Current National Prayer Focuses
News FeedAFP - February 7, 2012
With beach landings, 25 naval ships and an air assault, the United States and eight other countries are staging a major amphibious exercise on the US East Coast this week, fighting a fictional enemy that bears more than a passing resemblance to Iran....[view article]
Reuters - February 7, 2012
China is scouring the world for alternative oil supplies to replace a fall in its imports from Iran, as it seeks to negotiate lower prices from Tehran, and has been drawing heavily on Saudi Arabia....[view article]
Weekly Standard - February 7, 2012
Former Democratic congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper, a Catholic from Erie, Pennsylvania, cast a crucial vote in favor of Obamacare in 2010. She lost her seat that November in part because of her controversial support of Obamacare....[view article]
CBSNews.com - February 7, 2012
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Catholic leaders upped the ante Monday, threatening to challenge the Obama administration over a provision of the new health care law that would require all employers, including religious institutions, to pay for birth control....[view article]
Wall Street Journal - February 7, 2012
Grants Komen had been making amounted to $650,000 last year, funding some 19 local Planned Parenthood programs that offered manual breast exams but only referrals for mammograms performed elsewhere....[view article]
Fox News - February 7, 2012
A high-ranking official in the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity quit Tuesday, offering a defiant letter of resignation detailing the organization's decision about whether it should continue funding breast cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood....[view article]
CNN - February 7, 2012
(CNN) -- As international leaders express outrage over mass killings in Syria -- and lament the inability to pass a U.N. Security Council resolution denouncing the Syrian regime -- questions linger about the two countries behind the impasse....[view article]
Jewish World Review - February 7, 2012
Even as angry Catholic leaders vow to fight a new federal requirement that most employers include contraceptives in their health insurance coverage, the Obama administration believes any political damage will be limited because it's on the side of women's rights. Not the babies that will be murdered, but the women that have their babies murdered. He's counting on it....[view article]
Jewish World Review - February 7, 2012
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed that Iran would not "retreat" on its nuclear program, and warned that any military strike "will be 10 times more detrimental to the U.S." than to Iran....[view article]
Jewish World Review - February 7, 2012
Former US Congressman Robert Wexler is a man worth listening to. Wexler served as then-senator Barack Obama's chief booster in the American Jewish community during the 2008 presidential campaign. He appeared everywhere and said anything to convince the American Jewish community that the same man who sat in the church pews listening to Rev. Jeremiah Wright's anti-Semitic vitriol for two decades, and listed among his closest friends and associates a whole host of Israel haters as well as former terrorists,...[view article]
Congressional Prayer Caucus - February 7, 2012
Washington, D.C. - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04), co-Chairman of the Congressional Prayer Caucus, announced today that he has sent a letter to Air Force Secretary Michael Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz expressing his concern over recent news that the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) changed its logo to remove a Latin reference to "God" after receiving complaints from the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers (MAAF). The bipartisan letter was cosigned by...[view article]
Christian Newswire - February 6, 2012
Created Equal debuted its new film on a jumbo TV in Washington, DC (photo). The film met with an overwhelmingly positive response. Many marchers came face to face for the first time with the victims they are representing. Eyes teared-up and jaws dropped as young people streamed past the massive video display....[view article]
Christian Newswire - February 6, 2012
According to the pro-life group CEC For Life, an Atlanta OB/GYN, Dr. Ivan Diamond, will no longer commit abortions at the New Woman All Women abortion mill in Birmingham, AL....[view article]
OneNewsNow.com - February 6, 2012
A Christian attorney and expert on terrorism says newly uncovered documents reveal that Attorney General Eric Holder wasn't truthful in the statements he made about "Operation Fast and Furious."...[view article]
OneNewsNow.com - February 6, 2012
A conservative attorney says churches meeting in New York's public schools will soon be evicted unless state lawmakers take action in the ongoing fight....[view article]
OneNewsNow.com - February 6, 2012
Many of us who are biblical scholars have watched Mr. Obama's use, or should I say abuse, of the Bible with dismay....[view article]
OneNewsNow.com - February 6, 2012
Eight freshman lawmakers have returned a significant portion of their unused office budgets to the U.S. Treasury -- a move that one of them says is proof that the new crop of legislators is serious about reducing the national debt....[view article]
AP - Associated Press - February 6, 2012
Obama is ordering new U.S. sanctions on the government of Iran, including the Central Bank....[view article]
