National Day of Prayer Embraces Hope Theme for 2025
Hope will be the theme of Thursday’s National Day of Prayer.
“For 74 years, Americans have poured out their prayers to God in response to the proclamation established by public law and issued by the president,” according to the National Day of Prayer Task Force. “Harkening back to our Founding Fathers’ calls for national prayer to seek divine wisdom and guidance, our nation has continually turned to the God of hope through every tragedy and triumph in our history.”
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This year’s theme verse is Romans 15:13: “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” The annual day of prayer is an opportunity for Americans to pray together in faith, believing and standing on God’s promise and abounding in hope, which is defined in the Bible as joyful, confident expectation. This year, the task force is spreading the message of where hope is found and where it abounds, across America and around the world.
“Prayer is being mobilized every year and beyond in almost every county in America by the nearly 19,000 prayer missionaries, organized, equipped, and made ready by God, as his strategies are poured through the National Day of Prayer Task Force,” said Kathy Branzell, president of the organization. “These teams bring unity to their communities through fervent prayer and by building relationships with those in leadership across every sphere of influence —specifically and strategically praying for them, with them, for their families, staff and the people they serve.”
Prayers will be made in all 50 states and several U.S. territories through tens of thousands of local prayer gatherings. The annual national broadcast, with cohosts Tim Tebow and Branzell, will air on television, radio, websites, social media, and streaming services at 7 p.m. on May 1.
To become involved or for more information, visit www.nationaldayofprayer.org.
