Apr 4, 2025 – Prayer Focus
Friday, April 4, 2025 – The 24/7 National Strategic Prayer Call
“A CALL TO THE WALL…ONE NATION UNDER GOD”
1-712-770-4340 Code: 543555 # (Ongoing call…24 hours a day!)
We begin our hour by praising and giving thanks to God!
“We have known and believed the love that God has for us.
God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.”
1 John 4:16
We sing: Good To Me (I Cry Out)
I cry out for Your hand of mercy to heal me.
I am weak; I need Your love to free me.
O Lord, my rock, my strength in weakness, come rescue me, O Lord.
You are my hope; Your promise never fails me.
And my desire is to follow You forever.
For You are good, for You are good, for You are good to me.
For You are good, for You are good, for You are good to me.
(repeat all)
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For us to receive and put on the Ephesians 6 “full armor of God” as we begin each hour,
that we might be protected as we continue to “stand in the gap” for our beloved country!
Pray.
The key assignment for the 24/7 National Strategic Prayer Call is to intercede hourly
for the safety and security of our President, Donald John Trump,
and to pray for that which pertains to our nation!
We pray for his protection and ask that he be led by the Holy Spirit
so that he will discern truth and act for the good of the nation.
We bless our First Lady, Melania, their marriage and family, and cover them all with the Blood of Jesus.
Pray.
For those leaders that God has anointed, appointed, and elected,
as they take their places in the governments of each state and in our nation’s Capitol!
May they work together to clean up corruption in our government and restore our electoral system.
Pray.
We will now spend the next 10 minutes praying for President Trump,
focusing our prayers against any demonic attacks against his physical body,
so that he will remain in good health, able to serve his entire 4-year term as our 47th US President!
Pray.
Strategic Focus for Friday
WELCOME THE KING OF GLORY INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!
ENGAGING IN A WARFARE OF LOVE: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, GOD’S CHAMPION FOR WORLD EVANGELISM AND COMPASSION MINISTRY – PART 76
“Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses,
contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them.
For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly,
and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple.”
Romans 16:17-18
“Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!” When people act dishonestly, certain problems are initiated and played out through politically charged cases (especially against our President’s Executive Orders!) and others play copycat! Read and pray that SCOTUS will intervene and put an end to all of it!
A Maryland federal judge, hearing the National Ass’n of Diversity Officers in Higher Ed. v. Trump case, has been asked by the plaintiffs (who are diversity officers, university professors, restaurant workers, and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore) to vacate the injunction he had previously entered against the Trump Administration, that would have halted the implementation of the President’s Executive Order directives to end DEI initiatives. Their move came after a federal appellate court stayed the injunction, signaling a likely reversal of the injunction on appeal and a win for Trump. This motion represents the second effort within as many weeks by litigants to game the judicial system to avoid losing to the president on appeal. The courts should refuse to play along, including in this case by denying the motion to vacate the injunction. These plaintiffs had sued Donald Trump and a slew of federal agencies in early February, challenging the Executive Orders the President issued to halt DEI efforts and seeking to enjoin the federal agencies from implementing those executive orders. On February 21, 2024, Judge Adam Abelson, a Biden appointee, entered a preliminary injunction in favor of the plaintiffs, holding that the Trump Administration could not “pause, freeze, impede, block, cancel, or terminate any awards, contracts or obligations . . . or change the terms of any Current Obligation,” based on the anti-DEI executive orders. The preliminary injunction further prohibited the Trump Administration from requiring any recipient of federal funds to certify in a grant or contract “that it does not operate any programs promoting DEI that violate any applicable Federal antidiscrimination laws.” In addition, the court enjoined the Trump Administration from taking any enforcement actions against grantees who maintain DEI programs in violation of the certification. The Judge later clarified that his preliminary injunction applied broadly and beyond the named defendants, saying: The preliminary injunction applies to and binds all “federal executive branch agencies, departments, and commissions, and their heads, officers, agents, and subdivisions.” Pray.
The Trump Administration promptly appealed the preliminary injunction while simultaneously seeking a stay from Judge Abelson and from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Abelson refused to stay the preliminary injunction but the Fourth Circuit granted the stay on March 14, 2024, stating, “we agree with the government that it has satisfied the factors for a stay under Nken v. Holder . . .” The stay of the lower court’s injunction means that the Trump Administration can continue to implement the President’s Executive Orders by terminating DEI grants, mandating contractors and grantees certify they will not violate federal anti-discrimination law with DEI programs, and enforcing those certifications. The stay, however, means much more: It means that the Trump Administration is very likely to win on appeal. While the Fourth Circuit didn’t say so expressly, a stay is only appropriate under Nken — the case cited by the appellate court — if the party seeking the stay, here, the Trump Administration, “has made a strong showing that he is likely to succeed on the merits . . . ” Thus, once the Fourth Circuit granted the stay, the National Association of Diversity Officers and its fellow plaintiffs knew that they were likely to lose on appeal. A legal loss is never pleasant, but there is more at stake than these plaintiffs’ claims: An adverse decision by the federal appellate court would also establish binding precedent on the lower courts in the Fourth Circuit, which includes both the Maryland court that granted the stay in this case and other federal courts in Virginia, West Virginia, and North and South Carolina. Further, while federal lower courts in other circuits and the other federal appellate courts are not bound by decisions from the Fourth Circuit, judges often rely on out-of-circuit or sister-circuit precedent in deciding cases before them — especially in cases involving issues of first impression, as many of the cases waged against the Trump Administration are. Pray.
Saturday’s Motion to Vacate the Preliminary Injunction Order filed by the plaintiffs in the district court seeks to thwart any adverse decision on appeal: If the court vacates the preliminary injunction, the plaintiffs will argue the appeal is moot and seek dismissal of the appeal from the Fourth Circuit. The National Association of Diversity Officers and the other plaintiffs aren’t abandoning their claims, though. Rather, the plaintiffs argue they will seek additional relief based on developments since the court entered the preliminary injunction (that they have new information to present to the court that was not available earlier).
The Trump Administration opposes vacatur (setting aside) of the preliminary injunction and maintains that since it has already appealed the injunction, the court lacks jurisdiction to vacate the injunction as required by the plaintiffs. Case law supports the Trump Administration’s position, holding that courts are “divested of jurisdiction” to lift preliminary injunction once an appeal has been filed. Recognizing this fact, the National Association of Diversity Officers and its co-plaintiffs invoke a rarely used federal procedural rule, seeking an “indicative ruling,” under which the plaintiffs ask the Judge, if he concludes he lacks power to vacate the injunction, to enter an “indicative ruling” telling the Fourth Circuit that if it were to remand the case back to the district court, he will vacate the preliminary injunction. Given Judge Abelson’s willingness to enter an order for the plaintiffs that bound not merely the named defendants, but every federal agency — something far beyond his authority — it would not be surprising if the Biden appointee went along with the ploy and issued an “indicative ruling” stating his intent to vacate the injunction. But the Fourth Circuit doesn’t have to play along, and it shouldn’t. Rather, the court of appeals needs to reject the plaintiffs’ efforts to avoid an adverse decision: that is the only way these 100-plus lawsuits against the Trump Administration will resolve in any semblance of an order. Pray.
Likewise, the DC Circuit should squelch the gaming of the judicial system attempted by former Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger in his case against the Trump Administration. Dellinger had sued the Trump Administration and obtained a preliminary injunction when he challenged the president’s firing of him as special counsel. The district court ordered Dellinger reinstated and also entered a preliminary injunction requiring others in the Trump Administration to continue to treat him as Special Counsel and to refrain from any interference in his execution of Special Counsel functions. The Trump Administration appealed to the DC Circuit and obtained a stay from the appellate court, meaning Dellinger remained fired during the pendency of the appeal. Soon after, Dellinger sent the DC Circuit a letter saying the appellate court did not need to issue any opinion explaining why it had granted a stay—something the court had promised was forthcoming—because he no longer was pursuing his case. Without addressing Dellinger’s letter, the DC Circuit issued its opinion explaining the basis for the stay. Dellinger then asked the DC Circuit to vacate its opinion, filing a Motion to Dismiss that argued his appeal was moot because he no longer wished to pursue his case against the Trump Administration. In other words, Dellinger wanted the appellate court to erase the precedent it has issued in favor of the Trump Administration. The DC Circuit has yet to rule on Dellinger’s Motion to Dismiss, but the Trump Administration has properly pointed out that there is no basis to dismiss the appeal because Dellinger did not dismiss his lawsuit. Pray.
There are clear procedural rules that govern how to voluntarily dismiss a case and that process takes place in the lower court — not by a motion in the appellate court saying, in essence, I decided I don’t want to litigate this case anymore. What Dellinger wants, though, is much different: He wants to do away with the DC Circuit precedent issued in Trump’s favor. It is unclear why the DC Circuit has allowed Dellinger’s Motion to Dismiss to linger, as opposed to denying it with a note reprimanding his attorneys to follow the controlling procedures for dismissing a case. But by failing to immediately nix Dellinger’s efforts to manipulate the court, we are now seeing other litigants, such as those in the Maryland case challenging the termination of DEI initiatives, trying similar tacks. The appellate courts need to make clear to litigants that such jockeying will not work, and then they need to put an end to the outrageous preliminary injunctions. And if they refuse to do so, the Supreme Court needs to end its delusional view that it is maintaining the reputation of the judicial branch by allowing the normal process to play out in these politically charged cases, because there is nothing normal about the lower courts’ efforts to unconstitutionally control the Executive Branch. Pray.
We pray:
For bold and swift action at the different levels of the judicial system that will put an end to this deceptive practice that is taking place in the courts of our nation. Pray.
That those judges who have cooperated with such deluded litigants will be called out, disciplined and/or removed from their positions! Pray.
That the people of our nation will stand alongside President Trump, and remain engaged in this BATTLE TO SAVE AMERICA until VICTORY is won! Pray.
Protect and strengthen our 24/7 family and bring in new intercessors – and in particular, Godly men – who are called to this assignment with us, to pray for our President and our beloved nation! Prepare us for our NEXT STEPS in this Battle to Save America! Pray.
(Resource: The Federalist)
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Listen to the song ahead of time, then either sing or pray it!
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HINENI, ADONAI! HERE I AM, LORD!
ENGAGING IN A WARFARE OF LOVE! THE BATTLE OF THE BRIDE!
KADIMA! ONWARD…FORWARD!
“LAYNA!” LIGHT AND TRUTH!
BE STRONG…COURAGEOUS…BRAVE!
UNASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST!
GOD’S CHAMPIONS FOR LIFE!
MARANATHA! COME, LORD JESUS!
BE READY! REVIVAL IS COMING!
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!
ONE NEW MAN!
VICTORY!
STANDING IN THE GAP!
REVIVAL – from Heart to heart!
PARENTAL CARE and CHRISTIAN LOVE for ALL CHILDREN!
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