Reverend Ben Cooper: 0:31

Good morning. God bless you wherever you are across the earth today. Thank you so much for joining us wherever you are, whatever you might be doing today. This is the day that the Lord has made we shall rejoice and be glad you know never give up. We can see you're coming on the socials wherever you are in this morning. Thank you so much for joining us for coffee and prayer. Across the world, we always say good morning to those or good evening to those that are in New Zealand. Those are on the other side of the world that capture this and thank you so much for anyone that is portside. At this moment, we know there are many people away on holiday and for all those that will capture this live stream service that's walking with us at this moment in time wherever you are across the earth we pray that the Father the Son, the Holy Spirit, will just be wrapped around you today because we are living in very powerful times. We are living if you live within the UK, we are seeing governments, we are seeing our struggle use the word leaders we are seeing the world leaders struggling to lead because we are living in in times. And if you are a believer, if you are a believer in across a Calvary, in the birth, the death and resurrection of the King of kings and the Lord of lords and his name is Jesus. If you are a Christian, we are seeing what the Bible is for given us through the Power of Prophecy, what will happen in end times. And we want to encourage you this morning wherever you are across the earth to never give up there is always hope. There is always hope but we are seeing our governments we are seeing our leadership. We are seeing those just resigning and walking away because the system cannot cope. But there is there is a Savior and His name is Jesus. Don't look to the fuel pump. Don't look to the to the stretch of the money. But look to Jesus Hebrews chapter 12 verse to keep your eyes on Jesus. We want to encourage you this morning to keep your eyes on Jesus. Keep your eyes on the author, the perfecter of your faith. He is the King of glory He is with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. But we have to be completely open and honest. Where we sit within the UK the UK is a skip the UK is like you remember the old circuses we used to see the belly smart circuses you know that for go there for entertainment, you've only got to turn on certain news channel channels and use like watching entertainment because we are lacking leadership. And the church needs to stand up for what it believes in and to preach the gospel. And the Bible tells us very clearly very clearly that the ones that are in leadership positions have been placed in there by God. They are his ministers. But the Bible also says if they do not do what God has told them to do, we have to and we need to stand up. Stand up for what we believe in. So this is the Pharaoh moment we are seeing Pharaohs disappearing we are seeing Pharaohs coming and going like yo Yos we are seeing systems of the world collapse. But we are also witnessing the One World Order the One World Government we this has been here for a long time we can see it the banks are falling away the banks are giving into so much. We need strong leadership. And we lack strong leadership on every platform, I would say on a mass percentage through education, through church, through what we see in monarchy roles, and also in what we see also in government roles. Now, I would not want any of their jobs. But what I'm doing, I'm praying that God will strengthen them right now in a moment Jesus, because the UK is in a crisis. And if you follow the UK if you if we allow the UK to dictate and to control us, we will be in that fear banner. But I know there are many of us that may have woken up this morning, do not be afraid because the word of God is your strength. The word of your God is your supplier, wherever you are today, whether you're listening through this through the world of Podcasting A week later, and to all those 1000s of downloads that we have through these online streaming services around the world. We thank you so much for the listening. We thank you so much for the comments. We thank you for everyone that's joining in with us this morning. That's online as we see everybody hopping online that joins us for coffee and prayer but we have to have our eyes open. Not that we are following the news the worldly news to be entrapped. But we are The Stand what the Bible is clearly teaching and telling us that we can see. So we hear with what God is telling us through the Word, we hear it, we believe what the Word of God is saying. And then when our natural eyes look and our natural air hearing, I should say, captures what the world is doing. We see, we see. So we have a very interesting move at the moment. God's word is loud and clear. And that is, Do not be afraid. I really believe God is speaking to us around the table. Everybody in the house this morning, everybody online, everybody that's in the world of podcasting. Do not worry about what the governments are gonna do, do not worry about the press and the financial stretch that we're all under. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, seek Jesus, the cross of Calvary. And when we talk about the cross, we we are not fixated on the cross as symbolism. But when we look at the cross eyed recognize, and I understand that Christ, my Savior, your Savior, went to the cross, and He nailed everything to the cross of Calvary. And we are free, who the sunsets free is free indeed, even though systems are collapsing, even though governments are falling, even though the church is in the great falling away. If you are a true believer from Genesis to Revelation, we got to be shouting and dancing this morning. And I'm not talking about waving flags. I'm not talking about that regret that that area I what I'm referring to is Yes, God. Yes, Lord, this is n times this is real. This is happening the great fall in the way famines are across the earth. The leadership's are lying. Everything is falling away, but the kingdom of God, the kingdom of God. Jesus says, I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail. God is in full charge, follow Jesus, follow Jesus. That's all I can say to anyone, even me looking in the mirror, looking in the lens and saying, Ben, you got to follow Jesus. You got