 All right. Good morning, Radiant Church. Welcome to our morning prayer time. I want to invite you just wherever you're at to stand with us as we worship the Lord together this morning. I'm going to start by reading out of Colossians chapter one starting in verse 13. It says, For he rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created both in the heavens and on earth. Visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities, all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things and in him all things hold together. This morning we are seeking after you, Lord Jesus. We are seeking after you for you take preeminence. You take the first place in our hearts, in our lives. We pray right now that you would receive the glory to your name. We pray right now that we would even receive greater revelation of this preeminence, of this first place, even now just stirring up your own spirit, engaging with the Lord, praising the name of Jesus, the name that is above every other name. Just even saying his name, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, would you take the first place in our hearts, in our minds, in our spirits? There are so many things that take our time and our attention away, but right now would you have our full attention? Would you have all of our affection, all of our adoration? We love you, Lord Jesus. We are gathered today to say that we love you. Take your place. Take your place as the first place in our lives, in our hearts. Love you, Lord Jesus. Just say his name out loud. We love you, Lord Jesus. We worship you today. Take priority, perfect, sinless life, but to sacrifice. There was no way, be of our attention, be of our affection. Bruce chapter 10 it says, Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which he inaugurated for us through the veil that is his flesh. And since we have a great high priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Lord, would we receive a greater revelation of this? And would thankfulness and gratitude fill our hearts? Thank you, Lord Jesus, that you made a way through the veil. Thank you, Lord, that you gave your body, you sacrificed by laying down your life. Thank you, Lord, that we can now confidently, boldly, with clean conscience, enter into the presence of a holy God. We do it with humility. We do it knowing that it was only made possible by your blood. Can you just even begin to thank the Lord? Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you for the sprinkling of your blood. Thank you for being the sacrifice. Thank you for taking the wrath of God, for restoring us, renewing us, redeeming us, forgiving us, your voice. Thank you. Let us get close. Jesus said that I am the thine and you are the branches and that we must abide in him, remain close. And he says, let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience. Lord, we ask that even what we think of ourselves or what we have, even our stained conscience from the sins of the past, Lord, let that shame be washed away by the blood of Jesus and let us enter into your presence confidently, knowing full well who we are. We have assurance by the blood of Jesus that we are sons and daughters of the Most High God. Lord, help us enter in. Help us come in full of joy, full of gratitude. Lord, we don't want to be orphans in the house of God. We want to act like sons and daughters who rejoice in our Father. So we rejoice in you, Lord, today. We rejoice in you today because you have paid a great price to have us with you. You have paid a great price that we could enter in, clean and pure by the blood of your Son. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. It would be our strength even now. Filled with joy in the house of the Lord, being a people covered in a veil of shame and anxiety, wondering and supposing, does God approve of me? He says, I approve of you by the blood of my son. You have been botched. You have been redeemed. Jesus, may your blood cover our hearts and our minds, cleansing us of our evil conscience. So we stand in awe and wonder, rejoicing in the miracle of God that is salvation, placed in the miracle of God that is your salvation. David said, Lord, restore to me again the joy of my salvation. God, we ask that you restore to your sons and daughters the joy of salvation. What does it look like to be a joyful son? What does it look like to be a confident daughter? Restore this now to us, Lord, as we rejoice in your presence. We have confidence in you. We have assurance. Jesus says, come to me, you who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest. And I hear the Lord even inviting you into a season of being lighter in his presence, not being burdened down by shame and condemnation, for there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Lord, we lay down every burden that has held us, fusion and anxiety. Lord, would we see ourselves the way that you see us? Would we understand our position as sons and daughters of the Most High? Would we not be like the prodigal son that came with his head bowed low in shame to the Father? But would we see how you're receiving us right now? Sandals upon our feet and you throw us in presence, having foolish are your sons and your daughters. We recognize for us to enjoy your presence, for us to rejoice in your presence, for us to be confident around you, confidence again. And I pray in and shame we break it off in the name of Jesus. We shake it off in the name of Jesus that we might stand in confidence in the presence of our God, just to your spiritual reality. It's only possible by his action, his redemption, you receive it as a free gift. We walk out the reality of who he says that we are. Lord, would you continue to teach us what it looks like to be a son and a daughter in orphans for too long? We've been slaves for too long. We wear this garment, we wear this identity that you said you don't have to wear that anymore. You have the ring of my family. You have the identity of a son, a