On Capitol Hill This Week; Vol. XVI, No. 12

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On Capitol Hill This Week Volume XVI, Number 12
March 23 - 27, 2009

"The LORD loves the just and will not forsake His faithful ones. They will be protected forever." (Psalm 37:28)

1. GEITHNER: U.S.-LED PROGRAM TO BUY UP $1TRILLION IN TOXIC ASSETS
2. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE RAISES ALARM BELL
3. CHINA TO CONTINUE BUYING U.S. DEBT
4. U.S. BACKS GLOBAL ALTERNATIVE TO DOLLAR
5. GOVERNOR PALIN REJECTS 30% OF STIMULUS FUNDS
6. IN THE HOUSE: PLAN PASSED FOR UNIFORMED "VOLUNTEER" CORPS
7. IN THE SENATE: COMPANION BILL FOR VOLUNTEERS ON THE FLOOR NOW
8. OBAMA REVERSES HIMSELF ON THREAT TO WITHHOLD VETS INSURANCE
9. SENATE MOVES ON OBAMA'S NOMINEES
10. OBAMA'S FIRST JUDICIAL PICK: AN ACTIVIST, LEFT-WING JUDGE
11. OBAMA WHITE HOUSE BARS PRESS FROM PRESS AWARD CEREMONY
12. OBAMA IS LEAVING SOME STEM CELL ISSUES TO CONGRESS
13. U.S. ENDORSES U.N.GAY RIGHTS TEXT
14. AMERICA MOVES TOWARDS ABANDONMENT OF ISRAEL

1. U.S.- LED PROGRAM TO BUY UP $1TRILLION IN TOXIC ASSETS

The federal government announced some details of a three-part plan Monday that will partner it with private investors to purchase up to a trillion dollars -- or more - - of toxic loans from the nation's banks, as well as purchase securities backed by souring loans.

After launching a bank capital investment program and a mortgage restructuring plan, the Treasury intends to use $75 billion to $100 billion in funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, to tackle the last big, and most vexing, problem in the financial crisis -- toxic assets, which officials call "legacy assets." These are mainly billions of dollars in deteriorating residential and commercial mortgage loans underwritten in the real estate bubble and now stuck somewhere in the financial system, limiting lending and acting as a drag on the economy.

"There is no doubt that the government is taking risk," Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said in a Monday morning briefing to the press. "You can't solve a financial crisis without the government taking risks." (AP)

• Yes, the Treasury Secretary is correct: this action IS taking a "big risk" - one that we pray will find favor with the Lord. The fact of the matter is that these "bad debts" are merely the result of greed, accrued over the years - citizens wanting what THEY wanted, rather than what the will of God had for them. The entire financial meltdown is clearly a complicated mess, but one thing we know for sure: GOD HAS THE LAST WORD. May sorrow over our previous actions lead us to repentance, and may our actions in future days be led by a spirit of discipline rather than greed. And may all come to the saving knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

• "The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance." (2 Peter 3:9)

2. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE RAISES ALARM BELL
$3.6 trillion budget proposal questioned

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement Friday regarding the Congressional Budget Office report showing the massive spending, taxes and debt in the administration's budget:

"If there was ever any doubt that the administration's budget spends too much, taxes too much and borrows too much-it's gone. This non-partisan CBO report shows clearly that the budget spends, taxes and borrows far too much. It's worse than even the most pessimistic predictions for this budget. . . Republicans will offer better ideas to control the spending that Americans can't afford, create jobs and cut the overwhelming and unsustainable national debt."

Background: The CBO report released Friday shows that the administration's budget spends too much ($1.4 trillion in entitlement spending over 10 years), taxes too much ($1.9 trillion in tax increases relative to President Obama's current policy baseline), and borrows too much (deficits of $9.3 trillion over 10 years).
Link to CBO analysis:

• Does it matter how many alarm bells are sounded if the people of the USA do not pay attention and understand their ringing? Please pray for your neighbors to understand what is happening to our economy through the maneuvers of Mr. Obama and his cabinet. While we appreciate the alarms of Sen. McConnell, this problem is not just partisan. Ask the Lord for wisdom as you explain to your community, and don't allow yourself to be sidetracked by questions about the war in Iraq or other topics unrelated to the current budget.

