Just before the march set off, the marchers were led in prayer by their chaplain, who asked God to intervene on their side and restore what he called their civil liberties.
"In recent months, I felt that my strength had decreased, and I asked God earnestly in prayer to enlighten me with his light to make me take the right decision not for my sake, but for the good of the Church, " he said.
The resulting piece is a musical representation of the biblical story of Genesis 22, which tells of Abraham being given a last-minute reprieve after being asked by God to sacrifice his only son.
This is what God asked of David, as we heard in the first reading.
Her mother has been married for five years and has three young boys with her husband, in which I have been asked to be the God Father for the youngest one.
Pentecostals believe God routinely intervenes in human affairs and Palin sounded like a Pentecostal when she asked people at Wasilla Assembly of God to pray about building a gas pipeline through Alaska.
"I think it was God sent, " said Bolt when asked about the iconic stance.
He asked a federal judge to intervene and block references of God or religion in the formal ceremonies.
"I am a little pencil in the hands of God, " Mother Teresa often told interviewers who asked about the future of her order.
The more Bachmann talks about God, the more she is likely to be asked about Schaeffer, Eidsmoe, Noebel, and some of the other exotic influences on her thinking.
Benedict recounted how when he was asked to be pope eight years ago, he had prayed for God's guidance.
While McCain is occasionally asked about the subject, he remains quiet on specifics -- and rarely talks unprompted about either God or guns on the stump.
Mr Blair's press secretary Alastair Campbell, when asked about his boss's faith, once famously remarked that the government didn't "do God".
When asked about his moral underpinnings, Mr Gingrich says that it is impossible to find fulfilment without submitting to God's mercy.
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