 welcome to Radiant Prayer from the Radiant City Center in Kalamazoo. We're gonna be interceding as we always do at 8 a.m. We're gonna be praying for church in Kalamazoo and as always when you're praying from a different location feel free to put your city and your location in and we're gonna be praying out of Paul's Prayer in Ephesians 3 for the church in Ephesus. Be strengthened with might by a spirit in the inner man. It's such a brilliant, incredible, comprehensive prayer for for strength. How many of y'all say hey I could use strength. I could be strengthened today. I know your boy's got his hand up today and right now we're we're I want to just read through the prayer too as we're entering into worship just to just to marinate in it for a minute before we actually intercede out of it. So if you have your Bibles out Ephesians 3 I'm gonna start in verse 14. For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ from who the whole family in heaven and earth is named that he would grant you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with might through his spirit in the inner man that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith that you may be rooted in ground and love may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge that you may be filled with all the fullness of God now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us to him be the glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever amen amen let's go before him this morning Lord we stand before a father who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think Lord we come not as beggars not with a poverty mindset but knowing you are exceedingly abundantly able or we come to a God who does not operate in measure but in fullness we come to a God who does not know lack we just come before you as this scripture leads us to you be the glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever amen let's just begin giving and bringing glory to him this morning Lord we give you glory and honor and praise this morning this is why we woke up this is why we have breath in our lungs right now is to give you glory and praise this is why we exist to bring you glory to give you glory and praise when we say to you be the glory to you be the honor to you be the wisdom the power to you be our affections and our praise to you be the wisdom and wealth glory and honor and praise let's just lift up our voices and give him glory with the fruit of our lips this morning this is how I drink this is how I eat I just stay in your presence stay this is how I eat this is how I drink I just stay here in your understanding there's something we're strengthened with might we're gonna take kind of this focus we've been singing and receiving and begin to pray for the church in Kalamazoo out of Ephesians 3 so grab your Bible take your your stand on the wall we're gonna intercede for the church asking that he would grant you according to the riches of glory to be strengthened with might through his spirit and the inner man the Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith that you being rooted and grounded in love may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge that you may be filled with all the fullness of God now to him he was able to exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us to him be the glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever Lord we lift before you the church in Kalamazoo right now God we ask that you would strengthen us with might by your spirit in the inner man Lord in a time where the spirit of antichrist seeks to wear out the saints Lord we ask that you would respond from heaven with a strengthening with might by your spirit in the inner man or just as we are singing about your word and your presence being our food and our sustenance God we ask that you would sustain us with your word Lord we ask that you would strengthen us with might by your spirit in the inner man Lord Lord we ask for the pastors and the leaders of this city God we thank you for every pastor and leader who has stood on the firm foundation of your word and preached the gospel faithfully God we ask God root them and ground them in your love Lord let there be a rootedness Lord in a season when the world everything in the world seems to be shaking Lord and culture is shaking and there is unstableness everywhere Lord for your leaders your pastors in this city Lord that they would be rooted and grounded in the love of God Lord that there would be a firm foundation Lord I ask for for those who are weary and on the verge of quitting Lord that that you would renew their strength they would rise up with wings like eagles God we ask for the weary and the tired and the discouraged Lord encouragement straight from the throne of heaven Lord that Christ would dwell in our hearts through faith Lord that there would be a dwelling of Christ in this city and on the the leaders in this city Lord like we were singing of making room in space Lord that there would be a clearing out of everything else other than your presence and your word Lord that you can dwell mightily it's a Lord we pray for the church that you would strengthen us with might through your spirit in the inner man in the name of Jesus you may be able to comprehend with all of the saints what is the width length and depth and height to know the love of Christ that passes knowledge to be filled with a fullness of God Lord this is our prayer for our city Lord Kalamazoo God would you make us one Lord that we would not isolate ourselves Lord and think of our individual churches as the church of Kalamazoo but Lord you would bind us together in love you said that we may be able to comprehend with all of the saints Lord we ask just for corporate revelation of your love or that you would take us deeper into the love of Christ and into the love of God Lord fresh revelation and encounter of your word and in your word Lord in an hour with much confusion God that you would answer with a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Jesus Christ Lord I ask for the name of Jesus to be exalted through the church in this city God that the name of Jesus would be lifted high Lord that the name of Jesus would be the most famous name in Kalamazoo Lord we ask Lord that you would raise up in the church Lord the pastors the teachers the leaders the prophets the apostles Lord I ask you and call forth the creatives Lord the songwriters and the dancers and the artists and the filmmakers and the storytellers and the podcasters and all the areas of the arts Lord to paint the picture of the beauty and the splendor of Jesus Lord we thank you even in this city of Kalamazoo Lord that has an appreciation for the arts God we ask Lord that you would raise up people even the arts community Lord artists and musicians and singers and songwriters those who would tell the gospel creatively and beautifully with story and song Lord that you would paint the picture in this city of your beautiful son