Good morning and welcome God bless you wherever you are across the earth today. Thank you so much for joining us today for coffee and prayer. Wherever You Are we thank God for your life whatever your timezone is across the world. We thank you so much for joining us today as we just gather around the mics as we got a cup of coffee. And and we and and was and and I don't know what and then there's Welcome this morning, that tongue tied this morning. If you have a cup of coffee and you have a Bible, good morning, you might want to grab yourself some communion. We're going to take communion in about 35 minutes or there abouts. We got our brother Glenn and dawn with us this morning. We're missing Andy this morning. But as we gathered in the Lord's house, I just pray that God will strengthen you and guide you and as you join us online this morning for those in the world of the podcasting movement that is out there. I just pray that God will guide you and strengthen you as you join us on Amazon music, I Heart Radio Buzzsprout and so many other social platforms as we just gather around the word of God today. May God strengthen you and bless you. We're going to go straight in you're going to go straight into the book of one Corinthians. One Corinthians chapter 13. And I'm going to go straight to verse eight. That's where my eyes are being led to this morning. One Corinthians chapter 13, verse eight love never fails, love never fails. I just want to let you know that Christ will never fail you. God will never fail you. There is power in the name of Jesus and one Corinthians chapter 13 Verse eight, it says Love never fails, but where there are prophecies they will cease, where there are tongues they will be stilled, where there is knowledge, it will pass away, for we know in part and we prophesy in part but when per completeness comes what is in part disappears. When I was a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. But when I became a man, I put these childish ways behind me. For we now see a poor reflection as in the mirror, then we shall see face to face. Now we know in part, then I shall be fully No, no, here's this, this area that is just so steeped in so much. So so much theological stuff we got we got three really beautiful words here. But these three remain. It says faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. I just want to let you know this morning that Christ loves you, the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit is with you, whatever your situation is in your life, whatever is going on in your life, God loves you. And love never fails. And we see that through John 316, verse four of one Corinthians chapter 13 says love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy. It does not boast. It is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it does not doesn't do any self seeking. It is not easily angered. It keeps no records of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth, always protects, always trusts always hopes, always perseveres. You know, wherever you are across this earth today God loves you. And the proof is in John 316, God saved you. God is with you. The power of the Holy Spirit is with you, the Father, the Son, is with you, the deity, the Trinity, however, you want to look at that, but love never fails. Christ never failed. God is love. There is that that very faithful word out there that God is love. And there are certain areas of religion that are using that for the wrong teaching to cover out to cover over certain areas of life that are not acceptable in the kingdom of God. Yes, God is love. But God is a God of order and judgment. But we're not looking at that this morning. At judgment, an order we are just I am just being driven and guided and led to in many areas. You know, love never fails. I just want to let you know that love never fails. Christ will never fail us. Christ will never let us down Christ is with you. God is for you, not against you. Whatever your situation is, wherever you are across this earth today. Jesus Christ loves you. We see this through the Scripture time and Time and time again. He says I will not leave you as orphans, He will not leave you. He has sent the comfort of the Holy Ghost. You have the Holy Ghost with you. You have the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Word of God is living within you today. You are a believer. You know what? And so often my life doesn't reflect a believer, but my heart is hungry for Jesus. Are you hungry for Jesus? Are you hungry for the living water? Are you hungry? Do you feel like that that lady that was coming up to Jacob's well that was just coming up to draw water again, just the general humdrum of life, just the general process of life coming up to Jacob's well, coming up to that place, coming up, just trying to draw water from a place that is stagnant? That is very traditional, the same pattern every day, every moment. You know, God is with each and every one of us, and his hand is on us and His love is within us. And his word is within us, and Christ is for us and not against us. But love never fails. Whatever your situation is Christ, the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit will not fail us, He will not fail you and he will not fail me. You know, I pray this morning that the Lord would take scowls, maybe from my eyes that I will see, I will see greater, I will see differently, you know, and so often we say, God, where are you? Where are you, Lord, in this situation? Why? The big question that we all have, why, why, why, when actually there are certain areas of Christianity that we will never find the answer, until God calls us home. That's why it's called revelation or knowledge. And when we get called home, but the Scripture says, I've gone on to prepare a place for you. There's a place being prepared and that has been prepared. And your name is stamped in the Lamb's book of life and you are saved. God saved you before your physical existence, even came into being you are a child of the living God. And I pray this morning for the the simple press of this, of this Bible reading this morning that love never fails without any deep theological pressing for me this morning. Jesus loves you. Jesus loves me. That's all I need to know this morning, the world can go on