"Connecticut Six" Federal case dismissed

Federal Court District Judge Janet Bond Arterton has dismissed the lawsuit filed by the so-called Connecticut Six against the Episcopal Bishop of Connecticut, the Andrew D. Smith.

The Courant summarizes:

The lawsuit, filed in 2005, claimed that Smith had violated the civil and property rights of the six priests and the churches they led, which had sought to break away from Smith's authority because of his support for the election of an openly gay bishop.

It also claimed that Smith acted illegally when the diocese seized control of St. John's Episcopal Church in Bristol in July 2005 after its priest, the Rev. Mark Hansen, was stripped of his duties by Smith. Six months later, Smith removed Hansen from the priesthood.

"Whether Bishop Smith acted contrary to or outside of the Diocese's own rules is a question of canon law, not a question of constitutionality of the challenged Connecticut statutes," Arterton wrote in Monday's ruling. "A declaration of unconstitutionality by the court would not redress the plaintiffs' actual grievances or their theological disputes with" Smith.

In essence, the Judge ruled that the Federal Court could not hear matters related to church canon law. The priests still can pursue their claims in Connecticut State Court.

A complete copy of the opinion can be seen here.

Please continue to pray for all those who are struggling to stand for biblical truth in historic denominations.

Tags: Connecticut, Darien, Groton, Watertown, Bristol, East Haven, Christian, Christianity, Anglican, Episcopal, Connecticut Six

5 great Bible study resources - all free!

There's a surprising amount of high-quality Bible study material and helps available online nowadays, and with just a little effort your library can exceed what once would have required literally yards of bookshelf space. Let's look at five of these, each one of which has its own unique flavor.


















eBible.com
Christians haven't ignored society's increased reliance on the Web, and are also taking note of the "Web 2.0" phenomenon, where web applications can replace, or nearly replace desktop software. A new entry in the online bible study field, eBible.com, consciously takes a Web 2.0 approach by allowing you tag verse and save bookmarks. Several different Bible versions are available and they seem to be adding features. Note: this is a beta release.

Crosswalk.com
This site boasts an impressive number of Bible resources and free commentaries, and also hosts a lot of articles, audio resources, pastoral and worship resources, etc. Visually, this site is a litle cluttered, but I can excuse that because they are packing so much into it. It's a great place to poke around.

Bible.org
Those who want to do a little more theological digging should try out Bible.org. This site also seems to be growing by leaps and bounds, probably capitalizing off the interest in their NET Bible translation. If you want to read a deep, exegetical commentary on the Book of Nahum, this is the place for you! Another bonus: the organization not only enables you to freely download their translation, but to use it without fear of copyright infringement.

Blue Letter Bible
I've had this one bookmarked for a long time - and for good reason! It has some great features, including easy phrase searches. If you still rely on Strong's Concordance, you'll find it a joy to be able to search phrases like "Kingdom of God" without going blind in the process. Lots of study tools round out the picture, including audio and video from preachers past and present such as J. Vernon McGee, Ray Stedman, and many of the well-known Calvary Chapel pastors.

E-Sword
This last one is a real gem - the most powerful free Bible software you are likely to find in the English language. This is not a website, but a free software download for Windows and Pocket PC. Developer Rick Meyers believes in "freely you have received, freely give," and he demonstrated it here. He compares E-Sword to $500 packages that the typical layperson finds inaccessible - and he's not bragging. A number of additional "modules" can be downloaded to add extra dictionaries, concordances, and other well-known works. There are powerful note-taking features and basic word processing for your own writing. A fuller feature list is available here.

Whether you're looking for a good daily devotional or are up to your elbows in serious study, even sermon preparation, these free resources will prove to be a great blessing.

Tags: Connecticut, Christian, Christianity, Bible, Theology

God's Airtime

Because of "wars and rumors of wars," there's a nervous, quasi-religious mood on the airwaves this month. It seems to be creating a lot of opportunities for Biblical truths to be taken more seriously and put out before a wider audience:

A much-circulated, much-discussed article by Professor Bernard Lewis of Princeton explores the possibility that Iran has something apocalyptic up its sleeve for August 22 (this coming Tuesday).

Former Palestinian terrorist Walid Shoebat has been very visible on television talking about how he came out of the jihadist mentality.

