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Tuesday, June 16, 2020
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Focus on Israel
1. Netanyahu: Sovereignty may start small if Gantz insists- Jerusalem Post
Israel may apply its law to only some of the settlements this summer because the US will only support it if Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz is on board, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a group of former IDF senior commanders on Monday. There is a strong possibility that Gantz will only agree for sovereignty to be applied in phases, he said.
US President Donald Trump's plan allows Israel to annex 30% of the West Bank, including all settlements and the Jordan Valley.
The Trump plan is a "historic opportunity" for Israel and must be seized now while Trump is in office, Netanyahu told the "Protectors of Israel" group.
In a Likud faction meeting, he said the map of where Israel will extend its laws can only be completed with Gantz, who remains indecisive.
Asked by an MK what Gantz's Blue and White faction wants to do, Netanyahu said it was unclear.
2. Greek PM to visit Israel Tuesday for talks on energy, annexation - Times of Israel
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will travel to Israel on Tuesday for wide-ranging talks covering energy and his counterpart's controversial plans to annex parts of the West Bank.
Mitsotakis will lead the largest high-level delegation to Israel since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, with six ministers in tow including defense and tourism.
Their overnight stay follows a visit to Jerusalem last week by German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, who voiced European discontent at Israeli proposals to annex West Bank settlements and the Jordan Valley.
The step forms part of a peace plan unveiled by US President Donald Trump in January, which has been backed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and wholly rejected by the Palestinians.
"We will discuss the peace plan of President Trump and we will talk about energy and the EastMed [gas pipeline], stability in the Middle East with an emphasis on Iran and Lebanon," Iris Ambor, director of the Foreign Ministry's Southern Europe Department, told journalists on Monday.
3. Report: Jordan's King Abdullah Refuses to Take Netanyahu's Phone Calls, Stonewalls Meeting With Gantz - Algemeiner
Jordan's king is refusing to take phone calls from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the rift between their countries over possible Israeli annexation of parts of the West Bank deepens.
The Palestinian news agency Maan reported on Monday that Netanyahu had called King Abdullah II and received no answer.
In addition, a potential meeting between Abdullah and Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz to discuss annexation was being stonewalled.
Maan stated that Abdullah had specifically ordered the royal court not to set a date for the meeting with Gantz. The defense minister had asked for the meeting specifically in order to deal with the annexation issue.
Jordan vehemently opposes Israeli annexation of any part of the West Bank, and Gantz has repeatedly stated that he would only support such a move in coordination with Israel's Arab neighbors. Last month, Abdullah told the German weekly Der Spiegel that annexation would cause a "massive conflict."
4. IDF Firing on Gaza Target Following Rocket Attack - Jewish Press
A rocket was launched at Israel from the Gaza Strip on Monday evening, at around 9 PM. The rocket landed in the Eshkol region. No one was injured or damaged from the attack. The Red Alert siren did not sound as tracking indicated the rocket would land in an open area.
The IDF began retaliating around 10 PM on Monday nigh. The IDF reports that tank fire was used against targets in Gaza, and Israeli aircraft hit Hamas underground infrastructures.
On Sunday, a bundle of balloons with an attached suspicious package was discovered in Moshav Tidhar near Ofakim in southern Israel. A sapper was called to the scene and neutralized the suspicious object that was connected to the bundle. According to Israel, this was the first incendiary balloon launched from the Gaza Strip into Israel since February, but some reports suggest otherwise.
5. Israel in 'final stages' of purchasing coronavirus vaccine from US biotech company - World Israel News
An unnamed Health Ministry official told Ynet on Sunday that Israel is in "advanced talks" with a U.S. biotech company to purchase its experimental coronavirus vaccine.
When asked for comment on the report by CNBC, Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel said, "We are having discussions with multiple governments around the world and are not able to comment on these."
Moderna's experimental vaccine called mRNA-1373 tries to counter the coronavirus's ability to latch on to healthy cells and spread, thereby giving the body's immune system ample time to destroy the deadly disease.
On Thursday, Moderna announced it is completing stage two of trials and will be moving on to its third and final stage of trials in July.
