Good morning, we got all the bells and whistles going off in the air this morning. God bless you. God bless you, God bless you. Praise God bless it be the name of the Lord. Wherever you are this morning, grab yourself a coffee, grab yourself a Bible. And just come and spend these 45 minutes if you can. We know it's summer holiday, we know children are off and all that sort of stuff. And then many people traveling this morning, but good morning to everybody. On the other side of the globe, the families Lord, we thank you for their lives in New Zealand, the Lord and I mentioned that Australia the furthest point around, we know that they watch. And we know that they listen. So everybody, right the way around the globe. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, whatever the time is, in your, your stretch on this earth, wherever you are this morning to everybody in the world of podcast, and we thank you so much for sharing, and pushing this out onto many platforms and the 1000s of downloads that we are getting week after week, May God strengthen you. And may the hand of God always be upon you. You can find us on I Heart Radio, Buzzsprout, Spotify, and so many other platforms that we are on Amazon music and Alexa and across the social networks, wherever you are today, May God strengthen you and guide you. I want to take us if we can, or should I refrain my language this morning, I believe God is leading us to Psalm 139, verse 13, through to around about 1718. And we'll just read this and we'll see together so grab yourself some communion, some bread, we're gonna take bread in just a few moments, about 30 minutes down the line as we just gather around the word of God together. And I pray that whether you're at home, whether you're just resting, whether you're taking time off, or whether you're on the other side of the globe, whether you're on holiday, and we know that we got families and friends and work colleagues, I've got work colleagues away at the moment, may God bless you and strengthen you, as you sit. And as you rest and as everybody's jumping online this morning. But let's go to Psalm 139 And verse 13. Now, I think, or should I say, I believe thinking and believing is two different things. I believe that there are many of us, and I say us because sometimes and most of the time, probably 98% of the time. I say Lord, how can you save me? Lord, I feel wretched I feel Lord is this this word Christianity, Lord, this living as a believer, Lord is is hard law. We're seeing things in this nation. Lord, the government's falling farther, the church's Lord are seeing the great falling away but law we're, we're seeing a rise we are seeing a rise in conversations about who is this God, we've seen a rise in conversations in certain layers of life of I do believe in God. But I don't want to go to church because church bruised me over the years. So I believe that there is a stirring God is stirring people's hearts at this moment. But I just want to take us to Psalm 139, verse 13. And I just want this scripture to rest in your spirit and your heart and your mind today. That God created you and you are loved. You might be in a culture, you might be in your workplace, you know, the workplace is a brutal place. The work environment, you know, and all that stuff goes on and we can bring bring that up and we can also bring a parallel to many areas of life like that. But I just want to let you know this morning, that you're not here because of some form of accident, some form of terrible bit of trading, that's gonna You're not here, just because your mom and dad wanting to hear. You're here because there's a purpose for your life. And sometimes it's so difficult trying to find a purpose when we can feel lost. You know, even though that I'm a believer, even though that I am and whatever labels people put on me, I'm a son of the living garden, there are days I feel lost. I feel lost in culture, I feel lost in society, I just feel lost with everything going on. Or sometimes I feel trapped. Do you ever feel trapped? That you just feel like you can't move you can't breathe is almost a strangulation going on you. Sometimes you're gasping for air, because of the pressures that are on and around you. And sometimes you think, why did i Why did I go down this road? Why did I Why did I make this choice? Why did I decide to do that? Why did I say that? Do you ever feel like that? Sometimes you're undoing the word yes. Because you've said yes. And really you should have said no. And sometimes the choices and the words that we we know words are extremely powerful words are like arrows. They're like darts, they're like fiery darts. As soon as we say something, it lands where does the word land that word lands in between someone's ear gate, and it rests in their mind and in their mind takes it down through, you take down the journey down to the heart, you know, so you hear a word, you receive a message, text, email, information comes in through our eyes, and through our ears. And words are extremely powerful, too. Sometimes people speak over our lives that can be very negative, can be very down. It can be really dictatorial can really almost be narcissistic, or controllers. And sometimes you can just get weary and sometimes you can just say, God, what is the purpose, I just want to let you know this morning that there is a purpose for your life. And God has brought you into this world. God sees you in your workplace. God sees you toiling hard God sees you. As the single parent family. God sees you. In that family environment. God sees you in many areas of life, God sees you as a student, God sees you. In all the activities that you do. God knows everything about your life and my life before my life has even come into physical existence. And let's just read together this morning. Let's just read together this morning, something that is very refreshing. And something that will really, I believe will really penetrate our hearts. And really just remind us who we are here for. Have you ever been a people pleaser? Cos spent so much of my life trying to please everyone scratching everyone's back and the