 Hey welcome to morning prayer from the Radiant City Center. We are continuing our 21 days of prayer for unity in our city that Pastor Jeff Port has, Pastor Centerpoint has invited us into. It's been awesome. I want to start out a Psalm 133 which I just, I know we've said it a bunch, but I love the tie. I mean in the the songs of ascent you have Psalm 132 which is David's vow to not give sleep to his eyes or slumber to his eyelids until he finds a resting place for the Lord and is anointed and and then Psalm 133 is unity in the city and unity of the brethren praying together and so I just want to pray that and just read that as we enter into worship this morning. Psalm 133 says behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity it's like the precious oil upon the head running down the running down on the beard the beard of Aaron running down on the edge of his garments it's like the dew of hermit descending upon the mountains of Zion for there the Lord commanded the blessing life forevermore let's go ahead and approach the throne of grace together with thanksgiving Lord we thank you just for what you're doing in this city with prayer and with unity Lord I thank you just even for this initiative from from pastor Jeffport and just the statement of pastors and leaders in our city that are praying and contending and crying out to see a unified church but I thank you that even in the midst of persecution just beginning the birthpayings of persecution in our culture Lord that you are not on your throne trembling or nervous but you are sitting in the heavens and you are laughing at the plans of the enemy you are laughing you are laughing at the spirit of the age because you have a secret weapon called the unified church you have a secret weapon called praying and worshiping churches joining together the rebuilding and restoration of the tabernacle of David and so Lord we approach your throne of grace this morning with thanksgiving for the hour that we live in Lord thank you that you've planted us God in 2023 Lord that you picked this time for us to be alive the hour that we get to see the global outpouring of your spirit Lord the hour of the rebuilding of the tabernacle of David Lord the hour where you bring unity to your church Lord we're thankful for the hour we get to live in Lord we offer ourselves before you this morning is living sacrifices Lord stones that are being carved out and built into the temple of God let's just begin offering our thanks before him this morning just begin to offer the the fruit of your lips thanksgiving to Jesus let's just begin offer it up praises of thanksgiving wake up your spirit wake up your soul understanding this is how we enter the gate holy spirit come and move flow through this place like a mighty rushing wind like flaming tongues of fire like oil running down the beard of air receive honor worthy are you jesus of a unified bride i don't invite you to turn in your bibles to john 17 starting in verse 20 jesus ends his upper room discourse and just leads to a place of intercession in john seven the great high priestly intercession of jesus so precious and so potent that jesus had to leave before this great prayer that jesus prays for the church john 17 20 i do not pray for these alone but also those who will believe in me through their word that they all may be one as you father are in me and i and you that they also may be one in us that the world may believe that you sent me and the glory which you gave me i have given them that they may be one just as we are one i and them and you and me that they may be perfect in one and that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them as you have loved me father i desire that they also whom you gave me maybe with me where i am that they may be hold my glory which you have given me for you loved me before the foundations of the world oh righteous father the world has not known you but i have known you and these have known that you sent me and i have declared to them your name and i will declare it that the love with which you love me may be in them and i in them lord we lift before you the church kalamazoo lord and we remember and we repeat we meditate on and we declare this great prayer of jesus our high priest who desired the church to have the same unity that the godhead shares or the same unity that exists between the son the spirit and the father or this is your desire for the church that we would walk in that same unity or different expressions but lord marked by your glory that jesus put in us and we thank you for your wisdom that is so unsearchable lord that you do not place all of your glory in one individual church but you place your glory different aspects and dimensions on different bodies lord that we might as a unified church all bear the image of god and be prepared as a bride who's filled with glory and so lord we remember your prayer and your cry lord this intercessory prayer that you prayed before you went to the cross lord this was the joy set before you why you endured the cross lord it wasn't just us individually but it was your ecclesia lord it was your gathering of churches lord that you had in your heart and in your mind that they would glorify god through what they how they walk and so lord we just pray for for unity in this city lord we ask for unity of churches god we thank you for what you're already doing lord this call from center point to unify in prayer lord i ask lord that your church in this city would not unify around the lowest common denominator lord the the most watered-down thing that we can all agree on we're not just looking for theological agreement lord but we want unity of the spirit unity of heart with one mind and one mouth we would glorify Jesus together lord i just ask that that kalamazoo would be known as a city that worships and prays that kalamazoo when people would think of kalamazoo they would think of a unified bride that worships and prays or different congregations one church different congregations lord one praying and worshiping church so lord we ask for unity in the body of christ lord i ask that you would gather your praying churches god i asked that you would put on the hearts of pastors and worship pastors and worship leaders and those lord to build the house of prayer lord to build praying churches in this city lord i thank you for what you've already started lord i ask for a river of unity and us and lord we would be in you lord that it would be a great unity that happens in this city lord we just ask that you would reach across denominational lines lord racial lines lord differences of opinions lord and that you would bring and rally a unified church to pray together in the name of jesus for revival in the church of kalamazoo lord that