Great news. As you read below of the Republicans' first organizations meeting of the 112th congress here is what Reagan said in 1981 as he quotes Lincoln from the past in our nation's crisis of the Civil War in the 1800's and during the current economic crisis that Reagan faced in the 80's: "Abraham Lincoln once said, "I would be the most foolish person on this footstool earth if I believed for one moment that I could perform the duties assigned to me without the help of one who is wiser than all." I know that in the days to come and the years ahead there are going to be many times when there will only be one set of footprints in my life. If I did not believe that, I could not face the days ahead."-1981 National Day of Prayer Breakfast. Reagan was referring to that infamous poem about the footprints in the sand. And 3 years later in 1984 remain firm in this conviction at a prayer breakfast in Dallas saying "America needs God more than God needs America, If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone under."
Below article from Family Research Council....
House Leaders Decide to Pray It Safe
The new House majority needs plenty of guidance--and fortunately for our country, this team knows where get it. Yesterday, in the very first organizational meeting of the 112th Congress, Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) made the Republicans' first acts in power seeking a higher power. Before they launched into the business at hand, Rep. Pence took the members back in time to 1774, when the first Congress of the United States convened. Knowing the rights and freedoms they sought were God-given, the Rev. Mr. Duche opened that September 7th session in prayer, establishing a precedent that continues to this day. It wasn't a perfunctory prayer, but one of profound humility that began with the 35th Psalm. Mike read that same Psalm yesterday, asking the Lord to come to their aid as they give Him "thanks in the great assembly." Two hundred thirty years earlier, John Adams said, "I never saw a greater effect upon an audience." May it have that same effect on these men and women as they fight for the virtues that our founding fathers gave their lives to advance. Join the 28,098 people across the country who have pledged with FRC to lift up our leaders in prayer. They need it. And more importantly, America needs it.
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