Trump friend and informal faith adviser: 'God is giving America another chance'

Speaking to Fox News Digital conscionable days earlier President Donald Trump's inauguration arsenic 47th president, Pastor Robert Jeffress of First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas, expressed "gratitude to God" astir Trump's re-election and his anticipation for the aboriginal of the country.

"I judge astir evangelicals, blimpish Catholics and blimpish Jews each presumption President Trump's re-election with a feeling of alleviation and gratitude to God," said the religion person successful an on-camera interview. (See the video astatine the apical of this article.)

"There's a precise existent consciousness that our state has been successful a downward spiral the past 4 years, and chiefly due to the fact that of our departure from the Judeo-Christian instauration of our nation," said Jeffress. "To galore people, I judge President Trump's re-election represents God giving America different accidental — possibly her past accidental — to reverse this downward trajectory."

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And "I'm talking astir things that person caused disorder successful our state implicit the past 4 years," helium said. 

"Embracing the transgender agenda, which is confusing our children. Wavering successful our support of Israel, our lone reliable state successful the Middle East. And pursuing utmost biology positions that whitethorn person really caused alternatively than prevented immoderate of the disasters we're seeing."

Pastor Robert Jeffress of Dallas, Texas, and President Donald Trump pictured during the archetypal Trump administration. (Olivier Douliery/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

All of these things, said Jeffress, "have caused radical of religion to lament — but they consciousness precise hopeful present that President Trump is astir to participate the White House [again] and they're going to beryllium filled with prayers for him."

The pastor volition beryllium participating successful definite inauguration events, helium said, but was not astatine liberty to sanction the specifics up of those events.

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Jeffress said helium hopes each Americans volition heed the Bible and commune for each "those who are successful authority" and successful a governing capableness successful this country.

"We commune for each leaders."

"Now, I cognize immoderate of our viewers and readers whitethorn beryllium saying, ‘Pastor, are you a hypocrite? Would you person said the aforesaid happening astir Joe Biden?’" said Jeffress. "And successful fact, I wrote an op-ed portion for Fox News erstwhile Biden was elected, saying we whitethorn beryllium lamenting his election, but we request to obey the Bible and commune for him."

Added Jeffress to Fox News Digital, "The Bible says we don't prime whom we commune for. We commune for each leaders. And I would punctual radical that if President Trump wins successful his agenda, which I deliberation helium will, past each of America wins, not conscionable Republicans but our full country."

President Donald Trump and archetypal woman Melania Trump spot their hands connected their chests during a "Salute to America" lawsuit connected the South Lawn of the White House, Saturday, July 4, 2020, successful Washington, D.C.  (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

He went on, "President Trump has been a bully person of mine for the past 10 years. I've talked to him recently. I'll speech to him again adjacent week. And I truly judge helium wants to unite this country."

And "I deliberation radical are going to beryllium pleasantly amazed astatine the unity that helium creates successful our country," said Jeffress. "Not everybody's going to hold with each argumentation helium initiates, but I deliberation they're going to spot that helium wants what is champion for the state we each love."

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Jeffress said determination is "no official" religion advisory relation connected his part, but alternatively "an informal relationship that I've cherished for these past 10 years. I conscionable fundamentally similar President Trump," helium said. "He's a precise likable person. And I tin archer you, helium loves our country." 

"He loves America and wants what's champion for our country."

He said that "there's nary sane crushed helium would springiness up a beingness of luxury to bash this, to hazard his beingness similar helium did doubly successful the past fewer months. He does this due to the fact that he loves America and wants what's champion for our country. 

"And I deliberation Americans ought to beryllium capable to travel immoderate antheral oregon pistillate who has that benignant of feeling astir our country."

Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump is shown astatine an predetermination nighttime ticker enactment astatine the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, successful West Palm Beach, Florida. (Evan Vucci/AP)

Jeffress added that America's "greatness is successful our goodness. And the Bible says the lone goodness we tin person is by our right narration with God. And I anticipation we'll statesman not lone this New Year, but this caller word of the Trump medication with a caller committedness to travel God. If God blesses a nation, thing tin thwart His intent oregon our success."

‘Gracious and almighty God'

At the aforesaid time, Jeffress noted however important it is to admit precise existent struggles and challenges — "and I cognize astatine the forefront of people's reasoning close present are the fires successful Los Angeles and the devastation that has caused."

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For tragedies similar this, helium said, "it's earthy for radical to inquire the ‘why’ question. Why bash these things happen? Why bash they hap to me? And I would suggest that sometimes this is an unanswerable question. Instead, the existent question we ought to beryllium asking is simply a ‘who’ question. Who is successful power of a satellite that seems retired of control?" 

Jeffress shared an illustration from his ain life.

"A fewer years ago, my wife, Amy, and I were driving successful the night, retired successful the mediate of West Texas, retired successful the acheronian during a driving rainstorm — and our headlights malfunctioned and went out. And truthful we were driving successful the darkness.

"I couldn't spot six inches successful beforehand of me, but I noticed an 18-wheeler down maine and I slowed down, and I allowed it to walk me. And erstwhile it was successful beforehand of me, I focused connected its taillights. And I followed it into the nearest town."

"Never hide God is love."

"And erstwhile we find ourselves successful a maelstrom of disorder and suffering," added Jeffress, "we wonderment wherefore these things are happening. There are 3 lights astir God that we tin absorption successful on. First, God is loving. The Bible says God is adjacent to the brokenhearted. Never hide God is love."

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"Secondly, God is sovereign. That means He's successful control. Nothing takes Him by surprise.

"And finally, God is almighty capable to instrumentality the worst things that hap to america and usage them for our ain good. The apostle Paul said, ‘For God causes each things to enactment unneurotic for good.’"

"God volition present america to the different broadside safely." (iStock)

"To those who emotion Him, that doesn't mean everything that happens to america is good, but it means God is truthful gracious and almighty that He tin instrumentality the worst things successful our life, similar a fire, a flood, the breakup of a relationship, an unwellness — He tin instrumentality those horrible things and usage them for our good."

Added Jeffress, "If we absorption connected those truths astir God erstwhile we walk done a storm, past God volition present america to the different broadside safely."

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Jeffress is elder pastor of his 16,000-member religion successful Dallas and is a Fox News contributor. His regular vigor program, "Pathway to Victory," is heard connected much than 1,400 stations nationwide.

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His play tv programme is seen successful 195 countries astir the world, including connected Fox Nation. 

He is the writer of astir 30 books.