QUICK NAVIGATION
- Sunday, August 2
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is recruiting veterans, transitioning service members, and military spouses into “mission-critical careers that protect America’s food supply, strengthen rural communities, and defend the nation’s agricultural security.”
The agency is working with the Defense Department’s SkillBridge program and has launched a 100 Days 100 Hires initiative “to accelerate the hiring of veterans, transitioning service members, and military spouses” across USDA. The department reported that approximately 200,000 members of the U.S. Armed Forces transition from active-duty service into civilian careers each year.
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins said, “Agricultural Security is National Security. The leadership, discipline, and technical expertise our veterans and spouses bring will strengthen our food supply, safeguard critical infrastructure, support our farmers and ranchers, and defend the systems that keep America strong.”
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For Secretary Rollins as she seeks to support national security through protecting U.S. agriculture and food production.
- For Secretaries Hegseth and Collins as they head the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs, respectively.
- For President Trump as he oversees efforts to improve employment opportunities for veterans and service members transitioning from the military.
First Ministry Letter of 2026!
Our gift to you this holiday as we remember the true reason for the season with sacred and traditional Christmas music.PRESIDENT’S SCHEDULE
- President’s Today Schedule • August 2, 2026
- ET: TBD: The President departs Bedminster, New Jersey en route the White House
- ET: TBD: The President arrives the White House
- 8:00 AM ET: The President participates in Executive Time
As we lift up the federal government of United States of America, each day we will highlight one elected or appointed federal official serving in office. Pray with us for each of them as they tackle their unique responsibilities and fulfill their oaths of office.
TODAY’S NATIONAL LEADER FOR PRAYER
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- Justice Elena Kagan, U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Elena Kagan, U.S. Supreme Court
- Born – April 1960 in New York City, New York
- Education – A.B., Princeton University; M.Phil., Worcester College, Oxford; J.D., Harvard University
- Military Service – None
- Profession – Attorney, professor
- Political Experience – U.S. Solicitor General, Dean of Harvard Law School, Domestic Policy Council Deputy Director
- In office since – 2010
- Family – Single
- Religious Affiliation – Jewish
- Justice Elena Kagan, U.S. Supreme Court
- Whom Do You Serve
Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey? – Romans 6:16
Who governs your decision-making and your behavior? Whom do you obey? In today’s verse, Paul states you are the servant of whom you obey. Do you research the price of an item before you purchase it? The cost is important. It pays to shop around. The Lord Jesus said to count the cost of following Him (Luke 14:28-33). What other factors are there to consider? Time is finite. You cannot save it up like you do money. People will often say they do not have time for this or that, but everyone has the same number of hours each day. Your priorities determine how you spend it.
When you seek the Lord and His will, you can rely on His guidance and strength to live each day. He knows His purpose for you and how He intends for you to utilize the gifts, talents, abilities, and blessings He has bestowed upon you. God has called you into a loving relationship with Him so that you can be His witness and light to the world around you! Regardless of your mistakes or your weaknesses, the Lord calls you to serve Him willingly, with devotion.
So, today, ask the Almighty what His will is for your life and what He desires you to do and be. He is the priority over all other considerations. Seek Him in all the choices you have to make, and then obey His direction. Let Jesus be your Master and Lord in all of your decision-making. As you pray, intercede for the citizens and public officials of the United States to turn to the Lord for guidance in the many issues they face today.
Today’s Verse: Romans 6:16
Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
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: Luke 14:25-34
25 Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 27 Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, 30 saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ 31 Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. 33 So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
34 “Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored?
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.
