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• Thursday, September 24

  President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are welcoming Chinese President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan to the White House today.

  

  A State Arrival Ceremony honoring President Xi and Madame Peng will be held on the South Lawn, State Floor, and Rose Garden of the White House, featuring 479 military personnel from all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces.

  Presidents Trump and Xi will later meet to discuss mutual concerns regarding tariffs and trade, Indo-Pacific security, emerging technology, and human rights.

  Senate committees are holding meetings to consider the president’s nominees to the Departments of Justice, State, and Health and Human Services. The Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, will hold a confirmation hearing for Heidi Overton to be Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.

  As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…

  • For President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump as they welcome the Chinese president and his wife to the White House
  • That President Trump would be led by the Lord in his discussions with President Xi.
  • For members of congressional committees to be discerning as they hold confirmation hearings for the president’s nominees to federal positions.

• President’s Today Schedule • September 24, 2026

  • 8:00 AM ET: The President participates in Executive Time
  • 10:00 AM ET: The President and The First Lady greet the President of the People`s Republic of China and Madame Peng
  • 10:10 AM ET: The President and The First Lady participate in an Arrival Ceremony with the President of the People`s Republic of China and Madame Peng
  • 10:15 AM ET: The President and the President of the People`s Republic of China deliver Remarks
  • 10:30 AM ET: The President and The First Lady participate in a Gift Exchange with the President of the People`s Republic of China and Madame Peng
  • 10:40 AM ET: The President and The First Lady participate in a Silent Drill Platoon Review with the President of the People`s Republic of China and Madame Peng
  • 11:00 AM ET: The President and The First Lady participate in a Military Review with the President of the People`s Republic of China and Madame Peng

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• Life-Giving Support

   For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him. – 2 Chronicles 16:9

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  Have you ever gone through a difficult time and someone supported you? Perhaps they helped with a task while you were exhausted or overwhelmed, supplied you with information you desperately needed, or maybe just listened to you when no one else would. Everyone needs assistance like that at one time or another. Think of God looking for someone who wants to receive the type of support only He can offer!

  How can a human be blameless, as today’s verse says? The New Testament verifies that everyone has a sin nature and no one is perfect (Romans 3:23). The apostle Paul expressed this struggle: “For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate” (Romans 7:15). He added, “Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!” (Romans 7:24-25). Christ Jesus makes you blameless, and you can depend on His strong support.

  Look to your Heavenly Father for constant support. Ask Him for help, for comfort, for wisdom. He is ready to respond to your request with His generous supply. James encourages you not to doubt (James 1:6-7). Put your confidence in the Lord. Ask for what you need. Step out in faith. Trust Him to be your strength, wisdom, and righteousness. Pray for the United States, that God would draw the hearts of governing officials and citizens to Him.

  Today’s Verse: 2 Chronicles 16:9

  For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him. You have done foolishly in this, for from now on you will have wars.

  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 Chronicles 32:1-8, 16-22

  32 After these things and these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah and encamped against the fortified cities, thinking to win them for himself. ² And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and intended to fight against Jerusalem, ³ he planned with his officers and his mighty men to stop the water of the springs that were outside the city; and they helped him. ⁴ A great many people were gathered, and they stopped all the springs and the brook that flowed through the land, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water?” ⁵ He set to work resolutely and built up all the wall that was broken down and raised towers upon it, and outside it he built another wall, and he strengthened the Millo in the city of David. He also made weapons and shields in abundance. ⁶ And he set combat commanders over the people and gathered them together to him in the square at the gate of the city and spoke encouragingly to them, saying, ⁷ “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or dismayed before the king of Assyria and all the horde that is with him, for there are more with us than with him. ⁸ With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people took confidence from the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

  ¹⁶ And his servants said still more against the Lord God and against his servant Hezekiah. ¹⁷ And he wrote letters to cast contempt on the Lord, the God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, “Like the gods of the nations of the lands who have not delivered their people from my hands, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver his people from my hand.” ¹⁸ And they shouted it with a loud voice in the language of Judah to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them, in order that they might take the city. ¹⁹ And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as they spoke of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands.

  ²⁰ Then Hezekiah the king and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed because of this and cried to heaven. ²¹ And the Lord sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty warriors and commanders and officers in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he came into the house of his god, some of his own sons struck him down there with the sword. ²² So the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib king of Assyria and from the hand of all his enemies, and he provided for them on every side.

  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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