All right here. We're here right in the middle of the capital. We have an entire team of church coming together and worshiping right here and we are singing and

giving glory to God. January 10th, 2023. It's the first day of the new Texas

legislative session in Austin and one of the new Texas legislative session in Austin,

and one of the state's newest lawmakers

is filming himself inside the Capitol Rotunda.

Representative Nate Schatzline,

a 31-year-old youth pastor turned freshman Republican legislator, smiles

into the camera.

That's right, right here in the Capitol, giving it to the Lord before we start this session for

the... Schatzline, who represents a section of North Texas near Grapevine

pans the camera for his followers watching live on Instagram

showing dozens of fellow believers swaying and singing with their hands raised over the Capitol

buildings white marble floors.

There's nothing more important than we could be doing than this right here,

worshipping and praying in the middle of the capital.

For the next half hour, Chatsline and the other worshippers invite the Holy Spirit

to reign over the State House and the affairs of Texas state government.

Singing, Let Heaven Come. The Texas Capitol is one of the most revered buildings in the state.

Its exterior walls are constructed of Texas

red granite with Texas limestone on the inside. The statue atop its copper domed

roof is more than 300 feet high, taller than the U.S. capital.

The echo inside this public space is magnificent.

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