Good morning. Good morning and welcome. Wherever you are across the earth today, may God bless you and strengthen you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. We welcome you to coffee and prayer this morning, wherever you are across the globe. We thank you for joining us in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Let's just remind ourselves that this is the day that the Lord has made I shall rejoice and be glad. He's our God. He's our king. He's the king of kings. He is the Lord of lords. We're going to be jumping straight to the Scripture, we'd be taking communion soon, in about 40 minutes or so. So wherever you are this morning, we just pray that the fire of God will rest upon you today that this this will be a blessed day. Every day is a blessed day when you walk with Jesus, but there is nothing too big for our God, there is nothing too big for our King. So wherever you are, I just pray that the word of God will stir you up and you will continue to walk in His mercy and His love and His grace and His goodness in the sovereignty of God. God is with you wherever you are today. Please do not worry. Please do not fear. But let's turn straight to the scripture this morning. For everybody that's joining us in the world of the podcasting. Good morning, wherever you are to thank you so much for the 1000s of downloads that we're having through these podcasts. May God continue to strengthen you and guide you across the other side of the world. And to the people that are in New Zealand that watch and have been staying with us we thank you so much to you and to those in Australia and America and all around the world. Thank you so much. We're in and the scripture we got this morning is Psalm 23. But for everybody that's on Amazon music I Heart Radio, Spotify, Apple play, and so many other social platforms we welcome in this morning we're gonna go to Psalm 23 I just fell in my spirit today just to keep this absolutely so simple. And we're just resting in Jesus we're just resting in Jesus we welcome Glenn our brother to my left and to Dawn is upset me this morning opposite me and our brother Randy is just over there as we gather and everybody that captures this live stream service every Wednesday morning round about 930. Let's just pray. Let's open the Word of God up. Wherever you are today. Grab yourself a Bible Psalm 23 The Lord is I feel it's very, very important that we understand that the Lord is everything to you and everything to me, the Lord is your rock. Here's your guide, he is your strength. He is your bright morning star and I pray that the fire of God will descend on you right now that you will feel His love and His goodness. And if you're worrying about anything in your life, just hand it over to God this morning. Just hand everything over. You know, just like the the loaves and the fish hand everything to Jesus. It looks the same, it feels the same. And actually the fish smelt the same. It was the same just just hand it over to Jesus, you know just and your life. I'm handing my life to Jesus because there is no other way to go. He is the King of Kings He is the Lord of lords he is Jehovah Jireh, Jehovah Nissi, Jehovah shalom, He is our God, and He shall supply all our needs according to Thy riches and glory. But Psalm 23, probably the most famous Psalm across planet Earth, and we probably all can remember how this reads but the Lord is the Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. I just want to let you know this morning that you don't lack anything in your life that God is your supplier he is your healer is your strength. If you're going through anxious thoughts, if you've got doubt, if you've got worry in your mind, if you feel depressed, if you just feel like you're the lone parent that's doing absolutely everything. You got two jobs, three jobs, you're looking for a new job, you're in a marriage that's really hard, you're you're distressed, you're in leadership, whatever your situation is in your life, I really believe God had you in the palm of his hand. And it doesn't mean it might just because it doesn't look right doesn't mean to say that it's not right. Just because everything just don't seem to be lining up. That doesn't mean to say that God isn't involved. God is moving in a fresh way. And you know what, God doesn't move the same move the same as the world he moves completely different. His ways are higher than our ways his thoughts are far beyond our thoughts. The Lord is my shepherd I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside quiet waters He restores my soul He guides me. Sorry for his namesake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for you are with me, your rod and your staff. They comfort me You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. Thank you Jesus, if we just hold it there up to verse five. And if we just see what that says, just for a few moments, and then obviously the rest of it says You anoint my head with all my cup runneth over Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life. And I will dwell in house of the Lord forever such a powerful such a simple six verses that All it is but I just got to remind myself, I don't know about who you are. And wherever you are, and whatever your name is, and whatever your situation is. I believe that as believers today, do not follow the political agenda. Do not follow the crowd. Do not follow the rhetoric do not follow the drumbeat even of what the church is doing. Be very, very careful of ministers be very careful of leaders in church, our church, in business, out of business across the world. We are in a spiritual crisis. The UK is so thin spiritually, we need our Redeemer we need our God and our King families are crying out. Governments are not listening. They're just managing and they're bad managers. We need the King of Glory, we need the fire of God, we need the Lion of Judah. You know, we're in a nation of managing, and we can't manage our way through a spiritual crisis. We need the word of God. The only way out of this situation is a miracle. The only way forward for church religion, humanity is the fire of God to breathe and to descend. And the prayer I pray this morning, dear God breathed their god over London over the surrounding areas over this nation. Lord, we need the king. You know, everybody, well, I won't say everybody, a mass percentage of the UK the population know we're in a crisis. You just feel it. You just know whether your church, our church, the faith out of faith, we can see it. But we're so used to being herded. This is the way to go this way, this way. We're so so conditioned to be managed in every area of life. And the church tries to manage spiritual issues, through planning and roadmap in the church tries to manage things. We can't manage the kingdom of God. We need the power of the Holy Spirit, we need the fire of God to descend on this nation. I hope that I've got this wrong, and I'm living in a bad dream. I hope that I'm gonna wake up and they're gonna go all he's okay. Everything's lovely and fluffy and wonderful. But what I see what's happening to the UK at this moment, what I see that's happening through this nation is that we are being managed by managers that can't manage, and we need, we need our God to take up the throne. We need our God to take his position. And Psalm 23 is very relevant. The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. I