The Presidential Prayer Team

We Pray For America!

🙏 WE PRAY FOR AMERICA 🇺🇸 Non-profit Non-partisan 🇺🇸 🙏 24/7 Prayer Ministry 🙏 🇺🇸 Member Supported Since 2001

Homeland Security Shutdown Impacts Air Travel Across the U.S.

March 18, 2026 —by The Presidential Prayer Team

The Senate minority has continued to stall appropriations with demands for reform. The Department of Homeland Security has been defunded for more than a month and members of…

State Department Reduces Fee to Renounce U.S. Citizenship by 80%

FBI Opens Office in Ecuador as U.S. Strengthens Security Relations

NASA Updates Moon Project Schedule

State Department Reports 50k Americans Returned from Middle East

White House Chief of Staff Diagnosed with Cancer

DOJ Appeals District Court Injunction on HUD Housing Grants for the Homeless

VIEW MORE PRAYER UPDATES

VANTAGE POINT DEVOTIONAL

Releasing the Past

March 18, 2026

“But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead.“
Read more: Releasing the Past

As we lift up the federal government of United States of America, each day we will highlight one elected or appointed federal official serving in office. Pray with us for each of them as they tackle their unique responsibilities and fulfill their oaths of office.

TODAY’S NATIONAL LEADER FOR PRAYER

- Governor Larry Rhoden, South Dakota
  Governor Larry Rhoden, South Dakota
  - Born – February 1959 in Sturgis, South Dakota
  - Education – Sunshine Bible Academy
  - Military Service – U.S. Army National Guard
  - Profession – Politician, rancher, welder
  - Political Experience – South Dakota Lt. Governor, Interim South Dakota Secretary of Agriculture, South Dakota Senate, South Dakota House of Representatives
  - In office since – 2025
  - Family – Married to Sandy, 4 children
  - Religious Affiliation – Protestant

SEE PREVIOUSLY HIGHLIGHTED NATIONAL LEADERS

The President’s Schedule

President’s Today Schedule • March 18, 2026
- 8:00 AM ET: The President participates in Executive Time
- 10:00 AM ET: The President receives his Intelligence Briefing
- 1:25 PM ET: The President participates in a Dignified Transfer Ceremony

FEATURED LEADERS FOR PRAYER

Executive Leader for Prayer

Pam Bondi, Attorney General

READ MORE & PRAY: Pam Bondi, Attorney General

Legislative Leader for Prayer

James Lankford, U.S. Senator from Oklahoma

READ MORE & PRAY: James Lankford, U.S. Senator from Oklahoma

Judicial Leader for Prayer

Judge Brad Garcia, D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals

READ MORE & PRAY: Judge Brad Garcia, D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals

Military Leader for Prayer

Daniel Driscoll, Secretary of the Army

READ MORE & PRAY: Daniel Driscoll, Secretary of the Army

Each day, we invite you to join us in prayer for our national leaders. As mandated by 1 Timothy 2:1-2, we encourage prayer for those in positions of authority. The Presidential Prayer Team is a non-partisan ministry and does not endorse or support their political viewpoints or actions.