 Good morning, welcome to Morning Prayer in the Radiant City Center. Tuesday mornings, we've been praying for revival for the last few months. We're gonna continue praying out of Zechariah 10, Acts 2, Joel 2, for the continued outpouring of the Spirit. We're thankful for what he has been doing here in Kalamazoo and all throughout the US and even the earth. So we're gonna continue to ask for more. Gonna begin out of Psalm 130, one of the Songs of Ascent. Seism verse one, out of the depths I have cried to you, O Lord, Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication. If you, Lord, should mark inquiries, O Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with you that you may be feared. I wait for the Lord, my soul waits. And in his word, I do hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than the watchman waits for the morning. Yes, more than those who watch for the morning. Lord, we begin by putting our hope in your word. Lord, our hope is not in our own righteousness, but our hope is in the word of the Lord that remains forever. And God, I asked that you would give us the eager expectation like a watchman. Lord, like a watchman is waiting to see the dawn arise, to see the completion of his work shift. Lord, let that expectation be in our heart. And Lord, in that level of faith, Lord, what watchman has ever said to himself, I bet this morning the dawn will never come. I bet today the sun will never rise. But every watchman has faith and hope that the sun will rise. So Lord, just give us that expectation, Lord, even as we're seeing you move and there's different waves and movement of your spirit where you crash and then recede and there's ebb and there's flow. God, let it be said that we are like watchmen waiting for the dawn. We have that level of hope and expectation, that level of anticipation, Lord. I just ask for that to rise in our spirit. Lord, give us that gift of hunger and hopeful expectation. Lord, show us this morning. What's this morning? This is 24 seven worship without ceasing, Lord. Seems like at times we can't go more than a few minutes without losing focus. We can't go a few minutes without checking our phones or thinking about the to-do lists or this or that, Lord. We are missing something that the seraphim have seen that caused them to focus in and to see you rightly too, to fix our eyes and to never look away. Lord, give us a revelation this morning, Lord. Help us. Keep our eye contact on you. Lord, my mind drifts, my heart drifts so quickly. God, give us a revelation. Unveil our eyes, unveil my eyes to see you in a fresh and new way this morning. Reflecting on the last month in our nation and just the unique outpouring and also thinking of the Jim LaFoon word. I think a lot of us obviously held on to that phrase one more time, but in that word he actually talked about the Lord was gonna be spilling over in unique seasons that there would be this tipping over and these like splatters of outpouring and he used this word, he said, and my people will linger in my presence. And that if I could, I mean he said that before this happened, but if I could pick a phrase that's kind of defined this last month across America, it's the people of God lingering in his presence that there has just been a unique lingering. I've been, we've been hearing reports all over, including in Kalamazoo, outside of Radiant, other churches that have gone till 3 p.m. on Sunday morning because the God's presence was just lingering and the people of God were just lingering in his presence and it hasn't been a specific revivalist that's carried the message, it's not a specific worship leader, it's not a song that has kind of, this specific song has marked this, it's just been, he's been receiving all of the glory, the honor and the praise in this time and as his people seek him and I wanna intercede if you have your Bibles with you, turn to Joel 2.25 and we're gonna keep contending for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, reminding us of Zechariah 10 in the spring rain, the season of the spring rain, ask for the rain, it's actually when the outpouring is happening that we ask for a greater release of that outpouring and so grab your Bibles, let's take our stand on the wall and intercession and Joel 2.25 says, so I will restore the years that the locusts, the swarming locusts have eaten, the crawling locusts, the consuming locusts and the chewing locusts, my great army which I sent among you, you shall eat in plenty and be satisfied and praise the name of the Lord your God who has dealt wondrously with you and my people shall never be put to shame. Then you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, I am the Lord your God and there is no other, my people shall never be put to shame and it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out my spirit on all flesh that your sons and daughters shall prophesy your old men dream dreams and your young men see visions and also on my men servants and my maidservants I will pour out my spirit in these days. The Lord, we boldly approach your throne of grace as sons and daughters covered in the blood of Jesus and Lord we approach not first Lord with please but with thankfulness but we just thank you for what you've been doing Lord what a beautiful outpouring and movement all over our nation Lord you have been spilling over these bowls in heaven and there's just been a lingering in your presence Lord there has been a hunger in the people of God there has been a desire to stay and to dwell in your house and in your presence Lord we thank you for that and God we ask God this verse 25 Lord Lord we even stand here at the radio on just the prophetic word that Corey Russell gave us during the Seek that the Lord was gonna restore in days and weeks what the enemy has eaten in years Lord where there has been years of scars from heaviness and weariness and discouragement and despair Lord and offense and heartache and heartbreak Lord we ask in times of refreshing Lord that you would restore what the enemy has stolen God we just even ask individually for ourselves and for our families Lord what has been stolen during these COVID years God that it would be redeemed and restored Lord where any relationships have deteriorated Lord where any trust has deteriorated even within