like nothing can Jesus in the world, I lose everything, I have nothing to gain of the world. Materialism can't get me through a spiritual crisis. In this, in this world in which we live. Everything is governed by managing dictatorship. But there is a kingdom, the Kings domain, and I really believe God is drawing people. I believe God is drawing those out of religion, out of certain ministries, out of political areas, certain areas of education, certain areas of business, I believe that there is a great storm arising within the UK and I believe God is breathing over this nation. And it's not causing. It's not causing a revival is causing almost a fear, the fear of God. What is happening law, there are no revival flags. There are no revival whistles being blown. But what there is, is there is if you are a true believer, you will know what persecution is. Yeah, we look across the shores, we look into other areas of the land of the world. And we see real persecution but it's on the shoreline of the UK. And it's being used very clearly and very cleverly through management, manage, they're managing us into persecution. You know, you're going to have this you're going to have this you've got to have this you got to have that you've got to do you got to do you got to do it is completely the opposite to think to the kingdom of God. But I want to remind you what the psalmist writes in Psalm 23, The Lord is my shepherd. He is your shepherd. Within religion in the church, there are hired hands, the Bible talks about hired hands. They look like a shepherd. They smell like a shepherd. They walk like a shepherd. But they're just hired. Religion hires hired hands. We need shepherds in this nation. We need shepherds that will guide us through this spiritual crisis. And I pray that wherever you are today that you will feel the love of God. There are many people in church out of church all over the place, feeling very discomfort, feeling, not feeling comforted this morning, by what they was feeling comfort for for many years, because religion isn't doing it anymore. And we need the Savior. We need the Messiah, we need the king. There's a lot of disturbance. There's a lot of spiritual disturbance and, and religion in certain areas. A church can't it can't control it and it's losing control and, and it's all over the place. We are managed. We can't manage our way through a spiritual crisis. We need to pray our way through we need to go by faith. So I pray this morning that you will go by faith. You know, this nation has been hit with a storm with a crisis on air Every level of every every place you know, famines, wars, rumors of wars, you know the lack of the lack of the lack of will actually mark God says, My God shall supply all my needs according to their riches in glory and and by the power of the Holy Spirit. God is our comforter, God is our guide God is our all he is everything that you need, but I believe God is leading us and asking and requiring us to lean into Jesus to lean into the King of kings and the Lord of lords. You know, we're going to break bread we're going to pray we're going to turn over the scriptures and we're going to see where where we go this morning but the Lord is the Lord is your shepherd. I want you to know that the Lord is your shepherd. I lack nothing. It says that I lack nothing say that to yourself this morning. He makes me lie down in green pastures. Are you feeling very fidgety today? Are you feeling very uncomfortable today? I pray that the farmer God will give you peace he restores he's a restorer. He's the God that restores he is your Jehovah Jireh, Jehovah Nissi. And I pray this morning, wherever you are across the earth, that we realize that the Lord is my shepherd. I lack nothing. We got too many hired hands. We've got too many managers in religion, we got too many managers. Well, politics is management. It's just got a fancy name of politics over the door. It's just managing. And we've got poor managers across this nation. We got poor managers, we need leaders that are led by the fire and the power of God. We need church leaders that are led by Scripture. We need church leaders that are on fire that are standing up for God not standing up for the ministry, not standing up for the bricks and the mortar but standing up for the Word of God. We need clean, clear sound doctrine back in the UK. We need the word father. We need the word and it might be ruffling a few feathers this morning it might be ruffling. But we need the word of God like never before. The ship is sinking. And we need out God. We need our garden. You know, management can't deal with a spiritual crisis, prayer, fasting, the word of God, leaning into Jesus standing on the rock Psalm 23. The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along right paths for his namesake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil for you are with me, your rod and your staff. They come from the verse For whoever you may be at this moment you are just walking through, you are just walking through even though I walk through the darkest valley, you're on a walk through, the darkness cannot hold you. You carry light, you carry the Word of God, you carry grace, you carry power, you carry authority, you are a child of the living God, you are blessed and highly favored. And I'm not pressing the drum of the Pentecostal preaching mode and the evangelical shouting and naming and claiming I'm just saying what the Word says even though I walked through the darkest valley, however dark it may seem, remember Psalm 119, I believe it's verse 105, Your word is a lamp unto my feet, a light for my path. It's his word. It's his word that will get us through. It says word that will walk us through. But I've got to be completely in a position of surrendering now that that is the most difficult thing that I can do. As a man, as a leader, as a son, whoever I am, whoever I am, whoever you are in Christ, the most difficult thing that we face now is being a believer and living by faith. Because everything is about perception and anticipation and thinking our way through. We can't think our way through. We got to go by faith, there is a senior level. And in the UK, we've hit the senior level. And now it needs that now we need faith. It's very interesting that the managers have pushed out religion and Christianity very clearly they're pushing it out the door. But Christianity is what is the stabilizer that a human being needs, whether we believe that or whether we don't believe that, because we are in a spiritual crisis, and the world needs a Savior. And everything that has been prophesied is before our very eyes happening. It is it is being acted out by God's people. It is being moved by God's people. We see what God is doing through His Word. And the world is only doing what the Scripture tells us very clear. So I shouldn't be jaded. I shouldn't be taken by surprise of what's happening now. Because the scriptures already foretold the scriptures already prophesied. So when I look out across the window of life, and I hear wars, rumors of wars, famines, the lack of fuel this is rising, that is rising children rising against parents, and I got to remember and understand what it was scripture means about the lawlessness. And more than anything the lawlessness in religion and denominations of not following the Word of God. That's where the lawlessness is. We