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Contact: John McCartney, Attention for Guideposts, 917-512-2129, jmccartney@attentionusa.com

PAWLING, Ny., March 4 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Guideposts OurPrayer Ministry, part of the Ruth Stafford Peale Prayer Power Network, announces its 40th annual Good Friday Day of Prayer event scheduled for April 2nd at the Peale Center in Pawling, NY. As in years past, OurPrayer invites the public to submit prayer requests online at www.ourprayergoodfriday.org or volunteer to pray for others.

For more than forty years, OurPrayer has set aside Good Friday as a special day of prayer. Last year, the Great Recession weighed heavily on the minds of many, with prayer requests centering on finances, unemployment, relationships, and health & healing. To answer these concerns, OurPrayer volunteers, friends and staff prayed by name and need for more than 18,000 requests at the Peale Center, and was also joined at OurPrayer's website by thousands around the world.

For this year's edition of Good Friday Day of Prayer, early prayer requests are pointing to the following topics that are capturing the strongest attention:

• Financial stability: employment, sale of home, business to succeed, retirement provisions

• Reconciliation of broken relationships

• Healing of health issues

• Divine guidance and spiritual strength

• Freedom from worry, anxiety, depression

• Protection from harm

"Good Friday is a day of great possibility. Just when things seem to be at the lowest point, God's grace reaches into our situation and makes the impossible possible. As we come together on Good Friday, we will pause to remember and join people around the world who are praying for the restoration of lives and the rebuilding efforts in Haiti and Chile," said Rev. Dr. Peola Hicks, Manager for OurPrayer.

For the Good Friday Day of Prayer event, the Peale Center will be open to all who wish to attend on April 2nd from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm and pray for the requests of those in need. The Peale Center is located at 66 East Main Street, Pawling, NY 12564. Volunteers who want to participate in the Good Friday Day of Prayer event may also pray from home by viewing prayer requests received at www.ourprayergoodfriday.org.

About OurPrayer
OurPrayer, part of the Outreach Division of Guideposts, is a central part of the non-denominational organization. As a way to reach out and serve people in need, a live Prayer Line was set up -- and benefiting from modern technology, this ministry has expanded to the Web, Facebook, and Twitter. Whether they operate via telephone lines or their personal computer, dedicated people volunteer their time to listen to and support those in need--offering spoken and silent prayers of hope in response to their requests.

About Guideposts
Guideposts is a non-profit organization that touches millions of lives every day through products and services that inspire, encourage, and uplift. Its flagship title, Guideposts, has a paid circulation of 2 million. Its website Guideposts.com now offers consumers greater control in choosing content appropriate to their stage in life and key interests. Ideals Publications, based in Nashville, Tennessee, is the retail book sales and distribution outlet of Guideposts; including Guideposts Books, Candy Cane Press, Williamson Books, and Ideals Press. In total, Guideposts has annual direct to consumer and retail book sales of over 5.7 million copies. Through magazines, books, prayer network and outreach programs, Guideposts helps people connect their faith-filled values to their daily lives. For more information on Guideposts, please visit www.Guideposts.com and follow Guideposts on Twitter: twitter.com/Guideposts_com, and on Facebook: facebook.com/Guideposts.