🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (10/17/26)[Prayer]

The Holy Scriptures (NIV) | 10/17/26 | left that other site

[left that other site]

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (10/17/26)[Prayer]

Personalities

Psalm 55[a]

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil[b] of David.

1  Listen to my prayer, O God,

do not ignore my plea;

2      hear me and answer me.

My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught

3      because of what my enemy is saying,

    because of the threats of the wicked;

for they bring down suffering on me

    and assail me in their anger.

4  My heart is in anguish within me;

    the terrors of death have fallen on me.

5  Fear and trembling have beset me;

    horror has overwhelmed me.

6  I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove!

I would fly away and be at rest.

7  I would flee far away

and stay in the desert;[c]

8  I would hurry to my place of shelter,

far from the tempest and storm.”

9  Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words,

for I see violence and strife in the city.

10  Day and night they prowl about on its walls;

malice and abuse are within it.

11  Destructive forces are at work in the city;

threats and lies never leave its streets.

12  If an enemy were insulting me,

I could endure it;

if a foe were rising against me,

I could hide.

13  But it is you, a man like myself,

my companion, my close friend,

14  with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship

    at the house of God,

as we walked about

    among the worshipers.

15  Let death take my enemies by surprise;

let them go down alive to the realm of the dead,

for evil finds lodging among them.

16  As for me, I call to God,

and the Lord saves me.

17  Evening, morning and noon

I cry out in distress,

and he hears my voice.

18  He rescues me unharmed

from the battle waged against me,

even though many oppose me.

19  God, who is enthroned from of old,

who does not change—

he will hear them and humble them,

because they have no fear of God.

20  My companion attacks his friends;

he violates his covenant.

21  His talk is smooth as butter,

yet war is in his heart;

his words are more soothing than oil,

yet they are drawn swords.

22  Cast your cares on the Lord

and he will sustain you;

he will never let

the righteous be shaken.

23  But you, God, will bring down the wicked

into the pit of decay;

the bloodthirsty and deceitful

will not live out half their days.
But as for me, I trust in you.

Footnotes:

* Psalm 55:1 In Hebrew texts 55:1-23 is numbered 55:2-24.
* Psalm 55:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
Psalm 55:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and in the middle of verse 19.

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

________________________

God Bless America.

ML/LTOS

[left that other site]

Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem


Our Father,
Who Art in Heaven,

Magnified and Sanctified

Is Your Most Holy and Wonderful Name!

How Awesome You Are,

and How Glorious!

You Alone Are Worthy to Be Praised,

For You Alone Are My Strength And My Song,

My Rock and My Redeemer!

You Are The One True God,

And Know The End From The Beginning

and the Beginning From The End,

Because You ARE The Aleph~Tav,

The Alpha and the Omega,

The Beginning and The End of All Things.

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.

ML/LTOS

[left that other site]

Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

Personalities

Psalm 55[a]

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil[b] of David.

1  Listen to my prayer, O God,

do not ignore my plea;

2      hear me and answer me.

My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught

3      because of what my enemy is saying,

    because of the threats of the wicked;

for they bring down suffering on me

    and assail me in their anger.

4  My heart is in anguish within me;

    the terrors of death have fallen on me.

5  Fear and trembling have beset me;

    horror has overwhelmed me.

6  I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove!

I would fly away and be at rest.

7  I would flee far away

and stay in the desert;[c]

8  I would hurry to my place of shelter,

far from the tempest and storm.”

9  Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words,

for I see violence and strife in the city.

10  Day and night they prowl about on its walls;

malice and abuse are within it.

11  Destructive forces are at work in the city;

threats and lies never leave its streets.

12  If an enemy were insulting me,

I could endure it;

if a foe were rising against me,

I could hide.

13  But it is you, a man like myself,

my companion, my close friend,

14  with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship

    at the house of God,

as we walked about

    among the worshipers.

15  Let death take my enemies by surprise;

let them go down alive to the realm of the dead,

for evil finds lodging among them.

16  As for me, I call to God,

and the Lord saves me.

17  Evening, morning and noon

I cry out in distress,

and he hears my voice.

18  He rescues me unharmed

from the battle waged against me,

even though many oppose me.

19  God, who is enthroned from of old,

who does not change—

he will hear them and humble them,

because they have no fear of God.

20  My companion attacks his friends;

he violates his covenant.

21  His talk is smooth as butter,

yet war is in his heart;

his words are more soothing than oil,

yet they are drawn swords.

22  Cast your cares on the Lord

and he will sustain you;

he will never let

the righteous be shaken.

23  But you, God, will bring down the wicked

into the pit of decay;

the bloodthirsty and deceitful

will not live out half their days.
But as for me, I trust in you.

Footnotes:

* Psalm 55:1 In Hebrew texts 55:1-23 is numbered 55:2-24.
* Psalm 55:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
Psalm 55:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and in the middle of verse 19.

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

________________________

Today's My Birthday, and I had planned to take a nice Bike Ride down to Cape Cod and look at the leaves. They're at Peak Color around here, and for some reason, they are particularly spectacular this year.

But...It's RAINING!

Oh Well. I'm not going to worry about it.

Today's Psalm is about "worry" and what we do with it. Here's a little Borsch-Belt Story from years ago. (The Borsch-Belt doesn' even exist anymore, it's a bygone era)

A Borsch-Belt Comic used to tell this joke:

Two older women come across each other on the street after not seeing each other for many years. After their initial greetings, Sally asks Molly if she has any children.

Sally: "So...Any Children?"