whistle and dance and do what it wants to do. But Jesus loves me, He loves me and my failings. He loves me when I make a good decision. He loves me when I make a bad decision. And when I make a bad lifestyle choice, the Holy Spirit just comes and gently leads me into remain tense. And I know that I've said sorry, I know that I've done something wrong. You know, because God is for us and not against us and the power of redemption. The power of same Father I come to you today Lord, as we gather around the table later on. Father forgive me I've sinned and fallen short of your glory but but that the love of God, the love of the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, is nothing finer than the the love of the Father. The Father's love, the Father's love is on you today. He will never remove that love. That love is with you. That love will guide you that love will carry you through whatever you're going through that love is picking you up this morning that love is wrapped around you today that love is holding you that love is, is capturing you when you when you feel like you're about to fall as the psalmist writes, I was about to fall, I was pushed back and about to fall. But then God, but then God, God in His faithfulness God in his sovereignty, God in His power, God in His glory, God in His mercy, God in His in all hope, God in all that love that He is God in his in his is all His attributes. The third Father, Son, the Holy Spirit, God loves us, and he is wrapped around us, He is within us. He saved us. And we are blessed this morning. Excuse me. God is for us and not against us. So whatever my life looks like, to the world is irrelevant. Because God is a God has saved me. God has given me a hope and God has given me a future. In His Word in him, everything is done in him. And we have access to the Father through Christ. I am the Way the Truth and the Life No one comes to the Father except through me. You know, we have access to the Father, and it's through Jesus. Do you feel tired this morning? Just lean into Jesus? Do you feel weary this morning? Just lean into Jesus, you know, can be such a difficult thing to do karnit When we're going through the hardship of life and living. And we might have things on the northeast, the south and the west. On every turn of our life. We might have things breaking out all around, but trying to lean into Jesus lean into the word lean into His presence. Lean into his word and say Father This morning I learned Lean into you, Lord, I'm not even sure how I lean in. But Lord, I'm just going to try. I'm going to look Lord, I'm going to see what your word says. And just like sitting around the table, the Passover table, it says, the one that leaned in Lord, I want to lean into Jesus today because Lord, I need you today, Lord, and I'm not frightened of telling the world Lord, I need Jesus. I need you today, Lord. I just need your Lord the Lord helped me to lean in, to find that comfort to find the stillness to find, Lord just that that safety place, Lord And Psalm 91. Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge, my fortress, my God in whom I trust helped me to trust you more Lord, helped me to lean into you more Lord, helped me to rest in your more Lord helped me Lord, not to put on the gloves, and to jump in the arena Lord and start fighting my way through life. Lord, let me walk through the valley of the shadow of death. Because I will fear no evil for you are with me, your rod and your staff. They comfort me so Lord helped me to lean in, helped me to walk right with Christ helped me to trust you more Lord this morning. The Lord I thank You, Lord, for one Corinthians, chapter 13, from one to the end of verse 13. But these three remain faith, hope and love, but the greatest of these is love. So Lord this morning, I thank you that love will never fall us. Love, Lord that love that Agha, pay love, that love of Christ, that, that love that the world can never understand that unconditional love. When we look at the cross of Calvary, and we see the ultimate, the ultimate price has been paid the Father gave his son as a sacrifice. The World Watch the world sees the world heard the world was shouting Give us Barabbas. But the father, the father took his son to the cross a Calvary. How can you say the father took his son to the cross? Because Jesus said a couple of times in the Scripture is not my will, but Your will be done. And the Father's Will was redemption. And without the cross, you couldn't have redemption. That was the place. The cross is the center of everything, not because it's timber, but what it represents not because of it was the one that went to the cross. So when we talk about the cross, we talk about the Messiah, the one that went to the cross, but the cross, salvation Christ on the cross, it was the finish to the Old Testament, the fulfillment of it, I would say the prophecies. Please don't get me wrong. The old is as live as what it has ever been today. But we understand what I'm saying. When Christ said it is finished, we entered into the new and there was access we have access to the Father. If you feel tired this morning, just call on the greatest name in heaven on earth. The church religion has danced around so much and still dancing around and messing around. But Jesus says Come to me all of you that are weary, heavy laden, I will give you rest. I will give you rest. I need rest today. I need rest for my heart and egress from my mind my my spirit, I need rest you need rest today. Let's just Let's just walk with Jesus is walking with Jesus walking with Christ. He is the he is the king. He is the glory. He is the great I Am as Moses said, who send in US law. I Am that I Am. The I Am is with you. The I Am is for you. The I Am sent his son to the cross of Calvary to die for each and every one of us. And as we break bread together our brother Glen and Don is here this morning on the other side of the mics and we're just going to see how the Lord is going to guide us through this online service. May God bless you and strengthen you. And just remind ourselves this morning, verse eight of one Corinthians chapter 13. Love never fails. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you Holy Spirit. Or just come and lead us this morning, father. Just come on leaders today.
