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Tuesday, March 31, 2020
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1. Cabinet approves new coronavirus restrictions - Israel National News
The Cabinet on Monday night approved the new emergency regulations in a way that would further restrict the civilian population as part of the efforts to fight the spread of the coronavirus.
According to the regulations, gatherings will not be permitted in the public space, including for the purpose of prayers and weddings.
The Western Wall will allow one minyan of 10 persons who are within 2 meters of each other to be held at each prayer service. A funeral will be held in an open space only and attended by up to 20 people. A circumcision ceremony will be attended by up to 10 people.
The government has also decided that leaving a place of residence will be permitted for individuals or people living in the same home, for a short time period and at a distance of up to 100 meters from the residence.
(Read more)
2. Health minister asks Netanyahu to quarantine virus-hit Bnei Brak - Times of Israel
Health Minister Yaakov Litzman has asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to impose a quarantine on the overwhelmingly ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, one of the areas hardest hit by the coronavirus.
The apparent request came a day after video emerged of hundreds of people taking part in a late-night funeral, as police declined to enforce social distancing rules, amid a reported reluctance among some in the city's ultra-Orthodox community to adhere to Health Ministry directives.
According to a Monday report from Channel 12 news, Litzman wants police to control the entrance and exit from the city, and also to provide food and essential products to residents to keep them at home. Sources close to the minister believe that the residents of Bnei Brak will cooperate with the move.
(Read more)
3. Netanyahu goes into quarantine after aide falls ill from corona - World Israel News
Will Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu go into quarantine? That was the question on the media's lips on Monday morning when it became known that a close personal aide to the prime minister had come down with the coronavirus.
They received the answer on Monday afternoon when the Prime Minister's Office announced that Netanyahu will go into quarantine until the end of an epidemiological study which is expected to show that he wasn't exposed to the coronavirus.
Earlier contradictory reports said he would not go into quarantine because the aide, Rivka Paluch, was in his presence for less than 15 minutes. Later reports on Monday said the prime minister would go into quarantine for a full week.
His office vigorously denied the latter report.
Netanyahu will be tested on Monday for the virus. He has been tested several times before.
His office says he has been following the health guidelines and is doing most of his work from home or via videoconference.
(Read more)
4. Mossad Brings Massive Shipment of Medical Equipment to Israel - Algemeiner
Israel's foreign intelligence service, the Mossad, is bringing massive amounts of medical equipment to the country to fight the coronavirus, news site N12 reported on Monday.
A week and a half ago, the Mossad brought 100,000 coronavirus test kits to Israel and announced that it planned to bring four million kits in total.
On Sunday night, another Mossad-organized shipment arrived that included 27 respirators, 10 million surgical masks, 25,000 of the more sophisticated N95 masks, 20,000 test kits and 700 protective suits for use by the Magen David Adom emergency service.
Another 180 respirators are expected to arrive in Israel on Wednesday.
The source of the equipment is not known, but Moshe Bar Siman-Tov, the director-general of the Health Ministry, said it was "in working order."
The Mossad is also involved in developing technological methods of fighting the virus, particularly the mobile phone app "Hamagen" ("The Shield"), which links phones with epidemiological data and alerts users if they are in the vicinity of someone infected with the disease.
(Read more)
5. Loud argument between Netanyahu and Bennett - Israel National News
At a Cabinet meeting held on Monday evening, an argument erupted between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Naftali Bennett.
During a debate on the extension of the scope of the coronavirus tests, the Prime Minister told the Defense Minister after the exchange between them turned into shouts, "We will now stop this argument and you can continue it on television."
Health Minister Director General Moshe Bar Siman Tov added, "You are coming down on us, but the Ministry of Defense does not provide the goods for more than 10,000 tests as of this coming Sunday."
