Today is the 75th National Day of Prayer. The theme is GLORIFY GOD AMONG THE NATIONS – SEEKING HIM IN ALL GENERATIONS. There will be a broadcast tonight from Statuary Hall in our nation’s capital streamed from the NDP website also available on YouTube, Facebook and several different Christian television and radio stations. You can download a Pray Across America Guide from that website. There are also events at churches and other public places throughout the day in every state.

In 1952, President Truman made the National Day of Prayer an annual observance, stating: “In times of national crisis when we are striving to strengthen the foundations of peace…we stand in special need of Divine support.”

In April of 1970, President Richard Nixon had the nation observe a Day of Prayer for Apollo 13 astronauts. On May 5, 1988, President Reagan made the National Day of Prayer the first Thursday in May, saying: “Americans in every generation have turned to their Maker in prayer…We have acknowledged…our dependence on Almighty God.”

Prayer does not belong to the government, a particular political party, any denomination nor organization. You will notice that Our Daily Bread and Bible Gateway are focused on prayer today. Whether you meet together with others, find a program on Christian radio or pray quietly at home, this a day that believers across our nation are coming together with a common purpose: to call on God who is able to supply and meet every need. Let us not be the people who have not because we ask not. Thank God for his many blessings, ask him for his blessing, and pray that his will would ever be done.