A week or so ago, my friend Wynn invited Karl and me to join her and other believers in a project. It seems that during the Blitz in London in 1940, a man named Major Wellesley Tudor-Pole began asking those he knew to stop and pray for England for one minute each evening “during the striking of Big Ben”. At the time he claimed that, “There is no power on earth that can withstand the united cooperation on spiritual levels of men and women of goodwill everywhere. It is for this reason that the continued and widespread observance of the Silent Minute is of such vital importance in the interest of human welfare.”
According to a little research I did, the “Silent Minute” has continued on a small scale in England since 1940, and it was revived there on a larger scale after the September 11th attacks. Wynn’s challenge to me was to join Americans in a “Silent Minute” every night to pray for America. I’m now passing that challenge on to you. Please join me and other believers in spending one minute each evening praying for our country at 8 pm central/7 pm Mountain Time. I’ve set the alarm on my phone to ring every evening at 7. (It’s right after Jeopardy for us!) We’ve committed to this challenge, and even when we were with friends last Friday night, when my alarm went off, we quickly explained and bowed our heads. Our companions did the same. God promised us in 2 Chronicles 7:14 that, “ 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 I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” Seems to me this is a good place to start!
