Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem
Oh LORD, Our God,
How Excellent is Your Name over All The Earth!
The Heavens Declare Your Glory,
And All of Your Creation Sings Your Praises!
Holy, Righteous, Just, and True,
Who is Like You?
There is No Other.
For You Alone Are Worthy,
You Alone Are LORD,
You Alone Are The One True God of Abraham!
Help Us To Worship You in Spirit and In Truth,
And not just "go through the motions",
risking Your Great Wrath.
For We Know You Would Rather us to Be COLD than to be "lukewarm hypocrites".
But You WANT us to be "on FIRE for You!
5. Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying,
When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month,
even those seventy years,
did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
6. And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink,
did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
7. Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets,
when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity,
and the cities thereof round about her,
when men inhabited the south and the plain?
8. And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,
9. Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying,
Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassion every man to his brother:
10. And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor;
and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
LORD, we thank You for this break in Zechariah's Visions,
Even Though it is a harsh indictment of normal religious practices.
Teach us all, through Zechariah's words,
To honor You with our Heart, as well as with our lips.
11. But they refused to hearken,
and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears,
that they should not hear.
12. Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone,
lest they should hear the law,
and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets:
therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.
13. Therefore it is come to pass,
that as he cried, and they would not hear;
so they cried, and I would not hear,
saith the LORD of hosts:
14. But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not.
Thus the land was desolate after them,
that no man passed through nor returned:
for they laid the pleasant land desolate.
Abba Father, We are aware that "The pleasant land"
spoken of here is Israel,
yet we are moved to Pray for our own Nation as well.
As we see our own Beloved USA sink deeper and deeper into sin,
how can we escape Your Judgment?
We Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem,
According to your Will and Promise.
We Pray for the Citizens of Israel,
that they can live in their neighborhoods
without having to worry about rockets hitting their children.
We Pray For the Leaders of Our own Beloved USA
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 Garden of Prayer
ML/LTOS
(El Kabong)
