CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MAY 19, 2026
THERE WAS ANOTHER OF THOSE FAMILIAR PRAYER GATHERINGS ON THE WASHINGTON MALL OVER THE WEEKEND. WE’VE SEEN SO MANY OF THEM. I RECALL THE MILLION MEN WHO TURNED OUT FOR “PROMISE KEEPERS” A FEW YEARS AGO. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN MARCHES BY THE LEFT AND CIVIL RIGHTS MARCHES, SOME OF WHICH HAVE INVOLVED PRAYER.
I’M ALL FOR PRAYER. OUR GREATEST REVIVALS HAVE COME FROM CONCERTS OF PRAYER. IF THERE WERE A FORMULA FOR REVIVAL SOMEONE WOULD HAVE FIGURED IT OUT BY NOW, BECAUSE WE CERTAINLY NEED IT IN EVERY GENERATION, ESPECIALLY NOW SINCE IN THIS ONE WE ARE GIVING APPROVAL TO EVERYTHING THAT IS COUNTER TO GOD’S WILL. THE LIST IS LONG.
JESUS SAID HIS KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD. DOES THAT MEAN WE SHOULD NOT BE PRAYING FOR OUR COUNTRY AND THIS FALLEN WORLD OF WHICH IT IS A PART? NO, BUT OUR MOTIVE MUST NOT BE FOR ECONOMIC OR CULTURAL IMPROVEMENT, BUT GLORIFYING GOD IN ALL THAT WE DO. IF THAT IS OUR MOTIVE FOR REVIVAL, HE JUST MIGHT SEND ANOTHER ONE. LET’S PRAY THAT IT IS, AND PRAY THAT HE DOES. I’M CAL THOMAS.
