Prayer In America

Describes the influence of prayer and religion throughout the history of the United States, including its founding and the establishment of the National Day of Prayer.

In this highly original approach to the history of the United States, James Moore focuses on the extraordinary role that prayer has played in every area of American life, from the time of the first settlers to the present day and beyond. A stirring chronicle of the spiritual life of a nation, One Nation Under God shows how the faith of Americans—from the founding fathers to corporate tycoons, from composers to social reformers, from generals to slaves—was an essential ingredient in the formation of American culture, character, commerce and creed. One Nation Under God brings together the country’s hymns, patriotic anthems, arts, and literature as a framework for telling the story of the innermost thoughts of the people who have shaped the United States we know today. Beginning with Native Americans, One Nation Under God traces the prayer lives of Quakers and Shakers, Sikhs and Muslims, Catholics and Jews, from their earliest days in the United States through the advent of cyberspace, the aftermath of 9/11, and the 2004 presidential election. It probes the approach to prayer by such diverse individuals as Benjamin Franklin, Elvis Presley, Frank Lloyd Wright, Martha Graham, J. C. Penney, Mary Pickford, Cesar Chavez, P. T. Barnum, Jackie Robinson, and Christopher Columbus. It includes every president of the United States as well as America’s farmers, clergy, immigrants, industrialists, miners, sports heroes, and scientists. One Nation Under God shows that without prayer, the political, cultural, social, and even economic and military history of the United States would be vastly different from what it is today. It engages in a thoughtful, timely examination of the modern debate over public prayer and how the current approach to prayer bears deep roots in the philosophies of the country’s founding fathers, a subject which remains distinct from the debate over church and state.

Best-selling author of Intercessory Prayer speaks out on God's plan for the nation & Western culture in the third millennium.

Written by Americans from wide-ranging faith traditions, the selections presented here form an authentic and inspiring portrait of the country's deep and rich spirituality, and provide access to the innermost thoughts of their authors.

Are you worried about our nation's future? What happened to America's spiritual heritage? The good news is that we are only a prayer away from experiencing spiritual renewal in our country. The call is going out across America for Christians to lead the way and pray for God to heal our land. Are we willing to ask Him to break our pride and apathy so that America can become a great and God-fearing nation again? Lord, Heal Our Land takes a hard but hopeful look at our country-where we've been, where we are now and where we're going-and shines a light on the way forward.

America is clearly in trouble. We have lost our spiritual and moral moorings. There was a time when God was welcome in the public arena in America. But today, He is distained and forced out. As a result, America is spiraling downward in decay financially, spiritually and morally. Is there hope for God to touch us with spiritual awakening as He has in the past? We are desperate for it! It is time now for the church of Jesus Christ to cry out to God as never before, with a unified voice, to ask for forgiveness and His blessing on our nation again. This scripture-based guide offers 40 inspiring daily devotions and 40 scriptures to pray for our nation. Excellent for individuals, it is also designed for entire congregations or small groups and Sunday school classes, to pray together. It's time to pray! God is not done with America.