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Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

Matthew 12

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

12 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. 2 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”

3 He answered, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? 4 He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests. 5 Or haven’t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are innocent? 6 I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. 7 If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’[a] you would not have condemned the innocent. 8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

9 Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue, 10 and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Looking for a reason to bring charges against Jesus, they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

11 He said to them, “If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out? 12 How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

13 Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out and it was completely restored, just as sound as the other. 14 But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.

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God Bless America.

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Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

Beloved Creator,

Our God and Our King,

You Created Everything There Is Out of Nothing!

From The Massive Star Clusters and Black Holes,

To the Intricate and Unique DNA Molecule,

To the Quantum Particles that continue to amaze and fascinate us ,

You created all the Creatures of the Earth,

With Ingenious Systems of Respiration, Digestion, Reproduction,

Magnificent Structures of Bone and Muscle

Equipped with Hearts that Love and Minds that are capable of behaving in Your Image,

By Creating Art, Architecture, Music, Wonderful Machines and Technology.

Thank You For Giving us Voices to Sing and Hands to Heal.

Thank You for giving us aspirations to design wonderful things like Jet Airplanes and MRI Machines.

Thank You for Music, and Poetry, and Documents of Freedom like the US Constitution.

Thank You For Creating Us Just A Little Lower Than The Angels, and giving us authority and stewardship over Your Creation.




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 12

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

12 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. 2 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”

3 He answered, “Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? 4 He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests. 5 Or haven't you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are innocent? 6 I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. 7 If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’[a] you would not have condemned the innocent. 8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

9 Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue, 10 and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Looking for a reason to bring charges against Jesus, they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

11 He said to them, “If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out? 12 How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

13 Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out and it was completely restored, just as sound as the other. 14 But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.

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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.

I have shared this story before, but we have some new Prayer Warriors on the Thread, and the story goes well with Today's Reading.

Right after the Saturday Morning Service, Abie and the other elderly gentlemen who had made up the Minyan had gathered in the Community Room of the old synagogue to have some coffee and bagels. Abie had prepared a bagel for himself with a big schmear of cream cheese, when he noticed the even older president of the synagogue, sitting all by himself on the other side of the room. Abie, being more able-bodied than the elderly president, brought the bagel and a cup of coffee to the old man, carrying it across the room to do so. Upon receiving the coffee and the bagel, the older man loudly berated Abie for carrying the plate and cup across the room on the Sabbath!

When Abie, who was my Father-In-Law, shared this with me, I was incensed! I quoted Scripture, cited Today's Gospel Story, and was a genuine "scold" about it. I wanted to march down to the synagogue and give the president a piece of my mind.

Abie just shrugged his shoulders and spread out his hands.

"Nu? What can you do? The man is 'Abibotel'" (senile)

One of the Big Ten of God's Commandments is to keep the Sabbath HOLY. The word "Holy" is a precious and specific word meaning "Sacred, Set-apart, Hallowed, Pure, and a host of other things, but it does NOT mean "Self-Righteous, Judgmental, or Sanctimonious". Former President Trump got into a bit of hot water the other day when he used the term "Sanctimonious" towards an essential ally. It was a quickly corrected mistake, and all seems well between the two men now, but the howl that went up among fans of both gentlemen was so reminiscent of the Pharisees finding fault with every little thing that it reminded me of the Abibotel Synagogue President and Able-Bodied Abie. When the Outrage surpasses the Offense, it becomes "Sanctimonious".

But, looking back at the Story, I was being pretty Sanctimonious about it too!I was so outraged by Abibotel's Behavior towards Able-Bodied Abie, my beloved F-I-L, that I was quoting Scripture out of context, and being a bigger jerk than all of them put together.

A Good Deed or an Act of Kindness is NEVER inappropriate!

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

[Don Corleone]

Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem..Matthew 12 Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath 12

Pray for the Peace of America without which the other is moot.

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Amen. You are right about that. We pray for America every day on FR both on its very own thread and here on this one. Would you like to be on the daily ping list? I can take care of that for you.

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Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

Thank You, Don Corleone, 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]

Many Prayers up today 🙏
May Heavenly Father ensure his will upon today, and always 🙏 ❤

[redryder_90]

Amen

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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.

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

[Silentgypsy]

Amen and thank you.

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Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

Thank You, Silentgypsy, 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, thank you for leading in prayer and sharing. Joining together.

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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

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Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

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.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS