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"Decreeing the Word of God Over the News of the Day"
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United We Stand Monday, Feb 10, 2025
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Be sure to join us this evening when we host our weekly CHPP national call. Our Guest Speaker on tonight's call will be Pastor Carolyn Sissom, of the EastGate Church in Katy, Texas. Pastor Carolyn will share her insights with us about the new direction our nation has now entered into, with prayer points for the coming year.
Our conference number is: 717-908-1834
Access Code: 616137#
Time to begin: 8:00 p.m. EST
Welcome!
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Join our Bible Readathon, every night except Sunday morning, from midnight to 6:00 a.m. Call 508-924-5411 (no access code). Our moderator will welcome you and invite you to share in our reading. Praise God! His Word does NOT return to us void!
"So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; it will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, and without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it." (Isaiah 55:11)
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>>> Be sure to read today's thoughts on repentance by Pastor Jeff Daly | National Day of Repentance. Go Here.
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‘It Changed Something in Me’:
Trump’s Candid Admission About How Attempted Assassination
Transformed His Belief in God
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President Donald Trump said an assassination attempt on his life drew him closer to God and that he believes people need faith to find true happiness.
Trump made his remarks at the 73rd annual National Prayer Breakfast Thursday, referring back to the July 13, 2024, campaign event in Butler, Pa., during which he was hit in the ear by a bullet. Two spectators were also injured during the shooting, and Corey Comperatore, a dad, husband, and volunteer firefighter, was tragically killed. “None of us knows exactly when our time on earth will be over,” Trump told those gathered at the prayer breakfast. “You never know — a truth I confronted a few short months ago when there was an incident that … was not fun.” The president has frequently said he believes the Lord saved him that day. He repeated this Thursday, explaining how people have told him it’s practically impossible he survived — an unlikely arc of events that happened when he turned his head slightly toward an immigration chart he was referencing during the campaign event. “God was watching me,” Trump said, quipping, “immigration saved my life.”
The president also inserted other quips during his remarks, noting the gunshot didn’t impact his oft-times referenced hairstyle. “It didn’t affect my hair — can you believe it?” he said. “It might have touched it, but not where it counts.” But the most noteworthy line of his speech came when he reflected on the impact of the assassination attempt on his heart and mind. “It changed something in me,” he said. “I feel even stronger. I believed in God, but I feel much more strongly about it. Something happened.” Trump continued, “But that event, like the tragedy last week, should remind us that we have to make the most out of every single day that we have.” At the end of the speech, Trump also said he believes faith is essential for people to find true happiness. (Faithwire) Read More Here |
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- Abba Father, we praise Your holy Name for pursuing President Trump in his personal walk with You. We celebrate this testimony of Your protection over his life and the revelation he received causing a deeper faith in the Lord. Continue to Bless President Trump as he seeks Your wisdom for decisions as Commander in Chief and guide him at every step with Holy Spirit discernment. We ask for Your continual hedge of protection over his life and his family, as he leads our nation back into Your plumb-line of righteousness! In the Mighty and Powerful Name and Blood of Jesus Christ-Amen.
- "Blessed is the one you choose and bring near, to dwell in your courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, the holiness of your temple!" (Psalm 65:4)
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Missing Alaska Plane Found Crashed, All 10 on Board Dead: Authorities
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Authorities announced Friday that the wreckage of a plane that disappeared in Alaska on its way to the hub community of Nome has been found, with all 10 people who were on board dead.
Mike Salerno, a spokesperson for the U.S. Coast Guard, said rescuers were searching the aircraft’s last known location by helicopter when they spotted the wreckage. They lowered two rescue swimmers to investigate.
The plane, a Cessna caravan, was en route from Alaska’s Unalakleet to Nome when it disappeared from radar.
Unalakleet, a small community in western Alaska with a population of approximately 690, is situated about 150 miles southeast of Nome and 395 miles northwest of Anchorage.
According to local media, a Federal Aviation Administration weather camera near Nome captured near-whiteout conditions for several hours on Thursday afternoon.
