9:00.
>> WE WANT TO READ YOU A QUOTE
FROM A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER
SPOKESWOMAN.
"WE HAVE LOST MANY OF OUR
FREEDOMS IN AMERICA BECAUSE WE
HAVE BEEN ASLEEP.
I FEEL IF WE DO NOT BECOME
INVOLVED AND SUPPORT THE ANNUAL
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, WE COULD
END UP FORFEITING THIS FREEDOM,
TOO."
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER IS
TOMORROW, MAY
JOINING US NOW TO TALK ABOUT
THIS, WE HAVE THE OKLAHOMA
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER CHAIRMAN,
MIKE JESTES.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
TOMORROW IS THE 66TH ANNUAL
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.
THE EVENT HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY,
SOME BIG-NAME POLITICIANS WILL
BE THERE.
TELL US ABOUT ALL OF THE EVENT
DETAILS.
>> GOD DELIGHTS IN SHOWING
HIMSELF PUBLICLY.
HE HAS BEEN OUR GREATEST
ADVOCATE IN OKLAHOMA IN TIMES OF
TRAGEDY AND TRIUMPH.
TOMORROW AT 11 CLINTON BECOME A
WE HAVE A CONCERT -- TOMORROW AT
11 CLINTO
: 30, WE HAVE A CONCERT.
-- TOMORROW AT 11:30, WE HAVE A
CONCERT.
WE HAVE LISA, OUR FORMER
LEGISLATOR COMMIT NO
, SHARING HER
FAITH.
WE'VE GOT SEVEN PEOPLE WHO WILL
BE ON THE PODIUM.
WE HAVE A DISTRICT JUDGE WHO
WILL SHARE A TESTIMONY AND LEAD
US IN PRAYER.
THERE'S NO SHAME IN OUR FAITH.
WE ARE THERE TO SAY THAT GOD IS
OUR GREATEST ADVOCATE IN
OKLAHOMA.
ABIGAIL: IS THIS A CHRISTIAN
ONLY EVENT?
MIKE: WE HAVE PEOPLE OF ALL
FAITHS IT WILL COME FROM
, BUT WE
WILL PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS
CHRIST.
ABIGAIL: PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS
PRAY IN SOME FORM.
THIS IS MORE FOCUSED ON
JUDEO-CHRISTIAN BELIEFS.
>> IT IS.
WE ENCOURAGE ALL FAITHS TO
ADVOCATE FOR A NATIONAL DAY OF
PRAYER.
WE WILL INVITE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN
PEOPLE TO PRAY.
ABIGAIL: THIS WILL BE THE 66TH
YEAR.
WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS IN
THE FIRST PLACE?
MIKE: IN 1952, CONRAD HILTON
FELT THERE WAS A NEED TO HAVE A
NATIONAL EMPHASIS ON PRAYER.
HE PETITIONED OUR PRESIDENT AT
THAT TIME.
IT WAS PROCLAIMED THAT EVERY
YEAR WILL HAVE A NATIONAL DAY OF
PRAYER.
1988 FROM A PRESIDENT REAGAN SET
WE WILL MAKE IT THE FIRST
THURSDAY OF EVERY MAY.
-- SAID WE WILL MAKE IT THE
FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MAY.
THE PURPOSE IS TO BRING
COMMUNITY TOGETHER, CHURCH AND
CHRISTIANS TO SAY WE NEED GOD IN
OUR CULTURE.
ABIGAIL: LIKE THE QUOTE I WAS
READING.
SHE SAID, "WE HAVE LOST MANY OF
OUR FREEDOMS IN AMERICA BECAUSE
WE HAVE BEEN ASLEEP.
I FEEL IF WE DO NOT BECOME
INVOLVED AND SUPPORT THE ANNUAL
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, WE COULD
END UP FORFEITING THIS FREEDOM,
TOO."
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU GUYS
BELIEVE?
IF WE DON'T EXERCISE THIS
FREEDOM OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM --
MIKE: AS WE ACTIVATE OUR
FREEDOMS, WE PROTECT OUR
FREEDOMS.
WHEN WE LEAVE ONE AWAY, IT IS
TAKEN FROM US.
THIS IS A FREEDOM THAT IN THE
LAST DECADE, WE HAVE SOMEWHAT
BECOME REACQUAINTED WITH AND
HAVE NOT TAKEN FOR GRANTED.
OTHER STATES HAVE A HARD TIME
FINDING SOMEONE WHO WOULD PRAY
PUBLICLY.
ABIGAIL: A LOT OF LEADERS ARE
OUTSPOKEN WITH THEIR FAITH.
IN OTHER STATES, IS IT TOUGHER
TO BE SO OUTSPOKEN, SO
COMFORTABLE?
DO THEY FEEL MORE PERSECUTED
ABOUT THEIR FAITH?
MIKE: I THINK WE'VE BEEN
N CONDITIONED.
THERE ARE A FEW FAITHS WE
MENTION ALL THE TIME, SOME IN A
POSITIVE WAY AND SOME IN A
NEGATIVE WAY.
WE SHOULD BE NONJUDGMENTAL AND
WE SHOULD TAKE A STAND THAT WE
TREAT ALL PEOPLE FAIRLY.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH
SAYING I'M A PERSON OF FAITH.
ABIGAIL: WHAT WILL HE BE PRAYING
ABOUT?
MIKE: THERE ARE SEVEN AREAS OF
INFLUENCE WE PRAY FOR.
WE PRAY FOR MEDIA, EDUCATION,
GOVERNMENT, MILITARY, FAMILY AND
FAITH.
THERE'S ONE MORE --
ABIGAI WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO
AREN'T RELIGIOUS WHATSOEVER?
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM?
MIKE: I WOULD SAY --
ABIGAIL: THIS HOLIDAY IS NOT FOR
YOU?
MOVEON?
MIKE: WE ARE NOT PRAYING AGAINST
ANYONE.
WE ARE PRAYING FOR SOMETHING.
THIS IS AN EXPRESSION OF OUR
FAITH IN GOD.
THAT HE HAS -- WE ARE A NATION,
ONE NATION UNDER GOD WITH
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
IT SAYS IN GOD WE TRUST ON OUR
MONEY.
GOD HAS A PLACE IN OUR CULTURE.
WE CAN COME AND ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE.
CHECK US OUT.
ABIGAIL: IS THIS A GOVERNMENT
ORGANIZED EVENT?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
ABIGAIL: BECAUSE OF THE
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.
YOU ARE HOPING TO HAVE THE
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR THERE.
>> ALL HAVE BEEN INVITED.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS YEAR, THERE
WAS A SCHEDULING CONFLICT.
ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
WITH US BEFORE.
OUR GOVERNOR HAS ONLY MISSED IT
TWICE.
ABIGAIL: SHE'S ALSO VERY
OUTSPOKEN.
>> ARE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR --
OUR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
PARTICIPATED IN NATIONAL DAY OF
PRAYER.
ABIGAI WANT TO THROW THE
INFORMATION ON OUR SCREEN ABOUT
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.
TOMORROW, MAY 4, BEGINNING AT
11:30.
131 NW 4TH ST.
YOU SAY EVERYONE IS WELCOME.
NOT JUST CHRISTIANS OR MUSLIMS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
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