In stage three, the experimental vaccine will be randomly administered to a portion of the study's 30,000 healthy volunteers. Researchers hope that the randomized placebo-controlled trial will prove the vaccine's efficacy in treating the virus and impeding its transmission of the pathogen responsible for coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2).
The Daily Brief
1. Senate Closes In On Corrupt Obama Admin With Groundbreaking Act - National Insiders
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved subpoenas for documents and testimony from top Obama administration officials as part of the panel's investigation into the origins of the Russia probe during the 2016 presidential election.
The committee voted Thursday to approve a measure giving broad authority to Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., to subpoena more than 50 mostly former Obama administration officials as part of its investigation.
The subpoenas apply to former FBI Director James Comey, former national security adviser Susan Rice and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and others.
"McCabe. . . Comey . . .their day is coming," Graham said.
The subpoena authorization approved Thursday would also cover any documents, communications and testimony "related to any aforementioned matter" from current and former officials, including former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, former Attorney General Loretta Lynch, former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, former ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power, former FBI officials Lisa Page, Peter Strzok, James Baker and Bill Priestap, as well as former DOJ official Bruce Ohr, among others.(Read more)
- Lord, we pray that justice will come to the perpetrators of the attacks on President Trump and his campaign. We ask You to root out the evil and false witnesses.
- "But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively."
(Jude 1:10)
2. Fired State Department IG Sent Confidential Info to His Personal Email Accounts - Free Beacon
The State Department inspector general whose recent dismissal ignited a political firestorm sent copies detailing a sensitive investigation to his personal email account, according to a probe into his conduct run by the Defense Department's inspector general. The inquiry report, dated March 17, confirms that fired State Department inspector general Steve Linick was the subject of a broad investigation related to the leaks of politically charged materials to journalists, specifically a draft evaluation report into Brian Hook, the State Department's top Iran official.
The report, which was provided to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, concluded that while Linick was permitted to send information to his personal email account to facilitate access while traveling, he was the only official in that office to have done so. The disclosure is likely to raise new questions about Linick's suspected role in leaking sensitive information to the press.
Linick's firing generated harsh criticism from Democrats and many in the media, with opponents of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo alleging the former IG was canned for his efforts to investigate allegations of impropriety related to Pompeo and his staff. The Trump administration, however, has maintained that Linick's firing was justified. (Read more)
- Lord, it appears the President was right to fire this man. We pray that more truth be known for this leaking of confidential information.
- "For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret except to come to light." (Mark 4:22)
3. Democratic fears grow over 2020 voter suppression -The Hill
Democrats say voter suppression is one of their biggest concerns going into the November election against President Trump.
There were plenty of warning signs for Democrats, they say, in Georgia's primary election this week when voters waited in hours-long lines, voting machines malfunctioned and election site workers were ill-equipped to handle problems' often in communities where large populations of black voters reside.
"Yes, this isn't a theoretical question," said Democratic strategist Eddie Vale, after being asked if Democrats should be concerned about voter suppression in the general election when former Vice President Joe Biden will take on Trump.
"The [Republican National Committee] spent decades under a consent decree for their work suppressing minority voters and now that it has been lifted Trump and Republicans are openly bragging about being able to go back to work keeping people from voting," he said.
"It is absolutely a legitimate concern," said Democratic strategist Joel Payne. "Less people vote, more Republicans win. That's their strategy."
In an appearance on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" this week, Biden openly expressed worries about voter suppression. (Read more)
- Father, let there be no "voter suppression" on either side of the political equation. Let the lies and fear being spread by any politician or media be silenced in the Mighty Name Of Jesus.
- "No one who practices deceit will dwell in my house; no one who speaks falsely will stand in my presence. Every morning I will put to silence all the wicked in the land; I will cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD." (Psalm 101:8)
4. NBC Anchor Asks Sen. Scott If He's a 'Token' GOP Black - PJ Media
Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina is probably tired of questions about being a black man in the Republican Party. The liberal media that continues to ask him about it can't hide their own racism - as if Scott is too stupid to think for himself and doesn't want to join others on the Democratic Party plantation.