ain't got to worry about the world. We got to work out our fear. Sorry, work out our salvation with fear and trembling. Lord, keep me in. Lord, draw me in Lord draw me in law because we're, where it's like there's an explosion just waiting to go off in this nation. And we need the Savior. Now many, many, many that need the King of Glory this morning. I just want to remind you before I hand over to my brothers this morning, the Lord is your shepherd. You lack nothing, you lack nothing. Don't look at materialism. Don't look at what the world is trying to offer you. Don't look at what the managers are trying to do to you. The Lord is your Jehovah Jireh, Jehovah Nissi, Jehovah shalom, he's your God. And he will get you through the valley of the shadow of death. He will put bread on your table, he will put fuel in your tank, he will put fuel in the gas he will he will, he will. But I've got to lean into him. I've got to lean into him like never before. I've got to walk by faith. He's the King of kings and the Lord of lords. I just stay on Christ, I stay in Christ, I walk with Christ the Lord is my god. Come Holy Spirit. Lord, we pray today, Lord, that the outstretched arm of the Lord, Lord will capture and grab all those that are fearful, Lord, or those that filled out for this morning all the leaders that are stressed with religion, and the structure Lord of of management, Lord, we pray right now in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, Lord, that you will draw those that are caught in churches and ministries and religion, in businesses in management settings, in hard workplaces, areas, loads that are stressed, that are worried that a fearful Lord, we thank You, Lord, that the snare has been broken at the name of Jesus, the snare that the enemy has laid out has been broken. Lord, cut through the snare in the name of Jesus Father, give us eyes to see, give us is to hear, carry us Father, Lord, we thank You that we shall soar on wings as of eagles. Lord, there is nothing that can trap us there is nothing that can hold us. We are free because the sun sets free, is free indeed. And wherever you are across this nation today, freedom is upon you. Freedom is around you. You know, the world is trying to manage you. Culture is trying to shape you. But God is calling you god he's reaching out God is God is calling you this morning. Come to me all of you that are weary and heavy laden, I'll give you rest farther we need rest. We need rest today. And it needs rest. I need rest. Don needs rest. Glen needs rest everyone online law we need rest farther. We need rest for our hearts, our spirit our mind, Lord, we need that place of peace. Father, we need a place father. And the only places in Jesus our families are in thermal workplaces, Lord is upside down father, culture, Lord is completely against the word of God. Father, the press of religion, Lord seems to be too much of the structure of the UK, the management system of this nation, Father, everything is broken apart from the kingdom of God, Lord, everything Lord we look at can't be fixed in the world. But we thank you, Jesus, that you died on the cross the Calvary and you said it is finished. So Lord, help us to take our eyes off of what the world is doing. And keep our eyes on Jesus. keep our eyes on Jesus. Okay, God bless you brothers. God bless your sisters online.
Donny Stockburn:Yeah, a couple of days ago. I was praying and I felt good say, Pray about love. And I ended up with about 20 sheets of paper. Well, me, nothing to say. And what can you say about God's love? This is about God's love for us, not our love for God. And slowly Morrow was nailing down every little pie. I opened my eyes and under the chair was this little piece of paper we all got here. And it says sometimes troubles of heart, biking and hard to live with. But you have given us a love. That is why beyond all our troubles, love, that's why beyond all our troubles are like under nothing else in all creation. God made us is nothing else that he loves more than us. We are His most beloved children. And we have to remember that the love of God has made a why. And this love of God is an everlasting God. And that's the word I want to promote today. It's an everlasting love. Amen. ever lost in love, light salvation, it cannot be taken away from us. Yes, is an everlasting thing. Under I just want to give you this one scripture, Jeremiah 31, verse three, and this is how God started me, speaking about love praying about love, and it says in there, yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love for men, an everlasting love does not give you a security, don't knock out all our troubles and twelves all our efforts to do good and pleasing to God, He loves us, we have an everlasting love. And that's the foundation of our lives. God's love for us is everlasting. And what piece of information that was for me, after a weekend of sort of failures and doing this, and I should have done that, I started filming knees bend, and I was drifting away from God. But then he gave me this word, my love is an ever lost in love, thank you doesn't depend on your behavior or whatever. It's a no lost in love that I give to you, in order to thank you for that now. And I just want to pry that into people's lives, Lord, this message that this love is not a temporary thing. It don't come and go on our performance. It's there day and night. It's eternal. It's an everlasting love. When God when God gave Jeremiah these words, he was about to send Israel into captivity for 72 years. But there's everlasting love, you will have thought all the way up to the everlasting love. But God had already planned their return. He already laid plans about when they came back to him. He hadn't given them up, even chastising them, to make them cry out to him again, and come back to him. This love of God. It goes through all things, all our troubles, all our issues. It never moves, it stays constant. It's the love of God. It's not like human love is called divine love, is not even as like to compare with our mom's love, or her dad's love. It's a love way beyond the handkerchief. Why beyond something that's indescribable, that as near as we can get to it, be that I think in words, is environments, where we have pulled discovers he said, nothing will ever separate us from his love of God. But when I really need to get a visual look of the love of God, or look at the cross, and all men God has made a why, for this, he's beloved creation. He loves us above all other creative things, Moon stars, everything, even our pets, everything we love. And Lord is nothing light unto us. made in God's image. We are His children. He wants us back and this everlasting love will never ever yes give us up to our last breath of fire good. You have made a why. And this foundation of love you lie down. Lordy is constant. And our pray now in Jesus name, Father, God, all those Christian songs and arts that are troubled right now right throughout the world, living in world war torn lands, persecution, and troubles poverty, sickness, illness, disease, or anything Father God, I pray, Lord, goy outpouring, renewing and re establishing this eternal love of yours that you give to us to be in our lives Father God. Lord arches pious in Jesus name. Amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Amen. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you Holy Spirit.