our families God we ask that you would restore Lord where there has been dryness and an absence of your presence and of your spirit and of your glory Lord for your restoration of your glory and your presence God we want to see your glory upon the church Lord we don't wanna see the church rise in their glory so the church can look like this awesome city on a hill that's apart from Jesus but we wanna see Christ magnify we wanna see the head of the church exalted Lord we wanna see the church rise from the ashes so that we can see Jesus who is the head who is the leader of the church who is the one the object of our praise and our glory and our affection Lord this is our heart and so Lord just for your church God I ask for your church all over this nation Lord in Kalamazoo throughout Michigan and all throughout the US Lord for restoration in your presence times of refreshing Lord lingering in your presence Lord for church services to go over their slotted times Lord for prayer meetings to be full and for people to linger Lord that there would even be people lingering in the watches of the nights because the presence and the glory of God is so manifest Lord Lord we wanna see things restored but more than that we want to see your glory and your presence and your beauty restored to your church and so Lord I ask for your church in America Lord restore the years that the locust have eaten this is what you're doing in this hour in the church He's restoring the glory restoring the glory later than the former today is on your church in verse 28 it shall come to pass after that I will pour out my spirit on all flesh your sons and daughters will prophesy we're old men shall dream dreams in your young men shall see visions I've been just so encouraged by the amount of visions that our kids are seeing at this time and I know me personally Aliyah our 10 year old she gave a testimony Sunday night which is had a vision of Jesus came to her and asked for her fears and she gave him to him and he said I'm gonna turn them into joy and since then she's seen another vision I saw her writing out this vision she saw this was not commonplace before just just crazy pictures she didn't even know spiritually what any of it meant or who anyone was she just saw this vision there is just something he's doing and so I just want to just pray for that your young men shall see visions asking for our young people to have their eyes open and to see God so we just we contend for Lord Gen Z and lower Lord we just in Gen Alpha Lord we ask Lord that in this season you would open their eyes Lord where the enemy has tried to put on blinders Lord what in a time when it feels like our kids are having their imagination robbed from them from hours and hours of a screen Lord that you are restoring vision Lord and even just being able to see and hear clearly in a confusing hour Lord we say it has to be you it has to be your hand and so God we even ask for our sons and daughters Lord we pray if you have if you have children feel free to pray with me Lord we just ask that they would see visions of Jesus Lord they have been seeing demonic prophecies of death in their generation Lord but Lord I just ask that you would unveil their eyes to see Jesus Lord we thank you that the pure in heart will see God we thank you for the promise for the pure in heart to see God and so Lord in this season where you are moving in a unique way Lord we just ask for a greater outpouring of visions on our young people Lord for those who are they might not even understand the vision fully like Samuel who didn't even really understand it was God talking to him but Lord you are speaking and interrupting even the childhood with your voice with your spirit Lord with your presence Lord ministering to the youngest among us and what a beautiful picture even when their minds don't fully understand you minister to their spirits because you love the little children Lord you are drawing them to you you have hope for this next generation Lord so we just ask for the young among us Lord would you give them visions in the name of Jesus just before we shift gears I just want to pray just that second part of that passage that the old men will dream dreams I just I can't let it go and so Lord I just thank you for my generation I thank you for the moms and the dads I thank you for the grandmas and the grandpas and God I just pray that in the midst of these splashing overs of your spirit God that you would remember the older generation God that you would stir again those embers into flame Lord that there would be a remembrance of the day of their salvation God I pray that as so many of them are going to see this Jesus revolution movie so many of them are being stirred about the good old days God I pray that you would fan into flame again their passion for Jesus that they would resurrect the dreams God that you gave to them in the days of their youth that they would not see themselves as just out to pastor well we've been there we've done that Lord I pray that you would capture the hearts of the 40 year olds and the 50 year olds and the 60 year olds and the 70 year olds and the 80 year olds 90 year olds God I pray that there would be a stirring and an awakening in the hearts of the older generations to dream the dreams of heaven in this hour God to lead with boldness the younger generation not with cynicism and skepticism and indifference and judgment God but they would arise and take their place Lord as moms and dads in the spirit we ask you Lord pour out the dreams of heaven again to the older generation in Jesus name yes and amen okay so we're gonna we're gonna turn just a little bit in our focus because tomorrow you know out of the place of prayer comes mission and that prayer and missions they're really just one current in the heart of God the great intercessor is the Lord of the harvest and so our prayers birth and fuel the kingdom missions of God and missions puts the beautiful feet to our prayers and tomorrow we're sending out our rsm and our rsw students to the nations of the world and across our nation to campuses and to serve churches and and we just want to get behind them I know we've prayed already but we're gonna commit to continue praying for them while they're on six week expedition but this is our last staff gathering