NOTE: Another assassination attempt on Donald Trump! Please pray. Be sure to read the Update on the Election and Donald Trump after this week’s prayer.
Once again we are faced with a potential government shutdown. How many times has this happened? Rather than resolve it the debt ceiling gets raised extending the irresponsible spending of our government.
According to “The Guardian,” House Speaker Mike Johnson combined a six-month stopgap funding bill with the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (Save) Act. The SAVE Act proposal would require people to show proof of citizenship when they register to vote. Seems like a no-brainer right? Well not to those who want to allow illegals to vote. That’s one of the reasons for the open borders after all. The vote that was supposed to take place last week stalled as House members pressured Johnson to remove the SAVE Act protecting our elections as a condition of funding.
Concerned? We should be.
Then we could talk about the debate last week. Which really wasn’t a debate at all. (Don’t miss the Prophetic & Governmental Insights section below for that update and details.) What do both of these things have in common? OR the information about illegals in Springfield, OH taking citizen’s pets and eating them. We are told all of it is “baseless lies that have been debunked.” The only problem with that is the videos and first-person accounts of citizens and reports to the police prove that it isn’t baseless. (Go to the Update on Donald Trump section below for more info.)
The ongoing message of lies, deception and betrayal that has cloaked our nation is behind each of these issues.
It’s easy to miss that big picture in the chaos. And we are confronted with it so often, that we have grown numb to it. Consider how the mainstream media or “fact checkers” start their articles with the comment, “The baseless accusations of…” or “The debunked claim…” Those statements alone from a news piece are the red flag of ongoing propaganda which ignores facts. Sadly many read it, digest it and then believe it.
The prayer we need to pray each day is for wisdom and discernment. It goes missing when we allow offense/anger to take our focus. It goes missing when we are unwilling to research ourselves beyond a quick “google” search—which is not authentic news.
It’s like the scene of a Star Wars movie where the hero, Luke Skywalker walked into an establishment. He spoke to the guard what he wanted him to believe as he waved his hand over him. The guard immediately accepted Skywalker’s words. This “Jedi Mind Trick” is alive and well today in the media, political realms, churches. We saw it in the debate. If Kamala said it, they accepted it as truth. If Trump said it, it was challenged and treated as a lie. People with undiscerning hearts become recipients of the “Jedi Mind Trick” which is deception.
We must pray not only regarding the looming governmental shutdown—but more importantly for the SAVE Act to be passed for election integrity. We must also pray for ourselves, our leaders, our nation, for discernment and wisdom. This is a pivotal moment in our nation and the veil of deception continues when we allow pride and offense to take hold OR when we naively accept whatever is told to us.
Father, We declare according to Your Word that we have the mind of Christ. We are renewed in the spirit of our mind which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. We ask You for wisdom, insight and understanding. Anywhere that it has been lacking, please reveal it and get us back on Your path. We also pray this over our governmental leaders, pastors, family. May they trust in the Lord with their heart and lean not their own understanding; in all their ways submit to You, and You will make their paths straight.
For those void of the Spirit who do not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, but consider them foolishness, we pray the blinders to be removed so they can see their need for You. We know without which they cannot understand because true wisdom is discerned only through the Spirit. We pray regarding the pending government shutdown. Lord we pray courage for Speaker Johnson, that he will not kowtow to the mob pressing for additional money with no requirements or protection for the American people. We are tired of their out-of-control spending and the spineless leaders who say they will stand strong but fold at the first hint of opposition. We pray that the SAVE Act will be passed and not ignored.
We declare wisdom and discernment over America so that the American people would not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. That there would be fresh godly discernment to recognize the liars and “false prophets,” who are often the media, who have gone out into the world.
Help us not judge by outward signs, words or even actions, but to always take the time to pray, discern, research and test what is said. We pray for those who have aligned with the father of lies and are now bound in that deception. For he was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. We pray that those who follow him would be exposed and brought into the light so that their lies will fall to the ground and that perhaps they can repent and come into the knowledge of the truth.
I Cor 2:16, Eph 4:23, James 1:5, Prov 3:5-6, 2 Cor 2:14-15, 1 Jn 4:1, Jn 7:24, Jn 8:44