Pray For The Peace Of Jerusalem~The Book of Ruth
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Ruth and Boaz by Millet
Oh Most Gracious and Wonderful LORD!
How Precious and Holy is Your Word.
And How Lovely!
9. He said, "Who are you?"
And she answered, "I am Ruth your maid.
So spread your covering over your maid,
for you are a [a]close relative."
10. Then he said,
"May you be blessed of the LORD,
my daughter.
You have shown your last kindness to be better than the first
by not going after young men,
whether poor or rich.
11. "Now, my daughter, do not fear.
I will do for you whatever you ask,
for all my people in the city
know that you are a woman of excellence.
Abba, we thank You for this Story of the Kinsman Redeemer, and for Your precepts that demonstrate how You care even for the very least among us.
14. So she lay at his feet until morning and rose before one could recognize another; and he said, "Let it not be known
that the woman came to the threshing floor."
15. Again he said,
"Give me the cloak that is on you and hold it."
So she held it,
and he measured six measures of barley and laid it on her.
Then she went into the city.
16. When she came to her mother-in-law,
she said, "How did it go, my daughter?"
And she told her all that the man had done for her.
17. She said, "These six measures of barley he gave to me,
for he said, 'Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.'"
18. Then she said, "Wait, my daughter,
until you know how the matter turns out;
for the man will not rest until he has settled it today."
Father, we thank You for this Real Story about Real People!
It touches our hearts that
even when Israel was mired in the Time of the Judges,
when this took place,
You were watching over the lives of two poor, lonely widows in Israel.
It amazes us that these widows would end up in the blood line of the Author of Psalms,
and twenty-eight Generations later,
The Author and Finisher of Our Faith!(MT.1)
Abba, we Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem, According to Your Will and Promise!(Ps 122:6)
We Pray for your provision, just as You provided for Ruth and Naomi.
We pray that You will Redeem Your Kinsmen Israel
out of the hand of the curse that besets them on every side.
We pray also for the other children of Abraham,
As Ruth was a Moabite,
A distant Descendant of Lot,
That You will show them mercy as well, as You did to Ruth.
We Pray that they will throw down their arms,
And Embrace the One True God of Abraham,
Dear Abba, We Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem,
And for those within her gates.
Almighty God, We pray so Fondly for Your Beloved!
We Pray that as You Call Them Home,
from the East and From The West,
From The North and from the South,
From Out of the Lands of persecution and Bitterness,
Of Paganism and Slavery and Bondage,
Of places that were never really home to them,
Places that only brought famine, infertility, widowhood, and abandonment,
and bring them Home to Peace and Abundance and Your Provision.
We ask for forgiveness for ourselves,
Dear Father, and we Pray for Our Nation.
We ask You to reverse the trends of evil and selfishness
that have taken hold in our own Land.
We beg that You will restore Faith in You,
The One True God,
and that Our own Nation will Once Again be Known
as one who keeps Her Promises to Her Friends and Allies,
and NOT as A Truce-Breaker.
Abba Father, How we long for that Day,
When You will remove From Your Holy Place
ANYTHING that does not Honor You,
and You ALONE.
LORD, We Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem,
For Israel, and For The Jewish People.
We Thank You Profoundly For That Tiny Nation
that sits at the Very Crossroads of History,
At the Nexus of Three Continents,
A Holy Witness to The Ultimate Truth of Your WORD!
For it is Not By Might,
Not By Power,
But By Your Spirit that the enemy will be overcome.
We Plead For Israeli Control Over All the Holy Sites in Israel,
So that People of All Faiths may visit them.
We Pray For Bibi Netayahu, and the Leaders of Israel
May They 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 Thread
Hallelujah and Amen
