Brannon Howse: Aired May 3, 2012

Prayer is Biblical but not ALL prayer is Biblical. Today, many prayer events are little more than political functions or even ways to deflect criticism from an ecumenical enterprise. Sadly the Nationaldayofprayer.org appears to be a group that consists of false teachers mixed with those in theological error mixed with some rather well respected Bible teachers. The organization also seems to be more and more ecumenical.

Hear the audio from last week when NDP organizer Shirley Dobson appeared on the radio program of New Age Mormon, Glenn Beck to talk about prayer, God, and then praise Beck for his "great job" and “good work”. Then hear Shirley from a few years ago speaking to Robert Schueller at the Crystal Cathedral and praising him for his “good work.”

Hear the audio of a Rabbi kicking of the National Day of Prayer a few years ago as he claims that Muslims, Jews, Christians and Buddhists are equal before God in prayer. The NDP website also says prayer is for the purpose of binding Satan and his demons. To justify this false teaching, the website cites Matthew 16:19 which has nothing to do with binding Satan or demons but has to do with church discipline as described in Mathew 18. On their website the NDP includes in its list of Board of References individuals such as Rick Warren, C. Peter Wagner, (of the New Apostolic Reformation) David Barton (who has called Mormon Glenn Beck a Christian) and Dr. Paul Crouch which appears to be the Crouch that founded TBN.

The NDP website lists as “ministry partners” GodTV which is well known for broadcasting many Word of Faith false teachers and in 2008 reportedly broadcast the "Lakeland Revival” of Todd Bentley. While prayer is Biblical, praying for the wrong reasons and in spiritual enterprises with false teachers will not bring national blessing but Divine Judgment.