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• Sunday, September 6

  President Donald Trump issued a presidential message on National Preparedness Month. He stated, “America has always been a nation of strong, capable, and determined people who understand that strength must be built before crisis. Preparedness builds that strength, and readiness is the result.“

  

  The president urged, “This National Preparedness Month, I call on every American citizen to ready themselves and their families, homes, businesses, and communities for natural and man-made threats.“

  “The same principle applies to the systems that power our Nation.  American businesses and operators of critical infrastructure have an essential role and must also be ready,“ President Trump explained. “The energy, communications, transportation, financial, water, food, and health systems that power American life must remain available when we need them most.  My Administration is working to strengthen the reliability of these systems, secure vital supply chains, reduce dangerous dependencies, and ensure services continue operating through crisis.“

  As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…

  • For President Trump as he encourages Americans to be prepared for emergencies and seeks to strengthen infrastructure and supply chains.
  • For the president and members of his Cabinet to seek the Lord’s direction as they set administration policies.
  • For the secretaries in the president’s Cabinet to be discerning in their efforts to increase domestic production and reduce reliance on foreign goods and services.

• President’s Today Schedule • September 6, 2026

  • 8:00 AM ET: The President participates in Executive Time

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• Faithful Sovereign

  We know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. – Romans 8:28

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  At the Constitutional Convention, June 28, 1787, Benjamin Franklin is reported to have said, “I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth—that God governs in the affairs of men.” Franklin was 81 years old at the time.

  Nebuchadnezzar II was a powerful ruler and the longest-serving king of ancient Babylon. He was a great military leader and his empire was vast. Among his many building projects was the Ishtar Gate, majestic, covered in glazed blue bricks with animals and other entities in gold-embossed low relief. He has been credited with the construction of the Hanging Gardens, one of the ancient world’s Seven Wonders. But Nebuchadnezzar had to acknowledge that God was sovereign above him. In Daniel 4:17, he stated, “The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, the decision by the word of the holy ones, to the end that the living may know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will and sets over it the lowliest of men.”

  As the world witnesses the turmoil of the ongoing war in Ukraine, continued conflict in the Middle East, and severe persecution of believers in various countries, some may be tempted to wonder whether or not God has abandoned control over the affairs of humanity. Today’s verse reassures you that, as you follow His calling, the Lord will work everything out for your good according to His plans and purposes. He calls you to rest in Him with confidence today.

  God’s overarching purpose is that humanity might know Him and Jesus Christ whom He has sent for their redemption (John 17:3). His sovereignty and control are fueled by His love. Pray for the nation’s governing officials to acknowledge their need for the Lord, and bow, as Nebuchadnezzar ultimately did, to His authority.

  Today’s Verse: Romans 8:28

  And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

  All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

  Recommended for further reading: Isaiah 46:5-13

  “To whom will you liken me and make me equal,
      and compare me, that we may be alike?
  ⁶ Those who lavish gold from the purse,
      and weigh out silver in the scales,
  hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
      then they fall down and worship!
  ⁷ They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it,
      they set it in its place, and it stands there;
      it cannot move from its place.
  If one cries to it, it does not answer
      or save him from his trouble.

  ⁸ “Remember this and stand firm,
      recall it to mind, you transgressors,
  ⁹     remember the former things of old;
  for I am God, and there is no other;
      I am God, and there is none like me,
  ¹⁰ declaring the end from the beginning
      and from ancient times things not yet done,
  saying, ‘My counsel shall stand,
      and I will accomplish all my purpose,’
  ¹¹ calling a bird of prey from the east,
      the man of my counsel from a far country.
  I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;
      I have purposed, and I will do it.

  ¹² “Listen to me, you stubborn of heart,
      you who are far from righteousness:
  ¹³ I bring near my righteousness; it is not far off,
      and my salvation will not delay;
  I will put salvation in Zion,
      for Israel my glory.”

  All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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