Amihai Attali, Knesset report for the Yediot Aharonot newspaper, tweeted on Monday evening following the argument, "So what happened now at the Cabinet meeting is that there is one minister here who cares. And he delves into the material. He devotes his entire life to the coronavirus crisis, and studies it from every direction. And consults with experts from endless areas of knowledge. And listens to other people's ideas. And puts together plans. And updates the public. And it's not even his direct responsibility and all these actions are the complete opposite of everything that is Binyamin Netanyahu, who diminishes consultants, and all world leaders just want to hear his advice, and never builds a long-term plan (except in the political sphere), and you can never know where is his personal interest and where is the concern for the public."
(Read more)
The Daily Brief
1. Virginia, Maryland among latest states to impose stay-at-home orders to stem coronavirus crisis - Fox News
Maryland and Virginia became the two latest states Monday to issue stay-at-home orders telling residents to avoid going out for anything but essential trips for food, medical attention and other specific reasons as governments across the country scramble to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, and Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat, each issued full stay-at-home orders, with Maryland's taking effect at 8 p.m. on Monday and Virginia's taking effect at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday.
"The order directs all Virginians to stay home except in extremely limited circumstances," a press release sent out by Northam's office states. "Individuals may leave their residence for allowable travel, including to seek medical attention, work, care for family or household members, obtain goods and services like groceries, prescriptions, and others as outlined in Executive Order Fifty-Three, and engage in outdoor activity with strict social distancing requirements." (Read More)
- Father, we pray for all who are locked down in every corner of the globe. We bind the spirit of suicide that roams the world in search of people who want to give up. We pray for the President and the governors of all of our 50 states to have great wisdom in this time and we break off all lies that could cause him difficulties.
- "For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds." (2 Corinthians 10:4)
2. Texas Gov. Abbott expands mandatory coronavirus quarantines to include travelers from Louisiana, other hard-hit areas - Fox News
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott updated an executive order Sunday aimed at reducing the amount of travel into his state from Louisiana and other areas hit hard by the coronavirus.
Drivers from Lousiana whom the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) pulls over will be mandated to self-quarantine for 14-days, Abbott said.
The restrictions were similar to earlier regulations requiring a two-week self-quarantine period for travelers flying into Texas from New Orleans. Other travelers from states with high numbers of COVID-19 cases, including New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut -- considered "hotspots" for coronavirus -- also have faced similar restrictions.
Abbott, a Republican, added Sunday that passengers flying from Miami, Atlanta, Detroit, Chicago, California and Washington state also will have to self-quarantine. Anyone violating the quarantine order will be subject to a maximum fine of $1,000 or up to six months in jail, state officials warned. (Read more)
- Lord, as states begin to isolate heavily, refusing to allow people free travel between them, we pray for wisdom in this lockdown, that nothing will happen to people that is unwarranted or evil.
- "I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress; My God in Him I will trust."(Psalm 91:2)
3. Farmworkers -- key to keeping US fed -- are wary of virus spread- Associated Press
Salvador Calzadillas isn't worried about catching the coronavirus when he's picking mandarin oranges in the trees in central California. But he said the mere act of getting to the groves each day puts him and his wife, also a farmworker, at risk, and there's nothing they can do to change that.
Farmworkers, after all, can't work from home. Calzadillas and his wife are among half a dozen workers who crowd into a car or van to get to the groves a 40-minute drive away. There, they are huddled in a group to get daily instructions - without regard for social distancing, he said.
"There's been no changes so far, everything is the same," Calzadillas said. "Many of my co-workers say it's like we're immortal, we're working just the same. There's no prevention, and we keep working." The 31-year-old is one of many workers on farms operating as essential businesses in the heart of California's farm-rich Central Valley, supplying food to much of the United States even as schools, restaurants and stores have closed down because of the virus. More than a third of the country's vegetables and two-thirds of its fruits and nuts are grown in California, whose farms and ranches brought in nearly $50 billion in 2018, according to the state Department of Agriculture.
Agriculture groups and union leaders are urging employers to take extra precautions to prevent the outbreak from spreading among California's farmworkers, who are already in short supply. Workers getting sidelined by illness could jeopardize crop yields and disrupt the food supply.
