Prayer Updates

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

THE WARS

President Obama defended the use of drone strikes to kill al Qaeda terrorists in countries such as Pakistan, saying, “It’s important for everybody to understand this thing is kept on a very tight leash…we are very careful.”

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned Iraq not to “blow this opportunity” to become a prosperous, unified nation. She said Iraq must start to act like a democracy and embrace compromise.

Pray about the infant democracy in Iraq, and their need to overcome sectarian violence and extremism.

TERRORISM

U.S. spy agencies said Iran could launch attacks on America if threatened, saying Iran has the technical capabilities to build a nuclear weapon has yet to make the decision to start production, but 2012 will be a crucial year for Iran.

Iran is stepping up support for international terrorism and its intelligence operations against the U.S. The potential for cyber-attacks are a critical national and economic security concern according to the CIA Director.

Pray about the escalating rhetoric coming out of Iran and the completeness of recent IAEA nuclear inspections.

THE ECONOMY

Personal incomes rose by 0.5 percent in December, after edging up just 0.1 percent in November according to the Commerce Department. Most of those increases went into individual savings accounts, they said.

A recent IRS report shows 98,000 federal civilian and postal employees owe more than $3.4 billion in income taxes. “If you work for the federal government and you don’t pay your taxes, you should be fired,” said one Congressman.

As tax season approaches, pray for the integrity of taxpayers across the country in filing and paying their share.

ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

In the face of a UN resolution against its Arab regional ally, all eyes are on Moscow and whether it will use its veto. Both Russia and China in October vetoed a resolution condemning Syria and threatening sanctions.

The head of Hezbollah’s political council said that Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood will eventually cancel the Camp David Accord between Egypt and Israel, despite the group’s announcement that it will respect all international treaties.

Ray about Israel’s geographic and political location in the midst of the Arab Spring changes through the region.

HEALTH CARE

In a decision that is inflaming passions on both sides of the abortion debate, the world’s largest breast cancer organization, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is cutting off funding for breast cancer screening to Planned Parenthood.

Florida and 25 other states have requested the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn what they call the unconstitutional expansion of the Medicaid program as part of the national health care reform legislation of 2010.

Pray about what could be over-reaches by the federal government in many health care areas.

I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever.
Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever.
Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.

Psalm 14:1-3

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Thursday, January 26th, 2012

THE WAR

In his State of the Union address, President Obama did not mention negotiations with the Taliban or Pakistan, but he did give mention of the cooperation between services in the armed forces and recognized the military in general.

U.S. and Afghan officials have shown flexibility in negotiations with the Taliban and the notorious outlawed Hizb-I-Islami group of radical militants that shares some of the Taliban’s anti-government, anti-foreigner views.

Pray about the situation on the ground in Afghanistan, the protection of our military, and for the secret peace talks.

TERRORISM

U.S. special operations forces rescued a kidnapped American aid worker and her Danish colleague in Somalia, killing nine of their captors in the raid. The same Navy SEAL team that killed bin Laden were used in this rescue.

Russia has signed a contract to sell combat jets to Syria in a show of support for President Bashar al-Assad’s genocidal regime, and in open defiance of international efforts to put pressure on Assad through sanctions.

Pray about the results to the region of military and economic assistance to Syria from Russia, Iran and others.

THE ECONOMY

“You can call this class warfare if you want,” President Obama said in his State of the Union address, “but most Americans would call it common sense.” His clarion call was given for higher taxes on American millionaires.

Home sales rose nationally in December, marking the third consecutive month that the housing market has shown signs of improvement. The pick-up is real, but the road to recovery will be slow, according to one analyst.

Pray for our Congress as they work on reforming the American tax codes.

ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians took to the streets in cities across the country to mark the one-year anniversary of the uprising that ended the 30-year dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak, while many still protested ongoing military rule.

“Never has it been so clear Iran is seeking to build a nuclear weapon. Now is the time to act. Tomorrow is too late. The stakes are too high.” So spoke Israel’s ambassador the United Nations pressing for action to be taken against Iran.

Pray about the levels of unrest and political change brought on by the “Arab Spring” and (separately) threats by Iran.

HEALTH CARE

There are other ways to bring healthy people into the healthcare system if the Supreme Court strikes down the individual mandate in the healthcare law, according to Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius.

Most healthcare plans will be required to cover birth control without charging co-pays or deductibles beginning August 1, although religious-based hospitals and universities receive a one-year delay.

Pray for those in the Department of Health and Human Services as they begin enforcement of the healthcare laws.

And let us not grow weary of doing good,
for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. 
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone,
and especially to those who are of the household of faith.

