Miracles in American History-32 Amazing Stories of Answered Prayers
Are you aware of these past crises when America's fate hung desperately in the balance?
From the French & Indian War, Revolution, Barbary Pirate War, War of 1812, Civil War, WWI & II, etc., you will learn 'the rest of the story' of how leaders with faith and courage arose and disaster was averted!
Captivating true-life incidents of seemingly unexplainable circumstances resulted in the nation being saved! YOU will be inspired as you uncover "Miracles in American History - 32 Amazing Stories of Answered Prayer."
Did you know in 1746 a French fleet of 70 ships carrying 13,000 troops was sailing to burn the colonies in America, but after Massachusetts' Governor William Shirley proclaimed a Day of Fasting, a hurricane scattered it?
Were you aware in 1755, British troops were ambushed by the French and Indians, but Colonel George Washington survived with two horses shot from under him and four bullet holes in his coat?
After the Battle of Monongahela, Washington wrote from Fort Cumberland to his younger brother, John Augustine Washington, July 18, 1755:
“But by the All-Powerful Dispensations of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability or expectation; for I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, although death was leveling my companions on every side of me!”
Did you know Jefferson’s Resolution for Virginia’s Day of Fasting in 1774 inadvertently led to the creation of the Continental Congress?
The Continental Congress declared Days of Prayer and Fasting and providentially a fog allowed Washington’s army to escape Brooklyn Heights.
George Washington exclaimed: "The Hand of Providence has been so conspicuous in all this (the course of the war) that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith."
General Benedict Arnold turned traitor and almost betrayed Washington and let West Point be captured by the British, until by chance the British spy was caught.
British General Cornwallis was chasing the American army, but providentially three rivers rose in ten days to stop the British pursuit.
Ben Franklin declared: "In the beginning of the Contest with Great Britain...we had daily prayer in this room for Divine protection...All of us who were engaged in the struggle must have observed frequent instances of a Superintending Providence in our favor."
A cholera epidemic killed 150,000 Americans in 1849. What happened after President Zachary Taylor proclaimed a Day of Fasting?
What freak accident happened two days after Lincoln’s Day of Fasting that changed the course of the Civil War?
What did Woodrow Wilson declared as the U.S. entered WWI.
Do you know the story of Sergeant Alvin York, who during World War I single-handedly captured 132 Germans, and after the war started a Bible school?
What did Herbert Hoover say during the Great Depression? Or FDR, Eisenhower, MacArthur and Patton during WWII? Or Truman during the Korean War?
When Apollo 13 had an oxygen tank explode, damaging the craft, the whole world prayed. The crew ingeniously pieced together equipment and survived. President Nixon declared a Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving.
Find out more as you read "Miracles in American History - 32 Amazing Stories of Answered Prayer."