Some farms are heeding the call, union officials and growers say. But it can be difficult to separate workers by 6 feet (2 meters) as recommended because of the way certain crops are grown, said Dave Puglia, president of Western Growers, a group representing family farmers in California, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico. (Read more)
- Lord, we pray Your mighty hand of protection over our farmers and their workers all across the nation. Preserve our food supply, O Lord, and may we give You the glory.
- "Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?"
(Matthew 6:26)
4. ICE Is Using Its Deportation Flights To Bring Home Americans Stuck Abroad- Daily Caller
ICE Air Operations, the air transportation arm of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has so far rescued 466 U.S. citizens stranded in the Northern Triangle region of Central America amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Following orders of final removal, ICE deported Salvadoran and Honduran nationals back to their home countries on Friday. On the return leg of these flights, the agency took aboard U.S. citizens who were stranded due to COVID-19 lockdowns, according to an ICE press release.
ICE on Friday flew home 130 U.S. citizens from Honduras via two different flights, and another 127 U.S. citizens from El Salvador - all of whom were able to occupy "Space Available" seats on the return leg of these repatriation flights.
These flights come after ICE flew back 209 U.S. citizens from El Salvador and Honduras earlier this month, bringing the total number of those rescued by the agency to 466. ICE says it will keep bringing Americans home, and left the door open to expanding the operation outside the Northern Triangle region. (Read more)
- Father, we thank you for these flights to return Americans. We pray for wisdom and protection of ICE personnel involved.
- "No evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling."
(Psalm 9:20)
5. Pelosi: As Trump 'Fiddles People Are Dying' of Coronavirus- His Denial 'Was Deadly' - Breitbart
Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) described president Donald Trump of fiddling while people died of coronavirus. Pelosi said, "First let me say how sad it is that even since the president's signing of the bill, the number of deaths reported has doubled from 1,000 to 2,000 in our country. This is such a very, very sad time for us. We should be taking every precaution. The president, his denial at the beginning, was deadly. His delaying of getting equipment to where it - his continued delay in getting equipment to where it's needed is deadly. Now the best thing to do would be to prevent more loss of life rather than open things up because we just don't know. We have to have testing, testing, testing.
That's what we said from the start before we can evaluate what the nature of it is in some of these other regions as well. I don't know what the purpose of that is. I don't know what the scientists are saying to him. I don't know what the scientists said to him, when did this president know about this, and what did he know? What did he know, and when did he know it? That's for an after-action review. But as the president fiddles, people are dying." (Read more)
- Father, speaker Pelosi has been a vile and nasty problem not only for the President, but for many in Congress. We ask that Your either open her heart to the truth, or remove her from that position.
- "So I will drive you out of your office, And from your position he will pull you down." (Isaiah 22:19)
6. Cuomo Admits Trump's Right: Coronavirus Shortages Are Fake News - PJ Media
The president tweeted on Saturday that news is flooded with unsourced claims that can't be verified. This is perhaps the most dangerous part of the entire pandemic. No one knows what the truth is.
The news media has been propping up all these anecdotal stories of nurses or doctors who claim they don't have the medical equipment they need. In a viral video released by the New York Times accompanying an article called "13 Deaths in a Day: An 'Apolcalyptic' Coronavirus Surge at an N.Y.C. Hospital," a woman claiming to be a doctor at Elmhurst hospital in New York seems to have violated HIPPA laws and filmed what looks like hospitalized patients and then claimed they didn't have enough ventilators...while standing in front of five unused ventilators.
You would think that if your patients are dying because they are in desperate need of ventilators and the hospital received a new shipment, there would be doctors and nurses rushing them to the dying patients, wouldn't you? (Read more)
- Lord , we rebuke every lie in the Mighty Name of Jesus! We bind up the news media and their agenda, the overreactions, the fear and say, 'no more!' We curse the root of this tree and command it to stop.
- 'This far you may come, but no farther, And here your proud waves must stop!"