Two programs of interest tonight on television (Sunday, August 20):

"Purpose Driven Life: Can Rick Warren Change the World?"
Fox News Channel, 8:00 Eastern

"The Exodus Decoded"
History Channel, 8:00 Eastern

I admit, I've been suckered many times by this type of show. The producers actually believe in the Exodus, and place it at a very early date. Of course, there is a naturalistic explanation in that they tie it to a volcanic eruption that occurred at that time. They'll report, you'll decide. You can watch a preview video here.

Tags: News, Iran, Christianity, Bible, Christian, Terrorism

New churches added to the Connecticut Church Map

We've added some churches to the Connecticut Church Map recently, including:

• First Cathedral in Bloomfield;


• Wintonbury Baptist Church, also in Bloomfield; and
  


• Gateway Christian Fellowship in West Haven.
  

The Church Map is a great resource (and fun besides) and is also by far the most visited page on our website. If you have a church you'd like to see listed on it, please use our contact form here.

Have a great day in God's house this Sunday!

Tags: Connecticut, Christian, Christianity, Bloomfield, West+Haven

Salvador in concert August 26, with The Afters and Vicky Beeching

The One Heart Festival is returning to Danbury!

Salvador returns to Danbury's Ives Concert Center on August 26th with the 2006 Best New Artist Dove Award winning band The Afters, and Vicky Beeching!

Ticket prices: Gold $38; Reserved $30; Lawn $20.

For more information or group discounts visit www.1heartonline.org or RockTheSound.com or call (877) 261-ROCK (7625).

See this and other area Christian events at the Pray Connecticut Christian Events Calendar. When you visit, be sure to submit your own events, too!

Tags: Connecticut, Christian, music, Danbury

Dennis Cramer meetings in West Haven this week

Prophetic minister Dennis Cramer will be ministering at Gateway Christian Fellowship in West Haven this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings (August 17-19) at 7:00 pm.

Founder and president of Dennis Cramer Ministries, Dennis preaches, teaches, and prophesies nationally and internationally to numerous local churches and regional conferences.

For additional information and directions, call Gateway Christian Fellowship at (203) 934-0880.

Tags: Connecticut, Christian, West Haven, prophetic

Family Institute of Connecticut barred from intervening in Supreme Court case

The State Supreme Court has issued a ruling denying a request by the Family Institute of Connecticut to intervene in a civil suit brought with the intention of legalizing same-sex marriage. The FIC sought to present to the Court the harm that could arise to children in such unions.

The Courant reported, "The Supreme Court upheld a trial court ruling that barred the institute from intervening in the case, but did permit the group to file a friend-of-the-court brief stating its views that the children of same-sex couples 'are disadvantaged at every level of growth and maturation.'"

The FIC's Peter Wolfgang commented, "New York's highest court ruled last month that it is rational to consider the harm that same-sex "marriage" will do to children. Connecticut's Supreme Court refused today to even consider the argument..."

Please continue to pray for traditional marriage in Connecticut.

Tags: Connecticut, Christian, Marriage

Tommie Zito meetings in Westport

Evangelist Tommie Zito returns to Connecticut with a week of meetings at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Westport. There will be daytime meetings Monday, August 14th through Saturday, August 19th at 10 am as well as evening meetings Monday, August 14th through Friday, August 18th at 7 pm. Tommie's meetings are powerful and there's a great impartation of an evangelistic anointing to the entire congregation where he and his team minister.

Tags: Connecticut, Christian, Westport

Connecticut in Iraq

Posting's been light lately, as our crack staff has been on vacation. We'll be picking up again soon, so thanks for your continued support!

If you've been reading a while, you know that we try to keep it non-political around here, but I've been reading The Charlie Company blog written by First Sergeant Ben Grainger of C Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marines, which is based here in Connecticut. First Sergeant Grainger and his men have had some amazing experiences and he's put up some really great posts.

Why is any of this political? Because the First Sergeant has a lot to say about how war is conducted in the current political climate. Read this:

We had a Marine get hit square in the chest by a sniper shot the other day, but he was able to get up and run for cover. Yes, they knock you down for some reason, but the ballistic protection does its job. Stopped it cold. Of course the Marine has a big bruise in the middle of his chest, but he is great shape. The sniper, you ask? He ran into a mosque to hide because he knows we don’t go into them. Why don’t we go into them, you ask? Because we would be insensitive -- there’s that word again -- to them if we did. Why are we sensitive to them, even after a known shooter ran into it? Because there are a few people back home, who are not getting shot by snipers, who are upset and are throwing tantrums about us being insensitive. Why are they not here, you ask? Well, I guess they are too busy burning our flag. We did call the local police, so we could be sensitive, who had six guys search the entire place in about, umm, 30 seconds and came out and said they found nothing. Now how do you suppose he got out when we had the place surrounded?

