Join Us in Prayer for our Nation, our Leaders and Topics of
Concern for the week of 5/15/15 - 5/21/15
Have a Blessed Day
Recent
news reports have surfaced of employees being fired due to complaints from
customers for wishing them a “blessed” day. A Chicago security officer was
informed to stop telling patrons to “have a beautiful, blessed day” or he would
be let go. A bank teller in Kentucky was fired and a Walmart greeter in Georgia
was told by supervisors he could no longer use the phrase or he’d be
terminated.
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Esau said to his father, “Have you but one
blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also.
Genesis 27:38
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“Blessing”
someone is asking God to care for and protect them. In biblical times, it was
customary and a high honor for fathers to bless their sons, and losing a
blessing was like being cursed. In the verses surrounding today’s scripture,
Isaac was tricked into giving Esau’s blessing to his brother. When Esau
discovered what happened, he wept and begged to still receive a blessing from
his father.
Know that blessings from your Heavenly Father can’t be taken away. God hears your requests and no one can stop Him from blessing you. Pray today that instead of complaining about blessings, America’s citizens would beg for them…for themselves and for the country.
Know that blessings from your Heavenly Father can’t be taken away. God hears your requests and no one can stop Him from blessing you. Pray today that instead of complaining about blessings, America’s citizens would beg for them…for themselves and for the country.
Recommended Reading: Deuteronomy 28:1-12 
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A new study suggests that the acceptance of a gay or lesbian
president has increased by 18 points to 61 percent in less than ten years, but
Americans’ comfort with an evangelical president has risen only by 11 points to
52 percent.
The Obama Administration is threatening to take
"alternative options" to close military bases if Congress continues
through its annual defense bill to block the Pentagon from conducting another
round of closures.
Secretary of State John Kerry will leave China "in
absolutely no doubt" about Washington’s commitment to freedom of
navigation and flight in the South China Sea when he visits Beijing this
weekend, a senior State Department official said.
Federal investigators are digging through the debris of Tuesday
night’s Amtrak crash that so far has claimed six lives and injured dozens, some
critically.
Deadly Amtrak Crash on
America’s Busiest Rail Line
Federal investigators are digging
through the debris of Tuesday night’s Amtrak crash that so far has claimed
seven lives and injured dozens, some critically.
Amtrak’s northbound train was
carrying 238 passengers to New York when it derailed in Philadelphia. The
engine and all seven cars of the Northeast Regional train overturned, throwing
passengers, luggage and chunks of metal into a mangled mess.
Hundreds of first responders were on
the scene within moments of the crash.
"This is a horrific
scene," Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter said Wednesday morning.
No cause has yet been determined for
the derailing accident, but at least one of the train’s black boxes has been
located that will assist investigators.
Questions are mounting over concerns
that have dogged Amtrak for years - from its contentious relationship with the
federal government and its annual plea for funding to its history of deadly
accidents. Lawmakers - who frequently use Amtrak between Washington and New
York - already are calling for a comprehensive probe. (Sources: Fox News, CNN )
As the Lord leads, please pray:
- For the families of those who have lost their lives in the Amtrak crash.
- For the investigators who are charged with determining the accident’s cause.
- About the deteriorating nature of America’s infrastructure.
5/14/15 Update: Nutter added that they
have now been able to confirm the whereabouts of all 243 people that
investigators believed were on the train at the time of the crash.
When President Obama began making the case for a deal with Iran
that would delay its ability to assemble an atomic weapon, the first argument
was that a nuclear-armed Iran could set off a "free-for-all" of
proliferation in the Arab world.
The GOP-dominated House of Representatives voted to pass a bill
that will ban most late-term abortions after 20 weeks gestation, fulfilling a
campaign promise to the pro-life movement.
Military helicopters flew over eastern Nepal and a team sent up
a drone on Thursday to search for a missing U.S. Marines Huey chopper, as the
death toll rose from the Himalayan country’s second big earthquake in less than
three weeks.
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“Sacrifice your Life
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Date: June 2, 2015
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