Today is the National Day of Prayer. Since the earliest days the American experience, prayer, the Bible and Christianity have been tightly interwoven with every aspect of our history. Cities, towns and whole colonies regularly declared days of fasting, prayer and humiliation. Often times—in addition to the church leaders—civil leaders would call on the people to repent and turn their hearts to God, as in Lincoln's call to prayer during the Civil War. It was not until 1952 that the National Day of Prayer became official through a joint resolution by Congress that was signed into law by President Truman. Then in 1988, under President Reagan, the law was amended to permanently declare the first Thursday of every May to be the National Day of Prayer. The whole story can be found on the National Day of Prayer official web site.

I encourage you to take some time today, and every day, to pray for our nation and its leaders.