Glenn Walsh:Often people think well, if God loves me, why this why that and especially led through the valley of the shadow of death. As we've just come out of the Easter season. This morning, I'm just looking at John 1920. And John 21. Man, quick skim through. And in John 19, verse 33. It says, And when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead. Let just live with you for a minute. When they came to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead. He was dead. Many of us think that because God loves us. He's the God of rescue, which he is, and that he will always rescue us from every problem that lands at our door. That's not the way of the Lord. Thank you. He often we have to go through the valley of the shadow of death. Amen. We have to go through hard times when they came to Jesus. They saw that he was already dead. He had to die. Yeah, yeah, we'll see why. And then all sorts of things go on with the disciples. You can imagine the loss the heartbreak of the disciples of his family of Mary His brothers, his sisters, all those who followed him. Not only that, we know that Jesus had to go through it alone. A father turned his face away. God, my God, why have you forsaken me? What turmoil Jesus went through what turmoil the father went through. Thank you Holy Spirit, he turned his face away from his beloved son. We know the motives behind it, his love for you and May, God so loved the world, He sent His one and only son. But then as we skipped over to John 20, verse nine, for his yet they did not understand the Scripture, they still didn't get it. They've gone to the turn. They've even stomped his body, they thought, the last glimpse of memory, where's he gone? They've even taken his body, they thought, but as yet they had not understood scripture, that he must rise from the date. So to rise from the dead, he had to die. And we know he died. From us, we know that he paid the price of Death, The wages of sin is death, he paid it in full. Amen. Complete not for his own sin, though, because He was sinless, the pure, spotless lamb, thank you, Jesus. It was for our sin that he died. And then it says, because they hadn't understood the disciples went back to their own home. They didn't know what to do. Then Mary encounters him. This is verse 14. She did not know that it was Jesus. She didn't know. There he was the risen Christ. She did not yet recognize him. Many times God takes us through hardship. God takes us through the valley of the shadow of death. He takes us through grief. Yes. And we don't realize it's him. A man we don't recognize him. God if you'd love me, why? God if you're for me, Why, God if you love us with love, that cannot, as Donnie read earlier with an unquenchable love, why? We don't realize it's him. But then in John 20, verse 16, Jesus says to her, Mary, calls her by nine, bring your word, God when He speaks to us, you see, we don't just worship the god of rescue. We worship the god of resurrection, amen. He's not just the God of the 11th hour. He used to go to three o'clock in the morning. He's the God of when our hopes and dreams and everything in the physical has come to an end. Yes, Father, please, they already realized that he was dead, bring your physically they'd lost. But he's God. Amen. Physically, he'd come to an end. But he's the God of resurrection. He's the God of miracles. He's the God who spoke the universe into being from nothing. He created matter. From our wrecks of life's. He can speak resurrection power over us. That's who we trust Him. Amen. Mary then says, I have seen the Lord has no coming back from that is that the reason Christ, when Jesus stands and causes by nine, when we know that we are he's and he is ours, when we know that he has promised to be with us, lets us promise not I will never let hardship knock on your door. He doesn't say that. What he says is, I will be with you always, thank you to the very end of the age. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will not fear for you are with me. Oh, Lord,
Reverend Ben Cooper:thank you, Jesus.
