Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

My denim jacket has run out of space. There is no longer any room for any more patches, pins, or "colors". There are 10 years of "HOG (Harley Owners Group) patches, Ten Years of "Ladies of Harley" Patches, A patch from every National Park I have visited, A Patch for Gettysburg, Antietam, Fredricksburg, Chancellorsville, Jamestown, Yorktown, Pearl Harbor, Volcanoes National Park, Nine Years of Rolling Thunder Patches, and several Native American Beadwork Patches from friends and relatives. We also have patches that are Memorials to loved ones who have died.

When I received my "Colors" for the Motorcycle Ministry, I had to get a brand-new leather vest for my new patches because there was no more room on my jacket. Unlike a racecar driver, who gets paid for wearing patches, a biker's patches cost something. Anyone wearing patches that he or she did not "earn" could get into big trouble. That's why bars and restaurants sometimes have a sign on the door "NO PATCHES OR COLORS ". They don't want trouble to break out in their establishment. In any case, what one wears or what one carries is very much a definition of that person. Why would anyone want to advertise something that they are NOT?

Moses had once been a Prince of Egypt. He received 40 years of the finest education Egypt could offer. He may have even been schooled in the occult practices of Egyptian Religion, and knew what all the symbols meant. In Egyptian Hieroglyphics, the snake, the scepter, the Nile, the Speaking Mouth, and other designs were not only phonetic symbols like our own alphabet, but also considered magical. When God prepared Moses for the task ahead, He chose things that would have meaning to Pharaoh. Moses staff turned into a snake. Moses picks it up and it becomes a staff again. Moses hand becomes leprous and then is healed. Moses' staff can turn the Nile into blood and back into fresh water again. Moses has his Brother Aaron as his "Speaking Mouth". None of this would be lost on Pharaoh.

With the Shepherd's Staff, God is judging the gods and superstitions of Egypt. By carrying the staff, Moses is, in effect, showing his "colors". He is a Shepherd. Moses spent 40 years as a Shepherd, the same number of years he studied in Egypt. However, his Shepherd's Staff will be a "Scepter" as it is used to Judge Pharaoh and his fake gods, and then to Shepherd the People for yet another 40 years.

Like a flag proudly held aloft in battle, the staff will be used to bring the Plagues upon Egypt, Part the Red Sea, Bud and Blossom to show Authority, and reach the Promised Land. Moses is no longer a Prince of Egypt, but a Shepherd carrying the "Colors".

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.

This Symbol Represents Christians in The Middle East, who desperately need our Prayers.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

My prayers always. God bless.

Hallelujah and Amen

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

_ ND Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.

And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.

And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:

That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.

And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.

And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.

And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.

And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

And he said, O my LORD, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.

And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.

And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.

And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.

17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.

18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

19 And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.

20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.

21 And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:

23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.

24 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.

25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.

26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.

27 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.

28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.

29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:

30 And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.

31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

______________________________________ Exodus 4:1-31 (KJV)

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

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."

Interesting discussion, left that other site, about all the meaning of the staff and its symbols.

One of my former pastors in California rode a Harley and played the bagpipes.

Joining in prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem and for our beloved America.

How about turning your jacket inside out? LOL