While President-elect Donald Trump Assemble a new Cabinet Pastor Robert Jeffress of First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, has a message of not only hope and healing as the nation moves forward after presidential election But also for Thanksgiving and the entire holiday season.
“We had a very contentious election,” Jeffress told Fox News Digital in an exclusive on-camera video. (See the video at the top of this article.)
“We have had many contentious elections throughout history. But I think the election is over now. Now President Trump has been re-elected. I can really feel it. On both sides of the aisle there is a desire to come together and embrace positivity. Do it for the country,” said a nationally known faith leader.
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“And I feel very uplifted in spirit with President Trump,” Jeffress said.
“I talked to him a few days ago. And he is undoubtedly focused on his plans.”
Reverend Robert Jeffress (now gone) along with President Donald Trump during the first Trump administration. Trump’s Jeffress said this week: “He is extremely optimistic about the future of the country.” (Olivier Dulieri/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
And “he is extremely optimistic and optimistic about the future of the country.”
Jeffress added, “You know, I think people are worried or (even) heard that if he gets elected. He will create a dystopian theocracy that will oppress people – I don’t think any of that will actually happen.”
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“I’ve seen and known the president for 10 years,” he continued, “and I think he can transcend political differences and work towards what’s best for America. So I hope every American will pray for him and give him a chance to do what he promised to do.”
“That is the key to having a heart of gratitude — finding positive things to focus on.”
Will Jeffress advise Trump in a formal way on matters of faith or prayer as the new administration prepares to take office?
The priest replied: “Let’s go back to 2016 when President Trump first ran for office. His campaign created a spiritual advisory board. When he won the 2016 election, that ended and it became a more informal group of people talking to the president. When he asked for it.”
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Jeffress added: “I think that will continue. I’ve known President Trump, as I said, for 10 years, and we’re friends. And we keep in touch often. either by text message or phone call
“And I look forward to that friendship continuing for many more years,” he said.
President-elect Trump will be speaking at Election Night at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 1, September 6, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
This Thanksgiving The pastor said his message is for everyone. “It would really be God’s message from the Bible, found in 1 Thessalonians 5:18, where Paul says: ‘In everything we should give thanks'”
Jeffress continued: “Most people don’t know that the first Thanksgiving Proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863, in the middle of the Civil War when our nation was divided.
“Lincoln said. ‘There are certain things we should be thankful for’ and I think that’s the key to having a heart of gratitude. That is finding something positive to focus on.”
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The bishop noted that although the country has gone through a tense and divisive election period, “we should be grateful that we have the opportunity to choose our leaders.”
Yes, “there are undoubtedly economic hardships that many families are facing,” he noted.
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“But the truth is The average family of four earning $50,000 a year is richer than 89% of the rest of the world.”
And yes, while “there have been hurricanes and floods. But for the most part, these are the exceptions,” he said.
Jeffress said Americans can be grateful. “Where we have the opportunity to choose our leaders.” (Ildar Abulkhanov)
“There are many things we can be thankful for. And I know people sometimes say to me, ‘Master, I don’t. feel Thank you.’ I find it easier to ‘show up’ in my feelings than to. “feel yourself” in action” a lot
After all, he added, “There’s a reason this holiday is called Thanksgiving. It’s not gratitude.”
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He also said that “God is in control of everything that happens. And we can count on that. And I especially remind Christians that the Bible teaches that the responsibility of government is to leave us alone while we practice our faith.”
“God is in control of everything that happens. And we can count on that.”
He added: “We will not bring about spiritual change through government. It is not the job of government or the ability to change people’s minds. Only the gospel of Jesus Christ can do that. And that’s what we have to practice.”
Jeffress is the senior pastor of a 16,000-member church in Dallas and a Fox News contributor.
His daily radio show “Pathway to Victory” is heard on more than 1,400 stations nationwide.
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His weekly television show is viewed in 195 countries around the world, including Fox Nation.
He is the author of nearly 30 books.
Sydney Borchers and Brooke Singman, both at Fox News Digital, contributed reporting.
