Family Research Council Prayer: Please Ask God To Make The Senate Block Obama’s SCOTUS Nominee

From the setup to the Family Research Council’s prayer of the day:

President Obama, now a lame duck in an Election Year has just named his choice for Supreme Court Justice to fill Justice Antonin Scalia’s vacant seat: Merrick Garland, a Chicago born, Harvard educated liberal, currently serving as Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Congressional Quarterly reports that: “Replacing Scalia with Garland would likely swing the ideological balance of the court leftward as it considers issues such as state abortion laws and potentially gun rights cases.” This nomination comes despite Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) pledge not to bring any high court nomination to the Senate floor this year.

Republicans are determined that Scalia, the longest serving member on the court and a staunch conservative, will not be replaced by a liberal who will tip the balance of the court and further damage America. President Obama will make this a serious fight. It is essential that Senate Republicans stand firm with McConnell.

PRAYER TARGET:

May Christians fully understand what is at stake with the presidency and his/her nominees to the Supreme Court, which has a profound impact on the direction of our nation. May churches and the intercessory prayer movement engage in warfare prayer until our high court is predominated by Constitutional conservatives who will preserve the right to life, natural marriage, religious liberty, private property, the Second Amendment and overturn rulings where past courts have gone awry. May our children’s liberty be vouchsafed!