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- Monday, September 14
Vice President JD Vance is visiting Kansas City, Missouri, today.
The vice president will speak after a tour of the Webco Manufacturing Inc. industrial manufacturing facility in Olathe, Kansas. Vice President Vance will discuss the progress President Trump’s administration has made in addressing fraud and increasing domestic production. He will be joined by Senator Roger Marshall. The vice president is also scheduled to speak at a federal law enforcement facility in Kansas City.
The House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust, chaired by Representative Scott Fitzgerald of Wisconsin, is holding a field hearing in Charlotte, North Carolina, to examine the effect of mergers, certificate of need laws, regulations, vertical integration, and fraudulent insurance practices on healthcare access and affordability in the U.S.
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For Vice President Vance as he tours the industrial manufacturing facility and discusses administration goals and policies.
- For President Trump to be discerning in his actions and decisions regarding situations in the Middle East.
- For members of the House subcommittee as they examine the impact of mergers, regulations, and fraud on healthcare access and pricing.
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 • September 13, 2026
- ET: TBD: The President attends the 2026 Amgen Irish Open Final Round [IST Local]
- ET: TBD: The President departs Doonbeg, Ireland en route the White House [IST Local]
- ET: TBD: The President arrives the White House
- 3:00 AM ET: The President participates in Executive Time [8:00 AM Local]
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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- Phil Scott, Governor of Vermont
Phil Scott, Governor of Vermont
- Born – August 1958 in Barre, Vermont
- Education – B.S., University of Vermont
- Military Service – None
- Profession – Politician, business owner, stock car racer
- Political Experience – Vermont Senate, Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
- In office since – 2017
- Family – Divorced twice; Married to Diana; 2 daughters
- Religious Affiliation – Undisclosed
- Phil Scott, Governor of Vermont
- Being Ready
Forever, O Lord, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens. – Psalm 119:89
Chinese courtrooms were the scene of trials six years ago, prosecuting two Christian businessmen for selling audio versions of the Bible, as part of that government’s campaign to “eradicate pornography and illegal publications.” The following year, after the U.S. military withdrew from Afghanistan, the North American president of the Middle East media ministry reported that it was incredibly dangerous for Christians in that nation. He stated that the Taliban would demand people’s phones and, if they found a downloaded Bible on the device, would kill them immediately. He added, “The Taliban have spies and informants everywhere.”
Challenges Christians face in the United States have not reached this level of danger or intensity, but some Americans are being pressured to hide, if not denounce, their faith. A theological apologist wrote that there are battlefields of human culture upon which true Christianity has failed to successfully contend. As a result, the tolerance of a Bible-based faith has gradually declined and those who continue to profess and practice it face increased persecution. In a recent example of this, the Maine Supreme Court ruled that a father could prohibit the mother of his teenage daughter from taking the girl to any church.
Reports from missionaries in Afghanistan and in China reveal that believers there have worked hard to memorize as much Scripture as they can… able, in many instances, to recite entire books of the Bible. If you suddenly had your copies of the Bible taken from you, whether from your bookshelves, coffee table, or cellphone, would you be able to call to mind enough of the Word of God you really need to sustain you? As you pray that Congress and the Supreme Court would continue to protect religious liberty in the United States, make an effort to increase your Scripture memory program.
Today’s Verse: Psalm 119:89
Forever, O Lord, your word
is firmly fixed in the heavens.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: 2 Timothy 3:1-7, 14-17
3 But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, 4 treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. 6 For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, 7 always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.
14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it 15 and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
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.
