Zion, we come before you, God, today. And we ask, Lord God, as we stand in the gap and come as your people, Father, that You would look upon our hearts, Lord
As you said, You wanted a heart of flesh and not a heart of stone. God, in our hearts where we have become hardened, where we are carrying the residue of pain and disappointment, of rejection
God, (prayers)
Where we have stored up the pain, where we have stored up the tears, and have now found ourselves loyal to places of pain
God, we ask You to break the hard hearts. We ask You to break the hard hearts today, God
(Prayers)
We give You the wounds of the fatherless generation
(Prayers)
We give You our scars tonight, Lord. We give You the blood that's still bleeding. And we ask for Your healing tonight in the name of Jesus
We repent, Father
(Prayers)
And we ask You to look upon us with mercies. For Your word says that Your mercies are new every morning
So, Father, we ask you to rise from your seat with compassion
To rise from your seat, Lord God
(Prayers), with forgiveness and healing in Your wings, God
And we ask You to take these broken pieces. And we ask You to breathe upon our mortal flesh and spirit tonight. To breathe upon the places that have become dry. To breathe upon the waterless places
Father
The places we have hidden from You
The places we have blocked from love, from correction
(Prayers) the places we have fortified from trust and love
And so we cry out to You tonight, God
We cry out, God, on behalf of men and women, God, in this nation. Men and women who were searching for safety and refuge in the church
But they found pain and rejection and error
(Prayers)
Those we cut with our words. Those we bruise with our hands. Those we abuse with our actions. God we ask and stand in repentance
And we ask God for Your grace and for Your mercy and forgiveness over the leaders of this land
Over the bishops and pastors. Over the prophets and priests. No matter their denomination. No matter their race or class
God, we ask tonight that Your grace be dispensed upon this nation. That Your forgiveness be dispensed and Your mercy be dispensed Lord God
(Prayers)
Our hearts weep tonight. Our hearts weep tonight God because You weep tonight
Because You weep tonight God as You lift the blanket of deception and deceit
And show us the errors of our ways Father
You weep tonight, but with tender and loving kindness You call us back as a bride Lord God
You call us back as your bride unto Yourself Father
So we say God wash our garments again
Cleanse us from the iniquity of this age
Deliver us from the perversions of this age
Sanctify us again in Your word and in Your truth
(Prayers)
And raiment us again in holy garments
With hearts of the Father
With hearts that are moved by the needs and the afflictions of a broken generation
And run to them with compassion and love
Send us we ask tonight God
Form us and mold us Lord God on the potter's wheel again God
That when we stand before You our words do not fall as men bend
But they shoot forth like arrows Lord God, piercing every plan of the adversary
Use us to be winners of the hearts of men again
To be fishers of men
And disciples of men
(Prayers)
Some of us have been so impacted God by what we have seen and heard
From leaders who have compromised
That we have dropped our standards
But Spirit of the living God we ask and we petition tonight that you would bring us back to the standard of the Spirit
It was said who can ascend into the heels of the Lord
He who has clean hands
And a pure heart
Who has not lifted up his hands unto vanity nor sworn deceitfully
God we ask for a washing and a purging in this generation
That we will stand as beacons of hope and light
And our light will not go out
That our fire will burn ceaselessly in this generation
And its flame will become the igniting fire for those who simply hold the wick
And so God we ask for the illumination and infilling of the Holy Ghost like never before
Because we need a fresh outpouring of Your power and a fresh outpouring of Your Spirit God
A fresh outpouring God of purity and holiness God
And everything that is dispatched through the Spirit that You would become our teacher again
That You would teach us the way to walk the road
For who is man that we are mindful of them
(Prayers)
Tear down the idols we have made of man
Desecrate them in Your all consuming fire
Pull down O God everything that we use to exalt itself above the knowledge of who you are
Everything that stands in the way
Everything that has been blocking our passage and entry point in the Spirit
We nullify every dark work in the name of Jesus
I said we nullify every dark work in the name of Jesus
We destroy every demonic altar that has been set up against the church in this hour
Every evil altar that is speaking God we silence it in the name and in the authority of Jesus Christ
Even in this region
And we thank You for the uprising of the fathers
We thank You for the uprising of the mothers
We thank You for the returning of the prodigal son
We prepare our meals Lord God and feast this day
Because we know there is a turning back
For those who were marred and for those who ran
And for those who sought fulfillment in other spaces
But we stand with arms of welcome and not condemnation
Draw them by the Spirit tonight God
For Your word said if you be lifted up you will draw all men unto you
And so God we lift You up tonight
God we glorify you tonight
God we thank you tonight
Lord we honor you tonight
Lord we glorify you tonight
Lord we open our mouths as a trumpet
And we decree that the word of the purposes of God
Shall be set forth in our generation and may manifest
Kings will rise again
Priests will rise again
Princes will rise again
Prophets will rise again
Apostles will rise again
Teachers will rise again
Evangelists will rise again
And we put the blood of the lamb
Back on the door post of this nation
We put the blood of the lamb
Back on the lintel of this nation
We put the blood of the lamb
Back on the threshold of this nation
Let everything that has been conspired and said
(Prayers)
Purify our spirit
You're purifying our tongues
Even in this moment of gathering
You're purifying our language
You're purifying our vision and sight
You're purifying our ears and our ear gate
You're purifying our tongue again God
You're purifying our hearts and our spirits
You're purifying our minds and our thoughts
Purify us again
Purge us from every iniquity
Everything that has come in Lord God into our temple
For you said Lord God that this temple is the temple of the Holy Ghost
(Prayers)
I hear the Lord say
Bring me fresh sacrifice upon your altar in this season
Do not bring me what you have brought me before
Bring me a fresh sacrifice and lay it upon the altar
For the Lord said there is much encounter and fresh habitation that will come
As we put the fresh sacrifice on the altar
A fresh fire will come
To consume every perversion and iniquity
To wash us afresh
To cleanse us again
To make perfect the garments of the bride
Ready for her groom
And upon such a prayer and upon such a word of God
We honour it with thanks
We honour it with thanks
We honour it with thanks
We honour it with thanks
We honour it with thanks
We honour it with thanks
We honour it with thanks
We honour it with thanks
We honour it with thanks
We honour it with thanks
We honour it with thanks
(Prayers)
Thank you, Jesus
Even so Father
Let your kingdom come
And let your will be done
Here in America
In Canada
And in the nations of the earth
Help us
For only you can
We thank you, Father, for the new breath
For the wind of restoration
That is blowing in this region
We thank you, Father, for the dry bones
That are coming back to life
And we thank you that, Father, it will not just be bones that are decorated
But it will become bones with the breath of God in them
