Happy Birthday Chicago!

The city of Chicago was incorporated on Saturday, March 4, 1837 making today its 178th birthday! In light of this I though the city as a whole could be our prayer focus this week.  

Chicago started as a city by a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed. It has grown to be the third largest city in the United States and ranks seventh in the world in the 2014 Global Cities Index. The city itself has 2.7 million residents with 9.5 million calling the surrounding metropolitan area or Chicagoland home. (wikipedia)

"Chicago is an international hub for finance, commerce, industry, technology, telecommunications, and transportation, with O'Hare International Airport being the busiest airport in the world."[10] In 2012, Chicago broke an all time record of the number of visitors to the city with 46.37 million international and domestic visitors.

Chicago is a great city with an enormous amount of influence in our world today.  Chicago's influence has not always been positive but certainly has the potential to be especially if we as believers step up to make an impact.  Pray that the believers throughout the Chicagoland area will enter all spheres of influence in our society whether it is education, government, entertainment, business or others. Pray that as they enter these spheres that they would bring about change for the good! We need God fearing individuals to be the ones setting the tone for how our city runs and influences all the people that come through our area and others around the world.  

I have such hope for our city! What an incredible gift God has given us with Chicago and all it has to offer! Please keep praying for her, we have so much work that has to be done in the lives and hearts of people here! Happy Birthday my dear Chicago! Thanks for celebrating with me today and for reading!  Have a great week!

Next week: Washington Park (for sure next week!!)