Spanish River Church

Congratulations to Spanish River Church @src_church of Boca Raton, Florida. They have delivered support and encouragement to hundreds of single moms, teens aging out of foster care, and Floridians who needed help through the Hope Florida CarePortal program. On Monday, @GovRonDeSantis and I recognized them for being our top performing church partner with an award of $50,000 from the Hope Florida Fund to continue their service.   Hope Florida is showing all that is possible when the state, churches, and nonprofit work together to serve. We are proud of how Florida churches are making a difference, and we know they are just getting warmed up.

𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀’ 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲: Earlier today pastors around the United States led their congregations in praying in the wake of yesterday’s failed assassination attempt on former President Donald J. Trump. We offer one such prayer by David Cassidy, pastor of Spanish River Church in Boca Raton, Florida. Below is a lightly edited version shared with permission. It is with profound shock, grief, and sadness that our country is once again facing the specter of political violence. The assassination attempt on President Trump as he spoke at a Pennsylvania rally yesterday was an evil act that deserves condemnation across our society and among all of Christ’s servants. Murder and its attempt is a violation of God’s law. It is an attack on his image. Political violence is not only an attack on a person but also an attempted subversion of the cherished liberties and the Constitutional order on which our Republic is founded. Many of us can recall such attacks in our lifetime, and it is right that we decry and lament them at every turn. We may better do this today by humbly acting together as God’s people in the following ways. First, we must give thanks to God that the life of President Trump was spared. While this heinous act injured him, it did not kill him, and for this, we may be genuinely grateful. Please join me in praying for his recovery, the comfort of his family, and his future protection from such harm. Second, we must grieve and pray for the innocent, slain, and injured attendees of the rally and their families. This is a horrific personal crime, changing so many lives forever. The trauma of such loss and pain is great, and we must uphold all those overwhelmed with the agonizing weight of this sorrow. In addition, we can and must pray for our country today and for all those who serve us in positions of authority and protection. How easily we forget those who are prepared to risk their lives to defend us; how quickly we forget to pray for those in office and those who aspire to such positions. Our renewed commitment to such prayer is of critical importance. With one voice, we must reject all political violence and remind those who even jokingly refer to such terrible things that this can have no place in our society, and we must give it no place in our fellowship. As long as nations and governments exist, there will be political disagreements and differences. We must find the grace to speak of candidates and one another in ways that are not dehumanizing and give rise to extremists and their violent acts. Our prayer for President Trump today and all who seek to hold high office must be accompanied by prayer for those already serving us: President Biden, Governor DeSantis, our senators and representatives, and all justices, whether serving at the state or federal level. Let us also remember our respective mayors, city council members, and other officials. I hope that out of the ashes of this terrible act, a more gracious discourse and debate, a less extreme and polarized posture, and a more gracious and generous concern for one another during this election season will emerge. May God find us regularly praying together in our families and with one another for our country and for his protection and wisdom now and in the coming months. Here is a prayer can offer together today: 𝘈𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦: 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭. 𝘉𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵. 𝘚𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘋𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴. 𝘌𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘸, 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭; 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥. 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘯. May Christ’s peace be yours, David Cassidy (Original article: thegospelcoalition.org/article/prayer…)