to follow Jesus, you've got to follow Jesus, you got to be in the Word, you got to trust the Word. You got to stand on the Word. Now this brings me to the scripture that was in the other day, and we had a quick ramble before we press the Live button this morning, I have to go back to Matthew chapter seven. Therefore, anyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practices, and built his house on the rock, the rain came down the streams, whoa, Rose. The wind blew against that house, but it did not fall because its foundation was on the rock. Lord, I pray this morning, Lord, that my faith and my actions go together and I build upon the rock today. We are witnessing with our very eyes this morning. Systems failing because they are building on sand man's accolade. Man strength man's planning. How many times have we heard over the last number of years, especially in the world of business? We got to we got to plan for the next five years. We got to plan we got to have a business plan you got to have, you've got to have all this stuff in place. Well, all that stuff isn't working anymore. What I've got to have in place is faith in God. And I pray this morning that I build I build upon the rock. Because if I let my eyes and my ears be captured by what is happening around me, it will I will almost drown. Have you ever almost drowned, like you know when the great writer was shipwrecked, and he got out of the boat. And the shallow water could have took him out because I really believe there are many of us that are almost exhausted, but God is fueling us. But I cannot drown in shallow water. ship wrecked but he's getting from the ship wreck to the shore, the shallow water. You know, we got to keep going, keep going. It's like the lady that wanted to touch the hem of His garment. We got to find that strength to follow to touch Christ, to walk with Jesus wherever you are across the earth this morning. I would say this and I know my brothers and we will always always say this and we're coming to this point. Just follow Jesus. Just follow Jesus. We're seeing churches fall, as in numbers. We're seeing the great falling away. We're seeing religion really trying to give this last hour one hard push, you know, but the kingdom of God. Am I a believer in the word or am I believer in government? Am I gonna sit under the government's stuff? Or am I gonna sit under Jesus? Am I going to sit under the water? I'm going to sit under what they're saying. If I sit under that I'm going to be crushed. I'm going to drop as quick as they're dropping. Do you know what else what I believe we're seeing we've seen towers of Babel drop. We're seeing towers that man has built collapsed before our very eyes. We're seeing Europe we're seeing the UK we're seeing America we're seeing so many places the financial markets, you know the banks, the banks don't look at what you see here what you hear but Don't let it affect your heart. The Bible says, put the word of God on the tablet of your heart. Phyllis, Phyllis, Lord with the word, we are seeing banks, we are seeing the Bank of England put statements out we are seeing the government putting statements out. And it is collapsing around our feet. But the kingdom of God is so so refreshing. You belong to the kings domain, you're a child of the living God. You belong to Jesus Jesus is with you. He says I will never leave you nor forsake you. But what will it be? What will the signs be? Jesus said look out for the signs, the signs of the end, what would they be? famines, wars, rumors of wars, desolation. Children rise in against parents. The crash, the crash, the great crash, we all say in the great crash happened around us. We are seeing what man has built. We are seeing man suffocate in what they have been building. We are seeing man drowning in what they've been building. If I do not build upon the rock and this scripture that we're in this morning, it says the rain came down in the strange rose, the winds blow against that house yet it did not fall because it had its foundation on the rock. But anyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them in practice is like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. The rain came down the streams rose the winds blow against that house and it did not end it fell with a great crash sorry. The strings are rising on all of our lives. The rain is falling on all of us because the Bible says the rain falls on the just and the unjust. The rain is falling, the streams are rising. But there's a difference. There's two ways to go. Whether I'm going to build on the rock, or I'm going to build on the world. And we're going to build on the rock who is the rock he is my rock. He's the Rock of Ages He is God. He is the living word. He is the great I Am He is your King. He is your deliverer He is the great I AM. I'm going to hand over to my brothers and my my lovely brother Glen and Don and Andy that's gonna lead us through this coffee and prayer. And as they bring us to the table in a little while as God is speaking directly to them today and God is speaking directly to you build on the rock. Don't follow me. Follow Jesus. Don't follow denominations follow Jesus. Don't follow the bishops and the leaders follow Jesus, imagine what that will be like if the church follow Jesus, you know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? Imagine what it would be like if every denomination took all of its strange ways away. I cleared all the desks off of everything, opened the Bible and said, Lord, we're going to preach this word. We're going to we're going to preach every church preaching the cross, Sunday after Sunday, every church preaching the blood, preaching, the birth, the death, the resurrection, preaching, on marriage, preaching on the glory, preaching on power preaching on creation, preaching the word of God. Wow. Wow, well, may God bless you and strengthen you this morning. And then over to my good friends that are gathered around this table this morning. And wherever you are, whether you're catching us on the socials networks this morning, thank you so much for everyone that watches on these Wednesdays and for everybody that joins us through podcasts and and everything. Thank you so much. And I'm I'm I'm out of here now and all I'm gonna say it, you got to follow Jesus. You got to follow Jesus. Good morning and God bless

