Praying for Our Leaders in Government
Executive Branch: Pray for the President and his Administration
President Donald Trump announced that The Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts would be closing down on the Fourth of July, in honor of the 250th U.S. anniversary, for two years of construction. The president reported that “financing is completed and fully in place” and that the renovations “will take a tired, broken, and dilapidated Center, one that has been in bad condition, both financially and structurally for many years, and turn it into a World Class Bastion of Arts, Music, and Entertainment, far better than it has ever been before.”
Pray for the president to be led by the Lord as he makes improvements to buildings and landmarks.
Legislative Branch: Pray for Senators and Representatives in Congress
Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky announced that he was cosponsoring Congressman Brian Babin’s Birthright Citizenship Act, which narrowly defines “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States. He said, “This bill closes a loophole that incentivizes illegal aliens to break our laws. Under its provisions, children of illegal aliens would not qualify for 14th Amendment birthright citizenship.”
Pray for representatives and senators to be prudent in their introduction of bills and acts.
PRAY FOR CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, chaired by Senator Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, held a hearing this week to examine the cybersecurity challenges impacting American water infrastructure and to identify opportunities to improve water sector cybersecurity. They heard testimony from an academic fellow and from executives of water management systems on the vulnerabilities of the infrastructure.
Pray for federal legislators as they investigate vulnerabilities in the nation’s infrastructure and cybersecurity.
Judicial Branch: Pray for Supreme Court Justices and Federal Judges
A federal judge in the District of Columbia blocked the ending of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem while a lawsuit proceeds. The order came the day before TPS was to end, with the judge stating the program termination “shall be null, void, and of no legal effect.” The status, granted by the Department of Homeland Security, is for those who are displaced due to a natural disaster, political instability, or other dangers.
Pray for federal judges as they hear challenges to actions taken by the president and members of his administration.
