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Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

This just happened yesterday, so it is very fresh in my mind...and a delightful coincidence for Today's Name.

Yesterday, I had some time to kill before teaching a lesson, so I wandered into an Antique Store. Evidently the building used to be a funeral parlor, and the proprietress of the store made that a part of the "cachet" of the decor. We got into a conversation and she opened up to me. It seems that a competitor was trying to steal customers away from her by telling people that she was a "witch". As I looked around the store at the crystals, candles, incense, and dreamcatchers, I softly said, "Well, ARE YOU?". "Heck no!" she replied. "We only summon POSITIVE Energy and NICE Spirit Guides here! And SHE'S the REAL Witch! She even sells Black Candles for Wiccan Ceremonies!"

Well, here was a dilemma. Do I bash her over the head with a Ten-ton King James? Do I ACCUSE? Do I get into a deep Philosophical Discussion that will get her "saved" in the space of the five minutes?

"I LOVE my Spiritual Guide." I said. "He Created the Universe. I can find all the spiritual guidance I need right in the book. I have no problem with folklore, culture, and fairytales, but that's all they are. It's unfortunate that your competitor has made a false religion out of folklore, and then turns around and accuses YOU of the very same thing."

This was a satisfactory answer for her, and left the door open for more visits and "spiritual" talk. Please say a little prayer that God will give me the words! :-)

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

HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR!

God Bless America!

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

[Maudeen]

God gave you the words. . . words that encourage a follow-up.

[etabeta]

Joining in prayer. God bless.

[luvie]

Very wise!

1Co 14:19
“Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.”

These words of Paul also work outside the church. :)

[NEWwoman]

The store owner is seeking and knows good overcomes evil. May the Good Lord reveal to her that He is good and has overcome the Evil One.

Joining in prayer, left that other site, for the Peace of Jerusalem.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Interesting meeting and conversation you had! Thanks for sharing.

Prayers up for Israel and Jerusalem.

[ConorMacNessa]

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH FOR
THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM!
And for the Preservation of the Valiant
Israeli Nation!

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REAT is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. 2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. 3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.

5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.

6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.

9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.

13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

__________________________________________________Psalm 48 (KJV)

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH For ML In This Time Of Tribulation.

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH For the Repose of the Soul of ML's Mom.

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH For A Rapid Recovery For Our Own Yorkie.

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH For A Rapid Recovery For Our FRiend Uri'el2012.

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH For The Safety Of Our Gallant Troops And For The Success Of Their Vital Mission.

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH For The Repose Of The Souls Of Our Embassy Staff In Libya Who Were Assassinated 11 September 2012.

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH For The Deliverance Of Our Beloved Nation From The Lion’s Mouth.

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH For Our Brethren Of All Faiths Throughout The World Suffering Persecution.

We pray in particular on behalf of our brothers and sisters in Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Libya and throughout the Mideast. The members of the oldest of our Christian Communities, some of which date from the days of the Apostles, suffer under cruel, merciless and unrelenting persecution. They are Orthodox and Catholic, Protestant and Evangelical, Coptic, Pentecostal, and Baptist. To the persecutors, we are all "Nazarenes."