QUICK NAVIGATION
- Wednesday, September 16
President Donald Trump will speak at a campaign event today at Gastonia Municipal Airport in North Carolina. First Lady Melania Trump visited an elementary school in Ashe County, North Carolina, on Tuesday to promote community resiliency and education technology.
The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, chaired by Senator Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, is considering an amendment to the Clean Air Act to update policies regarding prescribed fires as part of monitoring air quality.
Other House and Senate committees and subcommittees are considering measures to address trade, biotechnology and biosecurity, counterterrorism, energy policies, and offshore commerce. The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, is also considering pending nominations of individuals to the federal bench.
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For the Lord’s protection over President Trump as he speaks at the campaign event in Gastonia.
- For First Lady Melania Trump as she advocates for the integration of technology into children’s education.
- For discernment for U.S. voters as they consider candidates for federal, state, and local office in the November midterms.
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 16, 2026
- ET: TBD: The President departs the White House en route Gastonia, North Carolina
- ET: TBD: The President arrives Gastonia, North Carolina
- ET: TBD: The President departs Gastonia, North Carolina en route the White House
- ET: TBD: The President arrives the White House
- 8:00 AM ET: The President participates in Executive Time
- 10:30 AM ET: The President participates in a Policy Meeting
- 12:30 PM ET: The President participates in a Policy Meeting
- 1:30 PM ET: The President participates in a Photo Opportunity
- 2:00 PM ET: The President participates in a Photo Opportunity
- 2:30 PM ET: The President participates in a Policy Meeting
- 3:30 PM ET: The President participates in Signing Time
- 7:00 PM ET: The President delivers Remarks
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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- David Cummins, Administrator, Transportation Security Administration
David Cummins, Administrator, Transportation Security Administration
- Education – B.A., Messiah University; M.A., George Washington University; M.B.A., University of Michigan
- Military Service – None
- Profession – Transportation consultant, government contractor
- Political Experience – Director of Operations Management for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City
- In office since – 2026
- Family – Undisclosed
- Religious Affiliation – Undisclosed
- David Cummins, Administrator, Transportation Security Administration
- Innermost Heart
I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. – 1 Samuel 2:35
Have you ever given thought to your innermost heart? While contemporary vernacular has made the phrase “heart of hearts,“ famous actor and playwright Shakespeare used the singular “heart of heart” to describe the core of a character’s being. Regardless of how you describe it, the focus is the very center of one’s affections and desires. Scripture contains several references to the center of God’s heart.
The Bible repeatedly describes on what is in God’s heart. It is you! He not only loves you, but you are His treasure and passion. More than anything, the Lord longs to have an intimate fellowship with you. In His love, He desires for you to share His purpose. The purpose in God’s heart is that every person would hear and respond to His invitation to companionship with Him.
If you are in relationship with the Lord and you allow Him to daily fill your heart, you begin to reflect His character as Jesus did. To be in relationship with God is to be molded into the likeness of His Son. Though Christ was mocked, rejected, and killed by the world, He was faithful to His Father. As you experience adversity, you endure through the the faithfulness and overcoming power of the Holy Spirit.
Pray for the people of the United States to elect governing officials who follow God’s heart – faithful sons and daughters willing to be molded, even in suffering, to the likeness of Christ. Ask that Americans would be sensitive to and turn toward the heart of God.
Today’s Verse: 1 Samuel 2:35
And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. And I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before my anointed forever.
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: Ezekiel 36:24-28
24 I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land. 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. 26 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. 28 You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
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.
