 Good morning. Welcome to morning forever. So glad you're joining us those of you who are here in the room and As well as those who are joining us online. Would you say good morning? And it is a good morning It's a good morning because his mercies are new every morning. So this morning this Monday We awaken to the goodness of our father Strong the Almighty the great I am the merciful powerful Loving father the one who has everything in his hand And so we can rest assured that his mercies when he promises us mercies when he promises us his presence That he's faithful This morning. I want to draw your attention to Psalm 100 So even if you're at home this morning, I want to encourage you to grab your Bibles Grab a journal your pen have that with you And let's really just bring in to focus our hearts on this beautiful God that we're here to worship Psalm 100 says make a joyful noise to the Lord all the earth Serve the Lord with gladness Come into his presence with singing Know that the Lord he is God. It is he who made us and we are his We're his people and the sheep of his pastor Enter his gates with Thanksgiving and Into his courts with praise Give thanks to his name and bless his name for the Lord is good and His steadfast love endures forever and his faithfulness to all generations This is the promise that we have of who God is and the invitation That he gives us To draw near to him He gives us the master key the master key to enter into his presence and actually to have access to the Royal courtroom of heaven. He says it's Thanksgiving It's Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is not natural. It's supernatural Criticism fear anxiety Putting our focus on trying to control circumstances. That's natural but being able to stand in the midst of storms Uncertainty to be able to take our eyes off our situation in circumstances and take our hands off And to give up control and instead to lift up our hands and to lift up our gaze and to allow our hearts to enter into An awareness and a focus on him And I'll let Thanksgiving and songs Rise up out of the deepest place of who we are before him That becomes the master key that throws open the door To the presence of our God this morning, so we're going to begin this first Portion this first cycle of our prayer time together with just Thanksgiving The devil wants your eyes on other things today the most revolutionary Rebellious thing you can do against the enemy is to say not today today My gaze my focus my attention belongs to the one who seeded on the throne So wherever you're at at home, even in the car this morning at work in the prayer room here in your church sanctuary Let's just lift up hands. Let's lift up our eyes and let's lift up our songs Out of the innermost depths of who we are just say the word. Thank you Let thankfulness let Gratitude let let your lips Say these words. Thank you father For always being good. Thank you For the invitation to draw near to you today father. We say thank you For your mercies Every day we say thank you glory to the righteous one Let's just let's spend the next few moments Letting our heart get caught up being a God who's limited to the finite imaginations of the Very ones you created, but Lord we're worshiping you the transcended The one that's high above the heavens The one whose ways are beyond our ways The one who holds the universe in your hand the one who stretches out the expanse of time and light the universe Stand outside of it all and you look into it all and you are above it all wrong so wise So powerful so infinite so transcendent, but yet so close So close to us Well, you're also the God who stepped into history. You're the God who has spoken through the prophets You're the God who is dwelt among us because the longing the deep desire of your heart Is that we would be your people and you would be our God deepest longing of your heart is that You would dwell with us In the midst of us Lord today, we just remind our hearts even as we're singing about an awesome God Even as we're giving you thanksgiving we want to remind our hearts To be formed to be fashioned By the reality of who David said in Psalm 27 This is the one thing I desire and this is the one thing I ask for that I might Dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life to gaze upon your beauty And to inquire of the Lord you want a heart that gazes at you doesn't glimpse Doesn't see you just in the peripheral vision when our eyes are focused on other things The Lord we want our pupils squarely fixed on you the affections And the intentions of our entire being Meditating looking upon you beholding you in your glory going into fashion Form us steadying us Psalm 27 David said the Lord is my light of my salvation whom shall I fear the Lord? The Lord is the stronghold of my life of whom shall I be afraid? The thousands rise up against me I find my confidence in you Lord today. I'm praying that as we behold you father that confidence Courage and overwhelm our hearts Jesus. We behold you lamb of God and who seated on the throne the one the universe The water's throne is exotic the angels and the saints cannot You for even a moment from saying holy I just want you to behold him this morning settle your heart Fix your eyes on Jesus There's nothing worth more. There's nothing worth Worthy of giving our attention to then to fix our eyes on this glorious exalted one We join with heaven Fixing our gaze upon the enthroned one Him who sits on the throne and onto the lamb be glory and honor and power Dominion and might and blessing forever and ever and ever Well, let's continue to just exalt him or worship him Let our hearts align with our eyes Let our song align with what our spirit is seeing what our soul is fixed upon Wonderful save ends its security and you Jesus shepherd of