Praying for Our Leaders in Government
Executive Branch: Pray for the President and his Administration
The Office of Personnel Management, currently headed by Acting Director Charles Ezell, proposed regulations to reinstate Schedule F. This would change the status of approximately 50,000 federal employees, around 2 percent of the federal workforce, from protected civil service to at-will workers. The proposal is now in the 30-day public comment period.
Pray for the president and members of his administration as they seek to trim the size of the federal government.
Legislative Branch: Pray for Senators and Representatives in Congress
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries will be leading a bipartisan delegation to Denmark. The legislators will discuss “the continued importance of the NATO alliance and the geopolitical status of Greenland.” The delegation will also meet with officials in the United Kingdom to reinforce the “close economic and security partnership that exists between our two countries during a time of global uncertainty.”
Pray for members of Congress to be discerning as they engage in diplomatic talks with foreign leaders.
PRAY FOR CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES
Senator Ted Cruz of Texas recently addressed concerns over Google’s censorship of Americans’ rights to free speech. The committee chair said, “Stopping online censorship is a major priority for the Commerce Committee. And we are going to utilize every point of leverage we have to protect free speech online.”
Pray for chairs and members of congressional committees as they investigate the infringement of citizens’ First Amendment rights.
Judicial Branch: Pray for Supreme Court Justices and Federal Judges
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan refused to block the deportation of a Mexican family of four. The family had requested an emergency stay of removal, claiming that they were “targets of cartel violence.” An immigration judge previously denied their asylum claims and a circuit court of appeals upheld that decision.
Pray for wisdom for judges and justices at all levels of the federal judiciary as they hear and rule on immigration and deportation cases.
