FOCUSED EDUCATIONAL PRAYERS
JUNE 2015
State, Nation and World
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PRAISE
Thank You that Jesus, with His blood, purchased sons and daughters for You from every tribe
and language and people and nation…and that You yearn for all people everywhere to repent;
You have no desire that any person should spend eternity without you! – 31 Days of Praise by
Ruth Myers.
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www.presidentialprayerteam.org
PRAYER FOR AMERICA
Heavenly Father, We pray for our Law Enforcement personnel and our Military Forces
throughout the America and those in harm’s way daily around the World. Your Word says You
command angels to guard and protect His children. May legions of angels be around them daily
as they do their work. Father, draw them by Your Spirit in mighty ways, speak truths into their
hearts that they will trust in Your faithfulness and be guided always by Your Holy Spirit
whispering truths into their hearts. Protect them always and thank you Father for angelic hosts.
In Yeshua’sHolyName,WePray. Amen.
PRAY FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HIS ADMINISTRATION
The Obama Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency will require new rules to
cut emissions from airplanes, expanding a quest to tackle climate change pursuant to an
announcement scheduled for next week.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been flying small planes with surveillance
technology above dozens of cities in the U.S., photographing scenes and images from below
and often mimicking cellphone towers.
We pray about the numerous regulations the Obama Administration is putting in place from
many of its agencies.
PRAY FOR OUR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS
The Chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, Trey Gowdy (South Carolina) is
endorsing a move to deny some funding to the State Department in order to force
cooperation with the panel’s ongoing investigation.
House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Washington) and others are
creating a congressional task force on law enforcement practices in the wake of Baltimore and
Ferguson riots.
We pray for our Representatives and Senators as they deal with issues of both foreign and
domestic security.
PRAY FOR OUR JUDICIARY
The Supreme Court will rule on five significant cases this month including same-sex marriage,
ObamaCare subsidies, taking of private property for public use, flag burning, and whether
church signs are the same as political ones.
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Muslim woman who sued for discrimination after being
denied a sales job at age 17 at a trendy clothing retail store in Oklahoma because she wore a
head scarf for religious reasons.
We pray for wisdom for the Supreme Court Justices as they rule on issues that will impact
America’s moral future.
PRAY FOR THESE NATIONAL LEADERS IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK:
Thomas E. Perez, United States Secretary of Labor.
Heidi Heilkamp, United States Senator from North Dakota.
Judge Rosemary M. Collyer, United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Major General Thomas J. Masiello, Commander, United States Air Force Research
Laboratory.
WARS AND TERRORISM
Building on recent gains in Iraq and Syria, Islamic State militants are marching across Syria
toward Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, helped along, their opponents say, by the forces of President
Bashar al-Assad.
An Afghan interpreter for the U.S. military, who had been waiting for over four years on a U.S.
visa, was tortured and killed by insurgents, raising concerns that other translators could meet a
similar fate as U.S. troops withdraw.
We pray for the safety of U.S. troops and those who assist them in the ongoing wars against
terrorism.
FOREIGN INTERESTS AND CONFLICTS
A senior State Department official has held talks with the Houthi rebels of Yemen, opening a
new round of diplomacy aimed at persuading the country’s warring factions to participate in a
peace conference in Geneva.
International inspectors report that Iran’s stockpile of nuclear fuel has increased about 20
percent over the past 18 months of negotiations, but that they have stopped producing certain
types of highly enriched uranium.
We pray about the diplomatic efforts regarding Iran’s nuclear program and stopping the conflict
in Yemen.
ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST
Prime Minister Netanyahu has put Israel’s credibility at risk with his “shifting” comments about a
two-state solution with the Palestinians, President Barack Obama said in an interview this
week on Israeli television.
A United Nations committee on non-governmental organizations granted official consultative
status to a Palestinian advocacy group with alleged ties to the Hamas terror group, calling it
“Hamas of Europe.”
We pray for the security of Israel, and about the desirability of a two-state solution with a
divided Jerusalem.
THE ECONOMY
The world economy risks being bogged down in a low-growth spiral unless measures are taken
to spur demand and incite businesses to boost their stubbornly sluggish investments, an
international economic think-tank reported.
U.S. consumer spending was unexpectedly flat in April as households cut back on purchases of
automobiles and continued to boost savings, suggesting the economy was struggling to gain
momentum early in the second quarter.
We pray about the sluggish U.S. and world economies and the fears of uncertain futures that
result.
HEALTH CARE
The House Ways and Means Committee has voted to repeal a 2.3 percent tax on many
medical devices that helps pay for President Obama’s health care overhaul, saying the levy
costs jobs and stifles innovation.
A new drug that unleashes the body’s immune system to attack tumors can prolong the lives of
people with the most common form of lung cancer, the latest example of significant results
from this type of medication.
We pray for the physicians, laboratory technicians and inventors who continually work to
improve America’s health.
These prayers below are courtesy of www.saltandlightcouncil.org
MARRIAGE BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN
Lord, we lift marriage up to you and ask for your kindness that this institution will always
remain between one man and one woman as you ordained by creating Adam and then Eve. We
pray for the protection of our children. Marriage is an essential building block for society. It is
the ideal to strive for and we pray it remains intact. May those states that have same-sex
marriage be moved to reverse their decisions. May the Church and its people step up and step
forward to take a stand for the biblical definition of marriage.
SEX — LIES — LIFE FROM CONCEPTION
Lord, we lift up sexual relations in our nation; may they be respected and not treated as
recreation. We pray for those who have been lied to and deceived that contraception is good,
while it opens the door for recreational sex. We pray for modesty in our nation and a return to
morality and restraint. We are heartsick that the movies, media and television have become
pornographic and desensitized to proper boundaries. We are sad they are not accountable, and
the Church removed itself from having influence in this arena years ago. Please, Lord, empower
Christians with money, ingenuity and courage to return to these areas that broadcast through
the airwaves. Please bring truth, redemption and dignity back to America. May we connect sex
to marriage and fidelity once again. May men take responsibility for the women they pursue
and the children they father. May women be pure, wholesome and demand to be respected.
May sexual education be taught by parents; not our schools and media. May we end abortion
by choice, defund Planned Parenthood, and choose abstinence until married. The Lord has laid
before us life and death; choose life.
SALT AND LIGHT PRAYER FOR OUR COUNTRY
"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face
and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will
heal their land. Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this
place. I have chosen and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My
eyes and my heart will always be there” — 2 Chronicles 7:14-16 (NKJV).
MISSION PRAYER OF SALT AND LIGHT
“Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be
made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and
peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God
our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For
there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus” — 1 Timothy
2:1-5 (NKJV).