Prayer News
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Former presidential candidate Michele Bachmann has come up with an innovative strategy for Republicans to take back the white house in 2016: "Cry out to God," she said.
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Montgomery -
A state government agency in Alabama opened a meeting last week with a Christian prayer against abortion and gay marriage.
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Bakersfield -
A former Wal-Mart pharmacist claims she was fired for praying with customers and that her termination was retaliation for blowing the whistle on co-workers' illegal activities.
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Fort Lauderdale -
A church in Florida is offering a new service to those driving through the area. Every Friday, members of a local Pentecostal congregation have been gathering together to provide a drive-thru prayer service.
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Most people laughed and cheered, although some found it blasphemous, when Pastor Joe Nelms thanked God for his "smokin' hot wife" during a prayer before a NASCAR event.
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Jerusalem -
Hundreds of Jews gathered on November 29 - the 22nd day of the Jewish month of Kislev in the year 5771 - at the Wailing Wall for a large prayer rally for rain, following a day of fast called upon by Chief Rabbis of Israel.
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A senior policeman from the southwest England is claiming that the prayers of the local community have helped his officers improve their crime detection rate.
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Uniting Church of South Australia launches online prayer room in an attempt to encourage internet users to spend time reflecting with God.
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A bus driver for Atlanta's public transit has been suspended after refusing to let passengers off of his bus if they didn't pray.
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“Hands up! Your money or your life,” is the usual demand from robbers, not we’ll pray together before I separate you from your money.
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On July 23 an Oregon jury acquitted two parents, Carl and Raylene Worthington, in the death of their 15-month-old daughter, who died of pneumonia. A jury sympathized with their use of prayer not medicine to save the child's life.
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A Wisconsin county jury found the mother guilty after she was accused of resorting to prayers instead of treating her dying daughter in the hospital.
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A scan on a woman diagnosed with terminal cancer and given only a year to live has revealed that her tumour has miraculously disappeared.
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A Tunisian pilot who left the steering to his co-pilot and started praying when his plane ran into trouble has been sentenced to ten years in prison in Italy.
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The United States Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal of a New Jersey football coach who wants to pray with his students. Since 1983, Marcus Borden has allegedly engaged in prayer activity during school events, but that officially must stop.
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Yesterday I bought medicine for my arthritis at the local drugstore. The clerk in the pharmacy section said, “You don't need those. I just deal with pain myself and turn to the Lord, so try that instead."
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Today's historical inauguration of the 44th President of the United States of America was without doubt a huge success. But then again, we did not expect anything less from the Americans.
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iBreviary is a new application for iPhone users, available from immediately in Spanish, French, English, Latin and Italian. iBreviary offers the possibility, in a simple way, to pray while on the go.
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Three new sport utility vehicles sat at the altar of a large Detroit church while prayers were offered for Congress to help the domestic auto industry. The service began with the Clark Sisters song, “I’m Looking for a Miracle”
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A class at the Alsager school in Cheshire, UK gave two boys detention when they refused to pray to Allah. The incident took place during Alison Phillips' RE class this Tuesday.
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The FLDS women being held by Texas authorities have made 3 requests. They would like to have privacy during prayers, they would like to continue to breastfeed their infants, and they would like to have phones to communicate with their attorneys.
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"She explained to us that she believes her daughter's in a coma now and she's relying on faith...Please. I mean, she's refusing. She's going to fight it. ... We've been trying to get her to take her to the hospital for a week, a few days now."
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While we are remembering our war heroes in the U.S. and Canada today, Christians around the world are remembering the Persecuted Church. Today is also the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church.
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If a coach bows his head during a student led prayer is he endorsing prayer? Some that are involved in the national debate over school prayer think so. Coach Borden says he was bowing his head out of respect and not endorsing the student's prayer.
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As I led my children in prayer yesterday, I closed my eyes, bowed my head, and folded my hands together in my traditional habit of praying. But after we were done, my youngest son asked me why I prayed the way I did.
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A family in Texas is suing Governor Rick Perry, and their children's school district over a state mandated moment of silence that directly follows the pledge of allegiance, claiming it's forcing religion on the children.
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Federal complaints alleging religious discrimination at work has more than doubled since the mid-1990s. Muslims are suing employers, stating that they should be allowed to have 5 breaks per day to perform their prayers to Allah. Employers disagree.....
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Belief in traditional Christian doctrine has become increasingly difficult for me.
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Now you can adopt a nun for yourself or a friend to pray for you for a whole year. Money raised through this program goes to support aging nuns.
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Muslim women praying
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MEETING: Israeli President Shimon Peres, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas clasp hands last year at the World Economic Forum in Dead Sea, Jordan.
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The Memorial Service opens in prayer, as is the custom in the South African National Defence Force.
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White House photo by Pete Souza
President Barack Obama prays with co-chairs of the National Prayer Breakfast in the Oval Office
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The Super Eagles of Nigeria prays after an half time encounter with Greece at the World Cup in South Africa.
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A woman holding a Torah in front of the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem
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Prayer can remove demons and therefore homosexuality, says an influential British Tory
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An image of the Dalai Lama praying in Edinburgh. Can his denouncement of violence repair a volatile situation?
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