 Hey, good morning. Welcome to morning prayer from the Radiant City Center. I was glad when they said to me, let's go to the house of the Lord today. I'm just reminded of the gift of the corporate altar of intercession in the midst of crisis or difficulty. Like in the middle of world events happening in the midst of shaking, we have an altar that's already been built that we gather to. It's like King Jehoshaphat. When the army surrounded him, he had a corporate altar that he could gather people to. And when they gathered everybody, the kids and the elderly and everybody around, and they cried out to the Lord and he heard them delivered. So this morning we're going to be praying for Israel, praying for the war in the Middle East. And got a lot of different things that we're just even sensing and feeling, but we're going to give room for the Holy Spirit to lead and give utterance. I said it Sunday morning, but Psalm 122 says, pray for the peace of Jerusalem. And that's a command for us to do. And that's what we're going to be able to do this morning along with a lot of other prayer topics. And so, but let's begin. And Ms. Tammy reminded us this morning that the story of Jehoshaphat and how the worshipers were actually the ones who went forward and declared the goodness and the mercy of the Lord. And so that's what we're doing. We are going into battle this morning, but our battle is not with flesh and blood. Our battle is not with people, but our battle is spiritual. And our weapons are spiritual for the pulling down of strongholds. And so our fingers have been changed. Fingers have been trained for battle, our hands for war. And this morning our battle, our weapons is our praise. And so let's go every single person right now in this moment, put away distraction, command your soul to wake up, put the to-do list, the people you need to connect with, the side conversations you need to have. Put those aside right now in this moment. And let's just begin to lift up thanksgiving and praise. You are good. And your mercy endures forever. You are good. And your mercy endures forever. Just praise it. Clap your hands. Lift your hands. Remind yourself who the Lord is. We're just going to sing it a few more times, but let's just look upon the faithfulness of God today. Oh, sing. Remind us of the word that Wayne Drayn gave us, of warring worship. Worship, the sound of the battle cry. There's something about that perspective of I am doing war in the heavenlies. This is spiritual warfare, what's happening. And I am actually fighting through the noise and the sleepiness. And I'm shaking that off. I'm not waiting for the song that I really like. I'm not waiting for the right drum build to kind of get me in the mood. But as a soldier, I get myself ready for battle and war. I just sense we just need to stir ourselves up a little bit more. We don't need to wait for the right song to be led. I think we're a little bit sleepy, a little sluggish this morning, and there's a call going forth for warring worship. Warring songs in the heavenlies. So let's lift our tequila before the Lord. The spontaneous song of the warrior worship. Let's release the sound of the battle cry and throning the King of Israel on our praise. And throning the God of Israel upon our praises. All you are good and your mercy endures forever. Let the singers sing. Let the dancers dance. Let the people's praise be one of Israel. Oh, we exalt you Jesus. Israel belongs to you. I'm of intercession. I just want to encourage us. Let's stay engaged. Let's stay in the praises. Who said, for Zion's sake, I am never quiet. For Jerusalem's sake, I am to be torn. And so we stand in the gap this morning, God. And we just say, hostages that have been taken, Lord. And we say, rescue mission. Pray that you would bear your right arm. That you would show yourself strong on her borders. Evasion your angels as a wall in Jesus' name. Leration over Israel. Our help is in the name of the Lord. Who made grace this morning. We bypass the outer courts of distraction, Lord. The noise of this world. Of political arguments. Of the opinions and thoughts of man. Lord, we walk past those courts into the Holy of Holies. Where you are enthroned above the circle of the earth. Where you are king of kings. Where the train of your rope fills the temple. And we stand before not the rulers of man, but the ruler who created the heavens and earth. The one who the king's hand is like water. The king's heart is like water in your hand. And you turn it whichever way that you desire. Lord, we stand before you. Forever you are glorified. Forever contractual God. But you are a covenantal father. And we appeal to the God of covenants. Who said, I have established Jerusalem. I have established my throne among Jerusalem forever. And Lord, we ask Isaiah 64. Oh, that you would ran the heavens and come down. That the mountains might shake at your presence. As it burns brushwood as fire. Causes water to boil. To make your name known among your adversaries. That the nations may tremble at your presence. When you did awesome things for which we did not look. You came down the mountains shook at your presence. For since the beginning of the world. Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear. Nor has I seen any God beside you. Who acts for the one who waits for him. And Lord, we are waiting for you. Actively with our prayers and intercession. Lord, we know that there is no solution from man to fix this problem. Lord, we know that there is no politician. That can make the wrong thing right. That it is a spiritual battle. And so Lord, we ask, we wait for you with our intercession. Lord, we say, would you run the heavens and come down. Lord, we lift the people of Israel before you. And God, we ask. Lord, that you would bring your judgments on Hamas. In the name of Jesus. Lord, this terrorist organization. Lord, that has been responsible for the death. And the murder of so many in Israel. And is responsible for the death. And murder of so many Palestinians as well. Lord, there is blood that has cried out from the ground. From this organization. Lord, for decades. And Lord, we ask that you would hear the cry of the blood. And that you would avenge those where the bloodshed has been poured out against Lord. And Lord, that you