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Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

Matthew 5

Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount

5 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them.

The Beatitudes

He said:

3  “Blessed are the poor in spirit,
    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

4  Blessed are those who mourn,
    for they will be comforted.

5  Blessed are the meek,
    for they will inherit the earth.

6  Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
    for they will be filled.

7  Blessed are the merciful,
    for they will be shown mercy.

8  Blessed are the pure in heart,
    for they will see God.

9  Blessed are the peacemakers,
    for they will be called children of God.

10  Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

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God Bless America.

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Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

Dear Heavenly Father

My LORD,

My Light,

When It Seems I am Surrounded by Darkness

You Are My Light!

You Are My Beacon!

Piercing, and Banishing the Darkness.

Shedding Light and Striking Against the Forces of Evil.

Bringing Illumination to Dispel my Ignorance,

Loneliness, and Error.

Thank You, LORD, for lighting the way.

For Being a Lamp to my Path,

And a Joy to my heart.




Let all that has been Concealed
Be Revealed.

Father, We Pray For The Peace Of Jerusalem,
According To Your Will and Promise.
We Pray That You Will Forgive The Sins
of Our Own Nation,
and Lead us all to Godly Repentance.
Create in Us Clean Hearts, Oh LORD,
and Renew a Right Spirit Within Us.

This we Pray Together,
As We Await Your Messiah,
Blessed Be He,
To Set Up His Kingdom,
And Make All Things Right.

God Bless America.

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Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

Matthew 5

Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount

5 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them.

The Beatitudes

He said:

3  “Blessed are the poor in spirit,
    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

4  Blessed are those who mourn,
    for they will be comforted.

5  Blessed are the meek,
    for they will inherit the earth.

6  Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
    for they will be filled.

7  Blessed are the merciful,
    for they will be shown mercy.

8  Blessed are the pure in heart,
    for they will see God.

9  Blessed are the peacemakers,
    for they will be called children of God.

10  Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

_______________________________________________________

New International Version (NIV)
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

Before Facebook came onto the scene, there was a platform called "My Space". In my humble opinion, My Space was a much better platform than FB, as it gave to user the opportunity to design her own webpage, using hundreds of available templates, fonts, and images. I had three My Space Webpages, two for music and one for art. I don't understand why the platform collapsed in favor of FB, which is rigid, censorial, and offers no room for creativity...OK, I think I just answered my own question. Maybe most people actually like being "herded" into conformity. But...back to my story. My pages had an international following, and I was befriended by a young woman who had been raised as an atheist in Communist China. She now felt the need for religion in her life and asked me about Christianity. I explained it as best as I could, mailed her a New Testament, and asked her to keep me informed as she read it. She started in Matthew, which is where most people would start a book, at the first page.

She got through the "begats" just fine, and the Christmas Story rang a bell of familiarity, but she hit the wall at The Sermon on the Mount. She wrote:

"I don't get this guy Matthew at all. He is SO harsh! Just LOOKING at a woman is the same as adultery? Just THINKING about murder is the same as killing someone? Even Confucious wasn't THAT STRICT!"

I was stymied. Having been raised in the West, in a Judeo-Christian environment, I always looked at The Sermon on the Mount as an amazing source of comfort and peace. Her reaction was totally foreign to me. I breathed a prayer to the Holy Spirit to give me wisdom. The words came to me.

I agreed with her completely that the standards set forth in the Sermon were totally impossible for any human being to keep. If anyone even was able to maintain even a scintilla of righteousness demanded by the perfection of the Sermon, then that righteousness would instantly be negated by the sin of PRIDE. Self-Righteousness is perhaps the biggest sin of them all. In fact, it is the only sin that really got a tongue-lashing by Jesus when He walked the earth. While Jesus showed mercy and kindness to tax-collectors and prostitutes, outcasts and lepers, and even Gentiles and Samaritans, He was tough on Scribes, Pharissees, Teachers of the Law, and the Ultra-Religious. What kind of a "Religious Leader" acts like that? While He admonished sinners to "Sin No More", it was after He had shown them mercy. That was the exact opposite of the religious systems of the world, in which one gets righteous in order to be saved. He saved sinners and then they were righteous because they were saved.

I don't know if she got it, as the My Space platform was on its last legs at the time and we lost touch. It did give me a new perspective on The Sermon on The Mount though. These were not just familiar, nice-sounding words. I believe God was showing me that there was no way anybody can be righteous enough to fulfill God's Perfect Law.

And That's Why We Need a Savior.

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.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[etabeta]

My prayers always. God bless.

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Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

Thank You, Etabeta, 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.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[TianaHighrider]

Blessings and Prayers up ❤ 🙏

[DarthVader]

Amen !!! <><

Psalm 52

To the leader. A Maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came to Saul and said to him, ‘David has come to the house of Ahimelech.’

1 Why do you boast, O mighty one,
of mischief done against the godly?*
All day long 2you are plotting destruction.
Your tongue is like a sharp razor,
you worker of treachery.
3 You love evil more than good,
and lying more than speaking the truth.
Selah
4 You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.

5 But God will break you down for ever;
he will snatch and tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living.
Selah
6 The righteous will see, and fear,
and will laugh at the evildoer,* saying,
7 ‘See the one who would not take
refuge in God,
but trusted in abundant riches,
and sought refuge in wealth!’*

8 But I am like a green olive tree
in the house of God.
I trust in the steadfast love of God
for ever and ever.
9 I will thank you for ever,
because of what you have done.
In the presence of the faithful
I will proclaim* your name, for it is good.

[redryder_90]

Amen

[luvie]

Profound and very true statement!
“He saved sinners and then they were righteous because they were saved.”
AMEN!

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Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

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.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

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Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

Thank You, DarthVader, For Your Prayers and Wonderful Psalm 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.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

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Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

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.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

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Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

Thank You, luvie, 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.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[Jeanbl]

AMEN! Joining together in prayer.

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Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

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.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[Hiskid]

Amen