YNet News - February 6, 2012
An Iranian blogger on Saturday urged Tehran not to delay an attack on Israel, claiming that the Islamic Republic could destroy the Jewish state in "less than nine minutes."...[view article]
Fox News - February 6, 2012
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. closed its Embassy in Damascus on Monday and pulled all American diplomats out of violence-wracked Syria as the U.S. stepped up pressure on President Bashar Assad to leave power....[view article]
Examiner.com - February 3, 2012
Gallup released their annual state-by-state presidential approval numbers yesterday, and the results should have 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue very worried. If President Obama carries only those states where he had a net positive approval rating in 2011 (e.g. Michigan where he is up 48 percent to 44 percent), Obama would lose the 2012 election to the Republican nominee 323 electoral votes to 215....[view article]
Human Events - February 2, 2012
At the end of Sunday mass at the church this writer attends in Washington, D.C., the pastor asked the congregation to remain for a few minutes....[view article]
CBSNews.com - February 2, 2012
A study by Cornell University says this winter that wasn't has led to an explosion in mosquitoes, fleas and ticks. It also means deer haven't had a hard time finding things to eat....[view article]
Haaretz.com - February 2, 2012
Speaking at Herzliya Conference, Moshe Ya'alon calls the possibility of a nuclear Iran a 'nightmare to the free world,' says explosion at Iranian missile base targeted missile system that would have threatened the U.S....[view article]
Washington Times - February 2, 2012
BUENOS AIRES — Few were surprised when Venezuela announced a deal with China last week to restore 1.4 million acres of unproductive farmland across the oil-rich but impoverished South American nation....[view article]
Fox News - February 2, 2012
Attorney General Eric Holder vigorously denied a "cover-up" by the Justice Department over "Operation Fast and Furious," telling a House panel investigating the botched gun-running program that he has nothing to hide and suggesting the probe is a "political" effort to embarrass the administration....[view article]
RIANOVOSTI - February 2, 2012
Russia and NATO are planning to hold joint computer-simulated missile defense exercises in Germany in March, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said on Thursday....[view article]
Fox News - February 2, 2012
Top Department of Justice officials had extensive knowledge of and involvement in Operation Fast and Furious, claims a new report released Thursday, hours before Attorney General Eric Holder's scheduled testimony to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee....[view article]
OneNewsNow.com - February 2, 2012
He has now heard the word that abortion is murder....[view article]
OneNewsNow.com - February 2, 2012
MEXICO CITY - The U.S. Embassy in Mexico says a missionary couple from Texas have been slain in their home outside the violence-plagued northern industrial city of Monterrey. The embassy identified the couple as John and Wanda Casias....[view article]
Voice of the Martyrs - February 2, 2012
1. Ugandan convert to Christianity flees country(Source: Compass Direct News)A convert to Christianity who was formerly a member of a Muslim extremist group has fled Uganda and is in hiding in Kenya. Hassan Sharif Lubenga, 54, was was a sheikh and a member of a violent Islamist group. In June 2011, after dreams and visions in which Jesus appeared to him, Hassan made a full commitment to follow Christ.Extremists have been threatening Hassan since 2007,...[view article]
YNet News - February 2, 2012
Ynetnew.com is reporting that during a visit to Sderot on Thursday, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said nothing can justify the launching of rockets and mortars from Gaza, adding that Israeli civilians should not have to live under the threat of terror....[view article]
YNet News - February 2, 2012
IDF's planning division head says chemical, biological weapons still flowing into Syria, wonders 'what will be transferred to Hezbollah?'...[view article]
CNN - February 2, 2012
Iran is developing a missile capable of delivering payloads up to 10,000 kilometers (6,200 miles) away, Israel's vice prime minister charged Thursday....[view article]
- February 1, 2012
What do the NAR, Consumer Confidence and CBO forecasts have in common? If you said, "they are all completely worthless" you are absolutely correct. Alas, the market needs to "trade" off numbers, which is why the just released CBO numbers apparently are important... And the fact that the CBO predicted negative $2.5 trillion in net debt by 2011 back in 2011 is largely ignored....[view article]
PC World - February 1, 2012
Seagate Technology said Tuesday that supply of hard disk drives (HDDs) this year will continue to fall short of demand, leading large customers to look to long-term agreements to ensure supply after devastating floods in Thailand....[view article]
NBC News - February 1, 2012
American Airlines may cut up to 15,000 jobs, or about 10 percent of its workforce, in an effort to cut costs at the struggling carrier, sources familiar with the situation told an NBC affiliate....[view article]
Fox News - February 1, 2012
The U.S. Military Academy pressured a retired U.S. lieutenant general to withdraw from speaking at a West Point prayer breakfast after Moslem cult members and atheists complained, Fox News & Commentary has learned....[view article]
