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Repentance & Forgiveness State: CA

DAY 3 | States: CA

  • DAILY TOPIC: Repentance and Forgiveness

  • Prayer for Israel

  • Prayer for National Government Officials

  • State Focus: California

PRAYER OF REPENTANCE AND FORGIVENESS

Lord, we are profoundly aware that we are at this critical point in our history because our nation has been moving away from You for decades. We repent. We turn around. We turn to You and ask for Your forgiveness. We ask for Your mercy. But for the faithful righteousness of 10 you saved a city. Will you now save a country? Will you consider the heartfelt pleadings of Your people now? Will You give us the chance to return to You with all our hearts? We ask this of You now, knowing that there is much, much work to be done. With humble faith in the righteousness of our beloved Savior we approach you now on behalf of our country. The country that once honored You. Forgive us, Father. Help each one of us God our Father, to be a part of redeeming our beloved country. In Jesus’ Name.

  • If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land (2 Chronicles 7:14).

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 Naftali Bennett 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 Joe Biden

  • Vice-President Kamala Harris

THE PRESIDENT’S CABINET

  • Secretary of Transportation

  • Secretary of Energy

  • Secretary of Education

  • Secretary of Veterans Affairs

  • Secretary of Homeland Security

ATTORNEY GENERAL

  • Merrick Garland

SUPREME COURT

  • Chief Justice John Roberts

JUSTICES

  • Amy Coney Barrett

  • Samuel Alito

  • Brett Kavanaugh

  • Clarence Thomas

  • Neil Gorsuch

  • Elena Kagan

  • Stephen Breyer

  • 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:
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 state of California and its leaders.

WE DECLARE THE 1879 PREAMBLE OF THE CONSTITUTION OF CALIFORNIA:

  • “We, the People of the State of California, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom…” (31st State admitted to the Union on September 9th, 1850)

CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR

  • Gavin Newsom [D]

CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL

  • Xavier Becerra [D]

CALIFORNIA SENATORS

  • Dianne Feinstein [D]

  • Alex Padilla [D]

CALIFORNIA REPRESENTATIVES

DEMOCRATS

  • Jared Huffman

  • John Garamendi

  • Mike Thompson

  • Doris Matsui

  • Ami Bera

  • Jerry McNemey

  • Josh Harder

  • Mark DeSaulnier

  • Nancy Pelosi

  • Barbara Lee

  • Jackie Speier

  • Eric Swalwell

  • Jim Costa

  • Ro Khanna

  • Anna Eshoo

  • Zoe Lofgren

  • Jimmy Panetta

  • Salud Carbajal

  • Julia Brownley

  • Judy Chu

  • Adam Schiff

  • Tony Cardenas

  • Brad Sherman

  • Pete Aguilar

  • Grace Napolitano

  • Ted Lieu

  • Jimmy Gomez

  • Norma Torres

  • Raul Ruiz

  • Karen Bass

  • Linda Sanchez

  • Lucille Roybal-Allard

  • Mark Takano

  • Maxine Waters

  • Nanette Barragan

  • Katie Porter

  • Luis Correa

  • Alan Lowenthal

  • Mike Levin

  • Juan Vargas

  • Scott Peters

  • Sara Jacobs

REPUBLICANS

  • Doug LaMalfa

  • Tom McClintock

  • David Valadao

  • Devin Nunes

  • Kevin McCarthy

  • Mike Garcia

  • Ken Calvert

  • Michelle Steele

  • Darrell Issa

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.

Earlier Event: October 2
Humility States: AZ & AR
Later Event: October 4
Leadership States: CO & CT