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- Wednesday, July 30
Today, White House officials, in conjunction with President Donald Trump, will release the first major cryptocurrency policy report. Executive Director of the President’s Council of Advisers on Digital Assets Bo Hines announced that the Presidential Working Group on Digital Asset Markets will release its 180-day report. “America is now leading the way on digital asset policy,” Director Hines said ahead of the release. The report is expected to offer policy recommendations related to cryptocurrencies.
This afternoon, following Federal Open Market Committee meetings at the Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will announce federal interest rate adjustments. Due to market instability and the potential risk of even higher inflation, the 12-person committee has voiced concern about adjusting rates and is expected to maintain them at the current rate until markets stabilize.
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For God to direct the president and Director Hines as they formulate policy plans related to cryptocurrency.
- For the president and federal officials as they work to boost U.S. economic health and economic growth.
- For wisdom for the members of the Federal Open Market Committee as they set the federal interest rate.
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 • July 30, 2025
- 1:30 PM ET: The President signs Congressional Bill
- 4:00 PM ET: The President delivers remarks on Making Health Technology Great Again
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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- Mike Haridopolos, Representative for Florida
Mike Haridopolos, Representative for Florida
- Born – March 1970 in Huntington, New York
- Education – B.A., Stetson University; M.A., University of Arkansas
- Military Service – None
- Profession – Politician, consultant, educator
- Political Experience – Florida Senate, Florida House of Representatives
- In office since – 2025
- Family – Married to Stephanie, 3 children
- Religious Affiliation – Baptist
- Mike Haridopolos, Representative for Florida
Encourage Peggy and Her Family
We honor Peggy’s remarkable legacy of faith, creativity, and dedication. As a cornerstone of our writing staff, she has led the Vantage Point devotionals for years, touching countless lives. Join us in praying for Peggy and her family and we invite you to share how these devotionals have impacted your life and express your gratitude.
- A Mustard Seed’s Worth
Nothing will be impossible for you. – Matthew 17:20
When you receive a credit card or apply for a new service of some sort, you are required to accept a long list of Terms and Conditions. Sometimes the fine print is truly too fine to read without magnification. Did you ever stop to think that, while God’s love for you is unconditional, there are Terms and Conditions for some of His promises?
The full version of today’s verse contains a challenge from Jesus to his disciples. The Lord had told them He had given them power to cast out demons (Matthew 10:1), and the disciples later tried, but failed. When they asked Jesus why, the Lord responded with the illustration of a mustard seed, one of the tiniest of seeds in the plant kingdom. Only a mustard seed’s worth of faith, Jesus said, would let them pick up and take on the mightiest of actions. A mustard seed’s worth of faith could move mountains!
There may not be any lofty mountains in your way today – no Everest for you to climb or Kilimanjaro to get out of your way. Your mountain might be dealing with the illness, unpaid bills, rebellious children, or general anxiety. Do you have the mustard seed faith to deal with your own personal mountains? A wise pastor has said that “mountain moving faith comes from looking at God, not looking at the mountain.” He also encouraged you to know that kind of faith comes as you walk day to day with your Lord.
Men and women in the upper echelons of government face mountain-sized problems most days. Pray that they would seek to know God in such a way that they rely on Him to guide them in the faith that would move those mountains, faith in His own dear Son, Jesus Christ.
Today’s Verse: Matthew 17:20
He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”
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: Hebrews 11:1-3, 32-40
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2 For by it the people of old received their commendation. 3 By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
32 And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets— 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. 35 Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life. 36 Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 37 They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated— 38 of whom the world was not worthy—wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
39 And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised, 40 since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
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.
