DAY 7 | States: GA & HI
DAILY TOPIC: Domestic Tranquility
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).
“We pray for Law Enforcement, First Responders, Fire Fighters, and our Military.”
PRAYER FOR ISRAEL
Lord, thank you that the President recognized Jerusalem as the Biblical capital of Israel and moved our Embassy. We pray for peace and prosperity in 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).
Day 7 - Article 6
Article 6 of the Constitution not only states that all debts and prior engagements before the Constitution was written are still in effect, it also discusses that the Constitution is the highest ruling document and governing law in the U.S. It not only states U.S. citizens have to abide by it, but the federal officers as well as judges in the U.S. are also required to follow, and to govern, following the rules and regulations that are set forth in the Constitution.
Prayer: We pray that government officials and judges will follow the Constitution, uphold its laws, and recognize its supremacy to all other laws in America.
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 Joe Biden
Vice-President Kamala Harris
THE PRESIDENT’S CABINET
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of the Interior
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Merrick Garland
SUPREME COURT
Chief Justice John Roberts
JUSTICES
Amy Coney Barrett
Samuel Alito
Brett Kavanaugh
Clarence Thomas
Neil Gorsuch
Elena Kagan
Ketanji Brown Jackson
Sonia Sotomayor
Lord, we ask for their courage to do what is right in your sight and to overturn the following decisions ...
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)
1968: EPPERSON V. ARKANSAS
Opened the door for evolution to be taught as fact in public schools
(RULING: Creation and Intelligent Design were ruled as religious studies in government schools. Government schools are to remain neutral https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/393/97/)
1973: ROE V. WADE: OVERTURNED BY THE GRACIOUS HAND OF THE LORD - JUNE 2022
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
Jon Ossoff [D]
Raphael Warnock [D]
GEORGIA REPRESENTATIVES
DEMOCRATS
Sanford Bishop
Hank Johnson
Nikema Williams
Lucy McBath
David Scott
REPUBLICANS
Drew Ferguson
Austin Scott
Andrew Clyde
Jody Hice
Barry Loudermilk
Rick Allen
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Mike Collins
Rich McCormick
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
Josh Green [D]
HAWAII ATTORNEY GENERAL
Anne E. Lopez [D]
HAWAII SENATORS
Mazie Hirono [D]
Brian Schatz [D]
HAWAII REPRESENTATIVES
Ed Case [D]
Jill Tokuda [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.
