 Hey, we're gonna go ahead and get started. Good morning. Welcome to our morning prayer set in the heart of Kalamazoo. So glad to see everybody for you to join us for worship and prayer this morning. You know, as I was driving in, I was just thinking of how significant this room is and this gathering is this morning and that our weakest prayers, even our weakest utterances and agreement with God's heart and our weakest choruses that are sung, they move things, they shift things in the unseen realm because it's how Abba ordained his kingdom to operate. And I just wanna remind us of that so that we enter in with sort of this awe and this sobriety of heart that I believe when the books are open and we see the chapter entries of this prayer room, what was prayed and what was declared and what was sung, that we're gonna literally have a corporate gasp at how profound and powerful these gatherings together are in the spirit of agreement. And so Father, I just thank you. I thank you that you ordained your kingdom to operate in agreement with us, even us. Our weakest prayers, our weakest choruses of declaration and agreement with who you are and what you do. Lord, they shift spiritual atmospheres and cultures in the unseen realm. We don't take it lightly. And so Lord, we pray for an outpouring of your spirit in this next hour. I ask you Holy Spirit to do what you love to do and reveal Jesus in a greater measure to us. As we sing in obedience to your word, as we praise you and make much of you, would you unveil the majesty and the transcendent beauty of who you are? I pray Holy Spirit for a prophetic anointing upon my friends with instruments and microphones. God, I pray that they would prophesy that there would be a release, God, of declaration today that move angels, that activate angels over this city and over the Middle East and Israel. I pray that as they sing Holy Spirit, you would find forces of wickedness in unseen places that real demonic agendas would be thwarted, God, as we praise you, as we come into agreement with who you are. And Lord, I pray for a spirit of intercession to help us, Lord, in our weakness. Would you help us in our limitations? Pour out grace to intercede, to stand in the gap today, God, to feel what you feel and to pray what you're praying, oh great intercessor. We just say Holy Spirit, helper, we need you. We need you to lead the prayer meeting. We need you to lead the worship. We need you to lead the prayers for Israel. We welcome you in this place. Let's just begin to lift our voices all over the room. Let's just begin to sing. Scripture's clear, sing to the Lord. Sing to the Lord. Sing in the spirit, sing with our understanding, but Lord, we've come to sing today. New song to make much of Jesus to proclaim your supremacy over every other God. To proclaim your greatness from the ends of the earth. Are you, Lord, awesome in your sanctuary? We agree with Heaven, we agree. Eternal reality, we're from, for the ages of eternity, we will stand, many tribes, many tongues, many dialects, singing and declaring the worth of your son, Father. Oh, we love to stare at you, Jesus, and make much of you. To declare your beauty, your transcendent holiness, your worth, God. There is no one like you, Jesus. There is no one like you. You stand alone as the only worthy one. This is our anthem, forever and ever and ever. Worthy is the Lamb of God. We're gonna stay right there with our hearts postured in worship, but we're gonna shift a little bit now into intercession. And we're gonna pray for Israel in this first prayer cycle. And I told the team earlier today, it can be easy to say, but what about our own city or what about our own in this hour? And I was thinking of Proverbs 17, 17, where it says, a friend loves at all times and a brother is born for adversity. And in this hour, when the books are recording those eternal books of remembrance, that when it's opened, I long for this altar for it to be recorded that we stood as friends with Israel, that we stood as family, that in their hour of adversity, we came forward as family because it's in the hard times where family is proven. And so we're just gonna stay that course believing God's promise that those who love Israel, those who bless Israel shall prosper. He knows the cries of our heart for our city and our own. And he is faithful to them as we stand as family with Israel in this hour. So let's go ahead and stand just in that posture of readiness. If you have your Bibles, please open to Isaiah 41. We're just gonna release some declarations of truth concerning Israel. And we're gonna remind the Lord of some of his promises concerning the apple of his eye, beginning in verse eight, Isaiah 41. Israel, my servant Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendent of Abraham, my friend, ends of the earth, called from its remotest parts and said to you, you are my servant. I have chosen you and not rejected you, pulled you with my righteous right hand. Behold, all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonored. Those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish. You will seek those, you will be as nothing non-existent for I am the Lord your God, who upholds your right hand, who says to you, do not fear only one of Israel. So Father, we thank declaration that you have made. Concerning Israel is yes and amen to chosen of you, God. With Abraham, the man you called your friend. Oh God, you are faithful to every covenant promise. You have taken Israel from the remotest parts of the earth where she was scattered and you have drawn her to that promised land and you will uphold