April 25, 2025
By: Dwayne Page
This year, the National Day of Prayer celebrates 73 years of prayer for America!
“We acknowledge how blessed we are to live in a country where, by law, every year on the first Thursday of May, our President proclaims a day of prayer for our nation,” said local minister Isaac Gray.
“The National Day of Prayer observance was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of Congress and signed into law by President Truman,” said Gray. “Each year since then our president has called upon the citizens of our nation to pray, and in 1988 President Reagan established this day of prayer to be the First Thursday of May. The significance for us as a nation is that it enables us to recall and to teach the way in which our founders sought the wisdom of God when faced with critical challenges and decisions. It stands as a call for us to humbly come before God, seeking His guidance for our leaders and His grace upon us as a people”.
“Local pastors and churches would like to invite you to join with us, others from your community, and people from across our nation, as we plead for God’s mercy and guidance in our country,” Gray said.
Smithville will have a gathering on May 1, 6:30pm at Northside Elementary School gymnasium.
“We hope to see you there as we seek God together,” Gray concluded.