 Good morning and welcome to morning prayer, what a fine Monday morning to be in the house of the Lord. I want to invite those of you in the room to stand as we enter into a time of worship. Welcome to those of you with us online as well. We're going to be opening this morning out of Psalm 84. First one, how lovely is your tabernacle, O Lord of hosts. My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Even the sparrow has found a home and the swallow a nest for herself or she may lay her young. Even your altars, O Lord of hosts, my king and my God, blessed are those who dwell in your house. They will be praising you. Blessed is the man who strengthens in you whose heart is set on pilgrimage. As they pass through the valley of Baca, they make it a spring. The rain also covers it with pools. They go from strength to strength. Each one appears before God in Zion. Verse 10, for a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness. For the Lord God is a Son and a shield. The Lord will give grace and glory. No good thing will he withhold from those who walk up riley. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in you. Lord, we just come before you this morning and we just say that your tabernacle is lovely. With the getting to worship you, it's amazing. When getting to gather together, to worship and to pray. Lord, it is an honor. Oh, we just pray that this morning that as we come before you that the offering of praise, the prayers that we lift up, that it will be pleasing to your ears, or that it would be a sweet aroma to you, that it would move your heart. God, better is one day in your courts than a thousand. There's nowhere else we'd rather be this morning. We lock eyes with you. We set our hearts to behold you. We love you, Lord. Let's worship. God, higher than you, there's no one beside you, no one like you. To begin lifting up your own board of His greatness, of His beauty, of His majesty. No other God can compete with you. The most worthy one is this our Messiah. You are Lord of all, the Most High God. We lift you up, hearts, soul, desires to lift you high, that you would be glorified on our praise. And through our lips, we would bless your heart. We're going to transition into a time of intercession for the nation of Israel, praying that Jesus would be exalted and eyes would see him rightly. And Isaiah 53, starting in verse 4. Talking about the suffering servant, talking about Jesus. Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows. Yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our iniquities. Peace was upon Him and by His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray. We have turned everyone to His own way. And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. So Lord, we come before You. Israel's desperate time of need. Lord, we pray that You would show them Jesus. Or as they have rejected Your Son as Messiah, Lord. That You would show them the suffering servant. That You would show them for their transgressions. Who was bruised for their iniquities. That You would show them, God, that Jesus is not just the Messiah of the Gentiles. But He is the lover of the Jews. He is the lover of His beloved people. Pry of their heart, be surely. He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows. But with a real love that You have for them. That You would send Your Son to die on a cross in their place. To be raised from the dead. So that they could be with You in their sin. Just like You did ours. I would come before You and we ask You to open the eyes of the Israeli people. Open the eyes of the nation of Israel to see Jesus rightly. We ask for encounters. God, in the night their eyes would be open. That they would have dreams and visions of the man Jesus. Of the man in white. The lover of their soul. The God most high. Jesus, You are worthy to receive the reward of Your suffering. And that is the nation of Israel. So God would come before You in a Jesus name. Would You open the eyes of the nation of Israel. The sight of You. Their breakthroughs. Let them see the man. Anything in the way of them seeing Jesus. The word says in verse 6. All we like sheep have gone astray. We have turned everyone to His own way. And we're just like many of those in Israel have turned away from Jesus. But Your Word also says that You will leave the 99 to chase the one. God, there is no heart too far from You. No heart that is too hard for Your Spirit to break in. And to reveal Jesus. To reveal the lover of their soul. And so God we pray them right now. But that You would dispatch angels. God to chase down those who are far from You. That they would bring encounter. God that Your Holy Spirit would go forth. Let them see Jesus. Let them turn from their ways. God, but they turn back to You. But they turn to repent. But they be lovers of the man Jesus. Lovers of their Messiah. But Your Spirit, not one of them is too far gone. No matter where they are. Captivate their heart just like You did mine. Captivate their heart with Your kindness and Your love just like You did ours. A love that is life changing. A love that causes a 180 turn in the way that they're running. We all were running from You at one point. But You captured our heart and You revealed Yourself. So Lord we ask if You do it for us, why not for them? So God would You chase them down? Would You open their eyes? Would You captivate their hearts? Would You pour out Your Spirit? Would You give them a spirit of wisdom and revelation to see You? To see You rightly? To see You as a friend, as a brother, as the lover of their soul, as king, as lion, as lamb. But there are so many sides to You and each one beautiful. Each one glorious. God we ask that You would give them a spirit of wisdom and revelation that they would be able to see Jesus. So God in Jesus' name, give them a spirit of wisdom and revelation. Shepherd Lord, do a rapid fire prayer. If you don't know what that is. Gonna have people start lining up on the sides to pray for the Lord to pour out His Spirit on Israel. Be 10 to 15 second prayers. Just go ahead and begin lining up here on the side. Lord, we ask in Jesus' name, pour out Your Spirit on Your beloved people. On those whom You've loved since the dawn of time, who You've had Your eye on. Get covenant with all the way back in the time of Abraham. Pour out Your Spirit. The hearts of Your people, Jesus, and that You would open up. Jesus, I pray that in the hearts of Your people, there would be a holy revelation of the Son of Man. That God, the Scriptures, would be open to them and that their eyes would be open and that they would see You as Jesus the Messiah. God, soften every heart and open every eye to see You rightly. Lord, just reveal yourselves. Let them come out with so many stories of how You delivered them, God. People know You as the Prince of Peace, God. Would they know You the way we know You, Father? Would they, would Your peace? Father, I pray for the intercessors surrounding Israel, Jesus, that they will keep pressing into the name of Jesus for peace to come over Israel. And for Your kingdom coming, You will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Thank You, Jesus. Lord, I