Roughly 1 billion people from 195 nations will celebrate Earth Day today, April 22, 2023. All over the world, school children will draw pictures expressing concerns about the condition of this planet, and they will share their ideas about how we can care for and sustain the ecosystem for the coming generations. Earth Day, birthed and incubated by the United Nations, ranks high on their list of perceived successes.

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Earth Day’s very origins reveal the goals behind its establishing. The idea began as a simple proposal by environmentalist John McConnell, now known as the Father of Earth Day, for a global holiday to celebrate the life and beauty of the earth. He put forth the proposal in October 1969, at a UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) conference.

The idea gained steam as Sen. Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, a strong environmentalist who received a Congressional Medal of Honor for his environmental endeavors from President Clinton, began perceiving that the war in Vietnam was nearing an end. Nelson wanted to redirect the vitality and persistence he saw in the nation’s young people from anti-war demonstrations to environmental issues. On April 22, 1970, he put together a nationwide environmental teach-in, patterned after the Vietnam teach-ins.

The success of this event surprised even Nelson. A New York Times frontpage photo showed thousands of people crowded into Times Square, in New York City. The headline read, “Millions Join Earth Day Observance.” Over 20 million people across America gathered in parks, fields, town squares, and on the streets to observe the day.

The second Earth Day took place in 1990. The observance went global this time, with 141 countries participating, which paved the way for the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Two significant outcomes of this summit were the creation of the Commission on Sustainable Development and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

The die was cast. Earth Day became a UN-sponsored yearly event that began drifting toward an increasingly radical agenda, with climate change at its heart. The Earth Day Network website, EARTHDAY.ORG, provides a plethora of downloadable information on the background of Earth Day. The site also presents action items, from classroom resources to suggestions on ways to organize local Earth Day events.

In an earlier press release ahead of today’s Earth Day celebration, Kathleen Rogers, president of EARTHDAY.ORG, announced this year’s theme: Earth Day: Invest in Our Planet. Her statements in the release reveal Earth Day’s humanistic, political and social agenda:

In 2023 we must come together again in partnership for the planet. Businesses, governments, and civil society are equally responsible for taking action against the climate crisis and lighting the spark to accelerate change towards a green, prosperous, and equitable future. We must join together in our fight for the green revolution, and for the health of future generations. The time is now to Invest in Our Planet.

But there is good news: Earth Day gives Christians a perfect opportunity to pray and to take action that is biblical for the preservation of our planet, and for the benefit of all of us who call this planet home.

Some points to consider:

• Make this a day to acknowledge God as the blessed Creator of heaven and earth.
• Let’s acknowledge our responsibility as Christians to care for the earth, even more than anyone else. Perhaps it’s our inaction that has enabled secular humanists to usurp what should actually be our duty to tend to our God’s creation. This takeover by the unbelieving world has reduced our nation to a position of servitude to globalist powers.
• We must realize that Earth Day is a UN program meant to advance a secular and globalist agenda. There is no reference to God or to the Creator in any of the UN material. If your children are exposed to any Earth Day activities in school, make sure they know who the Creator is and that they understand how we honor Him by caring for this planet we call home.
• Among many, Earth Day is dedicated to the spirit of Gaia (Mother Earth). Thus, Earth Day is the time for us to denounce this pagan spirit. Gaia is also the spirit behind the New Age movement, so let’s include all who are deceived by such beliefs in our prayers and proclamations.
• Ask the Lord to bless you with ideas on God-honoring ways to steward His creation.

Pray that attempts by the UN or any organization to make “climate change” a pretext for controlling our lives and subjugating humanity to an oppressive world government would be exposed, frustrated, and utterly demolished.

Let’s pray together:

Father, on Earth Day we lift our eyes up to Your throne and remember heaven as well as earth. We glorify You for allowing us to live in such an intricately, wonderfully crafted place. Thank You! We reject any thought that this earth ever “evolved.” If we have ever entertained such pagan foolishness, we renounce it and repent of that sin. You created heaven and earth. We pray that even our children’s children will continue to acknowledge You as Creator. Amen.

Please share below your prayers glorifying our God as Creator of heaven and earth.

Nancy Huff is an educator with a mission to equip believers to pray strategically for the cultural mountain of education. She is the author of Taking the Mountain of Education: A Strategic Prayer Guide to Transform American Schools; Safety Zone: Scriptural Prayers to Revolutionize Your School; and Decrees for Your School. She leads groups for prayer at key educational locations across the U.S. Find out more by visiting https://takingthemountainofeducation.com. Photo Credit: Canva.