Donny Stockburn: 13:43

ya, can I say something? Down in week when I was having a pray and feeling like nothing on earth. I just didn't know where I was in life. And the only thing that could get to me was the knowledge that God loves me read the words and I was bouncing off me like peas on a tank. And I sat down and just wondered acid to God about how I felt so empty. So almost in distress, you know, like a ship when it's sinking a FISA rocket rockets a signal Well, and that's what I did. And suddenly this this boy, Sir, didn't hear it audibly, but it just would not stop ringing in my mind. And the gods have loved me. Got so lovely. discouragement and distress just disappeared. I can't stop loving you was the word that I heard and Rachel song do you remember it? But that's the one that came it. God's voice just spoke to me. He said, our can't stop loving you and our search myself Have a look for a reason why. I just couldn't find one. I know about my life. He knows about my life, I thought, how do you love me? How can you say you can't stop loving me, Lord, when I've said and done all these things and constantly fall down and constantly fell, people constantly do this. And sometimes I find it really hard to love. Even a normal level, let alone a level of Christ loves everybody, love. And that was my problem. But this love of God, this word of God is knowledge of God, that each of us cannot stop loving me. It rescued me. That was the one that came and lifted me up. And I just want to try and convey this word to you that God just cannot stop loving you don't look for reason. Paul wrote about it. And I just want to read you something that he wrote, Paul, the apostle, over, counted itself, as the least all apostles, he was the one who used to go persecuting Christians, he was the one who held the clothes while his stoned to death. Christians. And II could not understand why God loved him so much. And he wrote this letter. Under the Spirit of God, it was his pen, and the words came from God. He was in prison at the time. And he was perhaps turned to be the greatest evangelist, this world has ever seen that God raised Him up. And he wrote these words, while he was in, can imagine him sitting on the floor, with his pipe on his pen in prison there and feeling pretty uncomfortable. And he said, he wrote this, for this reason, our bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven, and earth is named, that he would grant you according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with the mind, through His Spirit, in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, that you are being rooted and grounded in love. Love, by may be able to comprehend with all the signs, what is the width, and the length, and the depth and the height of God's love for you. And that was his prayer. That was the prayer Paul pied, he also write in one Corinthians 13. The greatest is love God and faith, God and hope. The greatest thing is love of God. We can't comprehend it. God said, don't even try. It's impossible for us to a moment to understand the love of God. But that was what rescued me that day, at the knowledge that God just can't stop loving me. And his old Bible, from the very first chapter to the very last is about his pursuing us. He wants his children back, that's us and eat his cannot stop loving us. When my children used to play me out and give me a hard time, I never stopped loving them. And to this day of still love him exactly the same. And that's something a week picture of God's love. But just a slight hint of our is he just won't stop loving us. And Lord us. That's the knowledge that brings me to life as the knowledge that rescues me time and time again. That has nothing whatsoever to do with my performance. Why God loves me eaters loves me. That is nature, God is love. And he just can't stop loving us. And artists want to try and confine a truth to you. I'm sure you know it already. Anyway, if you're Christian, and born again, you know that love and follow our charges will apply. Like Paul did the same prayer Lord, I pray for everyone, Father God that this love that is beyond our comprehension, will come again. And fill us up and take us to a new level with your spirit of heart to God, fill us up and bring us to a new level Lord of knowledge of your love. Father of God, we pray that you'll fill us up so much. There'll be an overflow. Lord Our pray will rescue your children. When I when I get to that place where I was, where they live in distress, looking at their own performance, and our own failings Lord, and turn of eyes upon the love of God that can rescue us and will rescue us forever and ever and ever, not for fortnight. But for eternity. Lord, we just pray now in Jesus name, that this love of God fits beyond our understanding. He will come on us Lord, and fill your church fill your living church. Mica Shawn Michaels sparkle you said we are the light of the world and assorted here. Father God we just pray that you will rise us up to that place Father God where the boots does come out fro from us and bear witness and to your spirit and your love that lives us up. Father God and it kept us raised her will keep us rise. Whatever our performance is Father God, your love will never fall. And artists pray this prayer in Jesus name. Amen.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 20:21

Amen. Thank you, Jesus. Thank You, Holy Spirit. Bless you.

