Believers around the world are awakening to the Creator’s will to “restore the ancient paths,” to bring His people back to the way of life He intended for us. An integral part of His original design was helping the poor, providing them with what they need to survive. As it says in Deuteronomy 15:7-8, “If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which Yahweh thy Elohim giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.”

The Lydia Project originated a few years ago as a natural outgrowth of Michael’s ministry, which aims to restore the Hebrew roots of the Christian Faith. As people began exploring the ancient paths that the prophets declared would be restored in the last days, they inevitably discovered the mandate that echoes throughout the Scriptures: provide for the widows, the orphans, and the poor in the Land of Israel...