But the journalists are oblivious to their own racist attitudes. They believe they occupy a position of moral supremacy over Republicans despite all the evidence to the contrary. NBC's Craig Melvin of the network's "Third Hour" of the "Today Show" apparently just couldn't help himself. Washington Examiner: The moment occurred during an interview with NBC's Craig Melvin, who pressed Scott to respond to a number of questions about the senator's efforts toward criminal justice reform and the White House's response to the national debate surrounding the wrongful death of George Floyd.
"Senator, you have faced a fair amount of criticism," Melvin said, "especially over the past few days, because you are the only black Republican senator." Now, one would think that because there are so few blacks in the Senate, Scott's position alone would be cause for celebration. Not so. And if he is the only black Republican senator, why should that be a cause of criticism?
The NBC anchor, who is black, added, "Some have said that your party is using you, they've even thrown around the word 'token,' as well. Your response to that criticism?" "Some people say" or the ubiquitous "studies show" are code words for, "I say" and "This is what I think." It's rank dishonesty that lazy reporters who don't want to prepare for an interview with an intelligent man fall back on to make themselves sound knowledgeable and urbane. (Read more)
- Father, we rebuke the innuendo and vile statements against these conservative black men and women in the Name of Jesus. We speak peace to their hearts as they battle lies and the spread of false reports. Cover them, Lord, and bring justice to bear in their case.
- "For the Lord loves justice and does not forsake His saints." (Psalm 37:28a)
5. Total U.S. debt surges to $55.9 trillion amid big increases in corporate and government borrowing -- CNBC
Debt surged and household net worth tumbled in the first three months of the year as the initial impact of the coronavirus pandemic hit, according to Federal Reserve data released Thursday.
Total domestic nonfinancial debt jumped by 11.7% to $55.9 trillion, the Fed said in its quarterly statement on domestic financial accounts. Debt had increased by 3.2% in Q4 of 2019.
At the same time, plunging stock market values took a bite out of net worth, which fell $7.4 trillion to $110.8 trillion. Wall Street, however, staged a sharp recovery off its March lows, so much of that loss likely has been made up. Equity values fell by $7.8 trillion, while real estate value increased by $400 billion in the first quarter.
The biggest debt gain come on the business side, rising 18.8%, while federal government debt also jumped 14.3%. Total federal debt recently passed $26 trillion.(Read more)
- Lord as our national debt grows exponentially we ask for mercy and restoration.
- "And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you."(1 Peter 5:10)
6. Susan Collins vows to overturn Trump rule rolling back LGBT patients' protections - The Hill
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced Saturday she would work to overturn Trump Administration's new rule rolling back LGBT patients' protections in the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
"The Trump Administration's decision to eliminate protections for transgender patients is simply wrong. I'll work to overturn this discriminatory policy," Collins tweeted.
The announcement comes one day after the the administration said it would abandon Obama Adminstration nondiscrimination protections for the LGBT community under the Affordable Care Act.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a statement Friday announcing the government's interpretation of sex discrimination would be based on "the plain meaning of the word 'sex' as male or female and as determined by biology."
Health groups and LGBT advocates alike have said the latest interpretation to the discrimination policy would make it easier for hospitals, doctors and insurance companies to deny healthcare coverage to transgender and nonbinary patients, as well as women who have had abortions. (Read more)
- Lord, we ask that You intervene in this fight, bringing Your truth to bear on the agenda of LGBTQ groups. We pray against the deception they are under, and ask that You touch their hearts and draw them to You in repentance.
- "Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life." (Galatians 6:7-8)
7. Ben Carson Says It Wouldn't Be 'Smart' to Rename Military Bases Named After Confederates, Suggesting It Would 'Bury' History - Newsweek
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson pushed back against bipartisan efforts to change the names of U.S. military bases named in honor of former Confederate generals, suggesting the move would "bury" history.