• "Bring Me all the tithes into the storehouse. That there may be meat in My house and prove Me now herewith, saith the Lord of Hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be room enough to receive it." (Malachi 3:10)

3. CHINA TO CONTINUE BUYING U.S. DEBT

A Chinese central bank official says the country will continue buying Treasuries and other U.S. government debt. Investing in U.S. Treasury bills is an important component part of China's foreign currency investment regime, People's Bank of China Vice Governor Hu Xiaolian said at a news conference on Monday. While such investments will continue, Hu said China would also pay close attention to fluctuations in the value of our assets, a statement apparently aimed at concerns that rising U.S. government debt could spur inflation and weaken the dollar.

China is Washington's biggest foreign creditor, holding an estimated $1 trillion in U.S. government debt. A weaker dollar would erode the value of those assets. (Associated Press)

• This is an example of "good news . . . bad news." The good news is that China will continue its policy, for now, so that the value of our dollar is not weakened further. But the bad news is that China has to do this in the first place, as we are so "over our heads" in debt as a nation at this time. The borrower is the slave of the lender; may we be wise in future planning; and may we somehow find a way to escape out of the hand of the fowler, even so.

• "The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower becomes the lender's slave." (Proverbs 22:7 NAS)

4. U.S. BACKS GLOBAL ALTERNATIVE TO DOLLAR
EU crisis builds momentum for IMF to form alternative exchange

Increasingly, the International Monetary Fund, with the support of the United States and Russia, appears positioned to launch a one-world currency at the upcoming G-20 meeting in London. The move is intended to be a last-ditch effort to prevent massive bank failures from occurring throughout the European Union.

The idea is for the IMF to issue at least $250 billion in Special Drawing Rights, or SDRs, to IMF member states as a method of placing a safety net under developing countries that might otherwise have to declare bankruptcy. The idea gained momentum Tuesday when the Moscow Times published an article revealing that the Kremlin intended to use the G- 20 meeting, beginning April 2, to push for the IMF to utilize SDRs as "a super-reserve currency widely accepted by the whole of the international community." U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is on the record calling for the G-20 to support "substantially increasing emergency IMF resources" by up to $500 billion to deal with the global economic crisis.

"The IMF is looking for about $500 billion in SDRs in order to bail out the European Union banks that have lost trillions of dollars making loans into the Eastern European countries the EU thought would adopt the euro after joining the EU," said Bob Chapman, author of the online International Forecaster newsletter, in a telephone interview. "If the United States or other countries come up with $500 billion the IMF wants to back these new SDRs, the $500 billion will end up being loans to the IMF that the IMF will simply never pay back," Chapman explained. "SDRs under the IMF proposal before the G-20 are going to end up being a newly invented one-world currency manufactured by a one-world organization, created to ease nations out of failed fiat currencies like the dollar," he argued. (WorldNetDaily)

• Why on earth would the US want to back money that will destroy our economy by removing the money that we use to buy and sell? Or is this the purpose of the One "Worlder" sitting in the White House and on his cabinet? Throughout the history of our nation, the USA has been very generous with our contributions to the needy of the world, but we cannot support the monetary systems of nations that seek our demise. Please pray through all these factors, asking the Lord to protect our economy.

