Trump Participates In Prayer During White House Easter Lunch Event

Just stand here, sir. Sure. We'll take

that.

Uh

first off, thank you so much, President,

and for all the great faith leaders that

are here. Uh happy Easter. This is a

very holy week for us, and we're just

honored you took your valuable time for

all of our uh cabinet members and

secretaries, we thank you. And most of

all, I really feel like the Lord gave me

something this morning, and this is

family. So, I want to thank you very

much.

>> You should have gotten dressed up a

little bit more.

>> I know. I We We were initially having a

dinner, so It's actually nice.

>> Thank you, sir. And uh so, I decided to

wear it anyway. But, the Bible says to

give thanks for all things. And as I was

praying this morning, the word gratitude

just kept coming to me. And so, there's

so many things I'm grateful for. I'm

grateful for salvation and the finished

work of Jesus Christ and my family, and

the list would go on and on. But, as I

prayed, it was like the Holy Spirit just

zoned me in and said, "Tell President

Trump how thankful you are for him."

AND I THINK I'M

>> [applause]

[applause]

[applause]

>> AND I I FELT LIKE I WAS conveying the

heart of God for all of us.

That we are thankful for the greatest

champion of faith that we've ever seen

in a president. And we honor you because

of your bold, unwavering conviction and

stand for religious liberty

here in America and around the world.

And you recognize the power in the name

of Jesus Christ. I remember when we told

our first briefing, "You can now pray

again and worship again." They began to

shout and praise and and say, "Thank

you, Lord." And sing in their highest

ways uh for your unwavering recognition

that the strength of a nation is through

Almighty God. And you have not backed

away from any of this. Thank you for

allowing me to serve you, to serve

people of faith, and to serve the

American people.

Uh I've heard many people take credit

for you being here or for some of your

victories.

And for the being in the sacred office

of the president, but the truth of it is

is you're here because of God and

because of you.

>> [applause]

[applause]

>> AND I JUST WANT TO SHARE THIS THOUGHT

AND THEN PRAY over President Trump.

Jesus taught us so many lessons through

his death, burial, and resurrection. He

showed us great leadership.

Great transformation requires great

sacrifice.

And Mr. President, no one has paid the

price like you have paid the price.

It almost cost you your life.

You were betrayed

and arrested

and falsely accused.

It's a familiar pattern that our Lord

and Savior showed us.

But, it didn't end there for him, and it

didn't end there for you.

God always had a plan. On the third day,

he rose, he defeated evil,

he conquered death, hell, and the grave.

And because he rose, we all know that we

can rise.

And sir, because of his resurrection,

you rose up. Because he was victorious,

you were victorious.

And I believe that the Lord said to tell

you this, because of his victory, you

will be victorious in all you put your

hands to.

>> [applause]

>> Amen.

>> [applause]

>> Because God is with you and God is using

you

to defeat evil, to restore families, to

awaken the church, to harvest the

nations, and to bring a worldwide

revival. So, I'm going to ask something.

Would you all stand

and just if you're comfortable, stretch

your hand towards our President.

And even if uh Reverend Graham, you'd

like to lay hands on him and Pastor

Robert,

and just come in agreement with me for 2

Chronicles 7:14 declares, "If my people

who are called by my name will humble

themselves and pray, then I will hear

from heaven

and forgive their sins and heal their

land."

>> [music]

>> So, today we humble ourself and we seek

you, Lord Jesus.

You declared [music] in Proverbs 14:34

that it said the righteousness exalts a

nation. So, we declare righteousness

over America.

And that every decision that is upon

President Trump's shoulders, he will

[music] make them in your righteousness.

We declare Psalm 32:12 that blessed is

the nation whose God is Lord. So, today

we declared that America is blessed. As

President Trump has decided to

rededicate this nation on May 17th to

you, oh Lord.

>> [music]

>> So, we invoke your name, your power,

your mercy, your grace. We pray James

1:5 over him [music]

that you will always have the wisdom of

God all the days of your life. I declare

Psalm 91 over you that you will

satisfied with long life. I declared

that everything [music] you touch, you

will have the favor of God according to

Luke 2:52. Even as Jesus was favored

with both God and man, so let it be with

[music] President Trump. And I pray over

his household and his family, not only

do we secure his life and his calling

and his purpose,

>> [music]

>> but that he will have generational

blessing over his family.

For generation after [music] generation

will call upon the name of the Lord and

be blessed. We thank you for [music] the

gift that you gave us in our President.

And everybody said, "Amen."

>> [applause]

>> Thank you, everybody.

>> [applause]

>> Let us pray.

Father, you tell us

in the book of Esther

>> [music]

>> that the Persians, the Iranians,

were wanting to kill every Jew,

woman, child, and do it all in one day.

But, you raised up Esther

to save the Jewish people.

Father, we thank you.

Today,

>> [music]

>> the Iranians,

the

wicked regime of the of this government

wants to kill every Jew and destroy them

with an atomic fire.

But, you have raised up President Trump.

You've raised him up for such a time as

this.

And Father, we pray that you'll give him

victory.

Father, we pray for our military that

you'd watch over protect them.

Father, we pray for the the people of

Iran who want freedom

to be set free from [music]

these Islamic lunatics.

Father, we thank you for your son, Jesus

Christ, who came to this earth to take

our sins, that he died and shed his

blood on a cross for our sins, that he

was buried, he took our sins to the

grave, but you raised him to life.

And Father, [music] we thank you and we

praise you and we give you the glory.

Father, protect President Trump.

We pray this in Jesus' [music] name.

Amen.

>> [music]

>> Dear Heavenly Father,

we thank you for this beautiful day, and