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Millions of believers will gather to pray on Thursday, May 2, in observance of the 62nd annual National Day of Prayer in thousands of public venues across the country. As many as 42,000 events are expected to take place. Christians will unite to pray for government, military, media, business, education, church and family.

The honorary chairman of this year's National Day of Prayer (May 2) talked about prayer, grief and what not to say when a friend's loved one dies.

U.S. pastor Saeed Abedini, who is currently suffering from internal bleeding in Iranian prison, said that he was praying for America in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings that killed three people and left more than 200 injured last week.

Lou Zinnanti, lead pastor of Christ the Rock Church Boston, said he's seen a resurgence of prayer as a primary avenue to bring about healing. Gatherings of Christians have not only prayed for bombing victims, health care works, government leaders and first responders, but also those who were on the scene and filled the role of emergency workers.

The amazing, sudden release of Iranian Christian prisoners Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh was an answer to millions of prayers from Christians all over the world.

There has been a lot of talk lately about gun control, but perhaps we should talk more about self-control -- a change of heart.

A prominent Christian legal group is urging Christians nationwide to pray as the U.S. Supreme Court gets ready to decide the legal definition of marriage.

Jesus said He came to set the captives free. And in the case of one Chinese dissident, He certainly did that.

A decision by the leader of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod to censure a pastor for participating in a prayer service for victims of the Sandy Hook school massacre has reopened old wounds for an often politically divided denomination.