Prayer Updates

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

FLOODING IN NEW ENGLAND

Please remember those who are being devastated by the flood waters in the northeast part our nation. 

CESAR CHAVEZ DAY

President Obama meets at the White House with family members of Cesar Chavez, the civil rights leader and founder of the United Farm Workers. Leaders of the UFW will also be present to mark what would have been Chavez’s 83rd birthday — an occasion the president will designate Cesar Chavez day.

PRAY FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HIS ADMINISTRATION
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, in testimony before the House Financial Services Committee, laid out President Obama’s road map for the mortgage crisis fix, saying abandoning Fannie Mae is not the solution.
A new U.S.-Russian treaty reducing long-range nuclear weapons to be signed later this year was presented by President Obama to Sen. John Kerry (Massachusetts) and Sen. Richard Lugar (Indiana), ratification leaders.
Pray for all of the Administration’s activities, domestic and foreign, to produce the best results for America.

PRAY FOR OUR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS
House Democrats, sensing a new political wind at their backs, are debating which next legislative steps will best utilize their political capital: financial reform, climate change, immigration, “cap-and-trade.”
In the Senate, Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (Nevada) anticipates completing the reconciliation package by the end of the current week, confident that GOP objections and amendments would fail.
Pray about the discord that exists in our Legislature, particularly when personal attacks are employed.

PRAY FOR OUR JUDICIARY
At least 14 state attorneys general have filed suit challenging the “individual mandate” provision of the health care reform legislation, where Americans must buy health insurance or face federal penalties, as unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court refused to hear a First Amendment appeal from a Washington high schooler whose school would not allow the wind ensemble to play an instrumental version of Biebl’s “Ave Maria.” Justice Alito dissented.
Pray about the impact that the decisions of the court impose on individuals in our nation.

PRAY FOR THESE LEADERS THIS WEEK:
Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Senator Lamar Alexander, Tennessee
Judge Carlos T. Bea, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
David S. Sedney, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Afghanistan

OTHER PRAYER CONCERNS:

THE WAR
Iraq election results will include more women in the parliament regardless of vote count, as new rules provide a quota that not more than three-quarters of seats can be held by men.
Pakistani leaders are meeting with U.S. Defense and State Department officials to develop a more strategic relationship between our nations, and to seek more economic and military aid in its struggle with the Taliban.
Pray for the leaders of the nations in the war-torn areas as they work to build themselves up in peace.

TERRORISM
More than 100 suspected militants linked to Al-Qaeda have been arrested in Saudi Arabia, including people from Saudi, Ethopia, Yemen, Somalia, Bangladesh and Eritrea, along with computers, cameras, cell phones and weapons.
Prosecutors in Florida announced $60 million in money-laundering penalties against Wachovia Bank, for failing to monitor billions of dollars processed for Mexican drug cartels. No prosecutions are expected.
Pray for foreign and domestic investigators and agents who work under cover against terror in all its forms.

THE ECONOMY
Industry analysts suggest that banks and other lending groups will lose $70 billion a year in student loan programs due to the federal take over of student loans that was part of the health care reform legislation.
The U.S. lost more than 2.4 million jobs to China in the last decade, according to the Economic Policy Institute, impacting Texas and California most severely. Low labor costs in China are the primary reason.
Pray for the families impacted by job losses in all sectors of America’s economy.

ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Israel that its survival was in jeopardy unless it could reach a peace deal with the Palestinians.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed President Obama that Israel would build a new neighborhood to house both Jews and Palestinians, asserting his nation’s right to do so.
“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. They prosper that love thee.” (Psalm 122)

HEALTH CARE
By September, insurers will be required to begin providing health coverage to children with pre-existing illnesses, and allowing parents to keep children younger than 26 on their health insurance plans.
About 1 million children in the U.S. and 30 million worldwide have received a contaminated Rotarix rotavirus vaccine, according to the Food and Drug Administration, with assurances of no evidence that it poses a safety risk.
Pray for the health, safety and well being of America’s children.

Some of the Pharisees said, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”
“I tell you,” Jesus replied, “If they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”
Luke 19:39-40 (Jesus enters Jerusalem on what we celebrate as Palm Sunday.)

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