How the National Prayer Breakfast became an opportunity for presidents and faith leaders alike to

[TexasTowelie]

How the National Prayer Breakfast became an opportunity for presidents and faith leaders alike to push their political agendas


Addressing his first National Prayer Breakfast as president on Feb. 4, Joe Biden spoke of the need to “turn to faith” in a “dark, dark time.”

In the wake of the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, he called for Americans to “confront and defeat political extremism, white supremacy and domestic terrorism,” and argued that religion can help America unite as “one nation in a common purpose: to respect one another, to care for one another, [and] to leave no one behind.”

The president’s address provided an insight into how Biden plans to navigate the complex relationship between religion and politics in the post-Trump era.

But it also underlines the importance of the traditional presidential address at the National Prayer Breakfast – an annual high-profile gathering of faith leaders and politicians held in Washington D.C. on the first Thursday in February since 1953.

Read more: https://theconversation.com/how-the-national-prayer-breakfast-became-an-opportunity-for-presidents-and-faith-leaders-alike-to-push-their-political-agendas-153829

[tanyev]

1. And that's why the National Prayer Breakfast doesn't need to be a thing.

Also, Matthew 6: 5-7

5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.