The Bound4LIFE team based in Washington, DC is organizing a special 7-day Silent Siege in preparation for the Health Care Summit scheduled for Thursday, February 25. Currently the plans are for President Obama to preside over a gathering with a select bi-partisan representation of Congress at the Blair House which is directly across the street from the White House.
We're really excited today by what we're seeing happen with the new First of All campaign. We launched the new site only 12 days ago, and already we're approaching 2,500 prayers posted to the site. Thanks to everyone who's joined in on all the excitement.
Abortion, economic crisis, war, pandemics, a nation divided-Just attend any town hall meeting while Congress is in recess and you'll agree that our elected officials in Washington, DC desperately need the prayers of the Church. Regardless of your personal political beliefs, the Bible is clear in it's universal call to prayer for those in governmental leadership.
We are in the final days of working out the bugs of a new interactive website called "First of All." In 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Paul wrote to Timothy, "I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone--for kings and all those in authority..." A few months ago the Lord began to speak to us specifically about how He wanted prayer for members of Congress. Now it's one thing to pray for them all together as "Congress," but it's its an entirely different feat to pray for them all individually by name... All 535 of them!
I need to unashamedly ask for your FINANCIAL HELP RIGHT NOW. I hope you see that we're "giving it all we got" and not holding anything back right now. From blogs to internships to videos to daily sieges and much more. We feel the weight of the moment we're living in and are committed to this noble pursuit. Current financial stresses however have taken a severe toll. Just when there is huge opportunity to advance the movement, unprecedented financial pressure threatens to force us to scale back and minimize our efforts.
I am writing to you today to let you know that we will be relocating our headquarters to the DC area at the beginning of next week. So far we’ve been splitting our time in each office, but this will be the final move for all staff and equipment.
"Free government is founded in jealousy, not confidence. It is jealousy and not confidence which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind those we are obliged to trust with power.... In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in men, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution."
- Thomas Jefferson