Glenn Walsh: 20:27

God so loved the world. He summed up the world He sent His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. And when we know that we are God's treasured possession, we know that he is for us, he's not against us. We know there's nothing that can snatch us from his hands. But children of God, I'm stuck in Proverbs one this morning and a bit of a Zico and Proverbs one verse eight is here, my son your father's instruction and forsake not your mother's teaching. Wow. For they are graceful Garland's for your head, and pendants for your neck, my son, my daughter, if sinners entice you, do not calm sent. Pride for the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. fools despise wisdom, and instruction. And what God says to us if we turn and this is again in Proverbs 123 If you turn up my reproof, Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. And I will make my words known to you. Thank you, Jesus. He so loved us. He dealt with our sin he sold loved us, He was crushed for our iniquities our flawed nature, flawed characters, and he was pierced for our transgressions. He's dealt with it. But not so that we should remain in sin. Thank you, where he's we belong to him when he's treasured possession. He loves us so, so much. He doesn't want us fly in with a devil. He doesn't want us taking on the waves of the world. It grieves Him. Amen. When we, when you look at the church, and it makes allegiances with the world and says, we will adopt the world values. The Bible says we can't be friends in the world and friends with God. We set apart we his cherished possessions, Oh man, that I'm a father, I've got children, I love them. Thank you, Lord, if I see the enemy trying to take them away and cause them harm, because that's the only plan the devil has for you. And it's to kill, steal and destroy your worthy God. But the son of mine came to destroy the works of the evil one. Were his were his. And we've been talking this morning, we look at the state of the nation. We look at the state of the West. I know someone who works in a Christian school, and this Christian school, its motto is what it says it's Christian. It says that its values its aim, the heart of it is Christ. It's not true. You know what they had the staff were told this week, you cannot line up children and call them boys and girls.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 23:24

For God help us what?

Glenn Walsh: 23:26

Where's it going? What's it doing? Well, we look at the church, and it's what's going on? We need Jesus and we can stand there and say, Lord, where are you? And I've been reading for a Zico if you want to read about God's judgment on his people, as equals a good starting point. Because God so loves us. Yes, he's delivered us from the evil one. He's delivered us out of the world, and he will not stop loving us. And those he loves. He chastises those he loves He disciplines, those he loves. Come on. Yeah, payments, if you love your children to separate Thank you. Don't let the enemy snatch them from you. And but this is God's promise,

Donny Stockburn: 24:13

yes.

Glenn Walsh: 24:15

As equal 3622 I am about to act. Thank you Holy Spirit, but for the sake of My Holy Name, yes. For the nations will know that I am the Lord. And I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. And I will deliver you from all your own cleanliness. That's Ezekiel 36 Verse 29. Then you will know that I am the Lord and then God takes as eco into the valley of dry bones and as eco looks and sees these this date dry valley of dry bones. And God questions here that says, Son of man can these bones live? We look at the church and God says, My Bride, can she make herself ready?

Unknown: 25:16

What load?

Glenn Walsh: 25:18

This bride of mine? You know, there's an old joke that I heard years ago that Jesus is brilliant, but have you seen his wife? And yet it says in Revelation, the bride has made herself ready. He has not given up on church. So when we look and God says, Can these bones live? As EQ answers very wisely, and says, Only you know, oh, Lord, oh, Lord, you know. And then he prophesies, God tells him to prophesy over the dry bones. And as he does, God moves those bones together. Yes, Lord. So I prophesied as I was commanded. And the Lord said, Now breathe life, Prophesy life into the bones. And what God says is, Behold, I will open your graves and raise you from your graves. Oh, my people, you feel deeds, you feel washed out, you feel like you're just dry bones. You feel like you can't walk with the Lord anymore. You feel like you've, that's it, you've gone. That's not what God says over you. He says, oh my people, I will call you from your graves. Thank you, okay, and you will know that I am the Lord. My people, this is as equal 3714. And I will put my Spirit within you know, church, that's what we need. Come on, Lord, not by my not by power, not by manipulation, not by control, not by making allegiances with the world, but by my Spirit says the Lord, thank You, Holy cow, I will put my spirit in you, and you shall live. And then you will know that I am the Lord, I have spoken. And I will do it declares the Lord. So we do pray, and we do prophesy. And Lord, we thank you that there is nothing that can snatch us from your hands on knowledge when the nations gather together against you and against your chosen one. You laugh from on higher. Jesus, you're seated. You're not fretting, you're not stressed. What is man, that You are mindful of him? And yet you are in all our warring with each other in all the hatred of this world, you love us. And you've given this wonderful gospel. Lord, You've paid the price for every sin on the cross and you say, Who so ever comes to you? You will not turn away.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 27:45

Thank you, Jesus.

Glenn Walsh: 27:46

Thank You, Holy Spirit. And we know what impresses you Lord, You've said it in your words. A broken and contrite heart. Yeah. When we see us for what we are, what a mess, but you love us. So Lord, we do choose to get on our knees, the people of God, we do choose to repent and turn away we don't choose to say, Lord, we're wobbly and all that we do, but you are their foundation. Send us your Holy Spirit, Lord, individually, corporately, we want to walk with you. And we know you're calling. You've called us all to the very same thing. To die to ourselves to die. Yes. We're no longer our own. We were purchased. We belong to us slaves of righteousness. We belong to you, Lord, we're your treasured possessions and we want to live for you. Yeah, God, we pray, Lord, Your Holy Spirit. revive your church. Yes, Laura, your namesake, for Your glory move in our nation, through this world. Amen.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 28:50