(Job 38:11)
7. Church leaders urged to prepare for long-term shift in how people worship amid pandemic - Christian Post
Denominational executives are urging pastors to protect their mental health as well as prepare for a long-term shift in the way the church worships as the world struggles to respond to the new coronavirus pandemic that currently has no cure.
The advice came Thursday during a panel discussion hosted by Walter Kim, president of the National Association of Evangelicals at the COVID-19 Church Online Summit.
Doug Clay, general superintendent of the Assemblies of God, said their mental health committee recently polled their pastors on advice for other pastors during the pandemic and they developed a nine-point list of best practices which they are now circulating among leaders. At the top of the list pastors were asked to be mindful of boundaries.
"All of us are going to be stretched in ways we haven't been stretched before," Clay said. Pastors were also urged to find a trusted friend to help process decisions and leadership; intentionally manage their input, like taking a break from the news; take care of themselves by finding good physical and emotional rhythms; allow themselves a laugh break; hold to realistic expectations; have private worship; control only what they can control and don't get stressed out by what they can't; and seek to find hope in creative ways. (Read more)
- Lord, we are Your people who should have a song of praise in our hearts daily. Let us praise You and love You even when we are alone.
- "But You are holy, Enthroned in the praises of Israel." (Psalm 22:3)
8. France Officially Sanctions Drug After 78 Of 80 Patients Recover From COVID-19 Within Five Days - Daily Wire
The French government has officially sanctioned chloroquine, a drug often used to fight malaria, for certain patients infected with the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19.
"The French government has officially sanctioned prescriptions of chloroquine to treat certain coronavirus patients," France 24 English reported Saturday.
"This ensures continued treatment of patients who have been treated for several years for a chronic condition with this drug, but also allows a temporary authorization to allow certain patients with coronavirus to benefit from this therapeutic route," said France's director general of health Jérôme Salomon.
The move comes after infectious diseases specialist Didier Raoult announced new clinical results, which can be accessed here, that show 78 out of 80 patients treated with chloroquine recovered within five days, reported Trustnodes.
The five-day recovery time is "considerably" faster "than the usual 14 days and for some it can go up to 28 days if they recover at all," the outlet highlighted.
France's Minister of Health Olivier Véran said Thursday: "Hydroxychloroquine and the combination of lopinavir / ritonavir may be prescribed, dispensed and administered under the responsibility of a doctor to patients affected by Covid-19, in the healthcare establishments which take charge of them, as well as for the continuation of their treatment if their condition allows it and with the authorization of the initial prescriber, at home." (Read more)
- Lord, we thank You for this good news. We pray for all of the medical workers that are testing drugs at this time. But we also know that only You have the key to the virus, and only You can truly save us.
- "Some trust in horses, and some in chariots, but we will remember the Name of the Lord our God." (Psalm 20:7)
9. Former U.K. Prime Minister Calls for Temporary Global Government to Combat the Coronavirus - Christian Headlines
A former United Kingdom prime minister is asking world leaders to consider creating a temporary global government to help manage the coronavirus pandemic. Gordon Brown, who served as prime minister from 2007 to 2010, said he hopes world leaders, health experts and other international leaders can work together on a response to the pandemic, The Guardian reports. "This is not something that can be dealt with in one country," he said. "There has to be a coordinated global response."
Saudi Arabia has since hosted a virtual meeting of the G20 group of developed and developing countries. Brown, however, said the meeting should also include the U.N. security council.
In the meeting, G20 leaders promised to do "whatever it takes" to combat the economic and social damage from the coronavirus pandemic.
Brown was a central part in dealing with the 2008 global recession. Brown approved a bank rescue package for the U.K. and other economic measures to help with the recession.
"That was an economic problem that had economic causes and had an economic solution. "This is first and foremost a medical emergency and there has to be joint action to deal with that," he said of the pandemic. "But the more you intervene to deal with the medical emergency, the more you put economies at risk." (Read more)
- Father, as it is written about a one world government, we pray that it will not take place out of Your time frame. We pray that there will be time for repentance and revival.
