Much of the coverage of GOP candidate Michele Bachmann's now-notorious event at a megachurch has focused on the potentially-illegal endorsement she received from a pastor. But there's another element of her appearance that has passed unnoticed: She expounded on the extent to which she communicates directly with God about her campaign. Bachmann revealed that she decided to run for Congress after she and her husband got the go-ahead directly from God: "And we said 'Lord, is this what you want? Is this Your will?'" God's answer: Yes. More after the jump.

In her speech, Bachmann revealed that she and her husband fasted and prayed for a couple days in order to receive word from God on whether or not to run:

“And in the midst of that calling, God then called me to run for the United States Congress. And I thought, what in the world would that be for? And my husband said “You need to do this.” And I wasn’t so sure. And we took three days, and we fasted and we prayed. And we said “Lord, is this what you want? Is this Your will?” And after — along about the afternoon of day two — He made that calling sure. And it's been now 22 months that I've been running for United States Congress. Who in their right mind would spend two years to run for a job that lasts for two years? You'd have to be absolutely a fool to do that. You are now looking at a fool for Christ. This is a fool for Christ.”

Bachmann was inspired to marry her husband by a prophetic vision:

And the Lord then led me to this man...Marcus Bachmann, my husband — led me to him, and showed me that this was also part of my calling, that my calling was to marry this man...We were praying one night, a girlfriend and I, not Marcus, and the Lord gave each one of us [Michele and Marcus] the same exact vision. And it was this: it was a picture of me, marrying this man in the valley where his parents have a farm in western Wisconsin."

Bachmann claims that the impact of the Foley scandal — which turned Bachmann's Dem challenger Patty Wetterling, a child-welfare activist, into a leading Democratic voice, boosting her in the polls — is divine intervention.

"In the midst of him making this calling sure, what's occured in this particular race is that this congresssional seat — one of 435 in the country — has become one of the top five races in the country and in the last week has become one of the top three races in the country and you may have seen now God has in his own will and in his own plan has focused like a laser beam. After this scandal that came up about a week or so ago he has focused like a laser beam with his reasoning on this race."