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Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem
When I first moved into my trailer-home in April, I noticed a very ugly grate in the floor, smack-dab in the middle of the little hallway between the bedroom and the bathroom. It lay in wait there, to cut and pinch my bare feet in the dark, if I had to use the bathroom at night. When the heat was on, no heat came out of the grate, so it was stupid and useless! I went to a closeout store and found a beautiful, soft, plushy Oriental-Style rug to cover it up.
Fast-Forward to last Friday, with a house-guest, 4 degrees outside with a windchill of -20. The fuel line to my furnace was frozen solid from the tank to the furnace, and ice was squirting into my living room as the drains and water pipes began to freeze. Frantically, my sister and I boiled water and poured it down the drains, as the repairman threw up his hands in disgust and left, saying he couldn't do a thing for us until us two older ladies had thawed out the fuel line! This morning, it dawned on me. The ugly, useless grate in the floor is right over the fuel line. It was not part of the heating system at all, but was using house-heat to keep the fuel line from icing up! Needless to say, the rug has been moved, and I now wear slippers at night.
Liberal scholars have always bemoaned the existence of the Imprecatory Psalms, especially this one. ""Why would a loving God condone such 'hate speech'?" they ponder, "And why would King David, a 'Man After God's Own Heart', pray such vengeful prayers?"
The Imprecatory Psalm is like the ugly little grate in the hall. We try to cover it up with a soft pretty rug, but it is still there. We can't imagine why it would be included in our floor-plan because it has no purpose.
But, as I found out the hard way, it DOES have a purpose. David has no right to do his own vengeance, and he honored that twice when he had a clear opportunity to kill Saul. He does, however, have permission to ask God for Justice. "Vengeance is MINE", says the Lord, and when it happens, boy do we all KNOW it!
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
2 posted on
12/23/2016 7:13:02 AM PST by
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(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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Wow, what an amazing (albeit terrible - I hope and pray all is well now!) story line. Your experience gave you a direct line into the spiritual realms. Or I should say, your eyes saw the blessing (the insight into the psalms) provided by what appeared to be a curse (the frozen line).
I hope your slippers are fluffy good to you. :)
3 posted on
12/23/2016 8:02:39 AM PST by
Ezekiel
(All who mourn(ed!) the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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Joining in prayer. God bless and Merry Christmas to all.
See you all on Monday as I will be unavailable the next two days.
5 posted on
12/23/2016 8:43:47 AM PST by
etabeta
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Merry Christmas, FRiend. Stay warm.
11 posted on
12/23/2016 10:01:02 AM PST by
SisterK
(its a spiritual war)
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Then people will say,
Surely the righteous still are rewarded;
surely there is a God who judges the earth.
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Venegeance is Mine, says the Lord.
Joining in prayer for Israel, our beloved America, and all God’s people.
13 posted on
12/23/2016 1:24:50 PM PST by
NEWwoman
(God Bless America)
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PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM! And for the Preservation of the Valiant Israeli Nation!
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O ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. |
3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
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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 Lions 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."
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14 posted on
12/23/2016 2:20:04 PM PST by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN - 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
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Thank you for your post. Praying for the Peace of Jerusalem, for our families and our friends, for our persecuted, for our nations.
15 posted on
12/23/2016 2:41:14 PM PST by
Jeanbl
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