April 17
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The Approximate Date of the Crossing of the Red Sea.
The Approximate Date of the Resurrection of Our Lord.
Oh, what a thrill it was for me to see the empty tomb, and to sing "Up from the grave He arose, with a mighty triumph o'er his foes. He arose the victor from the dark domain. And He lives forever with his saints to reign. He arose. He arose. Hallelujah! Christ arose." What a thrill to see the place where He lay and realize that death could not keep Him, the grave could not hold Him, and Satan could not defeat Him. Jesus rose from the dead. Praise the Lord! Let us thank Him for His resurrection today and for the fact that we serve the only God that has an empty tomb.
1739-John Wesley Had What He Said Was an Experience With the Holy Spirit.
How we need to have an experience with the Holy Spirit to claim the power of God by faith for soul winning, power in preaching and working for Christ. Read Luke 11:13; Acts 1:8; Luke 24:49; Acts 2:4; and Ephesians 5:18. Pray for God to give us the power of the Holy Spirit today.
1790 - The Date of the Death of Benjamin Franklin.
1894 - The Birthday of Nikita Krushchev.
1970 - Apollo 13 Returns to Earth
With the world anxiously watching, Apollo 13, a U.S. lunar spacecraft that suffered a severe malfunction on its journey to the moon, safely returns to Earth.
On April 11, the third manned lunar landing mission was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying astronauts James A. Lovell, John L. Swigert, and Fred W. Haise. The mission was headed for a landing on the Fra Mauro highlands of the moon. However, two days into the mission, disaster struck 200,000 miles from Earth when oxygen tank No. 2 blew up in the spacecraft. Swigert reported to mission control on Earth, "Houston, we've had a problem here," and it was discovered that the normal supply of oxygen, electricity, light, and water had been disrupted. The landing mission was aborted, and the astronauts and controllers on Earth scrambled to come up with emergency procedures. The crippled spacecraft continued to the moon, circled it, and began a long, cold journey back to Earth.
The astronauts and mission control were faced with enormous logistical problems in stabilizing the spacecraft and its air supply, as well as providing enough energy to the damaged fuel cells to allow successful reentry into Earth's atmosphere. Navigation was another problem, and Apollo 13's course was repeatedly corrected with dramatic and untested maneuvers. On April 17, tragedy turned to triumph as the Apollo 13 astronauts touched down safely in the Pacific Ocean - www.history.com/this-day-in-history/apollo-13-returns-to-earth.
The Approximate Date of the Resurrection of Our Lord.
Oh, what a thrill it was for me to see the empty tomb, and to sing "Up from the grave He arose, with a mighty triumph o'er his foes. He arose the victor from the dark domain. And He lives forever with his saints to reign. He arose. He arose. Hallelujah! Christ arose." What a thrill to see the place where He lay and realize that death could not keep Him, the grave could not hold Him, and Satan could not defeat Him. Jesus rose from the dead. Praise the Lord! Let us thank Him for His resurrection today and for the fact that we serve the only God that has an empty tomb.
1739-John Wesley Had What He Said Was an Experience With the Holy Spirit.
How we need to have an experience with the Holy Spirit to claim the power of God by faith for soul winning, power in preaching and working for Christ. Read Luke 11:13; Acts 1:8; Luke 24:49; Acts 2:4; and Ephesians 5:18. Pray for God to give us the power of the Holy Spirit today.
1790 - The Date of the Death of Benjamin Franklin.
1894 - The Birthday of Nikita Krushchev.
1970 - Apollo 13 Returns to Earth
With the world anxiously watching, Apollo 13, a U.S. lunar spacecraft that suffered a severe malfunction on its journey to the moon, safely returns to Earth.
On April 11, the third manned lunar landing mission was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying astronauts James A. Lovell, John L. Swigert, and Fred W. Haise. The mission was headed for a landing on the Fra Mauro highlands of the moon. However, two days into the mission, disaster struck 200,000 miles from Earth when oxygen tank No. 2 blew up in the spacecraft. Swigert reported to mission control on Earth, "Houston, we've had a problem here," and it was discovered that the normal supply of oxygen, electricity, light, and water had been disrupted. The landing mission was aborted, and the astronauts and controllers on Earth scrambled to come up with emergency procedures. The crippled spacecraft continued to the moon, circled it, and began a long, cold journey back to Earth.
The astronauts and mission control were faced with enormous logistical problems in stabilizing the spacecraft and its air supply, as well as providing enough energy to the damaged fuel cells to allow successful reentry into Earth's atmosphere. Navigation was another problem, and Apollo 13's course was repeatedly corrected with dramatic and untested maneuvers. On April 17, tragedy turned to triumph as the Apollo 13 astronauts touched down safely in the Pacific Ocean - www.history.com/this-day-in-history/apollo-13-returns-to-earth.