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Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

Character Studies From The Bible

Peter

(The Gospel According to Matthew)

21 From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.

22 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to you!”

23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”

24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 25 For whoever wants to save their life[f] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. 26 What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? 27 For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.

28 “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

(Matthew 16)

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Our Father in Heaven,
We Praise Your Holy Name!
You Alone Are Worthy of Worship,
For You Alone Are The One True God.
Omnipotent, Omniscient, and Omnipresent,
Teach us To Be Open to Opportunities,
And Teach Us Listen to Your Voice.
You Know Us Inside and Out.

We Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem,
According to Your Will and Promise.
We Pray For the People and Leaders of Israel,
that They Will Look to You for the Protection
and Prosperity of their Nation.
We Also Pray For Revival in our own Beloved USA.


We Pray For The Swift and Sure Coming of Messiah,
Blessed Be He,
To Establish His Kingdom,
and Make All Things Right.


Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



Hallelujah and Amen

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Poor Peter! I'll bet he didn't see THAT coming! The question remains through the ages. Was Jesus talking to Satan in Peter's presence? Or was He calling Peter "Satan" as if Peter was possessed when he made his rash statement?

Why would Jesus say something so "harsh" to a disciple who had clearly risen to a position of leadership? The answer is in the context.

Prior to this event, Peter had been among the select trio of disciples to witness the truly miraculous. The raising of Jairus's daughter from the dead, The huge catch of fish, and, most of all, the Transfiguration, put Peter in a unique position of actually SEEING the Power of the Almighty manifested in the Person of Jesus. The confession of Faith at Caesarea Philippi seemed to seal the deal, so to speak. The context also says that Jesus had been sharing this information about His Death and Resurrection for a while. It was not a sudden reversal of the Master's Teaching.

So, Peter's blurted out denial of the Messiah's Mission was either foolish, disingenuous flattery, or it was inspired by the evil one himself, in a vain attempt to sandbag or sideline the Redemption of Mankind. Emotional outbursts can be very effective is messing up the order of things.

From the reaction of Jesus, we see that it was indeed Satan who was influencing Peter. Otherwise, if it were just a "misunderstanding", Jesus would have known that too, and would have comforted Peter instead of rebuking him.

Come and Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.


Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



This Symbol Represents Christians in The Middle East, who desperately need our Prayers.

Hallelujah and Amen

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[2sheds]

God bless and protect His faithful everywhere!

[Bogie]

Peace by persuasion has a pleasant sound, but I think we should not be able to work it. We should have to tame the human race first, and history seems to show that that cannot be done.

Mark Twain

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Thank You, 2sheds, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.


Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



This Symbol Represents Christians in The Middle East, who desperately need our Prayers.

Hallelujah and Amen

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I like Mark Twain. He is right about taming the human race. It is NOT possible, in human terms, of course.

But I like the Bible better. And Psalm 122 gives instruction to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. (And, by extension, everyone else!)

So, that is what we do.

[blueyon]

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Thank You, blueyon, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.


Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



This Symbol Represents Christians in The Middle East, who desperately need our Prayers.

Hallelujah and Amen

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[weston]

El Elohe Yisrael I ask you to grant peace to Israel. I ask you to extend your hand of compassion and mercy into the areas of destruction where men, women and children are being injured and killed, and to rescue them. I pray for your power in the midst of chaos, along with your grace. I lift up to you the government of Israel as well as the military and pray that your kingdom agenda will be made manifest within these entities. Bring the Israelite people to a saving knowledge of you, and protect them as they defend their people. I bless Israel in your name today, El Elohe Yisrael and ask you to bless them as well. And give me your heart for Israel. In Christ’s name, amen.

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Thank You, weston, For Your heartfelt Prayer For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.


Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



This Symbol Represents Christians in The Middle East, who desperately need our Prayers.

Hallelujah and Amen

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[etabeta]

Joining in prayer. God bless.

[NEWwoman]

Joining in prayers for our spiritual leader, left that other site, who are the target of the evil one.

Lifting up Israel, our beloved America, and all God’s people.

[Hiskid]

Say to Aaron and his sons, This is the way you shall bless the Israelites. Say to them, The Lord bless you and watch, guard, and keep you; The Lord make His face to shine upon and enlighten you and be gracious (kind, merciful, and giving favor) to you; The Lord lift up His [approving] countenance upon you and give you peace (tranquility of heart and life continually). And they shall put My name upon the Israelites, and I will bless them.

[Irish Rose]

Amen.

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Thank You, Etabeta, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.


Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



This Symbol Represents Christians in The Middle East, who desperately need our Prayers.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

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Thank You, NEWwoman, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

And thank you for your prayers for those in spiritual leadership and ministry! (((HUGS)))

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



This Symbol Represents Christians in The Middle East, who desperately need our Prayers.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

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Thank You, Hiskid, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.


Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



This Symbol Represents Christians in The Middle East, who desperately need our Prayers.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

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Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

Thank You, Irish Rose, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.


Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



This Symbol Represents Christians in The Middle East, who desperately need our Prayers.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[Bogie]

Yeah, back from Bermuda and slow to reply.

Jerusalem, as a symbol for the whole of humanity, deserves the sincerest of prayers for peace. It is surely the true meaning of Jesus's mission.

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Thank You, Bogie, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.


Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



This Symbol Represents Christians in The Middle East, who desperately need our Prayers.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS