08/12/2026
A NATIONAL AND GLOBAL CLARION CALL TO PRAYER AND INTERCESSION
For the Honorable Former President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Dr. Jill Biden, the Biden Family, the United States of America, and God’s Humanity Throughout the World
There are moments in the life of a nation when political language is insufficient, partisan divisions must be silenced, and the conscience of humanity must rise above the noise of ideology. This is such a moment.
Therefore, from the sacred office entrusted to me as Presiding Prelate of Greater Pentecostal Assembly, Churches of the First Born International Conference—and on behalf of our entire Global Church Family—I issue this solemn, compassionate, and nonpartisan Clarion Call to Prayer and Intercession.
I call upon Americans of every political affiliation; clergy and laity of every Christian communion; people of every faith tradition; citizens of every race, culture, generation, and economic condition; and all people of goodwill throughout the nations of the world to unite in prayer for the Honorable Former President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Dr. Jill Biden, their entire family, our nation, and our shared humanity.
This call is not an endorsement of a political party, platform, candidate, or ideology. It is an affirmation of something deeper than politics: the inviolable dignity of human life.
Before Joseph R. Biden, Jr. became a senator, vice president, or the 46th President of the United States, he was—and remains—a human being: a husband, father, grandfather, brother, friend, public servant, and fellow traveler through the triumphs and tribulations of life. Before Dr. Jill Biden became First Lady, she was—and remains—a wife, mother, grandmother, educator, caregiver, and woman of profound personal devotion.
Public distinction does not exempt anyone from private burdens. Titles do not eliminate human vulnerability. Power does not place a person beyond the need for compassion. Indeed, the higher one rises in public responsibility, the more intensely that individual and family may require the prayers, grace, and goodwill of others.
The Holy Scriptures admonish us to offer “supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings” for all people and for those entrusted with public responsibility. This sacred mandate does not instruct us to pray only for those with whom we agree. Prayer is not a partisan privilege. Compassion is not the property of a political party. Mercy does not ask how someone voted before extending its hand.
True intercession crosses every aisle, penetrates every barrier, and reaches beyond every border.
Accordingly, I ask churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, prayer fellowships, civic organizations, families, schools, universities, community leaders, veterans, public servants, elected officials, and people of goodwill everywhere to set aside a dedicated moment of prayer, reflection, meditation, or compassionate remembrance.
Let us pray:
* For Former President Biden to be surrounded by strength, peace, healing grace, wisdom, comfort, and enduring hope.
* For Dr. Jill Biden to be sustained with courage, serenity, spiritual fortitude, and the assurance that she does not stand alone.
* For the entire Biden family to be protected from despair, strengthened in unity, and upheld through every demanding season.
* For our nation to rediscover moral clarity, civic decency, intellectual honesty, and respect for the humanity of those with whom we disagree.
* For America’s leaders—Democrats, Republicans, independents, and all others—to govern with justice, humility, wisdom, compassion, and fidelity to the common good.
* For families everywhere who are confronting illness, grief, uncertainty, caregiving responsibilities, economic hardship, loneliness, or fear.
* For peace among nations, healing among divided peoples, protection for the vulnerable, and the restoration of humanity’s moral conscience.
At this hour, America must remember that disagreement does not require dehumanization. Democracy cannot survive where cruelty is celebrated as strength, compassion is dismissed as weakness, and the suffering of another becomes an occasion for mockery.
The moral quality of a civilization is revealed not merely by how it honors the powerful in moments of triumph, but by how it responds to human beings in seasons of vulnerability.
We must become a nation capable of contending without hating, debating without degrading, and disagreeing without abandoning our common humanity. We must recover the ancient truth that compassion is not weakness—it is disciplined moral strength. Prayer is not passivity—it is the spiritual labor through which hearts are softened, consciences are awakened, and communities are summoned toward righteous action.
To the Biden family, please know that countless people across America and throughout the world are lifting you before God. You are not alone. Beyond political labels and public offices stands a vast community of humanity that recognizes the sacredness of family, the weight of difficult seasons, and the immeasurable power of hope.
We now lift the Honorable Former President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. before the Lord—not as an abstraction of political history, but as a beloved member of the human family.
May God grant him strength for every day, peace for every anxious moment, light for every uncertain path, and grace sufficient for every challenge.
May Dr. Jill Biden be enveloped in divine comfort and renewed strength.
May the Biden family be fortified by love, sustained by faith, and surrounded by compassionate people.
May our nation be healed from the spiritual disease of hatred, delivered from the captivity of division, and restored to a higher understanding of citizenship—one grounded in justice, mercy, truth, responsibility, and mutual respect.
And may this Clarion Call awaken something noble within us all: the understanding that when one family faces a difficult season, humanity must not become a spectator. We must become a community.
Let church bells ring. Let prayer lines open. Let sanctuaries gather. Let families join hands. Let citizens pause. Let nations remember. Let humanity intercede.
In this sacred hour, may our many voices become one appeal, our many traditions become one witness, and our many hearts become one sanctuary of compassion.
Compassion becomes sacred when it is shared, and humanity becomes stronger when no one is permitted to carry life’s heaviest burdens alone.
With faith in God, love for humanity, and hope for our nation, this National and Global Clarion Call to Prayer and Intercession is hereby issued.
From the Desk of:
The Honorable Chief-Apostle, Dr. Lent C. Carr, II
Presiding Prelate
Greater Pentecostal Assembly
Churches of the First Born International Conference
On Behalf of Our Entire Global Church Family