you would revive us according to your word lord that we would repent that times of refreshing might come from your presence lord we thank you for what you started for the asbury lord we thank you for the whispers of revival the fires that are beginning to be started lord we ask for the church of kalamazoo for revival lord we lift we just look in faith lord we remember just during the second grade awakening lord when the five denominations that were downtown in kalamazoo joined together and prayed and you poured out your spirit lord and hundreds of souls were saved in a few week period as the church unified together in prayer you poured out a spirit of revival lord and there were salvation saved lord here we are we're in the same downtown location lord our feet are planted lord within probably hundreds of yards of where that church gathered and prayed during the second grade awakening when you poured out your spirit and we say why not do it again lord why not redig the wells of revival lord of a praying church where you pour out your spirit that turns into an axe to spilling out into the streets lord you said that there is prayer in my house there would be praise in the streets and lord this is what we long to see prayer unified in your house that spills out into the streets of kalamazoo lord we thank you for the prophetic words of the rivers of healing that we're going to be released from this city lord when the church comes together in unity and prayer or there would be a great healing movement and a great healing revival that is released lord we stand and we ask you to remember those promises or we ask you to remember what you did during the second grade awakening in this very city or we ask you to remember the wells of revival that have already been dug and lord we redig those wells and we say spring up oh well spring up oh well lord that the streets of kalamazoo would sing your praise or just like the spirit of the age is going forth lord and in the streets of kalamazoo this month they are celebrating pride they are celebrating sexual immorality lord they are raging against your design and celebrating it the darkness is being celebrated as light lord we we ask lord that praise would be in the streets lord that we would even see in this our lord a great healing of sexual brokenness god i ask for the same ones who are participating in the pride festival outside would be the ones who would be singing the name of jesus in praise in parks and in streets lord the very ones who are bound in sexual brokenness will be the ones declaring lord from arcadia park lord from the streets of kalamazoo the name of jesus that i once was bound in sexual sin i once was bound to the spirit of the age i once fell prey to the lgbtq agenda but now jesus has set me free and now i've been made whole and now i praise his name on the streets so god we ask for a great revival in this city lord you said that there is prayer in my house to be praised in the streets and so lord we ask pour out your spirit on the church of kalamazoo pour out your spirit pour out your spirit let's do it again pour out your spirit i want to invite some intercessors forward to a time of rapid fire prayer and i'm going to ask that you pick a church in kalamazoo and that you say that church by name and bless that church and bless that body and say a sentence of prayer what we're going to pray uh 10 to 15 second prayers and so pick a body in this city pick another church a congregation if you don't know one then now is a good time to update your prayer game for our city and find church names that you can pray for and bless and uh we're going to just pray bless speak that that that prayer over the city and bless the churches in our city and you might want to go earlier because all the names that you know will be taken so you better hurry i'm praying for center point church with jeff port god eyes thank you for this man of god who has stood in the gap and and stuck his neck out for the sake of the kingdom of god to be evident and to run swiftly through the streets of kalamazoo we pray for blessing we pray for protection we pray for unity and the spirit of god to fall on his house in jesus name for a saint hummus more catholic church lord i'm just lifting them up right now thank you for their position close to western's campus god i pray that you use them as an inlet for students to come to know you and that the holy spirit comes and falls on the congregation that they may be exposed to the holy spirit and those gifts jesus and that the way that they um revere and bless your liturgy god that that can be a fear of god moment or that that can be the pillar in the foundation of their faith i lift up jeff winky in the bridge lord i pray that you strengthen him father strengthen this church lord jesus move in power in that church god i pray for the spirit of discipleship to flow father in that church i pray lord for fear and trembling to be within that church i just lift them up to you god please bless them lord i lift the valley family church and eric jones right now holy spirit i see you'd anoint him with kingdom strategy to reach young people fathers they disciple families in the next generation in the city i ask god that you would anoint the work of their hands that you would build the kingdom god in families through their work in jesus name lord i pray for trenches community church faster james harris and comstock lord i ask for blessing holy spirit i asked that you would even just refresh them lord and i asked that you would bring labors god would you even anoint their youth pastor god i ask uh yeah just for a fresh outpouring of your spirit at trenches community church in jesus name lord i just lift up stone church to you and i ask that you would fill them with the spirit of the lord i pray for powerful encounters with you over their leaders i pray that they would lead a generation with boldness and clarity in jesus name the connections community church she does with dave sanders lord i just pray that the spirit of wisdom and revelation would fall on that church lord that that they would know the holy spirit jesus if they would know you and that they would they would just have the spirit of um wisdom and revelation of you and the holy spirit that you sent for us you said father i pray over seasons of change holy spirit i ask that you would come in like a flood over their church that unity would reign over their church that they would be filled with power god i ask that you would come upon them with power that boldness would come upon them that they would preach the word that they would the rivers of blood and i ask that it would spill out of their church that they would have impact and power in the neighborhoods around them that many would