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IT IS ZERO HOUR FOR SENATE IMMIGRATION BILL
The most sweeping overhaul of the nation's immigration system in nearly three decades finally arrives on the Senate floor this week.
Leaders in the upper chamber are aiming for passage by July 4 of a measure that would open up a road to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants living in the United States. A bipartisan group of four Democrats and four Republicans spent several months crafting the bill, and the Senate Judiciary Committee put the finishing touches on it last month.
Pray for our U.S. senators in these momentous decisions. Pray that all votes will blend with the providential oversight of a just and caring God to bring about a righteous decision for our nation and for the millions of illegal immigrants whose lives, families, and even destinies may turn on how this reform law will affect them. Pray that the will of God will triumph over self-focused interests in dealing with this vitally important bill from its formulation in the U.S. Senate to its enactment. Pray for the Lord's wisdom to prevail in the casting of votes.
"'Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people, for who can govern this people of yours, which is so great?' God answered Solomon, 'Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked possessions, wealth, honor, or the life of those who hate you, and have not even asked long life, but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself that you may govern my people over whom I have made you king, wisdom and knowledge are granted to you. I will also give you riches, possessions, and honor, such as none of the kings had who were before you, and none after you shall have the like.'" (2 Chronicles 1:10-12)
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OBAMA ADDS 3 JUDICIAL PICKS TO APPEALS COURT
Raising the stakes in a long-simmering battle with Senate Republicans, President Obama on Tuesday nominated three more judicial candidates to serve on the influential D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, a White House official confirmed.
Two weeks after getting his first nominee confirmed to the court, Mr. Obama nominated Patricia Ann Millett, who has served in administrations of both parties; Cornelia Pillard, who served as former deputy assistant attorney general and former assistant to the solicitor general; and Judge Robert L. Wilkins, who was confirmed unanimously for the D.C. District Court in 2010.
Pray for righteous judges to be selected for U.S. courts of appeal, those who will be guided by Constitutional legal foundations.
"God is a righteous judge, a God who displays his wrath every day." (Psalm 7:11)
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 HIS LAND, OUR LAND CONFERENCE - June 27 - 30
His Land, Our Land conference featuring speakers Lance Lambert & David Kubal June 27th - June 30th at the newly renovated and air-conditioned Christian Training Center International. Join us for this pivotal event in the beautiful Smoky Mountains of Franklin, North Carolina. Contact phone number for more details (828) 524-5741.
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SENATORS DRAFT PLAN TO ABOLISH FANNIE MAE
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is putting the final touches on a bill that would liquidate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (FMCC) and replace them with a government re-insurer of mortgage securities behind private capital.
The legislation, written by Tennessee Republican Bob Corker and Virginia Democrat Mark Warner with input from other senators, is likely to be the first detailed blueprint reflecting a growing consensus in Washington that the U.S. role in mortgage finance should be limited to assuming risk only in catastrophic circumstances. It also reflects the prevailing view among lawmakers that the two government-sponsored enterprises should cease to exist, according to a discussion draft obtained by Bloomberg News.
Pray for continued bipartisanship in resolving financial concerns with our national mortgage securities issues. Pray that God's wisdom would be sought for national stability in every branch of U.S. government.
"But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him." (James 3:17)
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OBAMACARE ALTERNATIVES
Typically, a hospital patient paying out of pocket for major surgery needs a long-term payment plan, so when Gary L. Edwards' friend paid off his $30,000 emergency hernia operation tab in about a month, it left hospital officials flabbergasted.
Mr. Edwards and his pal are members of Samaritan Ministries International, a "health care sharing ministry" in which Christian members pay for each other's health care needs through monthly shares.
"My doctors are very impressed by it," said Mr. Edwards, a 59-year-old from Falls Church who says Samaritan Ministries helped him pay for a biopsy and helped cover treatment for his wife, Susan, when she injured her back.
Pray that there will be more alternative ways for Americans to escape participation in the murder of innocent children through support of abortions with hospital insurance. Offer thanks to the Lord for creative methods of circumventing evil mandates. Pray, too, for divine wisdom and courage for those who may not find alternative financing for their health care but will still not embrace a national system that promotes abortion and requires the sacrifice of deeply held religious convictions.
"But Peter and John answered and said [to the rulers], 'Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.'" (Acts 4:19)
"Were your acts of harlotry a small matter, that you have slain MY children, (notice that God looks upon these little, slain babies as His!) and offered them up to them by causing them to pass through the fire ..." (Ezekiel 16:20-21)
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BIBLE'S STRONG COMEBACK SURPRISES NORWAY
It may sound like an unlikely No. 1 best-seller for any country, but in Norway - one of the most secular nations in an increasingly godless Europe - the runaway popularity of the Bible has caught the country by surprise. The Scriptures, in a new Norwegian language version, even outpaced "Fifty Shades of Grey" to become Norway's best-selling book.
Give thanks to the Lord for His overcoming power and authority to deliver and restore righteous ways to all that He desires to bless. Pray that God's Word will be embraced by all European nations and cause those nations to rise up and call upon the one true and righteous God, Jesus Christ, to save and redeem their nations while there yet remains a time of grace to do so.
"And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we [first] believed." (Romans 13:11)
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ARMY'S NEW ROBOTIC BIRD SO REAL HAWKS ATTACK IT!
A robotic bird created for the U.S. Army for use as a miniature spy drone is so convincing that it has been attacked by hawks and eagles, according to researchers.
The Robo-Raven, as the solar-powered, remotely piloted surveillance aircraft is called, was designed and built at the University of Maryland's Maryland Robotics Center - an interdisciplinary research establishment in the university's A. James Clark School of Engineering. The center posted a video of a test flight this week.
Pray that our U.S. military make wise and judicial use of technology to protect and defend our national assets that face threats from enemy sources. Pray that these developing technologies be ethically administrated in all fields of use.
"The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint, and whoever has understanding is even-tempered." (Proverbs 17:27)
"Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage! The Lord looks down from heaven; he sees all the children of man; from where he sits enthroned he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth, he who fashions the hearts of them all and observes all their deeds."
(Psalm 33:12-22)
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