Father, Creator of the universe, may you take joy in the praises of your people here today and the millions who have gathered in similar venues throughout our nation. We openly and publicly acknowledge our need for you and your place in our lives. Specifically, I pray that your unfailing love rest upon the men and women who serve this country in the area of media. Men and women, stationed across our globe, who at times even risk their lives for the sake of truth, and the sake of communicating that truth. We ask that you protect and encourage.

Father may your unconditional love rest upon members of the media, striving to put aside their own desires and bias in order to report with integrity. We ask that you show grace.

Support members of the media whose lives are threatened in the process of reporting. Provide strength, peace and hope to family members of working journalists who lost their lives serving the public. Help us to continue the support of journalistic freedom so that our nation is well equipped and informed to face its future and so that the courage of these individuals was not in vein.

Grant wisdom to leaders within the area of communications that they will seek your counsel in all aspects of their lives and value truth in reporting above all other factors. Thank you for the blessing of living in America where freedom of speech is our right, where we are free to express our religious convictions and where we are free to pray in a public setting when individuals are persecuted in other parts of the world simply for having possession of a Bible.

As we join together for such a time as this, we join together Lord, in fervent prayer for those involved in Christian Media that they will stay true to their convictions no matter the cost and that you will go before them and prepare their way. Provide an extra supply of protection and wisdom as they face challenges simply for communicating the most important message of all – that you came to give every human being the ultimate freedom. Through your providence Christian Media is now seen and heard throughout the world. Do not allow one inch of erosion to this global reach and change the hearts adversaries who would attempt to silence our voice. Continue to support and expand this platform in order to communicate your life-changing words, “that if your people who are called by your name will humble themselves, seek your face, and turn from their ways, then you will hear from heaven, forgive their sins and heal their land.”

In a world where censorship and dictatorial rule is evident within reach of our borders, may this country continue to uphold and support our freedom to communicate as well as our right to stand outside the steps of City Hall in this city on a day designated by our government 59 years ago to be a day of prayer, and to openly ask you, God our Father, to bless the thousands of dedicated individuals who serve our country in the field of mass communication. May your Will be done in this critical arena. Amen.