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​Historic: Tennessee General Assembly Passes Resolution for Month of Prayer and Fasting in July
Kurt Mahlburg 28 JUNE 2024
NEWS 5 MINS Tennessee legislators have passed HJR803, declaring July a month of statewide prayer, fasting, repentance and seeking God’s mercy for social issues plaguing the southern state. Tennessee lawmakers have created history by passing House Joint Resolution 803 — titled “A Resolution to seek God’s hand of mercy healing on Tennessee” — which calls on people across the state to set aside the month of July for prayer, fasting and repentance. Introduced by Representative Monty Fritts and Senator Mark Pody, both Republicans, HJR803 passed both houses of the Tennessee General Assembly and was signed into law by Republican Governor Bill Lee. Thirty other representatives joined Rep. Fritts in co-sponsoring the bill. The resolution highlights the grave social ills faced by Tennesseans, including violence, drug addiction, human trafficking, DUI-related harms, the significant number of children in foster care, America’s open southern border, and federal corruption. As reported by The Daily Declaration, the state of Tennessee experienced the worst mass shooting in its history last year when a transgender shooter killed six people at a Christian school, in a case that federal authorities sought to hide from the public. “We, as public servants in the Tennessee General Assembly, seek God’s Mercy upon our land and beseech Him to not withdraw His Hand of blessing from us,” the resolution declares. “We recognise our sins and shortcomings before Him and humbly ask His Forgiveness… [and] “we ask the Lord Jesus to heal our land and remove the violence, human-trafficking, addiction, and corruption”. The resolution also includes a petition for “the Holy Spirit [to] fill our halls of government, our classrooms, our places of business, our churches, and our homes with peace, love, and joy”. “All those who are physically able and spiritually inclined” are invited to take part in the month-long observance. According to Intercessors for America, while state governors have often issued similar proclamations in the past, it is “rare to have a state Congress petition a sincere cry to God to intervene in the affairs of human beings”. Tennessee is the 16th most populous state in the U.S., and its capital Nashville, often referred to as the “buckle of the Bible belt”, is home to the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention. Nashville also plays host to Christian publishers Thomas Nelson and LifeWay Christian Resources, and is a hub for a large number of contemporary Christian music (CCM) labels.https://dailydeclaration.org.au/2024/06/28/tennessee-prayer-fasting/