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Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

While cleaning out the basement to prepare my mother's house for sale, I came across a pile of my nephew's old High School Literature books. They were books I had read a long time ago, The Hobbit, Moby Dick, Les Miserables, and a few others, and I quickly rescued them from the dumpster to reread and enjoy again.

As I started reading them, however, I began to see that these classics had been abridged for the High School audience. (I found that disturbing, because I had read Dostoevsky and Tolstoy in High School, unabridged!) I was especially annoyed with Les Miserables, as it left out things that I felt were crucial to the plot!

My sister disabused me of my snobbery, however, when she explained to me that these books were all from one course, and if they had not been abridged, my nephew would not have been exposed to ANY of them.

This very long Psalm of Asaph is a synopsis of the Torah, the books of Joshua, Judges, 1 and 2 Samuel, and 1 Kings. That is a LOT of Bible to cram into one Psalm!

Why does Asaph do this when there is a whole Bible to read and get the whole story? For one thing, the people of Israel had strayed and needed a refresher course. They needed to hear that:


1. God is REAL, and is a God of Miracles.
2. That He loves Israel and has provided for them through the centuries.
3. That the people had strayed from the Truth and were in sin.
4. God is Gracious and Forgiving, if we would just turn to HIM.

Asaph has ingeniously obeyed Deuteronomy 6, to teach the Next Generation, and has done it by making it into a Song. And, as someone who has used music to provide therapy for people with memory issues, I can attest to the fact that people remember SONGS when they have forgotten everything else!

Come and Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

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

[stars & stripes forever]

Thank you for the beautiful devotional.

May the younger generations return to the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY though His only Son JESUS CHRIST.

[blueyon]

joining in prayer

[NEWwoman]

Good summary:

so the next generation would know them,
    even the children yet to be born,
    and they in turn would tell their children.
Then they would put their trust in God
    and would not forget his deeds
    but would keep his commands.

Amen, left that other site

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

[etabeta]

Adding my prayers. God bless.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

prayers up

[Jeanbl]

Amen, praying for the Peace of Jerusalem, for our dear families and friends, for our persecuted brothers and sisters, for our nations.