- "O Lord, I have heard Your speech and was afraid; O, Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years! In the mist of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy."(Habakkuk 3:2)
10. Venezuelan General is Extradited to US - Second General Surrenders After US Puts Bounty on Leaders of Criminal Socialist Maduro Regime - Gateway Pundit
On Thursday US Attorney General William Barr along with the DEA and prosecutors from the Justice Department filed charges against the Maduro regime. The US Department of Justice accused the Maduro regime of narco-terrorism, drug trafficking, corruption and money laundering. The charges were made against Maduro, Diosdado Cabello and 12 members of the Venezuelan cartel.
The US offered a generous reward of millions of US dollars for handing over to regime criminals making the announcement much more attractive.
On Saturday Venezuelan General Cliver Alcala was in custody in New York City. General Alcalá is the first regime official to be detained by the US authorities.
The socialist general will be presented before the federal court for being part of the criminal Venezuelan cartel. According to the El Espectador.com the Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro responded to the US threats, saying, "From here they take me dead".
The narco-dictator added, "Are they going to accuse us of being terrorists? Here we are, the sons of Chávez. They will not be able to do this to us." (Read more)
- Lord, we pray for justice over these men who have for years brought death and destruction to their own people and to other nations.
- "Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne." (Psalm 89:14)
The Daily Jot
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
I don't have COVID-19, but I'm sick of...
That's right. I don't have COVID-19. And, yes, I believe that God has protected my family and myself from it. But I am sick of a couple of other things. First, I'm sick of the news media and the Democrats blaming President Trump, Republicans, conservatives, and Christians for this disease. They have repeatedly spread fear, misinformation, out-right lies, and hate. They say Trump has murdered Americans because of his response to this crisis. While they held up relief legislation for nearly two weeks to admittedly advance their agenda, cases increased from 7,800 to 121,500 and over 2,000 deaths. As people are dying, are confused and fearful, Democrats played politics with our lives. They should be ashamed.
While I believe God has protected my family and myself from COVID-19 so far, we also have not tempted God during this pandemic. We have taken great precaution and used wisdom that we might not get this disease or spread it to others. We are careful how and when we get food. We stay to ourselves. We check up on our friends and loved ones by phone or online. We hold our church services using Zoom. In short, we are not being stupid. And, yes, we have strong faith. As I have quoted 2 Timothy 1:7, "For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." So the other thing I am sick of are those claiming to be Christians, yet do and say things that endanger lives and bring ridicule aimed at God and Christ. An example comes from a well-known televangelist and name it/claim it theologist.
He shouted on March 29, "In the name of Jesus, standing in the office of the profit of God, I execute judgment on you COVID-19...I call you gone...No more...And the United States of America is healed and well again...It's dead. At exactly 12 noon on the 29th day of March. It's over. It's over." He and another preacher agreed that COVID-19 is dead, done, and has "ceased to exist." At the risk of offending many, this is wrong in so many ways. God is the Master. We are the servants. We pray, we act. He chooses His response to our requests. Since this "office of the prophet directive," COVID-19 has expanded in the US by the thousands. America is not healed. When Christ should be presented as the answer, hope and salvation, this invites ridicule, and endangers lives as people who believe this proclamation ignore the warnings.
Those who say people lack faith if they don't attend church in person, or believe that God will protect them from the virus no matter what they do (and many have come down with COVID-19, some have died), or make proclamations as if they are God, are part of the problem, not the solution. This foolishness gives people a false sense of security and they do things that jeopardize themselves, their families and the rest of us. Or it brings ridicule upon all Christians. Does this honor God? Does this bring others to the Lord in this time of need? Remember Christs' words in Matthew 5:16, "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." Pray. Act. Encourage.
Have a Blessed and Powerful Day!