your promises to her God, of the Lord. Chosen of the Lord, his possession above, the one in whom he to lie forsaken. As the rockets go forth, we declare you are not forsaken as armies mount against you on the borders. You are remembered and you are chosen Israel. You are chosen possession in Jesus name and to your people. And so we enter inclination over her. Do not fear Israel. Do not anxiously look about on your borders to be her help. You have promised to be her strong tower. You have promised to be her defense. Lord, you said that you would be a. So we just say, Abba, do what you have promised. Help Israel in this hour. Break in even in this moment, God, as we're praying in a place of hiddenness in Kalamazoo, Michigan. We just say, Father, release your power, release your armies, release your defense. Do what you said you would do. God, you said it over and over, even in this passage for emphasis with great exclamation marks, Lord. So we say, Abba, do it. Be faithful to your word in the West Bank. Help Israel on her self border, God. Help Israel in the holy city of Jerusalem. In Jesus name, you says the Lord. God, when you say surely it is done, the gavel of heaven has already fallen. It is decreed and declared. And so Lord, we just say, what has been released in heaven? Lord, would you release it in earth today in Israel, God? Deliverance, help, salvation, rescue missions, Lord. We say, Father, deploy your angels even now in rescue missions all over Israel. God, for the hostages, we say, release them, Lord. Send your angels and release them, Lord. Let not one be missing. We pray in your mercy. You said, surely I will help them. Surely I will uphold them. So Lord, we stand and we remind you of your word. We agree with who you are because with you nothing is impossible. So Father, help us hear the testimonies, Lord, of your right arm showing off in Jesus name, those who contend against Israel. Lord, we remind you of your word, that you said they would be put on dishonored, that you will contend with those who contend with Israel and you will bring them to nothing. So God, we hold your word before you and we just say, Lord, be faithful to it. Pray for every contender against Israel. Lord Hamas has brought agendas coming out of these places of leadership in Iran and Lord, would you strike them? Would you bring them to nothing as you have promised? Lord, as you brought Haman to an end, God, regimes to an end. Make them as nothing, Lord. You say put to shame and Israelonic regimes to strike them even now in Jesus name. That you have promised to contend with those back into a time of worship right now. I just encourage us to stay in, just stay engaged. Sing your song, he will sing hear your voice. He wants to hear your words. Let's sing to the Lord. No one else can sing your song. Sing your song to the Lord. God, you are worthy of our praise. You're the only one who's worthy. So as rightly do we love you. God, it's the right response. It's the proper response to pour our whole lives, all of our love, all of who we are on you. On you, you and you alone are worthy of our love. You and you alone are worthy of our praise. You and you alone are worthy of our whole hearts, we're going to continue to intercede for Israel. One way that we pour out our love to God is to pray with us on his heart and to pray it right back to him. And the way we're going to do that, I want us to engage. We're going to do that. I'm going to do some rapid fire prayers, okay? And so right now I would love to invite some intercessors to come, okay? And this is what we're going to do. These are short bursts, all right? If you have a scripture, you don't have to read it. You can get up here and just pray it, right? 10, 20 second prayers. As we were praying and interceding for Israel, I came across revelation just to remind us that who we're praying to, we're praying to the victorious one. Listen, listen to what John saw. It says, then I saw a new heaven and a new earth for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God as a bride prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them and they will be his people and God himself will be there as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes and death shall be no more. Neither should it be mourning or crying or any more more things have passed away. The throne said, behold, I things new. What I want us to pray into as you come up here, be led by the spirit. But I want us to pray as the victorious ones because Christ is our victory. And we're not gonna look at what Jerusalem looks like now. We're gonna look and see what John saw. And we're gonna allow the revelation of God to empower our prayers. So I'm gonna pray into this and then we're gonna invite people to come and just pray into the promises, the prophetic promises and revelation of God. And so Jesus, rightly do we love you. You're the one seated on the throne. And you said that you are making all things new even in the midst of war, even in the midst of violence, even in the midst of pain. God, we say that Israel belongs to you. And so we ask God as violence breaks out that your love will break out. God, we ask this hate breaks out that the spirit of God and love will break out. God, we ask that you will even do a revival in the midst while the world is watching, while all eyes on an Israel. God, we pray, we stand on your promise that you are making all things new. God, we believe that you are building your church, that you will redeem your world with seed, the beauty. That you would run the heavens and come down, Lord. We ask that you would do something that