Radar forensic data from the U.S. Civil Air Patrol indicated that at approximately 3:18 p.m. Thursday, the plane experienced a sudden and rapid loss of altitude and speed, Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Benjamin McIntyre-Coble reported. “What that event is, I can’t speculate to,” he said. Read more
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- Father, we ask for Your comfort for the families of those who perished in this crash. Let all information on how this happened be revealed.
- “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” (Matthew 5:4)
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Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Admin From Placing Some USAID Employees on Leave
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A federal judge issued a temporary injunction halting mandatory administrative leave for 2,200 employees of the U.S. Agency for International Aid (USAID).
Judge Carl Nichols ordered that the USAID employees not be placed on leave at 11:59 p.m. Friday while legal challenges are pending.
The order also halted the requirement that international employees return to the United States.
Nichols stated that it was a “very limited” restraining order.
The petition for the temporary restraining order was filed at noon on Feb. 7 and the government had no time to submit a brief. The judge characterized the case as an employer–employee dispute but found that some of the plaintiffs’ arguments about irreparable harm were valid.
The plaintiffs argued that employees would be harmed because they were locked out of payment systems and that being forced to leave in haste could disrupt services and cause destabilization in the overseas regions where USAID is active. Read more
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- Lord, we pray that all of the lawsuits be dropped against what we’ve learned is an agency riddled with sinful plans and works against Your Word. We ask that Your perfect will be done in this matter.
- “Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.” (Galatians 5:19-21)
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Three ex-hostages in serious condition, appear starved, lost 30% of weight
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Released Israeli hostages Or Levy, Ohad Ben Ami, and Eli Sharabi are in serious condition and appear to have lost about 30% of their overall weight, according to a preliminary medical examination that was reported to Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sheba Medical Center on Saturday.
The condition of the three former hostages is possibly the most worrying medical condition of a released hostage to date.
The three appear frail and malnourished upon being freed after 491 days captive in Gaza. They will be flown to the medical centers via helicopter. Read more
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- Father, we pray for healing over these men and their families. We bind the spirit of murder in Hamas and pray that everything they plan would immediately fall to the ground.
- “But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:5)
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MORE NEWS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
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"Pray for kings and all in authority . . ."
(I Timothy 2:1)
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1. Trump DOJ sues Chicago - Fox News (Read more)
2. Kristi Noem heads to Asheville amid heavy criticism of FEMA response under Biden - Fox News (Read more)
3. Trump deporting criminal aliens to Guantanamo Bay: Meet the hardened terrorists they'll join - Fox News (Read more)
4. Trump Orders AG to Review Biden’s Gun Policies Within 30 Days - The Epoch Times (Read more)
5. Trump Says He Will ‘Quickly and Surgically’ Fire Some FBI Agents - The Epoch Times
The president commented on agents who worked on cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. (Read more)
6. Trump Says Japan’s Nippon Steel Will Drop US Steel Purchase, Invest Instead - The Epoch Times (Read more)
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1. Netanyahu: Israel will do everything to free hostages, but Hamas won't be there - Jerusalem Post
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the return of the hostages and also emphasized his stance on ensuring their security in a Saturday video statement published on X/Twitter.
The video address began with Netanyahu welcoming the newly released hostages Or Levy, Eli Sharabi, and Ohad Ben Ami, freed from Hamas captivity through Israel's recent hostage-ceasefire deal with the terror group.
Sarah and I embrace them and their dear families,” Netanyahu said.
Netanyahu then addressed the condition the three were in upon their release, which the Health Ministry referred to as having been “through hell.” (Read more)
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2. Israel forms draft plan to let Gazans leave by sea, air - JNS
Israel has selected two potential exit points to allow Palestinians leave Gaza in accordance with U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent proposal to resettle the Strip’s population.
At a briefing on Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces presented Defense Minister Israel Katz with a draft plan for safe passage, consisting of Ramon Airport, some 250 kilometers away from Gaza near Eilat, and Ashdod Port, about an hour’s drive up the Mediterranean coast from the Strip, according to an unnamed Israeli official cited in a report from Bloomberg on Friday.
