Tell of His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all the peoples.
1 Chronicles 16:24 NAS
REFLECT
Our National Day of Prayer Task Force is filled with gladness and overflowing with gratitude as we have just returned home from our National Day of Prayer Leadership Summit we hosted this year in Washington D.C.
Every year we engage, encourage and equip members of our Task Force leadership to prepare for another year of “Mobilizing unified public prayer for America.” Our Task Force works in a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly cadence, of prayer and serving God in our communities, counties and country throughout the year. Sadly, many people think of The National Day of Prayer Task Force as a “one day a year ministry,” but nothing could be further from the truth! Our Task Force is praying and serving night and day, 365 days each year, building up to and through the National Day of Prayer on the first Thursday of May, and observed by law since 1952.
Every year we pray and seek the Lord for the National Day of Prayer theme that will guide our year and unite the tens of thousands of prayer gatherings we host from coast to coast. This year on May 7, 2026, we will unite and pray as our new 2026 theme calls us to, “Glorify God Among the Nations, Seeking Him in All Generations.”
Last year our theme was inspired by a prayer that the apostle Paul prayed over the believers in Rome. In 2026, our theme is inspired by a passionate prayer of Thanksgiving, prayed by King David 1 Chronicles 16 after bringing the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem. This chapter records Israel celebrating the return of the Ark after being separated for 70 years earlier. While God was always watching over Israel and just a prayer away from them and King David, the Ark of the Covenant represented the presence of God having been constructed at the command of God and carried by the Levites with Moses as they wandered and waited to enter the Promised Land and eventually stolen from the tabernacle in Shiloh at their defeat in the battle in Ebenezer. I’ll pause here in its history for now. Thankfully, we have an entire year to unpack 365 days or more of all the prayers and prompts we can glean from this theme.
We are excited and delighted to share the 2026 National Day of Prayer theme with you, and ask that you commit to pray with us each week as God blesses us as we seek Him in Scripture and fervent prayer and glorifying Him through the 2026 National Day of Prayer theme that prompts us to, “Glorify God Among the Nations, Seeking Him in All Generations.”
Will you please begin praying with us now?
Everlasting Father, we praise You as The Creator and Sustainer of all that exists. You are the One and Only true God, our Lord in whom we love, obey and serve. May our lives bring You glory as we worship You with every beat of our hearts, learning, working, living and loving others as You have loved us. Thank You for never leaving us, for every promise that strengthens us and every precept, every command that guides us in the abundant life You offer as we seek You throughout all of our days. Thank You for the 2026 National Day of Prayer theme that will remind us, and prayerfully find us, glorifying You in our neighborhoods and nation; in every person and place where You establish our steps and service to You. Please prompt us to pray and seek Your will, Your way as we also study Your Word, so that we would see and serve Your goodness and glory in every generation. In the Worthy and Wonderful name of Jesus we pray, Amen!
Serving Him with gladness,
Kathy Branzell
