{"id":5593,"date":"2022-05-28T08:18:25","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T12:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/?p=5593"},"modified":"2022-05-28T08:40:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T12:40:27","slug":"we-remember-those-who-lost-their-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/we-remember-those-who-lost-their-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"WE REMEMBER THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the Bible, the word\u00a0<em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">remember<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0is used over 200 times. It means to\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">mark as to recognize, record, and make mention.<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Our Father knows as time passes between various events in our lives, we naturally forget about them and the wonders He had done. So, when the children of Israel went through difficulties in their lives and God brought them through, He always told them to place a pillar or a stone to mark or commemorate the victories He had accomplished. Even though the Bible captures many miraculous feats in the lives of His children, here are two:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The first one is found in <strong>Genesis 28:10-22<\/strong>, when Jacob set a pillar in Bethel to commemorate a powerful vision of God and the angels on a ladder descending and ascending to heaven.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The second one was in <strong>Joshua 4:1-8<\/strong> when God commanded the Israelites to cross the Jordan River, which He miraculously stopped the waters from flowing. Joshua led the 12 Tribes of Israel to dry ground into the Promised Land to Gilgal. God told Joshua to erect 12 stones to memorialize God\u2019s love and miraculous powers toward them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=5594\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5594\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5594\" src=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Joshua-Memorial-Stones-1024x562.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Joshua-Memorial-Stones-1024x562.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Joshua-Memorial-Stones-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Joshua-Memorial-Stones-768x421.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Joshua-Memorial-Stones-1536x843.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Joshua-Memorial-Stones-492x270.jpg 492w, https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Joshua-Memorial-Stones.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Like our forefathers who set aside a time of remembrance, we will do so on Monday. On the last Monday of May, we <em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">remember <\/span><\/em>the lives lost due to war by<em>\u00a0<\/em>celebrating Memorial Day. Memorial Day was first enacted after the Civil War. This day is set aside to honor and mourn American military personnel who died while performing their duties in service to the United States Armed Forces. We <em>remember\u00a0<\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">those who gave their lives and millions of families impacted by their sacrifices in these wars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=5595\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5595\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5595 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/TO-ALL-WHO-SERVED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"569\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/TO-ALL-WHO-SERVED.jpg 955w, https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/TO-ALL-WHO-SERVED-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/TO-ALL-WHO-SERVED-768x758.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/TO-ALL-WHO-SERVED-274x270.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> The French and Indian War (1754-1763)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> The Revolutionary War (1775-1783)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Northwest Indian War (1785 -1793)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Quasi-War (1798 -1800)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> War of 1812 (1812 -1815)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Seminole War (1816 -1818)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Black Hawk War (1832)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Mexican &#8211; American War (1846 -1848)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> American Civil War (1861-1865)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Spanish-American War (1898)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Philippine-American War (1899 -1902)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> World War I (1914 -1918)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> World War II (1939 -1945)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Korean War (1950 -1953)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Vietnam War (1959 -1975)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Gulf War (1990 -1991)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Afghanistan War (2001-2021)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Iraq War (2003-2011)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We thank those men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice by laying down their lives for us.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jesus said, \u201cNo one has greater love\u00a0[nor stronger commitment]\u00a0than to lay down his own life for his friends.\u00a0<sup>14<\/sup>You are my friends if you keep on doing what I command you.\u00a0<sup>15<\/sup>I do not call you servants any longer, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you\u00a0[<strong>My]\u00a0friends<\/strong>, because I have revealed to you everything that I have heard from My Father.\u201d <strong>John 15:13-15 Amplified<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, Jesus, for paying the ultimate sacrifice for our eternal freedom and by giving us Your life!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>JESUS GAVE HIS LIFE FOR US, THEN GAVE HIS LIFE TO US, SO HE CAN LIVE HIS LIFE THROUGH US!<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Enjoy Christ, Enjoy (ZOE) His Life<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_5593\"  data-site_id=\"5ac717e5fa8fdf9c02f8d759\"  data-ef_voting=\"push\"  data-white_label=\"true\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/we-remember-those-who-lost-their-lives\/\"  data-item_title=\"WE REMEMBER THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES\"  data-item_date=\"2022-05-28T08:18:25-04:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.59\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 In the Bible, the word\u00a0remember\u00a0is used over 200 times. 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