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• Saturday, June 27

  The U.S. Treasury Department announced the conclusion of the Artificial Intelligence Innovation Series this week. The public-private initiative engaged leaders from financial institutions, technology firms, and regulators in dialogues on AI use, innovation, and regulatory impediments to adoption.

  

  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, “The global economy is undergoing a period of rapid transformation with breakthrough advances in AI.” 

  “The AI Innovation Series discussions reinforced that countries that deploy this technology most effectively will shape the next era of growth,“ Secretary Bessent continued. “We will continue working with the financial sector to ensure that regulatory approaches keep pace with technological developments and enable responsible AI adoption that enhances the strength of the U.S. financial system.” 

  As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…

  • For Secretary Bessent and U.S. financial officials to be prudent in their advancement of AI in U.S financial systems.
  • The wisdom for the president and members of his administration as they promote the development of artificial intelligence across public and private sectors.
  • For President Trump and his economic advisors to seek God’s direction as they set fiscal policies.
  • For senators and representatives in Congress to be discerning as they consider AI regulations.

• President’s Today Schedule • June 27, 2026

  • ET: TBD: The President departs the White House en route Sterling, Virginia
  • ET: TBD: The President arrives Sterling, Virginia
  • ET: TBD: The President departs Sterling, Virginia en route the White House
  • ET: TBD: The President arrives the White House
  • 8:00 AM ET: The President participates in Executive Time
  • 1:30 PM ET: The President participates in a MAGA Inc. Lunch

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• First Things First

  So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty. For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment. – James 2:12-13

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  The Jewish Law was founded on the Ten Commandments, but it had expanded into hundreds of lesser laws, such as tithing spices, by the time Jesus arrived on Earth. Imagine doling out a tenth of your cinnamon or oregano to give to the church! When a person seeks to fulfill the law, there’s no way to be perfect enough. There is always something that could be done better.

  Today’s verse states that mercy triumphs over judgment. When Jesus came, He shifted the focus from trying to just obey laws to satisfy God to pleasing Him through love and faith. As it is often said, Christianity is not about religion; it is a relationship. Have you focused more on trying to do the right thing than on developing a loving relationship with God and others? Who you are, your character, and how you relate to God are the most important. Faith, mercy, and compassion should be the motivation behind your actions.

  While the apostle Paul wrote that salvation is through faith, you do not continue to intentionally sin to receive more mercy. “Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?” (Romans 6:2). This is about putting first things first: a right relationship with God in Christ. Then good works result from loving God and others. One way to express your love is to pray for others. Intercede for the United States. Pray for divisions, especially among family and fellow church members, to be healed.

  Today’s Verse: James 2:12-13

  So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty. ¹³ For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

  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: James 2:14-26

  ¹⁴ What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? ¹⁵ If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, ¹⁶ and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? ¹⁷ So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

  ¹⁸ But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. ¹⁹ You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder! ²⁰ Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless? ²¹ Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? ²² You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works; ²³ and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God. ²⁴ You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. ²⁵ And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? ²⁶ For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.

  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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