Amen. Thank you, Holy Spirit. Thank you, Father, thank You for peace. Thank you for patience this morning, Lord and bow Thank you, God, we worship you. We praise you, Lord, for those that fell a bit broken this morning, Lord. And as Andy is going to lead us in the Word and as we just rest and as we be still we thank You, Father, that your your love is unconditional or that you love us unconditionally. Father, Lord, as the screen says behind us, we thank you that God loves us. God loves us. And I really believe that we just need to draw strength from that in the moment. Everybody's got busy lives. Our minds are like washing machines spinning around on this fast spin of life. You know, and aren't just looking on the socials. Yeah, suit with the prayers that are coming through and I just want to pick up on that we pray for peace because all of us we just, we need peace as Christ stepped back in and through the wall. He'd stepped from this dimension and he came back into this physical and he pressed through that wall you know and as he said to Thomas Peace be with you. And I believe if you if there's a bit of disturbance in your head or your heart today, I'm with you. I'm disturbed. I ain't lyin knowledge. I'm disturbed. But I'm not. How can that be because perfect love drives out all fear, oh man, perfect love drives out all fear. So I have to follow Jesus. I have to, I can't be a lazy Christian. I have to press in. The Bible talks about enduring. I've got I've got like the lady with the issue of blood, I've got to make the physical effort, I've got to press I've got to push. It's like, I've got to get into the Promised Land, faith and actions walk in and move in. And speaking and praying, walking, you know, and everything locked down has done so much to all of us in so many ways. And it has blown the can open wide open, it has torn the walls down on everything. Everything has just been exposed to, to believe his eyes, you know, the eyes of the believers are being opened. And as we just sit here, I just pray as Andy is going to jump straight in. I just pray that you will just seek Jesus, you will just seek Jesus, not the football star. Not the model. But the king, king of kings, the King above all kings, not the athletes, not the people of the earth that carry that name. But the one that carries the greatest name in heaven and earth is the one that the Father of heaven on earth, said that's my son, on well placed. Follow Jesus, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the King of kings. The king that came from a displace family, the king that was the man, Christ Jesus, the King, that was the carpenter, the king that grew up in a, in an in a home with brothers and family, the king that that was probably looked at as a young lad. That's that Jesus. Look at that house he's come from, we're not sure about Joseph and Mary. Follow Jesus is the King of kings and the Lord of lords. And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. He's dwelling in your house today. He's dwelling in your heart today. He's with us. You drive along the road today. He's with us, you walk today. The Scripture says in our believers in Deuteronomy says, Do not follow other gods of the people around you, because I am walking amongst you. Even though there are idolatrous Gods even though there are foreign gods, the God that spoke this world into being is amongst us. And He is with you. In your brokenness, he's with me unbroken. But he's with me. Am I lost? Yes, I am loss. But I'm also found all pastor saying he lost. He's lost. No, what I mean by lost is I'm lost with my own ways, my ways. I'll just be lost. But we're following him. Love of God. He's the destination. He's what my sat nav should be pointing to the King of kings, the Lord of lords. God bless you. God bless handy.

Andy Hammond: 33:34

Yeah. Thank you. I feel quite empty this morning. Excellent. And I confess that I

Reverend Ben Cooper: 33:46

he's the king

Andy Hammond: 33:48

lots of people I know who are not well, all kinds of things are going on in people's lives and you think, you know, a lot of what's happening. Why is all this happening. And you then turn on the news this morning, and there is dead Boris here. Two or three ministers resigning from his cabinet. But people are saying, well, he probably survived that. Because Boris is Boris and it'd be like water off a duck's back. And all things seem to be in such a turmoil.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 34:34

Oh, Lord, thank You, Father. So

Andy Hammond: 34:38

I just thank that. God that I'm in relationship with him because there is no other way about that. Follow Jesus. I just thank You, Father God, that we can be in relationship with you that we can hold on to you. And you are the rock that we You stand on the rock. And I think as we said, you know, we don't want to get into the sand, we want to stand on something strong, something powerful, something consistent. That's always there. So we thank You, Father God. I just opened my Bible here, one, John, chapter two. And we've got to remember this, that if we are in relationship with with God, we've got to constantly review our relationship, how we're doing. And it's a narrow path, isn't it that we follow, so thin and but this this promise here, my dear children are write this to so that you will not sin. But if anybody does say, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours, but also for the sins of the whole world. So the whole world is open to everyone. And that word advocate, because of my own background, or it's someone who stands up for you, in your place, when you haven't got the words to say, or when you don't know how to say it. We have Jesus, who's there. And he stands up and speaks on our behalf because we're in relationship with him. And we got to be in relationship with him.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 36:38

Thank you, Father, and thank you Holy Spirit.

Andy Hammond: 36:41

One. Jonathan says that verse nine anyone who claims to be in the light, but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness, or anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light. Thank you. There is nothing in them to make them stumble. But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness sight can they do not know where they're going? Because the darkness his blind, speak to us, Lord. So Father, we ask that you come bring that light. We don't want to sit in a darkened room. We want to sit with you in that. That light, we want to put on sunglasses. Yeah, because that light is so bright. And we need it to protect our eyes. So sunglasses. Give us all sunglasses so that we can come and sit with you. Father, we don't know what to say, really. We just want to come and sit and take in all that you are. Just being in Your presence is just life changing. We want to change. So come and minister to each one of us today. Take us Lord, we just want to sit in your presence. Be quiet, draw us in to renew our own lives with you to drop away all that stuff that is not a view. We want to come we want to be washed clean. I just think of that chapter in John John 13 when you sat and wash the disciples feet and wash everything.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 38:41

But yes, come on, Lord.

