Knowledge is power. - Facts about National Day of Prayer.

Shirley Dobson, wife of Dr. James C. Dobson (chairman of Focus on the Family), is the chairman of the National Day of Prayer. She began working on the event 14 years ago, when it had a $6,000 budget and one volunteer. She now runs a year-round enterprise with a $1.5 million budget and 40,000 volunteers who held an estimated 50,000 events yesterday.

Shirley Dobson said in an interview that a purpose of the day was to acknowledge grace at a time when "in many ways, our nation has made decisions on right and wrong that don't really line up with biblical truth, and yet God continues to pour out his blessings on us."

(5-6-05, The Washington Post.)