before they all depart tomorrow and so I just want to release just a prophetic declaration turn it into a prayer we're gonna open up the permight for I mean like just like five minutes to just rapid fire some prayers for those going but in Jeremiah chapter one his forces now the word of the Lord came to me know how to speak because I'm and you you shall speak do not be afraid of them for to destroy and to overthrow to build and do never change I thank you that you are still prophets Lord to the nations that you are still stretching out your hand with your truth with your words that you are still using them Lord you are still using the young ones God to to tear until father we just lift these precious ones before you we thank you for the just the time spent lingering in your presence for that you stretch forth your hand even now would you do it in specific ministries to specific missionaries to specific people groups God to specific campuses we just say Lord release a prophetic anointing upon them even now in the name of the Lord Jesus every church every nation every state Lord that is visiting Lord your presence would come and lead your Lord I just ask for boldness to preach the word speak the word and the the evidence of the gifts of the spirit in the name of Jesus but I thank you that you are the pearl of greatest price or the pearl of great price God each student as they go out carries a testimony Lord of how their heart were searching for beautiful pearls Lord and they found you and when sold everything that they had God as they share their testimonies would people come to find you which reveal yourself as the pearl of great price in Jesus name Lord you said to pray that the Lord of the harvest would send out workers God we thank you for sending these out and we honor them and we bless them as they go and we ask that there would be tether to their feet that would pull others into the mission field I pray that this is just a first fruit offering of what is to happen what is to happen in your church as you're sending out young and old into the mission field but first we say honor blessing on them as they go guard them and guide them and every work Lord in Jesus name. Hey Lord I just pray over every student God that's going to the countries in the nation Lord that you give them a spirit of boldness and evangelism Lord ask that they would take the shoes of the gospel up with them that they would carry the gospel and they would spread that to everybody who does not know and does not hear. God let their heart burn for the loss and Lord give them a spirit of boldness and evangelism in Jesus name. Lord we ask that you would open their eyes to see the fields that are white into harvest Lord that you would show them what you see Lord that you would give them divine appointments and lead them to people who are ripe who are ready for the harvest Lord that they would see souls transformed and renewed by the power of your spirit. We just pray and ask for boldness over this team God that as we pray as they pray Lord they continue to preach the word Lord and God would the word of God go forth through all nations through all cultures God would it pierce between bone and marrow Lord Jesus would it penetrate to people's souls and spirits Lord that there would be a harvest during these next six weeks like we've never seen before Jesus. Lord ask that you would break off the fear of man from each student and that you would fill them with the fear of the Lord and a fire shut up in their bones that they cannot help themselves but to release your gospel to the world around them in Jesus name. Thank you and I just remember the great commission you even saying all authority in heaven and earth has been given to me so go and baptize in the name of the Father and Son the Holy Spirit and teach them to obey all I've commanded you God and you promise I will be with you always even to the end of the age God so I pray for new authority for these students I pray for opportunities to to teach and to baptize God and I thank you that they're going to experience your abiding and manifest presence with them wherever they go so I thank you for these ones we're being commissioned and we just send them even now in the name of Jesus Holy Spirit we just pray as a pillar of fire would go before these kids and the children of Israel that you would just go before them and then you would guide them everywhere they go that the that the steps of a good man are ordered to the Lord that the path of the righteous was brighter and brighter the everywhere they go the God you are going before them already studying the path God we pray for divine protection over every student God that they're covered by the blood of Jesus that no weapon formed against them shall prosper no evil shall come near their dwelling they are the head not the tail they're above and not beneath the God you are for them and I thank you for the protecting them keep them safe we thank you God for the testimonies we thank you God for speaking to them when they're on the mission field about their future about what you're calling them to full-time in Jesus name you shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace and let every mountain and hill break forth before you in the name of the Lord Jesus because you have that anticipation and that expectation and just as we're seeing that I just feel like the Lord I feel his emotion I feel his excitement and anticipation to journey to the nations and across our nation with all of you going and so Father we just thank you we thank you for this hour we thank you for the privilege to partner with you with the things that are on your heart and with what you're doing in this city in this place in our nation and the nations of the earth we just say Jesus would you just continue continue Lord continue the good work you have done we love you Jesus and we bless you your name you pray well thanks for joining us if you would like to so financially into these expedition teams you can do so at going to radiant dot church under kingdom builders and then I think there's another link global outreach and you can find a list of all the teams going and the individuals and and so accordingly so we're back here at noon today in 6 30 tonight we'll see you in the prayer room God bless you