Iowa Capitol Prayer 3-17-26

Capitol Prayer:

1. Anti-foreign law bill (HF2695) – This bill was scheduled for a judiciary committee meeting in the Senate on 2-17-26, which was then rescheduled to 3-19-26, and there is no report on what happened to it in this committee. Keep praying it makes it through the funnel!

2. Black market abortion pill bill (HF2563) – this bill is stalled in the House. It did not come out of the Senate funnel, and it needs to pass in the House.

3. Parents right to raise a child according to their biological sex bill (HF2557, HSB669) – This bill had a committee meeting Tuesday afternoon, after we prayed for it. It passed committee! Keep praying – the next step for this is a vote on the Senate floor.

4. Age verification bill (SF443) – pray this law makes it to the floor in the Senate. It is hung up in a deal making crisis, for lack of a better description.

5. Pray for the Senate – we spent a considerable amount of time praying for the Senate on Tuesday. Pride, control, manipulation, power, and money are all issues causing division and disfunction in the Senate. Continue to pray for God’s plans and purposes to move in the Senate, not man’s. For mighty encounters with Jesus for those who don’t know Him. We pray from the victory of Jesus’ death and resurrection, not from defeat! We are looking with expectation to what God is going to do!

6. Age-appropriate policies for books for minors in libraries (HF 2622) – This bill did not make it through the funnel this week. Very disappointing. It will have to be attached to a budget bill, or legislators will need to get creative with it.

National and International:

1. SAVE Act – being debated this week.

2. Mifepristone bill – Introduced by Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) this past week that would withdraw the FDA’s approval of mifepristone as an abortion drug. If this would pass, it would bring all states into alignment and on the same page regarding these abortion drugs. This needs covered in prayer!

3. Military – protection over our military and prayers for those families who have lost loved ones.

4. President Trump and cabinet

5. Iran, US, Israel – a rapid end to the war with nothing compromised.

Submitted by Deb Davis