Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! “In everything... with thanksgiving” says the Word of God, and that formula will not fail to bring encouragement and blessing to any heart.

“World’s 8th Happiest Nation—Israel is tied with Canada, Switzerland, and Australia as the world’s eighth happiest country out of 155 surveyed, according to a Gallup World Poll posted by Forbes.

Forbes said the richest countries were by and large the happiest. Scandinavian countries dominated the list...taking [4 of the top] five spots. African nations took up most of the bottom, with Sierra Leone, Cambodia (not African), Comoros, Burundi, and Togo ranking as the unhappiest countries on earth.

Israel far out-stripped its neighbors in happiness...The US ranked number 14 on the list.” News From Israel

“Americans believe they make more new friends in sports bars and restaurants than in churches, and churches also have competition from online social media such as Facebook.

In a survey of nearly 800 respondents, of whom more than three-quarters identified themselves as Christians, only 16% said church is their favorite place to meet new friends.

‘Our churches are losing ground to other venues for people-to-people connections,’ said Jon Vaughan, corporate marketing director of Group Publishing... ‘since the Internet has become an integral element of our daily lives.’” www.Christiannewswire.com

“For 1,800 years, it hardly ever rained in Israel. This was the barren land discovered by Mark Twain. So-called ‘Palestine’ was a wasteland—few lived there. Beginning in A.D. 70 and lasting until the early 1900s—about 660,000 days—no rain.

A survey of rainfall charts in Israel beginning in the early 1800s leading up to through the 1960s also confirms the severe drought ended when the Jews began to return.” Prophecy Watch