Donny Stockburn:Y'all just want to lead you in some scripture. Got your bibles there. It's in John 14 first 16 or 17. And then I'm gonna jump across to verse 26. And one more scripture on the other side is a psalm John 1613. And this is the last night Jesus was on earth three times. So he times Jesus spoke about a Holy Spirit. The helper and artist want to remind you of what he taught us That night, and I'm going to read it now. And it says, And I will pray to the Father, this is Jesus, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever. Amen, the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him, but you know Him, for He dwells with you, and he will be in you. Amen. Oh, lovely, and a verse 26 cost supplies, but the Helper, the Holy Spirit, who the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and he will bring you to you remembers of all things that are said to you. That's great in it. And pies. Chapter 16. Yeah, thank you, Jesus. First thing, we would, however, when He, the Spirit of truth has come, He will guide you into all truth, for He will not speak on His own authority. Yes, law, whatever he is, he will speak and he will tell you the things to come. And that's the hope, the Holy Spirit, I want to tell you are setting it went to a prayer meet me in the Bible meeting last Saturday. Good news, Bibles and got into the back. I had to go early. So I sat right at about an hour sat next to an old friend. He's an old street preacher. And he's for years and years. I think he's older than me, actually. But for years and years, he's been going around this country, walking into shops and stores and blessing people. Blessing Aston see the manager and blessing those people. And I asked him if he was still doing. He said yes. And I sat next to him. And I said, are you getting on? And this is this is what he said. He said, I always pray my most powerful prayer. Holy Spirit. Come, come and open. Why he just keeps repeating and asking the Holy Spirit's presence Thank you. And his love to enable him to open doors, play and open up others and Holy Spirit. Yes, his job is name is the helper. Yes, father, when it says there, when the on our own, we had this help at hand. And he will remind us of all the things, they will guide us into all truth, he will tell us of things to come. He will glorify God, he will bring what Jesus has told and declared it to us. But he has the power as well, is the power we haven't got is the power we need. Go. Ben was talking about being worn out and everything. Right at this moment. Personally, I remember when I was in CS school, they they taught us as 32 cardinal points on a compass. When a man is 32 cardinal points of trouble in my life. And I need I need this old preacher at St. Peter's got, I need the power God, I need I need a help. I need someone to help me through these days. And you promised and you foresaw these days, Lord, and sent the Holy Spirit to do exactly that, to help us sort to guide us and keep us and remind us when we've gone astray, that will of course, all these things are working Holy Spirit. He is a helper, and a guide and a keeper. And he is the power that God seen. For us to be able to do his work. We can't do it on our own. And if we try it probably kill us. And we try to live up to doing God's work without the power of God is a mistake. So Father God, my prayer today is what what my friend that that street purchase has Lord, I pray for everyone. Everyone, every single Christian is listening, Father God, that they will be empowered again, with your spirit that they will know that that power is is as no limits Father God and there's no dark nights when you're lying there in bed with foot surrounded with trouble, that Holy Spirit is with you. Like they never leave you. No matter what trouble no matter where you are in life. No ever harder things seem to be you had the power God had and God will see you so any specially sent to help us in such situations. So Father God, I pray that you will bless everyone with your power, the Holy Spirit finally got the full favor of the living God. And the powdered spirit I asked Lord to you will come and revive and we know we fresh and really empower and reinstate those who have been through troubles and wars and battles and stuff like that Lord and just worn out for God and they will turn to you over And they will say what my friend said, Holy Spirit Come, Holy Spirit. Come, Holy Spirit come now. Bring me the power open doors of my life. Repair me, we blew me, refresh me. Tell me again what Jesus said, all these things are the job of the Holy Spirit. And Father which is thank you for And Lord, I asked you for fresh outpouring, a new outpouring on all your children, like throughout this world, Lord, are those in the mountains, those in the valleys, knows in the cities and those in the villages, those in the water lands those into persecuted lens, those in the underground church, everyone, everyone, those who are in the streets of this station, find a God. Those who are praying the prayer was Everyone, follow our else, phone fresh, a new outpouring of your Holy Spirit, Lord, a new wave, a new wave, we ask for Lord and Father God that you will lift up those who are broken, or lonely, those who acquire those who are mourning those who are weeping, loved the Holy Spirit, come, come come is a comfort as well as the power. Lord, all these wonderful blessings are all stacked up, waiting to be released into our lives. Father God, we pray that we will stand back and just let a Holy Spirit come and do His work in us. That your name your will be glorified Father God and your church bill. And we will have the joy in our life follow your you never meant us to struggle and be unhappy and ever unhappy. Burden lives. Your your your word says do you want us to have your joy, joy in all its fullness Father God, and Holy Spirit will bring that as well. So Father God, we pray that we will stand back and just say what my friends, Holy Spirit, come Yes, Carlsberg. come and heal me. Come and lift me up. Lord, we ask for these things in that glorious name of Jesus. Amen.
