Democratic senator says he prays for Trump, president is 'not my enemy'

Michie said:

Democrat U.S. Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware recently revealed that he prays for Republican President Donald Trump and does not consider him to be “my enemy.”

New York Avenue Presbyterian Church of Washington, D.C. hosted an event on Monday titled “Living Out One's Faith in Difficult Times: An Evening with Senator Chris Coons.”

During his remarks, Coons, who has served in the Senate since 2010, said he received mixed reactions when he prayed with Trump on stage during the 2017 National Prayer Breakfast in Washington.

“I said, ‘Mr. President, would you please stand with me? I want to pray for you,’” Coons recounted, when talking about the risks that one takes in faith. “Now why is that a risk at all?”

“And to the hundreds who called and texted and complained about what I did, I said ‘what part of pray for your enemies did you not understand?’ And he is not my enemy.”

“How many of us pray for Donald Trump every day? Anybody?” Coons asked his audience, with the senator raising his own hand while asking. “Joe Biden said ‘you can’t just love your country when you’re winning.’”

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A Democratic senator recently told a recent gathering that he prays for Republican President Donald Trump and does not consider him to be my enemy

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Yarddog said:

I pray for him regularly but not everyday. I would love to see Trump become a new creation and start acting a little more like Jesus.

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Laodicean60 said:

Hmm, maybe all the prayers are canceling each other out because you and I are praying two different prayers, asking God for two different things, due to our worldly ideologies. Like watching a football game, and both sides are praying to win.

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Yarddog said:

Wouldn't you love to see Trump become more like Jesus called us into?

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Michie said:

Democrat U.S. Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware recently revealed that he prays for Republican President Donald Trump and does not consider him to be “my enemy.”

New York Avenue Presbyterian Church of Washington, D.C. hosted an event on Monday titled “Living Out One's Faith in Difficult Times: An Evening with Senator Chris Coons.”

During his remarks, Coons, who has served in the Senate since 2010, said he received mixed reactions when he prayed with Trump on stage during the 2017 National Prayer Breakfast in Washington.

“I said, ‘Mr. President, would you please stand with me? I want to pray for you,’” Coons recounted, when talking about the risks that one takes in faith. “Now why is that a risk at all?”

“And to the hundreds who called and texted and complained about what I did, I said ‘what part of pray for your enemies did you not understand?’ And he is not my enemy.”

“How many of us pray for Donald Trump every day? Anybody?” Coons asked his audience, with the senator raising his own hand while asking. “Joe Biden said ‘you can’t just love your country when you’re winning.’”

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A Democratic senator recently told a recent gathering that he prays for Republican President Donald Trump and does not consider him to be my enemy

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Michie said:

Democrat U.S. Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware recently revealed that he prays for Republican President Donald Trump and does not consider him to be “my enemy.”

New York Avenue Presbyterian Church of Washington, D.C. hosted an event on Monday titled “Living Out One's Faith in Difficult Times: An Evening with Senator Chris Coons.”

During his remarks, Coons, who has served in the Senate since 2010, said he received mixed reactions when he prayed with Trump on stage during the 2017 National Prayer Breakfast in Washington.

“I said, ‘Mr. President, would you please stand with me? I want to pray for you,’” Coons recounted, when talking about the risks that one takes in faith. “Now why is that a risk at all?”

“And to the hundreds who called and texted and complained about what I did, I said ‘what part of pray for your enemies did you not understand?’ And he is not my enemy.”

“How many of us pray for Donald Trump every day? Anybody?” Coons asked his audience, with the senator raising his own hand while asking. “Joe Biden said ‘you can’t just love your country when you’re winning.’”

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A Democratic senator recently told a recent gathering that he prays for Republican President Donald Trump and does not consider him to be my enemy

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Laodicean60 said:

Of course, the same applies to this forum; we wouldn't argue so much.

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Deborah1$ said:

This board gives people a place to respectfully vent. As long as the arguing stays above board and does not denigrate nor humiliate others, it serves its purpose.

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iarwain said:

I've been on some actual political boards, they are dark, very nasty places to be. I don't think the arguing here is all that bad, in comparison.
As for Trump, God used a lot of flawed individuals in the Bible, willingly or not. I don't see why Trump should be any different.

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Elongated said:

I disagree. This President most certainly is the enemy of all that has been good about the form of American government.

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Michie said:

Coons, an attendee of First & Central Presbyterian Church of Wilmington, Delaware, who holds a divinity degree from Yale, has often spoken about his faith and how it influences his politics.

In an interview with Fox News Sunday’s Shannon Bream on her “Livin’ The Bream” podcast last year, for example, Coons made the point that the Gospel “is neither Republican nor Democrat.”

“It does not say, you know, ‘thou shalt prioritize tax cuts over feeding the hungry.’ It does not say, you know, ‘thou shalt put at the top of your list this concern or that concern,’” Coons told Bream.

“There are 2,000 references directly in Scripture to the poor and to the widow and the orphan and the refugee. And it is what Christ focused on, in reading a passage from Isaiah 61 in his first sermon.”