Glenn Walsh:Thats his promise, never will I leave you never will I forsake you. I will be with you always, even to the
Donny Stockburn:Amen. very end of the age glory. And when Jesus reinstates Peter, he actually says to him, this is John 21, verse 18. Truly, truly I say to you, when you were young, you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted. But when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go. carry us long and yes. But then he says, Follow me. Wow. Yeah. He's not promised us comfort. He's not promised us easy roads, but he's promised us himself. Amen. Thank you. He is the resurrection. And he's promised us that we will be with him resurrected as he is. So will we be calling our destiny is so much more than what we have to endure. No wonder Paul says I don't find this worth comparing this momentary affliction to what I've got in here. So Jesus, I want to thank you for your promise that you are with us always up to the very end of the age. And even we read in this He breathes on them. This is in John 20 Verse 21. He breathes on them and says, receive the Holy Spirit.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Bring us to a place Lord. bring us to a They didn't receive it then. But they did at Pentecost. Amen. We have to go through things. There's often delay. There's often times of just standing. And when you've done everything you can to stand stand firm hold on the full armor of God holding, but he's promised will come. Yes, it will, because nothing can stop him. He's the resurrected conqueror. He is King and we're in Him and He is in us. Thank you. Jesus sends your holy spirit of fresh on your church. Come on, oh, Lord, many things in church have to die guide us because they're not have you put them to death. But raise up your people in resurrection power, Lord, we long for the old ways. Yeah, not management, now alone, but led by your Holy Spirit. Come on to that we can say to the blind, be open and see that we can say to the line, and we're not talking in metaphors. We're talking in reality, that the line will walk, the blind will see, the deaf will hear that demons will flee at his name and the date will rise. Amen. We believe it Lord, sing your word. Bring your church back to resurrection power. Brave on us, God, calm Holy Spirit. revive your church for it's dead. It's dead place Lord. Romans chapter eight. Romans chapter eight, repentance. Calm, Holy Spirit. Come fill us. Lord, what joy. verse 37. Knowing all things, we are more than conquerors, what I Mary couldn't even see you because of the tears and the grief. The disciples couldn't believe it was you because of joy and amazement. Come on. They thought it was in drained. But Lord, you're real. You're resurrected. Nothing can stop you. Your Word is true. Revive us so Lord, amen. brothers have been sharing and what Andy is gonna bring. You are more than a conqueror through him who loved us, For I am convinced neither death nor life, nor angels nor demons, neither present nor the future, nor any powers, not any powers, neither height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus are loyal. The love of God is so strong, the politicians can manage they can with us, the you know, the world can try and shape us. But you are safe because you are in the love of God. God loves you. It doesn't matter what our lives look like. He doesn't matter about lifestyle choices, whether they're biblical lifestyle choices, or whether they're completely off the wall. God loves us. And when did he save me? He saved me at my darkest hour. He saves at the darkest he saves. He comes in His power, His anointing, as Glenn was reading through there, as Donnie was praying through us, as we're resting in his presence as we're just coming to the table very, to fly concerning you. Psalm 91, that they will lift you up in very soon. I just want to remind you that no in all things we are more than conquerors. through him who loved us, it is God. It is God he is your guide. He is your strength, he is your rock. Even though you're walking through the valley, of the shadow of death, you will fear no evil, because he is with you. The love of God is all around you. Psalm 91, he has put angels their hands so that you will not strike your foot against the rock. We will not strike our foot against the rock there are angels that have been put to flight concerning our lives, your lives, because of the love of God is so powerful is so strong. Verse 38, For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor demons, neither the president nor the future, or any powers, neither height, nor depth, come along, anything else in all creation, will be able. I've got to say that to my heart this morning. I've got to look in the mirror and say that's very loud and clear. Nothing will be able to separate us. Amen. This is us. This is us. Nothing will be able to separate us from the love of thank God. God's love is unconditional. No strings attached. Nothing hidden in the wings waiting to come out and to bite us on the backside. Nothing. Nothing can separate from the lover God that is in, in Christ Jesus our Lord. We're in. Do you know what? And you didn't get yourself in first, he called us in. He called us in because his love, salvation has been given, you are saved, you can't undo it. I can't undo it. We cannot undo salvation. The love of God is beyond science is beyond the great thing because the love of God is beyond the articulators. The love of God is beyond the dictionary, the love of God is beyond, it is beyond. It is beyond all humanity, he loves you. Even when I'm broken, he still loves me, even when I'm when I'm broken, he wraps his arms around us, even when I'm lost, he wraps his arms around us. Here's the protocol, you know, is like, maybe I'm the protocol and the Father is looking out today, the Father's arms are wide open. The father never rejects. The Father always embraces the Heavenly Father always embraces. He's embracing you this morning, in ways that we never thought possible. He's embracing you this morning, in areas that you never thought that you could be embraced. He's embracing you in ways that you never can understand. Why is that because he's got his ways are higher than our ways. And we are so used to having results instantly, because we are off and walk in and not part of the world, but we are in a system that is a management system. And this management system is broken. It is broken, the world is broken. No one can manage us anymore. It is wild. There is no no. There it is. It is it is beyond. It is beyond. But everyone is looking out the window and saying everything's alright. Our lips are moving, but our hearts are going, God we need help. God, what is going to happen next, everyone's just trying to go back to the shop to live a life. But we know we know deep down in our innermost being, that there is something that is not right across this earth. And I just want to remind you, what we face and what is coming. Nothing can separate us from the love of God. God is with you. God is with you. God is with you. And He will never leave you nor forsake you. He is with you. He's your God. A Jehovah Jireh he's Jehovah Nissi Jehovah shalom, Jehovah Rapha, he is. He is your rock. He is your salvation. He is your father. He is your shield. He is your rampart. He is the Word of God. He is time. He is everything. And he has you in the palm of his hand, as in beautiful scriptures that the brothers have brought to the table this morning. As the power of God is breathing down in your life today. All things are possible to those who believe and as we hand on to Andy as he continues to lead us as he continues to guide us through the word of God as we come to the table whenever that may be this morning. What is very clear this morning is that are many of us feel that we are lacking love, whether in relationships, earthly relationships, wherever that may be at work at home, in whatever situation we may be in. Turn your eyes to Jesus.
