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Governor of parched Georgia to pray for rain
Leader will host prayer service to ask for relief from Southeast drought

Nov. 7, 2007

ATLANTA - What to do when the rain won’t come? If you’re Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, you pray.

The governor will host a prayer service next week to ask for relief from the drought gripping the Southeast.

“The only solution is rain, and the only place we get that is from a higher power,” Perdue spokesman Bert Brantley said on Wednesday.

Perdue’s office has sent out invitations to leaders from several faiths for the service, set for Tuesday.

Perdue has several times mentioned the need for prayer — along with water conservation — as the state’s drought crisis has worsened. Over the summer, he participated in day of prayer for agriculture at a gathering of the Georgia Farm Bureau in Macon, Ga.

Perdue, a Baptist, has enjoyed strong support from Georgia’s Christian conservatives.

The Southeast has been suffering from an intense drought in recent months that has threatened supplies of drinking water. Georgia has been locked in a battle with Alabama and Florida over how much water should be sent downstream from the state’s dwindling reservoirs.

Governors from the three states reached a temporary agreement after meeting with Bush administration officials in Washington.

The prayer service will be held outside the state Capitol on Tuesday. Unless, of course, it rains.

“Then we’ll move it inside, thankfully,” Brantley said.

Governor of parched Georgia to pray for rain (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21680340/)

Amos 4:7-8 And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered. 8S o two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

I think every Christian in this nation needs to be praying for Georgia and for all the drought stricken areas of our world. I think we also need to follow the instructions of 2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

I'm Sorry, but i cannot pray for that...
I prayed for this to happen a couple of years ago, just after the last elections:
Dry America up until she bends her knees and returns to you, Father!
I am a man that has the same passions as Elijah & others, That prayed that the rains would stop,
and they did for 3 years....
I also know that he will do what i ask of him, as long as it's within his WILL...
I do have a form(spiritual) of Godliness & I don't Deny the Power of GOD as many many people DO!
Your Loving Brother Duane
P.S
Repent America...

Littleboy and Dreamweaver:

Point well taken that God allows droughts in our life to bring us back to Him.  On the other hand, it is refreshing to see a man in a position of leadership step out in faith.

Lovingly in Christ, Living in GA, Eva

Sister Eva, I have & will pray for you...
And if God would remove this thorn i have, A lot more would happen to this country, World!
I'm not the kinda person that Prays for Rain & then Complain that we got too Much...
Nor am I the type of person they prays for something to happen, then say, Oh!, No Lord that is too Harsh...
Gods Will, Will Be Done...
And If God wants GA. to have water, Then they will have water, If not, then NOT it is!
It's a HARDHEADED man that tries to BUMP heads with Gods Will...
Your Loving Brother Duane

Brother Duane:

I'm all for God dropping me to my knees whenever I am missing Him and His perfect will for me.

Thank you for praying God's will be done. I will pray God Blesses you in all areas of you life.     

Love in Christ, Eva

From what i've read about you, you've allready bent your knees(repented) for/to him Sister,
We that Love him & does his will, have nothing to Fear...
The Lord will provide for those he knows.
For a long time now, He has been willing to look away from our Ignorance and Rain on Both the Good & Bad...
If i get my way this will End soon, Very soon!
Your Loving Brother Duane

Thank you for your encouraging words.  God is indeed my provider-in all things. 

I am excited about Christ's return for myself, but have unsaved family members who have yet to receive Christ as their Lord and Savior.

Please pray for them.  Thank you and God Bless!

Love in Christ, Eva

Your welcome Sis,
I have unsaved family members too, What a Bummer HUH?
All we can do is Pray for them and I will certainly pray for yours too...
YLBD :)

Thank you, I will pray for your as well.  God Bless.

Love in Christ, Eva

Thank You Kindly Sis...
 :)

As Christians I think that we should be joining in with Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue in praying for rain. Even though there may be those that would not accept the power of prayer in this as a viable solution there will be those that will see it and perhaps come to know our Lord and Saviour. We should also do this out of our love for all of mankind. I'm sorry but I cannot stand by and see even our enemies suffer without having compassion for them and asking the Lord to have mercy on them.

