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Fearless with Cissie Graham Lynch

Political Violence: How to Pray for Our Nation

Fearless with Cissie Graham Lynch

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Christianity

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

How do we pray for our nation in wake of political violence? This week we saw political division take a drastic and alarming turn when there was an assassination attempt on former President Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. We have seen leaders on both sides of the aisle condemn this abhorrent act. Now, many people are asking where we go from here? My dad, Franklin Graham, joins me as we ask the questions: What issues should we be concerned about as we are watching this election cycl...

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Cissy Graham Lynch.

0:04.0

Welcome to Fearless, helping you have a fearless faith in a compromising culture. Welcome back to a unique episode of Fearless. I'm here in Alaska with my dad and I just felt like the episode that was supposed to release tomorrow just wasn't appropriate with what's happening in our country and what's happened

0:34.0

this past weekend with the assassination attempt with President Donald Trump.

0:38.3

I've asked my dad just during this time to join me for today's episode and dad I was with you and with my kids

0:45.5

sitting right here in your house watching on Saturday just the videos over and

0:50.2

over that were coming in of the assassination attempt.

0:54.0

What was going through your mind when you watched that?

0:56.9

Well, I think at first, when I saw him down on the podium,

1:00.4

we thought that he may have not survived or would have been severely wanted

1:04.0

then when we saw him stand to his feet and raise his hand in the air with his

1:09.2

fist raised saying I guess USA I think everybody was chanting USA I just couldn't help as I say thank

1:16.4

you Lord thank you thank you for saving his life and anytime we have people that

1:21.3

have near death experiences,

1:23.4

and he certainly has had a near death experience.

1:26.5

It changes you.

1:27.7

It changes people.

1:29.3

And I don't know what that means for Donald Trump,

1:31.9

but I hope he realizes and will know and understand

1:35.3

it was God that saved his life. God protected him that day. It's hard to understand why he allowed

1:41.4

President Trump to live in another man who was a good man.

1:45.0

He was a fire chief in that area had a good family and for his life to be lost.

1:50.0

We don't understand these things why God allows one to live and takes another I don't know

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