Glenn Walsh:Amen. Darling, because I was looking at one Samuel three, looking at verse one. And when you pray that a thought, Yeah, that's exactly what I'm reading. And it's Thank you, James. Now the young man Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days, or there were no frequent vision. Now, this isn't talking about the written word. Now, they had the Ark of the Covenant. Yeah, they had the daily sacrifices. They had the reading of the law. They had Genesis, Deuteronomy, Leviticus, ista they had, was it worth most my job, and come on, there was more anyway, they're the written word, Joshua, that Joshua, that was read daily. They had the written word, but it says the word of the Lord is rare in those days, there were no frequent vision. Now the word here translates from the Hebrew and it actually means the Shekinah was rare. In those days, the manifest presence of the Lord Holy Spirit activity was rare. In those days, Holy Spirit, just like to die like yes to just like to die differently. Now what gets me as well is Samuel. He was he slept the the Ark of the Covenant he lived in the temple, he grew up in stature and favor with the Lord and with men. It says this in only 26. He actually lived it a year and yet, and yet And yet, when you look down at verse seven, now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, frightening. And the word of the Lord had not yet not yet been revealed to him. God Samuel lived there, hid the religious practice was all around him. He was birthed, he was right near the presence. But he did not yet know the Lord, because the Lord had not yet been revealed to him. So then Eli leads him to, to ask the Lord, because God calls him Samuel, Samuel, but he does not recognize the Lord's voice. Then Eli eventually says, Go lay down. If he calls you say, speak, Lord, Your servant hears, Come on church, speak, we've got the word of God, the Holy Spirit will never ever lead you away from that it leads you into it. The Holy Spirit who inspired the scriptures will take us deeper into the scriptures not away from him. He will not contradict them, he will lead us in all truth, as Donnie just read from John's gospel, the Holy Spirit, the Helper will lead us in all truth. He will convict us of sin, He will highlight Jesus to us, He will through the Holy Spirit, we cry, Abba, Father, a man who now in John 17 Three Jesus said, This is eternal life that we will Know God, and Jesus Christ to him says not not know about him. Know Him, know him. We know him through the Holy Spirit. In one Corinthians 14 It says eagerly desire, gifts of the Holy Spirit eagerly desire them, lust after them show. We need them, especially the gift of prophecy, why the gift of prophecy and urgency? And the word of the Lord was where in those days, there were no frequent vision, prophecy, prophecy, real prophets. Prophecy is the testimony of Jesus. It says in the word, the Spirit of Jesus is prophecy. Father, we need your today voice. We know you will never go beyond what is written. It says that in one Corinthians, you will always lead us in truth. But we need your living. We need the presence. We need the manifestation of your Holy Spirit in our lives take us deeper Lord, we need that boldness of your Holy Spirit. What happened to Peter when they were all hiding and then the Holy Spirit comes at peste at Pentecost, and peters out there bold, not fearing any more. The one who denied is now now the one who proclaims we need to be transformed by your presence if you fall so Jesus, we thank You for Your promise that you will not leave us as orphans but you will come to us. Yeah How through Your Holy Spirit. You promised us Lord that you would be with us always. Until the very end of this age. How? Through your Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit, we need your Holy Spirit we need you. through you. We want to cry Abba, Father, bring peace through you. We have our identity of a man of God who util a man, I'm a man of God, thank you, for I have identity in him. Before the creation of the world, I was chosen by him for Him for His good pleasure to be holy and blameless in his sight. Why? Because I feel it now. But because the inspired Word of God says that, through him, I have my identity. Through the Holy Spirit, we know who we are. There are many flawed, broken messages around this world where people don't even know who they are what they are, is crazy. But in Him we have fullness of life. Through Him we are adopted sons and daughters of the living God. Holy Spirit, empower your people. Give us signs, wonders, miracles, we want the whole lot. We don't want to set all like Manasa on the wrong side of the Jordan. We want to come into every promise of God. Refresh so as this world grows darker, let your light shine or the more speak closer to your servants are listening. That sound response Lord speak. We're listening. We want the fullness of your word manifest in our lives. We'll settle for every promise, we will settle for every word. Lord, I'd settle for the dead be in ways the Deaf hearing the blind seeing the line walking, and the multitudes coming to know you will settle for that. We're settled for your kingdom established here on the world on the earth. Yes. And we pray, Lord, Your kingdom come not the kingdoms of men. You lot. Even in church, we see the kingdoms of men, ministries named after people, we don't want that. We want Jesus his