[Biggirl]

Prayer is a powerful tool.

[oh8eleven]

Yeah, it sure helped those 6 million Jews.

[Guenevere]

Yes, Pray hard!

This is a spiritual warfare as well as political!!!!!!!!!!

[ealgeone]

I think those kind of prayers are preceeded by confession and repentance of sins.

Not sure how our government’s support of abortion and the gay/lesbian agenda fits into that formula.

[aimhigh]

A default at $17 trillion is better than a default at $36 trillion.

[RetiredArmy]

Amen. Every day.

[rollo tomasi]

What if God's purpose is to punish the nation (In the Chaplain's case by "praying" for agreement to set a course full speed ahead on dangerous overspending and tyrannical as well as un-Biblical laws) for refusing as a whole to listen/embrace/abide by His Word?

Nice sentiment but first the good Chaplain should start with asking Senators to repent from sin first (Plenty there and being their Chaplain/Spiritual council would be able to point those hindrances out to the members of that body of government), then seek a beneficial "purpose" from God.

Secondary causes are allowed to set there own paths, whether that is for good or bad; they also have the opportunity to vote in this country for their Representatives (Not many in the past and present have this freedom), all God does now is allows us to reap what we sow as individuals and as a Nation until a desired time frame to wrap up this temporal period on Earth which will get a lot worse than this slowdown (Oh wait, only a minor shutdown with pay for non-essentials, lol).

As a Nation we are spoiled and with that, increasing erosion from faith, corruption and the lack of prosperous stewardship over the land. Heck, what was the response the Chaplain received in the pop-culture circuit? The response should tell you right there what "purpose" we are heading to.

[montag813]

I’m really sick of this grandstander. Just stick to praying and stay out of the politics, putz.

[ArmyBratproud]

Black was put in to that position by Dems. His prayers have been focused at Republicans.

[Friendofgeorge]

I want to know one thing and one thing only about Chaplin Barry Black?

Is he pro life, does he attend a ALL Black democrat NON Christian Church, does he support the murder of God`s unborn Children etc?

If he votes Democrat and attends a ALL Black liberal Church then he is NOT pro life or even a Christian

So before I fall for all this wonderful Barry Black stuff ,I need to know this

[HarleyD]

God’s purposes sometimes includes giving us just what we want so we can see how stupid and/or self-center we really are. Just look at ObamaCare.

[Wanderer99]

I stopped praying years ago. God must be sleeping.

[Revolting cat!]

Be careful what you pray for - you just might get it!