Current National Prayer Focuses
News FeedBreitbart - May 18, 2012
Andrew Breitbart was never a "Birther," and Breitbart News is a site that has never advocated the narrative of "Birtherism." In fact, Andrew believed, as we do, that Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on August 4, 1961....[view article]
News Busters - May 17, 2012
That's a $169 billion difference which requires an explanation; but a totally incurious press isn't supplying one. Even if one ignores intergovernmental holdings (which in my opinion one shouldn't), the $69 billion increase in "debt held by the public" (which is really "debt held by anyone who isn't part of the federal government") is a $128 billion swing from the reported surplus....[view article]
Reuters - May 17, 2012
As workers assemble the family-owned company's hot-air fabric welders, used to manufacture everything from inflatable rafts to truck tarps, it's hard to know the recession of 2007-2009 ever happened....[view article]
The New York Times - May 17, 2012
After years of speculation, estimates and projections, the Census Bureau has made it official: White births are no longer a majority in the United States....[view article]
Reuters - May 17, 2012
A private door opens from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office in central Jerusalem directly into a long, modestly furnished, half-paneled room decorated with modern paintings by Israeli artists and a copy of Israel's 1948 declaration of independence. It contains little more than a long wooden table, brown leather chairs and a single old-fashioned white projector screen....[view article]
Christian Newswire - May 17, 2012
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution today will hold a hearing examining the policy of legal abortion until birth currently in effect in the nation's capital, and an NRLC-backed bill that would protect unborn children in the federal District after they have reached 20 weeks fetal age, based on their capacity to experience pain....[view article]
Haaretz.com - May 17, 2012
Less than one week before the next round of Iran nuclear talks in Baghdad, U.S. envoy to Israel says the U.S. plan for an attack on Iran is ‘available and ready.'...[view article]
Voice of the Martyrs - May 17, 2012
1. Muslims demand investigation of Christians in Mauritania(Source: VOM-USA)Muslim protesters in Mauritania have called on the government to investigate all Christians in the country, claiming that Christians were involved in the burning of a Qur'an after Islamic prayers on April 27. The protesters said other Islamic books were also burned on the same day and that many copies of the gospel were distributed, insinuating that Christians had some part in what they consider one of the worst offenses...[view article]
Federal News Radio - May 17, 2012
After three delays, the first U.S. commercial space flight is set to launch this week. A capsule built by the company SpaceX will take off from Cape Canaveral and head to the International Space Station. If successful, it will be a milestone in NASA's plan to replace its space shuttle program with commercial carriers....[view article]
- May 16, 2012
The latest target: North Carolina.
Project Veritas pulled up jury refusal forms and voter history documents to show that non-citizens and dead people there are registered to vote.
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Reuters - May 16, 2012
Law enforcement and homeland security personnel face an average of 55 daily encounters with "known or suspected terrorists" named on government watchlists, officials told Reuters....[view article]
Rasmussen Report - May 16, 2012
Mitt Romney has moved out to an eight-point lead over President Obama in North Carolina after the two men were virtually tied a month ago....[view article]
Reuters - May 16, 2012
China has been quietly and gently pressuring North Korea to scrap plans for a third nuclear test, said two sources with knowledge of closed-door discussions between the countries, but there is no indication how the North will react....[view article]
- May 16, 2012
Imagine a single SD chip that can deliver Persian Bibles, Farsi Audio Scriptures, hundreds of books, over 200 hours of Inspirational, Evangalistic, and Discipleship video and over 700 hours of audioteaching, worship and encouragement - all in Farsi - and you will begin to imagine the Digital Bible Society Persian Treasures project....[view article]
WORLD Magazine - May 16, 2012
Over a decade ago a Chinese missionary enlightened Ken Allen, a Texas pastor and computer programmer, to the need for Bible study materials in a digital format. Allen had asked the missionary why he was trying to scan English pages of Matthew Henry's commentaries onto a compact disc, and the answer was, "Anything is better than nothing. And that's all that we have in China-nothing."...[view article]
The Free Beacon - May 16, 2012