kingdom established, your will be done. So if your will be done, Lord in our lives, through our lives, transform us by the power of your Holy Spirit. Lord, all my flesh can do is produce fleshly things useless. But your Holy Spirit in me can produce the kingdom of God. And that's who we surrender to. Yes. So we do declare, Lord, Your will be done, not ours. Your kingdom come, not our Holy Spirit come and manifest and proclaim Jesus through this nation and through the earth. Amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Amen. Thank you Holy Spirit. Yeah, Father we just pray Lord for this nation today Lord for every house. Every life Lord that you will sweep through this nation today Lord, that father that you will lift up everyone Lord that just filled weary and tired Lord and their legs are aching their bones are aching Lord their mind Lord is just all over the place. Lots of Father we thank You that You are the one that strengthens us. We pray that the joy of the Lord shall be our strength that fathers we walk through valleys. Lord as we walk father, whether at the base of the mountain midway or Lord, we're at the top of the mountain praise You and Lord just worshipping you wherever we are on the journey of this Christian walk with you Father, we thank You that Your forests Lord, you're before us you're to the left the right you're behind us, Lord, father to this morning we thank you for the power of the Holy Spirit. So Lord, we ask You that You will draw us into a deeper relationship a deeper walk with you Lord, through the word of God Father, Lord just open the Word up to us today Lord, father were eyes attire is our wet weary today, Lord and Father minds are just a wash. We've just trying to get to the end of the day, let alone the end of the week just trying to get to lunchtime, get to the evening, get through the evening. Just get into bed and almost law disappear under the duvet Come Holy Spirit. We pray, Father, that you will bring strength to every one of us Lord, all those Father, that are what we might say on the outside of faith at this moment. We thank You that salvation comes we thank you that salvation come the gift of salvation. Come Holy Spirit, the gift, the gift, your word is power, your word is authority, your word is life. Your Word is yes and amen. Spirit of the Living God Holy Ghost. We thank you that the Spirit God was hovering over the surface of the deep at the very beginning of time and we thank you that the power of the Holy Spirit is within us and Lord, we pray that we will feel the presence of God like we've never felt before it Lord, we we don't want to be Lord on the wrong side of the Jordan as Glenn referenced that scripture Lord we don't want to set or Lord on the wrong side. Father, we want to keep walking. We want to keep walking we want to keep walking Lord, strippers back Lord on on this side of the Jordan, Father, bring us to a place of calm, of focus in law in you bring us to a place of just holiness bring us to a place Laborie consecrate ourselves where we, we just bring everything to you and say, Father, forgive me, for I have sinned and fallen short of that glory, but by grace, by grace by undeserved favor by your glory, by the blood of Jesus, by the power of the word, by the power of predestination, by your glory, your love your mercy, Lord, my name is stamped in the Lamb's book of life, no matter what this world throws at me, no matter what the world pushes at me, my name, your name is stamped in the Lamb's book of life. You are saved, you are blessed. You are a daughter, you are a son of the living God. And I pray this morning that the word of God will come alive in your spirit, that the word of God will just fill you with just so much so much of His love and His goodness, and you are filled to the form measure that what is the scripture says filled to the full measure. But I I'm drawn to that scripture again, where it references the two on the Emmaus road where Christ was walking beside them. Glenn mentioned a very interesting scripture that God laid on his heart earlier on, about laying laying beside the Ark being in that presence, and everything that went along with that, and also the two that was on the Mayas road. They was walking with Jesus. Their hearts were beating, but their eyes were kept from knowing who he was. And they said to him, don't you realize what's happening around us, and everything was happening because of the one that they was talking to. So Lord, I pray and I thank you that you reveal yourself to us. You open our eyes, you open our heart. It's your presence that comes to us. It's you, you You, Lord. So Father if we're on the mayor's Road, Lord, we thank you that you're walking beside us, even though our physical eyes can't see, Lord, even though we can't pick that up. Our hearts are beating because we know Jesus. We have heard about Jesus, and Jesus will never leave us nor forsake us. Jesus is walking with us. Psalm 119, I believe verse 115, check that scripture please. Your word is a lamp unto my feet a light for my path, your word is a lamp unto my feet, a light for my path. Thank you. