Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump's spiritual adviser Paula White defended herself on Sunday against criticism over a prayer she made earlier this month in which she asked for "all satanic pregnancies to miscarry right now," saying her words were taken "out of context for political gain."

In a pair of tweets, White shared a clip of her January 5 sermon before congregants at her City of Destiny church in Apopka, Florida. In the clip, posted to Twitter by Right Wing Watch, a group that "monitors and exposes the activities of Radical Right political organizations," the pastor shakes her arms as she delivers the prayer.

"In the name of Jesus, we command all satanic pregnancies to miscarry right now," she prays. "We declare that anything that's been conceived in satanic wombs that it'll miscarry, it will not be able to carry forth any plan of destruction, any plan of harm."

White, who leads the White House's Faith and Opportunity Initiative, defended the prayer in the tweets, writing that she doesn't usually issue such responses, but that the prayer had been "taken out of context."

"I was praying Eph 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," she wrote, adding in a second tweet: "That is- any plans to hurt people. Let's be clear what is really going on... this is a disingenuous attempt to use words out of context for political gain. I will just keep praying!"

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