Trump inauguration sets record for most prayer -- let us pray for our president, and our country!

We should all pray for our president and our country.

The inauguration of Donald Trump sets a record for the most prayers during an inaugural ceremony. The ceremony features 12 prayers from various religious leaders. We truly need prayer, now more than ever.

LOS ANGELES, CA (California Network) -- The inauguration of President Trump has six prayers, three invocations, and three benedictions. That's a record total of 12 episodes of prayer in a single inauguration. Trump will also take the oath of office on two Bibles. One Bible was a gift from his mother, and the other is the Bible used by Abraham Lincoln.

This is a critical moment for our nation. We are more politically divided than we have been in years. Our own media has worked to undermine the incoming president and to divide the people against one another. Political opinions have set friends and family members against one another.

Yet, we have come to a decision. We have elected a president who is now, for better or worse, the head of our state. Wishing for him to fail is like being on a ship and wishing the captain to hit an iceberg.

President Trump is an unconventional man, by political standards. We cannot be sure what his tenure will be like. He may be an unfortunate chapter in our history, or he may become one of the most phenomenal presidents of our age. Andrew Jackson was controversial, but today he graces the $20 bill. Abraham Lincoln's election was so divisive, states began seceding from the Union before he was even inaugurated. Today, monuments, schools and even towns are named after him, and he graces the $5 bill and the penny.

Will Trump have a similar legacy?

The chapters of his presidency remain unwritten. And despite everything that has been said, despite the sensationalism, much of it his own fault, there is no rule that the future must be like the past. Starting now, President Trump can become a great leader or a great tragedy. Which of the two is solely up to him.

It is up to us to pray, and to encourage the best he can offer as he begins his career in public service.

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