Jewish World Review - February 1, 2012
According to the Council on Ameri- can Islamic Relations (CAIR), there is a grave threat to America that must be suppressed at all costs. The threat is that Lt. Gen. William G. "Jerry" Boykin might be allowed to exercise his constitutionally guaranteed right to free speech....[view article]
- February 1, 2012
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Engineers at Sandia National Laboratories have invented a bullet that guides itself to the target....[view article]
Israel Hayom - February 1, 2012
Israel sees 1,000 cyberattacks per minute • In the past two days alone, 400 separate Israeli sites have been hacked • Popular Israeli Internet sites are on alert for a cyberattack said to be planned for Feb. 14, Valentine's Day....[view article]
NBC News - February 1, 2012
LONDON - Four British men pleaded guilty on Wednesday to involvement in an al-Qaida-inspired plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange....[view article]
Family Research Council - February 1, 2012
Yesterday, Susan G. Komen for The Cure -- an organization that is one of the leading voices in the world in the fight against breast cancer -- announced that it will discontinue grants to Planned Parenthood. This is a major victory -- not only for an organization that can now focus on breast cancer unclouded by an affiliation with the nation's largest abortion company -- but a victory for life as well. As you might imagine, Planned Parenthood and its allies...[view article]
ABC News - January 31, 2012
Vice President Joe Biden confessed this weekend that he advised Obama not to launch the mission that ultimately killed Osama bin Laden last spring....[view article]
Forbes.com - January 31, 2012
This month, the Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department reported that China imported 102,779 kilograms of gold from Hong Kong in November, an increase from October's 86,299 kilograms. Beijing does not release gold trade figures, so for this and other reasons the Hong Kong numbers are considered the best indication of China's gold imports....[view article]
Forbes.com - January 31, 2012
Jim River, AK closed in on the all time record coldest temperature of -80°F set in 1971, which is not only the Alaska all-time record, but the record for the entire United States. Unfortunately, it seems the battery died in the weather station just at the critical moment....[view article]
The Washington Post - January 31, 2012
The indications of al-Qaeda's declining potency were offset by the grim new concern about the potential for terror attacks from Iran....[view article]
Haaretz.com - January 31, 2012
During a broadcasted meeting of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, CIA Director, panel Chairperson indicate they met Tamir Pardo in Washington this week; U.S. official: Iran willing to attack U.S. targets if threatened....[view article]
Voice of the Martyrs - January 30, 2012
Ugandan girl tortured by her father for her faith walks again(Source: Compass Direct News)A 15-year-old Christian girl in Uganda is slowly regaining the use of her legs after her father, in an attempt to make her convert back to Islam, confined her in a small room and deprived her of adequate food and water.Susan Ithungu was locked in a room for six months after accepting Christ as her Saviour in 2010 (for more information, visit...[view article]
The New York Times - January 30, 2012
As the Sabbath evening approached on Jan. 13, Ehud Barak paced the wide living-room floor of his home high above a street in north Tel Aviv, its walls lined with thousands of books on subjects ranging from philosophy and poetry to military strategy....[view article]
- January 30, 2012
The Obama Food and Drug Administration secretly monitored the personal e-mail of a group of its own scientists and doctors after they warned Congress that the agency was approving medical devices that they believed posed unacceptable risks to patients, government documents show....[view article]
The Jerusalem Post - January 30, 2012
Sources tell Egyptian daily that Syrian security forces tried to help smuggle Syrian president's family out of country....[view article]
New York Post - January 30, 2012
Nearly three months after MF Global Holdings collapsed, officials hunting for an estimated $1.2 billion in missing customer money increasingly believe that much of it might never be recovered, according to people familiar with the investigation....[view article]
CBSNews.com - January 30, 2012
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A national organization of recreational cavers is questioning a new estimate of the number of bats killed by a mysterious ailment that is spreading across the country....[view article]
The Washington Post - January 30, 2012
Obama ran in 2008 on the idea of uniting the country. But each of his first three years in office has marked historic highs in political polarization, with Democrats largely approving of him and all morally caring and concerned Americans deeply disapproving. Abortion pushing, homosexual pushing, and spending the future of America into oblivion pushing are just a few of the intolerable issues Americans are concerned about....[view article]
Fox News - January 30, 2012
As Obama prepares to raise the debt ceiling -- after the Senate waived its opposition last week -- $5 trillion hikes evidently are no longer "unpatriotic" as Obama said they were in 2008 while describing former President George W. Bush's $4 trillion increase over eight years....[view article]