Glenn Walsh:But you should say that then I'm looking at Romans 925. Praise God. Those who are not my people, I will call my people and her who was not Beloved, I will call beloved, our men and in that very place where it said to them You are not white people though will be called sons of the living God worked out one out you may not feel loved, he loves you. It looks impossible. The whole Jesus dying stuff the whole turning the father turning into face away the whole Jesus doing it alone and going through it. It's because he loves you. Simple. It's because of love for you. That's what this whole story is about. The light The word story, this is truth and fact. The fact is Jesus came and died for you. God so loves you. Praise God. He sent His one and only Son that whosoever includes you, believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. And all the benefits of Romans 837 onwards.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Amen. He's with you. He's with you. Brother, sister, man, child, whoever you are this morning. God is with you. You are not alone. You have the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. And you have uncountable angels. Ready At the command of God's voice. God is with you. Andy, our brother.
Andy Hammond:Yeah, I'm just looking at John as well, I think we've been going through John gospel at the moment. And one of the 'i am's' of John is, Jesus declared, I am the bread of life, thank you, Father, He who comes to me will never go hungry. And he who believes in Me, will never be thirsty. But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe this, what you're saying to the, to the folk there. So even though you've seen me, you still haven't believed Amen. And and that's why Jesus? Well, well, he had to go to the cross
Reverend Ben Cooper:He had to go to the cross,
Andy Hammond:because there was still this unbelief. And it says in John, chapter six, verse 40. And this is for everyone who's listening today, for my father's will, is that everyone who looks to the sun, and believes in him shall have eternal life. And I will raise him up on the last day. Thank you, Father, I will raise him up on the last day. Isn't that an amazing word? From Jesus, we believe in him. We're going to be braced up on the last day. So it isn't the end. It isn't the end, praise God, and just talking about the bread, but are in chapter seven. Jesus says in verse 37, it says, Here, Jesus stood, and said, in a loud voice, and just pausing them, the fact that he stood, brought attention to Jesus, because teachers and rabbis would sit to teach. But here he is, he stood up, and that would have brought attention to him. And he said, in a loud voice, If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him, I believe. And by this, he meant the spirit of the Holy Spirit, with those who believed in him were later to receive. So. And of course, we look in Acts two, four, when the Holy Spirit came, and beautiful, thank you, Jesus fell upon the disciples, and so many folk were turned to believe in Jesus. And this is your option. There's only one way as this option for all of us to actually turn to consider and make decision. That's our decision today is to follow Him. Now. We've had difficult two years, haven't we? We've all going through all kinds of issues in our lives. We're just just chatting before we came on air this morning. We've all we're all seem to be going through different issues, and we need to sort of expand on that. But the fact is that Jesus is walking with us.
Reverend Ben Cooper:yeah
Andy Hammond:hes there Is he strong,
Reverend Ben Cooper:the Bible tells us
Andy Hammond:You know, where we trip up and fall over, he's there to pick us up.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Amen.
Andy Hammond:Just in the same way, we would pick up one of our children, if they fell over, we will pick them up, give their knees a rub and say it's okay. It's going to be better. And but Jesus says, just walks with us. And is that strong voice that we hear when we take the time to listen? So I think this morning, if we have that time to sit and listen, to be quiet, to hear that small still voice that Jesus talks to us, and he doesn't promise to have that we're going to have it easy, but he promises to be with us. In all those times whether it's easy or difficult, or stressful, or I think there's someone today who just wants to give it give up? Yeah, yeah, you've had enough. But Jesus is going to come and put his arms around you and give you a big hug. He wants to give you a head hug today to say, I'm with you in this, man,
Reverend Ben Cooper:Thank you, Jesus,
Andy Hammond:stay strong. I'm with you in this. And he's the bread of life. He gives that strength. And he will never let you go hungry. Amen. He will never let you be thirsty. Because he is Jesus. And he's going to be with you in all this. And if you stay strong, and you stay firm, the promise is that we're gonna be with Him forever. One day.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Amen. Thank you, Jesus.
