The National Day of Prayer 2026

The National Day of Prayer 2026

U.S.A.

May 7, 2026

~

Our Country

desperately needs

Prayer

This page has some history highlights

and then

Prayer

Our History

On October 11, 1798, John Adams wrote to the Massachusetts Militia:

“We have no Government armed with power capable of

contending with human passions

unbridled by morality and religion.

Avarice, ambition, revenge or gallantry,

would break the strongest cords of our Constitution

as a whale goes through a net.

Our Constitution

was made

only for a moral and religious people.

It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

A national catastrophe was foreseen

in President Washington’s

Farewell Address:

“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead

to political prosperity,

Religion and morality

are indispensable supports.

In vain

would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism,

who should labor to subvert

these great Pillars of human happiness,

these firmest props of the duties of Men and citizens.

The mere Politician,

equally with the pious man

ought to respect and to cherish them…

Let it simply be asked

where is the security for property, for reputation, for life,

if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths,

which are the instruments of investigation in Courts of Justice?

And let us

with caution

indulge the supposition,

that morality can be maintained without religion.

Whatever may be conceded

to the influence of refined education

on minds of

peculiar structure,

reason and experience both forbid us to expect

that

National morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.”

This website has many original prayers

for

The National Day of Prayer

Click here for links

This year we reach back to 2017 for this

2026 prayer occasion.

Our Highlighted Prayer

Almighty God,

You are God of heaven and earth.

We honor you today.

We come before you praying for our beloved country.

We have strayed far from your principles and from your plans for this country.

Help us to find our way back to your paths of righteousness.

We pray for our leaders.

We pray that they will take a serious look at their personal integrity. We pray that they will become dissatisfied with any area, in their personal character, that is in rebellion to you.

Inspire them to be men and women of prayer.

Inspire them to passionately pray for wisdom.

Inspire them to be hungry for your guidance.

Inspire them to rise up with godly boldness and determination to be the best leader they are capable of being.

     Almighty God,

we lift up to you the needs of

our brave military men and women -

those presently serving and our veterans.

Draw our attention to their needs.

Show us how to cooperate with you

in meeting those needs.

Forgive us for - often - overlooking the needs of our nation's heroes. Forgive us for putting their health needs and their financial needs on the back burner.

Remind our leaders -  and remind each one of us  - to treat our veterans and our current military heroes with the honor, respect, and appreciation that they deserve.

     Almighty God,

today we take this opportunity

to re-dedicate ourselves

to you.

We want to spend our days

walking before you in integrity and obedience.

We want to show love and respect toward you and toward each other.

Today, we dedicate ourselves to the goal of listening to your voice more closely.

     Almighty God, you have given us a great country.

We thank you for our freedom and our liberty.

We thank you for our beautiful land and for our natural resources.

And we thank you for giving us a nation

of men and women

with the capacity to work

together

to build a better future

through strong bonds of cooperation and unity.

In Jesus' name we pray,

Amen

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