Galatians 6:9-10

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Thursday, January 19th, 2012

THE WARS

Mullah Muhammed Omar, leader of the Afghan Taliban, has proclaimed victory of the Islamic Emirate over U.S. and NATO forces, even though 130,000 coalition troops are still fighting in Afghanistan, and Karzai is still in power.

The latest wave of violence in Iraq has left nine people, including five police officers, dead. Six insurgents, including three who detonated their explosives, also died in the attack on a police compound in Anbar Province.

Pray about what could become a full-fledged civil war between Sunni and Shiite Islamists in Iraq.

TERRORISM

A Syrian rebel army chief urged the world to step in and protect civilians in Syria. Speaking in Turkey, he said that the monitoring by the Arab League was a failure, and he called for the intervention of the UN Security Council.

Al-Qaeda’s Yemeni affiliate has taken control of a city just 100 miles south of the capital, led by the brother-in-law of deceased U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awaki, whose group overran the police station and prison.

Pray about terror perpetrated by the Syrian government or by militant groups, and the innocents caught in crossfire.

THE ECONOMY

The World Bank has warned of a possible global slump in economic growth and urged developing countries to prepare for shocks that could be more severe than the 2008 crisis, especially noting Brazil and India for grave slow-downs.

In an ominous sign for America’s economic growth prospects, many Americans are paring back contributions and growing numbers are borrowing from their retirement accounts, raiding other savings, and increasing credit balances.

Pray for financial wisdom on the part of American citizens, even though weary of lagging economic growth.

ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

President Barack Obama has called for direct talks with Iran in a secret letter to the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader that also warned Iran against closing the Strait of Hormuz, according to an Iranian lawmaker.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his parliament the current sanctions against Iran are not going to stop its nuclear program, and warning President Obama against hesitations due to election-year politics.

Pray about the escalating tensions involving the U.S., Israel and Iran over Iran’s nuclear program and saber-rattling.

HEALTH CARE

Public and private healthcare spending totaled $2.6 trillion in 2010 (the last year with completed tallies), representing 17.9% of the total U.S. economy, and an increase over the prior year of 3.9%. Increases are likely for 2011 and 2012.

The Obama Administration is poised to require drug companies to disclose payments they make to doctors for research, consulting, speaking, travel and entertainment, saying those payments equal millions of dollars annually.

Pray about the nation’s health care needs, and the ethics of the medical and pharmaceutical professions.

Let your reasonableness be known to everyone.
The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything,
but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving
let your requests be made known to God.

Philippians 4:5-6

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Thursday, January 12th, 2012

THE WARS

A senior Russian diplomat has strongly warned the West against an attack on Iran, saying it would be a “grave mistake, a flagrant error” with far-reaching consequences for regional and global stability.

Heavily armed Taliban militants stormed a government communications building in eastern Afghanistan, armed with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, killing four civilians and three police officers in a protracted firefight.

Pray about U.S. involvement in covert activities in the general region of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and Iraq.

TERRORISM

A former U.S. Army soldier and recent convert to Islam was charged with attempting to join an al Qaeda-linked terrorist group, al Shabaab, and provide them with material support, in Somalia.

Syrian President Bashaar al-Assad has pledged to crush ‘with an iron fist’ what he has cast as foreign-led terrorism and sabotage, while promising a referendum on a new constitution in March, a vague acknowledgement of the opposition.

Pray about the radicalization of Islamic members of the U.S. armed forces.

THE ECONOMY

President Obama is preparing legislation that would include making a research and development tax credit permanent, and establishing other financial incentives for bringing work back to the U.S., by “insourcing.”

U.S. corporations ended 2011 with the slowest profit growth in two years as the almost-mending economy was met by a European slump that vexed companies tied to global sales.

Pray for corporate America to be able to regain its strength and increase employment during 2012.

ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

Iran and Hezbollah are actively assisting Syrian President Assad and providing him with weaponry as part of an effort to assure that he survives in the face of growing resistance and protest, according to Israel’s Military Intelligence head.

Former President Jimmy Carter said his organization was “very pleased” so far with the elections in Egypt, saying they are the finest and fairest in decades, and that the results are the intentions of the Egyptian people.

Pray for Israel which is best on every side with violent oppression and Islamic extremism.

HEALTH CARE

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has no plans for a recall of Brazilian orange juice concentrate, but it would stop at the border any that tested positive for a fungicide being used on Brazilian trees to combat mold.

Packaging problems at a drug manufacturing plant may have resulted in powerful prescription painkillers ending up in packages of Excedrin, NoDoz, Buffering and Gas-X Prevention, leading to a recall by the FDA.

