Support the Show Transcript: Psalm 86 A prayer of David. 1 Hear me, Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. 2 Guard my life, for I am faithful to you; save your servant who trusts in you. You are my God; 3 have mercy on me, Lord, for I call to you all day long. 4 Bring joy to your servant, Lord, for I put my trust in you. 5 You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you. 6 Hear my prayer, Lord; listen to my cry for mercy. 7 When I am in distress, I call to you,...
Aug 14, 2025•4 min
Support the Show Transcript: Good morning, listeners. Thanks for tuning in. Here are the headlines for today: 1. President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he is assuming control of Washington, D.C.'s police department and deploying 800 National Guard members to curb crime rates. Surrounded by his Attorney General, Defense Secretary, and FBI Director, Trump declared a public safety emergency to justify the measures. The administration also intends to dismantle homeless encampments as part o...
Aug 12, 2025•4 min
Support the Show Transcript: Happy Monday, everybody. Thanks for tuning in. Here are the stories from the weekend that we’re praying about today: 1. Reports indicate a growing rift between Russia and Iran. In 2023, Moscow signed a $1.75 billion deal to produce Iran's Shahed drones domestically. Tensions peaked during Iran's 12-day conflict with Israel in June, where Russia only offered verbal condemnation of Israel’s attack without providing any military aid, despite their partnership. 2. A 17-y...
Aug 11, 2025•5 min
Support the Show Transcript: Happy Friday, everyone. Today is August 8, 2025. I wanted to end this week with one of the most famous prayers in the English language. It’s what’s commonly referred to as The Serenity Prayer. Researching online, you’ll see different debates about its authorship and even different versions. Alcoholics Anonymous, for example, phrases it like this: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to kno...
Aug 08, 2025•2 min
Support the Show Transcript: Good morning, thanks for tuning in. Today is August 7, 2025. Here are the headlines and concerns we’re praying about today: 1. The White House introduced a new 25% tariff on India, raising the total to 50%, citing India’s direct or indirect imports of Russian oil, as stated in an executive order by President Donald Trump. 2. Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter arrived in the U.S. to request a reduction in the 39% tariffs imposed on Swiss exports, prompted by Switzerl...
Aug 07, 2025•4 min
Support the Show Transcript: Good morning, everyone. No news briefing, I thought it would be a good idea to recite the Lord’s Prayer from Matthew 6:5-13. 5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in...
Aug 05, 2025•3 min
Support the Show Transcript: Good morning, everyone. Today is August 4, 2025, Here’s what happened over this past weekend. 1. Tennessee Man Found With 14 Explosive Devices Authorities in Polk County, Tennessee, arrested 54-year-old Kevin Wade O'Neal after discovering 14 improvised explosive devices in his Old Fort home. He was already wanted for making threats against government and law enforcement officials. After his arrest, smoke was seen coming from his bedroom, prompting a bomb squad and fe...
Aug 04, 2025•4 min
Support the Show Transcript: Good morning, everyone. Today is August 1, 2025, we’re covering 6 praise reports today. We start with: Heroic Rescue in Russia: A Bystander Pulled a Man From the Tracks just Seconds Before a Train Passed. This was captured on video and is available on the link in the show notes An unconditional ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand is holding strong, offering hope after tension over a disputed border. The agreement marks a turning point toward peace and stability i...
Aug 01, 2025•4 min
Support the Show Transcript: Good morning, everyone. Today is July 31, 2025, we’re covering four key headlines, from natural events to global policy shifts. Let’s dive in. 1 : A tsunami advisory for California’s Central and Southern coastlines was lifted Wednesday after a powerful earthquake off Russia caused minor waves but no significant damage. 2 : Mark Zuckerberg says AI superintelligence is close, promising a new era of personal empowerment through advanced technology. 3 : President Trump i...
Jul 31, 2025•4 min
Support the Show Transcript: Good morning, everyone. This just in… A tragic shooting took place just hours ago in a Manhattan office building on Park Avenue. A Las Vegas gunman armed with an M4 rifle opened fire inside, killing five people, including an NYPD police officer. The attack prompted a swift law enforcement response, and the suspect also among the dead, from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot to his chest. The NYPD and FBI are actively investigating the scene. Two additional individual...
Jul 29, 2025•3 min
Support the Show Transcript: Good morning, everyone. Today is July 28, 2025. Some of these stories include acts of violence. Listener discretion is advised, if you’re traveling with kiddos. We start with: NASA will lose about 3,870 employees through voluntary resignations, reducing its workforce from 18,000 to 14,000. The cuts come amid Trump’’s federal downsizing initiative. The massive workforce reduction threatens NASA's ongoing missions and risks loss of critical expertise. Scientists and ...
Jul 28, 2025•4 min
Support the Show Transcript: Good afternoon, everybody. Here are today's headlines. 🗞️ National Affairs President Donald Trump made an unannounced visit to the Federal Reserve this week, where he publicly clashed with Fed Chair Jerome Powell. The disagreement, captured on camera, centered around the costs of a building renovation and rising interest rates. The moment marked a rare—and very public—intervention by a president into the traditionally independent operations of the central bank. 🌊 N...
Jul 25, 2025•4 min•Ep. 2
Support the Show TRANSCRIPT: Every day, we’re all bombarded with news — fear, outrage, tragedy, division. It’s constant and overwhelming. And if we’re not careful, the headlines can fill us with anxiety, anger…even despair. But we weren’t made to carry this on our own. Welcome to the very first episode of News on Knees — a public prayer podcast by Story King Media, where we choose prayer over panic and take those stressful headlines out of our worried hearts… and then bring them to the only ...
Jul 25, 2025•3 min•Ep. 1
