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- Wednesday, November 19
First Lady Melania Trump and Second Lady Usha Vance are traveling to Camp LeJeune, North Carolina, today.
The first and second ladies are visiting the military installation to show appreciation to military families during the holiday season. Mrs. Trump and Mrs. Vance will engage in educational activities with students on the base, and then speak to service members and their families at a base hangar.
The House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, chaired by Representative Chip Roy of Texas, is holding a hearing entitled “Enumeration or Estimation: Why Inaccurate Census Results Hurt American Citizens.”
The House Education and Workforce Committee’s Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Representative Ryan MacKenzie of Pennsylvania, is holding a hearing on “E-Verify: Ensuring Lawful Employment in America.”
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For safe travels for the first and second ladies as they show gratitude to military members and their families in North Carolina.
- For President Trump and members of his Cabinet as they continue to get federal agencies functioning again after the shutdown.
- For members of the House and Senate committees and subcommittees as they hold hearings and investigations.
This special 2026 wall calendar honors two historic milestones: America’s 250th Anniversary and The Presidential Prayer Team’s 25th Year of Ministry.
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 • November 19, 2025
- 11:35 AM ET: The President departs the White House en route U.S. – Saudi Investment Forum
- 12:00 PM ET: The President delivers remarks at the U.S. – Saudi Investment Forum
- 1:15 PM ET: The President arrives the White House
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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- Jay Bhattacharya, Director, National Institutes of Health
Jay Bhattacharya, Director, National Institutes of Health
- Born – 1968 in Calcutta, India
- Education – B.A., M.A., M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University
- Military Service – None
- Profession – Physician-scientist, health economist, professor
- Political Experience – National Bureau of Economic Research, co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration
- In office since – 2025
- Family – Undisclosed
- Religious Affiliation – Undisclosed
- Jay Bhattacharya, Director, National Institutes of Health
- Generously Give
Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord. – Proverbs 19:17
After 66 days at sea, including sailing through treacherous storms, the Mayflower finally reached America. The Pilgrims had intended to settle in the northern parts of the existing Virginia Colony. But fierce winds blew them far north to Cape Cod in the Massachusetts area. If the Pilgrims had arrived there years earlier, they would have been met by the fierce Patuxet tribe, which would have probably killed them. But in 1617, a plague mysteriously wiped out the tribe except for one man: Squanto. He had been in England at the time of the outbreak. Squanto returned to the area just before the Pilgrims arrived to find his entire tribe gone. So the land was abandoned and open—a prime situation for the Pilgrims.
Squanto lived with the Pilgrims and accepted their Christian faith. He taught them how to live in the New World. Pilgrim Governor William Bradford described Squanto as “a special instrument sent of God for their good.” The native taught the Pilgrims to fertilize their cornfields with shad from nearby streams and to add beans and squash once the corn shoots had broken the ground. He taught them how to catch eel from the creek and riverbeds. This was a delicacy to the hungry Pilgrims. Squanto served as their interpreter and facilitated a peaceful pact with the nearby Wampanoag tribe, which held for more than fifty years.
God instructs you to be generous with your time, talents, and treasure – to help others in need. When you do, thank the Lord for allowing you to be a vessel of His love and mercy. Pray that believers across the nation will do the same.
Today’s Verse: Proverbs 19:17
Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord,
and he will repay him for his deed.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: 1 Peter 4:10-11; 1 Timothy 6:17-19
10 As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: 11 whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
17 As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. 18 They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, 19 thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.
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.