• "But Thou, O God, shall bring them down into the pit of destruction, bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in Thee." (Psalm 55:23)

BREAKING: UN panel calls for council to replace G20

The Group of 20 should be replaced by a new Global Economic Council, an advisory panel of senior international economists has said. Under the panel's proposals, the council, which would be a United Nations body, would become the main forum for setting the agenda for worldwide economic and financial policy. The proposal, made by an 18- member UN commission headed by Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel-prizewinning economist, will be raised at next week's expanded G20 summit in London, at which heads of state will debate a global response to the world financial crisis. It is part of a draft 10-point plan put forward by the panel, appointed last October by the 192-member UN General Assembly, to study reform of international financial institutions, including the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. The team includes academics, central bank officials, and former and serving ministers from Japan. (Financial Times)

• As the world now moves rapidly to position global authorities to bring in the one-world currency, keep a watchful eye on all matters now related to the G20. When needed, sound the alarm!

• "This is what the Lord says to me: 'Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.'"(Isaiah 21:6)

5. GOVERNOR PALIN REJECTS 30% OF STIMULUS FUNDS

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she will accept just 69 percent of the estimated $930 million in federal stimulus funds that could flow to the state. Palin's original announcement Thursday that she was accepting just over half the stimulus package funds did not include $128 million in Medicaid stimulus money she is accepting. The former vice presidential candidate says she will accept only money without strings that will bind the state later. It's up to the Legislature to weigh in on the rest of the package.

Some GOP governors, including Mark Sanford of South Carolina and Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, also have rejected some stimulus money. Others, including Arnold Schwarzenegger of California and Charlie Crist of Florida, have welcomed it. (Newsmax)

• Offer praise for the courage, insight and wisdom displayed by Governor Sarah Palin and those who are standing with her in the other states names. Clearly, there are no "free handouts" from any federal administration, but there are always strings attached. May each governor named, and others who by faith will join them, be blessed by their obedience, and their desire to be free of federal entanglements as each one takes care of the citizens of his or her own state.

• "I guide you in the way of wisdom, and lead you along straight paths." (Proverbs 4:11)

6. IN THE HOUSE: PLAN PASSES FOR UNIFORMED "VOLUNTEER" CORPS

H.R. 1388 also requires new evaluation of "mandatory" service for all

[For details on this bill, see SPECIAL ALERT, located after this week's OCAP, below.]

7. IN THE SENATE: ANOTHER BILL FOR VOLUNTEERS ON THE FLOOR THIS WEEK
S. 277: Serve America Act Headed to Senate Floor for Vote

[For details on this bill, see SPECIAL ALERT, located after this week's OCAP, below.]

8. OBAMA REVERSES HIMSELF ON THREAT TO WITHHOLD VETS INSURANCE

Veterans Day must have come early this year. Yesterday, after one of the biggest blunders of his presidency, Barack Obama surrendered on his proposal to bill private insurance companies for the care of wounded veterans. Under the plan, the men and women who give sacrificially in defense of this nation and the ideals we represent would have been forced to use private resources to cover injuries or disabilities they incurred in the line of duty. Quite frankly, as a veteran, I was shocked that the President would even admit to having such an idea.

The President says he proposed the plan to save money. In truth, $530 million is a drop in the proverbial bucket compared to this administration's $7 trillion spending binge. To me, it seems a little too coincidental that the President would take $530 million away from our vets the same week his colleagues are calling for $530 million in new funds for global "family planning." Even if the President didn't plan to nickel and dime our vets for the purpose of exporting abortion, where else would that money go? To AIG? Or partner benefits for gay federal workers? How about unethical and ineffective stem cell research?

The truth is, President Obama wouldn't have saved Americans any money--merely redirected it to fund his radical social agenda. Even members of the President's own party challenged the proposal as unconscionable. Thankfully, your voice continues to make a difference! Thousands of FRC friends signed on to our petition calling on the President to care for our wounded veterans. Barely one day later, the White House backed off from the plan entirely. This just goes to show that values voters can still influence policy. Thanks for standing guard for America's veterans! (Gary Bauer)

• Father, we thank you that for now at least, this administration has shelved this bill. We pray that You would stand guard over the health care of our veterans, improving it, and protecting them from any action which would cause them to lose coverage. We ask that You prevent this measure, or any similar to it from being passed by subterfuge.

