Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

Our Father Who Art in Heaven,
Magnified and Sanctified
Is Your Most Holy Name!
How Blessed Are You,
Oh LORD, Our God,
King of The Universe,
Who Has Brought Us To This Day!
We Come into Your Presence With Singing
And into Your Courts With Praise,
For You Alone Are Worthy,
You Alone Are LORD;
You Alone Are The Host High;
You Alone Are The LORD of Hosts;
And You Alone Hold The Power of Life and Death in Your Hand.

How Beautiful is Your Dwelling Place, Oh LORD!
From the tiniest atom,
To the Most Massive Singularities in Space,
Every Minute Detail of Creation Resonates With Your Glory!

Abba Father, Our Lives are a Pilgrimage.
Teach us Daily to rely upon you.
You Provide every sparrow with its nest,
Every little creature with its home.
How much more so,
For Those You Have Created in Your Image?
Teach us to Look to You For All Our Needs.

For the Sake of Your Anointed,
and For The Sake of Your Name,
We pray for the Peace of Jerusalem,
For Israel,
According to Your Word,
and Your Promise.

We Pray For Our President,
And other Leaders of Our 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.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

I love books. I love History. I love Archaeology. And you KNOW I love the Bible! So when a book comes along with a Templar Cross on its cover, a banner saying "Best Seller!", and over 500 pages, you know I am going to jump right on it. Not only that, the book was only a dollar at the Dollar Tree, so what could possibly go wrong?

Well, it started out OK, but then there were quite a few cringe-worthy bits that set off alarms. The similarity to "The Da Vinci Code" (which I despised) was starting to get to me. Then the book body-slammed into a anti-God, anti-Christian, anti-religion speech that went on and on and would have made John Galt blush. "OK. THAT'S ENOUGH!" I said out loud and into the trash can it went. It was not even fit to donate to the Thrift Store. I think I will just re-read Moby Dick, as it has been a while.

Psalm 84 is a thing of beauty. It can be read over and over again, bringing fresh insights and comfort each time. It is a song of longing for the Presence of God, so powerful in its emotional impact, that the Psalmist envies the birds who can fly right into the Sanctuary and build their nests in the aura of God's Glory. The juxtaposition of God and His Creation recalls the same longing as Psalm 42, comparing it to a Deer in the forest panting for water.

Some scholars theorize that this Psalm was written by a Levite who could no longer minister in the Sanctuary because of the Assyrian or Babylonian Invasion. It is beautifully crafted, with 3 Stanzas and a magnificent Coda. Even in English Translations, it has a rhythm and personality, and also some beautiful descriptive Names of God. I would rather read this Psalm than a God-hating NYT Best Seller, just as:

I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

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

"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." (Matthew 5:16)

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