our soul Besides still waters and the green pastures You prepare a table for us even in the presence of my enemies Your rod and your staff they comfort us Surely goodness and mercy Follow us all the days of our lives because you are holding every place that you're at today Peace of God just encompasses In a world of anxiety in a world of stress We just breathe in deeply the peace that comes That's the natural habitat of your throne room The joy the righteousness the peace This is the king draw your attention to Psalm two We're going to shift into a different focus of this prayer cycle this morning And so I want you to have your the bible open as we're praying on a psalm chapter two And a little bit later We're going to go back into a time of worship worship is a an act Of worship singing is an act of worship But it's also an act of war It's also a declaration of the victory That we're about to lean into and declare and pray Psalm two is a prophetic chapter It's a chapter that right now, especially as we see what's taking place on the world scene Attacks that are hovering over israel and make no mistake about it even In the coming days and in the coming weeks as we begin to see This thing unfold in a greater fashion We need to constantly be reminded that we're engaged In a spiritual battle that's Manifesting itself in a natural reality Psalm two though So important it says why do the nations rage? And the people's plot in vain The kings of the earth set themselves in the ruler state council together against the lord And against his anointed sang Let us burst off their bonds Apart and cast away their cords from us Verse four says he who sits in the heavens laughs And the lord holds them in derision Then he will speak to them in his wrath and terrify them in his fury saying as for me I have set my king on Zion my holy hill Today we're just praying Specifically over the nation of israel this context is solved to prophetic context So we're going to pray and we're going to intercede today as isaac 62 purposes and the intentions And the promises of god over the people of israel today So father today we come before you with your word that you've already seen this moment in history Confident that even though the nations are raging even though the Surrounding nations and the powers and authority structures around israel Are raging with violence anger and terror An accusation and slander Even though they're plotting their strategies and their attacks And their conspiracies against The holy elect people of israel today. We know that you are the king over it all Lord, we can ask the question why is this happening? But today we stand in the confidence of who is in control The lord you are the one who's in control And that you sit in the heavens today and you laugh Because their plans will come to nothing you laugh because You're the one seated on the throne. You're the one Who has the rod of discipline in your hands And so today lord, we join our hearts today in lament and in intercession As a solemn assembly of intercessors Praying for the people placed back in the land and you are dealing with even in this current hour Hearts be sober minded today And fully awake lord, we do not want to be like those who have fallen asleep In one of the most significant pivotal moments in history We don't want to be those who've been lulled to sleep By the satanic lullaby of indifference and apathy Lord, we don't want our hearts to become twisted and cold By the voices of this age And by the opinions of the prognosticators and the News media but lord today we zoom our hearts in with your eternal purpose And your prophetic timeline And what you are doing in the earth right now That even michael the ancient archangel who's the guardian over the people of israel lord is shifting heavenly armies Lord, we join our hearts in with the heavenly agenda And we say lord be a shield around israel Be a shield around your people In the name of jesus Father respond to the rage Respond to the rage of the nations that would try to destroy under demonic Inspiration the people that you have marked out and promised to abraham isaac and jacob not only to possess the land But that they would receive the inheritance Of salvation and be a blessing to the nations of the earth god This is so much bigger than just the people living in a nation in the middle east This is about your eternal purposes This is about the covenant that you cut with abraham So that all of the nations of the earth would not be lost and perish, but that they would be saved So we stand with you right now against the raging machine Against the war machines and against the legions of hell And we stand in the gap For the people in the nation of israel right now in jesus name The satanic inspiration that's plotting conspiracies and attacks and even Conversations that are being had right now that we're not privy to and surrounding nations Lord we're not unaware That there's confederations of nations that hate the people of israel and hate the jewish people with an ancient hatred Lord whether they be in Gaza or the west bank or whether they be in syria and lebanon In turkey in iran Or even other nations today father. We're praying that you would bring their plots to nothing That you would bring their conspiracies to nothing That even though they take counsel together And even without knowing it or knowingly they're taking counsel together with Spiritual principalities and powers from ancient times of persia And grace and surrounding areas that have hated the covenants of god And hated the prophetic purposes and timeline that lord you have established In your time to bring this age to the fullness and completion And to redeem the jewish people and to establish the mess Messiah's throne in jerusalem Lord this is the plot so much