"Many of the bases were named after Confederate generals as a conciliatory movement after the [Civil] War," Carson said during an interview with Fox News Sunday. "To now change that would be having exactly the opposite effect. We have to recognize that we have a history and to try to hide that history is probably not a smart move," the Trump administration official said.
Carson then referred to the Bible, which he described as "the greatest book ever written," saying that it also shares a lot of bad things and not just "roses and flowers. Smart people, wise people use their history in order to improve," Carson said. "Other kinds of people try to bury their history." (Read more)
- Lord, thank You for Dr. Carson, and he is correct. History is meant to improve us, changing our hearts to bring new life, just as Your Word is meant to change our hearts and lives.
- "For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart." (Hebrews 4:12)
8. Street Preacher Assaulted in Seattle's 'Autonomous Zone,' Dragged Through Street - Christian news A number of videos surfacing on social media show a street preacher being assaulted in what has come to be labeled Seattle's "Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone," and in one short video clip appears to show the preacher being dragged unconscious through the street.
The unidentified preacher can be seen being surrounded by a number of people while speaking on one of the streets closed by the activists, assaulted, and at one point kissed against his will on the face.
The "autonomous zone," which has been taken over by Antifa and BLM activists and supporters, has been illegally blocked off by those who want to do away with police, and who are now encamped in the six block area. The area includes Seattle Police Department's burned out East Precinct.
In a subsequent video posted online, which is specifically directed to President Trump, the preacher stated that he supports the president "100 percent" and called Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan a "complete failure." He asked the commander-in-chief to take back the city.
"This place needs to be shut down immediately," he asserted. "We need our country back." (Read more)
- Lord, we pray that You will grant the President great wisdom in dealing with these dangerous activists. We pray that is man who attempted to preach to them would be protected from any further danger and healed from the experience.
- "I can do all things through Him who strengthens me." (Philippians 4:13)
9. Supreme Court rules gay workers protected from job discrimination, in big win for LGBT rights - Fox News
The Supreme Court handed a big win to the LGBT community Monday, ruling in a 6-3 decision that an employer who fires a worker for being gay or transgender violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act -- which already protected people from employer sex discrimination, as well as discrimination based on race, color, religion or national origin.
The decision dealt with three cases. In one, Clayton County, Georgia employee Gerald Bostock was fired from his job as a child welfare advocate for conduct "unbecoming" a county employee soon after he joined a gay softball league. In another, New York skydiving instructor Donald Zarda was fired days after mentioning he was gay, and in a third, Michigan funeral home worker Aimee Stephens was fired after she told her employer that she would be identifying as a woman six years into her employment.
"Ours is a society of written laws. Judges are not free to overlook plain statutory commands on the strength of nothing more than suppositions about intentions or guesswork about expectations. In Title VII, Congress adopted broad language making it illegal for an employer to rely on an employee's sex when deciding to fire that employee," said the court's opinion, written by Justice Neil Gorsuch.
"We do not hesitate to recognize today a necessary consequence of that legislative choice: An employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender defies the law." (Read more)
- Father, this ruling essentially makes the LGBTQ 'lifestyle' sanctioned law in the United States, leaving employers no choice but to hire those with which they may not agree.The only remedy is a move of Your Spirit in repentance. We truly ask for Your intervention to give LGBTQ adherents freedom from deception that has bound them to a lie, and our leaders the knowledge of Your truth.
- "And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment." (John 16:8)
- "He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of prison to those who are bound." (Isaiah 61:1c,d)
10. Thomas, Kavanaugh lament 'decade-long failure to protect the Second Amendment' - Fox News
Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanagh on Monday admonished their fellow justices for letting Second Amendment cases languish in the lower courts in a dissent to the tribunal's decision not to take up a gun rights case.
The last major Supreme Court cases to decide gun rights issues were McDonald v. Chicago and D.C. v. Heller, both of which came out more than a decade ago. Kavanaugh and Thomas, in the case of an ATM service worker who takes care of machines in "high-crime areas" but was told by New Jersey that is not a good enough reason for him to have a permit to carry a handgun, accused their fellow justices of ambivalence to potential violations of Americans' constitutional right to bear arms.
