Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

Before the War, Oskar Schindler was an avid motorcyclist. He enjoyed the racing circuit in Europe, and liked to tinker with bikes in his garage. Of course, the rise of the Nazis changed all that, and Oskar found himself managing a factory that produced metal mess-kits and accoutrements for the war effort. Oskar's "employees" were Jews, rounded up for slave labor by the evil regime.

A transformation came over Oskar during this time, and he began to rescue his workers by making fake papers and arrangements for their escape. The story was chronicled in Thomas Kenneally's book and Steven Spielberg's movie "Schindler's List".

Kenneally's book tells of an incident that the movie ignored, so I will share it here.

In the waning days of the War, the Nazis were trying to hide the evidence of their atrocities by slaughtering their prisoners and covering up. A group of SS on motorcycles pulled up to Schindler's factory to do this. With more than a hundred Jewish People just behind the wall, Oskar engaged the SS in what we bikers call "scooter-talk", chatting about their bikes, telling stories, and comparing notes. After giving the SS fresh food and petrol, they were on their way, and "Schindler's Jews" were able to breathe a collective sigh of relief.

We may think that the Apostles in the Book of Acts were in a unique situation, as their Faith was considered against the law. In our modern society, we don't ever expect our religion to come into conflict with the Law of the Land. Good people raised in a Judeo-Christian environment don't have to worry...or do we?

Peter was being faced with a real dilemma. He loved his people and his nation, and had profound respect for the rulers of his religion, but he had to stand for Truth, no matter what.

And we know, that the day of Pentecost and the infilling of the Holy Spirit was what changed him.

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

Daily prayers and enjoying your thoughts. God bless.

Loved Schindler’s List. And you’re right, there are so many other stories in the book. Enough to make a couple more movies.

Joining in prayer, left that other site, for Israel, our beloved America, and all God’s people.

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH FOR
THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM!
And for the Preservation of the Valiant
Israeli Nation!

"Apostles Peter and John"
Pieter Aertsen (1575)

_ ND as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,

Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.

Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,

And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.

And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;

Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.

This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.

And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.

But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.

For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.

For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.

_____________________________________________Acts 4:1-22 (KJV)

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH For ML In This Time Of Tribulation.

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH For the Repose of the Soul of ML's Mom.

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH For A Rapid Recovery For Our Own Yorkie.

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH For A Rapid Recovery For Our FRiend Uri'el2012.

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH For The Safety Of Our Gallant Troops And For The Success Of Their Vital Mission.

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH For The Repose Of The Souls Of Our Embassy Staff In Libya Who Were Assassinated 11 September 2012.

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH For The Deliverance Of Our Beloved Nation From The Lion’s Mouth.

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH For Our Brethren Of All Faiths Throughout The World Suffering Persecution.
We pray in particular on behalf of our brothers and sisters in Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Libya and throughout the Mideast. The members of the oldest of our Christian Communities, some of which date from the days of the Apostles, suffer under cruel, merciless and unrelenting persecution. They are Orthodox and Catholic, Protestant and Evangelical, Coptic, Pentecostal, and Baptist. To the persecutors, we are all "Nazarenes."

Oh yes...praying. Praying for the Peace of Jerusalem, for our families, our dear friends and their families, our persecuted and imprisoned brothers and sisters, for our nations.