• "The Lord advances like a warrior; He stirs up His zeal like a soldier. He shouts, He roars aloud, He prevails over His enemies." (Isaiah 42:13)

9. SENATE MOVES ON OBAMA'S NOMINEES

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee today voted 11-7 to send anti-family liberal Dawn Johnsen to the full Senate for a confirmation vote. Johnsen is the former legal director for NARAL Pro-Choice America, a pro- abortion activist organization.

The vote will now go before the full Senate.

In addition, Elena Kagan was confirmed as solicitor general by the Senate in a 61-31 vote. Kagan has never argued a case before the U.S. Supreme Court --- which is the solicitor general's primary function. Kagan is an outspoken opponent of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy and argued in favor of banning the military from recruiting on college campuses.

"The only thing more egregious than Obama's nominations of pro-abortion, anti-family activists to the Department of Justice is the Senate's swift confirmation of so many of them, with very few objections," said Ashley Horne, federal policy analyst for Focus on the Family Action. "We hope this won't be the case with Johnsen." (Citizen Link)

• There is still time to tell your U.S. senators to vote "No" on Dawn Johnsen's nomination. We must all become bold like Patrick Henry, who stood to say, "Give me liberty or give me death!" Ask the Lord to give our Senators the courage to vote as each knows is right. Call forth moral fiber in every Senator. Pray for each nominee to be removed or renewed.

• "So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily He is a God that judgeth in the earth." (Psalm 58:11)

10. OBAMA'S FIRST JUDICIAL PICK: AN ACTIVIST, LEFT-WING JUDGE

If there was any doubt that Barack Obama intends to turn the federal judiciary into a left-wing activist one, those doubts were put to rest in Obama's decision today to appoint as his first judicial nominee, David Frank Hamilton, a judicial activist judge hostile to Christianity and a radical on abortion. Hamilton was nominated to the 7th United States Circuit Court of Appeals.

. . . Hamilton in 2005 ruled that the Indiana state legislature could not begin their sessions with Christian prayers. An appeals court overruled his judicial activist decision. Of course, the infamous ACLU had brought the lawsuit before Judge Hamilton, figuring he was an easy mark. Obama's first judicial nominee in his decision said that invocations must not use names such as Jesus Christ or Christian terminology such as savior. And by the way, Hamilton was a board member of the ACLU in Indiana.

This left-wing Obama nominee showed a future Democrat president his pro-abortion credentials by ruling over the years against the state of Indiana with regards to informed consent laws. These laws would enable pregnant women to receive information about the alternatives to abortion and about the risks of this heinous procedure. (Read more) [Christian Coalition of America]

• Call forth Christians to defeat the confirmation of Judge Hamilton by the U.S. Senate. This man represents a standard of behavior based on his own values and not those of the Lord. And why would the president even name such a man if he himself is a Christian? Be ever on the alert, intercessors! Ask the Lord to remove Judge Hamilton from the list of nominees.

• "He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord." (Proverbs 17: 15)

11. OBAMA WHITE HOUSE BARS PRESS FROM PRESS AWARD CEREMONY

Barack Obama was elected commander in chief promising to run the most transparent presidential administration in American history. This achievement and the overall promise of his historic administration caused the National Newspaper Publishers Assn. to name him "Newsmaker of the Year." The president is to receive the award from the federation of black community newspapers in a White House ceremony this afternoon. The Obama White House has closed the press award ceremony to the press.

From the president's official schedule: "Later in the afternoon, the President and the First Lady will attend a reception with the National Newspaper Publisher Association in the State Dining Room, where they will be presented the Newsmaker of the Year award. This event is closed press." Maybe they'll let the newspaper people pass the award through the fence. (Los Angeles Times) Read more.