daughter of the Most High God. You have been purchased, you have been redeemed. Lift up your head like a son, act like a daughter, behave as one who belongs. Lord, we thank you that we belong. We are no longer lost, we are no longer slaves in orphans, wondering and supposing if we are approving of us. If you receive us, you receive us in the name of Jesus. You approve of us, you qualify us by the blood of Jesus. People want you to contemplate for a moment. What would you look like if you acted like a son of the Most High? What would you look like if you acted like a daughter of the Most High? How would you act differently? How would you speak differently? How would you worship differently? How would you ask differently? Lord, I pray that today you would teach us what it looks like and that we would have the confidence to act like sons and daughters, to draw close to the throne of grace, to draw close to our Father. We look like it, voice in His presence together. We rejoice in His presence. I want to feel comfortable in God's presence. I don't want to feel like I'm out of place or I don't belong. A son walks into his Father's house and he owns the place. He feels the comfort of his Father's house. He enjoys the blessings of his Father. Can we just even enjoy the blessings of our Father right now? Just even let Him loud it upon us, lavish it upon us. Even right now, God, I pray that the love of God would be lavished upon us, that we would receive it, not arguing with it, not giving excuses, but we receive the love of God. Here I'm singing, the Lord delights in you. Delight in Him. Delight is in us. The last few moments, I want to invite us to go into a time of prayer and intercession for the church and the people of God as we've been praying here out of Hebrews chapter 10 and bringing in the realization of, as sons and daughters, we act differently in the presence of God. And I just heard the word for this prayer time being joyful obedience to the Lord. It goes on to say in verse 23, let us hold fast the confession of our faith, of our hope, without wavering. For He who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together as in the habit of some, but encouraging one another. And all the more as we see the day drawing near. Lord, we pray that as your sons and your daughters as your church, that we would act like that. We would behave like sons of the house, daughters of the house. And Lord, in the place of doing of love and good deeds, would there be a spirit of joyful obedience to you? Oh Lord, Lord, we have heard your commands and your son Jesus said, if you love me, then obey me. Lord, I pray that as sons and daughters of the house, we do not just go out and try to live out a religious life, obeying laws and rules, but God, we have a joyful obedience because we want to be close to you. Lord, I pray that you would encourage the church, encourage your people, encourage our hearts to walk in love and good deeds, joyfully obeying the commands of the Lord. We want to look more like sons and daughters every day, like our father every day. And we want to love you through our obedience to you. So in Jesus' mighty name, we ask for joyful obedience to be a marker of the people of God and to be markers of sons and daughters. You mark us with steadfastness, strengthened and encouraged by your spirit to walk in love and good deeds. Lord, would you encourage us? Give us the courage to be able to make decisions that look like citizens of heaven. Lord, we don't live under the laws and the rules of this age, but we live beneath the laws and the rules of yours. And Lord, it is not in a place of not just getting our get out of hell free card and are just not sinning and not doing wrong, but Lord, we want to be spurred on to good deeds. We want to do the acts of your kingdom. It says in Ephesians that he has prepared good works for us ahead of time. These good deeds do not save us. These good deeds do not earn us anything. So Lord, we do them with obedience and we do them with joy. We want to bring joy to your heart. Lord, I even pray in the areas where the church has been disobedient, where the church has been deaf to the ear of the Lord. We have been slow in our reaction. Lord, would there be a spirit of obedience on the church to hear what you say, to do what you're doing, to be a part of what you're doing, Lord? Lord, just even now ask the Lord to encourage his church. With your own words, Lord, encourage our church. Encourage your people. Encourage them towards love. Encourage them towards obedience. Lord, for the discouraged among us would even us as the people of God have a word of encouragement on our lips. When someone fails, when someone falls, we are there to encourage them and help pick them up. Lord, we are weak in Hebrews 4. It says in our weakness, you came and you understood our weakness and by your blood you've strengthened us. So even in pleading the blood of Jesus over your church, encouraging us, strengthening us, let it be a joy to obey and to follow you, Lord. What does joyful obedience look like? What does it look like to delight in the Lord with our obedience? It's not just a fleek in the stillness of this moment to allow the Lord to speak to you and ask him, Lord, where can I be obedient to you today? How can I be obedient and give me the strength and the courage to do it with joy? Father, show us what obedience looks like today. How can we bless your heart today? Doing this together, would you seeing sons and daughters acting like sons and daughters? Bless your heart today. In Holy Spirit, I pray that you would strengthen us to carry it out. It's in Jesus' mighty name. Well, thank you so much for joining us for our morning hour of prayer and I encourage you as we pray things here. It's not supposed to stay here, but it's supposed to carry into our lives today, into our schools, into our homes, into our workplaces and what we go is joyfully obedient to the Lord today. Have a great rest of your day.