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• Monday, August 24

  Today, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will be announcing the economic measures President Donald Trump’s administration is imposing on the Islamic Republic of Iran.

  

  President Trump announced last week that economic consequences were coming for Iran after the regime failed to come a peace agreement after the ceasefire.

  “No one has given the Islamic Republic of Iran a greater opportunity to make a Deal than me,” President Trump stated. “TRAGICALLY, for them, they have failed to take it. Therefore, today, I am announcing the MOST CRUSHING ECONOMIC OPERATION EVER TAKEN AGAINST ANY COUNTRY!”

  The president also warned, “ANY country that allows its financial institutions, businesses, airports, or government entities to provide any type of lifeline to Iran will itself face TREMENDOUS Economic Consequences.”

  As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…

  • For Secretary Bessent as he oversees the implementation of the economic isolation strategy against the Islamic Republic.
  • For wisdom for President Trump as he transitions from military to economic tactics on Iran.
  • For the president and administration officials to seek God’s direction as they set policies.

• President’s Today Schedule • August 24, 2026

  • 8:00 AM ET: The President participates in Executive Time
  • 11:00 AM ET: The President participates in a Policy Meeting
  • 12:30 PM ET: The President participates in a Policy Meeting
  • 2:30 PM ET: The President participates in a Rose Garden Event
  • 6:00 PM ET: The President participates in a Tele-Rally [Note: Call in support of Mike Mazzei`s gubernatorial campaign in Oklahoma]
  • 7:00 PM ET: The President participates in a Tele-Rally [Note: Call in support of Darline Graham`s senate campaign in South Carolina]

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• Stand Strong

  Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. – Matthew 10:28

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  In 2021, The Heritage Foundation reported that the Chinese Communist Party’s persecution of Christians had taken a disturbing turn – Chinese Christians have been detained in secret “brainwashing camps.” Most are held in “transformation” facilities, in windowless rooms without ventilation, and subjected to verbal and physical abuse. Threats, beatings, and other intimidation are used to force detainees to renounce their faith. One escapee revealed, “After you’ve been in there a week, death starts to look better than staying there.” Tibetan Buddhists, Muslim Uyghurs, and others have also been targeted by the CCP, which seeks to erase any threat to its power, including religious practices.

  The persecution of Christians is not new. Over the centuries, though oppressors have done their best to suppress it, the Gospel has continued to advance. According to the Voice of the Martyrs, revival and rapid church growth still characterize believers in China, who refuse to compromise their faith in Jesus Christ.

  Paul wrote in 2 Timothy 3:12, “Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.” Jesus said, “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you” (John 15:18). While the types of persecution that exist in China and other places in the world have not yet reached the United States, the cultural trend not only threatens churches and pastors, but families, children, and employees who express their faith.

  The apostle Paul pointed out in Romans 8:35, “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?” Be encouraged by the passage that follows, which assures you that nothing can separate you from God’s love. Hold fast to your faith. Pray for Christians in the U.S. to grow stronger in faith in Jesus Christ and trust in the Lord’s will for them. Intercede for believers in Congress to stand firmly on Biblical principles and not buckle under pressure to conform to this world.

  Today’s Verse: Matthew 10:28

  And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

  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: John 15:18-27

  ¹⁸ “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. ¹⁹ If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. ²⁰ Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. ²¹ But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me. ²² If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. ²³ Whoever hates me hates my Father also. ²⁴ If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. ²⁵ But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ‘They hated me without a cause.’

  ²⁶ “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me. ²⁷ And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.

  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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