12 National Day of Prayer Quotes by American Presidents

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Thursday, May 03, 2018

September 1964 Proclamation

Lady Bird Johnson, left, and President Lyndon B. Johnson are shown during the signing ceremony for the Interior Department Appropriation Bill at the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, July —26, 1968. Lady Bird died Wednesday, July 11, 2007, at her home in Austin, Texas. — Lady Bird Johnson, left, and President Lyndon B. Johnson are shown during the signing ceremony for the Interior Department Appropriation Bill at the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, July —26, 1968. Lady Bird died Wednesday, July 11, 2007, at her home in Austin, Texas. | (Photo: LBJ Library Photo / File)

"I urge that each of us turn to God on that day

— acknowledging that our country continues, as it was founded, "with a firm reliance upon the protection of divine Providence";

— thanking Him for the blessings of mind and spirit which He has heaped upon us in a land of vast bounty;

— begging His forgiveness for our shortcomings;

— asking for the patience, the wisdom, the understanding, and the courage we need to carry on His work."

— President Lyndon B. Johnson

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