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"Lord God, I ask that you pour out your
Holy Spirit on President Trump. That you give him supernatural wisdom to
accomplish all the plans you have for this country and for him. I ask that you
give him wisdom on how to lead this country into righteousness. I ask that you
give him perseverance and endurance and courage to stand for truth. I ask that
you protect him from slander from enemies, from those who would undermine. I
ask that you make him a great leader for this country. Fill him with your
wisdom and strength and perseverance, and we bless him. May he be a great
blessing to our country. In Jesus' name, we bless you. Amen."
Pastor Andrew Brunson,
Wife Pray for Trump to Have 'Supernatural Wisdom,' 'Fear of the Lord'
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"Lord God, I ask that you pour out your Holy Spirit on President Trump. That you give him supernatural wisdom to accomplish all the plans you have for this country and for him. I ask that you give him wisdom on how to lead this country into righteousness. I ask that you give him perseverance and endurance and courage to stand for truth. I ask that you protect him from slander from enemies, from those who would undermine. I ask that you make him a great leader for this country. Fill him with your wisdom and strength and perseverance, and we bless him. May he be a great blessing to our country. In Jesus' name, we bless you. Amen." - Pastor Andrew Brunson, Wife Pray for Trump to Have 'Supernatural Wisdom,' 'Fear of the Lord'
Andrew Craig Brunson (born January 3, 1968) is an American pastor and a
teaching elder of the Evangelical
Presbyterian Church. Brunson was arrested in Turkey, where he had lived
since the mid-1990s, in October 2016 during the purges occurring after the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt
against Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (along with the arrests
of tens of thousands of Turkish military personnel, civil servants, educators,
academics, dissidents, and journalists). In 2019, Brunson published a memoir
about his ordeal. Brunson is an evangelical
pastor of the Izmir
Resurrection Church, a small Protestant church with about 25 congregants. T-Online
describes the church as having been held in a room in a tenement.
On
September 28, 2017, Erdoğan unsuccessfully proposed exchanging Brunson for Fethullah Gülen, an Islamic preacher accused of
supporting the coup attempt from his exile in the United States. On July 26,
2018, US Vice President Pence
called on Erdoğan to release Brunson or face significant sanctions. On August
1, 2018, the U.S. Department of Treasury imposed
sanctions on two top Turkish government officials who were involved
in the detention of Brunson, Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit
Gül and Interior Minister Suleyman
Soylu.
In
October 2018, the Trump administration successfully secured the release of
Brunson, after U.S. economic sanctions and tariffs were placed on Turkey. On
October 12, 2018, Brunson was convicted, by Turkish authorities, on the charge
of aiding terrorism, but sentenced to time
served. He was released from Turkish custody and immediately returned to
the United States.
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“My
faith teaches me to forgive, so I forgive those who testified against me.” -
Pastor Andrew Brunson
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Andrew Brunson Expected
Persecution. He Didn’t Expect to Feel Abandoned by God.
How the American pastor handled a crisis of faith
during his Turkish imprisonment.
INTERVIEW BY JACLYN S. PARRISH
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
Persecuted for Righteousness's Sake - Andrew Brunson
Published on Jun 25, 2019
Andrew
Brunson served in Turkey for a quarter-century, the last two of which he served
in prison on false charges.
VIDEO SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alYtMxo-l_g&t=1117s
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