bigger than the cnn news cycle It's a biblical prophecy cycle It's bringing your kingdom to the earth And all of the resistance lord we stand in the gap and stand on the wall And we declare that only the purposes of god over israel shall come to pass Only those things only the fire that you allow will they pass through Not a moment more and not a single thing more be the gentiles church stand today For the redemption of the people of israel That in this darkest moment lord with their eyes be open In this moment with their heads be lifted up With the psalms resonate in their hearts they say who am i of heaven but you There is nothing on earth i desire but you My heart and my mind many times they fail but this is the one truth God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever lord you are israel's portion You are their great defender their protector you made a way through the red sea You made a way through the exile You sent messiah We're praying father for a spirit of mercy A spirit of grace And supplication right now to open up over the nation and the people of israel And even now to open up over gaza and over lebanon that even in this moment They would see Jesus as The one that you've set on your holy hill Your king your rightful king and rightful ruler Lord be a shield of fire around them Protect them and your promises we pray in jesus name just over the nations of the earth are saying We're gonna resist God's anointed one and god's messiah. We're gonna burst off The cords and the restraints of god's law and god's word. We're gonna shake the nations We're gonna turn them into prison camps And enslave people in sin and darkness Lord even while they're saying that we hear you laughing Saying it's too late I've already set mine on in one on the throne And you've said to him Ask of me and I will give you the nations for your inheritance Jesus the nations belong to you And even while the enemy's raging We're praying for a sober spirit to be released upon your church in this hour That we would recognize the prophetic moment we're living in And that there would rise up within your church on every continent of this planet A prophetic sobriety An urgency to see you receive the inheritance Of souls from the nations of the earth Lord that there would be a motivation And that we would fulfill in this generation the great commission While the enemy's trying to lock down the nations Lord let the church rise up to set them free Let the church rise up with good news in our mouths Announcing peace proclaiming news of joy and righteousness our god reigns Our god reigns let the gospel of peace Shatter the enemy Just like Romans 16 says now may the god of peace crush Satan underneath your feet Lord as the church goes forth The enemy and every serpent and every demonic power is tripled under the feet of an active mobilized church We're praying right now in this generation We would not just see darkness rise, but we would see the church rise And we would see the gospel go forward into every nation on the face of the earth We're praying it right here in america. We're praying for it in the middle east We're praying for it in africa and in europe and asian australia and central and south america That the gospel would go forth that you would receive the rewards And the inheritance that belongs to you jesus the ends of the earth That the gospel go to the ends of the earth we print the next few moments and we're going to go back and do a time of worship Shouts of victory are always done after the war has been won. The good news is We're not fighting for victory. We're fighting from victory Jesus has already won the victory Jesus has already defeated the enemy. Jesus has already won the battle And so we're going to worship and we're just going to finish by declaring our god reigns Jesus you Have won it all you're glorious awesome Come on all wherever you're at. I want you to just right now with your own words just Tell him lord the victorious one glorious one Jesus beautiful glorious wonderful Victorious in battle mighty mighty god Come on lift up your voices The devil hates to hear the sound of praise But the throne room loves the sound of the redeemed even more than the sound of angels the voice of the redeemed glorify his name glorify the name of jesus Honor and glory and wisdom and dominion of might we join with the worship service of heaven Aids and angels majesty Stop lift up your voices Jesus you stand alone to receive All the honor and alms will come and worship Bow their knee before you he's the son of david enemies your footstool will be written holy is the lord Lord write it on our hearts today Like you wrote it on the headplate of every priest holy unto the lord Lord today, would you write that on our hearts set us apart? It's watchmen intercessors Priests and kings before you That walk with the ephod of your presence And give off the fragrance of life and hope Faith today We pray in jesus name We want to thank you for joining us from home and invite you Today to join us tonight noon today and then tonight at 6 30 p.m A special highlight on tuesday nights You may or may not know this but we have a citywide prayer meeting That happens here in the evening at 6 30 p.m. And we have worship leaders and intercessors from multiple different churches in our city We join together something powerful about uniting together across even church denominational lines And so maybe mark that out and sometime this week We want to invite you to come and be a part of an in-person prayer meeting 8 a.m. Noon 6 30 p.m. If you're here in the room We're going to shift gears into a devotional set. You're welcome to stay if you're leaving We're just going to ask that you leave in a posture of prayer Hold conversations till we get outside. Thank you so much for being here