Trump says he is more reliant on God now that he is president

Donald Trump has acknowledged that he needs to rely more on God as president of the United States because he now has to make decisions on matters of "massive life and death."

"I would say that the office is so powerful that you need God even more, because your decisions are no longer gee, I'm going to build a building in New York, or I'm going to do this," Trump said in an interview with CBN's "The Brody File" on Friday.

"These are questions of massive life and death, even with regard to health care. You know we're working very hard on health care," he added.

The president further highlighted the impact of his decisions on American lives.

"There's almost not a decision that you make when you're sitting in this position that isn't a really life-altering position. So God comes in even more so," he said.

Trump has rarely spoken about his religious beliefs publicly, but Christian leaders who have met him have said that the new president takes his faith very seriously.

Pastor Paula White, who was one of the president's early supporters, claimed that she and Trump have had numerous conversations about the Bible in the past 15 years. She stated in an interview with The Christian Post that she met the businessman after he tracked her down because he was moved by one of her sermons.

Robert Jeffress, the pastor of First Baptist Dallas, also said that he and Trump have had several discussions about faith.

In an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly earlier this month, Jeffress said that the president's faith is "very important" and "very personal" to him.

The pastor also compared the president to the biblical figure Nehemiah, who was instrumental in rebuilding Jerusalem around 445 B.C. He noted that Nehemiah was instructed by God to build a wall around Jerusalem in order to keep Israel's enemies out of the city.

Jeffress said that he wants to use the story of Nehemiah as an example of why God blesses leaders, and he wants it to serve as encouragement to the new president and vice-president.