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Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

Lambs, Sheep, and Shepherds

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1 Chronicles 16:35

Cry out, “Save us, God our Savior;
    gather us and deliver us from the nations,
that we may give thanks to your holy name,
    and glory in your praise.”

New International Version (NIV)(End of Scripture Passage)

This Passage is exactly the same as Psalm 106:47.

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Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

Abba Father!
You Are Clothed in Majesty!
You Are The Creator of All That Is!
And You Tell Us in Your Word,
That You Are The All in All,
And That In You,
All Things Hold Together!
You Are The Answer To All Our Questions,
All Our Theories,
All Our Wonders!
Almighty Father,
teach us daily that it is You,
not we, who are in control.
Take away our Pride
In thinking we can micromanage every situation,
not depending on You,
but doing what is right in our own eyes.

Let All That Has Been Concealed,
Be Revealed.

LORD, We Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem,
According To Your Will and Promise.
We Beseech You on Behalf of Our Captive Brethren,
Christians and Jews,
In Bondage in Hostile lands.

We Pray For Our Beloved USA
We Ask That Your People 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

[DarthVader]

Amen !!! <><

Psalm 21

To the leader. A Psalm of David.

1 In your strength the king rejoices, O Lord,
and in your help how greatly he exults!
2 You have given him his heart’s desire,
and have not withheld the request of his lips.
Selah
3 For you meet him with rich blessings;
you set a crown of fine gold on his head.
4 He asked you for life; you gave it to him—
length of days for ever and ever.
5 His glory is great through your help;
splendour and majesty you bestow on him.
6 You bestow on him blessings for ever;
you make him glad with the joy of your presence.
7 For the king trusts in the Lord,
and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be moved.

8 Your hand will find out all your enemies;
your right hand will find out those who hate you.
9 You will make them like a fiery furnace
when you appear.
The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath,
and fire will consume them.
10 You will destroy their offspring from the earth,
and their children from among humankind.
11 If they plan evil against you,
if they devise mischief, they will not succeed.
12 For you will put them to flight;
you will aim at their faces with your bows.

13 Be exalted, O Lord, in your strength!
We will sing and praise your power.

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Sometimes, I tell a story that fits the topic we are studying, and sometimes the connection doesn't seem obvious at first. The first story is one you may have read before in this thread.

Five years ago, I moved from Florida to Massachusetts, in the opposite direction of most people my age, to care for my Mom. This involved breaking a lease, quitting a Music Ministry, Giving away all my furniture (including all the gear for a 16-Track Digital Recording Studio that took up a whole bedroom), saying Goodbye to all my students and clients, and driving 1700 miles on I95 North. I arrived in Quincy MA,with my car, my guitar, my bass, my Harley, and my Dog. (There's a Country & Western Song in there!). Less than six days later, my Mom passed away, and I had to find somewhere to live. After six months of living in one room of Mom's house while trying to sell it, I finally found a cute little trailer in a mobile-home park on the South Shore. Now I REALLY was living like a Country & Western Song! I had the guitar, the bass, the Harley, AND a Trailer!

Anyway, every morning as I walked the dog, the front window of an abandoned trailer caught my eye. It was a stained-glass panel, about 16"x 20", of an animal that looked like a goat. It was obviously an amateur piece, and did not have the refinement of professional stained glass. It looked as though perhaps the former inhabitant of the trailer had taken a class in stained glass, and was so proud of his achievement that he had it glazed into the picture window. It was embedded, and would take a delicate operation to remove it. Still, it intrigued me.

The inside of the trailer had been stripped bare, and it had a Sheriff's Notice on the door condemning the property. A thought went through my mind that the window didn't belong to anybody now, and it was just salvage...so why not just take it? But that would be stealing. So every morning and evening, I would walk by the trailer, and the "goat" would look out at me, saying..."Why Not". And I would say, "NO."

Three years later, an older couple bought the trailer to restore it. I befriended the woman, named Cathy, who was an artist like me. I mentioned the stained glass panel.

"Oh THAT?" she laughed. "I'm not into goats. You can have it, because we're doing a complete demo on that wall."

Days went by and work progressed, and one day Cathy showed up on my doorstep with the panel, which had been carefully removed from the window. I cleaned it framed it, and hung the "goat" in a sunny window in my dining room. The couple went to Florida for the Winter and ended up being unable to fly back to Massachusetts for almost eight months due to COVID. They are home now.

The second of my three stories today is one you read recently about the the Fasting in February 2020, the Pastor's Prayer for a Live Worship team, and the seven new people who showed up at his church on the First Sunday of Advent 2020. As you recall, one man plays drums, his wife plays keyboard, another was a guitar player, his friend works sound, another is a teacher, and his wife a worship leader who knows ALL the new songs. And then there was me. I play piano, guitar, and bass, but there was already someone who plays guitar and another who plays piano, so that left the bass. It was the bass I brought from Florida, that I played when I was Music Minister at the Biker Church. So that ministry was restored, and in a big way, because although our drummer is loud, I can still hear myself. (The drummer in Florida was so loud that you could hear him on I95 while speeding by our outdoor church! LOL!)

Third story...and this just happened last night. It was snowing, and I still haven't gotten my skills of winter driving after 16 years in Florida. Peg, the Worship Leader, and her hubby Jose offered to pick me up for rehearsal, and I gladly accepted their kind offer. The rehearsal went well, but it snowed the whole time and I was so happy to be driven home. Jose carried my bass into my living room and saw the stained-glass panel hanging in the window. It was dark outside, so the design on the stained-glass was barely visible.

Wow," he said, "It's the RAM CAUGHT IN THE THICKET!"

I knew exactly what he meant! The reference is to Genesis 22, when Abraham was asked by God to give up the most important thing in his life, his son Isaac. At the last minute, God provided the Sacrifice, the Ram (which is a male sheep and fits right in with our study) and spared Isaac's life. Everything was restored to Abraham, and his Faith in God was credited to him as Righteousness.

God's timing is not always our timing. Sometimes His answers are right in front of us, but we don't see them right away. May these little stories bless you as much as it blesses me sharing them.

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

"He was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification." (Romans 4:25)

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

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Thank You, DarthVader, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

"He was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification." (Romans 4:25)

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

[TianaHighrider]

What moving stories this morning. Beautiful.
Prayers up. Hugs too.

[redryder_90]

Hallelujah and Amen

Thank you for sharing these stories. I am so happy you are part of a band in a new church. God is taking care of you his sheep in his time. Sounds like a great group!

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Thank You, TianaHighrider, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

"He was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification." (Romans 4:25)

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

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Thank You, redryder_90, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

"He was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification." (Romans 4:25)

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

[NEWwoman]

Different threads woven to make the story in a tapestry.

Joining in prayer, left that other site, for the Peace of Jerusalem and for our beloved America.

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Thank You, NEWwoman, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

"He was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification." (Romans 4:25)

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

[Hiskid]

Amen

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Thank You, Hiskid, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

"He was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification." (Romans 4:25)

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

[Pajamajan]

Amen.

[Jeanbl]

AMEN! thank you. Joining together in prayer

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Thank You, Pajamajan, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

"He was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification." (Romans 4:25)

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

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Thank You, Jeanbl, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

"He was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification." (Romans 4:25)

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