You might have missed it in all the commotion of today, but I wanted to be sure you saw Franklin Graham’s powerful prayer this morning at President Trump’s Inauguration.
He’s no Billy, but he delivered a strong prayer and very clearly invoked the name of “Jesus Christ” and not just some random prayer to “God”.
Franklin himself posted this to X:
I was honored to give an invocation at our nation’s 60th presidential inauguration ceremony before President @realDonaldTrump and Vice President @JDVance were sworn in today. I urged those in attendance to stand still and remember the great things that God has done for this… pic.twitter.com/qcSD6s6Z4I
— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) January 20, 2025
I was honored to give an invocation at our nation’s 60th presidential inauguration ceremony before President
@realDonaldTrump and Vice President @JDVance
were sworn in today. I urged those in attendance to stand still and remember the great things that God has done for this country and to keep our eyes fixed on Him. Will you join me in praying for President Trump and our leaders?“Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and might are His. And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.” (Daniel 2:20-21)
He did a great job with this part:
Thank you @Franklin_Graham for being clear about Jesus Christ pic.twitter.com/aYbz4AlgjV
— Pastor Mark Driscoll (@PastorMark) January 20, 2025
You can watch the full prayer with captions here:
WATCH: Franklin Graham’s powerful invocation at President Trump’s Inauguration pic.twitter.com/oEFpDSpuoD
— Noah Christopher (@DailyNoahNews) January 20, 2025
FULL TRANSCRIPT:
Franklin Graham:
Our Father and our God, Thou hast said, blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.
As the Prophet Daniel prayed, blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and might are His.
He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings; He raises up kings.
He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.
Our Father today, as President Donald J. Trump takes the oath of office once again, we come to say thank you, O Lord our God.
Father, when Donald Trump’s enemies thought he was down and out, You and You alone saved his life and raised him up with strength and power by Your mighty hand.
We pray for President Trump that You shall watch over, protect, guide, and direct him; give him Your wisdom from Your throne on high.
We ask that You would bless him and that our nation would be blessed through him.
We also ask that You would bless and protect Melania as First Lady.
We thank You for the beauty, the warmth, and grace that she shows not only to this nation but to the whole world.
We thank You for Vice President-Elect JD Vance and his wife Usha and their young family.
May he be a strength to President Trump, to stand beside him, to hold up his arms like Aaron held up the arms of Moses in the midst of battle.
The Prophet Samuel reminded the people it was You that brought them up from the land of Egypt, and he said, now stand still that I may reason with you before the Lord.
So, Father, we take this moment to stand still, to remember the great things that You have done for this nation.
Thank You for the protection, the bounty, the freedoms that we so enjoy.
We remember to keep our eyes fixed on You, and may our hearts be inclined to Your voice.
We know that America can never be great again if we turn our backs on You.
We ask for Your help, and we pray all of this in the name of the King of Kings, the Lord of lords,
Your Son, my Savior, and our Redeemer, Jesus Christ.
Amen.
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"He Brought Them All To Church!"
Introducing Pastor Lorenzo Sewell.
President Trump personally invited Pastor Sewell to pray at his Inauguration and he did NOT disappoint.
To paraphrase my good friend "Pepe Lives Matter"....he brought them ALL to church!
My goodness. This guy brought everyone to church. pic.twitter.com/WUHcknaDaW
— Green Lives Matter (@Ultrafrog17) January 20, 2025
Yes he did!
Delivering a powerful message praying to our "Heavenly Father" in the name of "Jesus", Sewell expertly mixed in portions of Martin Luther King Jr's most famous speeches (prayers) honoring the fact that it is Martin Luther King Day today, while delivering a powerful prayer right in the face of many in the crowd who you might deem as being openly hostile to Christianity.
It was a powerful moment.
Short clip here:
Rev. Lorenzo Sewell prays at President Trump’s Inauguration.
— Ian Jaeger (@IanJaeger29) January 20, 2025
Longer clip here:
President Trump invited Pastor Lorenzo Sewell from Detroit to pray at the Inauguration, and he did NOT disappoint.
God is back in America. pic.twitter.com/3dT7Jn46Wf
— George (@BehizyTweets) January 20, 2025
Larger video player here:
President Trump invited Pastor Lorenzo Sewell from Detroit to pray at the Inauguration, and he did NOT disappoint.
God is back in America. pic.twitter.com/3dT7Jn46Wf
— George (@BehizyTweets) January 20, 2025
FULL TEXT OF THE PRAYER:
Pastor Lorenzo Sewell:
Heavenly Father, we're so grateful that
you gave our 45th and now our 47th president
a millimeter miracle. We are grateful that
you are the one that has called him
for such a time as this, that America
would begin to dream again. We pray that
we would fulfill the true meaning of our creed:
that we hold these truths to be self-evident,
that all men are created equal. We pray that
you use our president, that we would live
in a nation where we will not be judged
by the color of our skin
but by the content of our character.
Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus,
we are so grateful today that you will use
our 47th president so we would sing
with new meaning: "My country, 'tis of thee,
sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.
Land where my fathers died, land of
the pilgrims' pride, from every mountainside,
let freedom ring." And because America
is called to be a great nation, we believe
that you will make this come true.
So let freedom reign from the precious
hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom
ring from the mighty mountains of New York.
Let freedom ring from the heightening
Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. Let freedom
ring from the snowcapped Rockies
of Colorado. Let freedom ring from the
curvaceous hilltops of California. But God,
we're asking you not only that. Let freedom
ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.
Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain
of Tennessee. Let freedom ring from every
hill and every molehill in Mississippi,
from every state, every city, every village,
and every hamlet. And when we let freedom
ring, we will be able to speed up that day:
all of your children—Black men and White men,
Protestant and Catholic, Jew and Gentile—
will be able to sing in the meaning of
that old Negro spiritual: "Free at last!
Free at last! Thank you, God Almighty,
we are free at last." If you believe
where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is liberty. Come on, put your hands
together and give your great God great Glory
Thank you Pastor, well done!
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