 Good morning, welcome to morning prayer from downtown Kalamazoo where we are crying out to the heart of God, from the heart of our city, for him to move in our lives, for him to touch us, for him to breathe his breath into our lungs, for him to move in our city. And not just here, but wherever you are, you may be somewhere on the other side of the nation. And we are praying and believing that he will move in your city. So from your city, cry out to the heart of God for him to move in the heart of your city and this morning I just have this burden on my heart to pray for healing, just healing. Last night I was on a phone call with one of my students from the first ministry that I was fortunate to serve and work at one of my students. She's in her early 30s and she was just diagnosed with ovarian cancer and I was just wrecked. And I know she's not the only one who needs healing right now. Who doesn't need a touch from God, a breath from his very lungs to fill her lungs and to rid her of disease, of cancer, of death. So I want us to go that direction this morning and obviously I'm heavily burdened with it but before we even go there, I want us to very practically and very tangibly just bless the Lord to with our voice, not my voice and not just the team's voice but from your voice, from your heart, from your head to actually bless the Lord. Psalm 103, starting verse one, David says bless the Lord, oh my soul. He's commanding his soul in the midst of his trial and the midst of his pain and the midst of what he's going through. He's commanding his soul to bless the Lord. Bless the Lord, oh my soul. And all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless his name and so I want us to take a moment with your vocabulary, with your vernacular, with right where you are at, whether you're in your car, you're in this room or you're at work or you're in your home, just with your voice right now, just let's take a moment and bless the Lord. Just to bless him, ascribed to his name, power and glory and honor, bless his name. We bless you God, righteous, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good, so that your youth is renewed, like the eagles, Lord, we come to you this morning and we bless your name with all of our soul, with all of our attention, with all of our affection, Lord, we bless you, we bless your name, we glorify you, Lord, we glorify you, Lord. And right now, Lord, as we enter into worship, Lord, I pray that there would be a move part of our city to the heart of the home, even to the car in the office space, Lord. Wherever we are gathered, wherever we are crying out right now in this moment, Lord, as we blroids that you would heal bones and brains and hearts, Lord God, that you would heal every organ, Lord God, as we bless your name, Jesus, we love you and we come to you as your children. To our Father, we ask for you to heal. It's insane to bow down whole. It's a Jesus you are worthy, Jesus you are worthy, yes, yes, you are worthy. Begin to prophesy this over your life, over your situation, yes, you are, yes, you are. Over your pain, yes, you are worthy. Over your problems, yes, you are, yes, you are. Jesus, you are worthy. Over your city, over your place of work, Jesus, you are worthy. Over your church, Jesus, you are worthy. Jesus, you are worthy. Off the side of this, Jesus, you are worthy. In the midst of deficit, we declare that you are worthy. problems. We declare that you are worthy. In the midst of pain, Jesus, we declare that you are worthy. You are worthy Jesus. And so from the place in the scene of life that we are currently in, we decree worthy Jesus despite it all, regardless of it all. And so right now, Lord, we just command our to say, Jesus, you are worthy. Jesus, you are worthy. Jesus, you are worthy. The pain is real. The problem is real. But Jesus, you in the midst of our circumstances, in the midst of our pain, despite the diagnosis, Lord, we look to you did of this moment that Jesus had with two people. In Matthew chapter nine, he was questioned about fasting and in the midst of answering the questions about fasting. It says this starting in verse 18, while he was still saying these things to them, behold a ruler came in and knelt before him saying, my daughter has just died. But, but come and lay your hand on her and she will live. And Jesus rose and followed him with his disciples and behold a woman who had suffered from a discharge of blood for 12 years came behind him and touched the fringe of his garment. For she said to herself, if I only touch his garment, I will be made well. Jesus turned and seen her said, take heart and daughter, your faith has made you well. And instantly the woman was made well. Right here, we see two incredible things. A woman herself who was sick, who was diseased, asking, coming to Jesus for healing. And we see a father coming and asking for healing for his daughter. We see the intercessor and we see the one in need, right in the immediate need. And so wherever you're at, whether you are the intercessor and you are saying, Jesus, but if you would just come and touch them, they will live. Or you are the person who is diseased right now in this moment. This is the moment to stretch out and reach for the garment. Jesus, we intercede on behalf of the sick and the diseased. And we say, come, Lord, because if you