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As I’ve noted before, Big Tech titans are the new emperors of the twenty-first century, wielding an inordinate amount of power by silencing individuals and organizations that don’t comport or cave to their political or social point of view.
In recent weeks, high-profile, outspoken individuals have been banned from social media, including former President Donald Trump and Mike Lindell, CEO and founder of My Pillow.
You can now add Focus on the Family’s The Daily Citizen to the list.
Focus on the Family has been unashamedly pro-life since our inception 44 years ago. The affirmation of human life is one of our foundational principles, and I pray that however long the Lord allows our organization to exist, it will remain so.
Each of us as individuals has an important part to play as well. It’s not enough to vote for pro-life candidates and ballot initiatives and then wish women with unplanned pregnancies, “Good luck.” We have to be ready physically, spiritually, and emotionally to walk alongside women in need.
It’s been a unique Inauguration Day, beginning with now-former President Donald Trump’s early morning departure from Washington, D.C., and then President Joe Biden’s swearing-in on the western front of the Capitol.
At Focus on the Family, we began the day with a call to the nation for prayer – for President Trump and his outgoing administration and for President Biden and his team. If there was ever a time requiring God’s mercy and divine intervention in America, today’s events seem to cry out for it.
Focus on the Family will host a virtual call to prayer event on Wednesday, January 20 at 10 a.m. ET at www.FocusOnTheFamily.com/NationalPrayer.
The public is invited to join Focus representatives in praying over families, marriages, children, churches, and the incoming and outgoing elected officials on Inauguration Day.
“I can be extremely concerned with current circumstances—even burdened,” said Focus on the Family President and CEO Jim Daly. “But we’re called to act—and trust. Prayer is a powerful way to do just that, so we’re encouraging Christians around the nation to join us in corporate prayer for some of the most foundational aspects of our culture.”
The event will premiere on Focus on the Family’s Facebook and YouTube channels.
The following commentary from Jim Daly was featured on the Fox News Rundown podcast:
If you’re like most people, you’ve been struggling to make sense of all that’s been transpiring these first few weeks of the new year.
The scenes of rioting and political unrest have been profoundly unsettling, only adding to the challenges of a deeply divided country.
Whether Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative, you know there must be a better way. There HAS to be a better way.
The writer of the book of Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament of the Bible says there’s a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens.
Well, now is the time for healing.
But healing isn’t always an easy process.
How should Christians respond to these unprecedented times?
Prayerfully.
Consider 2 Chronicles 7:14: “Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.”
Are we confident that the Lord is sovereign and in full control of things?
The writer of Proverbs made clear that while our actions have consequences, it’s God who has the final say: “The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord” (Proverbs 16:33).
Trusting in the Lord isn’t pollyannish or passive.
In a stunning and sickening display of mass lawlessness, protestors have stormed the United States Capitol, halting an already contentious certification process of the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Striking images include rogue individuals on the House and Senate floors, Secret Service and police with guns drawn and tear gas unleashed into the air. There is a report that one woman has been shot.
The National Guard has been mobilized, and law enforcement officials are beginning to clear the building.
You’ve no doubt heard many things about the coronavirus vaccines that are currently being rolled out.
Many of you have contacted us here at Focus on the Family with questions about the vaccine, so today on our Focus on the Family Broadcast “Covid-19 Vaccines: What You Need to Know” we want to get the information you need to keep you and your family safe and healthy.
Focus on the Family has 35 medical professionals who comprise our Physician’s Resource Council and who guide our ministry’s health content.
It’s a tried but true adage: elections have consequences, and for social conservatives, this has never been more evident than with the looming prospect of a Joe Biden presidency.
According to published reports, President-elect Joe Biden has selected California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Never mind that Mr. Becerra, an ideological lawyer with a lengthy record of hostilities towards the pro-life movement, has no medical training nor professional health credentials.
As a former member of the House of Representatives, Mr.
It’s been over two weeks since the 2020 presidential election.
Believe it or not, ballots are still being tabulated – and in some states, recounted.
How should Christians respond to the current circumstances?
I recently recorded some thoughts:
Please let me know what you think.
Jim Daly is a husband, father and President of Focus on the Family and host of its National Radio Hall of Fame broadcast. His blog, Daly Focus, is full of timely commentary and wisdom designed to help you navigate and understand today’s culture. His latest book is Marriage Done Right.
