Legislative Branch
The Legislative Branch consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate, which collectively form the United States Congress. The Constitution grants Congress the sole authority to enact legislation and declare war, the right to confirm or reject Presidential appointments, and substantial investigative powers.The House of Representatives is composed of 435 elected members from the 50 states in proportion to their total population. There are also 6 non-voting members who represent the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and five other American territories.
The Senate is made up of 100 Senators, with two senators from each state. Until the ratification of the 17th Amendment in 1913, the elected officials in the House of Representatives, not popular vote, chose Senators. The Vice President serves as the President of the Senate and provides the decisive vote in the event of a tie.
Together, the House of Representatives and the Senate are the lawmakers of the nation. Any piece of legislation must pass through both houses of Congress before it is either vetoed or signed into law by the President.
It is vitally important that Americans pray for wisdom and understanding on behalf of the lawmakers of their nation.
Dear Father God,
We praise you for you are faithful, kind and true. Everything you do is just and right. Lord, we ask now, that this ObamaCare health plan will not go through. Lord, I ask that the legal action taken against the passage of this plan will be victorious. Lord, strengthen all the believers who are working on opposing any wrong and ungodly actions taken by the Obama Administration. Lord give them help and guidance and knowledge. Give us wisdom. Lord forgive all those who have not been faithful. Bring them back to the foot of the cross. Bring them back into the fold. Keep us, Lord, in your will. Bring our children out of the evil of this world into your perfect will for their lives. Let the Lord be glorified in us. We ask and pray in the name of Jesus, Amen.
Heavenly Father, we pray in the mighty Name of Jesus Christ, LORD of all. We pray that we Christians would repent of our comfort and slumber, and turn to You, and truly be the “salt & light” that You want us to be. Salt & Light IS the “spiritual DNA” of TRUE believers. Hence, may those who claim to be Christians but who are passive in the “Spirit” be aroused to speak out under the direction of God the Holy Spirit. And may those true Christians who are speaking out in the “flesh”/frustration submit their mouths to God the Holy Spirit. May ALL realize that each has “only one life, will soon be past; ONLY what’s done FOR CHRIST will last”. May we also realize that true love speaks the truth! “The River of Love MUST run through the Banks of Truth”! May we be fully aware that those who “are ashamed of (Jesus), of them will the Son of Man be ashamed when He returns”. May all, and Christians especially, realize that man is made in the VERY IMAGE of God (imago Dei) and, as such, how we treat man is critical to our relationship with You. Hence, abortion IS THE biggest issue of OUR ENTIRE WORLD HISTORY! Father, we have a President and many in Congress and our population who are waving their fists in Your face!! They desire to usurp Your control! Please rebuke them! We pray for their salvation! Yet, Lord, through history, You have also dramatically judged hard-hearted people and taken them to their eternal destinies, right on the spot of their rebellion. Dear God, please DO what You in Your wisdom knows is right. Please help us Christians to be “salt & light” to fight against them, in SPIRITUAL BATTLE, in PRAYER & SUPPLICATION (OF COMBINED VOICES & FELLOWSHIP OF BELIEVERS) & WITH THE WORD OF GOD AND IN THE POWER OF THE THIRD PERSON OF THE TRINITY, GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT, and to not shrink back into comfort and fatalism. But, Father, help us Christians to realize where we are waving our fists in your face, as well. Help us to realize where we are disobeying Your Word. YOUR WORD commands us to “be fruitful and multiply”. Yet, WE have changed that to “be selfish, satisfied, content … and make sure to have limited # of children so that they will not infringe on our comfort zone”. FORGIVE US! HELP US TO REPENT! WE LOVE YOU FATHER! WE LOVE YOUR SON! WE LOVE YOUR SPIRIT! Amen!
Father, we need you so much, as always, during these almost unbelievable troubled times. Lord, I pray that you would have mercy upon us and intervene in this health bill takeover, that you would thwart the plans of the enemy, and not allow passage of any legislation that would take away the freedoms that we have so taken for granted. Lord, we are all responsible in some way for the path we are on, by greed, complacency, self serving, arrogance, totally shoving you out of the picture, going on own way. Have mercy upon us and turn us back to you and you ways. Do not let the enemy have his way I pray in the mighty strong name of Jesus. What Satan means for evil, dear Lord, use for your good.
Dear Heavenly Father,
Please help me call to mind your benefits for your people.
Proverbs 3:5,6 – “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And
lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge
Him, And He shall direct your paths.” I pray Father for every
believer that has been elected to office in the Congress to be sold out to you and stand without fear and make those decisions that will affect millions of people in our United States… in spite of coercion and pressure from those who would lead our nation down an unsafe slippery slope. Father, please bind the power of the enemy and strengthen your people in this fight for freedom.
Thank you for the ones who are not afraid to sound the alarm, that we may all be saved. Come quickly Lord Jesus. Amen.
Presedint Obama has already taken over too much of government &nd business. We need to have the freedom of Expression left to us.
Lord, I now intercede on behalf of our spiritual and governmental leaders. How the devil seeks to decieve them and pervert their best intentions! Come, all-powerful, all-wise, all-seeing God and defend them from the evil one. Give them strength and wisdom to deny their own ambitions and cravings of the flesh. Even today, begin a work of revelation and restoration in the men and women whom You have placed in positions of authority. We need a miracle Lord. Only You can do it. Isaiah 3:13-15
Our dear Father, please give the Obama Administration wisdom and understanding regarding whether or not to put a moratorium on the distribution of stimulus funds to foreign countries. We thank You that You will help this administration to do the right thing. We trust in You, O our God and Heavenly Father.
Give wisdom and understanding regarding the cyber security bill that gives the president new emergency powers in the event of a massive nationwide cyber attack. Thank you, Lord, that You will work in this situation in answer to our prayers. We put our trust in You, O Lord. We give You all praise and adoration!
Thank you for Your help in this, O our Father.