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We want to openly share our needs and keep you informed about the status of this ministry. Since 2001, this ministry has been reaching millions of Americans with the help of God’s people, who have graciously underwritten the daily expenses of the prayer team. Every gift, no matter the size, is of great help. We invite you to prayerfully consider helping us meet our monthly budgeted need with a gift today.

Thank you for partnering with us in prayer.

Jim Bolthouse

President

1 Timothy 2:1-2

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TODAY’S BRIEFING

VANTAGE POINT DEVOTIONAL

  • Tuesday, February 10

    The Senate and the House of Representatives continue to negotiate funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Disagreement over immigration policies led to a short-term funding extension for the department which will expire Friday. Senate Majority Leader John Thune suggested staying in session rather than taking the usual recess for President’s Day and the Munich Security Conference.

    The House Foreign Affairs Africa Subcommittee, chaired by Representative Chris Smith of New Jersey, is holding a hearing on the peace deal between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The panel is examining the role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in facilitating the Washington Accords for Peace and Prosperity.

    The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census, chaired by Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri, is investigating fraud and foreign influence in state and federal programs.

    As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…

    • For wisdom for members of Congress as they negotiate homeland security funding.
    • For senators and representatives as they hold hearings and investigations into NGOs and the potential for foreign interference in federal and state programs.
    • For President Trump and officials in his adminstration to seek God’s guidance as they craft foreign and domestic policies.

PRESIDENT’S SCHEDULE

Presidential Prayer Team

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

  • Mike Lee, Senator from Utah
    • Mike Lee, Senator from Utah

      Mike Lee, Senator from Utah

      • Born – June 1971 in Mesa, Arizona
      • Education – B.A., J.D., Brigham Young University
      • Military Service – None
      • Profession – Lawyer
      • Political Experience – Salt Lake City federal prosecutor
      • In office since – 2011
      • Family – Married to Sharon, 3 children
      • Religious Affiliation – Mormon
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Vantage Point Devotional
  • Nurturing Friendships

    A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.  – Proverbs 17:17

    Over the course of your life, you have probably had a number of friends. Early on, you rode bicycles or skated with them; as teens, you shared secrets or competed together in sports; as adults, there was recipe or tool sharing, with tips on child-rearing tossed in. Life and its progressions bring friends of all shapes, sizes, economic positions, and cultural differences. A friend is a friend, and there are no qualifiers.

    While Jesus had multitudinous followers, he had just a dozen or so close friends. And among them, he had an “inner circle” of those with whom He was truly close: Peter, James, and John. As it was important for Jesus to have friends, it is equally important that you have companions with whom you share your faith walk. Being a friend is not only an honor, it is a responsibility. Friendships need tending. Like a garden of vegetables or flowers, close relationships require cultivation.

    In John 15, Jesus calls His disciples friends. He extends that friendship to you. Your relationship with the Lord requires nurturing. Spend time with Him so that, as you are built up by the Holy Spirit, you will be able to build up one another also. Pray for Christians in Congress to seek one another out and build friendships that are mutually supportive and encouraging.

    Today’s Verse: Proverbs 17:17

    A friend loves at all times,
        and a brother is born for adversity.

    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: John 15:9-17

    9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

    12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. 17 These things I command you, so that you will love one another.

    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.

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