Terry Branstad Issues Proclamation for Day of Prayer

Terry Branstad

Pol Light Moment #100 happened on April 8, 2014, when Terry Branstad issued a proclamation designating July 14, 2014 as a Day of Prayer and Fasting and Repentence in Iowa. Terry Branstad is the Governor of Iowa. He is the longest serving Governor in Iowa history having been in office from 1983-1999 and 2011 to the present.

The Family Leader writes, "The proclamation was signed at the request of a group who’s focus is bringing spiritual revival back to our nation. You can learn more about them at www.prayer7-14-14.com. They hosted an event at the Iowa Capitol on July 14, 2014 symbolizing our response to 2 Chronicles 7:14 (The Family Leader)."

The following is a YouTube video of Terry Branstad signing his proclamation on of a Day of Prayer, Fasting and Repentence on July 14, 2014.

The following is the text of Terry Branstad's proclamation on a Day of Prayer.

The Proclamation reads:

WHEREAS,

President George Washington stated in his Proclamation of October 17, 1789, “It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor”; and

WHEREAS,

President Abraham Lincoln stated in his Proclamation of April 24, 1863, a day of national humble repentance, fasting and prayer, “It is the duty of all Nations as well to recognize the sublime truth announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history that those nations are blessed whose God is The Lord (Psalm 33:12)…But we have forgotten God.  We have forgotten the gracious hand, which preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and we have vainly imagined in the deceitfulness of our hearts that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own.  Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace-to-proud to pray to the God that made us…”; and

WHEREAS,

President John Hancock stated in his Proclamation on April 15, 1775, a day of fasting, humble repentance and prayer, with a total abstinence from labor and recreation, “In circumstances as dark as these, it becomes us, as Men and Christians, to reflect what whilst every prudent measure should be taken to ward off the impending judgments, …at the same time all confidence must be withheld from the means we use; and reposed only on that God rules in the armies of Heaven, and without His whole blessing, the best human counsels are but foolishness…”; and

WHEREAS,

Governors throughout history, have called for days of fasting and prayer over the condition of their state and nation, including Samuel Adams, a signer of the Constitution and serving as Governor of Massachusetts, “I do hereby appoint Thursday the Second Day of April next, to be observed as a Day of Public Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer throughout this Commonwealth: Calling upon the Ministers of the Gospel, of every Denomination, with their respective Congregations, to assemble on that Day, and devoutly implore the Divine forgiveness of our Sins…”:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Terry E Branstad, as Governor of the State of Iowa, do hereby invite all Iowans who choose to join in the thoughtful prayer and humble repentance according to II Chronicles 7:14 in favor of our state and nation to come together on July 14, 2014.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I HAVE HEREUNTO  SUBSCRIBED MY NAME AND CAUSED THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF IOWA TO BE AFFIXED.  DONE AT DES MOINES THIS 8TH DAY OF APRIL IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN. :

TERRY E. BRANSTAD

GOVERNOR OF IOWA

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Photo: The top photo of Terry Branstad is attributed to Gage Skidmore and is in Wikipedia Commons.