We were encouraged by Tulsi Gabbard’s message to the world on May 17, 2026, and wanted to share it with you all.

“Two hundred and fifty years ago today on May 17, 1776 the second continental congress called for a day of humility, fasting, and prayer. Just weeks before they declared independence, our founders didn’t stride forward in pride. They knelt. They asked for God’s mercy. They asked for His guidance because they knew that the cause before them was beyond their own strength.

Now today, exactly 250 years later, we gather here on the national mall to do the same; to give thanks, to ask for forgiveness, and to humbly ask once more for God’s mercy and guidance as we enter the next 250 years of this republic. Now our founders knew their time was short. They knew that the road ahead was uncertain. But the foundation of our independence is our dependence upon the Supreme Soul, who is the Supreme Controller. Now all of us and all of our leaders need to get on our knees and prostrate ourselves before the Supreme Lord, acknowledging that we are totally dependent upon Him for our success, indeed for our survival.

Too often, leaders of this world have our eyes covered by pride born out of our relative power, fame, or authority. We lose sight of the fact that we are tiny and our time on this planet is extremely short. And yet we see ourselves as the controllers, competing with each other over who is number one. But the truth is, there is only one Number One, and that’s God. Our leaders 250 years ago knew this. They knew that we could not rely on our own strength, our own fame, our own power, our own intelligence, but were completely dependent upon God’s favor. And so they humbly approached that day of fasting 250 years ago asking God for His protection, His guidance, His mercy.

We are at this time totally dependent upon God to light our path so that we can successfully navigate the troubled waters that we are in, into a future where our children, and their children, and generations for hundreds of thousands of years can live in peace, freedom, and prosperity. So on this day, let us humble ourselves before God. Let us beg for His mercy and guidance. Let us be willing to forgive those who’ve offended us, as we ask God to forgive us for our trespasses. And let us all today, in the privacy of our own homes and hearts take shelter in God’s love and remember Him. Aloha.”

May we all with humbled hearts, do as she has bidden us; may we fall on our knees and approach the throne of grace, pleading forgiveness from God for our trespasses. May He give us the courage to stand against the evil of our day, bearing His banner of truth and righteousness, living in the light of His Gospel. Let us take action to defend liberty and protect life. And may we all, with hearts and minds renewed by His Spirit, be ready to proclaim the glorious truth of His Gospel, in each of our own spheres of influence today.

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