National Day of Prayer

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI Office of •the Governor PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, the 70th observance of the National Day of Prayer will be held on Thursday, May 6, 2020, with the theme "Lord, Pour Out Your Love, Life, and Liberty" based on 2 Corinthians 3:17, "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.;" and WHEREAS, a National Day of Prayer has been part of our heritage since it was declared by the First Continental Congress in 1775, and the United States Congress in 1952 approved a Joint Resolution setting aside a day each year to pray in our nation; and WHEREAS, in 1988 the United States Congress, by Public Law 100-307, as amended, affirms that it is essential for us as a nation to pray and directs the President of the United States to set aside and proclaim the firstThursday of May annually as a National Day of Prayer; and WHEREAS, leaders and citizens of our nation are afforded the privilege of prayer, affirming our spiritual heritage and the principles upon which our nation was founded; and WHEREAS, recognizing the love and power of God, we unite with fellow citizens to exercise the freedom we have to gather in prayer with thankfulness while seeking guidance, provision, protection and purpose for the benefit of every individual and our state as a whole; and WHEREAS, we thank God for those who defend our freedoms and ask forpeace throughout our state, nation and world: NOW, THEREFORE, I, Tate Reeves, Governor of the State of Mississippi, do hereby proclaim May 6, 2021, as a DAY OF PRAYER throughout the State of Mississippi, and I commend this observance to all our citizens. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set ,..,,..,,,...r--.-_ my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of - Mississippi to be affixed. , < .,,. -:�=.:-;.c::c:=�c::oi� f ,:;,Q�-""�4,; �� DONE in the City of Jackson, on the 20th day of April in the year of our Lord, two thousand and twenty-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the two s_ 01,.,�Qc;;ov... (f �....<- l :�J.,._ 0 t ,_. :;t ! :; ( ·;- r- ...,, r �,..,. ::.::: ' �X22:�_... -- yTATE; REEVES;c GOVERNOR .

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