"This Court would almost certainly review the constitutionality of a law requiring citizens to establish a justifiable need before exercising their free speech rights. And it seems highly unlikely that the Court would allow a State to enforce a law requiring a woman to provide a justifiable need before seeking an abortion," Thomas wrote, in an opinion joined by Kavanaugh. "But today, faced with a petition challenging just such a restriction on citizens' Second Amendment rights, the Court simply looks the other way." (Read more)
- Father God, we ask that You move upon the hearts of these justices, so that, in the next judicial year, this case and decision might come up for review. We continue to strongly uphold our own right to bear arms. Amen.
- "This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us-whatever we ask-we know that we have what we asked of him."
( I John 5:14, 15)
The Daily Jot
Monday, June 15, 2020
Cancel Culture and Liberty
We are living in a culture where activists shout down, try to cancel out, and label people who don't agree with them. For example, anyone who believes that black people should be treated equally and fairly in society, cannot possibly support President Trump. Recently, a former professional football player said that those who support Trump, and are also supporting an end to racism, are insincere. Those who want to abolish police forces will call you a fascist and racist if you disagree. Author JK Rowling recently gave her opinion in favor of the traditional male-female relationship, and the radical left exercised extreme "cancel culture" methods to silence her. Sadly, the socialist radical left is become the mainstream left.
Cancel culture calls for boycotting a person because of perceived problematic behaviors or actions. When the larger public decides someone is "canceled," it will avoid supporting or engaging with that person, trying to foment a decline in that person's relevance. Professor and social commentator Jordan Peterson explains this as underserved access to power. He says the classical defense for free speech is that it is good to exchange opinions. In dialogue, we can alter one another's opinions in a way that is mutually beneficial. But Peterson says, "There is no autonomous individual in the post-modern world. You don't have ideas or opinions. There is your group, your identity, your struggle for power and that's all."
The current environment in America reflects this phenomena and it is very dangerous to your freedoms of speech and religion. Socialists are trying to place a death grip on our free society. Christians must stand otherwise freedom will cease to exist. "Freedom sees in religion the companion of its struggles and its triumphs, the cradle of its infancy, the divine source of its rights. It considers religion as the safeguard of mores; and mores as the guarantee of laws and the pledge of its own duration."-these are the words of Alexis de Tocqueville, a French aristocrat who came to America in the 1830s to observe what made the country so great. His "Democracy in America" is considered a historic treasure about the unique success of the United States. Tocqueville wrote that America is free because of its collective Christian religion.
What we are experiencing today is not new, just louder. Cotton Mather wrote in 1820, "There is a liberty of corrupt nature, which is affected both by men and beasts, to do what they list; and this liberty is inconsistent with authority, impatient of all restraint; by this liberty we are all inferior; 'tis the grand enemy of truth and peace, and all the ordinances of God are bent against it. But there is a civil, a moral, a federal liberty, which is the proper end and object of authority; it is a liberty for that only which is just and good; for this liberty you are to stand with the hazard of your very lives." Galatians 5:1 says, "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage." As Christians, we must demand and accept no other form of liberty.
Et tu, Gorsuch?
Et Tu, Gorsuch?
Published by the Judicial Action Group
[Summary: Supreme Court rules gay workers protected from job discrimination, in big win for LGBT rights]
Here is a link to the U.S. Supreme Court opinion in Bostock v. Clayton County. The opinions total 172 pages so it will take a little time to read, digest and reflect.
In short, the opinion is heartbreakingly activist.
Here's a very brief summary: The vote was 6-3 holding that the 1964 Civil Rights Act is applied in the workplace to people who present as transgender and/or homosexual. The role of the Judiciary is not to legislate from the bench, but rather to faithfully apply the original public meaning of the law to the facts and to yield the result of a prevailing party. The majority utterly fails in that regard.
Justice Neil Gorsuch utterly fails in that regard.
The majority opinion attempts to write new highly controversial social policy into the law that bears no relationship to the original public meaning of the statute at issue. The opinion is an anti-constitutional exercise of raw judicial activism and Justice Gorsuch led the effort with Chief Justice Roberts' in agreement.