no man could take credit for. Lord, that we pray for the peace of Jerusalem that only the Prince of Peace could do. So come and do something that only you can do. God, I'm going to show you who you are for your children. Thank you that no curse that's been spoken against them can stand. That the shout of when he was... Jesus, thank you, God, that you are covenant keeping God. Thank you that you do not forget your promises. And I just pray, God, that you would help us to see what you're doing in this time, God, that we would remember your faithfulness, that we would remember your promises, God, that we would not grow weary. And I pray, Jesus, that you would open the eyes of Israel to see you for who you are. I pray for the salvation of Israel in Jesus' name. Just keep getting this word over and over the last week or so. And it's this phrase, oh, Lord of hosts. And usually they use it in the word when they were great distressed and they needed God to move. And so we just pray, oh, Lord of hosts, Jehovah and host means a large, huge mass. Oh, Lord of hosts, the bigness of who you are, the largeness of your power. Would you intervene in Israel, God? You said, Lord, that your arm is not too short and that it cannot save. Will you not save Israel, God? Will you not move and gather her around yourself, God? Would you not rescue her and do a divine confusion on the enemy like you've done in years past, God? We just ask that you would show up and show up with your mighty power, with your mighty hand, God, for the sake of Israel, your beloved in Jesus' name. It says that for the joy sent before you endured the cross. And so God, I ask that the Israeli people would see that they are the joy that was sent before you, God. They would come to faith because of your kindness and your love, Lord. And that in the midst of turmoil, in the midst of chaos, in the midst of war, God, in the midst of paint, bright shining as the groom, Lord, coming for them and enduring the cross for them, Jesus. Isaiah 42, Jesus said you would go forth like a mighty man, that you would stir yourself up with zeal like a man of war. God, I ask that you would protect Israel, surround them and fight for them in Jesus' name. You're a jealous God and you're after people, holy spirit. I just ask right now that you would break out in Israel, God. Would your people be saved, Lord? Would there be Saul to Paul conversions in Israel, God? We just ask right now that your spirit would pour out in Jesus' name. Look, I would come before you in thanksgiving that the enemy could not. Silence and scare away a generation that's destined to unveil your sacrifice to your people, Lord God. I thank you that this nation shall be taught by the Lord. This generation will be taught by the Lord and they will know you by name. Thank you. Just you just thank you for your children, Father. And we just pray as those grafted into the vine that you would come for your children and that Father you would just raise your banner just that the line of Judah, Father, I pray that you would come as the roaring line and would you come and just show your pride and your glory over these people. Yes, God, I thank you for Isaiah 41, verse 12. That those who work against you shall be as nothing at all. God, I just pray that you would reduce Hamas to nothing but an inconvenience for Israel and that you would just grant them a major victory. God, we ask and pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Here we are knocking at the door again. Here we are filling up bowls in the heavenly realms, Lord. So would you pour them out? God, wish your hand be over your people, over your children in Israel. Yahweh, we just thank you right now that you do not just promise to restore the physical things that were taken from your people in Israel, but God, you promise to restore the years that have been robbed from them and I pray right now that this hope would be revealed to your people in Israel, Jesus. Thank you right now for the victory that has already been won and we just pray for perseverance of your people, God. I just pray for hearts to be prepared for what's to come and... 18th and 6th, that the name of the Lord is a strong power. The righteous man runs into it, it's safe. So Lord, I just pray for Israel and that Israel is what just runs to you, Lord, because you are a strong tower to them in their time of need, Lord. So I just pray that you would just be a strong tower. In this time of intercession, let's stand and I invite us to sing and declare that Israel belongs to your heart, right back to you. Come before your throne of grace. Come before your throne of grace, knowing that we may find mercy and help in our time of need. So God, we just remind you this morning, knowing that you know, but we just partner with you and say that your sons and daughters, they need you. And as their brothers and sisters, we stand in a gap and it's our honor and it's our privilege to stand in a gap and to intercede, to take our spot as we say on the wall and to war for your people. So Father, thank you that these prayers and that these prophetic songs, they don't fall on deaf ears, Lord, but that you've listened to every single one. Now do what you wanna do, do what only you can do and make all things new. We pray these things in Jesus' name, amen. We'll thank you for those who are joining us online for those of you in the room. Thank you for interceding with us. We're gonna continue to pray. Wanna invite you if you haven't made your way to the prayer room. We'll be here at 12 and again at 6.30 p.m. We will love to see you. We love you, have a great day.