#241 (6/23) - PRAYER REMINDERS From the Past Week's News

[NOTE: The following 4 items for prayer come from the Presidential Prayer Team(NOT associated with the White House but an independent Christian prayer minsitry.) If you would like to sign up for a free subscription to their daily devotionals and prayer alerts, please go to: Info@PresidentialPrayerTeam .org I will try to present key items from their alerts each week and encourage you to take time when you read each item to pray for the prayer requests listed. YOUR COUNTRY THANKS YOU! - Stan]
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Nation Awaits Supreme Court Rulings, Thursday, June 21, 2012,(Sources: Los Angeles Times, California Public Radio, New York Times, Reuters)
http://www.presidentialprayerteam.com/Prayerwatch?pw=410

"Another morning of Supreme Court opinions came and went Thursday with no ruling on the national health care law or Arizona’s SB 1070 anti-illegal immigration law, pushing the court’s most anticipated decisions in years to [next]week...If the law is upheld in full, the decision will be hailed as a triumph for Obama and his leadership. If it is struck down entirely, Republicans will claim vindication in their unanimous opposition to what they see as a massive overreach of government. And if only part of the law survives, both sides will scramble to reposition. The Obama administration and its allies will do their best to protect what is left. Republicans have vowed to repeal it all as soon as they can, and eventually, to offer an alternative. However the court comes down, most Americans are not likely to be happy with the result."

As the Lord leads, please pray:

•For Americans to remain calm when the decisions are rendered, regardless of their outcomes.
•That the already scheduled protests will be orderly, without injury or arrest.
•For federal and state legislators as they are already promulgating bills that would reinforce their positions with respect to health care and immigration.
•About God’s plans for America, as we know that His ways are not our ways, and we must trust His heart even when we don’t see His hand.
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Mandated defense cuts could lead to war, top US military official says June 14, 2012 (Source: Fox News)

"Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testified before a Senate committee alongside Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.Both offered dire warnings about the potential impact of the automatic budget cuts, known as sequestration, which will go into effect starting next January unless Congress intervenes. Dempsey said the cutbacks could lead to the cancellation of weapons systems and disrupt 'global operations.' In turn, he warned, the U.S. could lose global standing -- opening the door for enemies to test American military might."

"'We can’t yet say precisely how bad the damage would be, but it is clear that sequestration would risk hollowing out our force and reducing its military options available to the nation,' Dempsey told the senators. 'We would go from being unquestionably powerful everywhere to being less visibly globally and presenting less of an overmatch to our adversaries, and that would translate into a different deterrent calculus and potentially, therefore, increase the likelihood of conflict.' Panetta made a similar argument last year when he said the sweeping cuts could weaken the military substantially, and invite "aggression" abroad. Yet so far, Congress has not averted the planned cuts, which were set in place after lawmakers failed to reach a broader deficit-reduction deal."

As the Lord leads, please pray:
•For Congressional members dealing with budget cuts and where to make them.
•About the issue of the mandated cuts on the U.S. military budget.
•For the Pentagon chiefs and others who are working on budgetary trimming.
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Islamist Claims Victory in Egypt’s Presidential Vote, Military Expands its PowersJune 18, 2012, http://www.presidentialprayerteam.com/Prayerwatch?pw=401

As the Lord leads, please pray:

•For democratic stability within Egypt following the elections.
•About the increasing tensions on Egypt’s border with Israel.
•About the new leadership’s intentions to nullify Egypt’s treaty with Israel.
As the Lord leads, please pray:
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Obama Invokes Executive Privilege over Fast and Furious Documents, June 20, 2012 [article with more detail to be posted NEXT WEEK]
http://www.presidentialprayerteam.com/Prayerwatch?pw=408

"Just as the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform was about to vote Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena for documents in the flawed Fast and Furious gun-tracking case, President Obama asserted executive privilege and backed up the attorney general’s position in refusing to turn over the material.

As the Lord leads, please pray: \

•For Attorney General Eric Holder and his legal advisers.
•About Constitutional issues being potentially raised by President Obama’s invoking executive privilege if Attorney General Holder’s prior testimony of no involvement by the president is true.
•For the members of the committee charged with oversight of the Executive Branch, as they seek to determine the remaining unknown facts about Fast and Furious.
•For the family of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, still seeking answers on their son’s death.
•About the costs of maintaining national security.