 Good morning Welcome to our Monday morning prayer meeting here The Radiant City Center in downtown Kalamazoo. Thank you for those who are here this morning Braving the cold summer morning to be here and offer our prayers and Thanksgiving to the Lord for those who are joining us online. This is your first time here with us We just welcome you. Thank you for joining us This is an hour we can come together as the church no matter who we are where we're from Worship the Lord agree with who he is and to Stand in the gap and offer intercession and agree with what God promised he would do all throughout scripture So we're gonna sing we're gonna pray And we're gonna engage together as the church in one voice before we pray and worship this morning, I want to open up when Psalm 138 and and Just to set us in a posture of Thankfulness unto the Lord a posture of when we come before the Lord and worship that we're not just the first thing we're doing is not just asking him for things or Sharing our frustrations, but we're we're setting our hearts. The first thing is thanking him Calling to remembrance what he has done in our life Calling to remembrance his faithfulness his goodness and his kindness as we begin to remember and say thank you It gives us faith It stirs up faith in our hearts to believe that he will do it again If he did it before and he's the same God then and he'll be the same God tomorrow Then he will do it again so as I Read Psalm 138 as we read it together. I encourage you to to draw into your memory Draw from the well of remembrance The things that the Lord has done for you Starting verse 1 says I give you thanks. Oh Lord with my whole heart Before the other gods I sing your praise. I Bow down towards your holy temple and give thanks to your name For your steadfast love and your faithfulness For you have exalted Above all things your name and your word On the day that I called you answered me My strength of soul you increased All the kings of the earth Shall give you thanks. Oh Lord, but they have heard the words of your mouth They shall sing of the ways of the Lord for great is the glory of the Lord For though the Lord is high He regards the lowly But the hottie he knows from afar Though I walk in the midst of trouble you preserve my life You stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies and your right hand delivers me The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me your steadfast level Lord and doers forever Do not forsake the work of your hands Father we thank you that you are faithful. We remember that when we Called upon your name you answered When we came with little strength You strengthened us When we were walking through the valley When our enemies surround us you preserved us and you delivered us So that thankfulness Reminds us that you will fulfill the purpose that you have That your steadfast love is not over, but it will endure forever and that you will never forsake us You will never forsake us So God right now we offer up a song and an offering of praise a song of Thanksgiving We remember and we say thank you We remember and we say thank you in our circumstance face of our enemy Young to the lamb who sits on the throne fix our eyes on heaven right now We fix our eyes on the one who is worthy to be praised We're gonna be praying This morning continuation of what Andy Bird spoke on Yesterday morning. We want to pray for laborers to rise up pray for those Who would speak the word of God in boldness and authority with signs and wonders Unto healing and deliverance salvation Revival would spring college campus here in town, but if there is a Campus that it's on your heart Just as I'm praying and if I say WMNU WMU. You just Replace that with whatever is on your heart right now But I encourage you to be specific Think about the place think about the people the students about the culture the buildings what's already there and Picture what would happen the name of Jesus was declared With signs and wonders and boldness and authority what would happen? If when two or three young people were gathered together It caught like a match and spread like wildfire would happen if the name of Jesus was on everyone's tongue There was no longer decided by What was in fashion or what was expected? But if the culture of the campus was decided Worthiness and holiness of Jesus So as we picture that we praying out of 2nd Thessalonians chapter 3 the New Testament 2nd Thessalonians 3 it says finally brothers pray for us But the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored as Happened among you in a world of darkness in a world of deception That truth and light Would like a spear that would be the darkness Would here's dorm room every lecture hall Every common space Here's with truth and would pierce with light that darkness would be exposed Deception would be that depression would lose its foothold Immorality would lose its father and the purpose that he has for us as his sons and daughters As a lamp as a city on a hill as a beacon of hope Those who are lost in darkness would see that it is a hope just as they are As they came feet of Jesus as they are but they will not leave as they are that they would be Transformed and delivered Made into the image of their creator So right now we ask in the name of Jesus with the word be a light and a truth At WMU and Jesus name Your own the darkness Culture that has set itself up Let truth Let life here's the darkness That last phrase of that first verse That it would speed ahead be honored as happened among you If we want to throw