Given the news coming out of Washington these days, you might think our country doesn’t stand a prayer. 
Yet, one Congressman’s recent address to the Conservative Political Action Conference shows that hope is alive in our nation’s capital, as long as there are leaders who are willing to call upon the Almighty for guidance.
Congressman Mike Pence represents the 6th district of Indiana. In his speech to CPAC, he spoke of U.S. News & World Report calling to check out a rumor that he opened his staff meetings at the House Republic Conference with prayer.
“Only in Washington, D.C.,” Pence said, “is being caught in private prayer a newsworthy event.
“We told them, ‘Yes, the Congressman does open meetings in prayer. We pray for the President, for colleagues in both parties, and sometimes we even pray for the press!’
“The truth is that in times like these it is good to ‘remember what your knees are for.’”
Pence recalled how our founding fathers believed firmly in prayer. Prayer was also an important part of the administration of one of our greatest Presidents, Abraham Lincoln:
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