GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS PRAYER GUIDE pray for our government officials by name

I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intersession and thanksgiving be made for everyone—for kings, and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus…I want men every- where to lift up holy hands in prayer, without anger or disputing. (1 Timothy 2:1-5; 8)

1. Pray they would know Jesus and walk with Him. Lord, we lift up to you each one of our elected officials and appointed officials. We ask for the Holy Spirit to move upon the hearts of every person serving in our government who doesn’t have a personal relationship with you, that they would come to know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. And we also lift up to you all those who know you Lord, and we pray they would walk with you daily as they govern our nation.

“And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; being strengthened with all power, accord- ing to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy” (Colossians 1:9-11). “This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth” (1 Timothy 2:3-4).

2. Pray their families would be strengthened. Heavenly Father, we lift up to you every government representative and their family. We pray for protection against any division or strife that might seek to divide families as government leaders spend time away from their homes to serve in Washington D.C. We pray for marriages to be strengthened and children to be raised in your truth. We pray for your blessing on their lives.

“But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their chi dren’s children - with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts” (Psalm 103:17-18). “For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God” (Ephesians 3:14-19).

3. Pray they would operate under God’s wisdom. Almighty God, we pray every leader in Washington D.C. would come to know the true wisdom that comes only from you. Every good and perfect gift we know is from above. We ask for the hearts of government leaders to be humbled, that they would fear you Lord above all and seek you in prayer and in scripture to know how to handle the important issues of our day. We thank you for the good gift of human government, for those you have sent to punish evildoers and to commend those who do good.

“Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear and celebrate his rule with trembling” (Psalm 2:10-11). “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without find- ing fault, and it will be given to you” (James 1:5). “For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisers” (Proverbs 11:14).

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EXECUTIVE WHITE HOUSE ADMINISTRATION

President First Lady Jill Biden Secretary of State Vice President Kamala Harris Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg White House Chief of Staff Secretary of Treasury Dr. Janet Yellen White House Senior Advisors , , Anita Dunn, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough Attorney General Merrick Garland White House Counselor to the President Steve Ricchetti, Director of the Office of Management and Budget Shalanda Young (acting) White House Press Secretary Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Michael Regan White House National Security Advisor Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors Dr. Cecilia Rouse Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin Administrator of the Small Business Administration Isabel Guzman Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona Presidential Science Advisor and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm Policy Dr. Eric Lander Secretary of Health & Human Services Xavier Becerra Director of the Domestic Policy Council Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray Secretary of Housing & Urban Development Marcia Fudge Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome H. Powell Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh LEGISLATIVE – CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP

U.S. SENATE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D-IL) Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD) House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) Chaplain Barry Black House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) Chaplain Margaret G. Kibben

STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIR / RANKING MINORITY

U.S. SENATE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) / John Boozman (R-AR) Agriculture David Scott (D-GA)/ Michael Conaway (R-TX) Appropriations Patrick Leahy (D-VT) / Richard Shelby (R-AL) Appropriations Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) / Kay Granger (R-TX) Armed Services Jack Reed (D-RI) / Jim Inhofe (R-OK) Armed Services Adam Smith (D-WA) / Mike Rogers (R-AL) Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Sherrod Brown (D-OH) / Patrick Toomey (R-PA) Budget John Yarmuth (D-KY) / Jason Smith (R-MO) Budget Bernie Sanders (I-VT) / Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Education & Labor Bobby Scott (D-VA) / Virginia Foxx (R-NC) Commerce, Science & Transportation Maria Cantwell (D-WA) / Roger Wicker (R-MS) Energy & Commerce Frank Pallone (D-NJ) / Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) Energy & Natural Resources Joe Manchin (D-WV) / John Barrasso (R-WY) Ethics Ted Deutch (D-FL) / Jackie Walorski, (R-IN) Environment & Public Works Tom Carper (D-DE) / Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) Financial Services Maxine Waters (D-CA) / Patrick McHenry (R-NC) Finance Ron Wyden (D-OR) / Mike Crapo (R-ID) Foreign Affairs Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) / Michael McCaul (R-TX) Foreign Relations Bob Menendez (D-NJ) / Jim Risch (R-ID) Homeland Security Bennie Thompson (D-MS) / John Katko (R-NY) Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Patty Murray (D-WA) / Richard Burr (R-NC) House Administration Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) / Rodney Davis (R-IL) Homeland Security & Government Affairs Gary Peters (D-MI) / Ron Johnson (R-WI) Judiciary Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) / Jim Jordan (R-OH) Judiciary Dick Durbin (D-IL) / Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Natural Resources Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) / Bruce Westerman (R-AR) Rules & Administration Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) / Roy Blunt (R-MO) Oversight & Government Reform Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) / James Comer (R-KY) Small Business & Entrepreneurship Ben Cardin (D-MD) / Rand Paul (R-KY) Rules James McGovern (D-MA) / Tom Cole (R-OK) Veterans’ Affairs Jon Tester (D-MT) / Jerry Morgan (R-KS) Science, Space & Technology Eddie Johnson (D-TX) / Frank Lucas (R-OK) Small Business Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) / Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) Transportation & Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) / Sam Graves (R-MO) Veterans’ Affairs Mark Takano (D-CA) / Mike Bost (R-IL) Ways & Means Richard Neal (D-MA) / Kevin Brady (R-TX)

JUDICIAL - U.S. SUPREME COURT

Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justice Clarence Thomas Associate Justice Samuel Alito Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett Associate Justice Elena Kagan Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch Associate Justice Stephen Breyer

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