The passionate prayers, which many times appeared more like preaching, drew “Hallelujah's,” “Yes, Lord's,” and hand waving from the crowd. Participants of the D.C. pray-for-America gathering, organized by www.praylive.com, came from as far away as California and as close as Maryland.

“We are doing this because America is in desperate need of prayer,” said Wenda Royster, co-founder of www.praylive.com. “We have such disrespect for God in this nation today. We are praying 2 Chronicles 7:14. We are coming back to God. A place where we know we can get results. We can’t get results anywhere else but looking to God. That is why we are here.” ...