would illuminate. Lord, and that you would expose. Lord, Hamas and the principalities behind this. Lord, we ask for the sake of both Israel. And Palestine. Lord, that you would remove this evil, wicked organization. Lord, that has lifted itself up with haughty words against the Lord. Who has made it their statement to wipe out Israel from the face of the earth. That uses their own people as a human shield. Lord, to advance the spirit of death that is over that region. Lord, for the sake of peace. Lord, for the sake of peace in the Middle East. Lord, for the sake of peace in Jerusalem. Lord, we ask that you would do something mighty. Lord, that the mountains would shake. Lord, that your presence would come. That you would make known that Yeshua Hamashiyah is Lord. That you would do something that no God could take credit for. Lord, that the state of Israel could not take credit for. That the UN or the United States could not take credit for. But only the hand of God sovereignly dealing a death blow to the Prince of Persia and the spirit of death in this region. So God, we ask, would you ran the heavens and would you come down? Let justice triumph. Let justice triumph. But right now the church, that we would rise up the apple of your eye. God, I ask that we would not be the wild branches that boast against the tree. Lord, we would not be the branches that boast against the natural branches. But we would consider the goodness and the severity of our God. Lord, and I ask for a church that would rise up. Lord, and confront the rampant anti-Semitism that has crept in to the church. Lord, that has even been in here for generations. Lord, that has partnered with the ancient hatred because of the covenant that you made with the nation Israel, Lord. And blindness has not just come to Israel, but it has also come upon the church. Lord, but you said in the last days that the church would provoke Israel to jealousy. That there would be an hour where the love of Christ would be so prevalent. And that there would be a church and a bride that would lay down her life even to the point of death. Lord, we ask for that church to rise up. God, I ask for a church that would not be haughty in their own opinion. Lord, that would not stand tall and pretend to know. But Lord, that they would be on their knees and on their face before you in prayer and in intercession. Lord, I ask for your church to be grits. Lord, like Paul says in Romans 8, we do not know how to pray as we ought. We don't have unction apart from you. Lord, we are so distracted. And Lord, we are so taken out by the opinions of men. Lord, culture has taken prayer and stolen it from the church. But Lord, we ask for the unction and the burden of the Lord. Lord, the same burden that came upon Paul in Romans 9, when he said, I would actually wish myself a curse if it meant Israel being saved. Lord, in Romans 10-1, my earnest desire, my groaning, is that all of Israel would be saved. Oh Lord, that we would take on the same burden as the Apostle Paul. Lord, we would follow the leadership of the Spirit that groanings too deep for words would happen through the Holy Spirit. God, I ask that you would wake up your church to pray for Israel in this hour. Lord, that we would not be caught sleeping. Lord, that we would not stand on the sidelines like cowards afraid to confront the Spirit of the age that is at work. But we would stand with courage and boldness and unity and that we would contend for the apple of your eye. We would contend for the nation of Israel. So we say to the church, wake up in this hour. Wake up, sleeping church. Wake up, wake up. Rise up from the dead that the light of Christ shine in you that you may rise and pray and stand in this hour in the name of Jesus. Just put your hand over your heart right now as we close. Lord, we confess the prayer of Paul. We do not know how to pray as we ought. We do not know how to pray with the unction and the compulsion of the Spirit. Lord, we ask not human sentiment, not because we're supposed to, not because our leaders are telling us to, but because we are gripped with the groaning of the Spirit. Oh God, would you teach us how to pray for your people Israel? Lord, would you wake us up from our slumber and our sleep? Lord, from our fogginess? From all the reasons that we are distracted and we do not pray? Lord, wake us up and give us your burden. Lord, with our hands on our hearts, Lord, we declare Isaiah 62. For Zion's sake, I will not hold my peace. And for Jerusalem's sake, I will not rest until her righteousness goes forth as brightness and her salvation as noon day. And then in verse 8, I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem. They shall not rest or hold their peace day or night. You who make mention of the Lord, do not keep silent and give him no rest until he establishes and makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth. Lord, we ask, Lord, you have made covenant. Lord, give us grace to fulfill this prophetic promise. Lord, that we would be watchmen on the wall for Jerusalem. Lord, you are looking, the eyes of the Lord are looking to and fro, looking for those who will say yes to the cry of the Spirit to not hold our peace. That we would make mention of the Lord and not keep silent until you establish Jerusalem as a praise in the earth. Lord, we say, we are willing. Lord, we believe but help our unbelief. Lord, we are willing but help our lack of willingness. Give us your burden to pray. Give us your burden for your people. In the name of Jesus. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you for praying and contending for us like Tammy said at the beginning. We just stand as little watchmen in Kalamazoo thousands of miles away. But our feet may be here, but our words are before heaven and angels and demons move in the Middle East when we lift up our voice and pray. Amen. Well, we're going to be contending this entire week from the Radiant City Center just per Pastor Lee's request. We are going to be praying and interceding at least one cycle per prayer meeting. This week we're just going to take our stand on the wall morning, noon, and night and be praying for Israel, be praying for peace in the Middle East. So we welcome you to join us in person or to come online. Bless you. Have a great day.