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. Psalm 119. Your word is a lamp unto my feet, Lord, Your word. Christ you are the living word. You are the light of the world. You are the light in the darkness. You are the great I Am you are the living word. As Jesus clearly the one like the Son of man, said very powerful and very straight down the barrel straight down to to John on the island. I was dead, but behold, I am alive. Thank you that you went to the cross Jesus. Thank You that You was obedient to the Father's call in the Father's plan. You went to the court For us, Christ was in the Garden of Gethsemane not My will. But Thy will be done. The will of the Father for the redemption plan, salvation, hope, love, goodness, correction, redemption, forgiveness, love, unconditional favor, is found in through with Christ, through the power of the living God. You're walking with Jesus, you are walking with Jesus. He is beside you at this moment. And I will even take it a little bit further. For greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. So your every heartbeat is your breath in your lungs at this moment. He's keeping your body functioning. He's with you. He says I will never leave you nor forsake you. I will send I will send. We have the comfort of the Holy Spirit. We have the living word. We have the father, Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Please, Lord, will you do to us how you revealed yourself to those two on the amass wrote, come in with us tonight. Come and share this food with us. Lord, reveal yourself. Reveal yourself to those that just feel very tired and weary today. Reveal yourself Jesus, please reveal yourself for revelation or knowledge through Your Word for the power of the Holy Spirit. Lord, as we come to the table, as our brother Glenn and our brother, Don is going to lead us father in this pass over time as we remember the passing over the blood will be a sign. Lord, let us hear that inner voice. You're covered in the blood washed in the the Crimson Tide the blood of Christ. His side was pierced for me. He was now to the cross of Calvary for me. He gave his life for me and that me. I transfer it over to us he died for us. He went to the cross for us. He's given us a hope and a future he is walking with us He will never leave us. I will never leave you nor forsake you. I will be with you to the very end of this age. He's walking. He's your left, he's your right is your front. He's walking behind just tidying, cleaning. So in the house dealing, you know, however we look at that, however we picture that Christ is around us Christ is for us. If God is for us, who can be against us, no weapon formed against us shall prosper. But then we can quite easily leave the rest of that text off. For every tongue that rises up and tries to condemn us. God will crush it down. As God said to the Israelites, Moses, Joshua made it very loud across the platform. I will be an enemy to your enemies, Lord, that just literally makes me rock in my chair that scripture, I will be an enemy, to your enemies. If anyone is coming against you. And you feel that they're coming against you. And you are a true believer. Rest in that scripture for a while that will make you smile. I will be an enemy to your enemies, the God that created the heavens and the earth. Who will be on the wrong side of the cross at this moment. The fear of having the wrath of God coming against you when you've got nowhere. As the psalmist writes, even if I go to the depths of the earth, even if I go to the highest heights, to the left the right I can never escape your presence. If I live you are here if I die, you are here. Who would ever want to be an enemy of God? How would anyone would ever want to call themselves an atheist? I don't believe God have mercy. I believe I don't understand, Lord. But I believe I believe in your word father. I believe as my brothers bring us to the table, the Passover I believe. I believe the blood will be a sign I believe in the birth the death there. Resurrection I believe in, in the fundamental teachings and the preachings of Christ, I believe, but Lord helped me in this ungodly world to understand, bring me to that place Lord of understanding, law, I believe, I believe, I believe Amen. Our brothers are going to bring us to the table of remembrance as we break bread as we take the cup together as Glenn leads and Don leads. And they get led by the Holy Spirit as they just pray as they just be being led as Christian Brothers, I pray for everyone online today. People that will capture this now and people that will capture this and through the audio. I pray that you will just shout out together, I believe, I believe there is something so different between belief and understanding, understanding and review with your mind. If anyone thinks that they can ever understand the Holy Word of God. There's something missing, there's a sandwich missing in your picnic, for starters, I will never understand until he calls me home I will. Even there, even in that, can anyone know the mind of Christ? Can anyone I know what the Scripture says about the renewing of your mind? But when it says My ways are higher than your ways, my thoughts are beyond your thoughts. He is beyond beyond beyond the He's beyond the greatest scientists on the earth. No one will ever be able to capture our God and put him in a test tube. He created the glass that they're making the test tubes off. He is the atoms, he is the air, he is the breath. He is God. And there is no one like him. I Am that I Am. And I will not share my glory with no one.
Close:Father, I believe
Reverend Ben Cooper:that's enough for me today, Lord. I just believe, man, amen. Amen. Amen.
