thank you Mr pres let’s pray father we thank you uh for this awesome privilege father to be in your presence 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 the honor thank you God for president Trump father for appointing us father God thank you for anointing us to do this job father we pray uh you’ll give the president the vice president wisdom father God as they lead father I pray for of my colleagues that are here around the table and in this room Lord God we pray that uh we would lead with a righteous Clarity father God as we serve the people of this country in every prospective agency every job that we have father we would humble ourselves before you and we would lead in the manner that you’ve called us to lead and to serve father the Bible says that blessed is the nation whose God is

the lord well father we today honor you and in your rightful place father thank you for giving us this

opportunity to restore faith in this country and be a blessing to the people of America and Lord God

today in our meeting we pray that you will be glorified in our conversation in Jesus name amen amen Scott that was a very good job you did you’ve done that before praying like this in the White House

must be driving the secular media and every atheist into a frustrating frenzy but the separation of church and state are not in the Constitution the principle originates from a Thomas Jefferson 1802 letter to the danry Baptists where he described the First Amendment as creating a wall of separation between church and state in this letter he reassured the Baptists that the government would not interfere with religious practice or expression the influence of Faith isn’t just in words it’s etched into the very structures of Washington DC Mr Speaker on July 30th we celebrate the 60th anniversary of

our national motto in God We Trust which is displayed directly above your chair in the War of 1812 we found those words in our national anthem when Francis Scott Key wrote and this be our motto and God is our trust in 1864 Congress found them when it authorized the secretary of the treasur to add the inscription and God we trust on coins and God We Trust was first introduced on US coins during the Civil War starting with the 18642 cent coin this phrase gained prominence when President Eisenhower signed a bill in 19 1955 requiring it on all currency it reflects America’s spiritual Foundation as stated by representative Charles E…READ MORE WATCH VIDEO