Pray for the workers in the agencies charged with oversight of American health and welfare.

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

Micah 6:8

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Thursday, January 5th, 2012

THE WARS

The Pentagon appears to be on the cusp of abandoning a long-held strategic principle: that the U.S. military should have the ability to wage two conventional wars simultaneously, in a new “one-plus” strategy.

NATO military planners are working out logistics for removal of $30 billion worth of state-of-the-art equipment from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, the deadline set by the administration for ending efforts there.

Pray about the way in which reductions in government spending may impact national security.

TERRORISM

The State Department said sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program were starting to bite and that Iran was attempting to create a distraction by its naval “war games” at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz.

French President Sarkozy accused Syrian President Assad of “barbarous repression” and demanding that Assad step down, saying the regime is massacring its own people, now totaling more than 5,000 according to UN estimates.

Pray about the immorality of repressive leaders in Syria, Iran, North Korea and elsewhere in the world.

THE ECONOMY

Automakers last year had their best U.S. sales since 2008 as the industry continues to recover from its recession-caused tailspin, although auto executives are cautious about anything stronger for 2012.

Gasoline could cost 4.5 cents a gallon more starting as early as this week because Congress declined to renew the 30-year-old federal subsidy for ethanol. U.S. ethanol is made primarily of corn.

Pray about the nature the U.S. economic recovery may have, and its inflationary impact potential.

ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

An investigation found that Beduin tribes have been bombing natural gas pipelines from Egypt to Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan in an effort to extort protection money from the Egyptians. Resumption of gas delivery is postponed.

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood will not recognize Israel “under any circumstances” according to that party’s leadership. They have said, “Israel is an occupying criminal enemy…and we will not sit down with criminals.”

Pray about U.S. behind-the-scenes attempts at negotiating with the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood about Israel.

HEALTH CARE

Federal drug regulators announced that farmers and ranchers must restrict their use of a critical class of antibiotics in cattle, pigs, chickens and turkeys, because humans are becoming resistant to use of those antibiotics.

A new study says young children are more likely to experience attention and hyperactivity problems if their mother develops diabetes during pregnancy, and they are born into a poor or lower-middle-class household.

Pray for wisdom for the members of the Food and Drug Administration as they oversee our well-being in many areas.

The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;
They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

Lamentations 3:22-23

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Thursday, December 29th, 2011

THE WARS

In an historic first for the nation of Afghanistan, it has signed an oil deal with China for the development of a “small” oil field in the northern part of the country, expected to generate $7 billion in revenues for the war-torn nation.

Iraq’s political party loyal to radical Shi’ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadir called for the dissolution of Iraq’s parliament and new elections in yet another move that could escalate the country’s growing sectarian crisis.

Pray for the ongoing diplomatic and military relationships between the U.S., Afghanistan and Iraq in 2012.

TERRORISM

Closing off the Gulf to oil tankers will be “easier than drinking a glass of water,” according to Iran’s navy chief, ratcheting up fears over the protection of the world’s most important oil chokepoint.

An Al-Qaeda front group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for the wave of attacks that has ripped through markets, cafes and government buildings in Baghdad this week, killing at least 69, and raising worries about the peace.

Pray that 2012 will see a reduction in the number of radical Islamist terror attacks across the globe.

THE ECONOMY

Americans are gaining faith that the economy is on an upswing. The monthly Consumer Confidence Index surged to the highest level since April and is approaching a post-recession peak.

Sears will close as many as 120 of its K-Mart and namesake big-box stores after sales in the holiday period fell sharply, and forecasts for fourth-quarter earnings fell by more than half, plunging shares some 25 percent.

Pray that 2012 would provide more opportunities for out-of-work Americans and a steady economic increase.

ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

Israel and the U.S. are discussing “red lines” in Iran’s nuclear program that, if crossed, would justify a preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Israel and the U.S. disagree on how far along Iran is with its nuclear program.

The U.S. is quietly engaged in talks with Egypt’s ruling military council geared at ensuring that the country’s democratically elected regime will maintain its peace treaty with Israel.

Pray about the Arab Spring demonstrations and successes and their continuing impacts into 2012.

HEALTH CARE

Medical and legal experts estimate the failure of all-metal hip replacements may cost taxpayers, insurers, employers and others billions of dollars in coming years, contributing to the high costs of health care, especially for seniors.

Starting in 2012, a medical care reform act fee will be added to insurance plans for research to find out which drugs, medical procedures, tests and treatments work best, a program that is being eyed with some suspicion.

Pray as the Supreme Court in 2012 considers the constitutionality of the individual mandate for health care.

