Healthcare@: May 1, 2013 - If My People

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THE 62nd ANNUAL NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER

Tomorrow's 62nd annual National Day of Prayer, May 2, 2013, will have profound significance for our country. We have an unprecedented opportunity to see the Lord's healing and renewing power made manifest as we call on citizens to humbly come before His throne. To echo the words of Mary Washington, mother of our nation's first president, we believe it is time to "Remember that God is our only sure trust."

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Our theme for 2013 is Pray for America, emphasizing the need for individuals, corporately and individually, to place their faith in the unfailing character of their Creator, who is sovereign over all governments, authorities, and men. To further highlight our theme, we've chosen Matthew 12:21 as our Scripture for this year:

In His name the nations will put their hope.

SEBELIUS TO CAPITOL OVER OBAMACARE CONCERNS

President Obama's top health official tried last Thursday to stanch Republican lawmakers' complaints about the federal health care law amid growing concerns from both sides of the aisle that the administration is facing a "train wreck" as it prepares to go live with key parts of the system next year.

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One congressman demanded that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius explore when oral contraceptives cross the line into chemical abortions - an issue that could complicate the administration's contraceptive mandate. Other lawmakers pointed to a Maryland insurance company's decision to seek a 25 percent boost in premiums, saying that undercuts the health care law's promise of lower costs.

Pray that our government officials charged with administrating the Obamacare provisions be given God's wisdom. Pray that they will seek God's understanding and adopt His ways. Pray that any provision in this health bill that is contrary to God's will would be struck down in pending court cases. Pray for the Lord's will to be done in all unsettled deliberations regarding the Obamacare provisions.

"If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him." (James 1:5)

DRONES: COMING TO A SKY NEAR YOU

The heavens will soon be thick with drones.

That, at least, is the confident expectation of the Federal Aviation Administration and a slew of states and companies competing for a coveted designation as one of six U.S. sites that will test the capability and safety of unmanned aircraft. The FAA anticipates there will be at least 10,000 of these aircraft in the domestic skies by 2020.

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Pray that all state legislators would examine the pros and cons of the use of drone technology over their states. Pray that potential privacy abuse would not escalate.

"Fear not [there is nothing to fear], for I am with you; do not look around you in terror and be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen and harden you to difficulties, yes, I will help you; yes, I will hold you up and retain you with My [victorious] right hand of rightness and justice." (Isaiah 41: 10)

HIS LAND, OUR LAND CONFERENCE - June 27 - 30

His Land, Our Land conference featuring speakers Lance Lambert & David Kubal June 27th - June 30th at the newly renovated and air-conditioned Christian Training Center International. Join us for this pivotal event in the beautiful Smoky Mountains of Franklin, North Carolina. Contact phone number for more details (828) 524-5741.

AN ELECTORAL-REFORM TSUNAMI

Jefferson Davis County in southwest Mississippi has the distinction of being named after Confederate States of America President Jefferson Davis. That's good or bad, depending on whether you regard what occurred between 1861 and 1865 as the Civil War or as the War Between the States.

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Jefferson Davis County may soon have another distinction as the place where a serious national legal effort to push back against vote fraud was launched.

Pray that the integrity of our voter precincts be strengthened and that all corruption and abuse of data be brought into the light and removed. Give wisdom to those who are investigating voter fraud.

"But their evil intentions will be exposed when the light shines on them." (Ephesians 5:13)

VAST MAJORITY OF CYBER-ESPIONAGE IS FROM CHINA

Analyses of hundreds of documented data breaches found that hackers affiliated with the Chinese government were by far the most energetic and successful cyberspies in the world last year, according to a report to be issued Tuesday by government and industry investigators.

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Although hackers with financial motives are the most common source of data breaches worldwide, China dominated the category of state-affiliated cyber-espionage of intellectual property, said the 2013 Data Breach Investigations Report. The report was issued by Verizon's RISK Team and 18 partners, including officials from the United States and several foreign governments.

Offer thanks to the Lord that many of the attempts at computer hacking have been discovered and tracked to their original sources. Pray that our cyber security teams are able to thwart continued attempts at hacking into our network superstructure. Ask the Lord to place His banner of protection over our strategic resources such as banking, national defense, public utilities, transportation, and corporate data centers.

"He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, "My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, ..." (Psalm 91:1-16)

OBAMA VOWS TO DEFEND ABORTION

President Obama spoke to nearly a thousand Planned Parenthood supporters Friday, telling them that moves to restrict abortion access across the country represented an effort "to turn back the clock to policies more suited to the 1950s than the 21st century."

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"When you read about some of these laws, you want to check the calendar," Obama told the crowd at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Northwest Washington. "You want to make sure you're still living in 2013."

Pray that the current administration would repent from advocating the murder of innocent children through promoting abortion. Pray that the current administration would cry out to God and seek forgiveness while there is still time to do so.

"Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of The Judgment." (Matthew 5:21)