Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

Oh LORD, Our God,
How Majestic,
How Wonderful,
How Excellent is Your Most Holy Name!
You Alone Are Worthy to be Praised and Worshiped,
For You Alone Are the Most High,
Ancient of Days,
Rock Of Ages,
The All-In-All,
Aleph~Tav,
Alpha and Omega!
It is a Joy to Praise You,
because You Are So Awesome in Your Glory,
Endlessly Creative,
Infinitely Just and Righteous,
Eternally Holy and Pure,
Yet Incredible Patient and Forgiving,
Slow to Anger, and Full of Love!

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

Acts 10

Cornelius Calls for Peter

10 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment. 2 He and all his family were devout and God-fearing; he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly. 3 One day at about three in the afternoon he had a vision. He distinctly saw an angel of God, who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”

4 Cornelius stared at him in fear. “What is it, Lord?” he asked.

The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God. 5 Now send men to Joppa to bring back a man named Simon who is called Peter. 6 He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.”

7 When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier who was one of his attendants. 8 He told them everything that had happened and sent them to Joppa.

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Yesterday, we had a "Troll Attack" on this thread, and it took a while for our faithful but very busy moderator to remove it. The responses were interesting. Some folks posted a rebuke, some private mailed me to offer support, and some prayed for the attacker. The offending comment has since been removed. This happens quite frequently, and we are all used to it. "Trolls" think that they are being original and provocative, but they really aren't. After all, we've been gathering together for prayer and fellowship on this Thread for 13.5 YEARS, and have seen it all. LOL.

On my way to work yesterday, I stopped into a consignment store to see if I could find some crates to hold all my records. The crate has to be 13" square in order to accommodate LP's, and only antique milk crates fit the bill. The newer ones, made of plastic, are only 12" square. The consignment shop might have what I need. The first floor of the shop is very "trendy" and seems to specialize in the occult and Eastern Religions. The furniture consignments are upstairs. I waltzed past the Buddha statues, dream-catchers, and incense burners and went up the long stairway, and found...NOTHING. So I limped back down the stairs and was confronted with this sign:

So, among the Idols, the Dream-catchers, the Crystals, and the Tarot Cards was this sign. It made me think about the Troll Attack on the Thread earlier. Just like Peter, surrounded by Gentiles and Pagans, and lodging with a TANNER (someone who processed the hides of dead animals) the sign that was allegedly found as a handwritten note on the walls of Mother Theresa's Orphanage in Calcutta shone in the midst of that Pagan Environment.

Cornelius the Centurion was a Roman through and through. he was a high-ranking officer in the Roman Army and was in charge of 100 men. From the Text, we can infer that he was stationed in a troublesome province, but still had his own home and his family with him.

Yet, some may infer that this fine officer may have "gone native" during his posting. Here he was, being kind to the people he was supposed to be oppressing as a member of an occupying force, and PRAYING TO THEIR GOD! (Now, remember, the Ancient Romans had a whole Pantheon of gods and goddesses, so this was weird!)

How could this happen? Would Cornelius find himself in trouble with his commanding officer for this outreach? Was he powerful enough that he could get away with it? While Cornelius wasn't the FIRST Gentile to Believe, he was the first Gentile to receive the Gospel from Peter. Peter didn't like Gentiles very much, and who could blame him, after what he had been through.

But God needed to deal with Peter on this matter, and it was to be Cornelius who would be the person upon whom this grace would rest.

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

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