The majority justices are: Justice Gorsuch, Chief Justice Roberts, and Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan.
The majority opinion was written by Justice Neil Gorsuch.
The dissenting justices are Thomas, Alito and Kavanaugh.
Justice Alito wrote a dissenting opinion that was joined by Justice Thomas.
Justice Kavanaugh wrote a separate dissenting opinion.
I plan to share more as I read the opinions.
Respectfully,
Phillip L. Jauregui
Judicial Action Group
(202) 216-9309
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Alito Says It Best
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The Thin Blue Line
The Thin Blue Line:
Our Police in the News
1. Atlanta police chief resigns amid backlash over fatal shooting of black man - Fox News
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced on Saturday that the city's police chief had submitted her resignation just hours after the fatal shooting of a black man who struggled with police during a sobriety test.
Bottoms said it was Police Chief Erika Shields' own decision to resign from the role, which she took in 2016. According to Bottoms, she will remain with the city in an undetermined position.
"Because of her desire that Atlanta be a model of what meaningful reform should look like across this country, Chief Shields has offered to immediately step aside as Police Chief so that the city may move forward with urgency and rebuilding the trust so desperately needed throughout our communities," Bottoms said, according to ABC News.
Interim Corrections Chief Rodney Bryant will serve as interim police chief until a permanent replacement is found. (Read more)
- Father, as the unrest continues across the country, we pray for our police forces everywhere. If they do not know You, we ask for repentance and light to come into them. If they are Yours, we ask for Your powerful protection against evil. We bind the forces of evil in this situation and command them to disperse in the Name of Jesus and by His Blood.
"My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge, my savior; you save me from violence. I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies."
(2 Samuel 22:3-4)
2. Minneapolis City Council Unanimously Passes Resolution To Replace Police Department With 'Community-Led Public Safety System' - Daily Wire
The Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously to pass a resolution on Friday to replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a supposed "community-led public safety system" following the death of George Floyd.
"The murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, by Minneapolis police officers is a tragedy that shows that no amount of reforms will prevent lethal violence and abuse by some members of the Police Department against members of our community, especially Black people and people of color," five of the council members wrote in a resolution.
"Minneapolis voters would decide in November whether to eliminate the City Charter's requirement for police staffing and replace it with a new department 'to provide for community safety and violence prevention,' under a proposal floated Friday by five City Council members," The Star Tribune reported. "The announcement comes at a time when council members are facing pressure to explain their plan to 'begin the process of ending' the Minneapolis Police Department."
The resolution states that members would "commence a year long process of community engagement, research, and structural change to create a transformative new model for cultivating safety in our city," and will focus on using "healers." (Read more)
- Father, we pray for the people in Minneapolis, which has much gang violence. May You protect and defend Your people against any more violence from any part of the criminal element, or police.
- "No weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, declares the Lord." (Isaiah 54:17)
3. Seattle police chief wants to retake precinct in occupied CHAZ 'as soon as possible' - Fox News
Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best said she wants to retake the police precinct in the self-declared "Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone," or "CHAZ," "as soon as possible."
"Ideally, we just need to get back into the building," Best told local station KIRO-7 on Friday. "People are looking for a plan, but we want to make sure we modulate anything that we're doing," Best added.
This week, decrying police brutality after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, demonstrators have turned part of Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood into a protest center with speakers, drum circles and Black Lives Matter painted on a street near the police station.
Police largely left the station after the chaos last weekend, when officers tear-gassed protesters and some demonstrators threw objects at them. Police sprayed tear gas just two days after the mayor and police chief said they were temporarily halting its use. (Read more)
- Lord, as frustration mounts over the situation in Seattle, we ask that every side find repentance and peace in the Son of the Living God. We pray for a move of Your Spirit across the land, from sea to sea, and border to border. Let there be Your freedom, Your life, and Your Light!
- "And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." (Acts 2:38)
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.
