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Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

Heavenly Father
You Are Our God and Our King!
And Even Though You Are Sovereign Over All,
You Love Us More Than Anything Our Hearts Can Imagine.
We Bow Down Worship You
For The Glory and Majesty You Deserve,
For You Alone Are Worthy,
You Alone Are the King of Kings,
And The Lord of Lords.
Let us Love you
With our Whole heart,
Our Whole Soul,
Our Whole Mind,
And Our Whole Strength!

May the Leaders of Our Own Beloved USA
Receive Wisdom from You
to do the Right Thing.

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

ML/LTOS

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Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

"We sprang from Kings," Grampy said, "And sometimes, we sprang AT them too!"

My maternal grandfather was very proud of his Irish name. Although it was a common sounding name, it was spelled slightly different than all the others, because of a single vowel. Grampy told us that his ancestors, in a place that sounded like "Kerry-Two-Hill" were of noble birth, but who had fought against the King of England, and the village was destroyed as a result.

My sister, when visiting Ireland, tried to find the village, but there was no such thing. She checked all the maps in County Cork, and finally, saw something that began with a "C", ended with an "L" and had a stew of consonants in between. She drove to the place and found a ruined little town, with roof-less abandoned cottages, and a churchyard. In the churchyard, she found a marker with Grampy's surname on it, spelled the way Grampy did, with the exceptional vowel in just the right spot.

No earthly king is worthy of worship. And when that earthly king oppresses the people, it's time to change or remove him. We, as Americans, have done this, and so have other countries over the centuries. As a result, most of us cringe a little when we see other nations crowning kings.

On the other hand, there is something in our hearts that yearns for the pomp and glory of a King. The way the tabloids are always filled with stories about "The Royals", the hysteria over Princes William and Harry, and the absurdity of the myriads of Saudi "members of the Royal Family" are always in the News. There have even been columns right here on Free Republic of a distant relative of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, trying to restore the Monarchy.

Could it be, that deep in our hearts, we KNOW that there is One King over all? Could it be that our longing for His Reign, when we pray, "Thy Kingdom Come" is somehow manifested in elevating movie stars, rock musicians, and dynasties to "Royalty"?

And, when we finally do make these people "king", we have different ways of coping when they fall. Sometimes we are devastated, and sometimes we react with gleeful Schadenfreude! That is because we know that there is Only One King, and His Name is YAHWEH.

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

[Ezekiel]

We are Americans. We Believe in The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, and The Bill of Rights. The idea of a human "king" is foreign and archaic to us.

There's really some Divine comedy going on with that. As in, if anyone is searching for a king, the *last* place he would look is in America (Burger King notwithstanding).

Hollyweird even picked up on that theme way back with King Ralph.

[Kitty Mittens]

Heavenly Father
You Are Our God and Our King!
And Even Though You Are Sovereign Over All,
You Love Us More Than Anything Our Hearts Can Imagine.

Amen to Every Spirit-Filled Word of your Beautiful Prayer, Dear Servant of Jesus Christ.
Joining you in Thanksgiving, Prayer, and Praise.