One Prayer From Each State For Our Nation For Fifty Days: Day 20

 


Contender’s Edge, through July 4^th will be sharing each day a prayer, on behalf of our nation, from a representative from each of our fifty states.  The event began on May 15^th and will end July 4^th. 
 
For more information on this event visit the following:
 
https://media.billygraham.org/one-nation-under-god-newsroom/
 
 
One Prayer From Each State For Our Nation For Fifty Days: Day 20
 
 
Ed Michael, Pastor of Eastern Assembly of God in Dundalk, Maryland:
 
 
 
 
“Hi, my name is Ed Michael, and I am a pastor at Eastern Assembly of God in Baltimore, Maryland.
 
Today I want to pray for churches across America. Let us pray.
 
Father, I thank You for the privilege of coming directly to You through the shed blood of Christ. Thank You for that privilege.
 
Today I lift up churches across America. Lord, we are Your representation of Jesus to this world, Your body. Father, forgive us for not always representing You well. Lord, forgive us for our complacency. Forgive us for deserting our prayer closets for other things.
 
Lord, call us back to intimacy with You. Revive prayer intimacy in Your churches, Father. Light a fire.
 
Lord, Your Word says judgment begins in the house of the Lord, and Father, I believe that means we must get things right before we expect the world to.
 
Father, I pray for pastors across our land. Lord, they need Your help. It’s a tough hour to be a pastor. Strengthen those pastors, their families, their marriages. Keep them at this hour with Your mighty strength.
 
Father, I pray for unity in the body of Christ. Lord, You prayed that we would be one as You and the Father are one. Grant that unity to churches, Lord, that hold fast to Your Word and the lordship of Jesus Christ. Lord, unite us.
 
Father, I pray, Lord, for evangelism in our churches, God. Just as You turned the church, Lord, away outside of Jerusalem in the book of Acts, do it again, Lord. Draw our attention away from ourselves to a lost world around us. Give us Your heart for this world, Lord.
 
I pray that many might come to Christ in these final days, that You would be glorified in that. Lord, thank You for Your church. You love Your church, and we’re believing, Father, that You are going to build Your church and the gates of Hell will not prevail against it.
 
I thank You for that. In Jesus’ Name. Amen. God bless you.”
 
 
 
 
 
 
To watch the online video posting of the prayer itself, visit the following:
 
 
https://billygraham.org/one-nation-under-god/maryland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Also for those of you who may have missed my previous posts on this fifty days of prayer event, visit the following:
 
 
https://contendersedge.blogspot.com/2026/05/one-prayer-from-each-state-for-our.html
 
https://contendersedge.blogspot.com/2026/05/one-prayer-from-each-state-for-our_071813626.html
 
https://contendersedge.blogspot.com/2026/05/one-prayer-from-each-state-for-our_0800230692.html
 
https://contendersedge.blogspot.com/2026/05/one-prayer-from-each-state-for-our_0691136543.html
 
https://contendersedge.blogspot.com/2026/05/one-prayer-from-each-state-for-our_02018643645.html
 
https://contendersedge.blogspot.com/2026/05/one-prayer-from-each-state-for-our_01734304581.html
 
https://contendersedge.blogspot.com/2026/05/one-prayer-from-each-state-for-our_098578583.html
 
https://contendersedge.blogspot.com/2026/05/one-prayer-from-each-state-for-our_0163721692.html
 
https://contendersedge.blogspot.com/2026/05/one-prayer-from-each-state-for-our_01248121954.html
 
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https://contendersedge.blogspot.com/2026/05/one-prayer-from-each-state-for-our_0856493456.html
 
https://contendersedge.blogspot.com/2026/06/one-prayer-from-each-state-for-our.html
 
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