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ASHLAND — It can be said this year the forty-second annual Ashland County Prayer Breakfast was focused on the family. Almost six hundred people met at Ashland University’s Convocation Center in the six o’clock hour put on by the Ashland County Ministerial Association.
The keynote speaker, Danae Dobson, said the nation is in need of a revival and encouraged everyone to remain in prayer regarding “the woke ideology seeping into the educational system, and indoctrinating our precious kids.” Danae Dobson is the daughter of Psychologist James Dobson, Founder of Focus on the Family, Family Research Council and Family Talk.
Danae’s mother, Shirley Dobson, served as Chairwoman of the National Day of Prayer (NDOP) Task Force between 1991-2016.
“Sixty-four million babies have been aborted. We have removed God from the public square and prayer from public schools. And the Supreme Court changing the definition of marriage, which, God himself ordained as between one man and one woman,” Dobson said. “Our nation is in peril and it seems to be worsening with each day.”
“Our nation is in peril and it seems to be worsening with each day.
Danae Dobson, book author & keynote speaker
Even so, we must remain consistent and pray for this nation and our leaders.”
After Dobson’s address, nine people led prayers for military veterans, national and state leaders, local elected officials, social service workers, law enforcement officials, education leaders and clergy.
A number of dignitaries attended, including Ashland Mayor Matt Miller, his wife State Representative Melanie Miller, and Ashland County Commissioner Jim Justice.
This past March, NDOP Chairman John Bouquet and his wife visited the Asbury Revival in Wilmore Kentucky where ongoing prayer occurred among college students. “We met people from both the East Coast and West Coast that were praying with radical humility and participating in authentic worship into the early morning hours.”
Ashland County Prayer Breakfast continues to be one of the largest NDOP observances in the state. The pastor hopes to see the same unity in believers at Ashland University. There was certainly solidarity at the crack of dawn Thursday morning.
The Bottom Line:
The Bible says in James Chapter Five, “Pray fervently in righteousness and avail much.”
View the slideshow below of the 42nd Ashland Prayer Breakfast commemorating the National Day of Prayer. (Photos provided by Jimmi Delay Photography)
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