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- Saturday, October 3
President Donald Trump is traveling to Dayton, Ohio, today for a campaign event.
The president will speak at a midterm election rally at the Butler Student Activity Center in Vandalia, Ohio, highlighting the nation’s recently updated economic numbers.
The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported that the nation’s gross domestic product for the second quarter of 2026 grew 2.2 percent and that inflation was lower than projected.
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For God’s protection over President Trump as he speaks at the campaign event in Ohio.
- For Director Curran as he oversees the Secret Service and for vigilance for the agents who provide security for the president.
- For discernment for Secretary Lutnick as he oversees the Commerce Department and analysis of the U.S. economy.
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 • October 3, 2026
For Saturday October 3, 2026:
- 8:00 AM ET: Participates in Executive Time
- 7:00 PM ET: Delivers Remarks
- TBD: Departs the White House en route Dayton, Ohio
- TBD: Arrives Dayton, Ohio
- TBD: Departs Dayton, Ohio en route the White House
- TBD: Arrives the White House
Updated as of 5:00 AM, Saturday, October 3, 2026 (via White House Time – ET)
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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- Jared Huffman, Representative for California
Jared Huffman, Representative for California
- Born – February 1964 in Independence, Missouri
- Education – B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; J.D., Boston College
- Military Service – None
- Profession – Lawyer
- Political Experience – California State Assembly
- In office since – 2013
- Family – Married to Susan Huffman, 2 children
- Religious Affiliation – Agnostic humanist
- Jared Huffman, Representative for California
- Perfect Harmony
Above all these, put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. – Colossians 3:14
There is a story about a man in a foreign country who, as he walked down the street one night, neared a stranger whistling a tune. The first man knew the melody well, so he began whistling it too. The other man looked startled at first but then realized the two had a common bond. They stopped for an instant, hugged each other, and then each continued on their way. What drew them together in that brief moment? It was their song, “What a Friend We Have in Jesus.” Faith in the Savior broke down all barriers.
Love for the Lord is a relationship that immediately connects fellow believers to each other in ways that nothing else can. The apostle Paul wrote to the Colossians to encourage them to continue to forsake sinful behavior and to cultivate characteristics consistent with the Christian life: “compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,” as well as long-suffering and forgiving attitudes (Colossians 3:12-13). He quickly added that these qualities would only have meaning and depth if they were bound together in Christian love. In The Preacher’s Homiletic Commentary, Reverend George Barlow describes God’s gift as “the richest fruit of the new spiritual nature implanted in the believer.”
While people may relate to each other because of similar tastes or intellectual pursuits, the permanence of the love of Christ brings a transcendent unity to a church or community. The more this love is freely exercised, the more the Church can influence the world for Christ! Pray for believers to love the Lord in this impactful way, from the walls of your own home to the halls of government.
Today’s Verse: Colossians 3:14
And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
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: Colossians 3:8-17
But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices 10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. 11 Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.
12 Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
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.
