Prayer in the Workplace
Many people pray for their family but forget to bring their workplace activities to the Lord. My experiences, however, have proven to me that prayer, wrapped in bold faith, is an important help to your workplace. Matthew 21:22 says, “And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.” Years ago, I started a consulting practice that struggled to reach profitability. Eventually, we had exhausted our resources and although it wasn’t much money, we needed $1,750 within a week to cover our company bills. My wife and I fervently prayed for $1,750. On the last day of that...
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Maine Couple Anointed as Northeast Region National Area Leaders
Rick and Robin McLaughlin Step Into New National Leadership Role Psalm 45:7 – “You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy above your fellows.” Throughout Scripture we see God move anointed leadership from generation to generation. In the NDP family of prayer leaders, Mary Bruce, a seasoned and beloved NAL, is following the Lord into a new season of life. Stepping into the shoes of such a mighty prayer warrior are Rick and Robin McLaughlin--a powerful and prayerful team, ready lead the Northeast region in mobilizing prayer for...
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Willing and Doing His Good Pleasure
In these unprecedented, unusual, and unpredictable days that we are experiencing, we find our hope and encouragement in God’s Word, and in the truth that God is at work in us and through us to accomplish His will in our lives and on this earth. “For it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.” Philippians 2:13 We are particularly excited to introduce the two latest additions to the National Day of Prayer Task Force staff. These two women embody this scripture, as their hearts are humbly focused on allowing God to use the...
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How to Pray for Schools This Year

Try to imagine for a moment what it would be like to be a student going to school in fall of 2020. The phrase “going to school” has taken on an entirely new frame of reference as it could mean physically, virtually or a combination of both. I’ve worked with students for 30 years, and let me say that our pity won’t help our students, but our prayers will! At Claim Your Campus, we have over 40,000 middle and high school students meeting 1x a week to pray on their campus for their campus. Unlike ever before, our young people... Read more >>
Back to College in Prayer
I’m new here, and it’s great to meet you. My name is Amy, and I’m the new communications coordinator for the National Day of Prayer Task Force. In the coming weeks you will be able to get to know me a bit more, but for now I wanted to share my heart and encourage you to pray for the young adults who are heading back to school. I’m a recent college graduate—so recent, that I haven’t even received my diploma in the mail yet! The campuses of colleges, universities, technical schools and trade schools are where I and so many...
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Back to School in Prayer

August has always been an exciting month as we prepared to go back to school. Newness filled the air with great anticipation: new teachers, classmates, school supplies, and maybe even something new to wear on the first day of school. As a teacher for 10 years I was excited to have new students, lesson plans, classroom supplies, volunteers, decorations and more. For 17 years I wrote weekly devotionals for educators to meet and pray each week for their schools and for one another. Yes, schools and education are near and dear to my heart, which is why I am asking... Read more >>
East Region NAL Loves According to God's Calling
When a religious scholar asked Jesus how to inherit eternal life, the scholar attempted to find a loophole in Jesus’ instruction for radical love after the parable of the Good Samaritan. The man asked the Lord, “But who is my neighbor?” When people today ask, ‘who is my neighbor?’ Nancy Sharman’s answer would be someone to love with the love of Christ. As the Eastern Region National Area Leader, Nancy encourages the leaders in her region to pursue the Lord’s calling on their lives by loving and serving their neighbors in the way Jesus prescribed. Her ministry influence and leadership...
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Nehemiah Response – Reconstruction on a Biblical Foundation

Nehemiah 1:4 “When I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days; and I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.” In the book of Nehemiah, we meet a man of God with a broken heart because of his broken nation. He inquired and sought information about its condition from people who had been there, seen its destruction and the people who were in “great distress” living in the shadows of its rubble. His response is a model for all of us; “I sat down and wept and mourned for days; and... Read more >>
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

Matthew 5:7-12 "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” (NAS)... Read more >>
Declaration of Love
Psalm 82:1-5 God takes His stand in His own congregation; He judges in the midst of the rulers. How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah. Vindicate the weak and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and destitute. Rescue the weak and needy; Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked. They do not know nor do they understand; They walk about in darkness; All the foundations of the earth are shaken. NAS This weekend we celebrate America, and the many blessings we have been given by simply being born here. America...
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