Then there's this jewel, which no doubt implicates some of our fellow Connecticut residents:

The packages and mail continue to raise morale and make the job at hand that much easier. Which leads me to one more topic: a few people have said they can’t send the Marines a package because they don’t support the president. Then don’t put the president's name on the box -- put one of my Marine's names on the box. I have supported every president since 1984 and have not cared who was in office, he was the President of the United States! The president doesn’t live here and I promise not to give him any of your junk food if he shows up, if that will make you happy.

Can't we support these men and women who are in harm's way?

If that's political, so be it.

Tags:
Connecticut, Iraq, Terrorism, Marines

What the media knows - and doesn't know...

"The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision." (Ezek. 12:23)

New England Concerts of Prayer sends this report on a recent crusade in Boston, of all places, that drew 18,000 people:

Curiously (but not surprisingly) there was no mention in the Boston Globe. In Sunday’s Ideas section, there was a front-page article on the abortion-rights movement rediscovering religion, but not an inch on what happened at the Garden.

It is reminiscent of New York City in the fall of 1857. Jeremiah Lanphier’s Wednesday Noon prayer hour had become an underground phenomenon. His church, “Old North Dutch,” could not hold all the people who came to pray. Neither could all the other churches in lower Manhattan – or the firehouses and police stations, the restaurants and theaters.

Word reached the uptown editorial offices of that city’s two great newspapers: Something extraordinary was going on downtown. “Nonsense!” scoffed James Gordon Bennett of the Herald. “If it was news, we would have heard about it!” His arch-rival, Horace Greeley of the Tribune, had exactly the same response.

Nevertheless, on the remote chance that something might be going on, they each sent their best man to cover it. When their ace reporters came back born-again and praising God, the astonished editors realized something significant was afoot. They began to cover it, and word began to spread of the Great Prayer Revival of 1857, which eventually went around the world and sparked revivals in both the Union and Confederate Armies.

When the one who controls secular media does not like a newsworthy event, he renders it a non-event by withholding coverage. That happened in Washington in 1980. Other than couple of photos of bizarre fringe elements and two column-inches of copy, the Washington Post ignored the fact that a family event of epic proportions had taken place on the Mall. But other newspapers did cover it, and the further west one got, the wider and deeper the coverage.

Twenty-six years later, there are many more vehicles to get the word out – ipods, live-streaming video, Christian radio and television networks, email, and the Internet itself. All who should know, will know.

Indeed they will. Something is stirring in New England (and in Connecticut and Massachusetts in particular) that cannot be hidden or ignored by the media much longer. We know that if there had been a gathering of 18,000 people for nearly anything else in Boston, the press would have covered it extensively. But that's not the point. The point is that the Word of God is not bound and Christians are only bound or limited if they choose to be limited by seeking the approval of men.

The Church is re-learning the great lesson that the weapons of her warfare are not fleshly but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds. Because of this the great movements of prayer and unity are getting ready to break forth into a great revival in New England. Some reporter somewhere, perhaps at the Boston Globe, perhaps at the Hartford Courant, is missing a great story in the making.

Tags: Christianity, Connecticut, Massachusetts, News

Why can't people in Connecticut get ahead?

I think I know.

A discouraging report from Americans For Tax Reform reveals that people in Connecticut need longer than anyone to pay for the cost of government. Apparently the average American worked 193 days (until July 12) "this year to pay for all levels of government." The report says:

The highest state Cost of Government Day by far is in Connecticut. The day there falls 18 days later than the rest of the country, coming on July 30th. This is 3 days later than Cost of Government Day for the second highest state, New York, which has been increasing over the past few years.

I think the "by far" part is kind of twisting the knife a bit, don't you?

When you consider the number of people who likely pay no taxes at all, this is truly astounding - or should be. Have we lost the capacity to care about these things? You might have missed this piece in the Courant, letting us know that Connecticut enjoyed a budget surplus of some $940 million. Of this sum, some $455 million will go into the Rainy Day Fund. Governor Rell said:

"Our Rainy Day Fund had been seriously depleted in recent years, but we now have a nice fiscal cushion in place," Rell said in a statement. "That cushion will come in handy should we experience any future bumps in the economic road."

