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In a powerful Easter message removed from the smoldering remains of fire quarters in California, Reverend Franklin Graham He urges the nation to remember that even in the devastation, hope is not lost.
Shot in ashes of houses lost southern California The Easter Prime Minister from the ashes “Easter” from the ashes is held at noon on Sunday on Fox News.
“Can there be hope in the place of ash?” Graham asks in a special standing among the rubble Palissades of the neighborhood In Los -egeles. “This message is hope for people who feel forgotten.”
The program, which also presents the speeches of the “Grammy” leader Michael U. Smith and the charity Gayle, was recorded in the areas and around him, which still scared the flames.
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The musical part was filmed in the University Haradok of Pepperdinsky University, a few miles from the neighborhoods that were aligned.
The broadcast is the last tradition of Easter messages from the evangelistic association, but this is based literally in the ashes of loss – saying not only with a spiritual need, but also to physical and emotional pain, which is felt all over the country after natural disasters.
Volunteers with a wallet Samaritan are looking for significant personal belongings for the members of the Alvarad family in the constipation of the house, which burned on the fire of Iton on February 5 in Altaden, California. (Mario Tama/Getti Image)
In the last few months, Americans have transferred a number of catastrophes: forest fires on the west coast, floods and tornado across the middle west and south, as well as the Hurricane Helen in the southeast. In each case, the Samaritan’s wallet, an international assistance organization led by Graham, is mobilized to help.
“Easter this year does not coincide with many people,” said Graham Digital Fox News. “So many have survived the destructive tragedy and loss. But I want people to know that God did not give them up.”
Samaritan’s wallet has launched the US disaster elimination teams to provide everything from physical work to moral support.
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In California, volunteers help families sift ashes to restore the cherished things. In one of the particularly memorable cases, the woman was looking for a porcelain vase – a grandmother’s relic brought from the border. The team thought it was non -ferocious, tucked in the corner of the basement under the heaps of the ashes.
“It wasn’t hacked. It wasn’t a scol,” Graham said. “For anyone else, it was just a vase. But for her it was invaluable. This is the type of healing we are trying to bring.”
In other parts of the country, the Samaritan wallet helped to restore mobility and shelter, replacing the machines and restoring the houses. Co -operating with Rick Hendrick with hendrick automotive group, the organization supplies vehicles to families who have lost everything.
“When people lose cars in the crash, they are stuck,” Graham said. “We saw people going to the store or relying on our neighbors. We just felt what we were calling as soon as we could.”
Currently, Samaritan’s wallet has more than a dozen houses that are planning to continue recovering at least over the next three years.
While physical restoration is vital, Easter messages of Graham focus on spiritual updating through the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. He draws attention to the biblical reality of both heaven and hell – the topic is often ignored, but one Graham said he believes that it is necessary today.
‘In this special i’m talking about how Jesus preached In hell. And how he also gave us a way out, ”Graham said. – He died for our sins. He was buried. And on the third day he rose again. This is our hope. “
Volunteers with a wallet Samaritan pray with Manuel and Emma Alvarad after helping them look for personal belongings in the ashes of their home in Aldaden, California. (Mario Tama/Getti Image)
He told the stories of those who survived with disasters who called their experience as almost death or even miraculous. One woman who fell into the flood managed to grab a branch, which she later could not find – what she believes is divine intervention.
“Some people say their angels saved them,” Graham said. “Everything happened that it just doesn’t make sense.”
Graham also spoke about his recent visit to the White House during the Great Week, where he joined about 40 pastors for private dinner and worship with President Donald Trump. He described the president’s statements as “a clear gospel message that I have heard from the US president.”
“I don’t think we have heard anything like this, because maybe George Washington,” Graham said. “He not only believes, but is not afraid to say it.”
“We have a president who is not afraid of his faith,” Graham said on Friday An angle of ing. “He does not shy away from it. He is very bold and understood what he believes.”
Graham described Trump’s message for dinner as one of the clear public confirmation of the gospel he heard from any US president. “He talks about Jesus Christ, he tells about his own faith,” he said. “He will tell you that when this bullet passed through his ear in the butler, Pennsylvania, God has deprived him of his life.”
Volunteers with a wallet Samaritan pray with Manuel and Emma Alvarad, both 86, after helping them look for personal belongings in the ashes of their home, which burned in the fire of Iton, February 5, in Altaden, California. (Mario Tama/Getti Image)
The day after lunch, Graham participated in the White House staff, including lawyers and administrative professionals, who were joined by Pastor Greg Laurie and pastor Gentezen Franklin who ruled the Communion. “It was a wonderful time of worship,” he reminded.
Graham attributed Trump administration With the help of a bureaucratic red tape, which often slows down efforts to restore in the disaster zones.
“California was very complicated,” he said. “We encountered a lot of delay at the state and local level. But the president pushed Fema to act faster. It helped open the door.”
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When the interview closed, Graham returned to the main message of the season.
“Easter is a very special time because Jesus Christ has won death,” he said. “He took our sins into the cross. He died. He was buried. But on the third day he rose from the dead. And he would enter any heart that is ready to accept it. It is a miracle of Easter.”
