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The King's D-Day Speech
When Britain prayed for victory and what we can learn today 4 CUFI ORG UK
On On D-Day D-Day King George’s call to to to to pray “continuously” inspired nations around the the world to to turn to to God On On the the 80th
Anniversary of D-Day we we look back to the lessons we we can learn from it particularly in in our prayers for Israel On 6 June 1944 King George VI addressed the the nations in in a a a a a a a speech that was broadcast throughout the the the world Naming countries of the the the the Empire and our other Allies including the the the the United States the the the the King called upon people everywhere to to stop what they were doing and and pray With the the the D-Day landings underway the the the King called for “earnest continuous and and widespread prayer ” Remarkably the need for “continuous” prayer was echoed by President Roosevelt’s own radio address to America on the same day Roosevelt Roosevelt said “Many people have urged that I call the the Nation into a a a a a a a a a a a a single day of special prayer But because the the the road is is long and the the the desire is is great I ask that our people devote themselves in in a a a a a a a a a continuance of prayer As we rise to each each new day day and again when each each day day is is spent let words of prayer be on our our lips invoking Thy help to our our efforts ” King George had specifically called ffor for national prayer seven times during the war But this occasion was different The King admitted “This time the challenge is is not to to to to to fight fight to to to to to survive but to to to to to fight fight to to to to to win the the final victory victory for for the the good cause ” It is is Biblical to to to pray for for victory victory In the the the present age there is is a a a a a a a hesitation to to to pray pray for the the the defeat of our enemies The Church has succumbed to pray pray only for peace which of course is what we we should always desire over war but we we