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- Tuesday, May 6
Today, President Donald Trump is meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada at the White House to discuss trade and the tariffs. President Trump spoke with the prime minister after the Canadian election win last week, and called it a “very productive” conversation.
President Trump has repeatedly expressed the desire to make Canada the 51st state of the U.S. Despite media reports of the president intending to annex the northern neighbor, President Trump stated in an interview that using military force to take the country was “highly unlikely.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is meeting with leaders from Caribbean nations in Washington, D.C. They will discuss the administration’s trade policies as well as the president’s stance on Cuba’s medical mission program. The State Department explained that the labor export program “involves forced labor and exploitation of workers around the globe, enriches the Cuban regime, and treats Cuban doctors as commodities.”
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For discernment for President Trump as he discusses trade and tariffs with Prime Minister Carney.
- For Secretary Rubio to receive God’s guidance as he meets with Caribbean leaders.
- For U.S. diplomats around the globe to be prudent as they represent the U.S.
THANK YOU FOR PRAYING WITH US!
The active participation and prayers from God’s people on the National Day of Prayer were truly impactful. It was an inspiring day, brimming with faith and hope. Our heartfelt thanks go out to everyone who participated in the National Prayer Room, called in their prayers, and prayed alongside us. Thank you for uplifting our nation in prayer!
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Our gift to you this holiday as we remember the true reason for the season with sacred and traditional Christmas music.PRESIDENT’S SCHEDULE
- President’s Today Schedule • May 6, 2025
- 11:30 AM ET: The President greets the Prime Minister of Canada
- 11:45 AM ET: The President participates in a Bilateral Meeting with the Prime Minister of Canada
- 12:15 PM ET: The President participates in a Bilateral Lunch with the Prime Minister of Canada
- 3:30 PM ET: The President participates in a FIFA Task Force Meeting
- 5:00 PM ET: The President participates in a Swearing-In Ceremony for the Assistant to the President, Senior Advisor and Special Envoy
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
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- Chief Judge Steven Colloton, Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
Chief Judge Steven Colloton, Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Born – January 1963 in Iowa City, Iowa
- Education – B.A., Princeton University; J.D, Yale University
- Military Service – None
- Profession – Attorney, Judge
- Political Experience – U.S. Attorney for Southern Iowa, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Special Assistant to the Attorney General
- In office since – 2024
- Family – Undisclosed
- Religious Affiliation – Undisclosed
- Chief Judge Steven Colloton, Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Agent of the Protector
Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation. – Psalm 68:5
Becoming widowed, whether as a husband or wife, is disorienting and may result in anxiety, loneliness, and financial distress. As you consider some of the widows in the Bible, imagine the circumstances and the emotions each of them may have experienced.
The widow of Zarephath in Sidon was chosen by God as the one Elijah would stay with during the three and a half year drought in Israel (1 Kings 17). Naomi, an Israelite, and Ruth were in Moab when both their husbands died (Ruth 1-4). Abigail’s husband was a boorish, harsh man who died suddenly when “the Lord struck him“ (1 Samuel 25). Bathsheba’s honorable husband was murdered because of the sin and pride of another (2 Samuel 11). And then there is Mary, the mother of Jesus, by then a widow herself, who suffered the pain of watching her son endure the worst possible agony (John 19).
And yet… God the Father protected each of them in a way particular to their needs. It is no different today. The Lord’s desire is for the care of the poor and needy, the fatherless, and the widow. God still watches over these vulnerable members of society and enlists believers to visit the widows and orphans (James 1:27) and do their part to help improve their situation.
If the widow and orphan can trust the Father in Heaven to provide for them, you can certainly trust Him as your Helper in times of difficulty. He is Lord… yesterday, today, and forever. Pray for His guidance in your life and for this nation and the men and women who govern it. Ask the Lord how you can be His agent to those in need. God will be faithful.
Today’s Verse: Psalm 68:5
Father of the fatherless and protector of widows
is God in his holy habitation.All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Recommended for further reading: James 1:16-27
16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. 18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
19 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; 20 for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. 21 Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. 24 For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. 25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.
26 If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless. 27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