A Classic Hymn
BE STILL, MY SOUL
"Be still, and know that I am God." (Psalm 46:10)
Lyrics
Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side. Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain. Leave to thy God to order and provide; In every change, He faithful will remain. Be still, my soul: thy best, thy heavenly friend Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.
Be still, my soul: thy God doth undertake To guide the future, as He has the past. Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake; All now mysterious shall be bright at last. Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still know His voice who ruled them while He dwelt below.
Be still, my soul: when dearest friends depart, And all is darkened in the vale of tears, Then shalt thou better know His love, His heart, Who comes to soothe thy sorrow and thy fears. Be still, my soul: thy Jesus can repay From His own fullness all He takes away.
Be still, my soul: the hour is hastening on When we shall be forever with the Lord. When disappointment, grief and fear are gone, Sorrow forgot, love's purest joys restored. Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past All safe and blessèd we shall meet at last.
Be still, my soul: begin the song of praise On earth, believing, to Thy Lord on high; Acknowledge Him in all thy words and ways, So shall He view thee with a well pleased eye. Be still, my soul: the sun of life divine Through passing clouds shall but more brightly shine.
Melody
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By LIBERA. Lovely!
About the Author:
Words: Katharina A. von Schlegel, in Neue Sammlung Geistlicher Lieder, 1752 (Stille, meine Wille, dein Jesus hilft sieen). Translated from German to English by Jane L. Borthwick in Hymns from the Land of Luther, 1855.
Melody: Finlandia Jean Sibelius, 1899
About the Hymn: This hymn was a favorite of Eric Liddell, the athlete who became famous in the 1924 Olympics for refusing to run on the Sabbath (see the 1981 movie Chariots of Fire).
Liddell later became a missionary in China, and was imprisoned during World War II. He is said to have taught this hymn to others in the prison camp (where he eventually died of a brain tumor)
Signs and Wonders
Signs and Wonders
GIANT JELLYFISH "SPRITES" OVER EUROPE
Sprite season is underway in Europe. On June 13th, Czech photographer Daniel erba-Elza recorded these giant jellyfish over a mesoscale convective thunderstorm:
"My camera was set up in the Jeseniky mountains," says erba-Elza. "The sprites were more than 200 km away, across over border with Slovakia." Considering the distances involved, the jellyfish must have been nearly 50 km tall, measured from heads to tentacle-tips.
"The storm was very active," continues erba-Elza. "During my observing session, I observed more than 30 clusters like this."
This kind of hyperactivity may be boosted by Solar Minimum, happening now. During this low phase of the solar cycle. cosmic rays from deep space flood into the inner solar system, allowed in by the sun's weakening magnetic field. Some models hold that cosmic rays help sprites get started by creating conductive paths in the atmosphere. That would make the summer of 2020 a good time to look for jellyfish in the sky.
> > > To view this amazing photo, go here.
"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
Man Buys Cracker Barrel Dinner for Four Alabama Police Officers:
'It's a Good Thing to See Stuff Like This'
Even in our bitterly divided culture, there are still glimmers of goodness.
Garrett Cotton of Sierra Vista, Alabama, was in a local Cracker Barrel restaurant earlier this week, when he witnessed a middle-aged black man buy dinner for four police officers seated nearby.
"There are [four] officers behind us eating," Cotton recalled. "And this middle-aged black man came over and asked for their tickets and said he was paying for their meals. He wouldn't take no as an answer from them. He then thanked them for their public service and wished them a safe day on the job
(Faithwire)
Worship With Us Today
Worship With Us Today!
Kim Walker Smith - I Exalt Thee
To worship with us today, please go here.
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)
Election 2020
Countdown to the 2020 Election
. . . DID YOU KNOW???
Our CHPP website features an indepth analysis of this year's election, which is updated daily!
You can find the link to that resource by going here.
We do want to recognize the IVOTE ministry for their work, and for allowing us to feature this valuable resource on our own website.
And you can find much, much more to pray over by visiting our own website at;
http://www.capitolhillprayer.org
"When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn." (Proverbs 29:2)
Taking Communion:
Day 7
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
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
Time to Repent
Time to Repent!
"The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance." (2 Peter 3:9)