Bill Wilson
www.dailyjot.com
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- Signs and Wonders
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Prayers for the Persecuted Church
"Remember the prisoners, as though in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you yourselves also are in the body." (Hebrews 13:3)
Please visit the website for International Christian Concern to lift up prayers for the persecuted around the world, every day. Their link is: www.persecution.org -- or go here to connect. Thank you for interceding for our brothers and sisters who are suffering in Asia, the Islamic World, and the Far East.
Nearer, My God, To Thee
Classic Hymns
NEARER, MY GOD, TO THEE
"He saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to Heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it." (Genesis 28:11-12)
Lyrics
Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee! E'en though it be a cross that raiseth me, Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee. Refrain Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!
Though like the wanderer, The sun gone down, Darkness be over me, my rest a stone. Yet in my dreams I'd be nearer, my God to Thee.
Refrain There let the way appear, Steps unto Heav'n; All that Thou sendest me, in mercy given; Angels to beckon me nearer, my God, to Thee. Refrain Then, with my waking thoughts Bright with Thy praise, Out of my stony griefs Bethel I'll raise; So by my woes to be nearer, my God, to Thee. Refrain
Or, if on joyful wing Cleaving the sky, Sun, moon, and stars forgot, upward I'll fly, Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee. Refrain There in my Father's home, Safe and at rest, There in my Savior's love, perfectly blest; Age after age to be, nearer my God to Thee. Refrain
Melody
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About the Author:
Words: Sarah F. Adams, 1841
Melody: Lowell Mason, 1856
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Signs and Wonders
Signs and Wonders
Arkansas tornado rips through mall, empty because of coronavirus:
'Blessing in disguise'
A fierce tornado tearing through Arkansas on Saturday left six people injured and caused major damage to a local shopping mall and airport.
Extensive damage occurred at the Mall at Turtle Creek in Jonesboro, although most stores were closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. A Best Buy store was rendered nearly unrecognizable.
"At 5 o'clock on a Saturday afternoon that place would've been packed, and at this point there was hardly anyone in there," Jonesboro E-911 Director Jeff Presley said. "It's a blessing in disguise."
Those hurt in the college city of roughly 75,000 people -- about 130 miles northeast of Little Rock -- were taken to the hospital with minor injuries, Presley said. The National Weather Service issued tornado warning around 4:47 p.m. local time and the twister touched down just after 5 p.m., per the Washington Post.
Photos of a destroyed hangar and a graveyard of planes were also captured at the Jonesboro Municipal Airport.
One resident recorded video from inside his phone shop of the massive tornado tossing debris around like it was nothing.
Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., described the effects of the twister and called for support for the community.
"In the midst of everything, a tornado just went through the heart of town," Crawford added. "None of my staff have been hurt and my family are okay. Unsure of others - please pray for first responders now being dispatched." (Fox News) Read more.
"I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke." (Acts 2:19)
Good News Corner
The Good News Corner
Coronavirus chronicles: Here's some good news amid the dire reports
Right now the coronavirus pandemic and COVID-19 are all anyone can talk about, and you're not alone if you feel overwhelmed or find yourself focusing on worst-case scenarios. So let's take a second, breathe deep and look at some of the positive things going on in these strange times.
Keep in mind that the coronavirus pandemic -- which has killed thousands, amid hundreds of thousands of cases worldwide -- is far from over and you should continue to play your part to look after yourself and others. Here's how to protect yourself from coronavirus, how to prepare for quarantine and how to keep your spirits up. Remember, there are many reasons not to sink into worry or fear. We'll keep updating this page with encouraging, reassuring and uplifting news about medical progress, government support and people uniting to help each other.
We know how to slow the spread
Follow the advice of your local authority to minimize your chances of getting or spreading the virus, in particular by washing your hands regularly, not touching your face and avoiding non-essential trips out of your home.
In China, Singapore and other affected countries, social distancing played a big part in turning the tide. Acting early and following the advice is crucial, and we all have a part to play.
Keep track of the coronavirus pandemic.
More and more countries are containing the spread
Many countries around the world are in the midst of coronavirus outbreaks, and if you live in any of these places you should continue to follow the guidelines. The results are reassuring: In countries that have acted fast and taken social distancing seriously, the spread of the virus has been dramatically slowed or even contained.
