{"id":2599926,"date":"2026-05-07T12:27:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-and-scott-turner-celebrate-national-day-of-prayer\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T12:28:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:28:04","slug":"mike-johnson-and-scott-turner-celebrate-national-day-of-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-and-scott-turner-celebrate-national-day-of-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Johnson and Scott Turner celebrate National Day of Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmike-johnson-and-scott-turner-celebrate-national-day-of-prayer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2599926&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner joined the National Day of Prayer service on Capitol Hill for the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >75th observance year<\/a>. Along with faith leaders and members of the National Day of Prayer Task Force, they prayed and discussed Christianity\u2019s role in American history, framing the nation as \u201ca praying nation\u201d grounded in God as the source of rights and moral inheritance.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson highlighted Congress\u2019s Cold War-era establishment of the tradition and urged Christians to use the occasion to teach \u201cfaith and freedom\u201d to future generations. Turner spoke about prayer\u2019s importance over the past 250 years and shared a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dennis-quaid-says-his-faith-saved-him-from-cocaine-addiction\/\" title=\"Dennis Quaid credits his ... for overcoming cocaine addiction.\">personal faith journey<\/a>, describing how he believes God guided his life from early jobs to public service. The service\u2019s 1 Chronicles 16:24 theme called for proclaiming God\u2019s glory and deeds among nations. Johnson also noted he is expected to speak at Freedom 250\u2019s \u201cRededicate 250\u201d event on the National Mall in planning for America\u2019s 250th birthday.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>House Speaker <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-housing-and-urban-development\/\">Department of Housing and Urban Development <\/a>Secretary Scott Turner participated in the 75th National Day of Prayer service on Capitol Hill Thursday morning. <\/p>\n<p>Johnson and Turner joined several faith leaders and members of the National Day of Prayer Task Force in prayer and to discuss the impact of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/christianity\/\">Christian faith<\/a> throughout American history.  <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4558882\/losing-your-mind-jeffries-dismisses-trump-accusation-whca-dinner-attack\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>\u2018Losing your mind\u2019: Jeffries dismisses Trump\u2019s accusation he incited WHCA dinner attack<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4558018\/howard-lutnick-testifies-epstein-ties-house-oversight-committee\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Howard Lutnick testifies on his Epstein ties before House oversight committee<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4557857\/comer-lutnick-epstein-oversight-testimony\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Comer says Lutnick wasn\u2019t \u2018100% truthful\u2019 about Epstein ties before testimony<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-christianity-and-american-history\">Christianity and American history<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThis formal tradition, as you know, was established by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\">Congress<\/a> at the height of the Cold War, and it reaffirms something that is so important that really goes to the heart of who we are as Americans,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cWe are a praying nation, we always have been. It truly is part of who we are.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s also a time to reflect on the great moral inheritance of which every American citizen, across every generation, has been the humble recipient,\u201d he continued. \u201cThat inheritance goes back to the very idea upon which our nation was founded. We boldly proclaimed the self-evident truth that our rights do not come from the government, they come from God himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wide shot view of Kathy Branzell, president of the National Day of Prayer Task Force, giving remarks to the audience at the National Statuary Hall in the Capitol on Thursday, May 7, 2026. (Emily Robertson\/Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4551691\/tensions-john-thune-mike-johnson-loom-gop-immigration-push\/\">TENSIONS BETWEEN JOHN THUNE AND MIKE JOHNSON LOOM OVER GOP IMMIGRATION PUSH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Turner talked about the power of prayer and God\u2019s impact on the nation over the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/america-250\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"20120\">last 250 years<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrayer is very powerful because Almighty God is powerful,\u201d he said. \u201cThat truth has gotten our great nation through mountain tops and valleys for the past 250 years. Our founding fathers were men of faith who understood that God is the cornerstone of our republic. All of us here recognize that truth as well, and we know that God\u2019s power impacts both the lives of individuals and the destiny of our entire country.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Turner also shared his personal faith journey and how he has \u201cwitnessed [God\u2019s] sovereignty and actions\u201d in his life. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner gives remarks at the 75th National Day of Prayer on Thursday, May 7, 2026. (Emily Robertson\/Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAt 16 years old, I got my first job,\u201d Turner said. \u201cI was a dishwasher at Spring Creek Barbecue. I remind myself, I am a former dishwasher who has been guided by God through every step of my life and through every job since then.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether it\u2019s preaching in the pulpits in the churches of America or backpeddling down the football field in college, in the NFL, or leading the housing policy as a servant leader of Housing and Urban Development, every single day, we get to serve the most vulnerable Americans in our country. I am reminded that God has ordered my steps. I am unapologetic about that, and I am unashamed.\u201d <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-call-to-teach-faith-and-freedom-to-future-generations\">Call to teach faith and freedom to future generations<\/h2>\n<p>The National Day of Prayer, an \u201cannual observance held on the first Thursday of May,\u201d was instituted in 1952 by Congress and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman, according to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationaldayofprayer.org\/about\">National Day of Prayer website<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Christians across the nation were invited to participate and pray for the United States. <\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s theme comes from 1 Chronicles 16:24 New American Standard Bible, \u201cTell of His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all the peoples.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Americans of faith, we see that as our responsibility,\u201d Johnson said, reflecting on the verse. \u201cWe can never know what tomorrow brings, of course, but if God calls us to be faithful and to proclaim his good deeds.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) giving remarks on the 75th National Day of Prayer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The House speaker concluded his remarks by calling on Christian Americans to continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-1776-commission-meeting-despite-biden-abolition\/\" title=\"Trump&#039;s 1776 Commission Meeting Despite Biden Abolition\">teach future generations<\/a> about the importance of faith and freedom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn this grand anniversary, particularly, we have a great opportunity,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cWe should use this entire year as a teachable moment to pass along to the next generation of Americans who we are, what we\u2019re about, and why we are this great country. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/trib.al\/9oKE6nD\"><strong>FREEDOM 250 TO HOST FAITH-FOCUSED \u2018REDEDICATE 250\u2019 EVENT ON NATIONAL MALL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo as you pray for our country today, we thank God for his acts of salvation and provision and deliverance,\u201d he continued. \u201cLet\u2019s also pray that we may have the strength, just as our founders did, to hand the baton of faith and freedom on to the next generation that follows us, a generation that cherishes liberty and proclaims proudly what is right, and good, and true.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>Johnson is slated to give remarks alongside faith leaders and other government officials at Freedom 250\u2019s \u201cRededicate 250\u201d event on the National Mall, Sunday, May 17, in preparation for America\u2019s 250th birthday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson and HUD Sec. 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