that spear someone has to hold it Someone has to hold that spear a flight in truth So we pray right now for laborers laborers to rise up With their heart set ablaze with the thing that sets your heart ablaze We ask for our hearts to burn like your heart burns and here The pravati and the cries of your children just as you see in here just like In Exodus when you heard the cries of your people you sin a deliverer you hear the cries of broken hearts They may not be crying for your name because they do not know But they're crying out for something to heal them and deliver them You know them you feel their brokenness You see them crying out for help and deliverance So would you send deliverers? Would you send the Moses's and to cast out darkness And to stand in the face of wickedness part of the father So we ask for laborers right now as they have experienced salvation as they have experienced faithfulness as We have saying of your faithfulness. We know that you would do it for them That your heart is for them You know their name just like you know our name you will call them out just like you called us out You can bring a mighty deliverance just like you did for us Just like you healed us You said an ax for that your servants would speak your word with boldness And as they speak the word with boldness God would stretch out his hand to heal with signs and wonders through the name of Jesus So right now I ask that laborers People would rise up with boldness in their hearts Fire in their hearts, but it would not be shut up, but they would go To college campuses here in Kalamazoo And they would speak the word Boldness and with authority Then it would run swiftly, but it would run swiftly I'm determined that the fear of man would not silence them But they would with boldness and authority speak the truth of God And that when they speak they know that God would stretch out his hand Over WMU with boldness he would stretch out with signs, wonders, healings, deliverance, salvation, unto revival What would it look like if just a few would speak? What would it look like if ten would speak? What would it look like if a hundred would speak? If a thousand would speak? What would happen in that place? We believe and we declare that God you are not done yet You are not finished yet Then you are not finished until every heart burns for your name on that college campus You want that generation? You want those people? You want those names? So God we ask in the name of Jesus Would you raise up your laborers who would speak with boldness? Would you lay down your laborers who would speak with boldness? Would you stand in the gap? Would you let your heart burn? In the face of persecution, of judgment, of slander? Would you stand in the gap? Laborers arise, the fist is ready, this arise Yes Lord. Send forth your deliverers. Send forth those that will go and stand in faith and pray and share the gospel. So you may be glorified God. I want to continue to pray for for believers on on Western's campus and just like before if the Lord has put a specific campus on your heart I just encourage you as we pray and I say Western or WMU that you would replace it with that campus. We're gonna continue to pray out of Ephesians 4 starting in verse 22 to put off your old self which belongs to your former manner of life and just corrupt through deceitful desires and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds to put on the new self created after the likeness of God and true righteousness in holiness. Lord we pray for these believers on on Western's campus Lord that that as they as they dive deeper into knowing you Lord that they would put off their old self but that the the sanctification process Lord that the dying to sin and becoming a new life Lord in Christ would be a testimony to those around them Lord that the way that they live their lives would be a testimony at the to the work of Jesus but that that you would be seen through the way that they live through their actions. God I pray that they would see the full transform the way that you transform lives God and that it would be a testimony God I pray that where there was pride that there would now be humility that there would be a humble spirit over them but there was one sexual morality that there would be purity Lord where they once lived for a worksman with a works mentality Lord putting their value in the work that they would now live with the identity of sons and daughters who are welcomed in the house of God and justified by grace through faith. Lord there were once lying in deceit that there would be a confessing spirit Lord a spirit of honesty one that has a heart of reconciliation. God would your Holy Spirit go forth to strengthen these believers and Lord would you continue that sanctification process that through varying lives and the way that they live them would be a testimony to you Jesus that it would be a testimony of your power and your might. So God in Jesus name I pray that your spirit would go forth and transform them from the inside out sanctify them God to be a testimony to Jesus. We speak the name of Jesus over pride. We speak the name of Jesus. Over sexual morality. We speak the name of Jesus. Over lying. We speak the name of Jesus. Over sweet people. We speak the name of Jesus. We speak the name of Jesus. Over this campus. Over this people. We speak the name of Jesus. We speak the name of Jesus Lord. Would you make them humble? Would you make them honest? Would you transform their lives Lord? We speak the name of Jesus. We speak the name of Jesus. And