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• Thursday, May 21

  The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced today as the kick-off for the summer travel season. TSA said that they are “staffed and ready to screen an expected 18.3 million passengers and crew at our nation’s airports between Thursday, May 21, and Wednesday, May 27.”

  

  The agency stated, “TSA’s mission to ensure all passengers can travel throughout America in peace and security is only possible because of the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice to build and preserve this nation. On Memorial Day, and every day, TSA salutes their sacrifice.”

  Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg is concluding his travels to Singapore and the Philippines today. The State Department said that Under Secretary Helberg met “with government officials, private sector representatives, and other ASEAN member states to advance efforts to build a secure, resilient, innovation-driven technology ecosystem with these two Pax Silica signatories.”

  As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…

  • For Acting Administrator Ha McNeill to be discerning as she oversees TSA.
  • For Secretary of State Rubio and all American diplomats as they engage foreign officials in security discussions and negotiations.
  • For members of the Senate and House as they conduct hearings and deliberate on appropriations for fiscal year 2027.
  • For President Trump to receive God’s wisdom as he evaluates options to address issues facing the nation.

• President’s Today Schedule • May 21, 2026

  • 8:00 AM ET: The President participates in Executive Time
  • 10:00 AM ET: The President receives his Intelligence Briefing
  • 11:00 AM ET: The President participates in an Announcement with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
  • 12:30 PM ET: The President participates in a Lunch with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
  • 2:00 PM ET: The President participates in an Ambassador Credentialing Ceremony
  • 3:30 PM ET: The President signs an Executive Order

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• Filters

  We know that for those who love God all things work together for good.  – Romans 8:28

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  Technology enables you to digitally edit images captured on your phone or computer, offering a wide array of filter choices. The options are seemingly endless, ranging from turning your photos into cartoons to making them appear as if they were taken underwater. In an application such as Photoshop, the filters and layers are limited only by your creativity. Then artificial intelligence takes this reimagining of pictures or videos to a whole new level! Such filters take what is real and offer a perception of something you may not even have imagined previously.

  The picture of today’s world is generally not a pretty one. Nations are at war, and those in positions of authority are often focused on their own power rather than the common good. Integrity is elusive, and justice may be unevenly applied. People suffer from physical diseases and a loss of hope. There is only one “filter” that could make this picture beautiful.

  The love of God, as described in the Bible, is the only treatment for what ails the world. Sacrificial love, made real by the work of Jesus Christ, brings grace and mercy where there was none, rescuing humankind. When you apply His love, sin is forgiven, death is overcome, and people live together in righteousness and peace. God’s love takes what is and transforms it, not only changing the perception, but actually re-creating reality, “He set out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction” (Psalm 107:20).

  Check your outlook on the world today. If it has been bleak, look at it again through the lens of God’s love. Those trusting in Him will see His grace creating a new reality. Ask God to bless the United States with people of faith and vision, to lead churches and families and, specifically, the nation’s government into a new vision of hope.  

  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: Zephaniah 3:16-20   

  ¹⁶ On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem:
  “Fear not, O Zion;
  let not your hands grow weak.
  ¹⁷ The LORD your God is in your midst,
  a mighty one who will save;
  he will rejoice over you with gladness;
  he will quiet you by his love;
  he will exult over you with loud singing.
  ¹⁸ I will gather those of you who mourn for the festival,
  so that you will no longer suffer reproach.
  ¹⁹ Behold, at that time I will deal
  with all your oppressors.
  And I will save the lame
  and gather the outcast,
  and I will change their shame into praise
  and renown in all the earth.
  ²⁰ At that time I will bring you in,
  at the time when I gather you together;
  for I will make you renowned and praised
  among all the peoples of the earth,
  when I restore your fortunes
  before your eyes,” says the LORD.

  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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