The major news channels focus mostly on politics, but on Monday MSNBC anchor Craig Melvin pivoted to religion by asking pastor T.D. Jakes to pray for the nation amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I’ve never actually done this on air,” Melvin said. “Can you lead us in prayer?”
Melvin had been conducting a remote interview with Jakes, the senior pastor of The Potter’s House Church in Dallas.
The two then bowed in prayer – on live television.
“Our Father and our God, we bow our heads to you in humility, understanding that we are not competent in and of ourselves to handle this kind of global calamity,” Jakes prayed. “We look to you, Lord, to be the source, the strength, the help, the light that we need. Strengthen our first responders, strengthen even our broadcast people, strengthen all of us whose lives have been devastated and disrupted – and give us the peace that passes all understanding.
“In Christ’s name, we pray, Amen.”
Melvin, too, said “amen” and thanked Jakes for appearing on the network.
“In times like these, we need prayer,” Melvin wrote on Twitter.
In times like these, we need prayer. Thank you @BishopJakes for leading us in a brief prayer today on @MSNBC https://t.co/OhUV7cgLdf
— Craig Melvin (@craigmelvin) March 30, 2020
His tweet received more than 3,000 likes and plenty of positive feedback.
“Craig, Thank you for praying on TV,” one person
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