Restoring Lives Ministries

Pray for peace in the Middle East.

Avner Boskey: "What's Happening in Israel and How Should We Pray?" This is such an important article from our long-time friend, Avner Boskey, who lives in Israel. He was our first-ever guide in Israel in the year 2000.

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A Hebrew Teacher's Nativity Story NO PLACE FOR HIM Luke 2:7-8: And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no ro...

A view of the history of the American celebration of Thanksgiving has to include the Thanksgiving proclamation of President Lincoln. Consider the emotions and cognitive load that was a part of this time in U.S. history.

In July 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg resulted in more than 50,000 American casualties. Despite these losses, the United States gained a great victory during these three days. On October 3, 1863, with this victory in mind, as well as its cost, President Lincoln issued a proclamation:

I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, …to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving... And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him …, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to his tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility, and Union.

This proclamation is viewed as the beginning of the national holiday of Thanksgiving Day. It was one of nine similar proclamations that Mr. Lincoln issued during the Civil War. Mr. Lincoln issued the proclamation, but he did not author it. Secretary of State William Seward penned the October 1863 proclamation. (National Park Service, 2021)

I pray you will find peace and enjoyment during this week that should be filled with thanksgiving.

The Biblical perspective of justice.

Hebrew Word Study – Judges – Shoftim שפטים Visit the post for more.

Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'” – Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dream big!

Dr. Alveda King: Let Freedom Ring for Life - Christian Newswire NEWS PROVIDED BYEvangelist Alveda C. KingJan. 14, 2022 ATLANTA, Jan. 14, 2022 /Christian Newswire/ -- The following is submitted by evangelist Alveda C. King, she is available for comment:  Every year, from January 15 - 22, many Americans and people around the world remember the legacy of my uncle ...