The National Day of Prayer

Thursday is the 58th Annual National Day of Prayer. Groups will gather on the front steps of County Courthouses at noon to pray for the nation. This year’s theme is Prayer...America's Hope. It’s based on Psalm 33:22: "May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in You." Shirley Dobson, wife of Focus on the Family founder James Dobson has been chair of the National Day of Prayer since 1991. The Continental Congress first set aside a day of prayer in 1775. In 1952, Congress established an official day of prayer and in 1988 it was designating the first Thursday in May.