Jesus that you would paint the picture of the gospel Lord throughout this city Lord that you would break in to the college campuses Western and K College Lord KVCC Lord that there would be there would not be a like this fence where there is a prison inside of ideology Lord that that marks you and strongholds that exalt themselves above the knowledge of God but but you would raise up believers Lord to penetrate those walls of those colleges Lord that we would see your spirit breathe and a move of God on the college campuses in our city Lord that you would come upon college students Lord I ask for those that are nineteen twenty years old living in dorms Lord K College and WMU Lord that you would baptize them in the Holy Spirit and with fire with boldness they would preach your word with golden it with boldness they would witness and share Lord that we would see signs and wonders Lord on the college campuses of this city we would see signs and wonders in the streets Lord you said there's prayer in my house there will be praise in the streets and we are hungry to see the praise erupt in the streets we are hungry to see the name of Jesus confessed on the street praise in the streets so Lord we ask with all the saints God can we comprehend the width the length and depth the height that we would know the love of Christ you would release the fullness of God on the church of Kalamazoo the name of Jesus for those represented on the live stream the strengthening of the Lord in our hearts we'd be praying from Psalm 16 if you want to go ahead and flip there beginning in verse 8 this is David's confession I have set the Lord continually before me because he is at my right hand I will not be shaken therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices and my flesh will dwell securely verse 11 you will make known to me the path of life and in your presence is fullness of joy and in your right hand there are pleasures forevermore so father we just lean in we lean into your desire God to strengthen your people with might in the inner man we lean in to that place of agreement with your tender heart God to root and ground your people young and old alike from the littles God to the seasoned leaders that you would have a people in Kalamazoo that you would have a people in this land God who are strong in the power of your might who are strong in your joy God with peace guarding their hearts and minds because your presence and so Lord I'm asking that right now as we stand in the gap as we lift our own hearts to you as we lift our own families to you as we lift your church in Kalamazoo before you God I'm asking that you would grant grace to set Jesus continually before us that your beauty God would be set before us that we would have eyes like the dove riveted on you God and not fear and not anxiety and not the counterfeit loves of this fallen world and not the relational pressures and the financial pressures holy spirit I'm asking that you will do what you can do that you love to do that you would set Jesus this beautiful man with eyes like fire infinite in beauty before us that we would Lord be strengthened and immovable in our faith and in our love we're asking Holy Spirit set Jesus before your church in your name we pray our perspective for people who are strengthened on the inside for a people who know your presence God who find their joy and strength in being with you so Lord I'm asking all across this city set Jesus continually before your people God I'm praying for leaders right now ministry leaders God I'm asking that Jesus would be set anew before them that you would break Lord the parameters of religion and tradition God that you would remove the hamster wheel before them and I'm asking that you would set Jesus before them and that they would be rooted and grounded in your love Lord strengthened in your presence again that there would be a reviving and a refreshing to leaders all across the city all throughout the network all throughout every church represented on this live stream God we just say set Jesus before leaders today Lord open their eyes afresh to his beauty set his voice that's still small voice before them God that they would not be moved taken by discouragement that they would not be shaken by compromise that they would not be shaken in weariness and unbelief we speak strength to leaders we speak Jesus to be set continually before them in worship Jesus name Jesus you are the source of our strength you are the source of our joy that translates a strength in our heart and joy asking that you will do what your church so desperately needs in this hour that you would be set before us that you would be our vision you would be the one thing capturing our days that it's your presence Lord above all else I'm asking Lord all across this city in every home that you would be set continually before husbands and wives that you would strengthen their marriages God that you would be set before families continually in every expression in those arsenic hours God in those moments of exasperation with littles and teens God that Jesus would be set before them renewing hope restoring joy renewing strength Lord we just say set Jesus before your people before families before littles before high schoolers and college students God those that are just traversing hostile environments today on college campuses God navigating human ideologies and doctrines of demons we just say Jesus be set before them continually as truth Jesus be set before those in the marketplace who are navigating that oh Jesus be set for your church we ask thank you that you are more committed to strengthening us to anchoring us in you to bringing us through as burning and shining one strong in the Lord I thank you that this is your zeal Holy Spirit that you've got us I thank you that you will do everything you have promised to do Lord thank you that you are setting our eyes on Jesus that you are strengthening our hearts in love and all that we have asked all that we have even thought of to ask today God exceedingly abundantly beyond all of that you are answering we thank you for your faithfulness Jesus thank you for this privilege to minister to your heart to agree with you concerning the things on your heart for our own individual lives and our families in this city and this land thank you for the honor of this priestly ministry God I ask all that has transpired this last hour and will in the coming hours that you would multiply it many times over in this place and in this city and across our land and the nations of the earth the perpetual prayer fires would burn and that the incense Lord would ascend as a pleasing aroma to you on earth as it is in heaven ready us Lord we love you Jesus and we bless you amen and amen thank you for joining us this morning for our morning prayer set we're gonna be back here at noon doing the same thing praying for the nations and we'll be back here again tonight at 6 30 we would love for you to come downtown and join us God bless you