come, they will live. They will not die. Just like the prophet Jeremiah said, Lord God, heal me and I will be healed. Save me and I will be saved. Lord, we prophesy this over mothers and fathers. We prophesy this over babies, Lord God. We prophesy this over the lost. We prophesy this, Lord God, heal Lord and they will be healed. Save Lord God. Would you reach down from the balcony of heaven right now in this moment, Lord? Would you heal God? Would you restore? Would you breathe in, Lord? Would you speak, Lord? And dry it up and cast it out in Jesus' name. There's this watchman on the wall crying out to God for healing in the lives of people who were diseased and hurting. Jesus, he said, my daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her and she will live. If you know someone who is sick right now, someone who is diseased, someone who is greatly afflicted, I want you, because you know that person right now. God is saying, take your stand on the wall. Watch out for them. Cry out for them. And so by name, I want us who know people by name, who have been given a diagnosis, who are sick, who are afflicted, who are diseased. Say to Jesus, but Lord, desert their name. This is not a moment to be silent or wait for us to pray. This is a moment for you to engage, to take your stand as a saint of God, as a child of God and cry out for another. So let's take a moment right now, call them out by name. But Lord, if you come and so speak that over them, pray that over them, intercede on behalf of them. Would you bind them up, Lord God? Would you heal them, Jesus? You pray for streams of healing to flow through this city. Streams of healing, just like in Ezekiel 47, wherever the river winds, there was life. There was life. So Jesus, we pray for streams of healing to rush through homes and rush up and down streets, Lord God, that there may be life where there is life. There cannot be death. There cannot be disease. So Lord, I pray for streams of healing to flow in our streets, Lord God, down our streets, everywhere we go, Lord God. May we be overtaken by healing streams of living things, of living water, Jesus. A woman said to herself, she said it to herself, if I can only touch His garments, I will be, not I could be, but I will be made well. I don't want to embarrass anyone in this room right now, but the Lord just put two medical things on my heart. Maybe it's for someone on the live stream, I don't know, but I feel like it's in the room. And there's two different people, or maybe it's multiple, but two different situations. One was extreme joint pain. It hurts to walk. It hurts to bend over. It hurts to put on your shoes. You just have extreme joint pain. And the other one was a thyroid. I don't know why, but a thyroid was put on my heart. And I feel like right now the Lord is saying, would you be like this woman? And would you reach out? Would you lift your hand? And would you reach out to touch the hymn? Would you reach out to touch the garment, believing that if you can just get a passing touch of the garment of Jesus, you will be made whole. If that is you, I want to ask you to raise your hand. There's two people right now. I want you, if you're in this room, to go to those people and lay hands on them. I want us to lay hands on people with their hands up. Jesus, we believe that they will be made whole. And so Lord, just like this woman who you touched 2000 years ago, Lord God, we come to you believing that if we could just touch you, God, we would be healed and whole. So Lord, I pray that in accordance to their faith, Lord God, in response to your word and your promise that you would heal them. In Jesus' name, heal them. In Jesus' name, heal them. Heal them, Lord. Heal them, Lord. If you're on the live stream, this is not exclude you. You have a joint pain, chronic joint pain, or you have it, have a problem with a thyroid. Still raise your hand, raise your hand and allow Jesus to touch you. Reach up and touch him. Every person who's afflicted, sick, and diseased, the words of David shall not, but I shall live and recount the deeds that a testimony would arise from those who you have touched who have touched you, a testimony of life, a testimony of healing, Lord God. That they would recount the deeds, the deeds that you have done this day, the healing that you have done this day, that you have removed the affliction, that you've removed the disease, God, that you have become cancer to cancer and you have rid it from our bodies, Lord. Jesus, we trust you and we love you and we submit this to you, Lord God. We ask you to heal, Lord God. Would you heal? Would you restore? Would you heal or restore? Would you make us whole again, Lord? Jesus, we love you and we thank you for this day that you have made. We make the choice to rejoice and be gladdened. I pray that everywhere we go, Lord God, that we would truly be in streams of healing in Jesus' name. Thank you for joining us this morning for prayer, believe for healing, continue to cry out, continue to take your place on the wall, believing for God to heal us, continue to intercede on behalf of those people who are sick and afflicted, continue to press into God to reach up and touch his garment yourself. We will be back here in the prayer room at noon and at 6.30. We'll see you on the live stream tomorrow morning as well. Have a blessed day.