As things stand, the source continued, the military is assessing which of the five land crossings between the Strip and Israel would serve as a safe passageway with security screening.
The idea of resettlement, suggested by Trump at a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House on Tuesday, received the backing of most Israelis, according to a Channel 12 Newssurvey. (Read more)
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3. Israel strikes Hamas arms warehouse in Syria - JNS
The Israeli Air Force on Saturday attacked a facility in southern Syria belonging to the Gaza-based Hamas terrorist organization, the IDF said.
“A short while ago, Israeli Air Force fighter jets, guided by the Intelligence Directorate and Northern Command, struck a Hamas weapons storage facility in the Deir Ali area of southern Syria. The weapons were intended for perpetrating terror attacks against IDF forces,” the Israel Defense Forces Spokesperson’s Unit said.
“The Palestinian terror organizations, led by Hamas, operate by exploiting Syrian territory to establish terrorist activities under Iranian direction,” the military added.
It went on to say that Israel will continue to strike Hamas “wherever it attempts to establish itself” and will act against terrorist efforts “to expand and strengthen [their forces].”
(Read more)
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4. IDF strikes underground tunnel crossing from Syria into Lebanon - Israel National News
IAF aircraft on Sunday evening conducted a precise intelligence-based strike on an underground tunnel crossing from Syrian territory into Lebanese territory that was used by Hezbollah to smuggle weapons in the Beqqa area and has been struck in the past.
Additionally, the IAF struck several Hezbollah sites containing munitions and rocket launchers that posed an imminent threat in Lebanese territory.
The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said, “The targets struck were a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon.” (Read more)
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5. Top haredi leader calls for Arab rule over Israel, says Zionism brought 'disasters' - Jerusalem Post
Rabbi Dov Landau, head of the Slabodka Yeshiva and one of the Lithuanian community leaders, called for the Arabs to rule Israel as they had in the past, haredi media reported Friday.
Reminiscing, he said, "It is possible to live well with the Arabs without a state."
He advocated for Arab rule over Israel, saying, "It would be quite good if the Arabs ruled here; the best situation, [if] the Arabs would rule, they would respect them (Zionists), not interfere with them, bring money to the country - the Arabs love money."
He said that had the Jews properly submitted themselves to King Faisal over 90 years ago, the conflict would not have happened. "If the Arabs had received such treatment, the situation would have been different. They also made the Arabs hate us." (Read more)
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6. Israel Prayer Update - Bridges for Peace Go here
7. Friday Prayer Points - Intercessors for Israel
Go here
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1. Maxine Waters, House Dems ripped for 'unhinged' clash with security guard at Education Dept - Fox
Conservatives on social media blasted Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., after she and other Democrats protesting President Donald Trump attempted to enter the Department of Education building in Washington, D.C., while accosting a security guard in the process.
Thirty House Democrats attempted to enter the Department of Education building on Friday morning to meet with acting Education Secretary Denise L. Carter regarding Trump’s plans to significantly downsize or even eliminate the department, but they were stopped by security.
Video of the Democrats attempting to convince the visibly uninterested security guard to let them in quickly spread on social media, sparking strong pushback from conservatives.
Waters and other Democrats could be seen on video berating the security guard, repeatedly asking for his ID, and telling him to look at the camera, so viewers could see his face. Read more
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- Father, this constant upheaval from Democrats is concerning. We bind the plans of the enemy and pray that all of it comes to nothing. We ask You for the moving of Your Spirit to bring heart change.
- “Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.” (Proverbs 10:12)
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2. EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Mike Lee, Rep. Andy Ogles Introduce Legislation To Repeal DC Home Rule - Daily Caller
Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee and Republican Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles will introduce legislation Thursday to overturn D.C. home rule in the nation’s capital during the next Congress, giving control of the city back to Congress.
The Daily Caller first obtained a copy of the legislation is titled the Bringing Oversight to Washington and Safety to Every Resident (BOWSER) Act, after Democratic Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser. The bill would repeal the District of Columbia Home Rule Act one year after passage. Congress can exercise authority over D.C. local affairs, according to the District Clause of the Constitution (Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17), and reviews all D.C. legislation before it can become law. Congress can change or even overturn D.C. legislation and also impose new laws on the district.
“The corruption, crime, and incompetence of the DC government has been an embarrassment to our nation’s capital for decades. It is long past time that Congress restored the honor and integrity of George Washington to the beautiful city which bears his name,” Lee told the Caller before introducing the bill in the Senate. Read more
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- Lord, we pray Your will be done regarding this bill.
- “For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.” (Philippians 2:13)
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3. Mitch McConnell Confined To Wheelchair After Falling Down Senate Stairs – Daily Caller
82-year-old Republican Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell was seen in a wheelchair Wednesday after reportedly falling multiple times in the Capitol building.
Ken Klippenstein, a self described independent reporter, posted a photo of the aged senator being pushed in a wheelchair by an aide. “82 year old Senator Mitch McConnell spotted in a wheelchair after falling not once but twice today,” he wrote.
Republican Montana Sen. Steve Daines and Republican Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin helped McConnell up, Newsweek reported. McConnell fell after voting to confirm President Donald Trump’s Housing and Urban Development secretary nominee, Scott Turner.
“McConnell fell again outside [the] Senate chamber but was able to get up,” Huffington Post reporter Igor Bobic reported online. Read more
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- Lord, we ask that You bring truth to Senator McConnell, that he will be transformed by Your repentance and love. We ask not just for healing, but a change in perspective that will cause him to reevaluate all that he has done.
- “For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.” (2 Corinthians 7:10)
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4. 'JOE, YOU’RE FIRED': President Trump revokes Biden’s security clearances, intel briefings - Fox
President Donald Trump on Friday announced he is revoking former President Joe Biden's security clearances and stopping his daily intelligence briefings.
"There is no need for Joe Biden to continue receiving access to classified information," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social Friday night.
The privileges will be revoked immediately, according to the president.
He added the precedent was set by Biden himself.
"He set this precedent in 2021, when he instructed the Intelligence Community (IC) to stop the 45th President of the United States (ME!) from accessing details on National Security, a courtesy provided to former Presidents," Trump wrote.
The president noted the Hur Report, which he claimed "revealed that Biden suffers from ‘poor memory’ and, even in his ‘prime,’ could not be trusted with sensitive information," according to the post. Read more
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- Thank You, Lord, for this action. We pray that You will touch former President Biden’s mind to grant him repentance and peace.
- “Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.” (Proverbs 28:13)
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5. Trump to Tackle ‘Anti-Christian Bias’ with White House Religious Office - Breitbart
President Donald Trump on Thursday told a prayer breakfast in Washington that he will create a task force to “immediately halt all forms of anti-Christian targeting and discrimination within the federal government, including at the DOJ, which was absolutely terrible, the IRS, the FBI and other agencies.”
Trump promised that Attorney General Pam Bondi, who was confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday, would “fully prosecute anti-Christian violence and vandalism in our society and to move heaven and earth to defend the rights of Christians and religious believers nationwide.”
Trump went on to sign an executive order creating the Department of Justice (DOJ) Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias on Thursday.
Chaired by the Attorney General, the new task force has seats for almost the entire Cabinet, plus the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, the director of the FBI, the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and other top officials. The executive order provides for inviting the heads of even more departments and agencies to participate at the Attorney General’s discretion. (Read more)
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- Lord, we thank You for this focus on Christianity in our White House. We pray that the President will have great wisdom and discernment as he seeks Your Face for direction.
- “Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.” (Matthew 3:8)
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6. Trump Dumps Kennedy Center Board, Puts Immediate End To Drag Shows For Kids - Daily Wire
President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he had terminated most members of the Board of Trustees at the Kennedy Center — including Chairman David Rubenstein — and had taken over the role himself.
Trump made the announcement in a post to his social media platform Truth Social, and added that he also planned to make immediate changes to some of the events that were held there — beginning with drag shows that were intended for an audience of children.
“At my direction, we are going to make the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. , GREAT AGAIN,” Trump began. “I have decided to immediately terminate multiple individuals from the Board of Trustees, including the Chairman, who do not share our Vision for a Golden Age in Arts and Culture.” Read more
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- Lord, we thank You that drag shows will be gone from the iconic Kennedy Center. We ask that this move will be an opportunity for You to move across our nation’s capitol with repentance, bringing new life and hope to all.
- “The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.” (Acts 17:30)
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Disrupting Statism
The Daily Jot, Bill Wilson, February 7, 2025
The leftist media and Democratic faithful are in a state of outrage by President Trump’s disruption of statism. From the minute he was sworn in to office, the Democratic Party’s worse nightmare began. Trump, like a whirlwind, is disrupting the longstanding statism that has been very carefully built over the last 60 years. In fact, no one living has seen this historical attack on statism in America. When Democrats and the news media opined repeatedly that Trump was a threat to democracy, they were speaking of their form of democracy, which is statism. Simply put, statism is a political system in which the state has substantial control over social and economic affairs—the evolved definition of modern democracy.
Americans have been so long in the simmering pot of statism that a vast segment of the population does not recognize the tyranny it brings. It is obvious to those who have been watching the temperature in that pot come to a lethal boil. The country has been conditioned since Franklin Roosevelt to accept the premise that equality under the law and meritocracy were somehow evil. Americans have been pummeled over the decades with class warfare, where equality under the law really means that people have rights that do not exist. The media and leftists have pitted countrymen against one another. We have seen this ideological subversion in media, entertainment, education, politics, government, and, yes, religion. Read More
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Dear Friends,
Last week our bookkeeper finished sending out several hundred tax receipts, acknowledging your generous offerings to CHPP last year.
Thank you all so much for your generous kindness! With God's help, and yours, we are now starting the New Year in a firm position, well able to continue to intercede for "those in authority" per our mission statement. Praise the Lord!
However, we do see ten names here with no addresses or contact information, so we are now asking your help.
If you are one of those ten who has not yet received your receipt, would you kindly send me an email (address below) and include your name, your email address, and your p.o. address too.
Thank you all, and may our Lord continue to cause His hand to rest upon all of you as we head into this exciting New Year - in our own Kingdom Building mission!
"Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.” (Luke 6:38)
In Christ,
Sara Ballenger, President
Capitol Hill Prayer Partners
chpp1994@gmail.com
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And Now . . . Lion of Judah: ROAR!!!!
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"The Lord shall go forth like a mighty man;
He shall stir up His zeal like a man of war.
He shall cry out, yes, shout aloud;
He shall prevail against His enemies."
(Isaiah 42:13)
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What You Need To Know About the March 2025 Total Lunar Eclipse
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The Moon will pass into Earth’s shadow and appear to turn red on the night of March 13 or early in the morning of March 14, depending on time zone. Here’s what you need to know about the total lunar eclipse.
What is a lunar eclipse?
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon align so that the Moon passes into Earth’s shadow. In a total lunar eclipse, the entire Moon falls within the darkest part of Earth’s shadow, called the umbra. When the Moon is within the umbra, it appears red-orange. Lunar eclipses are sometimes called “Blood Moons” because of this phenomenon.
How can I observe the eclipse?
You don’t need any special equipment to observe a lunar eclipse, although binoculars or a telescope will enhance the view. A dark environment away from bright lights makes for the best viewing conditions.
This eclipse will be visible from Earth’s Western Hemisphere. Read More
Please note: this eclipse will fall on the date of Purim this year: March 13 or 14,
depending on the time zone you live in. We feel that this prophetic date will have
special significance for Israel, for America, and for the nations on earth. Join us
in watching the events that will fall during this Purim, as we continue to "pray
without ceasing" for God's will to be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Amen!
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"But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious,
longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth." (Psalm 86:15)
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"Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and I ask for Your forgiveness. I believe You died for my sins and rose from the dead. I turn from my sins and invite You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as my Lord and Savior. In Your Name."
- Provided By: Billy Graham
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