The State Department's former top weapons proliferation official said recently that the Obama administration's failure to threaten military force against Iran had helped advance the covert nuclear arms program there....[view article]
The Hill - May 16, 2012
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) wants to know if Google is getting a sweetheart deal from its lease of a California airfield operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration....[view article]
Christian Newswire - May 16, 2012
How a Small Nation Makes a Big Difference is inspiring tens of thousands to change the way the world views Israel. Since March, the film has played on PBS stations in major cities, has been screened in six out of seven continents, and is receiving incredible international attention. As a result of the overwhelming demand to watch and share the film, the producers have agreed to make Israel Inside available for free online for a limited time at www.IsraelInsideTheMovie.com....[view article]
CNN - May 16, 2012
Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese human rights activist who ignited a diplomatic frenzy when he escaped house arrest last month, has received passport applications for himself and his family, he said Wednesday....[view article]
Worthy News - May 16, 2012
A church in Zou Gang, Feixi county, was illegally demolished last month by government-backed real estate developers, according to ChinaAid....[view article]
- May 16, 2012
It is my great pleasure to welcome you to Heritage for the third annual Jesse Helms Lecture. We're grateful to the Helms Foundation for sponsoring this event and partnering with us on this series. Its purpose is to highlight America's founding principles, which Senator Helms promoted with vigor....[view article]
New York Daily News - May 16, 2012
Tracy Thorne-Begland, 45, was outspoken about his support of "homo" marriages....[view article]
OneNewsNow.com - May 16, 2012
WASHINGTON - A memorial service has honored the life of Watergate figure-turned-evangelist Chuck Colson. Wednesday's memorial service was held at Washington National Cathedral.
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USA TODAY - May 16, 2012
Williamsport, Pa., used to be celebrated for its past - as the 1938 birthplace of Little League Baseball, which still plays its annual World Series nearby. Then natural gas was found.
Now this once-sleepy chunk of north-central Pennsylvania is a star on the map of an emerging national energy rush. Six hotels are new or being built, and about 100 companies have moved to town, sometimes so fast that the head of the local Chamber of Commerce has told executives wanting...[view article]
Washington Times - May 16, 2012
Obama's budget suffered a second embarrassing defeat Wednesday, when senators voted 99-0 to reject it....[view article]
Fox News - May 15, 2012
The European Union says its naval force off the Somali coastline has carried out its first air strikes against pirate targets on shore....[view article]
OneNewsNow.com - May 15, 2012
Bill Harter comes from pioneer stock. The Pennsylvania Presbyterian hails from Clarence, New York, in Erie County. The early settlers in that area literally carved-out lives and careers in what was once the western frontier....[view article]
- May 15, 2012
On Thursday, May 10, 2012, just one week after a record turnout for the National Day of Prayer across the country, when millions gathered from coast to coast to unite in prayer, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that the governor's proclamation for a state Day of Prayer violates the Constitutions' provisions for religious liberty. The Colorado Court of Appeals also requested that a trial court decide if a governor should be prohibited from...[view article]
Newsmax.com - May 15, 2012
Veteran CIA official Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr., who led all U.S. counterterrorism operations after 9/11, tells Newsmax that under Obama the agency has been forced to give up interrogation "capabilities" that it may need to protect American lives....[view article]
BBC - May 15, 2012
China has raised concerns over growing military ties between Australia and the US, Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr said as he visited Beijing....[view article]
Fox News - May 15, 2012
A three-man crew blasted off from a space center in southern Kazakhstan Tuesday morning on board a Russian-made Soyuz craft for a four-and-half-month stay at the International Space Station....[view article]
Worthy News - May 15, 2012
Prominent Iranian house church pastor Behnam Irani is still beaten in his prison but less frequently, an official assisting him with advocacy said Monday, just weeks after his family expressed concerns he may die....[view article]
Worthy News - May 15, 2012
