said thank you and give you all the glory and Jesus. Amen. Holy father great awesome God who keeps covenant lump with those who love you and follow your word Lord we assume we have done along with acting wickedly dealt turned aside from your commandments. So to you oh Lord wants righteousness, but to us. Open shame as it is on this day because we have sinned against you. Nevertheless with you. There is mercy and forgiveness. I would hope we call on you, our Savior, requesting most of all, your gift of repentance for your church for our nation. Grandpa's heart that long more than just prosperity and security. Grant us a hunger and thirst for righteousness and a longing to provide our children with a better world and the spiritual foundation built upon your truth in your grace you have humbled us mightily feel that but now grant us the grace to humble ourselves a kind of cleansing, healing and justice make your face to shine upon us. Establish your church is a city on a Hill is a beacon of clarity in a world of confusion for your grace upon our homes and heal the brokenness that is all around us. We need you now. Father move in power for us the power within us move in love for this meaty planet and looked up and knew the name of Jesus, by which we pray. Amen IT utility glory. So much for you. Hello again, you have me really truly thought we worship you only 11, but we thank you for your great peace and joy. The Lord your father.me about all the power of the world to come out and meet me. To God be the glory, Blaise married her fire Capt. community pandemic in compromise. Find the call and his word. I would love to pray now.

Father, we thank you that you are good, holy and just being kind and uncertain lien. We can always look to you for wisdom and guidance.

Your word is truth all and I nation turn hearts that you maybe I'll grow closer and stronger and you give us courage and strength to sneak and let the truth.

We know that in our home now. Your presence and peace in Jesus's name amen family aloha from Hawaii, and I'm calling to praise our Lord. It was a Monday morning and I finished the last roll of the toilet paper.

Then on Wednesday I opened my last package of spaghetti and due to the COBIT 19 outbreak. They were not to be found on the shelf and I live alone. I was trying to determine how many meals I could get from the pound of pasta.

I felt almost like the widow of fact in the Bible that afternoon, my good and dear friend Marilyn found dead that she wanted to stop by briefly.

She dropped by handed me a rather large shopping bag and promptly drove off inside with the biggest roll of toilet paper I have ever seen two boxes of spaghetti a large roll of paper towel two bags of coffee beans which I had yet run out of chocolate and candy and so much more. The next day, James landlord Gardner brought me a bag of great oranges from his tray.

I am truly blessed. Thank you Focus on the Family for letting me tell my story and Mahal okay a Kula thank you God. This is a story of hope in a neighborhood with their mostly retired people is about 28 in my area. I decided to reach out to them by buying greeting cards, giving them those greeting cards writing about and I don't know your name. But you're my neighbor and I want you know that God is you doing this time and see if they had any needs out recently, giving cards, backup thing and they needed that one lady said that her she's caregiver for her mom and her dad and she's there with the most the time she really needed to hear from someone else you know home because she's their mostly with them all the time. That's little part that I've done in my world. I'm just share the love of Jesus Christ. So God loves you and you going to be okay to make it through the storm tragedy caused by 19 and all the inconvenience. As a result of the shelter in place for call in a little bit of levity mother in our community shared that she explained her little signs. Ages six and eight how others in our camera writing messages cheer on the sidewalks and driveways so that passersby could read and that she had sent me the little boys agreed and shocking lesson to their task and when she checked back with later on she was surprised to find written letters that one of the message was do not enter any other message was stay off our property so you can call that miscommunication, misinterpretation certainly work the responses that the young mother thought she she. Others of us here in the community and her husband. We've all had a good laugh about that. I'm so with the grandchildren. During this time to help their single dad to work. Energy is needed. This homeschooling has been a blessing to have time to teach the Bible, often using tools like Odyssey that is not part of their long days in public school thank for their family has come closer to having more time together and the children not being so busy at work and in their word sharing no scriptural people just listen to them at sure my hopeful Bill wanted everyday I get up every morning local flow. I'm just thankful sure hope all goes open all Lord bless each and every person called the nation with his body all day. I have been I related what had one common everyday happenings, how to stay quiet with the exception of listing to familiar hymns on Pandora.

I am having longer visits with God. I hear him more easily. As I read his word. Often I praise God by reading aloud from the book of Psalms.

I have stopped looking at the clock to see how long my business with God have been this prolonged isolation has refocused my attention to God's command to live one day at a time.

This tells me that if we put up my God worry and fear and anxiety tried to invade my thoughts and I have about. I will not allow them to stay there. I have discovered a plan by which to stay strong and continues the plan is in you, but now I'm experiencing housework. It involved the choice instead of choosing to become anxious about this awful. I have chosen to fix my thoughts on what is true. Good night sure lovely and thinking about the good in others. And here's the clincher. As I fixed my mind on the same the peace of God be mine.

What more could I possibly need during these uncertain days some comforting words from parents on the special edition of Focus on the Family's were hearing stories of hope and prayers for America.

We have a number of articles and other special encouragement for you during this pandemic stop by your website to see the COBIT 19 page will link over to it in the episode notes.

Let's go ahead and continue as we hear from Laura John and the sheet follow them for they know tonight thank you so much.

