WASHINGTON — Passionate worship and fervent prayer and intercession for unity in a polarized nation rose from a space just outside the Capitol Rotunda this week.
Hundreds of Christian leaders and guests assembled in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol for the 67th observance of the National Day of Prayer Thursday for a worship service centered on Ephesians 3:4, the Apostle Paul’s charge to “make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.”
“A divided church cannot call the nation to unity,” said Ronnie Floyd, pastor of Cross Church in Springdale, Arkansas. Floyd is the president of the National Day of Prayer and a former president of the Southern Baptist Convention.
“Unity is supernatural; unity is accomplished by God,” he stressed, and it’s incumbent on Christians to pray for this.
Even as differences remain, he added, it’s the Spirit of God and the Gospel message that…
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