Molly: No, unfortunately I have no children."

Sally: "No Children??? What do you do for worry?"

My Mother-in-Law (RIP), put great stock in worrying. It was as if Worry was in direct proportion to LOVE. Unfortunately the Worry went far beyond genuine concern for safety, health, or financial issues. It was a consuming, stifling Worry that blighted the relationship with her sons and their wives. It was so bad that my husband and I had to hide our motorcycle under the porch when she visited. We rode for over three years before she found out we even had one. Now, bear in mind, we were 19 when we married, but the Worry continued till we were in our 50s. I tried to sooth the worry with Comforting Words and Old-Testament Scriptures, but when that didn't help, I confess that I got annoyed at being treated like a child. I was a "dutiful daughter-in-law", but I never had a warm relationship because of the worry. Perhaps I could have done better, but there is not much I can do about it now. Sorry to confess such a sad story, but it does illustrate a point!

"Worry" is not an expression of Love. It is the opposite of Faith. Faith trusts that God sees every tear shed, and keeps a record of all our hurts. Faith sees the Invisible, hopes for the Impossible, believes the Unbelievable, and Trusts without Empirical Proof. With Faith, it is impossible to Worry, because "Worry" implies that God is not either willing or able to provide. The author of the Book of Hebrews tells us that "Without Faith, it is impossible to please God." (Hebrews 11:6). Jesus, in His Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6) tells us that WORRYING will not add a single second to our life span. (I might add that it can SHORTEN it though.) Many diseases are caused by Worry, including Hypertension, Gastrointestinal Diseases, Heart Failure, Paranoia, Hypochondria, and Depression. And that's only the impact it has on our Physical Being. The real damage is what Worry does to the Spirit.

Although "Worry" is not specifically listed as a sin in the Bible, it is implied many times. Right here in this Psalm, we are told to "Cast our cares (worries) upon HIM, because He cares for you."

So we can paraphrase Sally and Molly:

Sally: So, what do you do for worry?

Molly: I cast my cares upon the Lord, because He cares for ME!

Peace be unto you!

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

For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open. (Mark 4:22)

God Bless America.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[norsky]

Amen to your word, worry and concern, gotta keep it in balance. Good idea not to drive your bike on a rainy day, jus sayn yo.

[Big Red Badger]

“The Terrors of Death..”
.
T.S. Elliot-— The Hollow Men
‘The Horror,The Horror.’
.
But I Rejoice and Fear Not!
God Has Promised The Way to
Everlasting Peace in the Economy
Of His Grace !
God CANNOT Lie and I am held in His Embrace by His Son and Holy Spirit that I Hold Dearly in My Heart as Surety.

.
Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem

[left that other site]

“Concern” is OK...”Worry”, not so much. 🤗

[left that other site]

Wasn’t the line:

“The Horror, The Horror”

From “Heart of Darkness” by Conrad? Maybe TS Elliot said it too. I’ll look it up.

[left that other site]

Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

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

For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open. (Mark 4:22)

God Bless America.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[left that other site]

Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

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

For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open. (Mark 4:22)

God Bless America.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[etabeta]

A very Happy and Blessed Birthday, ML!
Joining in prayer. God bless.

[DarthVader]

Psalm 91

1 You who live in the shelter of the Most High,
who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,*
2 will say to the Lord, ‘My refuge and my fortress;
my God, in whom I trust.’
3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler
and from the deadly pestilence;
4 he will cover you with his pinions,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.
5 You will not fear the terror of the night,
or the arrow that flies by day,
6 or the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
or the destruction that wastes at noonday.

7 A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
8 You will only look with your eyes
and see the punishment of the wicked.

9 Because you have made the Lord your refuge,*
the Most High your dwelling-place,
10 no evil shall befall you,
no scourge come near your tent.

11 For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways.
12 On their hands they will bear you up,
so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread on the lion and the adder,
the young lion and the serpent you will trample under foot.

14 Those who love me, I will deliver;
I will protect those who know my name.
15 When they call to me, I will answer them;
I will be with them in trouble,
I will rescue them and honour them.
16 With long life I will satisfy them,
and show them my salvation.

[Big Red Badger]

You are correct.
.
The Hollow Men
T.S./Marion Brando
.
“Apocalypse NOW”-The Complete Dossier.
.
Marlon mixes His darkside with T.S. ——
Somewhat insightful.
The Prickly Pear is In Both renditions.
‘For Thine Is The Kingdom’ and ‘
‘The Horror the Horror’is Brando.
.
Thanks for checking.
Cheers!

[Big Red Badger]

Birthday!?!
You Don’t look a Day over 39!
.
Please Laugh

[left that other site]

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.

For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open. (Mark 4:22)

God Bless America.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[left that other site]

Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

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

For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open. (Mark 4:22)

God Bless America.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[left that other site]

It’s 74. Nearly Three quarters of a Century.

Males a girl THINK...(Marilyn Monroe)

[left that other site]

Marlon Brando got it from Conrad...”Apocalypse Now” was actually inspired by “Heart of Darkness”.

Both wrks were rather dark and apocalyptic though.

[redryder_90]

Amen

Worry is a tough one for me. It does cause heartache and digestive pain.

Praying helps.

[redryder_90]

Hey!
Happy Birthday to you!
Bummer about the ride. Hopefully you will be able to do something to celebrate anyway : )

[left that other site]

Praying helps.

It does indeed. I highly recommend it!🙏🏽

[left that other site]

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.

For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open. (Mark 4:22)

God Bless America.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS