Each month, our Prayer Ministry Team offers a specific prayer focus, working under the belief that communal prayer is a powerful and world-changing exercise.

July Prayer Focus
During July our focus will be on praying for our government, specifically our local, state, and federal representatives. We ask you to join us in daily prayer specifically naming those officials we have listed (as well as any others that represent you) as you pray.

This month let’s join in praying for the following:

• Our local Mayors — Fort Worth: Mattie Parker; Saginaw: Todd Flippo; Lake Worth: Walter Bowen; Azle: Rande Goode.
• Saginaw council members — Mayor Pro Tem: Paul Felegy; Nicky Lawson, Valerie Junkersfeld, Brack St. Clair, Shawn Morrison & Mary Copeland.
• Azle council members — Mayor Pro Tem: Stacy Peek; Derrick Nelson, Amy Estes, Josh Berry, Rouel Rothenberger, Jr., Brian Conner.
• Lake Worth council members — Mayor Pro Tem: Jerry Cox; Jim Smith, Geoffrey White, Sue Wenger, Rich Walker, Sherrie Kubala, Watkins, Gary Stuard.
• Fort Worth council members — Members: Carlos Flores, Michael D. Crain, Charles Lauersdorf, Deborah Peoples, Dr. Mia Hall, Macy Hill, Chris Nettles, Elizabeth M. Beck, Alan Blaylock, Jeanette Martinez.
• School Board members — EMS ISD: Marilyn Tolbert, Paige Ring, T. Craig Morgan, William J. Boaz, Steven G. Newcom, Ron Franklin, Blake Mabry. Azle ISD: Dr. Brenda Reed, Sarah Bennett, Tim Brown, Brandon Geary, Jeremy May, Bill Lane, Jeff Edwards. Lake Worth ISD: Tammy Thomas, Cindy Burt, Mac Belmontes, Mary Coker, Cristina Gallagher, Sonja Norman, Armando Velazquez.
• District Attorneys — Tarrant County: Phil Sorrells; Parker County: Jeff Swain.
• County Judges — Tarrant County: Tim O'Hare; Parker County: Pat Deen.
• Sheriffs — Tarrant County: Bill Waybourn; Parker County: Russ Authier.
• Our Governor — Texas: Greg Abbott.
• Lieutenant Governor — Texas: Dan Patrick.
• Attorney General — Texas: Ken Paxton.
• Our state representatives — District 99: Charlie Geren; District 98: Giovanni Capriglione; District 60: Glenn Rogers; District 64: Lynn Stucky.
• State Board of Education — Member: Brandon Hall.
• Our President — United States: Donald Trump.
• Our Vice President — United States: JD Vance.
• Our Congressional representatives — Members: Craig Goldman, Brandon Gill & Roger Williams.
• Our Senators — Texas: Ted Cruz and John Cornyn.
• Supreme Court Justices — United States Supreme Court: John G. Roberts Jr., Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito Jr., Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Prayer for Our Government
Father, we thank and praise You for the many blessings You have bestowed on our city, state and our nation, blessings that we don’t deserve but which You have showered on us in Your grace and mercy.

Father, we pray for (name of leader) and lift him/her up to You, praying that he/her would look to You for guidance, wisdom, and discernment, so that our (city, state, nation) may be governed according to Your plans and purposes. You have set up (name of leader) in a place of authority to rule and govern our (city, state, nation), and we pray that he/she would rule with wisdom and integrity, seeking Your will in all that he/she does.

We pray that (name of leader) would carry out his/her responsibilities with honesty and for the benefit of our (city, state, nation). Clothe him/her with righteousness and justice, and we pray that all selfish ambitions would be laid aside, and that Your plans and purposes will be fulfilled for the well-being of all citizens.

May Your ways be known in our city, state, and nation. May Your name be lifted up in the corridors of power. Guide our city, state, and nation, we pray, into the ways of peace, justice and truth. This we ask in Jesus' name. Amen.