In a State with three and a half million people, a $940 million surplus is a lot of money. Other than a bit of relief relating to the high cost of gasoline, I haven't heard any serious discussion of letting the people who sent that money into the coffers get any bit of it back. In fact, we have at least one candidate for higher office, Mr. Malloy, who says he's of a mind to raise the income tax.

So it seems ironic to me that just a few days ago Governor Rell issued a press release calling upon oil companies to give back some of their their "obscene" profits.

Citing the $10.36 billion in second quarter profits reported by Exxon Mobil Corp. today, Governor M. Jodi Rell urged Exxon and other major oil companies to return a portion of their record profits back to consumers by immediately lowering prices at the pumps.

Exxon’s profits are up 36 percent in the quarter. This represents the second largest quarterly profit ever recorded by a publicly traded U.S. company.

In addition, London-based BP PLC has reported net income of $7.3 billion, up 30 percent, while Houston-based ConocoPhillips’ profits are up 65 percent to $5.18 billion.

“These oil companies’ profits of 30 percent and up are, quite frankly, obscene,” Governor Rell said. “Connecticut residents are beyond angry. They are livid, and so am I after seeing these numbers today. We want answers, we want accountability and we want to see some semblance of decency from these companies.

I'm sure that many of our readers pay literally thousands of dollars in State and local taxes every year. At what point would it be acceptable, to use the Governor's words, to become "livid" with anger? It would seem to me that we could get a "portion" of the State's "profits" returned.

Why talk about this here? I think we need to question the morality of confiscatory taxes. It's common to speak of raising taxes to address the needs of the poor, and this is done on moral grounds, or by citing biblical injunctions to care for the poor. But not everyone in Connecticut lives in Greenwich, Darien or Avon and can afford such a crushing tax burden. And certainly not all those who live in wealthy towns are wealthy, of course.

So what is the moral justification for making people work until the beginning of August to meet the needs of "government?" I'd like to know.

Tags: Connecticut, News, News&Politics, Government, Christian

Father Hollywood speaks out

"Father Hollywood"

I read a remarkable post from a Lutheran pastor from New Orleans called "Father Hollywood," called "Orthodox Christianity is Hated." His real name is Rev. Larry Beane, and he's not rolling over and playing dead:

It has been a long time since the days of persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire, when the faithful were crucified, tortured in the arena, and martyred for refusing to bend the knee to the false god Caesar. But the time of ease for the Church is at an end, and in fact, it is long since past in many places of the world where the Church is under physical duress. Christians are still arrested, tortured, and martyred in places like Sudan and China.

But in "civilized" countries, we see the hostility against the Church take a different tack. It is what our suffering brethren in Sweden call a "gray martyrdom." No-one is being sent to the arena or burned at the stake in Scandinavia for preaching the Christian faith - but we do see a marginalization of Christians, a social and political apartheid, and even charges of "hate speech" for proclaiming Christian truth as revealed in Scripture that conflicts with the Official Party Line of the Government.

Once again, the Christians are told to burn just a wee bit of incense before the false god of Government. Be patriotic. Be good citizens.

In the U.S., we don't even have the "gray martyrdom" of Sweden - not yet. What we have instead is an Orwellian redefinition of right and wrong, a reordering of morality that conflicts with the built-in sense of propriety that has been shared by civilized people for centuries.

Rev. Beane is one of many who are giving voice and definition to a movement of those who are now consciously facing "gray martyrdom" - a useful expression if ever there was one.

Read the whole post.

Tags: Christianity, News, Politics

Intolerance of another kind

Usually when you hear about intolerance, it's directed at you-know-who... Christians, at least those of the Evangelical or Charismatic variety. So I was a little surprised to read about the mainstream press actually noticing alleged intolerance by homosexuals in Massachusetts against heterosexuals. I wonder if the legal machinery of discrimination will be sued against homosexuals. That would be an interesting twist. From the excellent site Agape Press:

A Massachusetts pro-family activist says he is not surprised by recent reports of homosexuals directing hate speech against heterosexuals in one Cape Cod community.