In excavations at Khirbet Qeiyafa — a fortified city in Judah — Garfinkel and his colleagues uncovered pottery, art and religious objects in three large rooms that served as shrines; these shrines pre-date the construction of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem and provide the first physical evidence of religion as practiced during the time of King David....[view article]
Times of Israel - May 15, 2012
New finds presented Tuesday from an intriguing site in the Judean Hills are part of a scholarly argument about the accuracy of the Bible...[view article]
Gulf News - May 15, 2012
Tel Aviv: With the acquisition this month of a sixth German-made submarine, Israel is seeking to position itself as the region's undisputed naval powerhouse....[view article]
Washington Times - May 15, 2012
In the wake of a New York court ruling that says it's not illegal to "merely" view online child pornography, child advocates are urging Internet-savvy federal prosecutors to take over these kinds of cases as two state lawmakers rush to fix the law....[view article]
- May 15, 2012
We just received the overwhelming horrible news that a gang picked up 18 of our youth from yesterday at random times and places and decapitated them all. One of the young boys was the son of our student's maid. The community is in shock and horror of this Mexican Mother's Day horrific act. Today is Mother's Day here. We are asking for your prayers that we can immediately install a security system at our school as the doors are open...[view article]
- May 15, 2012
At least 42 people including 30 Islamist militants were killed in Yemen on Monday night and Tuesday, officials and residents said, as the government pressed ahead with a new U.S.-backed offensive against insurgents in the south....[view article]
Weekly Standard - May 15, 2012
A new poll of Arkansas Democrats shows Obama receiving support from only 45 percent of Democratic primary voters in Arkansas's Fourth Congressional District, while 38 percent support his underfunded and relatively unknown primary challenger, Tennessee lawyer John Wolfe, Jr. Seventeen percent are undecided in the district poll....[view article]
CBSNews.com - May 15, 2012
Surveillance aircraft used by the U.S. military overseas could soon be coming to the skies above Los Angeles County....[view article]
Bloomberg - May 15, 2012
House Speaker John Boehner will call for spending cuts and other federal budget changes at least as large as any increase in the U.S. government's debt limit....[view article]
Space.com - May 15, 2012
(Space.com) Skywatchers in East Asia and the western United States should circle Sunday (May 20) on their calendars. That's when a solar eclipse will block out most of the sun, leaving a spectacular "ring of fire" shining in the sky for observers located along the eclipse's path....[view article]
CBSNews.com - May 14, 2012
Obama announced his support for homosexual marriage, pastors and priests around Maryland took to their own pulpits with their reaction, and condemns Obama as apostate....[view article]
The Hill - May 14, 2012
Senate Democrats facing difficult reelections are breaking with Obama's endorsement of homosexual marriage, a sign the issue is politically dangerous in battleground states. This will exposes those who indorse homosexual marriage which is contrary to God's Word....[view article]
OneNewsNow.com - May 14, 2012
An Arizona sheriff on the frontlines of the illegal alien invasion says he believes that the exposed "Fast and Furious" corruption riddled Eric Holder and his DOJ are trying to use its lawsuit against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to make an example out of him because he is exposing the corruption of Obama and his known illegal acts upon the American government and nation....[view article]
OneNewsNow.com - May 14, 2012
A new video asks, "Should our leaders consider whether they are worth their salary?"...[view article]
Washington Times - May 14, 2012
The internet was buzzing this week with video of Michelle Obama apparently showing extreme disrespect to the American flag at a ceremony in honor of the victims of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks....[view article]
News Busters - May 14, 2012
Despite ABC's best efforts to degrade Christianity and Texans, the anti-Christian hate-mongering series "GCB"--"Good Christian Bitches" -- has been canceled because of poor performance in the ratings....[view article]
Fox News - May 14, 2012
Now officials and activists on both sides of the aisle are suggesting that, while Obama has used the issue to raise millions of dollars for his campaign this past week, the announcement is not necessarily a political winner in the fall. It was a really costly move and will prove so in the weeks to come in the poles....[view article]
Christian Newswire - May 14, 2012
Obama publicly endorsing homosexual marriage is to support that which God explicitly condemns. It is shameful and a reproach to decency and honor and a sad commentary on the regrettable departure of our national leaders from the biblical heritage that has guided our country....[view article]
