During the Trump administration’s first cabinet meeting, something wholesome and righteous took place: prayer.
Before starting the meeting, the president asked for someone to say grace. Former megachurch pastor and now U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner took the challenge, and prayed for the Lord’s anointing and leading to be upon this new presidential administration.
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/**/“Father, we thank you for this awesome privilege to be in Your presence,” Turner prays. “God thank You that You’ve allowed us to see. This day, the Bible says that Your mercies are new every morning. And Father God, we give You the glory and honor.”
Turner also thanked the Lord for President Trump and his leadership and for appointing this group to have influence over the nation.
“Father God, thank You for anointing us to do this job. Father, we pray You will give the president, the vice president, wisdom,” he continues.
Turner focused his prayer on a “righteous clarity” to lead the nation into the destiny that the Lord has for America, along with a blessing from Psalm 33:12 which tells us that, “blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.”
On X, Turner thanked the president for the opportunity to bless the cabinet prior with this prayer.
Giving the opening prayer at President Trump’s first cabinet meeting was the honor of a lifetime.
Thank you, @POTUS, for trusting me to lead @HUDgov and for giving me the opportunity to lift up Americans across the country.
Giving the opening prayer at President Trump’s first cabinet meeting was the honor of a lifetime.
— Scott Turner (@SecretaryTurner) February 26, 2025
Thank you, @POTUS, for trusting me to lead @HUDgov and for giving me the opportunity to lift up Americans across the country.pic.twitter.com/bM5YyqEIna
Conservative commentator Charlie Kirk also shared the prayer, writing that “Generations of America’s leaders have leaned on the leading and providence of God. We need God to lead us now.”
President Trump’s first cabinet meeting opens in prayer. Amen.
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) February 26, 2025
Generations of America’s leaders have leaned on the leading and providence of God. We need God to lead us now.
Thank you @SecretaryTurner pic.twitter.com/n1nFzwGiQY
In this new administration, we are seeing all kinds of changes. The most positive of them all, however, is a re-dedication to the Lord in public service. Let’s continue to lift up our leaders, that they may walk in wisdom, humility and righteousness.
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Abby Trivett is content development editor for Charisma Media.