• Further research indicates that the National Newspaper Publisher Association is nothing more than a "front" organization for Louis Farrakhan's media chain. The deceit and sleight-of-hand actions continue with a boldness that defies the moral values of our nation. Cry out to the Lord on behalf of our nation, for His Mercy to prevail in spite of the wickedness in high positions.

• "The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth do I hate." (Proverbs 8: 13)

12. OBAMA IS LEAVING SOME STEM CELL ISSUES TO CONGRESS
Dickey-Wicker Amendment May Yet See Floor Vote

. . . people on both sides of the stem cell debate say Mr. Obama's announcement, lifting the Bush administration's restrictions on federally financed human embryonic stem cell research, could lead to a reconsideration of the ban on Capitol Hill, an idea so controversial and fraught with ethical implications that the mere discussion of it would have been unthinkable just a few months ago, when President George W. Bush was in office. The ban, known as the Dickey-Wicker amendment, first became law in 1996 and has been renewed by Congress every year since. It specifically bans the use of tax dollars to create human embryos - a practice that is routine in private fertility clinics - or for research in which embryos are destroyed, discarded or knowingly subjected to risk of injury.

Because of the Dickey-Wicker amendment, federal researchers would still be unable to create their own stem cell lines. Mr. Obama has no power to overturn the Dickey-Wicker ban. Only Congress, which attaches the ban to appropriations bills, can overturn it. Mr. Obama has not taken a position on the ban. Mr. Bush twice vetoed legislation that would have expanded his 2001 policy. Although Mr. Obama's action last week has broad bipartisan support, it could still be overturned by a successor so House Democrats are expected to draft legislation that would codify the president's executive order. (New York Times) [Read more]

• Do not be deceived by the calls for embryonic stem cell research to heal diseases and repair damaged bodies. This method is already obsolete, for the adult stem cells already heal diabetes, heart disease, and body damages with the contributor's own cells, which are not rejected. More than 70 conditions now use adult stem cells for healing, including Parkinson's Disease. Research no longer needs live embryos to work with; unfertilized eggs can be employed. All the hullabaloo is only a means to make money with patents; don't be fooled. Pray for life in America.

• "As a roaring lion and a raging bear, so is a wicked ruler over the poor people." (Proverbs 29: 15)

13. U.S. ENDORSES U.N.GAY RIGHTS TEXT

The Obama Administration has indicated it will sign a U.N. declaration that calls for the decriminalization of homosexuality throughout the world. Former President Bush refused to sign it. The declaration is non- binding, but would be used as a propaganda weapon by homosexual activists to push for the decriminalization of homosexuality in other nations.

An Obama official stated that the U.S. was concerned about "violence and human rights abuses against gay, lesbian, transsexual and bisexual individuals" and was also "troubled by the criminalization of sexual orientation in many countries."

The Bush Administration had refused to sign the declaration because it feared it would have committed the federal government to intervention in state and local matters on the issue of homosexuality.

The Obama Administration, however, claims that signing this declaration will not involve any legal obligations. This is not to be trusted. If the Obama Administration signs it, the federal government would use this as a way of imposing the homosexual agenda on states and local governments. (Associated Press; Traditional Values Coalition)

• Pray that the American people raise such a ruckus about this signing that the president will be afraid to move ahead with his plans. Those who choose not to be delivered from this behavior that God calls an abomination will meet their Maker at Judgment. However, we as a nation do not need this judgment to be added to the lists of sins already held against us. God have mercy!

• "If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them." (Leviticus 20:13)

14. AMERICA MOVES TOWARDS ABANDONMENT OF ISRAEL

An unnamed former highly-placed U.S.intelligence official has broken silence and says that America may soon be abandoning Israel in favor of the Arabs. "This is just the beginning", he said, "Israel could be about to lose the support of the United States." Hagmann appeared on Israel National Radio's Weekend Edition with host Tamar Yonah. "The Obama administration is no friend to Israel, is no friend to the Jews in America and is no friend to democracy or freedom in America. Just by his very appointments, we can see him filling positions of power with people who are anti- Semitic, who want to see Israel essentially dissolved as a nation, if not by diplomacy, then certainly by war."

