The president is calling for Americans to do something that we have gotten far away from: spending time in prayer.
As the United States prepares for our 250 year anniversary next July, The White House announced that the administration would start a “prayer and rededication of the United States as one nation under God.”
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In a video on the official White House website, the president is quoted, saying:
As we prepare to celebrate two and a half centuries of freedom, I am inviting America’s great religious communities to pray for our nation and for our people. From the beginning, this has always been a country sustained and strengthened by prayer. So important, if we bring religion back stronger, you’re going to see everything get better and better and better. You are going to see it get better and better. So, as we chart our course for the next 250 years, let us rededicate ourselves to one nation under God.
The ask of Americans is for one million people to dedicate an hour per week to pray for the nation. If possible, the hope is that people would gather with at least ten others during this time to pray together in unity for the country.
The White House encourages Christians that this is “…an opportunity to rededicate ourselves to the principles that gave birth to this land of liberty.” They further provide sermons, prayers, and Scriptures to open up in prayer with, including 2 Chronicles 7:14, Psalm 33:12 and 1 Timothy 2:1-4.
This historic move comes right as Trump also promised to protect prayer in the school system during the Religious Liberty Commission hearing that was held earlier today at the Museum of the Bible. According to USA Today, Trump promised to “protect the Judeo-Christian values of our founding.”
The president further stated that, “To have a great nation, you have to have religion…There has to be something after we go through all of this, and that something is God.” He also encouraged others that “We’re at the very beginning of a golden age,” leaving the stage with “Amazing Grace” playing behind him.
We’ve seen a great transformation take place in our nation under the Trump administration, we are continuing to see him uplift the principles of Christianity. As the New York Post noted, the Trump administration is also looking to takeover the 9/11 museum and memorial that is at Ground Zero, something some are calling an answer to prayer.
Sally Regenhard lost her son in the 9/11 attacks and believes that “This is answered prayers…It’s a godsend that the Trump administration, that Donald Trump, has heard the cries of the families.”
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The Trump administration desires to do this takeover to make sure that “…the memory of those who perished there will be preserved for all time…”
The call for prayer and community is more than a political initiative; it’s a reminder that true national strength flows from spiritual renewal. If America is to step into another 250 years with hope, unity and blessing, it must first bow in humility before God, the One who has carried the nation this far.
Abby Trivett is content development editor for Charisma Media.
