1. NC VALUES: Who will we have to choose from?
Earlier this week marked the start of an important period that will
determine the shape of our state’s political future. Over the course
of the next two weeks federal, state, legislative, and local
candidates will file their intent to run for political office in
2024.
The races to be determined are numerous and important: the
governor’s race, the attorney general’s race, 1 NC Supreme Court seat,
3 NC Court of Appeals seats, 8 statewide offices, all 170 state House
and Senate seats, and a number of important local races.
Read more: https://ncvalues.org/who-will-we-have-to-choose-from/
2. FOX NEWS: North Carolina Sen. Krawiec and Rep. Gill will not
seek reelection in 2024
"North Carolina state Sen. Joyce Krawiec, who has successfully
pushed to overhaul Medicaid, streamline health care access and further
restrict abortion while in the General Assembly, announced on Monday
that she won't seek reelection next year. Krawiec, a Forsyth County
Republican, made the announcement just before candidate filing for the
2024 elections began at noon."
This is a great loss for North Carolina. Sen. Krawiec has
always been one of our greatest allies. Her presence at the
legislature will be missed. We appreciate her service very much.
Read more: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/north-carolina-sen-krawiec-rep-gill-will-not-seek-reelection-2024
Weekly Prayer: Family
LORD, we cry out to you as Father. You are a model of the love,
mercy, and authority of the perfect parent. We thank you for modeling
for us what every parent should strive for, and for creating this
wonderful institution called family.
LORD, we thank you for creating us with a basic nature designed
to not be alone. You made us to desire the intimacy of relationships,
and it is here where we experience joys indescribable: the joys of
marriage, the joys of having children; the joys of seeing our children
have children. What a blessing and mercy you gave us in the family! In
it we find our first teachers, our first guardians, and our first
authorities.
LORD, we recognize how deeply you love your children, and how
deeply it pains you when they go astray. Alongside our adoration and
thanksgiving, we pray in confession—as individuals and as members of
larger communities—over any sins we may have committed that undermine
your beloved institution. Forgive us when we endanger your institution
through selfishness and arrogance. Forgive our communities and nation
for attempting to redefine some of the most basic and deepest parts of
being human—being made male and female, having lifelong marriage vows
and responsibilities, and having parental rights over educating one's
children.
"Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved,
compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13
bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another,
forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must
forgive. 14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything
together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your
hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing
one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual
songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do,
in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving
thanks to God the Father through him." (Colossians 3:12-17)
Amen
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Sincerely,
Tami & Team NC Values
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