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Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

Without going into the complete history of crime and punishment, we can say that there was a time when the prison system was for punishment only and not rehabilitation. People accused of crimes were thrown into dungeons and sometimes never heard from again. Our Founding Fathers knew that this was wrong, and so inserted a clause forbidding "cruel and unusual punishment" in our Constitution. The still spoke of "punishment", however, not "rehabilitation". Prisons were still prisons!

During the 1820's in America, there was a movement towards making the prison system a place where convicts could reflect upon their crimes and "repent", and thus the word penitentiary was born. Like other Progressive movements that did not include True Repentance and turning to the One True God for forgiveness, this experiment in secular mercy was doomed to failure. Recidivism is a profound problem, and our prison systems are horrible, frightening places, with very little "repenting" going on.

In this Psalm, David speaks of the burden of being under God's Judgement. It is not pleasant, but it DOES lead to Repentance and Redemption. This is a "Penitential Psalm" and will be followed by Songs of Deliverance!

Stay Tuned.

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

ML/LTOS

[2sheds]

Great series. Amen!

[etabeta]

Prayers always. God bless.

[Jeanbl]

Amen to the words of your prayers. Thank you for sharing the things you do in your comments, many things I did not know, jointly then makes prayer more effective. Blessing to you. Praying for the Peace of Jerusalem, for our families and friends, for our persecuted brothers and sisters, for our dear nations.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Prayers up

[Maudeen]

Agreeing in prayer. Thanks for the history lesson. If only over the years just one person would have touched the life of an incarcerated soul and showed him or her the love of Jesus in their younger years, what would our country or world be like today. I am forever sad to read the police/sheriff reports on the radio website in our small county. . .familiar with many of the last names.

[NEWwoman]

Show me, Lord, my life’s end
    and the number of my days;
    let me know how fleeting my life is.

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Joining in prayer for Israel, our beloved America, and all God’s people.

[SisterK]

Amen!
Father God, I am so quick to post about the splinter in Jill Stein’s eye when I do not see the log in my own eye. Forgive me. Sin is sin. Father God, I lift up Jill Stein, Hillary, myself and this whole nation. May we all see the need for repentance. May we all see the need for Jesus. Father God, as a nation, may we repent of our wickedness, and seek Your wonderful beautiful awesome face.

in Christ’s name I do pray