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Discover desperate circumstances in America's past and how men and
women rose up with faith and courage and situations unexplainably
turned around. Read of captivating, little-known stories during the
French & Indian War, Revolution, Barbary Pirate War, War of
1812, Civil War, WWI & II, and up through Apollo 13. Learn "the
rest of the story" of how leaders prayed, challenged and inspired
the nation and disaster was averted YOU will be inspired as you
uncover "Miracles in American History - 32 Amazing Stories of
Answered Prayer." ARE you aware of these past crises when America's
fate hung in the balance? In 1746, 70 ships with 13,000 troops
sailed from France to lay waste to the American colonies.
Massachusetts Governor William Shirley proclaimed a Day of Fasting.
What happened next was unexplainable After the Battle of
Monongahela, George 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 " How
did Thomas Jefferson's resolution for a Day of Fasting on June 1,
1774, lead to the forming of the Continental Congress, and
eventually Independence? Read how in 1781 the providential rising
of three rivers in 10 days allowed Americans to escape British
General Cornwallis? Or how the uncanny way Benedict Arnold's
planned betrayal of West Point was discovered? 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." 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." In 1865, President Lincoln proclaimed a Day of Fasting
for April 30. What freak accident happened two days later which
changed the course of the Civil War? What did Woodrow Wilson
declared as the U.S. entered WWI. Or Herbert Hoover during the
Great Depression? Or FDR, Eisenhower, MacArthur and Patton during
WWII? Or Truman during the Korean War? When Apollo 13 was lost in
space, what happened after President Nixon called all of America to
pray? Are you aware of these American Miracles? Find out as you
read "Miracles in American History - 32 Amazing Stories of Answered
Prayer."
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