Archive for September, 2017
This Week at Cross Church | “Dreaming the Future” Begins Sunday
“Dreaming the Future” Begins Sunday
Our new series, Dreaming the Future, begins on Sunday on all Cross Church campuses. Please do not miss any of this 4-week series. We are introducing our new GROWTH Track for Cross Church, something that will be a game changer for our church. The GROWTH Track is a culmination of 18 months of study and planning, and will be an ongoing, new way of life at Cross Church. Invite friends, and make plans now to attend all four weeks of this special series.
Sunday’s Interview on Fox News
Did you happen to see the interview I was asked to give on Sunday’s broadcast of Fox & Friends on Fox News? I was asked to respond to the President’s proclamation of a national day to pray for Texas and Louisiana during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Not only was I allowed to talk about prayer and explain what it is, I was asked to pray for our nation on live television. To the glory of God, this interview has now been seen by many thousands of people, and the message of the Gospel along with it. If you haven’t seen it or would like to share it with others, you can find it here. Please continue to pray with us for America. We need it now more than ever in our history.
First Things First
Thank you for being faithful to our Summer Program of Giving during the weeks between Memorial Day and Labor Day. It is important to insure we are giving the first tenth of all God has given us at all times, but the summer months can be especially challenging with vacations and travel. You stepped up and made sure Cross Church was not only able to continue ministering, but step up our ministry game throughout the summer with camps, VBX, IMPACT Ministries, sending people to serve in America and all over the world, and more. Our goal was $5,580,000 and we received $6,031,565, all to the glory of God. Thank you for giving so we can continue to reach Northwest Arkansas, America, and the world for Jesus Christ.
See you Sunday,
Ronnie W. Floyd
God Is Working In America and Why I Believe He Is Doing So
Last Friday, September 1, President Donald Trump proclaimed September 3, 2017, as a National Day of Prayer for the Victims of Hurricane Harvey and for our National Response and Recovery Efforts. This was a historic call to the entire nation to pray for the great needs in Texas and Louisiana.
Millions of Americans pray for our President, Vice-President, and the leaders of our nation on a regular basis. Those of us who do, know the truthfulness of Proverbs 21:1, “A king’s heart is like channeled water in the Lord’s hand: He directs it wherever he chooses.” We believe deeply that God alone turned the President and his administration to believe prayer was needed over the severity of the issues in our nation.
While this proclamation addressed the events that have captured the nation for days and was absolutely historic in its proportion, we also know we face other major issues in our land. Wildfires are raging in the west, especially in Southern California and the state of Montana. While both the House and the Senate convene in Washington again following days of rest and work in their home states, we need them to come together to do the business of our nation. Looming in the background is the living reality of the severe threat of North Korea against the United States.
America, We Need to Pray
Prayer brings people together. Prayer builds bridges between opposing persons and even political parties. Prayer reminds us that we are created in God’s image and He desires for us to represent Him everywhere we go. Prayer should always be our first choice, not our last choice. In times like we are in now, our eyes need to be on the Lord alone. Movements of prayer can impact culture.
A Door Was Opened Before Me
On this past Friday afternoon, my office was notified that Fox News wanted me to be a guest on Fox & Friends on Sunday morning, September 3, 2017. In my role of President of the National Day of Prayer, they wanted to talk with me about the President’s proclamation.
Even though I was away for the weekend, I was able to accommodate the request, and joined Fox & Friends from a studio in Birmingham, Alabama.
Their interview questions were strong and encouraging, but at the end of this four-minute interview across the world, I was asked if I would pray on-air for our nation.
I was stunned by the amazing opportunity God had granted me to do what I have never seen anyone do on a show like this… lead in a prayer for our nation. I was humbled deeply, but overwhelmed with faith and joy for this opportunity that would end up going viral.
God has used social networking to take this prayer across the entire nation, and only to Him do we bring the glory.
Yes, God Is Working In America
The Lord alone opened the door for me to be on this Fox News program. We also know that only God put the questions upon the hearts of the interviewers. We also know that the Lord alone would open the door for us to pray on live TV. This is a door that God opened this past Sunday for all of us who believe in the power of prayer.
We Are Still ONE NATION As Long As We Are UNDER GOD
We are still one nation as long as we are under God. Are you standing with us? Are you praying with us? Are you kneeling with us?
As President of the National Day of Prayer, I need to know you are with us. Please let me know. I need to hear from you. Our National Day of Prayer office needs to know you are with us.
As we mobilize unified public prayer for America, we need your support in every way. This past Sunday, God opened a powerful door where this occurred in a way we would have never thought possible. Again, only God can do this. Let’s thank Him today. Join me in prayer for our nation today. If you desire, you could even share this prayer with others.
Now is the Time to Lead and to Pray for America,
Ronnie W. Floyd
Senior Pastor, Cross Church
President, National Day of Prayer
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Dr. Ronnie Floyd is the Senior Pastor of Cross Church, President of the National Day of Prayer, founder of the Cross Church School of Ministry, and host of the Ronnie Floyd on Life and Leadership Today podcast.
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