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Psalm 31
California
Statehood September 9, 1850 · Governor Gavin Newsom
Praying this Sunday · Sunday, November 8, 2026
Pray for California, its leaders, communities, families, and current needs.
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Current Prayer Needs
California Wildfire & Public Safety Response
Wildfires, emergency public-safety actions, statewide infrastructure/water costs, and Los Angeles County crisis response.
Wildfire suppression continues across active fronts in Monterey County and Southern California. County supervisors and state leaders manage escalating fire suppression costs, water resource logistics, and mutual-aid deployments.
People involved
Prayer lists are assembled for prayer; news snippets are brief summaries, not full reports.
People & Leadership
People to Pray For
Names and roles are verified information; focus lines are invitations to pray. Tap a name to open background links.
- 1Gavin NewsomGovernor of CaliforniaPrayer focus: Wisdom, integrity, and fiscal stewardship
- 2Rob BontaAttorney GeneralPrayer focus: Wisdom, integrity, and fiscal stewardship
- 3Shirley WeberSecretary of StatePrayer focus: Wisdom and integrity over records, elections, and the seal of the place.
- 4Joe TylerDirector / Fire Chief, CAL FIREPrayer focus: Leadership in fire suppression
- 5Karen BassMayor of Los AngelesPrayer focus: Leadership and public safety
- 6Hilda L. SolisChair, Los Angeles County Board of SupervisorsPrayer focus: Wisdom, integrity, and fiscal stewardship
- 7Kathryn BargerLos Angeles County SupervisorPrayer focus: Wisdom, integrity, and fiscal stewardship
- 8Lindsey P. HorvathLos Angeles County SupervisorPrayer focus: Wisdom, integrity, and fiscal stewardship
- 9Janice HahnLos Angeles County SupervisorPrayer focus: Wisdom, integrity, and fiscal stewardship
- 10Holly J. MitchellLos Angeles County SupervisorPrayer focus: Wisdom, integrity, and fiscal stewardship
- 11Anthony C. MarroneLos Angeles County Fire ChiefPrayer focus: Leadership in LACoFD suppression
- 12Robert G. LunaLos Angeles County SheriffPrayer focus: Leadership in evacuation and public safety
- 13Jamie MooreLos Angeles City Fire ChiefPrayer focus: Leadership for LAFD
- 14Tina NietoMonterey County SheriffPrayer focus: Public safety leadership
- 15Sean DuryeeCommissioner, California Highway Patrol
- 16Caroline Thomas JacobsDirector, California Governor's Office of Emergency ServicesPrayer focus: Wisdom and integrity in public service.
- 17Alex PadillaU.S. SenatorPrayer focus: Wisdom and integrity in public service.
- 18Adam SchiffU.S. Senator
- 19Brian MarshallState Fire and Rescue Chief, Cal OESPrayer focus: Mutual-aid fire and rescue coordination
- 20Roman TorresForest Supervisor, Angeles National ForestPrayer focus: Safety for Bouquet Fire crews
- 21Jeremy BrieseMariposa County SheriffPrayer focus: Public safety near the Dome Fire
- 22Caleb FinchSouthwest Complex IMT 1, Timber FirePrayer focus: Stamina for the 1,279 assigned to Timber.
Scripture
Psalm 31
1 Psalm 31 For the director of music. A psalm of David.
1 In you, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness.
2 Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me.
3 Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me.
4 Free me from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge.
5 Into your hands I commit my spirit; redeem me, O LORD, the God of truth.
6 I hate those who cling to worthless idols; I trust in the LORD.
7 I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.
8 You have not handed me over to the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious place.
9 Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and my body with grief.
10 My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning; my strength fails because of my affliction, [1] and my bones grow weak.
11 Because of all my enemies, I am the utter contempt of my neighbors; I am a dread to my friends-- those who see me on the street flee from me.
12 I am forgotten by them as though I were dead; I have become like broken pottery.
13 For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side; they conspire against me and plot to take my life.
14 But I trust in you, O LORD; I say, "You are my God."
15 My times are in your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.
16 Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love.
17 Let me not be put to shame, O LORD, for I have cried out to you; but let the wicked be put to shame and lie silent in the grave. [2]
18 Let their lying lips be silenced, for with pride and contempt they speak arrogantly against the righteous.
19 How great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you, which you bestow in the sight of men on those who take refuge in you.
20 In the shelter of your presence you hide them from the intrigues of men; in your dwelling you keep them safe from accusing tongues.
21 Praise be to the LORD, for he showed his wonderful love to me when I was in a besieged city.
22 In my alarm I said, "I am cut off from your sight!" Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help.
23 Love the LORD, all his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful, but the proud he pays back in full.
24 Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD.
Prayer focus
Prayer Prompts
Invitations to pray — not news reports.
- 1Pray for wildfire containment, safe evacuations, protected firefighters, wise emergency management, and California communities.
- 2Pray strength and safety for hotshot crews and air-tanker pilots on the steep ridges of the Big Sur front, swift containment on the new Northern California start, and wisdom for Gov. Gavin Newsom and Chief Joe Tyler as suppression resources are balanced across complexes.
- 3Pray over today's need: Plaskett Fire 61% Contained at 29,885 Acres; New 10-Acre Napa Start.
- 4Protect wildland firefighters and sheriff deputies from harm.
- 5Grant wisdom to Governor Newsom and Attorney General Bonta.
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