Glenn Walsh:Yeah. The Bible does say if Ben just said, No, I have seen Hallelujah. Now we have heard no mind is conceived what God's got in store for those who love him. Thank you. God also says But God has revealed it to us through His Holy Spirit. Yes, it's revelation. Actually. Corinthians 12 says, No one can say Jesus is Lord, accepting the Holy Spirit. Yeah. What? Work what manifestation we've got in our lives, amen. such grace. Paul says in verse 11, as we're going into communion, for what I received from the Lord, what I received from the Lord, I now pass on to you. Yes, yes. Yeah. Remember? That's one Corinthians 11. One Corinthians 12, says, St. Paul. Yep, the same instructions concerning spiritual gifts. I don't want you to be uninformed. That's the same pool, the same book, verse 14, verse one, Pursue love, and eagerly desired gifts of the Holy Spirit. The same, Paul, the same instructions. One Corinthians 14, verse 26, these things must be done for the strengthening of the church. Verse 39, so my brothers eagerly desire to prophesy. We can't chop and change the Bible and take bits out, because we're uncomfortable with them. All scripture is. Scripture is God's grace. So back to verse 11, verse 23, and so many people use this for communion, but say, Oh, we don't want that Holy Spirit stuff. Then you're disobedient to the Lord's word. Submit yourself to the Lord. And you will be blessed. For Paul says in verse 23, of one Corinthians 11, for what I received from the Lord, I also delivered to you that the Lord Jesus and the night that he was betrayed, took the bread. And when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, This is my body. Yes, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me. Yes, Jesus, we remember our faith, our hope, very salvation is in this one fact. You surrendered your body to the cross. You took our sin upon yourself. You paid for every transgression, every sin, every law that we broke the things Is that we did and the things that we failed to do you paid for infamous. You are our rent some your body that was broken. took our punishment. Yes, fine. Thank you Jesus we eat this bread in remembrance of that. Amen. Amen. Thank
Reverend Ben Cooper:you Father
Donny Stockburn:Yeah, keep getting that song in my mind. Jesus did it all? And you certainly did, Lord. And I did just want to read you this prayer that I believe God gave me in the week when I was asking about what, what to pray about today. And I'm gonna read it because I don't want to miss any words out that were given to me. And if you keep your eyes shut, just stay in prayer, or go through it. Such as a Holy Spirit. He knows all about our weaknesses, and our troubles. He is called the helper, because that's what he is. He is also the Empower, to do things we could never do, to face the things we could never face, to bring us who battles we could never win, to change and transformers, to encourage us, to be with us always, to reassure us that we would never live one moment, now or forever without him with his limitless power, the Holy Spirit of God is with you. And Jesus, Jesus sent him it was Christ who sent him to us to give us all this help that we need. A father God we just stand back. In all Lord, you would send Holy Spirit fill us up with honor and to get a suit his life. It's just shows how deep your love and concern is first everything Father God. You spoke these words about the Holy Spirit, hours before he was arrested. And yet your Lord your mind, in your heart and your spirit was filled with our welfare. What would happen to us when you left? Summit wonderful summit, tremendous summit beyond words, who filled with your Spirit, Lord, to do the work. And Father God and this is the blood that made all these things possible for us. Is is the blood that broke down the doors of hell is a blood that one our souls and our spirits follicle we just thank you for it. In Jesus name, amen. Amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Thank you father. It is the blood of Jesus. were washed in the blood of Jesus were cleansed. Their name is stamped in the Lamb's book of life. And last night yesterday, summer solstice makes me smile. The Scripture says in Colossians chapter two verse 15, for all those pagans who were jumping over fires last night, flowers in your air. Listen to this. Colossians chapter two, verse 15. Having disarmed the powers and the authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross is dead. It's finished. It is over. It is all noise, bells and whistles. Satan has no power. Because the Scripture says He had disarmed the powers and the authorities. He made a public spectacle of them. You can jump over your fires. You can have your cauldrons, you can do your spells and your potions. But I'm covered in the blood of Jesus. Oh man, thank you let's stone ng is Dead is dead. And as cold as them stones are uncountable people last night. were dressed, dancing around fires. When this scripture says this one Corinthians chapter 12, while I was tucked up in bed, having a nice little sleep, dancing around fires, this is what the scripture says. Glenn made a reference to it. One Corinthians chapter 12. Now about the gifts of the Spirit brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. But you know that when you were pagans, somehow or others were influenced and led astray by dumb idols. dumb idols. Am I gonna follow a stone a dumb idol? Or am I gonna follow the King of kings and the Lord of lords? Let's just remind ourselves a moment. Genesis says that God created the heavens and the earth. He created the stones that are at Stonehenge. He created the earth and it's bonus there is am I gonna be worshipping dumb idols? Or am I gonna say God saved me? The Scripture is clear. Thank you We are blood washed, sanctified food, yes, there might be outside heaviness of oppression. But greater is He that is do I actually think, really believe that if I am truly saved, Satan has any power and authority over me, it might mess with my mind. But actually, my mind is probably more damaging than what he is trying to do to me anyway, I caused myself more problems and what he can because the