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General Welfare States: IN & IA

DAY 9 | States: IN & IA

DAILY TOPIC: General Welfare

PRAYER FOR GENERAL WELFARE

We ask for Your guidance in how to best promote the well-being of our citizens. We thank You, Father, for founders who referred to You as Providence itself. Help us, O God, to truly honor our national motto: “In God We trust.” Bring us to a full understanding of the founders’ Constitutional intent behind allowing government the power to promote the general welfare. We ask You to help us reverse the trend to look to government to provide for us, take over for us, and then take us over. As Your church, we pray for Your guidance in how best to help the least of our neighbors. Father, the question in America used to be, “Ask what you can do for your country.” It now seems to be, “What have you done for me lately, country?” We repent from our tendency to look to Caesar for our daily bread. Help us, O God, to return to trust in You over any earthly or material source. And help us to be Your hands and heart in tending to the true needs of the least among us. 

  • It is better to trust the Lord than to put confidence in princes (Psalm 118:9).

PRAYER FOR ISRAEL

Lord, thank you that the President recognized Jerusalem as the Biblical capital of Israel and moved our Embassy. We pray for peace and prosperity in Israel, and ask for an end to the violence and suffering. We pray for justice, and Your sovereign righteousness over Israel. We pray for mercy and Your Kingdom to rule over the land. Please protect the soldiers and civilians from bloodshed. Give wisdom to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Knesset (The legislature of Israel). May Israel remain strong, not dividing the land You gave as an inheritance to Your chosen people. May the United States continue to fully support Israel, the nation that gave us salvation through Jesus Christ.

  • Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, may they prosper that love thee (Psalm 122:6).

Day 9 - Amendment 1
1st Amendment: Guarantees the right to the freedoms of religions, assembly, press, speech and protects the right to petition the government.
Prayer: We pray that the governments (state, local, and federal) will protect the right to freedom of speech, petition, religion, etc. and that those in power who refuse to obey the Constitution will be removed.

PRAYER FOR NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

  • Lord God, we ask the wicked to be removed from their office and cover and protect those who are serving You according to Your will.

EXECUTIVE

  • President Joe Biden

  • Vice-President Kamala Harris

THE PRESIDENT’S CABINET

  • Secretary of Transportation

  • Secretary of Energy

  • Secretary of Education

  • Secretary of Veterans Affairs

  • Secretary of Homeland Security

ATTORNEY GENERAL

  • Merrick Garland

SUPREME COURT

  • Chief Justice John Roberts

JUSTICES

  • Amy Coney Barrett

  • Samuel Alito

  • Brett Kavanaugh

  • Clarence Thomas

  • Neil Gorsuch

  • Elena Kagan

  • Ketanji Brown Jackson

  • Sonia Sotomayor

Lord, we ask for their courage to do what is right in your sight and to overturn the following decisions …

1947: EVERSON V. BOARD OF EDUCATION
"Wall of Separation" Between church and state
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1962: ENGEL V. VITALE

Removed prayer from public education
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1963: ABINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT V. SCHEMPP

Removed the Bible from public education
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1968: EPPERSON V. ARKANSAS

Opened the door for the lie and theory of evolution to be taught as fact in public schools
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1973: ROE V. WADE:
OVERTURNED BY THE GRACIOUS HAND OF THE LORD - JUNE 2022
Overturned - Unrestricted Access to Abortion
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2003: LAWRENCE V. TEXAS:

Struck down the sodomy law, thus legalizing same-sex sexual activity in every U.S. state and territory
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2003: US SUPREME COURT MCCREARY COUNTY V. ACLU:

A display of the Ten Commandments on any government property is unconstitutional including Courthouses and public schools
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2015: OBERGEFELL V. HODGES:

Legalized same-sex marriage nationwide
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TODAY’S STATE FOCUS

  • We direct our prayers to the states of Indiana and Iowa and their leaders.

WE DECLARE THE 1851 PREAMBLE OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIANA:

“We, the People of the State of Indiana, grateful to Almighty God for the free exercise of the right to choose our form of government, do ordain this Constitution.” (19th State admitted to the Union on December 11th, 1816)

INDIANA GOVERNOR

  • Eric Holcomb [R]

INDIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL

  • Todd Rokita [R]

INDIANA SENATORS

  • Todd Young [R]

  • Mike Braun [R]

INDIANA REPRESENTATIVES

DEMOCRATS

  • Frank Mrvan

  • André Carson

REPUBLICANS

  • Erin Houchin

  • Greg Pence

  • Jim Baird

  • Jim Banks

  • Larry Bucshon

  • Rudy Yakym

  • Victoria Spartz

WE DECLARE THE 1857 PREAMBLE OF THE CONSTITUTION OF IOWA:

“We, the People of the State of Iowa, grateful to the Supreme Being for the blessings hitherto enjoyed, and feeling our dependence on Him for a continuation of those blessings, do ordain and establish a free and independent government…” (29th State admitted to the Union on May 28th, 1846)

IOWA GOVERNOR

  • Kim Reynolds [R]

IOWA ATTORNEY GENERAL

  • Brenna Bird [D]

IOWA SENATORS

  • Chuck Grassley [R]

  • Joni Ernst [R]

IOWA REPRESENTATIVES

REPUBLICANS

  • Ashley Hinson

  • Mariannette Miller-Weeks

  • Randy Feenstra

  • Zach Nunn

We ask that You turn their hearts towards You, Lord. We ask that You soften their hearts, Lord, to recognize and receive truth. Lord, we ask that You grant them the understanding and knowledge that come from the fear of You. We ask that You grant them wisdom and discernment, Lord, and that You make them bold to do what is right in Your sight. Lord, we ask that You direct their hearts to do Your will. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Earlier Event: September 8
Common Defense States: ID & IL
Later Event: September 10
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