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Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Interior
The Interior Department will reopen national parks if states fund the National Park Service personnel who have been furloughed in the government shutdown. The decision, announced late last week, follows political attacks from Congressmen who allege the Obama Administration has gone overboard in closing off access to popular tourist spots.
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Charlie Dent, Representative for Pennsylvania
As a moderate within his party, Representative Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania typically finds himself somewhere near the middle when the majority of his colleagues veer well to the right. But now Mr. Dent is in the center of things as perhaps never before as the shutdown fight entered its second week.
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Colonel Dawn M. Dunlop, Commander, 412th Test Wing, United States Air Force
Ask Colonel Dawn Dunlop about her background, and she ticks through her accomplishments in the simplest and most matter-of-fact way. “I was the first female Air Force fighter pilot in Europe. I was the first F-22 pilot. I was the first test wing commander. And God willing, I will be the first female fighter pilot general officer in the Air Force,” she said. But does she consider herself a trailblazer? Hardly.
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Justice Antonin Scalia, United States Supreme Court
In a recent wide-ranging magazine interview, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia shared his insight into the influence of the devil in society, how he ended up watching an episode of the popular “Duck Dynasty” show, and how he’ll know when to retire from his life term on the high court.
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President Obama said Tuesday he would pursue an immigration reform vote in the House “the day after” Congress reaches an agreement to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling.
New restrictions requiring businesses to get written permission before placing “robocalls” took effect Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission said. The law requiring the restrictions was passed a year ago.
Pray for President Obama and his Cabinet as they shift gears away from the fiscal issues to other matters.
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When the dust settles on the debt and government shutdown crisis, the House and Senate appear likely to embark on a new round of budget talks under the auspices of a now-rare bicameral conference committee.
A bipartisan group of Senators, including Lindsay Graham (South Carolina), Robert Menendez (New Jersey), and John McCain (Arizona) are encouraging President Obama to explore diplomacy with Iran.
Pray for our lawmakers to settle back into the business of legislating on foreign and domestic issues.
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After an hour of oral arguments, the Supreme Court’s majority appeared to look favorably on Michigan’s voter-approved law that bans use of racial criteria in college admissions.
The Supreme Court has granted certiorari to review the EPA’s greenhouse gas rules, although it has limited its review to rules on stationary pollution-emitting sources across the nation.
Pray for the members of the Supreme Court as they hear oral arguments and read briefs on cases before them.
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THE WARS
The reclusive head of the Taliban in Afghanistan, Mullah Mohammed Omar, warned that his fighters would continue their attacks if Kabul signed a “colonial” security agreement with the U.S., promising grave consequences.
A bomb placed in an Afghan mosque during morning prayers killed the governor of eastern Logar province and wounded 15 others. No one immediately claimed responsibility, although the Taliban is a chief suspect.
Pray about the levels of instability that will exist in Afghanistan after the 2014 U.S. and NATO pull-out.
TERRORISM
Tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee unprecedented levels of violence in the Central African Republic, including the burning of total villages, and waves of attacks on women and children.
Al Qaeda-linked rebels invited into Syria to help topple President Assad have turned their efforts to establishing Syria as a “building block” in building a radical Suni Islamic empire across the Middle East.
Pray for the refugees in Central Africa and those who have fled Syria as violence continues unabated.
THE ECONOMY
According to a new Texas Tech University study, wind energy costs taxpayers $12 billion per year and wind energy costs $109 per megawatt hour, nearly double the government’s estimates and reports of alternative energy lobbyists.
Finance chiefs in nations holding more than $1.3 trillion in U.S. Treasuries signaled no plans to sell even as the U.S. faced international condemnation for the fiscal plight facing the world’s largest economy.
Pray about the long-term impact that America’s debt will have on the U.S. economy and that of the rest of the world.
ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST
Egypt’s foreign minister said that relations between his country and the U.S. are in “turmoil” following Washington’s decision to suspend delivery of tanks, helicopters and fighter jets to Egypt as part of its military aid package.
Speaking at a 40th Anniversary commemoration of the Yom Kippur War, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered a thinly veiled defense of a possible preemptive Israeli strike on Iran.
Pray for God’s protection over the land and people of Israel as they watch the nations around them.
HEALTH CARE
A growing consensus of IT experts inside and outside the government suggest the problems in the ObamaCare rollout are related to the government’s not wanting potential registrants to know the real costs of enrolling.
After the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic said it would cut jobs due to ObamaCare, others followed suit including Indiana University Health and Vanderbilt, both reducing their work forces by a combined total of 1,900.
Pray about the many issues surrounding ObamaCare and the need for major reforms to the program.
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Legacy of Calvary Chapel’s Pastor Chuck Smith
Shared by Countless Christian Leaders
Pastor Chuck Smith is being remembered as a man who impacted an entire generation, including many prominent Christian leaders, with his straightforward preaching and a life that reflected the Gospel message of Jesus Christ. Smith died early Thursday morning at his home in Newport Beach, Calif., after nearly a two-year battle with lung cancer at 86.
“Physical death ushered him into God‘s presence for eternity on October 3, but his earthly ministry will be remembered as impacting generations since the 1960s," Franklin Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan‘s Purse, shared in a statement released later in the day.
All prayer requests are made directly from our Presidential Prayer Leader. We ask you all to pray for our leaders as the scripture says.
1 Timothy 2:1-3
King James Version (KJV)
1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
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