Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

Oh LORD, Our God,
How Excellent is Your Most Holy Name!
You Are So Holy,
and Worthy of Praise and Worship,
we are Overwhelmed by Your Glory!
It is You Who Have Made The Earth
and All it Contains,
from the tiniest of Creatures,
to the Greatest of the Mountains,
Forests and Deserts.
It is You Who Command the Motion of the Stars,
The Galaxies,
and the Great Singularities of Time and Space,
And it is You Who Create new Life
in the Secret Place of a Mother's Womb!
Oh, Father, You Are So Wonderful,
So Glorious, So Magnificent,
And Mere Words Don't even Tell The Story of Your Awesome Splendor!

Let all that has been Concealed
Be Revealed.

Father, We Pray For The Peace Of Jerusalem,
According To Your Will and Promise.
We Pray That You Will Forgive The Sins
of Our Own Nation,
and Lead us all to Godly Repentance.
Create in Us Clean Hearts, Oh LORD,
and Renew a Right Spirit Within Us.

This we Pray Together,
As We Await Your Messiah,
Blessed Be He,
To Set Up His Kingdom,
And Make All Things Right.

God Bless America.

ML/LTOS

Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

The Names and Titles of God (Judge, lawgiver, and King)

Isaiah 33:22:

22 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.

The King James Version

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Maria fled Venezuela while Hugo Chavez was in power. Her family had been well-off prior to Chavez taking power, and now found life intolerable under the dictatorship. She and her family fled to Florida and entered the country legally, going through the correct process, and Maria was thrilled that her grandchildren would be born into freedom. Although Maria was almost 80, she wanted to be a citizen too. She studied and struggled and finally was able to take the Test (in English, Bless Her Heart!) On the day she was sworn in, we had a big party for her, and she and her family are more patriotic than most people I know who were born here.

The test was not easy, and involved some questions that many of us take for granted.

Yesterday, I left you with a little riddle. Someone who is old enough to remember having Civics Class in Junior High probably got the answer.

In this little Verse from Isaiah we have Three Names (or Titles) of God. He is called Judge, Lawgiver, and King. Maybe I'm just reading into this, but doesn't that bear a striking resemblance to the Three Branches of Government in the United States Constitution?

Judge = The Judicial Branch
Lawgiver = The Legislative branch
King = The Executive Branch.

The Three Branches of the Government was one of the Questions Maria had to answer in her Citizenship Test. It was a totally new concept to her, but she GOT IT!

When I first read this verse many years ago, I was struck by the similarity between the Verse and the Constitution. Since the Founding Fathers were familiar with The Bible as Literature, it is very possible that they got the idea how to run a Country from this very verse.

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

He Will Come To Us Like the Spring Rain That Waters The Earth. (Lamentations 3)

God Bless America.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS