Thursday, March 28, 2024

MSNBC Host Asks Pastor T.D. Jakes to Pray on Live TV Over Coronavirus Pandemic

*Bishop T.D. Jakes, founder and senior pastor of The Potter’s House Church, discussed the coronavirus crisis with MSNBC’s Craig Melvin on Tuesday, during which he shocked viewers when he took a moment to lead the broadcast in prayer as a response to coronavirus concerns.

“For individuals who are not able to get to church yesterday, I’ve never ever truly finished this on the air,” Melvin proclaimed. “Can you direct us in prayer for 30 seconds?”

Jakes agreed and responded by offering the following words to help bring Americans together:

Our Father and our God, we bow our heads to you in humility, being familiar with that we are not competent in and of ourselves to deal with this sort of world-wide calamity. We glimpse to you, Lord, to be the source, the power, the assistance, the light-weight that we need, bolster our initially responders, improve even our broadcast men and women, strengthen all of us whose lives have been devastated and disrupted and give us the peace that passes all knowledge. In Christ’s identify we pray, Amen.

Watch the segment via the clip above.

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T.D. Jakes, MSNBC host Craig Melvin

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump and his coronavirus task force members said on Tuesday that as the virus spreads across the country, an estimated 100,000 to 240,000 Americans will die from it.

Jakes previously told “CBS This Morning” that despite the government’s forced quarantine, it is still possible to maintain a sense of community, Fox News reports.

“We have the extreme advantage of technology so, whether we’re streaming, whether we’re checking on people through Facebook, or Instagram or Twitter . . . we’re able to establish a sense of some level of community we didn’t have before,” he said.

Trump also noted that the national quarantine and self-distancing practices have worked and that extending them is essential to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Without community mitigation, the physicians advising the federal pandemic response predicted 1.5 million to 2.2 million Americans could die of covid-19.

“I think we have to be intentional about being connected spiritually, even if we’re not connected physically,” Jakes said. “I think it’s very important that a lot of people are hunkered down and with their families, and we don’t spend a lot of time with our families. And I think it’s a great time to re-instill your core values and have some devotional or meditation during this time.”

 

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