Paula White, President Donald Trump’s televangelist spiritual adviser, has been criticized after a video surfaced showing her praying during a sermon for all satanic pregnancies to miscarry.
Paula White said: ‘We declare that anything that’s been conceived in satanic wombs, that it will miscarry, it will not be able to carry forth any plan of destruction, any plan of harm.’
Praying against forces that may harm the president, she closed her eyes saying:
‘We come against the marine kingdom, we come against the animal kingdom.
‘We declare that any strange winds – any strange winds that have been sent to hurt the church, sent against this nation, sent against our president, sent against myself, sent against others – we break it by the superior blood of Jesus right now.’
She also condemned ‘any hex, any spell, any witchcraft, any spirit of control, any Jezebel,’ and ‘anything that the enemy desires through spells.’
The sermon from January 5 had its video shared by liberal advocacy group Right Wing Watch.
She was condemned by prominent Jesuit priest, James Martin who said: ‘No pregnancies are satanic. Every child is a gift from God.
‘No one should ever pray for any woman to miscarry. No one should ever pray for evil or harm to befall another person.
‘Jesus asked us to pray for our persecutors, not to curse them. To love our neighbors as ourselves.’
White defended herself saying she was only praying for evil plans to be foiled.
She tweeted: ‘I don’t normally respond but clearly this has been taken out of context. I was praying (Ephesians) 6:12 that we wrestle not against flesh and blood.
‘Anything that has been conceived by demonic plans, for it to be cancelled and not prevail in your life …’