Andy Hammond:And that's the love of Jesus. That's the love that took him to the cross. Yeah, because he wants to have that relationship with you. Amen. with you is that personal relationship with the Son of God? How powerful, so powerful. So we pray Father, God this morning, that you will be with each one of us. Yes, whatever our walk is at the moment, how difficult it is. And I just picture someone to sitting in their chair, their armchair, and they just don't want to get out. Yeah, they've, they've had enough fun. I'm gonna sit here. Well, I just picture Jesus sitting opposite you at the moment. And he's gonna say they're with you. He's with you. He's with you in this. And he's gonna walk with you. He's gonna give you time. He's gonna give you rest. He's kind of pour out His love for you. And wow, it's kind of go walking with you. He's going to walk with you. Thank you, Father. And sometimes you don't know he's gonna be there. Just like the disciples when they were walking on that road. In May us road they will. He will be with you. He will be with you. And he's going to bless you. Amen. So be be at peace today. Be at peace. Because Jesus loves you.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Amen. Amen. As we come to the table up as our brothers are going to lead us I'm Matt referenced Psalm 136. Just the first few verses of Psalm 136. Give thanks to the Lord for His good is love endures forever. Give thanks to the God of gods. His love endures forever. Give thanks to the Lord of lords. His love endures forever. To him, who alone does great wonders His love endures forever. Whom by his understanding made the heavens His love endures forever, who spread out the earth upon the waters His love endures forever. And the scripture goes on and on and on and on. Let me tell you this, his love endures forever. His love is wrapped around you His love is inside of you His love. We are talking about Agha pay love we are not talking about the throw away. The world new love just a quick fix love we are talking about John 316 For God so loved the world that He gave the love that gave the greatest gift of all humanity. And you are not alone. You have the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, our brothers are going to lead us to the table. And as we break bread as we take of this cup, Psalm 136 Give thanks to the Lord for His good His love endures forever. And all those all those that might be worried about the forces of darkness. Let me just read verse to give thanks to God of gods. Every demonic force is crushed. Every darkness is crushed. Darkness flees at what? Light Darkness cannot stand light. Jesus says, I am the light of the world. Psalm 119 105, Your word is a lamp unto my feet a light for my path, you carry light. And I'm not talking, I'm not talking about the crazy stuff that's out there when you're sick because as soon as we mentioned, like, a lot of people can bounce off into some form of trends and or meditation and thinking, all you know all this world religion stuff, or this mythological stuff that goes along that along with that you carry light, because greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. And if God says, I am the light of the world, and we carry the Word of God, what are we carrying, we're carrying light, we're carrying joy. We're carrying hope we're carrying destiny, you're carrying word, you're carrying the living God, our vessels, this earth, so is carrying the King of kings and the Lord of lords. Because greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. Our God is bigger than any gods. God is bigger than any management system. Our God is bigger than any world leader. Our God is bigger than any demonic force out God crushes, satanic activity, because he is the living word. He is the living word. And for all those that want to have a quick reference of Psalm 136, verse 10, to him who struck down the first bone of Egypt. I wonder who that was. His love endures forever. Let's remind ourselves as well as we're talking about love. He's a God of justice. He's a God of order. And if denominations are mocking Him, through not teaching His Word, he's a jealous God, and He will not be mocked. He will not be mocked. He's a God of rough. He's a jealous God and he will not have he will not have His Church. Whatever way you want to look at it believers. Look what he done to the Israelites. He will bring them to a place of repentance. Come on God. Lord has come to the table before our brothers read and bring us to this place. Lord, I'm sorry, Lord, that I've found you more times than I can count. I'm sorry, Lord, that I've let you down but by your love and your goodness, your mercy, Your favor, Lord, by everything in the Word. I'm still a Son of the living God. Nothing can separate me. So far, the blessings as we come to the table, Psalm 136, have a read through that text, a long stretch 26 verses. But give thanks to God, the God of heaven. Verse 26, his love endures forever. Amen. God bless you, Andy. Can you lead us in my friend?
Andy Hammond:Yeah. As we come to take the bread and the wine this morning. I just feel that we should be. Have our hands open before God. Yes, sir. receive His Holy Spirit of fresh. And I say Come Holy Spirit. Come Holy Spirit. refresh us today. Refresh All of us today all those who are listening and will listen later. We say come. Phyllis, afresh with your power. And with your love. Today, let us have that love for all those around us. For those who don't know you, for those who follow other gods let us have that love. Which is so unique. That is special. And Psalm 139 says, Oh Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You know me when I sit and when I rise you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down? You are familiar with all my ways? Yes. Long before a word is on my tongue. You know it completely. Oh, Lord. Wow.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Thank you, jesus. Yeah, amen.
Andy Hammond:Each one of us.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Amen, Lord,
Andy Hammond:so personally. And the truth is, he wants you to get to know him.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Yes, father.
Andy Hammond:So Father as we take the bread today, we remember that. We remember how personal this was. relationship is
Reverend Ben Cooper:Thank you, Father. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Jesus bless us, Lord. Thank You Jesus
Donny Stockburn:Yeah, Lord, what I want to know, constantly is my salvation safe.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Amen. Jesus.