Scripture says, It is finished. Christ crushed this at the cross of Calvary. So actually, when someone says, You got to be delivered again and again and again, well, actually no, one sacrifice once and for all, be careful of deliverance ministers, be careful of prophecy ministers, be careful of the name and claim it at this moment. The scripture says that Christ disarmed, He disarmed the powers. Oh, man, it means every power, every authority that is on the other side of the cross, It is finished, it is done. And it says triumphing. He has supremacy. And if you really belong to Jesus, no big bolt, no spell, no potion. No word from the enemy can snatch you out of the hands of God. It messes with the brain, it messes with the mind. If, if I am saved, the devil is under Murphy. Because our Christ, our God disarmed through the blood of His Son. And if any preacher or teacher keeps going on, about being delivered, delivered, delivered, delivered, it is not a preacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I'm saved on washed, but my lifestyle has to change. The devil is under your feet. And he stays under your feet. Because greater is He that is in you than he that is in the wild. So the pagans are going to do what they're going to do. The Witches are going to do what they're going to do. You can walk into the darkest, the most bleakest place and you carry light. You can go anywhere, because he is with you. Yes, you can go to the Darkest Dungeon. And if you are truly saved, the we will use the word atmosphere will change. Because he is light. And there is only darkness. Scientists say darkness only exists because the absence of light. As soon as your word is a lamp unto my feet a light for my path. The devil's work is broken. He's just making a racket. Let him get on and make a racket. Let the droids dress up, have a little chuckle. Why sit on the sofa and watch him dancing around jumping over fires and all that sort of stuff. Gods come in. Or let me say this again, let me say it theologically Christ is coming. He's coming. And we're in this great place and you are washed, you are sanctified, you are justified, you are redeemed. And the cross made a public spectacle, spectacle. Or I should say he made not actually the timber or the other or the cross. But he made a public spectacle at across the Calvary. By triumphing over death. Yes. And as the angel said, he's not here He is risen. Why are you looking for the living among the dead? We're done. Glenn's gonna finish Don's gonna bring us to a place. Yeah.
Glenn Walsh:Said. Well Ben was speaking there he was quite in moments like here, Who shall separate us and the love of Christ man glare shall the tribulation or distress or persecution or famine? Now, in all these things we are more than conquerors. Him who loved us. Yes, Lord, for I am convinced. He has neither death nor life, nor angels nor molars nor things present. No things to come. No height, no depth. No nothing in all creation will be able to separate us and the love of God. That is in Christ Jesus said But In So, Christ Jesus our Lord, nothing in all creation, the devils are created being Yes, II can't separate us nothing. And Romans nine, verse 16. So then it depends not on human will or exertion, or effort or desire, but on God's who has mercy done. Thank you, Lord, we are yours. You are ours. Amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Amen. Amen. The stones are dead. The stones are dead. And Jesus is alive. Demonic foot coming back powers have been crushed. Because of Jesus, the blood of Christ Dawn, he's got a scripture we can see. Okay, Don, you're gonna, okay, I
Donny Stockburn:just want to finish on one of my pieces of Scripture more often than any, is in John Five, Verse 24. And it's a reassurance that what's happened has already happened. And it says here, Most assuredly, this is Jesus. I say to you, who hears my word, and believes in Him who sent Me has ever lost in life, amen, and shall not come into judgment. But as passed from death to life, death, it's already happened and it's done. We're not waiting for Christ's return to get new life. It's already happened to us. We got it. If you're in Christ, you're already born again. How can you be unborn? Amen. Amen to that Lord, Father, God, which is by now for all those who have been going through troubles, and issues, Lord and wondering and temptations, Father God, and then these are buckled. Lord, I pray that by the power of your Spirit, you will come and and minister to them again, ministers again, this living word, reassured him, Lord, that what happened to them when I got saved, who can never be undone, it says it here, you already passed into life, and God guarantees it by putting His Spirit in us. And that's his guarantee. It can never be undone so far to God. Let us all rest securely in the knowledge that Jesus is Lord. He is Lord, and all it needs to be done is done. Jesus did it all. And He is our Savior Farrago, we just worship You and praise You, and lift you up. for all you've done for us, Lord, and all our future is fixed firmly in your hands, and no one can get to it, Lord, your last word say that, Lord, that we belong to you, whosoever would come, let them come and drink the wounds of life, and we have drunk and rude and we have that life in us. And we just thank You, Lord, in Jesus name, amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Amen. Amen. Amen. God bless. Have a great day in the name of Jesus. Never give up. There's always home in May God bless Glen and Donna, myself and my brother Randy, that's not with us at this moment. They will be back next week. Have a wonderful day in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. God bless to everybody that's with us this morning on this online streaming church service, coffee and bread and all those that will capture this podcast next week around about the same time it goes out a week later. But thank you so much for sharing everything you can find us on I Heart Radio, Amazon, music and so many other social networks. God bless you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, amen.
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