QUICK NAVIGATION
- Wednesday, May 20
President Donald Trump is giving the keynote speech on Cadet Memorial Field at the Coast Guard Academy Commencement today in New London, Connecticut.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, chaired by Senator Jim Risch of Idaho, is considering the president’s nominees for positions in the State Department. The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, is holding a hearing to examine pending nominations.
Senate subcommittees are considering fiscal year 2027 budget requests, the ability of charter schools to meet students’ individual needs, the extension of the Long-Term Leasing Act to tribal reservations, U.S. betting and sports integrity, and the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in America.
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For President Trump as he addresses the Coast Guard Academy graduates in New London.
- For the chairs and members of congressional committees and subcommittees as they hold hearings and consider the president’s nominees to federal offices.
- For wisdom for senators and representatives as they negotiate the coming fiscal year’s budget.
First Ministry Letter of 2026!
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 20, 2026
- ET: The President departs The White House en route Groton, Connecticut
- ET: The President arrives Groton, Connecticut
- ET: The President departs Groton, Connecticut en route The White House
- ET: The President arrives The White House
- 11:00 AM ET: The President delivers a Commencement Address to The United States Coast Guard Academy
THANK YOU FOR PRAYING WITH US!
The National Day of Prayer was a meaningful and encouraging time as God’s people came together in prayer. Throughout the day, we were inspired by the faith, unity, and hope reflected in every prayer lifted. Thank you to all who joined us in the National Prayer Room, called in their prayers, and participated from wherever you were. Your prayers truly make a difference as we lifted our nation before the Lord.
We would also love to hear about your National Day of Prayer experience. Whether you prayed online, at church, with family and friends, or attended a special gathering, please share what stood out to you. Photos from your church, an event you attended, or even with your prayer guide are welcome. We look forward to sharing these stories with fellow members of our prayer community.
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Resources still available for a limited time:
▶ IPrayRadio.org streaming prayers through May 17
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 Jerome Holmes, Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
Chief Judge Jerome Holmes, Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Born – November 1961 in Washington, D.C.
- Education – B.A., Wake Forest University; J.D, Georgetown University; M.P.A., Harvard University
- Military Service – None
- Profession – Attorney, Judge
- Political Experience – Assistant U.S. Attorney Western District of Oklahoma
- In office since – 2022
- Family – Undisclosed
- Religious Affiliation – Undisclosed
- Chief Judge Jerome Holmes, Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Confident Hope
We who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us. – Hebrews 6:18
Psychologists will tell you that confidence is not an innate, fixed human characteristic, but that it is a quality that may be acquired and improved over time. It is a belief – a conviction – that life’s challenges can be met, and success is achievable. They claim that confidence begins with self. Theologians, on the other hand, assert that true confidence comes from God.
Most of the confidence that you have comes from seeing God keep His promises. He has promised never to leave you, and He hasn’t. Even though you may not feel the Lord with you, His presence is not dependent upon your sense of His nearness. A focus on Him provides confidence in the sufficiency of His grace, His mercy, and His peace. Confidence also comes from the assurance that He guides you by the Holy Spirit. God has also given you the confidence of eternity with Him through the redemptive work of Jesus Christ.
In addition, the Lord wants you to have the confidence that He hears and answers prayers. “And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us” (1 John 5:14). So, as you pray today ask that, if it be His will, He would touch the hearts of those serving in government, from the White House to the Capitol to the Courts, to embrace Biblical values and a foundational belief in Him, His Son Jesus, and His teachings in this nation today.
Today’s Verse: Hebrews 6:18
so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.
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 6:13-20
13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, 14 saying, “Surely I will bless you and multiply you.” 15 And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise. 16 For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. 17 So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath, 18 so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us. 19 We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, 20 where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
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.
