Detroit Pastor Lorenzo Sewell said President Donald Trump’s life was spared by a “millimeter miracle,” during his prayer at Trump’s inauguration on Monday. He was calling back to when Trump was nearly slain by an assassin at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024. The shot passed through his ear and narrowly missed his brain.
Sewell prayed, “Heavenly Father, we’re so grateful that you gave our 45th and now our 47th president a millimeter miracle. We are grateful that you are the one that has called him for such a time as this, that America would begin to dream again.” He echoed Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech, in the rest of his prayer.
We pray that we would fulfill the true meaning of our creed, that ‘we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal'” He said, “We pray that you use our president, that we will live in a nation where we will not be judged by the color of our skin, but by the content of our character.” He continued the message by quoting from a classic hymn.
He said “Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus, we are so grateful to today that you’ll use our 47th President, so we would sing with new meaning: ‘My country, ’tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrims’ pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring.’” Days after the assassination attempt, the pastor addressed what he saw as an act of God.
He explained that “we saw the hand of the good Lord protect [Trump].”Pastor Sewell said “The Bible makes it very clear: prayer is preventative, prayer is proactive, and we prayed for him a month ago, and then last week. What do we see? We saw the hand of the good Lord protect him. And whether you love Trump or hate Trump, at the end of the day he triumphed because of the answer to prayer.”
He “absolutely” believes that Americans are beginning to turn to faith. “That is why we started the podcast Politics and the Pulpit, because, at the end of the day, God put in people’s hearts a longing and desire, according to the Book of Ecclesiastes, a longing and desire to know him,” the prominent black pastor said. “So people have a God-shaped hole in their heart, and whether they’re seeking it through alcohol, drugs, through women, through men, at the end of the day, it’s going to fail. That’s just a cheap imitation. People want Jesus.”
He preaches at 180 Church on Detroit’s west side. The congregation welcomed Rump in June for a round table during the campaign. He explained “As he was leaving, I want you to imagine, over 100 Black Americans going toward him getting things signed. We gave him a cake.” After he prayed for Trump at the meeting, the President invited him to speak at the inauguration.
He recalled that “He said ‘You prayed that way for me, at the inauguration, you’ll be there.'” He continued to say, “When I received the phone call, I started crying. I cried because I felt like Jesus wanted me to do something on Monday. I don’t believe this is about me. I think this is about people that are hurting in Detroit.” “It has nothing to do with Lorenzo. It has nothing to do with my church or my relationship with President Trump. It has everything to do with those who are voiceless. Now, they get a voice,” he added.
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President Trump invited Pastor Lorenzo Sewell from Detroit to pray at the Inauguration, and he did NOT disappoint.
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— George (@BehizyTweets) January 20, 2025
During his address, Trump echoed Sewell’s attitude, when he said he was “saved by God to make America great again.” Those who wish to stop our cause have tried to take my freedom and indeed to take my life. Just a few months ago, in a beautiful Pennsylvania field, an assassin’s bullet ripped through my ear, but I felt then, and believe even more so now, that my life was saved for a reason,” Trump stated.
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