Additional National Prayer Needs
Pray for America’s Military
The U.S. Air Force held a traditional “push ceremony” to begin Operation Christmas Drop 2025 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, this week. The Defense Department’s longest-running humanitarian airlift mission began in 1952. “These bundles supply 56,000 people across 59 islands each year, but I don’t think we can truly grasp that impact until we see the families wave and jump up and down in excitement as we fly by,” said Air Force Colonel Richard McElhaney, 374th Airlift Wing commander. “While this is an amazing humanitarian mission, it’s also an invaluable training event for participating aircrews. This training, and the work we do here, matters and translates to our readiness.”
Pray for U.S. military commanders, soldiers, sailors, and airmen as they participate in humanitarian operations during the Christmas season.
PRAY FOR AN END TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE
President Trump has urged Ukraine to accept the U.S.-crafted peace plan, saying that Ukraine is losing the war. The American president said that, since Russia “holds the cards” in peace discussions, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “is going to have to get on the ball and start accepting things.” Ukrainian and European Union officials have continued to discuss security guarantees that they want from the United States.
Pray for President Trump and U.S. emissaries as they seek a ceasefire in the Ukraine war.
Pray for AMERICA’S RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL
A Palestinian peace activist alleged that Hamas hid infant formula and nutritional shakes for children in a warehouse in Gaza to further its claim that Israel created a famine in the region. The accusation supports previous allegations from Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories that Hamas robbed UNICEF aid trucks at gunpoint that were carrying formula. Two months ago, the Israeli official said that “the trucks were commandeered right outside the UNICEF compound in Gaza City, a direct assault on humanitarian work.” He continued, “This formula was meant to be distributed for free by UNICEF. Once again, Hamas proves that it has no interest in the well-being of the people, only in its own terror motives.”
Pray for U.S. and Middle Eastern officials as they continue to implement the peace plan for Gaza.
Pray for AMERICA’S HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum last week to begin the process to align U.S. core childhood vaccine recommendations with best practices from peer, developed countries. The White House stated, “Among peer nations, the United States is a high outlier in the number of vaccinations recommended for all children.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)recently voted to change the recommendation for universal hepatitis-B vaccines from within 24 hours of birth to when the infant is 2 months old, unless the mother is hepatitis-positive.
Pray for President Trump, Secretary Kennedy, and Acting CDC Director and Assistant HHS Secretary Jim O’Neill as efforts are made to follow best practice vaccine data.
Pray for Needs Across the States
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced that her state will have access to the federal SAVE system (Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements) for 20 years after a settlement with the Department of Homeland Security. Last year, AG Bird sued the federal government for information on the citizenship status of 2,176 registered voters in her state who had self-identified as noncitizens with the Iowa Department of Transportation. She said, “Only American citizens can vote in Iowa elections.”
Hawaii Governor Josh Green is considering shrinking the tax cuts that legislators approved and he signed in 2024. After the largest income tax cut in the state’s history, Governor Green said, “We will have to see whether we can still keep the out years (later years) of our tax breaks for the more wealthy individuals that were going to benefit.” The state is experiencing such significant problems with its budget that the governor said they may have to tap the emergency budget reserve fund.
Pray for state officials as they address economic issues and election integrity concerns.
Pray for America’s Faith Community
“Scientists say that sound waves set in motion by our voices go on an endless journey through space. If we had the power to stand on some distant planet long years afterward, with instruments delicate enough, we might be able to find those sounds again and recreate the words we spoke here on Earth. What is sound?
Technically, it is a mechanical wave that is an oscillation of pressure transmitted through either liquid, solid, or gas. It is made up of different frequencies within the range of hearing. … Repeated studies show that the ear is superior to the eye, and people remember more from words they hear than words they see.
The most repeated phrase in [the] entire book [of Haggai] is, ‘Thus says the Lord.‘ More than 25 times in only two chapters, Haggai makes it abundantly clear that his message comes from God. … Do you speak God’s words? Do you say things that you would like to resound throughout all eternity? – Pastor Doug Batchelor, Amazing Facts, December 2025
