April 25 - Spiritual Awakening in Government and Civic Entities

Friday - Government and Civic Entities

Week 3 - Spiritual Awakening

Desired outcome in our prayer today - Spiritual wakening, as opposed to revival, refers to individuals moving from darkness into light for the first time.  We are praying for people who tirelessly serve in government positions and civic-minded organizations but whose world view is other than Biblical and whose lives have yet to be transformed by the Gospel of Jesus. Romans 13:1 "Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God."

Entities and individuals in mind while we pray:    

City of Lubbock: Mayor Mark McBrayer, City Councilmembers 1 Christy Martinez-Garcia, Mayor Pro Tem, 2 Gordon Harris, 3 David Glasheen, 4 Brayden Rose, 5 Jennifer Wilson, 6 Tim Collins, City Manager W. Jarrett Atkinson, , Lubbock Police Chief Seth Herman, Utilities Offices, Public Libraries, Lubbock International Airport, Citibus, City Attorney Chad Weaver, City Secretary, City Health Department, Municipal Court, City Parks and Recreation, City Planning, Traffic Engineering, Neighborhood Associations, Lubbock Fire Chief Richard Stewart, Emergency Response Teams, Para Medics and EMT’s    

Lubbock County: County Judge Curtis Parrish, County Commissioners 1 Mike Dalby, 2 Jason Corley, 3 Cary Shaw, 4 Jordan Rackler, County Auditor Kathy Williams, County Treasurer Chris Winn, District Clerk Sara Smith, Tax Assessor Ronnie Keister, County Clerk Kelly Pinion, Justices of the Peace 1 Betty Dills, 2 Susan Rowley, 3 Francisco Gutierrez, 4 Lance Cansino, County Constables, 1 Paul Hanna, 2 Jody Barnes, 3 Jose Sanchez, 4 Joe Pinson, Court at Law Justices 1 Mark Hocker, 2 Tom Brummett, 3 Benjamin Webb, District Justices John Grace, Phillip Hays, John McClendon, Douglas Freitag, Les Hatch, William Eichman, Associate District Justices Stephen Johnson, Kelley Tesch, Kara Darnell, Meg Jordan, Melissa Jo McNamara, Criminal District Attorney Sunshine Stanek and First Assistant Mandi Say, Lubbock County Sheriff Kelly Rowe and Chief Deputy Joe Gilliam, Juvenile Probation, Adult Probation, Juvenile Justice Center, Elections, Lubbock County Jail, County Jury Pool, Community Supervision and Correction Department, Private Sector: United Way, South Plains Food Bank, Breedlove Dehydration Plant, South Plains Association of Governments, YMCA, YWCA,    

State of Texas: Gov. Greg Abbott, Lieutenant Gov. Dan Patrick, Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson, State Senator Charles Perry, State Representative and Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows and Carl Tepper, State Board of Education Aaron Kinsey, Seventh Court of Appeals Chief Justice Brian Quinn, and Justices Judy Parker, Lawrence Doss, Alex Yarbrough, Supreme Court of Texas Chief Justice Jimmy Blacklock, and Justices Debra Lehrmann, Jeff Boyd, John Phillip Devine, Brett Busby, Jane Bland, Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle, Evan Young, James Sullivan, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge David Schenck and Justices Bert Richardson, Kevin Yeary, David Newell, Mary Lou Keel, Scott Walker, Jesse McClure, Lee Finley and Gina Parker, Texas Department of Public Safety Parks and Recreation Department, Corrections Facilities, Transportation Systems, State Attorney General’s office, State Representatives, Mental Health, Texas Department of Transportation, Department of Criminal Justice, Department of Human Services, Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, Texas National Guard, Texas State Guard, Texas Workforce    

United States of America: President Donald Trump, Vice President J. D. Vance, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner, Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer (nominee), Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy, U. S. Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, U. S. Representative Jodey Arrington, U. S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts, Associate Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Ketanji Brown, U. S. District Judge James Hendrix, Senior Judge Sam Cummings, U. S. Magistrate Judge Amy Burch, U. S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert L. Jones, US Armed Forces recruitment and reserves centers, Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Secret Service, United States Postal Service, Social Security Administration, Veterans Administration, Border Patrol, Immigration and Naturalization Services, United States Air Force, United States Army, United States Navy, United States Marines   

Prayer issues for today:  

• Pray for the salvation of civic leaders, elected, appointed and employed, who have a passion for civility and order in our society but don’t have the insight of being transformed and renewed by Jesus.  

• Pray for the transformation of whole neighborhoods in our city through block parties, and prayer efforts like blesseveryhome.com where Christians can lead their neighbors to the Lord.  

• Pray for the alignment of our governments, i.e. city, county, state and nation, with the Biblical principles our founding fathers and pioneer citizens championed: advancement of the Gospel, unhindered; dependance on God, unashamed; and conformity to the Bible, not the world’s ideas - in other words, being a light for Jesus.  

• Pray for the salvation of brave and sacrificial civic servants who daily put their lives in harm’s way for us but don’t know the eternal peace of trusting in the Lord: paramedics, police, firefighters, sheriff’s department personnel, federal agents, Department of Public Safety, Secret Service, and military personnel.   

• Pray for the salvation and transformation by the renewal of their minds set on the things of God, for all of those serving in the judiciary on city, county, state and federal levels  

• Pray for the safety and salvation of corrections facility's workers so that they have the perspective of redemption and transformation that walking with the Lord can bring  

• Pray for clerks, recorders, secretaries, bailiffs, custodians, security, information services, deputies, all staff in our courthouse and at citizens tower that haven’t yet surrendered to Jesus to find that anchor in Him.  

• Pray for salvations among our workers in utilities, road constructions crews, public transportation workers, compliance enforcement workers, etc. that they would find the joy of life in God’s family.   

"I request, most reverend and respected gentlemen, that you will accept my cordial thanks for your devout supplications to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe in behalf of me." President George Washington in a letter to the bishops, clergy, and laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church, August 19, 1789