thank You for Your sons and daughters of Israel. Lord, I just pray, Lord, for the lost there, Jesus, and that they would just come to their senses, Lord, like the prodigal Son, Jesus, and just run into the arms of the Father. God, I just pray for the Messianic Jewish community. And, Israel, God, I pray that You would strengthen their spirits, that You would strengthen their inner man, and give them peace beyond understanding God. I ask that You would pour out Your love and increase the gospel in this time in Jesus' name. Lord, I just ask that You would open up the eyes of the hearts to see You, to know You, the beauty of who You are in the midst of everything that's happening, all the chaos, all the war, enemies surrounding them, that You reveal the beauty of Jesus in Psalm 27, the beauty of who You are. They would see You, they would encounter You, it'd fall in love with You, they'd turn to You in Jesus' name. Lord, they have to see You, they have to know You. We're going to transition back into a time of worship, so I invite you to stand, but Lord, reveal yourself to the Jewish people. Reveal yourself. Jesus, You are a name above all other names. Your name is a light, the shadows can't deny. It can't be overcome. You are the Most High. You are the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings. We're going to continue the last 15 minutes or so praying for Israel, praying for the Lord to be a shield about them, to be their defender, their deliverer. I'm going to be praying out of Psalm 3. It's a prayer of David. Lord, how they have increased who trouble me. Many are they who rise up against me. Many are they who say of me, there is no help for Him in God. But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, my glory in the One who lifts my head. I cried to the Lord with my voice, and He heard me from His holy hill. I laid down and slept. I awoke for the Lord sustained me. I will not be afraid of 10,000s of people who have set themselves against me all around. Arise, O Lord, save me. Oh my God, for You have struck all my enemies on the cheekbone. You have broken the teeth of the ungodly. Salvation belongs to the Lord. Your blessing is upon Your people. So, God, we come before You, echoing this prayer of David. Lord, many are those who trouble Israel. Look at how they've increased to God. Many rise up against them. And many say to them, there's no help for them in God. Lord, You are a shield. You are the lifter of their head. Proud of You, You hear their voice. Lord, so we just ask that as they are being persecuted, as they are being attacked from these terrorist groups, God, that You would be a shield about them. That You would arise and defend Your nation. Arise and defend Your people. Arise and defend those that You have made a covenant with. Your covenant, God. That You established. God, do not let them be overruled. God, do not let them be overrun. Do not deliver them to the wild beasts. Or a shield about Israel. So we ask that in Jesus' name, or in the natural and in the spiritual, that You would push back the enemy forces. God, that You would push back the principalities and powers that are influencing groups like Hamas, groups like Hezbollah, countries like Iran. God, would You push back those enemy forces in the spiritual and in the natural. Stand in their defense. Arise and defend them, God. So we ask in Jesus' name that You would be a shield about Israel. They are Yours, God. They are Your people. Would You save them? Those who Your heart longs for. What You say in verse, Your word says in verse 7, When You have struck all my enemies on the cheekbone, You have broken the teeth of the ungodly. What would You strike the enemies of Israel? What would You strike the principalities and powers that have risen against Your nation and Your people? God, we ask for the Lion of Juno to go forth and tell them that You would devour Your enemies. Those who would dare stand against Your beloved. Those who would dare stand against God's chosen people. God, we ask that those principalities and powers would meet the full force of Heaven. That there would be legions of angels dispatched, Lord. That Your heavenly armies would go forth and defend. Lord, not just that they would defend, but that they would be under the attack. But You're suing those principalities and powers and destroying them. God, we ask in the natural that the plans of these groups coming against Israel would fall flat. That You would confuse them. Confuse their minds, God. That You would cause a fog to come upon them and they don't know what's up and what's down. A vacation that they couldn't communicate with each other. God, I think they could do to stop You from setting Your people free. God, we ask for You to arise and to defend Your cause. Arise and defend Your people. Those that have been taken captive, would You go forth as the Lion of Judah and defend Your people. Enemy territory and take them back. Go into enemy territory and make it a wasteland. God, we ask in Jesus' name that You would go forth as the Lion of Judah. If for Paul would You shake the foundations of jail cells. Israel, say Your people free, God. Go Yourself as the Most High God. Words says that as man plots a vain thing, You sit in the heavens and You laugh. Lord, You see all. You see the plans of the nations against Your people. You see their plans. You know, You are all knowing. So we ask God that You would intervene. Cause chaos, cause disruption amongst those pursuing Israel. Amongst those pursuing her destruction, her desolation. We ask God that You would step in and that You would change the courses of history. But as these people rise up against Israel as they have been hating her for years and years that She would step in. That She would cause chaos, cause division. Lord, in any attack that is planned against Your nation would it fall. God asked her for missile launches to be canceled for something to go wrong. That rockets that are being fired into Israel wouldn't reach. Lord, that You would set up a holy dome just like You have in the national. Would there be a spiritual dome of protection over Israel? A defense system from heaven where angels are warring and fighting on behalf of Your people. Nothing would nothing, nothing stand against You. Would nothing stand against Your people. You are the shield. You are the shield and You are the sword. So we ask, Lord, that You would be a shield about Israel and She would be a sword fighting on their behalf. Oh, so in Jesus' name would You fight for Your nation? Would You fight for Israel? When in this corners You are the shield over Your beloved people over those whom You've chosen and set apart. So God, we ask that You would defend them that You would pursue their attackers and destroy them. You are Lord of lords. You are King of kings. And Lord, we just say it's been an honor to partner with Your heart for Your people. We thank You, God, for Your love for Israel. We thank You for Your love for us that we get to stand with the great King Jesus in intercession for them. We pray all this in Your name. Amen. Thank You for joining us this morning. We'll be back here at noon in 6.30 tonight. Good day.