 Right now time has come for us to pray and we're gonna pray for our city This is a very important time because Jesus is awaiting our prayer Because God is waiting for you in my voice We are partners with God in this on this earth God doesn't do anything on this in this earth without you or me being involved We are his hands. We are his feet. We are his mouthpiece And today he is expecting you and me and he's expecting our prayer before we pray I want to share if you can lift up my mic just a bit. I want to share a story from the Bible It comes from the story of Abraham So God comes to Abraham and says Abraham, you know the city of Sodom and Gomorrah. Yeah, this city is bad They've done many bad things. I hear that I hear their outcry from the city. I'm going in and I'm gonna destroy that city so God so Abraham he begins to bargain with God he begins to talk with God because he knows he's he is a His relative lot he is in that city and so he doesn't want him to be destroyed. He begins to talk with God and say God What if there what if there's 50 righteous people? Will you destroy the city? It's unlike you God? You can't destroy righteous with unrighteous. You can't destroy holy with unholy God says if there's 50 I will not destroy it. He continues to bargain with God and he says what if there's 45? God says I won't destroy it. What if there is 30? God says I won't do it. What if there is 20? He said I will not do it. He got down to 10 said God what if there's only 10? Will you destroy the city and God says no, I will not destroy it and this is where Abraham stops They finished the conversation God leaves and God doesn't even find 10 people in Sodom and Gomorrah that are righteous And we know he even though by his grace he brings the lot of his family out, but Sodom and Gomorrah is destroyed So there is two lessons that I want to I want to draw out of this story. First of all God wants to know if you are concerned for the city God wants to know if you are concerned for the city that you live in today See God is here in this place. His presence is here See Abraham he did not live in that city. His personal safety in his personal well-being was not at stake It was his relative that was there But Abraham was concerned for the city He was concerned for his relatives and he was asking and bargaining with God to spare the city God wants to know today. Are you concerned for the city you live in today? God wants to know do you carry a burden because this is the city that I live in This is the city you live in this is a city where your children live in this is the city where your parents Where your family where your friends live in and God wants to know if you are concerned for your city If you're concerned the drugs are destroying our city If you're concerned that hatred and crime is staying apart our city If you are concerned today that divorce is eating up our families. Are you concerned today that there is Despite the advancement of the medical field. There is more and more sicknesses and more incurable disease that being discovered God wants to know are you concerned for the city? Does your heart Care for those that are hopeless and lost those that are dying out of drugs and those that are popping pills because they're anxious And they're fearful and they're they they're they they're contemplating suicide and point number two A god is willing to settle what you bargained for God is willing to give us god is willing to give you for whatever you ask him tonight If Abraham if only Abraham would have gone down to five The city saddam and gamora would have been spared Today god is awaiting you're in my prayer today god is waiting for you on a story of Abraham And lot and saddam and gamora god clearly shows us a picture that god is interested in your opinion in my opinion God is interested in your desire god is interested for your concern, but is your concern your city What you willing to ask god tonight for we're asking as a church for thousands locally and millions globally We believe that god has chosen us and raised us up for such a time as this to rescue a generation To set our people free to bring hope to the hopeless to bring healing to those that are sick To bring salvation to those that are lost Today, I want to ask you are you concerned for our city? And what are you willing to ask for today? I invite you to pray with us today to ask god for thousands locally and millions globally I want you to ask god that Thousands and thousands of people will be set free from drugs Thousands of people will be healed from incurable diseases That thousands of people will find hope and thousands of people in our city will find Jesus I want you to lift up your voice right now Together with us and begin to find that place in your heart Begin to find that concern in your heart for our city and let's begin to pray and cry out before god Let's begin to ask let's our city will be destroyed But what satan is doing in our city? Let's our city will be destroyed by sin by immorality in it because sin in itself is destructive But if god comes if god will come and intervene on our behalf as we pray god will show his mercy God will show his grace he will pour out his spirit a no flesh and we will see salvation in jesus