In his report, the unnamed intelligence source told Hagmann, "I have every reason to believe, based on what I've seen at my level of [security] clearance especially over the last several years, that Israel will soon be completely on their own or worse." He explained this would happen "when our administration provides more support to Arab countries [with] financial and military aid, undercutting Israel's defense efforts all while pushing Israel to succumb to the pressure of unreasonable demands designed to end with their political annihilation as a nation." (IsraelNN.com)

• Because God blesses those nations who bless Israel, there can be no lasting economic success in America. Unfortunately, those people interested in furthering personal ambition have no insight into God's plans for Israel. Weep for America and for what those in powerful positions of our government are doing to themselves. How will they face God at the Judgment Throne? Fight against all moves that would sever America from Israel.

• "But he that sinneth against Me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate Me love death." (Proverbs 8:36)

"For we all must appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that everyone may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad." (2 Corinthians 5:10)

SPECIAL ALERT

ALERT!!!! TWO BILLS NOW IN CONGRESS WILL IMPACT OUR YOUTH

IN THE HOUSE: PLAN PASSES FOR UNIFORMED "VOLUNTEER" CORPS
H.R. 1388 also requires new evaluation of "mandatory" service for all

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a plan to set up a new "volunteer corps" and consider whether "a workable, fair, and reasonable mandatory service requirement for all able young people" should be developed. The legislation also refers to "uniforms" that would be worn by the "volunteers" and the "need" for a "public service academy, a 4-year institution" to "focus on training" future "public sector leaders." The training, apparently, would occur at "campuses."

Many, however, are raising concerns that the program, which is intended to include 250,000 "volunteers," is the beginning of what President Obama called his "National Civilian Security Force" in a a speech last year in which he urged creating an organization as big and well-funded as the U.S. military. He has declined since then to elaborate.

According to a Business Wire statement released by Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the bill "would formally authorize federal support for establishing the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on America as a National Day of Service and Remembrance." That provision is tucked into the far reaches of the legislation, but Schumer discussed it as if it were the primary point. "I could not be more proud to work to pass this important provision," said Schumer. "September 11 should not only be a day for mourning - it should be a day to think about our neighbors, our community, and our country. We can take a tragic day in our nation's history and turn it into a force for good." [Read more] (WorldNetDaily)

• Lord, we cry out to You against this bill and ask that You stop it in the Senate (see below) and kill it before it reaches the President. This bill is reminiscent of communist youth camps under the guise of "volunteer" actions. We pray for the protection of our young people against this constant barrage of indoctrination against parents, God, and the demand that they advocate the issues of the liberal agenda.

• "But whoever causes the downfall of one of these little ones who believe in Me - it would be better for him if a heavy millstone were hung around his neck and he were drowned in the depths of the sea!" (Matthew 18:6)

IN THE SENATE: ANOTHER BILL FOR VOLUNTEERS HEADED FOR FLOOR VOTE
S. 277: Serve America Act Headed to Senate Floor for Vote

S.277 was introduced last week, passed the Senate HELP Committee (Health, Education, Labor and Pensions) on Thursday (March 19th) and is scheduled for a vote by the FULL Senate this week!! Even though this bill will impact the youth of our nation - and now seniors - next to nothing has been written about it, either on the mainstream press or on alternative internet sources. S. 277 is a "companion bill" to the House version, reported above. (CHPP)

A press release from the Senate HELP Committee on S. 277 reads, in part: "The Serve America Act builds on the lessons learned from the National and Community Service Act of 1990, which created a program that evolved into what is now the AmeriCorps. . . the Serve America Act adds new service opportunities for Americans from elementary school children to retirees. The bill provides $5 billion over 5 years with the goal of funding 250,000 volunteers engaged in targeted service in areas of national need, such as: energy, conservation, healthcare and education."

