Additional National Prayer Needs
Pray for America’s Military
The U.S. Central Command announced the suspension of a search for a naval aircrewman after an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter crashed into the Arabian Sea last week. Military aircraft and vessels searched over 14,000 square miles for 102 hours before the effort was halted. The other three members of the crew were rescued and survived. The U.S. Navy stated there was “no indication the emergency was caused by hostile action.”
Pray for Admiral Cooper as he commands CENTCOM and for Acting Secretary Cao as he oversees the Navy and Marine Corps. Pray for the Gold Star families who have lost their loved ones serving on active military duty.
Pray for America’s Foreign Relations
President Trump renewed his calls for the U.S. to control Greenland during the NATO summit this week. He has consistently expressed the need for the U.S. to acquire the semi-autonomous island nation from Denmark as part of a plan to enhance U.S. national security and protect against Russian and Chinese presence in the Arctic Circle.
Hamas announced it has dissolved the government in Gaza as it prepares for a United Nations technical committee under the ceasefire deal negotiated by the United States. Hamas has not addressed disarmament, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said must occur before Gaza is rebuilt.
Pray for U.S. and allied leaders to be prudent as they determine next steps in global conflicts.
Pray for AMERICA’S HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a higher-than-usual number of Cyclosporiasis cases this year. Officials are working to trace the origins of the outbreak, possibly food-borne, which has impacted hundreds across 20 states. Cyclospora cayetanensis is a gut parasite that causes acute symptoms including nausea, severe diarrhea, stomach cramping, and fatigue.
Pray for Acting Director Bhattacharya and CDC officials as they seek the origin of the cycloporiasis outbreak.
Pray for Needs Across the States
The Michigan House has passed legislation that would exempt minors who run lemonade stands from obtaining expensive permits or food licenses. The bill, which is awaiting consideration in the state senate, would allow children to run stands on public or private property that offer nonalcoholic beverages that require no refrigeration and earn less than $5,000 per year.
The Nevada Supreme Court blocked the enforcement of a state law this spring that would require parents to be notified by abortionists before the procedure can be conducted on their minor daughter. The law was passed in 1985, but was not enacted under previous court injunctions until the Supreme Court returned abortion regulation to the states. The court ruled that the law did not provide clear guidance on how notification should occur and deemed terminology, such as “reasonable effort” or “personally notified,” too vague.
Pray for state legislators and judges as they respectively craft laws and interpret them for their citizens.
Pray for America’s Faith Community
“Jesus tells us in Matthew 24, verse 4, He said to them, ‘Take heed that no one deceives you,’ the first thing he tells us, ‘for many will come in my name, saying, “I am Christ,” and will deceive many. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you be not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.’
There have been wars all through history, but wars are a sign, and they will increase with frequency and intensity. But just a war doesn’t mean Jesus is coming. People thought Christ was coming after World War I, and then after the nuclear bombs or atomic bombs in World War II. But we’re seeing a trend. One nation will rise against another nation, kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines, and there have been pestilences, that’s plagues, and earthquakes in various places.
All of these things are increasing. He says, ‘All these are the beginning of sorrows.’ Still in Matthew 24, verse 4, ‘Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. Many will be offended and betray one another and hate one another, and many false prophets will rise up and deceive many.’ Notice the emphasis: false Christs, false prophets. That means false theology. He’s not talking about other religions; he’s talking about those who come in the name of the Lord.” – Pastor Doug Batchelor, Amazing Facts, “The Certainty of Jesus’ Return”
