Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

Our Father In Heaven,
Hallowed be Your Most Holy and Wonderful Name!
For Your Alone Are Worthy of Our Devotion,
For You Alone Are LORD,
You Alone Are the True God of The Universe!
The Earth is Yours
And The Fullness thereof
You Control the Wind and The Rain
You Create a Lovely Spring Day
Or a Mighty Tempest.
Where can we run?
For When I Go to sleep at night, You are with me.
When I awake in the morning, You Are There.
You know my going out and my coming in.
You count every hair of my head,
And You keep all my tears in a bottle as a remembrance.

Abba Father,
When You give us a task,
Let us not flee from it.
Even if we don't particularly want to do it!
And teach us to love all whom You have created,
Even those who are wicked and vile.
For we were all once as they are,
Until You, in Your mercy,
Snatched us out as a burning coal from a fire.

LORD,We Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem.
We pray for peace to flow like Living Water
From the One True Rock and Redeemer.
Like Cool Refreshing Water
From the Stricken Rock in the Desert,
Refresh Your People Israel,
And give them rest from their enemies,
who press in from all sides.
Be a Fresh Blue Oasis for Them
in the midst of a harsh dry Wilderness
That threatens to crush them from every angle.

We Pray For the Leaders of Our own Beloved USA
May They Receive Wisdom from You
to do the Right Thing.

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

ML/LTOS
(El Kabong)

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

Today we start the Book of Jonah. It is MUCH more than just a "Fish Story".

Jonah is given the task of preaching to Nineveh (Present Day Mosul, Iraq), but because it is such a disgusting place, filled with idolatry and sin, Jonah does NOT want to go. So he thinks he can run away from God, and boards a ship to Tarshish.

The huge storm that God sends to Jonah affects everyone on the ship. All of their lives are in danger because of Jonah's disobedience. Everyone prays to his own "god", but the storm only gets worse! When they finally discover that Jonah is the reason for the storm, it gives Jonah the opportunity to share the One True God with the sailors. Notice that this witness is enough to get everyone on board to offer prayer and sacrifices to the God of the Hebrews, after throwing Jonah over the side, of course!

Notice also that God PREPARED a great fish to swallow Jonah. It wasn't just a passing whale that wanted a snack! This verse implies that God miraculously made the fish into a place where Jonah could sit and think about his sin for three days!

The Story of Jonah is not a myth. Those who have faith that the Creator is Almighty, have no problem believing that He could "Prepare a great fish" to be a virtual tomb to bring about Jonah's repentance.

Jesus of Nazareth believed the story, and used it as an analogy to describe His coming Death and Resurrection.

Come and Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our Suffering Brothers and Sisters, and For Our Beloved Nation.

Blessings to All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer

ML/LTOS
(El Kabong)

Amen!! Thank you ML!!

Joining in Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem!

Praying for Israel and America

Amen

The Story of Jonah as Told by The Cutest Little Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4VrujheblY&context=C4c37a3cADvjVQa1PpcFOAaoCgrhkuNEC_NqpdmojfxpgMPano-3M=

Amen.