Andy Hammond: 38:44

But if we travel along those roads, it's our feet that gets dusty. So we need to be constantly coming before you Lord and just washing off the dust washing off that stuff that we will trade in sometimes when we need to be made clean again. I

Reverend Ben Cooper: 39:09

think I lay in it.

Andy Hammond: 39:10

Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jerry how on Lord that you're there guide us and no matter what's going on in the world. You are there. Yeah, in fact, your Word tells us to be ready. Amen. Because we got to expect all this. And if we are followers of you we know that things are gonna draw a free tool turned upside down even Yeah, draw us Lord. We thank you. For all those who are struggling with their health at the moment. Yes, father. Quite a number who are love of God and just it's so difficult. Being in hospital or just so difficult trying to get through to GP these days. Okay. I know that it was difficult. I spent an hour I think, trying to get through to a GP. You know, when you have those countdowns, you are 25th in the queue, and you sit there waiting, please let me eventually get through. That's not the end of it though, because the reception says, You've made it. You've got through what's your problem? We're going to adopted the phone. So standby your phone for the next two hours in case so that you can receive a call. Not sure where this is all going, Father God. It's this COVID That seems to have done it. It wasn't like that before. Father, we need a complete overhaul. Can you overhaul us? Can you overhaul government? Can you overhaul our health service? We just give you sanks For all those workers. Well, what pressure they're working under at the moment. We asked you to come and bring refreshment. Bring refreshment to us. I'm feeling if I'm that I need refreshment. Yes, Lord, refresh us. So we say Come Holy Spirit. Come, minister to each one of us today. We need it Lord. We can't do it without you. Amen.

Glenn Walsh: 41:34

Amen. He makes us where we are. Thank you, Jesus. Fen said earlier about Thomas, what does Jesus do? He stands right where he is right where he is. Thank you file says, You doubt you want to see in touch. And I was thinking of Abraham. And what God says to Abraham is I am your very great reward. And Jesus said, The kingdom of God is like someone who finds treasure, and loses everything to find that and I must admit, yeah, these last few weeks have been very, very tough, very difficult. And yet my heart is burning within me. So I'm looking at problems. I'm walking through one of the hardest things I've ever had to walk through. And yet my heart is burning within me, praise God. Because Jesus is our treasure. Jesus is so faithful. I am your very great reward. Who's Emmy Award? God, thank you. And again, ZICO. You think, Well, I can't do it. I can't walk it and yet God says, but I will save them from the backsliding in which they have sailed to God and will cleanse them and they shall be my people and they will be my God. He also says my dwelling place will be with them. People of God were his. He dwells with us. He burns within our heart. Do you ever? Do you ever get like that you think I should be sitting in a pit? Impressed. And yet I want to go and stand on a hilltop to shout and shout rejoicing. Because he is my reward. He's my he's my savior. Thank you Jesus, my Lord. And he's my king. For these my trip. I'm his treasured possession. He's my treasured possession. Yes, he's that pole of buying price. Thank you, Jay. Yeah, Tim, because he found me you're worthy. I love Him because He first loved me worship you do nothing can separate them from his love,

Donny Stockburn: 43:35

include Amen. collages daddy near the gods just give me that picture of a marriage. There's all when you get married, you make all the promises and everything else. I know a 1001 things to do as a husband or as a wife in a family, but as a die when you just stand and look at each other. And he I know some of us older guys, maybe left it behind when you just look in each other's eyes. And you just look at each other and you say, gee, you know, I love you. I really love you. And that's what this word is today. Your concerns, drop everything. Don't think about doing this. And don't think about doing that. I just want you to know that I will never stop loving you. The promises are made for you. I will keep I will not bite their promise on faithful God. And when we look at that rock that Ben was speaking about that walk that God said build your house on if you examine the material, what's the material that law is it welcomes it. This is what is pure love supports everything of Christ. He is love the contents of his love. It can't get away from that love and who wants to find a God just ministered to all those hearts to die Lord, who stopped looking to self care have to earn your way into heaven or to be a good boy and get a pat on the head to sit and enjoy. That love of God will never ever leave you never leave you. He will never stop loving you. I know there be some questions or what about this? What about if he could stop loving us word across helps that one site might say, well, you know why the world is is that my design, but God says, I'll never stop loving you. And when you got any doubts, just look at the cross and answers all the questions he gave everything to save us everything he ate. Alone. We just asked you underpin our lives with a glorious, Divine Love of God, Lord, it's beyond our understanding. Just put it into his Lord, fill our hearts up, press it down and put some more in SOS and overflow as our prayer Lord. In Jesus name, amen.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 45:57

