Just before former President Donald Trump took the stage at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee on Thursday night, evangelist Franklin Graham led everyone in prayer.
Graham is the son of the late world-renowned evangelist Billy Graham, as well as president and CEO of Samaritan’s Purse and of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
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Leading into his prayer, Graham spoke of the attempt on Trump’s life that took place at a rally less than a week ago on July 13. The assassination attempt left Trump with a wounded ear. Two rally attendees were critically wounded, and another, Corey Comperatore, was fatally shot.
“Last Saturday, in Butler, Pennsylvania, President Trump had a near-death experience—no question,” Graham said before he prayed. “But God spared his life.”
Graham explained that when we go through these types of experiences, “it changes us” and causes us to “examine our lives and to re-evaluate our priorities.”
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“When President Trump rose from that platform, he rose with his fists raised in strength, showing America his unshakable resolve to fight for them in this nation,” Graham added. “I cannot explain why God would save one life and allow another one to be taken. I don’t have the answer for that. But one thing I do know is that God loves us and he wants us to be with him in heaven one day.”
Graham went on to say that the only way to be with Jesus in heaven is “through faith in his Son Jesus Christ.” He then quoted John 3:16, saying, “You see, the Bible says that God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life.”
“President Trump has been a ‘man of his word’ ever since I’ve known him. Things that he said he’ll do, he did,” Graham said. Graham went on to reference examples such as appointing conservative justices to the Supreme Court and defending religious liberty, which included demanding the release of American citizen and pastor, Andrew Brunson, from a Turkish jail after he was wrongly accused of being a terrorist.
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“I’m grateful and thankful for what he did as a 45th president of the United States,” Graham said. “And I know that as the 47th president, he will keep his word to the American people to make America great once again.”
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