DAY 7 | States: GA & HI
DAILY TOPIC: Domestic Tranquility
Prayer for Israel
Prayer for National Government Officials
State Focus: Georgia and Hawaii
PRAYER FOR DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY
We ask You for law enforcers, first responders, and law makers of integrity; and for Your direction, correction and protection for them and their families. We pray for our leaders to maintain a national security policy that secures our national sovereignty and domestic tranquility. We pray for Your protection against external and internal efforts to divide, deceive, discourage and destroy America. Give us the wisdom to discern, and the will to stand for our country. Bless those, and the families of those, who are our first responders and those who necessarily work in the shadows for our protection. We pray for Your protection from terrorist activities. We pray for Your protection from disease and disaster.
Peace be within your walls, and security within your towers (Psalm 122:7).
PRAYER FOR ISRAEL
Lord, we pray for the peace and prosperity of Jerusalem, the Biblical capital of Israel, and ask for an end to the violence and suffering. We pray for justice, and Your sovereign righteousness over Israel. We pray for mercy and Your Kingdom to rule over the land. Please protect the soldiers and civilians from bloodshed. Give wisdom to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Knesset (The legislature of Israel). May Israel remain strong, not dividing the land You gave as an inheritance to Your chosen people. May the United States continue to fully support Israel, the nation that gave us salvation through Jesus Christ.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, may they prosper that love thee (Psalm 122:6).
PRAYER FOR NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
Lord God, we ask for Your blessing and wisdom on the lives of these leaders in our nation.
EXECUTIVE
President Donald Trump
Vice-President Mike Pence
THE PRESIDENT’S CABINET
Secretary of State: Mike Pompeo
Secretary of the Treasury: Steven Mnuchin
Secretary of Defense: Mark Esper
Secretary of the Interior: David Bernhardt
ATTORNEY GENERAL
William Barr
SUPREME COURT
Chief Justice John Roberts
JUSTICES
Clarence Thomas
Brett Kavanaugh
Samuel Alito
Neil Gorsuch
Elena Kagan
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer
Sonia Sotomayor
Lord, we pray for three conservative, constitutional Christians on the Supreme Court that would assure a majority; to see the following decisions overturned…
1947: EVERSON V. BOARD OF EDUCATION
"Wall of Separation" Between church and state
(RULING: Ruled as Constitutional allocating taxpayer funds (to bus children) to religious schools because it did not breach the "wall of separation”: between church and state. Decision held that the establishment clause of the First Amendment applied to state, local and federal government. Bottom Line: Distributing public funds to parents to cover the cost of busing their children to religious schools did not breach the wall. And, finally, it was this ruling that established the vernacular ‘wall of separation’ which set the precedent for the next two Supreme Court decisions removing prayer and bible reading from our schools.)
Where did the term Wall of Separation come from?
Establishment Clause Definition
1962: ENGEL V. VITALE
Removed prayer from public education
(RULING: Unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and encourage its recitation in public schools. PLAINTIFF: Steven Engel, New York parent / DEFENDANT: William Vitale, the school board president)
1963: ABINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT V. SCHEMPP
Removed the Bible from public education
(RULING: Declared school-sponsored Bible reading in public schools in the United States to be unconstitutional. PLAINTIFF: Edward Lewis Schempp and family / DEFENDANT: Abington School District)
1973: ROE V. WADE:
Allowed Unrestricted Access to Abortion
(RULING: Unduly restrictive state regulation of abortion is unconstitutional. PLAINTIFF: Norma McCorvey, aka Jane Roe / DEFENDANT: Henry Wade, district attorney of Dallas County, TX, where Roe resided)
2003: LAWRENCE V. TEXAS:
Struck down the sodomy law, thus legalizing same-sex sexual activity in every U.S. state and territory
(RULING: The “Homosexual Conduct” law [prohibiting sodomy] was unconstitutional and violated the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause that protects a substantive right to personal liberty in intimate decisions)
2015: OBERGEFELL V. HODGES:
Legalized same-sex marriage nationwide
(RULING: The Constitution guarantees a nationwide right to same-sex marriage. State bans on same-sex marriage and on recognizing same-sex marriages duly performed in other jurisdictions are unconstitutional under the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. PLAINTIFF: Jim Obergefell, a same-sex widower / DEFENDANT: Richard Hodges, Ohio’s health director)
TODAY’S STATE FOCUS
We direct our prayers to the states of Georgia and Hawaii and their leaders.
WE DECLARE THE 1777 PREAMBLE OF THE CONSTITUTION OF GEORGIA:
“We, the people of Georgia, relying upon the protection and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish this Constitution.” (4th State admitted to the Union on January 2nd, 1788)
GEORGIA GOVERNOR
Brian Kemp [R]
GEORGIA ATTORNEY GENERAL
Chris Carr [R]
GEORGIA SENATORS
David Perdue [R]
Johnny Isakson [R]
GEORGIA REPRESENTATIVES
DEMOCRATS
Sanford Bishop
Hank Johnson
John Louis
Mary McBath
David Scott
REPUBLICANS
Buddy Carter
Drew Ferguson
Rob Woodall
Austin Scott
Doug Collins
Jody Hice
Barry Loudermilk
Rick Allen
Tom Graves
WE DECLARE THE 1959 PREAMBLE OF THE CONSTITUTION OF HAWAII:
“We, the people of Hawaii, Grateful for Divine Guidance … do hereby ordain and establish this Constitution for the State of Hawaii.” (50th State admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959)
HAWAII GOVERNOR
David Ige [D]
HAWAII ATTORNEY GENERAL
Russell Suzuki [D]
HAWAII SENATORS
Mazie Hirono [D]
Brian Schatz [D]
HAWAII REPRESENTATIVES
Ed Case [D]
Tulsi Gabbard [D]
We ask that You turn their hearts towards You, Lord. We ask that You soften their hearts, Lord, to recognize and receive truth. Lord, we ask that You grant them the understanding and knowledge that come from the fear of You. We ask that You grant them wisdom and discernment, Lord, and that You make them bold to do what is right in Your sight. Lord, we ask that You direct their hearts to do Your will. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
