Thursday is the National Day of Prayer, and a Statesboro observance will be held at noon on the Bulloch County Courthouse grounds with faith leaders and other individuals praying.

This is the 25th year area Christians have participated in the National Day of Prayer in Statesboro.  The theme for 2025 is “Pour Out to the God of Hope and Be Filled!" from the theme scripture of Romans 15:13.

The National Day of Prayer was created by Congress in a 1952 joint resolution signed by President Harry S. Truman, and an amendment was passed by the House and Senate and signed by President Ronald Regan in 1988. Every president since 1952 has signed a National Day of Prayer proclamation.

The theme comes from the scripture found in Romans 15:13 that reads: “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.”

“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 N Task Force president, Kathy Branzell. “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.”

The public is invited to attend the National Day of Prayer event during the lunch hour on Thursday, May 1. 

2025 National Prayer

"God of hope, fill us with all joy and peace in believing, so that we will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

You have caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead; therefore, we hope in what we do not see. This world is not our home or reality, but the Lord is our Rock, our Truth, our certainty.

God of hope, we pour out our praise and are filled with Your powerful presence.

We pour out repentance of sin and are filled with forgiveness and righteousness.

We pour out pain from the attacks of the enemy—anxiousness, fear, anger—and You fill us with courage, assurance, and love.

We pour out our needs, the desires of our hearts, and are filled with Your Kingdom provision and purpose.

We pour out our hearts for our nation, for the people and places, relationships and responsibilities the Lord has established: the Church, Family, Education, Business,

Military, Arts, Entertainment, Media, and Government. May all who live, serve, and steward in these be filled with Your purpose, wisdom, strength, and truth.

Let Your lovingkindness, O LORD, be upon us, as we have hoped in You.

In abounding hope, anchored by our hope in the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen!"