Praying for Our Leaders in Government
Executive Branch: Pray for the President and his Administration
Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum testified during a hearing in the House of Representatives this week that some nongovernment organizations (NGOs) have received 80-100 percent of their revenue through federal grants funded by taxpayers, yet the executives and lobbyists made incomes of multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Pray for administration officials as they review federal grant awards and how the taxpayer money is spent.
Legislative Branch: Pray for Senators and Representatives in Congress
House Speaker Mike Johnson filed a motion with the Committee on Rules and Procedures to change a proxy-voting practice that was introduced during the COVID pandemic. The rule has allowed members of Congress to cast their vote remotely through a colleague in the House. The speaker is addressing this shift in the representative form of government that has allowed Congresswoman Maxine Waters of California to continue to have her vote counted while being physically absent from the House for multiple months.
Pray for the House Speaker and Senate Majority Leader as they address issues in their respective chambers.
PRAY FOR CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES
The Senate Banking Committee, chaired by Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, held a confirmation hearing this week for President Trump’s nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh. The former fed governor faced questions about the influence of politics on the central bank and the impact its monetary policy decisions have on affordability in the nation. The term of current Fed Chair Jerome Powell ends May 15.
Pray for senators holding confirmation hearings for the president’s nominees to be prudent in their questioning and in their votes for or against their confirmation.
Judicial Branch: Pray for Supreme Court Justices and Federal Judges
The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals recently ruled that prohibitions to distilling moonshine for personal use are unconstitutional. Writing for a three-judge panel, Judge Edith Hollen Jones stated that the ban was an unnecessary and improper use of Congress’ power of taxation and that it actually reduced tax revenue.
Pray for federal justices and judges as they hear and decide cases challenging the constitutionality of federal, state, and local laws.