We're working on a cure
Scientists around the world are looking for a coronavirus vaccine. It's essential not to rush this process, and it will take months or even years to develop the vaccine and make sure it's safe. But the work has begun and some promising avenues have already been identified.
(CNET News) Read more.
Worship With Us Today
About CHPP
About Capitol Hill Prayer Partners
Our Mission Statement
Capitol Hill Prayer Partners (CHPP) is a ministry which is positioned on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., helping members of the Body of Christ to "pray for those in authority over us" in our federal government. Our primary purpose is to offer intercession on site for the members of Congress and their staffs each day that the Senate and the House of Representatives are in session; and our chief prayer focus is that "God's will be done in earth, as it is in heaven." [Matthew 6:10].
Because Jesus Christ has shed His blood for all, we, too, pray for ALL, in a nonpartisan manner. Also, because the scriptures indicate that "the effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much" (James 4:17), we are confident that fervent prayer, offered in the halls of the highest chambers of government in our land, can avail much for America. Capitol Hill Prayer Partners welcomes those who feel called to join us, engaging in this strategic work of intercession for our nation: "For there is no power but of God; the powers that be are ordained of God." [Romans 13:1]
HOW TO SUBSCRIBE
Capitol Hill Prayer Partners welcomes all who wish to pray for our leaders to join us in prayer for our nation. You may sign up to receive our alerts by sending an email to us at info@capitolhillprayer.org requesting that your name be added to our list of subscribers.
We Welcome Your Gifts
We Welcome Your Gifts
Capitol Hill Prayer Partners (CHPP) is a 501(c)(3), tax- exempt, faith-based, ministry, dedicated to praying for our leaders (1 Tim. 2:1-4). CHPP relies solely on the gifts of our readers to continue this work; thus we greatly appreciate your help in supporting this publication. Offerings may be sent to: Capitol Hill Prayer Partners, P.O. Box 5152, Herndon, VA 20172-1970. Please make checks payable to: CHPP. THANK YOU!
DONATE ONLINE!
Now you can also donate online by going here. Or . . . if you prefer, simply paste this link into your browser to access our secure online donor system:
https://www.egsnetwork.com/gift/gift.php?giftid=3B77E058-983E-4415-AA4E-2F82ED1A4DEA#
"The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit." (Philippians 4:23)
Reading the Bible Together
WELCOME TO OUR BIBLE READATHON!
"For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea." (Habakkuk 2:14)
> > > Reading the Word of God over our nation, six nights per week!! ALL NIGHT LONG!
We are now reading the Word of God every night (except on Sunday mornings) from midnight to 6:00 a.m. EDT. We are reading through the whole Word, from Genesis to Revelation, and beginning again in Genesis when finished. [As of this writing, over the past three years, we have now "read through" the entire Word of God sixty-five times, nonstop. Hallelujah!]
Our numbers of readers continues to grow over time. All are welcome to join, as we use "the weapons of OUR warfare" to confront our enemy and BRING HIM DOWN through the LOVE of our Messiah and, by faith, setting captives free!
Our conference number is: 712-432-0075. The access code is: 206425#.
Please call at any time from midnight to 6:00 a.m. EST! EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN OUR "WARFARE IN THE NIGHT", USING THE WEAPON OF HIS WARFARE - THE WORD OF GOD!
"For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart." (Hebrews 4:12)
> > > A footnote: 2020 has been declared "the Year of the Bible."
Hallelujah!!
Please join us as, together, we "soak the very atmosphere of our nation" in the WORD OF GOD!
In closing, let us decree together that . . .
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." (Psalm 119:105)
AMEN!!
Reminder!
Our conference number is: 712-432-0075.
The access code is: 206425#.
And . . . once again . . . welcome!
Sara Ballenger, President
Janet Dibble, Bible Readathon Coordinator
Capitol Hill Prayer Partners
