Kari Lake says God sent his message through 1 Timothy 1:6

By Ryan FoleyChristian Post journalist Saturday June 22, 2024

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake called Friday for the return of God to American culture, telling a conservative Christian summit that it was God’s plan, not hers, for her to run in a public function.

Lake, a Republican who narrowly lost the 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and is currently running for an open U.S. Senate seat against Democrat Ruben Gallego, addressed to a group of conservative Christian activists gathered during the journey to the majority of the Faith and Liberty Coalition. conference at the Washington Hilton.

Lake, a 54-year-old former television news anchor, issued a call for unity, urging the public to “overcome” the division currently engulfing the Republican Party. She called on the party to work to “get independents and Democrats” to vote for her and bring back “the whole country.”

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She proclaimed, “I want to bring him back,” pointing to Heaven, indicating that she was referring to God.

“We need to bring it back into our culture, into our lives, into our hearts and souls.”

Lake, who gained national attention for alleging voter fraud in Arizona’s 2022 gubernatorial race, spoke about his faith and how it played a role in his decision to leave his job as a journalist and enter the political arena.

She said she felt “immoral” working for a local Arizona-based media outlet because of the “half-truths” it spread, explaining, “What mattered more than a paycheck was the meeting I will one day have with this guy”, as she pointed to the Sky.

“I’m not very worried about being insulted here,” she said. “I want to get a warm welcome and a hug when I go up to heaven.”

Lake said she experienced “a little moment of fear” when she left her job, describing how she “prayed at my desk” and asked God to “give me answers.”

“At that point, I grabbed my Bible,” she said. “I literally opened the Bible; I didn’t know where I was opening it.”

The lake opens with 1 Timothy 6:7, which states: “You bring nothing into this world, and you certainly take nothing out of it. »

She asked the audience, “Can you believe this is the answer God gave me?”

“I said, ‘I heard it loud and clear. I’m out,'” Lake said.

Lake said that before feeling called to run, she envisioned living a “quiet life” that was “out of the public eye” after being in the public eye for 30 years.

“God said, ‘No, no, no, I have a few things planned for you before this quiet life,'” she recalled.

“‘I’m going to throw you in the middle of politics. You’re going to find yourself in the middle of the political world,'” he told her. “‘You’re going to help lead a movement in Arizona, you’re going to fight for election integrity, you’re going to be called every name in the book. The media is going to hate you, the media is going to write 100% negative coverage to your regard.'”

Lake continued to expand on God’s plan for her: “You’re going to run for one office, you’re going to run for another office, and you’re going to actually win.”

“I think sometimes we pray for what we want,” she admitted. “I stopped doing that because you know what I was doing? I was praying to God. … I was saying, ‘I need strength, please give me strength.'”

Lake realized that “God is amazing” because “He gives you what you ask for.” She asked herself, “How do we get strength?” She said: “through difficult circumstances, to strengthen you.”

“And then I realized that I keep praying for strength, so I keep finding myself in difficult circumstances,” she added.

Lake urged the audience to “never lose the joy of being a child of God.”

“Don’t let this evil in this world rob us of our joy,” she added.

The RealClearPolitics polling average measuring voter intentions in the Arizona Senate race, based on surveys taken between April 28 and June 18, shows Gallego leading Lake by 5.9 percentage points.