{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"Governor attends inaugural Southeastern Kentucky Prayer Breakfast &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"6eBLbMWYrh\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/governor-attends-inaugural-southeastern-kentucky-prayer-breakfast\/\">Governor attends inaugural Southeastern Kentucky Prayer Breakfast<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/governor-attends-inaugural-southeastern-kentucky-prayer-breakfast\/embed\/#?secret=6eBLbMWYrh\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Governor attends inaugural Southeastern Kentucky Prayer Breakfast&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"6eBLbMWYrh\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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In a room filled with local and state officials, first responders and members of the community at The Corbin Center, prayers were offered up for the first responders, national leaders and local and state leaders. \u201cIt was something we really wanted to do to honor the leadership of the community today because there was enough influence in this room that really can change southeastern Kentucky,\u201d said Drew Mahan, Pastor at Forward Community Church. Mahan said he had the privilege of meeting the Governor at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. Mahan recalled out after the breakfast, the Kentucky contingent was asked to meet with a special guest is a small room down the hall. The guest turned out to be Gov. Bevin. \u201cHe stayed with us for about 90 minutes and it was there that I was able hear him speak from his heart,\u201d Mahan said of the meeting. \u201cIt was very clear to me that whatever decisions the Governor makes on a daily basis and no matter whether folks agree or disagree with those decisions, the leader of our Commonwealth goes to bed each night believing that he has listened to the Lord and he has made the best decision for the people,\u201d Mahan said. Bevin told those assembled that they are blessed to live in a great country like the United States and a great state in Kentucky. Bevin reminded the audience that when they say the Pledge of Allegiance, there is a line about the country being \u201cone nation under God, indivisible,\u201d and the state has a motto that reminds its citizens \u201cUnited we stand, divided we fall.\u201d \u201cThese are things that so often we take for granted,\u201d Bevin said. Bevin asked everyone in the audience under the age of 21 to stand and be recognized. \u201cThis is the future,\u201d Bevin said of those standing. \u201cThis is exactly why the things we are talking about, the things we are bringing about matter.\u201d Bevin said as part of the effort of raising and guiding the next generation, individuals must be mindful of the example they are setting by their words and actions. Bevin said as governor he understands that he is not only an example to his own family but to families all across the Commonwealth. Bevin recalled an ice cream shop in Louisville that he and his family frequented and where many of the employees may not have been old enough to vote, but they had family members that didn\u2019t see eye-to-eye with his policies. However, when the storeowner heard the employees\u2019 comments, instead of admonishing the employees, she told the employees to watch how Bevin\u2019s family left the restaurant, cleaning up the table and throwing away the trash. \u201cThis woman said to them, take a look at these children. The man that you were just talking about, the man that you don\u2019t particularly like and don\u2019t think we want in Kentucky is raising children that you wish for as people who work here and clean up after people, wish there were more people like that that came in,\u201d Bevin said. \u201cThe message that I took from that is that people are always watching us,\u201d Bevin added. \u201cAnd the things that we do matter tremendously.\u201d \u201cActions do in fact speak louder than words,\u201d Bevin said. Bevin paraphrased Paul\u2019s letter to Timothy in the Bible in which he says that he is grateful that God found him at just the right moment. \u201cThis is a guy who had been killing Christians,\u201d Bevin said. \u201cHe wasn\u2019t asking, Gee, I wish I had been found earlier because of all the things I wouldn\u2019t have done,\u201d Bevin said. \u201cWhen you are on a journey somewhere in your life, you may be exactly where God needs you be right now,\u201d Bevin said adding that God may have big plans for someone in attendance that will change the life of someone in southeastern Kentucky. \u201cWe do need a God who raises people up and brings people down,\u201d Bevin said adding public officials serve by the grace of God. \u201cGod\u2019s in charge!\u201d Bevin said. \u201cWe know that.\u201d Bevin asked those in attendance to think about where God is going to call them when they leave this place. \u201cMaybe there is something you need to be doing,\u201d Bevin said. \u201cMaybe there is something you have thought of that you have been ignoring.\u201d Bevin encouraged members of the audience to find someone that needs them and intercede on their behalf with God. \u201cLet them be aware of how intentional you are,\u201d Bevin said noting in Paul\u2019s letter to Timothy, Paul tells Timothy to be bold. Bevin said he understands that there are many people across the Commonwealth that do not agree with his Christian beliefs and he is okay with that. \u201cBe unapologetic about your faith,\u201d Bevin said. \u201cI answer to the voters at the ballot box, but as surely as I stand here, I&#8217;m more concerned about answering to my creator,\u201d Bevin said. \u201cI would encourage you to think the same way. \u201cKnow what you believe. Be able to articulate it. Be a shepherd rather than a sheep. Because the world desperately needs people of spiritual conviction to step up and be bold,\u201d Bevin said. Bevin pointed to Whitley County Clerk Kay Schwartz as an example of someone who has taken the message to be bold to heart. Following the U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2015 that legalized gay marriage across the country, Schwartz refused to abide by decision, stating she did not have the new forms that replaced \u201cbride\u201d and \u201cgroom\u201d with \u201cfirst party\u201d and \u201csecond party.\u201d Protestors and supporters gathered around the Whitley County Courthouse soon after. \u201cYou have been a witness to many, even people who don\u2019t necessarily agree with you or agree with your faith, or any of [&hellip;]"}