You continue to do for our country and world listen here you will thank you for the neighbors being able to come together as one and used to play for being able to play come through, and even more that families worshiping together and actual blessing each and every person we know you things are possible.

Thank you so much. Amen.

Mental health issues world everything hope he brings new hope and vision and peace himself. We cannot hide his well and relationship. He felt the body of Christ become one body, and for some purpose for Jesus name country Pres. government official military country meeting each perfect 30 you remember all one party I want to pray for all your May the good Lord for healthy and strong life. I also want to pray for Robbie was in the hospital fighting the coronavirus may the Lord heal him again bring him back to work with the course. Give them eternal life for all the cashiers and will work on the world wind in the fight against the coronavirus.

Everyone must eat and stay strong for the virus. Workers in cashiers are making this happen. May the good Lord protect workers healthy and strong eternal life as they serve God's people. I'm a single mom in all my finances and no one immediately showed me just how much he is our provider.

He takes care of any need in tomorrow and he already know what we need good father and going to provide employee money mortgage paid with leftover cooking just barely got paid. People who didn't even know my situation, but any money or food or munchy detergent. It was really remarkable for such a way that I was showing me that all my worries and fears they could and that he 30 Four really remarkable for me was that my mortgage payment card utility where I'm not being paid because they were just fine behind about two or three months behind.

I remember I was looking for a pocket that I broke crying and I just broke down having a nervous breakdown. Think I please help please help me know.

A few days later I got a check in the mail for the amount that I needed $10 left over for gas in my tank with terminal 401(k) that I thought I closed out the new rowing all that time. Over the course of years to become the amount that I needed to cover my utility. Though he knew no Christian faith and healthy working.

He knows I need and just trust About over a months ago to which the gospel lotto lotto provision of a lot of people feel right there on the spot those times were really good difficult to find out who's going around her… Bruce… One tornado is a lot a lot a lot a lot. It will all well.

I would like to say thank you to Focus on the Family for their daily broadcast with local pastors praying for our nation during I would like to share story about this time everything is great with my family. My husband and I are still working were both in the financial services during this time make my husband think about a lot of things.

I'm not sure whether you believe or not, I think you know they want the church and all that person but you have been asking a lot of questions. I 1994 Focus on the Family but my husband asked me very heartfelt question, and the Holy Spirit had given me the right words to say to him. We are isolated right now. We just moved to a new place under quarantine so we have really been out and about that much so I just hope that those of you that are home with your family.

Maybe you're married to a nonbeliever. Maybe not let your kids Lord I pray that you will do that very very heart-to-heart wondering about life and I've been wondering about life in general and what make a copy. Thank you very much. My son is 20 trucks to more than a decade had passed to enter the state healthcare letting go and letting God have control when I start to worry and fear.

Pray for God to get attention and bring him to his senses while a little over two months ago he developed a bad infection in the hospital for treatment. He was there for a week going back on the street. He decided to go to rehab hospital while he was there Bible study God's word. Journal we have everything began to shut down because virus has been. I prayed a lot and agreed to let him come home. We never could have imagined. Hope the season, my son has been home for one month. So grateful that only think I can write it out right away, but the love and support to show him nothing short of God's mercy and grace working through us nothing and no one is too far gone.

Team restore only by the glory, honor and praise shop like trained like not talking to each other any work he went to honking where praying for use by it took about eight patients with my brother, local place. My mom had also been followed for the past mom/everything's okay and to dictate come into a new friendship, culture, profound for me. If you would love especially for me, me not go and expected intricately. Thank you, thank you Call from Gina's shirt. God is used the pandemic in the shutdown to men's broken family relationships, including her marriage and I hope you been inspired by these stories and prayers that we been sharing with you so far. Stay with us because in just a moment or two will have a closing prayer for time together from pastor Mexico John.

It is encouraging to hear how something so difficult like this pandemic has turned in some places into very good things, especially for Gina's family should describe were glad to hear that her dad recovered from the virus as well.

There are those that have lost loved ones and I want to make sure we recognize that that's a heavy burden and even though were being encouraging.

Today we know that there are some who have suffered greatly through this. However, these calls have been great calls and the Leslie in particular have reminded us that what matters most is our eternal soul and knowing Jesus Christ. That's our biggest prayer for you today. No matter what you've been through in this pandemic. We hope your trust is in Christ, and we want to share a complementary booklet called coming home. How to know God and that's absolutely free. We just want to give you an idea of what it means to become a believer in Jesus.

And finally, don't give up hope. God loves you and Focus on the Family is here to serve you, so give us a call together will get through this phone number is 800 the letter in the word family: request your copy of that little booklet coming home.

You could also find that and other spiritual encouragement online@focusonthefamily.com/broadcast and as we promised, here's the special closing prayer for our time together today from pastor Max looking all these since Singh will believe your position comes so sure stone people about the future will create a trauma in our soul. Lord, please call as soon as something one ceases to stand up and speak to the store because we know this will not last one more or less use so they saw what was with Jesus on behalf of Jim Daly and the entire team. Thanks so much for joining us today for Focus on the Family I'm John Fuller inviting you back tomorrow as we once again help you and your family thrive in Christ