Somebody Loves You
Raul Ries
Somebody Loves You - May 5
THURSDAY 5 May, 2016
If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. - 2 Chronicles 7:14
The National Day of Prayer is observed on the first Thursday of May. Throughout our American history days of prayer were a common occurrence. The United States Congress and different Presidents have signed proclamations calling upon the American people to pray. President John Adams in 1798 proclaimed, Thursday the 25th day of April to be observed throughout the United States of America as a day of solemn humiliation, fasting, and prayer.
Validating the importance of a day of prayer; another law was endorsed by President Harry S. Truman who stated:
…Whereas the Congress, by a joint resolution approved on April 17, 1952, has provided that the President "shall set aside and proclaim a suitable day each year, other than a Sunday, as a National Day of Prayer…Whereas I deem it fitting that this Day of Prayer coincide with the anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, which published to the world this Nation's "firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence"
In these evil last days we need to continue not only to pray, but fast. Will you implore the God of heaven to continue His Mercy and blessing on our great and beautiful country? Have you yet prayed and fasted for the next American President to be a man of faith and prayer? We need Him to be a strong godly leader. Our children and grandchildren cannot survive the future without God's hand of protection and provision on America.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people He has chosen as His own inheritance.
~Psalm 33:12~
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'Somebody Loves You' program is designed to equip listeners with the necessary tools to live out their faith. 'Somebody Loves You' features Raul Ries' humorous, sensible and comprehensible teaching of God's Word.
About Raul Ries
Raul Ries, 60, is the Senior Pastor of Calvary Chapel Golden Springs and President of Somebody Loves You Ministries. After his miraculous conversion in 1971, Raul began to read and study the Bible extensively even though he had a limited education. In 1974 he began a home Bible study with seven other committed individuals. Soon, he started to preach and counsel youth during the noon hour at his former high school, Baldwin Park High. Calvary Chapel West Covina grew out of Raul's home fellowship, as well as his Kung-Fu studio, and was soon meeting weekly at an old converted Safeway store. In 1993, the congregation moved to Diamond Bar and occupied a 101,000 square-foot corporate building on 28 acres. Calvary Chapel Golden Springs (as it is now called) draws between 10,000 - 12,000 in attendance weekly.
Author of several books, including Fury to Freedom (the story of his early life and dramatic conversion), Raul Ries has also produced three films: Fury to Freedom (feature film dramatization of the book); A Quiet Hope (a riveting and stirring documentary detailing seven soldier's accounts of the Vietnam War and its aftermath); and A Venture in Faith (a documentary of the history of the Calvary Chapel movement).
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