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.
Psalm 43:5-6

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Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

THE WAR

General John Allen said Afghan President Hamid Karzai has discussed a U.S. military presence staying past 2014, beyond the timetable set by President Obama for withdrawing all U.S. troops.

Iraq’s Suni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi has denied any wrongdoing a day after a warrant was issued for his arrest on terrorism-related charges. He is currently “in hiding” among the Kurdish population in Iraq.

Pray about escalating religious-based tensions in Iraq now that the U.S. forces have departed.

TERRORISM

For the first time ever, a government advisory board is asking scientific journals to self-censor by not publishing details of certain biomedical experiments; for fear that terrorists could use the information to create viral epidemics.

More than 100 army deserters have been shot dead by Syrian loyalist troops as they tried to flee their bases and join anti-government protests, many in the northwestern Idlib province, according to activists in the area.

Pray about the sophistication of some terror groups who could exploit new science for their own evil purposes.

THE ECONOMY

The number of new home foreclosures jumped by more than 21 percent in the third quarter as banks moved more aggressively after a pause to review how they deal with troubled homeowners.

Housing starts and building permits jumped to a 1-1/2 year high in November as demand for rental apartments rose, suggesting the housing market is moving toward a slow recovery, but with renting outpacing home buying.

Pray for the many families foreclosed upon who are now seeking affordable places to rent.

ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

The Israel Air Force has reestablished a coordination mechanism with Turkey which works to prevent aerial misunderstandings and potential clashes over the Mediterranean Sea.

Lt. Gen. Frank Gorenc, commander of the U.S. Third Air Force based in Germany, visited Israel to finalize plans for an upcoming missile defense drill, expected to see the deployment of several thousand American soldiers in Israel.

Pray for Israel’s defense ministers and others in authority as they continue to develop more security for their land.

HEALTH CARE

Scientists in Britain have developed an experimental malaria vaccine that may have potential to neutralize all strains of the most deadly species of malaria parasite, responsible for nearly 655,000 malarial deaths worldwide each year.

In recent years, Vitamin D has been touted as a nutritional superstar, as a bone-builder, pain reducer and preventer of the common cold. But scientists are now warning that there is no support for the high doses many may be taking.

Pray for the laboratory scientists, lab technicians and others who work on preventing disease or reducing its impact.

While they were there, the time came for her to give birth.
And she gave birth to her firstborn son
and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger,
because there was no place for them in the inn.

Luke 2:6-7

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Thursday, December 15th, 2011

THE WARS

Thousands of people in the Iraqi city of Fallujah have taken to the streets to celebrate the withdrawal of U.S. troops, some carrying signs saying “support the resistance,” while others burned U.S. and Israeli flags.

In a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Malaki, President Obama said, ‘There will be challenges after U.S. troops are gone, and many are economic.” He promised that Iraq would have a strong ally in the U.S. for the future.

Pray about the home-coming of many U.S. troops, for those suffering from PTSD, and our wounded warriors.

TERRORISM

U.S. officials are investigating reports that Iranian and Venezuelan diplomats in Mexico were involved in planned cyber attacks against U.S. targets, including nuclear power plants, according to Spanish-language Univision.

Top UN officials said the death toll from the 9-month-old uprising in Syria has exceeded 5,000 . The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said at least 300 children were among those killed by the Assad regime.

Pray about the means that terrorists and even some government officials are engaging to wage terror.

THE ECONOMY

Data on sales of previously-owned U.S. homes from 2007 through October this year will be revised downward next week because of double counting, indicating a much weaker housing market than previously thought.

Retail sales grew less than forecast in November, tempering expectations for a strong holiday season that had been raised by signs of bumper Thanksgiving weekend sales on Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Pray for accuracy in informing the American public of the state of the economy, and for economic improvement.

ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

Tens of thousands of Hamas supporters rallied in Gaza to celebrate the group’s 24^th anniversary and the strengthening of fellow Islamists in Egypt. “We hope all Arab countries will come under Islamist control,” said one woman there.

Iran’s official news agency says the country’s judiciary has issued indictments against 15 American and Zionist spies, although it did not indicate how many of which nationality, and when they were detained.

Pray for innocent people caught in the middle of protests and attacks in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank.

HEALTH CARE

Spending by U.S. states on Medicaid, the healthcare program for the poor, soared to over $398.6 billion last year and will likely continue growing despite measures to contain costs.

A new study that investigated the cause of a widespread E-coli outbreak in 2009 pointed the blame on raw chocolate chip cookie dough sold at groceries. The risk is said to be contained in the unbaked contaminated flour.

Pray about the costs of healthcare for each American family, and its increasing burden on the elderly and poor.

