House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner participated in the 75th National Day of Prayer service on Capitol Hill Thursday morning.
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 Christian faith throughout American history.
“This formal tradition, as you know, was established by Congress 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,” Johnson said. “We are a praying nation, we always have been. It truly is part of who we are.
“It’s also a time to reflect on the great moral inheritance of which every American citizen, across every generation, has been the humble recipient,” he continued. “That 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.”
Turner talked about the power of prayer and God’s impact on the nation over the last 250 years.