over this campus. We speak the name of Jesus. We speak the name of Jesus. And over this campus. Over this people. We speak the name of Jesus. We speak the name of Jesus. We speak the name of Jesus. And over this campus. And over this people. Hearts will come alive. And eyes will be open to see Jesus. Hearts will come alive. And eyes will be open to see Jesus. Hearts will come alive. To put on the new self. To finish work in Jesus. And eyes will be a testimony of God. And eyes will be eyes to come alive. And eyes will be eyes to come alive. Yes Lord. When hearts come alive. When eyes be open to see the beauty in the love. In the power of Jesus. God I just pray that. That the way that. That these believers live their lives wholeheartedly. And just completely abandoned. To you Jesus that. That it would cause a spirit of wisdom and revelation. To fall upon those that don't know you. To fall upon the prodigals. God that they wouldn't just share the gospel. But that they would live it. That they would live in the transformed. In the transformed work of Jesus. So Lord I pray that as they go throughout their day Lord. Even today. Those athletes that are on the campus in the summer. God that. The Christians that are there Lord. That there would be a spirit of wisdom and revelation that follows them. That people would wonder why they live differently. That people would wonder. How they went from living in a life of sin. To now living a life. A sinless life Lord. That they would pursue righteousness. That it would be a testimony to your power and your work. God so I just pray that as they go throughout their day Lord. That the way that they live the people would just begin to wonder why they live differently. How they live differently. God that they would cause a spirit of wisdom and revelation. To fall upon those that don't know you. That their lives. Of the believers would be a testimony Lord. So I just pray for that spirit of wisdom and revelation. In the name of Jesus to. Lord that the way that these believers live their lives would be a testimony to you. And that a spirit of wisdom and revelation would follow them. Open the eyes of the blind. Open the eyes of the blind Lord. All of you can. Open the eyes of the blind. Let them see you. Let them see Jesus. Let them see your love for them. Let them see how much you care for them. Open the eyes of the blind. Spirit of wisdom and revelation. Open the eyes of the blind. Break through every spiritual stronghold. Every work of the enemy. With your spirit of wisdom and revelation. Capture the hearts of your sons and daughters. Open the eyes of the blind. God would you break through. Would you break through every spiritual stronghold. Break through every work of the enemy. I want to take this last five minutes and shift our prayer a little bit. To pray for the the prodigals on Western's campus. Specifically targeting them. That this the spirit of wisdom and revelation would come upon them. That the Lord would pour out his spirit over Western. So God I just ask according to your word according to your will. That you would pour out your spirit over Western. God a place that has just been held by spiritual strongholds. God would you break through. Would you break through and open the eyes of the blind. Or would you open their eyes to see one of the riches. Of your glorious inheritance. Whether their inheritance is not. Their inheritance is not depression. Their inheritance is not anxiety. Their inheritance is a place in the father's house. With a father who loves them. Who sent his own son to die and a cross to make a way for them. God would you open their eyes to see your son. To see the work of the cross. God we just come before you today and partner with your heart. And we just petition to you. We ask that you would pour out your spirit over Western Michigan. God it's your heart. Also in Jesus name I just ask you would pour out your spirit over Western Michigan. Yes Lord pour out your spirit today. Pour out your spirit God that there would be a great harvest of Western Michigan students. Come pour out your spirit. Your spirit. That those sons and daughters that are lost would come home. Could you answer the prayers of the parrots who have been laboring for their sons and daughters. Come pour out your spirit God. Would you answer the prayers of the mothers and fathers who have been crying out to you for their sons and daughters to come home. Would you answer their prayers God and pour out your spirit on Western campus. Pour out your spirit. Pour out your spirit. A Bible like it's never seen God. A greater outpouring of your spirit. But the sons and daughters would come home. That they would be welcomed home with open arms. Measure God to share the gospel. That we carry the truth and power of Jesus. Pour out your spirit God. Yes Lord pour out your spirit. We petition to you today to pour out your spirit. Lord would there be a great harvest of Western Michigan students. Would that campus be a place that is thick with your spirit. But we just thank you that we're partnering with your heart for them. We're partnering with your heart for that campus for those students God. We thank you that you hear our prayers and you hear the prayers of those mothers and fathers who are praying for their lost sons and daughters. View all the praise and all the glory in Jesus' mighty name. Amen. We want to thank you for joining us for morning prayer. We'll be back here in the prayer room at noon today at 6.30 this evening. And back on the live stream tomorrow morning at 8am. Thank you.