Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Prayer Focus: Pray for citizen journalists in Sacramento County; California State Senator Akilah Weber (D-39); and South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and South Carolina Republican Senator Tim Scott.
Election Countdown: 33 Weeks
Local (Community): Pray for citizen journalists in Sacramento County.
(Editor’s Note: Sacramento County has a population of 1,611,231 and is 1,026 square miles and extends from 10 miles north of the Sacramento Capitol east to the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains with both the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers flowing through the county.)
Scripture: Matthew 6:9-13: “In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread…” (NKJV).
Prayer: “Father, raise up citizen journalists in Sacramento County.”
County/State: Pray for California State Senator Akilah Weber (D-39).
(Editor’s Note: 47-year-old California State Senator Akilah Weber, D-39, of San Diego, was first elected in 2024 to her Senate seat. She served in Assembly District 79 from 2021 to 2024 in the seat of her mother, who resigned to become Secretary of State. She was elected to the La Mesa City Council in 2018 and is a pediatric doctor.)
Scripture: 2 Chronicles 6:35: “then hear from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause” (NKJV).
Prayer: “Jesus, give your counsel to California State Senator Akilah Weber.”
Nation/Nations: Pray for South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and South Carolina Republican Senator Tim Scott.
(Editor’s Note: South Carolina’s 70-year-old Republican Senator Lindsey Graham was first elected in 2003 and served as the Chair of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary from 2019 to 2021. He previously served as a Congressman R-3 from 1995 to 2003 and in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1993 to 1995. He is a lawyer and served in the U.S. Air Force active duty from 1982 to 1989, in the Air Force Guard from 1989 to 1995 and in the Air Force Reserves from 1995 to 2015. He is running for re-election this year. South Carolina’s 60-year-old Republican Senator Tim Scott is the first African-American Senator in the Southern United States to be directly elected. He is the first African American to have served in both the Senate and the House, serving in the 1st Congressional District from 2011 to 2013 and the first African-American Senator to chair a full committee. Scott served in the Charleston County Council from 1995 to 2009 and was a member of the South Carolina General Assembly from 2009 to 2011.)
Scripture: 2 Chronicles 7:15: “Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place” (NKJV).
Prayer: “Holy Spirit, give your wisdom to South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and South Carolina Republican Senator Tim Scott.”