• While everyone has been watching the AIG bonus hearings, these bills have slipped in the back door. Both S. 277 and H.R. 1388 seem to be quite harmless at face value, but others who have "read between the lines" sense an ominous, hidden agenda in each one.

While it is too late to do anything about H.R. 1388 (which is now a "done deal") there is still time to demand that its companion bill in the Senate, S. 277, be examined more carefully before passage. PLEASE CALL YOUR TWO SENATORS AND ASK THEM TO VOTE "NO" ON S. 277 WHEN IT COMES UP FOR A VOTE THIS WEEK; THEN CALL ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS AND ASK THEM TO DO THE SAME. When you call, indicate your concern that, because this bill affects the youth of our nation, you believe the Senate deserves more time to consider this legislation. (The bill is 420 pages long!) Call the Capitol Switchboard at: 202-224-1321 and ask to be connected to the office of the senator(s) from your state. THANK YOU!

Prayer Requests:

a. That S277 NOT PASS in the Senate: "Thus far you shall come but NO FURTHER, and here shall your proud waves be stopped!" (Job 38:11)

b. That there will SUDDENLY arise a great groundswell of grassroots opposition to S. 277. "Thy people shall volunteer freely in the day of Thy power." (Psalm 110:3 NAS)

c. That MANY OTHER PRO-LIFE AND PRO-FAMILY MINISTRIES will take note of both the House and the Senate bills, and understand the hidden dangers that have been built into the language of S. 277 and H.R. 1388 so that they, too, will sound the alarm over these innocuous-sounding bills. Amen!

"So we built the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work . . ." (Neh. 4:6)

"For then I will give to the peoples purified lips, That all of them may call on the name of the LORD, To serve Him shoulder to shoulder." (Zeph. 3:9 NAS)

d. Finally, forgive those who are promoting these bills, for they know not what they do. (Luke 23:34)

FINAL DECREE OVER BOTH BILLS, ON BEHALF OF THE YOUTH OF OUR NATION
Take your sword, the Word of God, and stand against this according to:

Ps. 44: 2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. 3For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them. (Lord we ask for your favor upon the remnant of this land. We know your arm is never too short to save.)

4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. (Yes, Lord, bring deliverance to your children, your remnant, in America.)

5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.

8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.

Lord God Most High, we know it is through you, and nothing of ourselves, that we will be saved from this enemy within our nation. We call forth your DUNAMIS power to put the enemy to flight. We ourselves are as the Lord's signet ring with authority in the name of Yeshua to bind the principalities and powers that are behind this scheme. We take this authority and say "NO" to the schemes of the enemy. Bring all evil and wickedness into the light Lord. We bind the strongman over this nation and we place the blood of Yeshua over this nation, over our President and his household, over congress and the judicial system. We call forth the righteousness of God into this nation. We give you permission, Lord, to cleanse this land and give it clean hands and a pure heart. We will work with you to see your kingdom established here in this land. Isaiah 37:20 "Now, O LORD our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all kingdoms on earth may know that you alone, O LORD, are God." In the name of Jesus, Amen.

This Week, Worship Our Lord As . . .

GOD OF MY PRAISE (Ehlohay T'heelahtee)

"Do not keep silent, O God of my praise." (Psalm 109:1)

O God, how I praise You for the answers that You give to my prayers. Sometimes, yes, there is silence and I want to ask why. At these times, help me to hang on to Your every promise, and help me believe in my heart that You will never leave me, You will never forsake me, and You will answer my prayers. I will wait on You, God of my praise.

"Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts." (Isaiah 26:8)

(Taken from: Intimate Moments with the Hebrew Names of God, by Barri Cae Malin and Shmuel Wolkenfeld; Bridge-Logos Publishers; Gainesville, FL, 32614. ISBN: 0-88270-801-5)