I'm in NYC for the Awakening America Exec meeting and the Cry Out America Prayer service tomorrow. There is something very sobering, looking out my window into the huge crater where the World Trade Center used to be. I sat outside my hotel last night, wondering what it would have been like to have been here 8 years ago when the terrorist attack occurred? The hotel where I'm staying was badly damaged in the attack.

The Cry Out America prayer initiative tomorrow is an attempt to help America see that what happened 8 years ago was a wake up call. Unfortunately, most have not awakened. We stumble along in spiritual blindness, somehow hoping that everything will get back to normal, whatever that is.

We don't like hearing the words of the Apostle Paul to Timothy, "But mark this, there will be terrible times in the last days." As we consider past tragedies, we must prepare ourselves for future tough times. More than ever, it is time for the Church in America to be on its knees. Whether they know it or not, our nation is dependent upon a praying Church.