Hi Everyone,
I'm not trying to be mean about this ok?
But, God allready knows that Ga. needs water, People have been praying for it for a while Now...
And IF it's GODS WILL that GA. or Any other place in the World Not to have Rain, I'm not going to Bump Heads with God about it...
And,
I Wonder what the Godless will say when it don't Rain?
And how many people that Might turn away from Our God because of that?
You know as well as I do, IT'S time for America to Wake-up...
Theirs 1000's & 1000's of Chineese are becoming Christians under the threat of Persacution & Death,
100's maybe 1000's? of people in the Middleeast are turning to the Lord under the same threats Even Iraqi's & Iranians
are turning to him(JESUS)...

And then theirs US, Voting people into Office that are Homosexuals and promote that kind of Lifestyle,
Fornication, Murder & the Murder of Babies(Abortion), Pornography,ect. ect. ect.
Here, It's easier to just say this: EVERYTHING GOD tells a Nation NOT to be, WE have become....
YLBD

 

Brother, I'm not calling you mean nor asking you to bump heads with God. If a drought is His will then it will be so no matter what we do or say. That is His right and righteously so. I am only saying that we should show mercy to those in need. We should not give even an indication of anything else such as the Westboro Baptist "church" is doing. Without charity we are nothing and this charity should reflect in our prayers as well as in our actions.

If a totally depraved sinner would come to our door starving, in desperate need and ask for food should we turn them away because they refuse to reject a life of sin and turn to Jesus? Or should we give them something to eat and more as well as to pray for them?

Hi Brother,
I did'nt mean to imply that you were saying that i'm mean,
It was to anyone they may look at what i've said in my replies and think, Man this guy's mean...

I would and do Clothe, feed & pray for my enemies as often as possible...
YLBD

US governor's plea to above brings no rain Wed Nov 14, 12:21 PM ET
 


MIAMI (AFP) - Torrential rains that would ease Georgia's historic drought failed to materialize Wednesday, one day after the southern US state's governor prayed up a storm.

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Governor Sonny Perdue's prayer gathering stirred up controversy, but on the weather front it was followed by little more than thin drizzles in parts of Georgia.

"We respectfully pray up a storm," Perdue told a crowd that gathered on Tuesday outside the Capitol, which houses the state legislature.

"It is time to appeal to Him who can and will make a difference."

Local media received calls and mail from residents who felt the prayer ceremony violated the principle of separation of church and state, and insisted the governor should focus on better planning rather than hope for divine intervention.

"God is not an ATM machine you can go to and get whatever you need whenever you ask for it," one reader wrote on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's blog.

Much of Georgia is under a level four, or "extreme" drought, which officials say it the worst the state has experienced since 1892, if not in history. Forecasters fear the state could experience an unusually dry winter, which would exacerbate drought conditions.

OUGH BOY, Here comes all the name sayers...
This is why I ALWAY'S say: Gods Will Be Done...
It's safer to just stick with that, I Think...
YLBD

Georgia governor credits prayer for overnight rain

ATLANTA - A storm crashed through the Southeast and brought up to an inch of rain in parts of drought-stricken Georgia, but forecasters said the storm likely did little to ease the state's historic drought.



The rain late Wednesday and early Thursday brought some precipitation to the parched hills of northern Georgia. The showers began a day after Gov. Sonny Perdue led a prayer service on the steps of the state Capitol to beg the heavens to end the drought.

"Certainly, we're not gloating about it," Perdue said from a trade mission in Canada. "We're thankful for the rain and hopefully it's the beginning of more. ... Frankly, it's great affirmation of what we asked for."

As the drought has worsened, Perdue has ordered water restrictions, launched a legal battle against the release of water from federal reservoirs and appealed to President Bush.

The rainfall was likely not enough the ease the drought, forecasters said.

"The ground probably sucked it all up," said Vaughn Smith, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Peachtree City. "The ground is so dry, I seriously doubt if any of the lakes rose any."

Storms hit elsewhere in the Southeast, injuring at least nine in Tennessee.

In Tennessee's Marion County, the roof of a Baptist church was heavily damaged in the storms, said Jeremy Heidt of the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency. Three children were hurt by flying glass and were taken to hospitals, said Heidt.

City Hall across the street from the church suffered minor damage, Heidt said, and an ambulance business next to it had heavy damage. A house also collapsed, but the residents went to the hospital themselves.

"I couldn't get the door open because the outside pressure and wind was so strong," said Justin Lawhorne, manager of Wendy's restaurant in Kimball.

County schools were closed Thursday due to the storm.

More than a quarter of the Southeast is covered by an "exceptional" drought - the National Weather Service's worst drought category.