Police in Provincetown told the Boston Globe that, over the July 4 weekend, they received numerous complaints of homosexuals calling heterosexual people "breeders." The paper also says Jamaican workers reported being the target of racial slurs, and a woman was verbally accosted after signing a petition that opposed same-sex "marriage."

Brian Camenker, who heads the conservative pro-family group Article 8 Alliance, says such behavior illustrates the militancy of the homosexual activist movement. "This whole business of 'breeders' and everything else, I guess that's sort of new, for them to do it publicly," he says, "but I'm going to tell you, that is the nature of the homosexual movement."

I haven't been able to find the Globe's article yet. Continue to pray for Massachusetts and the pro-family efforts there and in Connecticut.

Tags: Connecticut, Christian, Massachusetts,

ApologetiX in Concert, July 29

Wintonbury Extreme Youth (WEY), a ministry of Wintonbury Baptist Church, will be hosting the band ApologetiX in concert Saturday, July 29th at 7:00 pm, at the House of Restoration Church, 1665 Main Street, Hartford. (Google map here.)

ApologetiX is a Christian parody band that takes music from the last 3 decades and puts Christian words to the music. The House of Restoration is a 1,500 seat, brand-new, state-of-the-art church facility.

Tickets are $8 in advance and $12 at the door, and VIP tickets are $25 (includes dinner with the band, preferred seating and preferred parking). Rock the Sound, Connecticut’s Christian concert promoter, is promoting the event. Tickets can be purchased at www.rockthesound.com. This is a great way for the Church of Greater Hartford to get together and fellowship. The band will also make a Gospel presentation. This promises to be a great family night.

Tags: Connecticut, Christian, Hartford, Music

Arrest in juice tampering case

A Stamford man has been arrested and may also face federal charges in connection with an incident in which Communion juice was tampered with, sickening some 40 people. From the Norwalk Advocate:

Wendell Woodroffe, 28, of Stamford was charged with 22 counts of second-degree assault of a victim 60 or older and 22 counts of second-degree assault, said Darien Lt. Ron Bussell. Woodroffe was being held on $50,000 bond and was expected to be arraigned Tuesday in Stamford Superior Court....

More than 40 people became ill during a communion service at Calvary Baptist Church [in Darien] on Feb. 5 and five were sent to the hospital with nausea and vomiting. Nobody was seriously injured.

People who drank the juice reported a burning sensation in their throats. Pastor Anthony Gibson has said it tasted like detergent.

This is actually one of a series of church and cemetery attacks or vandalism events within Connecticut in 2006.

Tags: Connecticut, Darien

Connecticut Senate race picking up more national attention

Imagine my surprise to visit a pro-Ned Lamont blog and see a video posted from The 700 Club, analyzing the Connecticut Senate race. They seemed a little surprised that a Christian outlet could supply good reporting and in-depth analysis. The story is quite good and you can watch it below. Please be sure to pray for the upcoming primaries and the general election.



Tags: Connecticut, Politics

Marriage Suit Fails

Superior Court Judge Patty Jenkins Pittman has ruled against eight same-sex couples who sought the right to marry after they were denied marriage licenses. Undoubtedly these couples will appeal and ultimately seek to have their case determined by the State Supreme Court.

We haven't been able to see a copy of the opinion yet, and although the State Judicial Department website is excellent, it does not typically post copies of opinions, only "docket sheets" which show a list of motions and how they were decided.

The only quotes we have seen have been from the AP service story which, interestingly, seems to have been edited in Connecticut news websites. The Boston Globe has the most extensive story we've seen on this.

"Civil union and marriage in Connecticut now share the same benefits, protections and responsibilities under law," Judge Patty Jenkins Pittman in New Haven wrote. "The Connecticut Constitution requires that there be equal protection and due process of law, not that there be equivalent nomenclature for such protection and process...."

Jenkins Pittman, who noted how the legislature took "the courageous and historic step" of passing civil unions legislation, said lawmakers created an identical set of rights for same-sex and opposite-sex couples. She said the plaintiffs' claims that civil unions are a form of separate-but-equal segregation that aren't recognized in other jurisdictions don't rise to the "level of legal harm" required to rule in their favor.

She also dismissed claims that the term "civil unions" is inherently offensive.

"Though they argue that separate is never equal, they have been subjected to no tangible separation at all; and the court rejects the argument that the rhetorical separation of marriage versus civil union is enough to invoke an equal protection or due process analysis," the judge wrote.

Jenkins Pittman said it's up to the legislature to change the terminology.

