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George Washington authorized the first Thanksgiving Day in 1789, 74 years passed without another such day of thanks. Then as the CIVIL WAR raged Abraham Lincoln established an annual Holiday in American life. His Thanksgiving proclamation is worth reading today:
US President, Abraham Lincoln Wrote, "I do invite my fellow-citizens in every part of the United States, those who are at sea, and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a day of thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens.
Click for the entire text of
the original proclamation.
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In 1863, The CIVIL WAR CRISIS led President. Abraham Lincoln to reaffirm Washington's call the USA for prayer and Thanksgiving.
In 2020, in a time of COVID, Civil Unrest and hopelessness, it may not be the CIVIL WAR but the circumstances in this divided nation, and global pandemic that has driven Hopelessness and addictions worldwide, call us to a fresh infusion of prayer and THANKSGIVING. |
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I have found two different PROCLAMATIONS
RETURN TO THANKSGIVING E-NTERCESSION
Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation
On October 3, 1863, in the third fall of the Civil War,
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 Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. 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.
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Even with so many needs,
let's make time for Thanksgiving,
Worship, and Praise
A time to reflect on WHO HE IS,
not just what HE can do. |
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| LINKS TO MISSIONS & VIDEOS OF 2018 |
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| FLIGHTS CANCELED? STILL ZOOMING FOR JESUS! |
Despite canceled flights and closed borders, God continues to open doors traveling through cyberspace to international ministry. We don't even have to stop to do through security!
With Zoom, You Tube & Facebook Live, we've touched 4 continents in the last 90 days. Your prayers are keeping us on the front line, even when the front line is "Online".
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Our/Thursday FACEBOOK LIVE Prayer & Praise video streams with Teen Challenge worldwide, chapels and videos have had nearly 100,000 views by TC family and friends, partners, staff, and students around the world. Where 2 or 3 gather in His name, He is THERE, even on the INTERNET. By God’s grace, we are reaching out, speaking HOPE to discouragement, PROMISE into despair, and PRAYING Together-to our God who hears and answers prayer. |
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