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Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

The Shared Meal




(New Testament)

John 17

Jesus Prays to Be Glorified

17 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed:

“Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. 2 For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. 3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 4 I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

6 “I have revealed you[a] to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. 7 Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. 8 For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. 9 I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. 10 All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. 11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of[b] your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one. 12 While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by[c] that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.

13 “I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. 14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17 Sanctify them by[d] the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. 19 For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.

Jesus Prays for All Believers

20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— 23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

24 “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

25 “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. 26 I have made you[e] known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.”

Footnotes:

1. John 17:6 Greek your name
2. John 17:11 Or Father, keep them faithful to
3. John 17:12 Or kept them faithful to
4. John 17:17 Or them to live in accordance with
5. John 17:26 Greek your name

(End of Scripture Passage)



As Jesus prays to His Father for the unity of all Believers, His Disciples must have been frozen in awed silence. I know I was, the first time I read this chapter, nearly 40 years ago.

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Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

How Wonderful You Are, Dear Father!
How Glorious and Mighty!
Yet Your Mercies Endure Forever,
From Everlasting to Everlasting.
How delightful it is To Praise and Worship You,
For You Alone Are Worthy of Our Adoration!

The Earth is Yours,
And The Fullness Thereof,
The Universe in All Its Vast Expanse,
And Even the Tiny Things We Can't see With Our Eyes.
The Molecules and The Atoms,
Even The Quarks and Neutrinos are ALL Your Invention!
You Are the Strong Force that Holds it All Together,
And You Are The Great Designer,
The Exquisite Artist,
The All in All,
The Eternal Ancient of Days,
And Your Mercies Endure Forever!

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 Leaders of Our Nation,
May They Be Inspired and Led By You,
And Please Guide Them in All Things.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

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Dorchester High School For Girls had a dilemma. The graduation was supposed to take place on June 6th, 1941 in Boston's Beautiful and Historic Symphony Hall, but the news of D-Day had so captivated everybody that the Hall was still a total mess from the Boston Pops Concert the night before. Cafe tables and chairs filled the audience floor, along with the wine bottles, glasses, dirty dishes, and crumpled napkins everywhere. The graduation took place downtown at another historic building, Tremont Temple, and everybody was so distracted that it wasn't till weeks later that a major spelling error was noticed on the Diplomas.

Every generation has events that stand out as great dividing points in time for them. For my parents, it was the Attack on Pearl Harbor and D-Day. They counted time from "Before The War" to "After The War", and Pearl Harbor was the pivot point. It was so much ingrained into their speech patterns that the title of my first musical that I produced in High School was "After The War", which had nothing to do with WW2. Everybody of that generation knew EXACTLY where they were and what they were doing when they heard of the Attack on Pearl Harbor.

For my generation, it was November 22, 1963. I remember exactly where I was when I heard the news, and for decades, it was the way I counted time. ("Oh, that was BEFORE 11/22/63" or "That was 10 years after 11/22/63" etc).

Now, of course we remember September 11th 2001 in the same way. I will bet everyone reading this can share EXACTLY where they were, what they were doing, and what they felt as they watched the ACT OF TERROR unfold.

Now, you may ask, what does this have to do with today's reading? Well, I will tell you.

On October 18th 1981, I gave my life to Jesus, and was given my very first Bible. It was an inexpensive soft-bound fake leather pew-sized New American Standard Bible that list priced at $7.95. I started reading The Gospel of John in my dining room which had blue denim vinyl wallpaper (so seventies!) and I remember that I happened to be facing East towards the Boston Skyline which was visible though my back windows, as I was on a high hill. I read and read and suddenly hit Chapter 17. I read it...stopped, read it again, and then read it a third time. Then I just froze. I sat there, frozen in awe and worship for a long time. It is a moment in time, that for me, will last forever.

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

"The counsel of the LORD stands forever, The plans of His heart from generation to generation. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance..” Psalm 33 NASB

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

[Silentgypsy]

Amen and thank you.

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Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

Thank You, Silentgypsy, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

"The counsel of the LORD stands forever, The plans of His heart from generation to generation. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance..” Psalm 33 NASB

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

[etabeta]

Amen! My prayer for peace, alway. God bless.

[Hiskid]

Oh! Happy Day! We all remember where we were when we were born again,too, don’t we?

Amen.

[Jeanbl]

From Glory to Glory in Christ, to Him be the GLORY forever. Together. Thank You Jesus.

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Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

Thank You, Etabeta, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

"The counsel of the LORD stands forever, The plans of His heart from generation to generation. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance..” Psalm 33 NASB

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

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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.

"The counsel of the LORD stands forever, The plans of His heart from generation to generation. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance..” Psalm 33 NASB

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

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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.

"The counsel of the LORD stands forever, The plans of His heart from generation to generation. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance..” Psalm 33 NASB

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

[onedoug]

1944?

Blessed Day.

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Of course. 1944. I messed up, because yesterday's post was about the 1941 Red Sox. I am surprised you are the only one who noticed! Thank You! (hangs head in shame)

(If Mom had graduated High School in 1941, she would have only been 15!)

[onedoug]

I’ve made some much more embarrassing errors that that.

Love you daily musings. Please, keep them up.

God’s Grace to You and Yours....

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Thanks, onedoug! :-)