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

Isaiah 43:19

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Thursday, December 8th, 2011

THE WARS

After nearly nine years of war, the U.S. has just 8,000 troops remaining at five bases in Iraq, down from 170,000 spread out over more than 500 bases in 2007. All will leave Iraq by the end of this month.

A suicide bomber struck a crowd of Shiite worshippers at a mosque in Kabul killing at least 60. It was a Shiite holy day. This is the first major sectarian assault in ten years.

Pray for our military families who are reuniting as the deployed return home from Iraq.

TERRORISM

New intelligence indicates that North Korea is moving ahead with building its first road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile, an easily hidden weapon capable of hitting the United States, the Obama administration reported.

The UN says at least 4,000 civilians have been killed in Syria since the start of the uprising that is quickly turning into a civil war. President Assad says the protesters are nothing more than armed thugs and terrorists with foreign funding.

Pray about the protection of the United States from forces seeking to perpetuate terror against us.

THE ECONOMY

The National Food Stamp Program has seen an increase of more than 6 million new participants in 2011 and distributed $7 billion in additional aid, for a total of 46.2 million people receiving $75.3 billion in food assistance.

The economic woes of the U.S. and Europe are catching up with Asia, where things are changing rapidly in China and Southeast Asia, although not so much in Japan and India, where 2012 forecasts are a bit higher.

Pray for the millions of American families on the welfare and assistance rolls.

ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal told a Riyadh security forum “it is our duty to our nation and our people” to consider acquiring nuclear weapons in the face of a regional arms race, which may also well soon include Egypt.

A plan to address the influx of illegal immigrants from Africa that includes a fence along the border with Egypt will be presented by Prime Minister Netanyahu. A new detention center will also be constructed as part of the plan.

Pray about security and sovereignty of the nations in the Middle East.

HEALTH CARE

A new experimental drug for patients with advanced kidney cancer, some 61,000 Americans a year, has received unanimous backing from a Food and Drug Administration committee. The drug is called Inlyta.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius overruled the FDA saying young teenagers cannot buy the “Plan B” morning-after pill over the counter like condoms for “emergency” contraception.

Pray for the agencies like the Food and Drug Administration and their rules regulating pharmaceuticals.

Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth! Serve the LORD with gladness!
Come into his presence with singing!

Psalm 100:1,2

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Thursday, December 1st, 2011

THE WARS

A combined Afghan and coalition security force captured a Haqqani network leader, who distributed roadside bombs and planned attacks against Afghan forces, military officials said. Another person was also detained in the operation.

Pakistan is set to boycott next week’s conference in Bonn focused on Afghanistan’s future. Their boycott is in protest of a NATO air strike which killed 24 of its soldiers, which Pakistan says violated its sovereignty.

Pray for our military personnel serving in Afghanistan, and those on their way home from Iraq.

TERRORISM

President Obama and Congress are on a collision course over legislation that essentially would require certain terrorism suspects to be held in military custody. The president has threatened to veto the measure.

Britain ordered the immediate closure of Iran’s embassy in London and had closed its embassy in Tehran after it was stormed by mobs that hauled down British flags and ransacked properties, setting fire to an embassy vehicle.

Pray about the number of terror attacks against Western interests, foreign and domestic.

THE ECONOMY

A move by global central banks to shore up credit markets, along with a flurry of upbeat economic data, caused the Dow to surge 400 points into the green on Wednesday morning, adding to gains made earlier in the week.

President Obama pressed European Union officials to act quickly and decisively to resolve their sovereign debt crisis, which the White House said continues to weigh down the American economy.

Pray about the interdependency of economic and currency markets across the globe.

ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

Satellite imagery confirms an explosion damaged a nuclear facility in Isfahan, Iran. Israeli intelligence sources said it was “no accident,” but officials from Isfahan deny that the city had been hit by an explosion.

Saboteurs blew up Egypt’s gas pipeline to Jordan and Israel, just hours before Egypt held its first free election since closing down the regime of President Mubarak. The explosion was set off in the Sinai.

Pray about the escalation of tensions throughout the Arab world and against Israel.

HEALTH CARE

Medicare will pick up the tab for obesity screening and intensive behavioral counseling. Experts expect more than 30 percent of Medicare beneficiaries qualify, meaning they have a body mass index of 30 or more.

As seen in the case of Representative Gabriel Giffords (Arizona), music therapy is increasingly used to retrain the brain. In Giffords’ case, music has helped her learn to walk and speak again, giving her an emotional boost as well.

Pray for Representative Giffords’ continued recovery and her patience in the process.

But know that the LORD has set apart the godly for himself;
The LORD hears when I call to him.

Psalm 4:3

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