Hope does not disappoint.

I am the Lord; those who hope in me will not be disappointed.  Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.  You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.  Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord, is the Rock eternal.  Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him.  He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.  I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed.

God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised; he confirmed it with an oath.  God did this so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly encouraged.  We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.  It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where Jesus, who went before us, has entered on our behalf.

Pray today for Secretary of defense Robert Gates and the various Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon whose decisions impact our nation as a whole, and many families individually.

Scripture references:  Rom. 5:5; Isa. 49:23; Jer. 17:7; Isa. 26:3,4; Ps. 62:5,6; 2 Tim. 1:12; Heb. 6:17-20.

10:00 AM: Meets with senior advisers.

11:35 AM: Delivers remarks on health care reform.

1:00 PM: Lunch with V.P. Biden

1:45 PM: Meets with Commerce Secretary Gary Locke.

11:20 AM: Obama signs the HIRE Act.

1:30 PM: Obama meets with senior advisers.

Christina Romer, Chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, testified to the House Appropriations Committee that the White House does not see much of a change in unemployment figures for the balance of  2010.

President Obama outlined a new blueprint for overhauling federal education policies that would encourage states to raise academic standards after a period of “dumbing down” during the last decade.

Pray about the impact of the decisions made by the President and his many advisers.

 
PRAY FOR OUR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS

The Senate sent an $18 billion job creation bill to the President Wednesday, providing, among other things, a new tax break for small businesses that hire new workers, paid for by enforcing foreign account taxes.

Legal action is already being prepared to oppose any passage of the health care reform legislation by the “deem and pass” means where voting on the actual Senate bill by the House of Representatives is avoided.

Pray that the intent of the legislation being worked on would actually benefit America’s citizens.

 
PRAY FOR OUR JUDICIARY

The U.S. 9^th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against atheist Michael Newdow in two First Amendment cases, allowing “under God” to remain in the Pledge of Allegiance, and In God We Trust as national motto.

The most senior in age and tenure, Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, intends to decide in about a month whether to resign or remain with the Court for another year.

Give thanks for the decision of the 9^th Circuit, and pray for Justice Stevens as he considers his future.

 
PRAY FOR THESE LEADERS THIS WEEK:

Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services

Representative Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee

Stephen Gerald Breyer, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

William J. Lynne, III, Deputy Secretary of Defense

The U.S. 9^th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against atheist Michael Newdow in two First Amendment cases, allowing “under God” to remain in the Pledge of Allegiance, and In God We Trust as national motto.

The most senior in age and tenure, Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, intends to decide in about a month whether to resign or remain with the Court for another year.

Give thanks for the decision of the 9^th Circuit, and pray for Justice Stevens as he considers his future.

Stephen Gerald Breyer, Associate Justice, U. S. Supreme Court

Associate Justice Breyer joined the U. S. Supreme Court as Associate Justice in 1994, on the appointment of President Bill Clinton, and confirmed by the Senate in an 87 to 9 vote.

 The 72-year-old Breyer was born to a middle-class Jewish family in San Francisco.  He received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Stanford University, and a second Bachelor of Arts from Magdalen College at Oxford University.  He was a Marshall Scholar, and received his Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School.  Breyer is also fluent in French.

 During 1964, he served as a law clerk to Associate Justice Arthur Goldberg.  Later he became special assistant to the U.S. Assistant Attorney General, and an assistant special prosecutor on the Watergate Special Prosecution Force.   He became an assistant professor, law professor and lecturer at Harvard Law School starting in 1967 and remained there until 1994.  At Harvard, he was known as a leading expert on administrative law.   Justice Breyer came onto the Supreme Court following the retirement of Harry Blackman.

 On the bench, Justice Breyer generally takes a pragmatic approach to constitutional issues, most frequently siding with Justices John Paul Stevens and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, generally acknowledged as the “liberal” wing of the Court.  He also serves as an Honorary Chair of the World Justice Project, a global, multidisciplinary effort to strengthen the rule of law for the development of communities of opportunity and equity.

 Justice Breyer is married to Hon. Joanna Freda Hare, a psychologist and member of the British aristocracy.  They have three adult children.

William J. Lynn, III, Deputy Secretary of Defense

William J. Lynn, III is the 30^th Deputy Secretary of Defense.  His career has included extensive public service at various levels within government.  From 1997-2001, he served as Under Secretary of Dfense (Comptroller), and prior to that was the Director of Program Analysis and Evaluation in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

 Before entering the Defense Department, he served six years on the staff of the late Senator Edward Kennedy as liaison to the Senate Armed Services Committee.  He also had experience in the private sector, with both Raytheon and DFI International.  He has exhibited advance knowledge of strategic nuclear forces and arms control matters.

 Mr. Lynn is a graduate of Dartmouth College, and he received his law degree from Cornell Law School and a master’s in public affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton.

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The Senate sent an $18 billion job creation bill to the President Wednesday, providing, among other things, a new tax break for small businesses that hire new workers, paid for by enforcing foreign account taxes.

Legal action is already being prepared to oppose any passage of the health care reform legislation by the “deem and pass” means where voting on the actual Senate bill by the House of Representatives is avoided.

Pray that the intent of the legislation being worked on would actually benefit America’s citizens

Christina Romer, Chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, testified to the House Appropriations Committee that the White House does not see much of a change in unemployment figures for the balance of  2010.

President Obama outlined a new blueprint for overhauling federal education policies that would encourage states to raise academic standards after a period of “dumbing down” during the last decade.

Pray about the impact of the decisions made by the President and his many advisers.