Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem (5/13/24)[Prayer]

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The Names and Titles of God (The Author and Finisher of Our Faith)

Hebrews 12:2

2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

King James Version

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God Bless America.

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Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

Our Father,
Who Art in Heaven,
How Wonderful and Magnificent is Your Most Holy Name!
For You Alone Are Worthy,
you Alone Are Holy,
You Alone Are The Most High!
Omnipotent,
Omniscient,
And Omnipresent,
You Know The End from the Beginning
and the Beginning from the End.
We Bless Your Name and Thank You,
Most Gracious and Hallowed LORD,
For Your Holy Word,
While Sometimes difficult,
Is Always True and Mighty,
and Cuts to the Heart of Things like a Two Edged Sword!

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

[DarthVader]

Amen !!! <><

Psalm 76

To the leader: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.

1 In Judah God is known,
his name is great in Israel.
2 His abode has been established in Salem,
his dwelling-place in Zion.
3 There he broke the flashing arrows,
the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war.
Selah

4 Glorious are you, more majestic
than the everlasting mountains.*
5 The stout-hearted were stripped of their spoil;
they sank into sleep;
none of the troops
was able to lift a hand.
6 At your rebuke, O God of Jacob,
both rider and horse lay stunned.

7 But you indeed are awesome!
Who can stand before you
when once your anger is roused?
8 From the heavens you uttered judgement;
the earth feared and was still
9 when God rose up to establish judgement,
to save all the oppressed of the earth.
Selah

10 Human wrath serves only to praise you,
when you bind the last bit of your* wrath around you.
11 Make vows to the Lord your God, and perform them;
let all who are around him bring gifts
to the one who is awesome,
12 who cuts off the spirit of princes,
who inspires fear in the kings of the earth.

[Maudeen]

AMEN!

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Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

The Names and Titles of God (The Author and Finisher of Our Faith)

Hebrews 12:2

2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

King James Version

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My Mom loved to read. She especially liked stories that took place in Boston, during the 50's and 60's, which she knew best. She read every book written by Dennis Lehane that she could get her hands on. She loved all of them except for on, titled Shutter Island. Her contention was that the plot twist at the end was abrupt and seemed like the author didn't know how to end the book. (I will not go further on this to avoid writing a SPOILER).

My Sister had an opportunity to ask the author about this during a writing seminar. Lehane assured her that he knew exactly what he intended to write, and had made a detailed outline before even beginning to write the book. I have since read the book, and have seen the movie as well, and while I understand why Mom didn't like it, I could see what Lehane did with the plot. It was a genre of novel called a "Psychological Thriller", and the ending did make sense in that context. I guess Mom was into straight murder mysteries rather than "Psycho-Thrillers".

My other sister and I were bemoaning the impossibility of discarding old computers. I still have several computers in my closet, full of Musical Notation, Songwriting Experiments, four music books I have written, old recital programs, and other stuff I will never use again. Unfortunately, there is a lot of personal data in those computers as well, so I don't want to just throw them away. I suppose I could take the hard drives out into the driveway and smash them with a hammer, but that would require the strength and energy of Hercules.

My sister commiserated. "I've started TWO novels," she said, "And they are sitting in that laptop at the bottom of the bedroom closet. The Laptop is so broken it won't even turn on!"

When I suggested she take the laptop to a shop to have the data extracted, she said that, even if she got the novels back, she wouldn't know how to tie up the loose ends and finish them. I suggested the "Hammer Method". Mobile Homes do not have the storage space to accommodate dead computers!

I know what it is like to start something and not be able to finish it. I started writing a Christmas Cantata about 30 years ago, long before I had a computer to write out the parts. I did manage to have it performed in 1987, but it was too short. When I got a computer that could write musical notation, that made it easier, but I never did finish it. THAT is just one of the things sitting in a old PC with Windows 7, at the bottom of my ONLY Closet.

When there is always new stuff to write, why go back and tinker with the old stuff? Bach wrote over 250 Cantatas in four years, and did it all BY HAND. Plus, he was the Director of Music for four churches, gave his wife piano lessons, and fathered 20+ kids. (sigh). Many of us can be authors. The trick is to be a "Finisher".

Today's Name for Jesus is "The Author and Finisher of Our Faith". This not only says that He is The Beginning and The End, The Alpha and the Omega, The First and the Last, or, as stated in the First Line of Genesis, The Aleph-Tav. It also says that He, who began a good work in you (and me) will persevere with you to the end. He will not leave or forsake you. He will not abandon you, like an unfinished novel in a broken laptop at the bottom of the closet. He will not give up on you. He is the Author, AND the Finisher.

Even if sometimes, we get a few surprises and plot twists, He will perfect a Good Work in you to the very end.

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

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Thank You, DarthVader, For Your Prayers and Wonderful Psalm 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

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Thank You, Maudeen, 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]

All my prayers, always, for the Peace of Jerusalem and the World. God bless.

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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

[redryder_90]

Amen

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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

[Hiskid]

Amen. Great story and lesson, as usual. Thank you.

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Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

Thank You, Hiskid, 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

[NEWwoman]

Amen, left that other site

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

[Kitty Mittens]

We Bless Your Name and Thank You,
Most Gracious and Hallowed LORD,
For Your Holy Word,
While Sometimes difficult,
Is Always True and Mighty,
and Cuts to the Heart of Things like a Two Edged Sword!

Amen to your Beautiful, Power-Filled Prayer, Dear Servant of our King.
Joining you in Thanksgiving, Prayer, and Praise.

[Jeanbl]

AMEN and AMEN, thank you. Joining in prayer.

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Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

Thank You, NEWwoman, 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

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Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

Thank You, Kitty Mittens, 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

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Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

Thank You, Jeanbl, 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