Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

Our Father in Heaven
Hallowed be Your Most Holy Name!
We Worship You and You Alone. For You Alone Are Worthy
Of Glory, Honor, Worship and Praise!
Everlasting and Almighty God!
Abba, Father,
You Created The Family,
And designed This perfect Unit of Civilization.
We Pray For Families who are suffering strife,
Which could be caused by favoritism, jealousy, or other sins,
And we pray that You bring peace, integrity, and reconciliation.

We Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem,
According to Your Will and Promise.
We Pray For the People and Leaders of Israel,
that They Will Look to You for the Protection
and Prosperity of their Nation.
We Also Pray For Revival in our own Beloved USA.

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

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

We will have more about Jacob in the Bible to come, but for now let us look at Joseph, the first-born of Rachel, who was Jacob's one true love.

By this time Rachel had died while giving birth to Joseph's younger brother Benjamin, and Joseph was the obvious favorite of all the 12 brothers. perhaps it was because he was the first born of Rachel after years of infertility, or perhaps there were other reasons, but giving Joseph the "Ornate Robe " was a profound breach of cultural protocol. The robe was the symbol of authority in the family, and the ten older brothers could easily have interpreted this as an insult.

On top of that, we have Joseph merrily expounding upon some dreams he had which, even on the surface, could be very easily interpreted to mean that his whole family would be bowing down to HIM! Jacob had to admonish Joseph about his telling of his dreams, and maybe had recollections of his own twenty year exile from his estranged brother Esau which had resulted from family jealousy.

Added to this was Joseph's carrying bad reports about his brothers back to their father. That must have REALLY made him popular! Even if he was delegated to do so, they would have still seen him as a "snitch". Joseph had a lot of growing up to do, and he will, as we shall see.

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

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