A Prayer for Our Nation Today
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PrayUSA: Government Leaders Calling the Nation to Prayer
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By Lea Carawan, Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation At the birth of the earliest elected legislative body in America—the House of Burgesses, in 1619—one of the first acts of those who gathered together was to pray and entreat the Lord of heaven and earth to bless them and provide wisdom in governing this new land. Our