The opportunity to pray for America is an ever-present one, but knowing what or how to pray for a nation that is debating over the very definition of sex, stands divided on protecting the unborn, and is struggling with a deadly fentanyl epidemic can feel overwhelming.

With the annual National Day of Prayer on Thursday, pastors and faith leaders are inviting Americans to join them in prayer for the country.

Below, religious leaders have shared their prayers for the nation and wisdom on how to pray at this moment in America's history.

1. Brandt Gillespie, associate pastor at Congregation Lion of Judah's English Ministry in Boston, Massachusetts: 

Dear Father,

Our nation's foundations, which once seemed so solid and sure, are now feeling tremors vibrating along seismic fault-lines of coercion and division. Buoy us with confidence in Your eternal nature, which stabilizes the undulating arch of all human history. It was Your wisdom, manifested through our Founding Fathers, that built hardy frameworks for these United States of America to withstand calamities for generations. We resolve to continue echoing the refrain "In God We Trust."

Lord, impart courage and tenacity when our hearts feel faint as we gaze across the gulf of social and cultural divides. Keep us "One Nation Under God"...

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Virginia Allen is a senior news producer and podcast host for The Daily Signal. She is the co-host of "The Daily Signal Podcast" and "Problematic Women." Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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