Amen. Amen. Amen. We're coming to the table. We're coming to the time where we broke bread together as we take a cut together as our brothers will continue to lead this service this morning. But wherever you are across the earth, God loves you. His grace, His favor is abound in in your heart and in your life. We got to take our eyes or should I say I need to take my eyes off of the world and keep my eyes on Jesus. Enter through the narrow gate. Matthew chapter seven, verse 13. Lord, keep my eyes on you. You are worthy, you are worthy of all praise. We can hear heaven rejoice in Holy, holy, holy is the Lord most worthy of all praise will come into this this beautiful time this time where, where, as individuals, we just hand it over to God. And thank God thank God that we don't need any religious order to tell us when and how to take this. We are doing this at this time on this Wednesday because the Bible tells us as often as you come together, do this. break bread do that. Do it do it in my name in remembrance of me. Who's the me? He's the god of this. This love that we're talking about. He's the rock that we're talking about. He's the king that we're talking about. He is the great I AM. So we're doing this in remembrance of Christ. He went to the cross of Calvary, no bishops, no leaders. No, no, no one. But Jesus. One sacrifice once and for all. Blood was shed for me and for you. His side was pierced. Blood and water ran out together very significant. Very powerful Scripture. Blood and water ran together. His side was pierced. He loves us. You know, there's a little chuckle in my voice there. He loves us. He loves me, me. Me of all my failings with all my crazy head. My thinking is I've never thought such crazy barmy things as I think lately. You know what? Goodness, thank God, no one can see my thoughts. But Jesus, but he loves me. He went to the cross. He died for me and I'm saying me because I say if he can do it for me, how much more can he do it for you on the other side of the table on the other side of the lens? How much more Look what the Bible says and what look what it says about what you're thinking does to you without without even the act of of it? Murderous, adulterous law My thinking is just wrong and all over the place. Crazy bizarre, strange, weird, though they should lock me up and throw away the key. But no. He went to the cross for me. And I've got to keep emphasizing me. Because when I say me and that's not in a selfish way I'm saying me because if he can do it for me, how much more can he do it for you? And I love the writer that wrote a wretched man am I I'm wretched. But he found me my wretchedness. I was lost he found me. He set me free. He's give me a hope and a future he is the King of glory. And we are free this morning who the sun sets free is free indeed. So wherever you are across the globe, my brothers and sisters as you join us this morning. I can see leaders are joining us I can see friends are joining us I can see so many are joining us and all those on the other side of the globe. May God strengthen you and bless you. And when I say me, I'm saying it because if you only could see in my head goodness. You think Boris is crazy. You think the world is crazy? God never put my thoughts on them screen behind me. Oh Lord, help me But the reason I'm so open and so honest with you, is because religion has lied. Religion is lying for its teeth. Systems aligned for its teeth. Let's be real. I saved I'm saved by grace. Oh man, I'm saved by grace. undeserved favor. Thank you. If it was down to the church and the world, they would have locked me up a long time ago. But God has set me free. I'm free. I'm free. So whoever you are today is we break bread together. And I have this great privilege of sitting around this table with my brothers. And I also have the privilege of sharing the gospel with everybody online and through podcasting. I'm going to tell you this. God really loves me, in my brokenness, in my mayhem, in my carnage of life, in my good lifestyle choices, my wrong style, lifestyle choices, my whatever, you know, God loves me and the power of redemptions the power of redemption. I'm redeemed, you are redeemed, you are chosen, you are blessed. You are watched. You belong to Jesus, Amen. So Lord helped me keep walking. Help us keep walking by faith helped me keep walking, Lord, let me Lord, let me Lord, help me, Lord, lift my leg and literally put it in front of the other one. Lord, you got to the steps of a good person are ordained by the Lord. That is just a mind blower. Lord, you know my path before I even walk it. Thank you, Jesus. Leaders, my friends, bring us to a place of communion

Glenn Walsh: 52:06

before Andy and Dolly lead us in communion. I've got a wonderful scripture. Count everyone's free. You know what, I'm a prisoner. For you. He read this you'll want to be a prisoner to Yes. Zechariah. When was the last time you looked at Zechariah Zechariah nine, verse 11. And this is before Andy and Donnie lead us to Communion. As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you? Yeah, because of the blood of my covenant. I will set your prisoners free from the wallet. And here we are. Thank you return to your stronghold. And this is where I'm a prisoner. Prisoners of hope. Yes, I'm a prisoner of Hell, yes, we are. No matter what presses down. And all of us no matter what comes against us, we're prisoners of hope, slaves to right when we think I've lost it on blown on going down for the third time. I can't help. But hope buys up in me again, I'm going to write because my savior lifts because he cozy lips because he sat down at the right hand of God, because he holds all things together by his powerful arm and he holds the universe in his hand. Yeah, he can hold me. Yeah, well, Glen. And it's because of the blood of His covenant.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 53:23

The King is paid for it.