Donny Stockburn:Is your love forever? Is there anything I can do about it? Is there anything I can undo about your love? Your Will says is no. I'm not speaking of my love for you, or our love for God. We're speaking of God's love for us. Divine Love, Love beyond anything we can even imagine at a moment. And it will never, ever, ever be any different. This word says, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love. It's the answer to my question, can I ever be without your love, Lord, can anything ever take your love away? Romans eight says not. This word says not. And I believe this word, Lord, your love, your eternal love for Me, will be forever and ever and ever, Lord, and it has nothing to do with my performance. It's nothing to do with our go through this life, Lord, that your love is in me. Your love is on me. Your eternal life is in your spirits in me. And it's all your work, Father, none of mine. And an artist Thank You, Lord, and it was all done. So the cross, Lord, that that greatest sign of your love to us, Father God, that no words can match the love of Christ. On across Lordan This is the blood. This is a blood of mine at all possible Lord, your son's blood. Father God, we did come to you now in Jesus name, Lord, and are you I asked you, Lord, as we sit at a table here. You said here is my fervent desire. I've desired to eat this Passover meal with you and Lord, you're sitting with us now in your in our presence, Lord, and you're counseling each person or listening and us in his room now alone, that your promises that fervent love you first will be forever and ever and ever. And Lord and we have provided a piece of that truth will go out into the souls and spirits and lives of every every body Lord who partakes in in the boat, bro, but in the blood Lord, every single one will receive fire to go on a fresh awakening to that fervent love, eternal love. And nothing less than that Father God we pray for because you know, we need it, Lord, without troubles and burdens, Father God, your love can overrule all those things for God, and all the injustice and all the hardships of our life, that love Lord, we know that that love is everlasting. And it comes from you. And we just thank You, Lord, as we take this blood, we remember the sacrifice it took to bring it to his Lord. In Jesus name, amen. Amen. We
Reverend Ben Cooper:thank You, Father. Thank you Holy Spirit. Thank you, Jesus. Psalm 136 Verse 16, to him who led his people through the wilderness. His love endures forever. Oh, man, he's leading us through the wilderness. He's leading us through the wilderness. His love is before us. He's protecting us on every level on every side. His love is steadfast. His love endures forever. His word is Yes, an amen. Amen. He is the king. He is the Lord. He is your Jehovah Jireh He is with you. He is leading us through the valley of the shadow of death. He is with us. From Genesis through to Revelation, He shall supply all your needs according to Thy riches in glory. Your God is with you. You are not alone. We're coming to a close in just a few moments, just a few minutes. And as we leave everybody online this morning, may God bless you and strengthen you. Whatever your day looks like God has already gone before you. Whatever your evening in the last night look like God has already cleared it up. Whatever is ahead of you. He is making a way where there seems to be no way whatever it is to the left and the right of you. He's protecting you. The Lord is your shield. He is Yes, amen.
Donny Stockburn:Amen. Thank you, Jesus.
Reverend Ben Cooper:We're finishing in just a few moments. We just rested in the presence of God and we pray that the fire of God will descend on every one of you that's online still with us in the presence of the Holy Spirit. Be the confidence will be your guide will be your shield. You will love. Thank you Jesus. Thank You, Lord. Thank you Holy Spirit. You're worthy of all praise Lord. Lord, let your fire rain. Lord, we pray for this government. We pray to God for repentance through all the way through to political layers of life, through business. We pray through education, we pray, Father, through every layer of life, Lord, for every management system across this earth, Lord, that we realized, Lord, that's why we're in trouble because managing doesn't get saved. We need the Redeemer. Come Holy Spirit. Brave over us, the Lion of Judah. Let us hear your roar across this nation, that every tribe every tongue, will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. Every voice will cry out today, Lord, save us from the rhetoric from the, from the humdrum from the general press of life. Come Holy Spirit. Lord, strengthen us, guide us, Lord, let there be healing. Let your word father, be across the heavens today, Lord, as we look into nature, as we look across the platform of life as we see your glory. bless everybody that's unlined today, strengthen them and guide them into paths of righteousness. Put people around them that will carry them and that will walk with them and disciple them, put people around them, Lord, that are filled with the glory of God. Come Holy Spirit, remove people from us that are pulling us down. Remove people that are around us, Lord, that have given us trouble. Remove those situations, Lord that are weighing us down. But Father, we understand. Three times I pleaded with the Lord, to take this from me. But you said your grace is sufficient for us. So Father, whatever today looks like is fine. Because you're before us. You're within us. Come Holy Spirit, in Jesus name, amen. Glenn, would you lead us lead us just out of this service? Just as we just rest, as we be still with our brother Glenn will will lead us and he's got something he's going to share regarding Bibles in just a few moments, as he always does, but Glenn will lead us Yeah, Emperor.
Glenn Walsh:Closing scripture is from John 663. It is the Spirit who gives life the flesh is no help at all. As the Lord is we battle with ourselves as we bet all law against the world. We thank You that You said, we've overcome the world. And we do pray, Lord, that we would so to your spirit. And we thank You, Lord, that you sewed to our salvation through the giving of your very self and you conquered all. We want to remind ourselves lord of that verse that nothing can snatch us out of your hand. Oh man that you already know tomorrow, Lord, that we were chosen in you before the creation of the world, to be holy and blameless in your sight. I pray that we'd get to know and understand and live out our real identities, through Your Holy Spirit at work in us and through us. Amen. Amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Amen. Andy, God bless you,
Andy Hammond:Father. Just thank you for your word. Thank you for the Bible, which is one of the most powerful ways that you speak to us today. So if you want a copy of God's word, I've got one here for you. Just get in touch. We get one.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Amen. There we go. That's it. Thank you so much for joining us. Wherever you are across the earth, whatever your timezone is today. This is the day that the Lord has made I shall rejoice and be glad. Have a wonderful day in the name of Jesus. You can find us on Buzzsprout, Spotify. I Heart Radio, Amazon music and across the social networks. May God strengthen you today. God is with you. God is with you. Nothing can separate you from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus. God bless we'll see you tonight for Bible study online at 730. in Jesus precious name. God bless