come to know you jesus because of the work that they are doing for innovation on western's campus may the foundation be solid in christ and make people be drawn to jesus because of the foundation that they they bring forth in their word and jesus knew gotta live to pastor craig and the kilns as he goes about his business that he'd open his ears to hear your word got that you'd open his eyes to see the work that you're calling him to today and that nothing would discourage him god continued to give him the strength that he needs to speak your truth in this city father god i lift up new day community church right now i pray for cameron and kathy right father god i pray over their children's and specifically for will right god god i put a declare right now that that is your son father god i that is your child god and i ask i ask in the name of jesus by the power of the holy spirit that you bring your child home god i pray that you you go after him and you get him and you bring him home god and i pray over the leadership change i pray for uh billa merrily mencer and their beautiful family god i thank you for what you're doing in them i thank you for the boldness to leave their job and to go follow the church god and i ask that that you fill him with love for the community god that you work powerfully and god i glorify jesus at that church god we love you so much fullness of god christ would dwell in their hearts through faith but i just come before you and i just lift up new city church and uh pastor scott and alicia alicia nelson i just pray god that your fire would fall in that place i i just thank you god for their faithfulness and moving into that community years ago lord i just thank you for the purpose and the plans that you have for them there god i thank you for growing their church and lord i thank you for the way that you are using them in the community and i just pray for that you would just really use them powerfully in the community and that many would be drawn to uh to know you god that many would be drawn it would come to know the holy spirit come to know you holy spirit and lord i just pray for the wine of your holy spirit to fall in that place like never before i just thank you god for what you're going to do there i just lift up just great spring bible church father specifically the youth ministry father i just i just see the influence they have on the schools around them parchment comp stock and specifically god like father i pray that you would just anoint those students father i pray that you would just just start stewarding into them father i pray over the leaders that are stewarding into them father i pray that they would just be filled with the holy spirit father they would reach their schools reach their communities father i pray that you would just just lift them up father you would send them out to their schools in jesus name lord continuing to pray for gray spring bible church lord i pray for pastor brian and his team i pray that you would strengthen them and fill them freshly with your spirit and i pray for sarah their kids director that you would anoint her god give her a vision for the next season and i pray for any family who might be driving down gall road uh on their day off or on their way to school god that uh that they would notice that your spirit is resting on that place that that place would be a place for healing of families and of homes in the name of jesus the lockets father god just blessed the governor just opened their eyes of there was an area of father god just pour out pour out pour out or just pray for kalamazoo first assembly right now jesus pray for pastor dave lord that you would fill him with spirit of wisdom and revelation even would there be a remembrance of where the church started god a rekindling of the embers that are still burning over the church jesus and pray for carissa as she oversees next gen jesus that she would just begin to receive from you wisdom and revelation to download spirit filled fire students middle school high school young adult students who are chasing after you and your presence in this city of jesus thank you lift up stone's church pastor joe brooks we just thank you for this elder in our city and we just pray for renewed strength lord that he would speak the word of god with authority lord and that the seeds that have been sown in this city especially on the north side and beyond would begin to flourish and grow and bring fruitfulness to this city from his years of labor and from his years of prayer and worship and we pray over yulanda his wife as she leads worship that the presence of god would flood the north side and all of downtown kalamazoo with the praises of jesus with the power of your spirit your spirit on the church of kalamazoo baptism of the holy spirit to preach the gospel and proclaim the gospel we're gonna pray the prayer that pastor jeff port from center point wrote so if you would throw that up on the screens we're gonna pray this together as we're ending all of our prayer meetings during these 21 days with this king jesus awaken the sleeping giant of your church in our city as we pray and collaborate to seek the common good for our region open our eyes and hands to the marginalized and our voices for the voiceless we endeavor to live such counter cultural lives that our places of work and neighborhoods would experience the beauty and power of the gospel give us such an unquenchable passion for you and your word that we can't help but tell others about jesus and his unstoppable kingdom for the glory of jesus and the advancement of his kingdom amen amen amen thank you for joining us in prayer thank you for speaking blessing and life over the church of kalamazoo really exciting to see what god's doing i just i know i've said it a lot but we we have a dedication plaque prayer when we the day we got occupancy for this building before the prayer was even built mike bickle uh came in from kansas city and uh was in this room and just prophesied and spoke a prayer of consecration and one of the things that he said is this this room would be used to unify the city and bring a unity in the city in prayer and it's just it's incredible too just to look back that was four years ago in august but there's been a lot that has happened in unity and in prayer and praying church in kalamazoo in those four years and so you know we're not just praying for something ethereal that we have not seen but but tangibly we're actually seeing the kingdom advance unity go forth and prayer and so even as we're laboring to remember like how much god has done in four years and i'm just believing he's just getting started so and then uh let's uh let's go in his name we'll be back here at noon and 6 30 uh for prayer we'll see you then