Glenn Walsh: 53:25

It's gotten to Communion.

Andy Hammond: 53:27

Yeah. Yeah, thank you. Thank you for the hope we have in you. Our hope is only in here. I just want to read some scripture from one, John been in this book this morning. And one John three says, See what great love the Father has lavished on us who yes, we shall be called children of God. And that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. Amen. Dear friends, now we are children of God. And what we will be, has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like Him. for we shall see Him as He is. Or who have this hope in Him, purify themselves justice, he is pure, that hope in Him. And in chapter four, starting from verse 13. This is how we know that we live in Him and He in us, He has given us off his spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is As a son of God, God lives in them, and they are in God. And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love, a man, whoever lives in love lives in God. And God in certain that short sentence, our man God is love. Yes, value words, God is a man. So Father, we just come before you because you know that you loved us, you first loved us, that you sent your son for us, and that he gave up his life for each one of us. And so we remember that by taking this break this morning. Oh, man.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 55:43

Thank you, Father, thank You for the bread. glory, hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus.

Donny Stockburn: 55:56

Father, thank you, for this blood, Lord, and I was just sitting thinking if for could old disk cup up, and he could speak to me. It's mean in the meaning of this blood, it would say, I can't stop loving you. That's the message, Lord, this is that God just cannot stop loving us. And Lord, which is Thank You, Lord, He paid the price. This is this is the evidence that God just loves us. We don't find a reason why Lord, and when we look at self, we fight even Leslie is and why Paul was the same. But this Lavina this love took him all over the world with a message of God. It took him two beings, took him through prison sentences, took him where he's shipwrecks, knowing the times where he bought 39 lashes. I think it was three times where it was left Stanford dead. This is the love that was important that you put there Lord, this is the love that will not leave us there will not give us up. And Lord and we have been put into a secure salvation fall of God because it was perfect. Because you alone, security, Lord, there is no work of man. This is entirely the work of Jesus, and is a perfect work. And we are locked in it sealed in it for all eternity. And we just thank you for that in Jesus name, amen.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 57:45

washed in the blood of Jesus. We are children of the living God. And again, we come back to that God loves us. God loves us nothing can separate us from the love of God as in Christ Jesus Romans chapter eight. It has been glorious to work with every one of you this morning. We thank you so much for dipping in and out the socials. And I can see people hopping on and offline May God bless you and strengthen you. Wherever you are across the world. Andy has something he's going to share about the Word of God as he always does. It's really important to our hearts, all of us that that God will will make a way you know, God is a way maker. And I'm not just referring to the song, you know, and we are prisoners of hope. What a beautiful scripture. slaves of righteousness bought with a price owned by the Creator of heaven and earth. God loves us unconditionally. And are you going to share something as we just evaporate?

Andy Hammond: 58:53

Yeah, I've got the full copy a full Bible today. So I brought this along so that you could all see it. It's, it's a really great book. And it's, it's for you, man, you've never received a copy of the Bible and you want one. Just get in touch. And just keeping with that theme of love, there's a first thing in Psalms right in the middle of the book, open the Bible in the middle and you'll find Psalms and 36 Seven, how priceless is your unfailing love Oh, God. People take refuge in the shadow of your wings. Thank you, Jesus. So if you need in the heat of the day, to take refuge come under the shadow of the wings of the Father. Because his love just surrounds you. Thank you, Lord. Take that. Oh man this morning and Is love sir mountain and you can come in under his shelter. Read Psalm 36 for yourself. Amen.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 1:00:13

Amen where there may God bless you and strengthen you wherever you are across the globe whether you're poolside decide whether you are running from Jesus is going to get you on a you might be like Jonah this morning, be ready you're going to be cold. Wherever you are today. Narrow is the path for every one of us. Broad is the Boris way. He loves us and conditionally His love is around us and His love is upon us. We thank you so much for joining us wherever you are across this world. And everybody in the world of podcasting, you can find us on Buzzsprout Spotify iHeartRadio Amazon Alexis, you will find us on Alexa you all them other gadgets that are out there, all that sort of places, you know, and hopefully we are playing right across London, in the Houses of Parliament. Jesus even loves you if you're a politician. Because all have sinned and fallen short of no glory. There is no one righteous none. But one. All of us. All of us have sinned and fallen short. I pray, I really pray with my heart. If you are in government departments. I pray that God will give you peace. Whatever your press is on life. I just pray that God will strengthen you, whether you're in your your you're employed, whether you're unemployed, whether you're retired, whatever, whatever your career is, whatever your press on on the world is I just pray that, that God will strengthen you in many areas of your life, you know, and especially if you're you're working in government, local government, may the hand of God beyond you, because you are in the lion's den. It's great to journey with every one of you. We'll see you soon. Take care. Have a glorious day. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ. God is with you wherever you are, and as the screen says God loves us. God bless.

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