Faith leaders, government officials and believers across Alabama and the nation united in prayer gatherings today (May 4), a day designated as the country’s annual National Day of Prayer.
Created in 1952, the day dedicated to prayer has been held on the first Thursday in May for 35 years. Across the country, intercessors gathered to pray at state capitols, city halls, courthouses, police stations, and parks.
On its website, the National Day of Prayer Task Force provided prayer prompts focused on seven centers of influence: government, military, media, business, education, church, and family.
Leading up to the National Day of Prayer, the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee also created a prayer guide focused on this year’s key Scripture: “Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect” (James 5:16 CSB).
A national prayer gathering will be livestreamed at nationaldayofprayer.org and broadcast on Christian radio and television stations.
Richard Blackaby, president of Blackaby Ministries International and a frequent speaker and writer on prayer, noted the power of prayer to bring about spiritual awakening. “God declared it was not earnest complaining, or working, that brought revival, but PRAYER,” Blackaby tweeted. “May we do so today.”
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