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jacorian said:

We folks are always puzzled about Trump's behavior b/c it really is something quite unique. He fights back, torches the media, runs circles around him. He is not allied with any party. As he has little conscience he is able to execute the law. Indeed some of these changes were needed in society. Did some online research on this. We know he has this maligant narcissism & it's a DSM disorder. That is part of a bigger pict & that is antisocial personality disorder & most of his was fashioned by the way his parents raised him. I do think there are some inbalances in his neurotransmitters as well. Why has not any family member intervened? We don't know. Some people luv the tough guy tussle but others would prefer more finesse. It's easy to see he has no loyalty to anyone but himself. As quickly he gravitates to someone, he then tosses then overboard. He is the ultimate corporatist. The thing with his AI push is really to eliminate labor b/c it costs money. It may awaken a leviathan. Why does he hate Europe so much? Don't know. They're people like you & me. Now he is pretty tough on crime but also shows some capacity for wanting to pardon. He does not think things thru esp his responses. The remark on Mueller leaves us all aghast. Remember Mueller cleared him. Mueller did not hold the same animosity that others hold for him. Trump wants a factory on every corner. I don't. Reminds me of what our tour guide warned when I was in Berlin. He does not value open space, the American landscape. No advocacy for the fine arts. There is illumination in the arts. On energy it was important to push forward with fuel that is energy dense so he changed direction. But I don't think it was necessary to take apart projects already in the building process & then to waste lots of money on lawsuits. He could have accomodated both but using market forces. Clearly he has never read a science book. He did have to attack some social things. Clearly Roe v Wade does belong in the states. The gender ideology is not normal. It's a psych disease. He is taking apart cartels & trying to rid the world of some terrorist regimes. One less problem is one less problem. God indeed does use pupils in unusual ways. There is some over the top stuff with the Christian nationalism. I know. This side is good, the other side is bad. As they try to portray the Bible, they simply politicize it in their image, not God's image. Basically what I see & this will be a fascinating dissection for years to come, is Trump indeed has a very severe psychological disorder & it's harmful. At the heart is he is not able to cultivate any sense of relationship with his fellow man, there is no nurturing rod nor is there true intimacy. It's wanting. He gets in his own way. The whole theater is toxic to most. Takes all the oxygen out of the room. Some are real sycophants & that's not healthy; it's passive. I pick out what's good & bad. Overall, I find it healthier to go sit on the back deck wrapped in a blanket watching the sunset, curled up with a good novel & a cup of coffee. Life is too short to engross oneself with his daily antics. It is simply not healthy for any of us.

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jacorian said:

We folks are always puzzled about Trump's behavior b/c it really is something quite unique. He fights back, torches the media, runs circles around him. He is not allied with any party. As he has little conscience he is able to execute the law. Indeed some of these changes were needed in society. Did some online research on this. We know he has this maligant narcissism & it's a DSM disorder. That is part of a bigger pict & that is antisocial personality disorder & most of his was fashioned by the way his parents raised him. I do think there are some inbalances in his neurotransmitters as well. Why has not any family member intervened? We don't know. Some people luv the tough guy tussle but others would prefer more finesse. It's easy to see he has no loyalty to anyone but himself. As quickly he gravitates to someone, he then tosses then overboard. He is the ultimate corporatist. The thing with his AI push is really to eliminate labor b/c it costs money. It may awaken a leviathan. Why does he hate Europe so much? Don't know. They're people like you & me. Now he is pretty tough on crime but also shows some capacity for wanting to pardon. He does not think things thru esp his responses. The remark on Mueller leaves us all aghast. Remember Mueller cleared him. Mueller did not hold the same animosity that others hold for him. Trump wants a factory on every corner. I don't. Reminds me of what our tour guide warned when I was in Berlin. He does not value open space, the American landscape. No advocacy for the fine arts. There is illumination in the arts. On energy it was important to push forward with fuel that is energy dense so he changed direction. But I don't think it was necessary to take apart projects already in the building process & then to waste lots of money on lawsuits. He could have accomodated both but using market forces. Clearly he has never read a science book. He did have to attack some social things. Clearly Roe v Wade does belong in the states. The gender ideology is not normal. It's a psych disease. He is taking apart cartels & trying to rid the world of some terrorist regimes. One less problem is one less problem. God indeed does use pupils in unusual ways. There is some over the top stuff with the Christian nationalism. I know. This side is good, the other side is bad. As they try to portray the Bible, they simply politicize it in their image, not God's image. Basically what I see & this will be a fascinating dissection for years to come, is Trump indeed has a very severe psychological disorder & it's harmful. At the heart is he is not able to cultivate any sense of relationship with his fellow man, there is no nurturing rod nor is there true intimacy. It's wanting. He gets in his own way. The whole theater is toxic to most. Takes all the oxygen out of the room. Some are real sycophants & that's not healthy; it's passive. I pick out what's good & bad. Overall, I find it healthier to go sit on the back deck wrapped in a blanket watching the sunset, curled up with a good novel & a cup of coffee. Life is too short to engross oneself with his daily antics. It is simply not healthy for any of us.

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Michie said:

Democrat U.S. Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware recently revealed that he prays for Republican President Donald Trump and does not consider him to be “my enemy.”

New York Avenue Presbyterian Church of Washington, D.C. hosted an event on Monday titled “Living Out One's Faith in Difficult Times: An Evening with Senator Chris Coons.”

During his remarks, Coons, who has served in the Senate since 2010, said he received mixed reactions when he prayed with Trump on stage during the 2017 National Prayer Breakfast in Washington.

“I said, ‘Mr. President, would you please stand with me? I want to pray for you,’” Coons recounted, when talking about the risks that one takes in faith. “Now why is that a risk at all?”

“And to the hundreds who called and texted and complained about what I did, I said ‘what part of pray for your enemies did you not understand?’ And he is not my enemy.”

“How many of us pray for Donald Trump every day? Anybody?” Coons asked his audience, with the senator raising his own hand while asking. “Joe Biden said ‘you can’t just love your country when you’re winning.’”

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Democratic senator says he prays for Trump, president is 'not my enemy'

A Democratic senator recently told a recent gathering that he prays for Republican President Donald Trump and does not consider him to be my enemy

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