While this is good news for traditional family advocates, it's still disturbing. Judge Jenkins Pittman recognizes something that the radicals pretend isn't so: that civil unions are the equivalent of marriage in all but name. Let's continue to pray for marriage in our State. The next stop is the Appellate Court; the Supreme Court does, however, likely have the ability to take the case if it so chooses once any appeal is filed.

Tags: Connecticut, Christian, Marriage

Is Sunday still the Lord's Day?

I must be getting old because I can remember when folks didn't do a whole lot on Sunday. In ancient times (the 1960's) there was a time or maybe two when I ran down the church steps and then down the sidewalk with my father on Sunday to buy the newspaper before the store closed. And on Saturday nights, it wasn't uncommon to fill up your tank for the day ahead. Buying gas on a Sunday morning in prehistoric Danbury, Connecticut could be an iffy proposition. It only cost $3.00 to fill up a VW Beetle, but that is a topic for another post.

With the trend towards all-week-long sports and shopping being what it is, I was truly surprised and heartened to see the clergy of another one of my former dwellingplaces, Watertown, Conn. stand together against Sunday sports.

Citing quality family time that has dwindled over the years, the Watertown-Oakville Ecumenical Council and Watertown-Oakville Clergy Association issued a joint statement Thursday saying residents should "pause and consider" the ramifications of extending sports activities into the Sunday morning hours that previously offered no competition to church services or other family endeavors.

The Parks and Recreation Commission voted March 16 not to prohibit the issuance of field permits by the recreation department any time the parks are legally open, including Sundays. A policy of not handing out permits for Sunday morning games at sites such as Veterans Memorial Park and Deland Field had been adhered to by the department for years....

"Is holding on to four or five hours of a Sunday morning such a bad thing?" the two group's statement asked. "Do we really need to offer up to the gods of chaos any more of our precious time?"

Bravo, Watertown clergy. Read the rest here.

Tags: Connecticut, Christianity

Jesusfest 2006 coming up this weekend

JesusFest returns this Saturday to the Tolland Agricultural Center (TAC) grounds, Route 30 in Vernon, CT.

JesusFest is a Christian country fair sponsored by area churches from a wide variety of denominations and fellowships. Connecituct House of Prayer - Hartford is again setting up Prayer Tents at the festival, their 4th year doing it. There will be 2 Prayer Needs Tents, one at each end of the festival grounds. Volunteers will offer to pray for the needs of all those attending the festival. There will also be a 12 hour Intercessory Prayer Tent located at the front of the TAC grounds, behind the offices and in front of the Coffee House.

Not only will prayer be offered for the success of the festival and the needs of the attendees, but also for Revival and Transformation of the state of Connecticut and for New England! Intercessors are needed especially in the later hours, from 5-7pm and 7-9pm. Come and join us!

More information available on the JesusFest site. (Thanks to Audrey McIntyre for the report.)

DIRECTIONS: From Hartford take Route 84 east to exit 67. Take a left off the exit, go to the 2nd light to Route 30. JesusFest is one block down on the right. You can park at the Rockville United Methodist church on the corner of Route 30 and Route 31 at the second light. Shuttles are provided at the church to take you to the TAC grounds.

Tags: Connecticut, Christian

Keep praying for America!

J. Lee Grady writes a weekly column for Charisma News which is usually very challenging. This week was no exception: Lee answers the problem of "Christian defeatism" by pointing us to signs of life and awakening in the American Church. Isn't the biggest problem we face a failure to persist in prayer? Grady shares a bit on some recent prayer efforts, then gently chides us:

Have you grown weary in praying for the nation? Have the negativity of news reports, the continual violence in Iraq or the cynical mood of so many Americans caused you to doubt that God is working?

Thousands of Christians were involved in intensive prayer campaigns during early 2006, including a 40-day effort during the spring and the massive Global Day of Prayer on June 4. This kind of collective intercession may not get the attention of the media, but we can be assured that heaven has noticed. The prayers of God’s people are collecting like water in a reservoir—and we are heading for a dramatic tipping point when those prayers will unleash unprecedented blessings—as well as judgment on our unseen spiritual enemies.

God’s Word promises us that He will heal our land if we humble ourselves and pray. I believe a spiritual dam has broken. The floodgates have been opened. We can pray together: “Lord, let it rain.”

Let's do it!

Tags: Connecticut, prayer