fingernails are worn out trying to scratch? Everyone's back trying to make everybody happy? You know? So this comes down to what are you saying? What is the will and the purpose for my walk on this earth? What is the purpose? How did I get here? Who created me? Where did I come from? What is this existence about? The government's are falling all around the world. We're seeing a shortage of every commodity that there is food, fuel control. So it's wearing life can be wearing at the moment, but I want to we want to remind you this morning that God is with you. God says through his word, I will never leave you nor forsake you. Okay, Lord, tell me a little bit more. Verse 13. For you created my innermost being, you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, because I'm fearfully and wonderfully made for your works are wonderful. And I know that fully well. My frame. This is a really beautiful part of this text. It says, My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes now in verse 16, we could spend such a long time if we, if he was in that position of a Bible study or, or a longer stretch. When you look at verse 16. It says Your eyes saw my unformed body. Odor days were ordained for me. I find this absolutely so powerful and so prophetic. How God's eyes saw saw us in Where did he see us he see us in that that realm that we haven't got to yet that place that only God dwells with the Holy Spirit where the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit is in that spiritual place in that, in that secret place in in that place God see us before we even came into any physical existence. He says Your eyes saw my unformed body, all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be how precious to me are your thoughts God? How vast is the sum of them? Now when when I look at verse 16, Your eyes saw. Now we understand. In the book of Colossians, it says Christ is the image of the invisible God. So when you look at God, and we take what the scripture says that he's invisible, but then the scripture says Your eyes saw my unformed body, who does that point to? That has to point to Jesus, because when you look at the scriptures, when you look at the creation, when you look at everything that goes on in this, so Christ see you, before time came into existence, Christ see you God say you the Holy Spirit, was hovering over the surface at a deep it says, Your eyes saw my unformed body. The scripture speaks about God. No one has seen God and can live. The Bible tells us in the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. God said in the beginning, let's make man in our image. So when I look at all the scriptures, and I'm bringing this together very quickly, in my mind, and my heart and my thinking, I see that Christ was at the very beginning. Before we understand what the word time means, before we understand what the word universe means, the scientists out there that the those that are studying the skies and the heavens above us, those that are looking into the earth and the depths that are looking for the big bang theory of life, the explosion of how we came into existence, well, we only need to turn to Genesis chapter one. And we read that very clearly about the power of a six day creation, that power of the Word of God. You are here on this earth. Because of the power of Jesus Christ, you are here on this earth because of the power of the Holy Spirit. You are here because of the power of the God of Israel. For you created me God is a creator, Christ is a creator, we see the spoken word, when God said, Let there be when the first letter, that l was spoken, let that soon as that the power of the spoken word, he brought the world into existence. He is with you, He is the Creator of heaven on earth. And if you feel a little bit rocky this morning, if you're feeling a little bit off point this morning, Psalm 139, verse 13, for you created me and my innermost being, you knitted me together in my mother's womb, I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made, for your works are wonderful. I know that fully well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in a secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me, were written in your book before one of them came to be before the physical press on this earth before our physical existence. God, Christ, the Holy Spirit, the deity, the formation of the Trinity, that the Godhead, the Godhead, knew everything about your life, knew everything about my life, but with the processing of thinking with the understanding of life with the normal humdrum, and just the way things are at this moment, I believe that there are many of us because I am one of the US that says, Lord, please. There are many I believe that may be thinking and walking, and treading the path of Judas Iscariot this morning. Thinking about money, there are many in in the realms of religion. But also there are many protocols sons, you know, there are many out there, watch out, watch out, watch, watch out. And also there are many tread in the pathway. I would say there are I believe, I believe there is a lot and I put myself into I put myself into a lot of the characters in the Bible. And when I think about this character, Thomas, Doubting Thomas, where are you Jesus? Do you ever wake up with that cry on your heart? Where are you Lord? Help me today, Lord. So Father as we come to this prayer time today whether we feel like a doubting Thomas whether we are struggling to understand where and why have we been birthed, and who brought us into this world. Father, I thank You that You created us, You created us. In their innermost secret place, you knitted us together, You are the King of glory. And Lord this morning we pray for everybody on line today, Lord, that the love of God will surround them and the power of the Holy Spirit will bring comfort to their mind their innermost being. Lord, You are a glorious, you are a wonderful king. Lord, we lift up the greatest name in heaven on earth this morning, and all those that may be struggling with life or those that are struggling with fear and doubt Lord, or those that just feel really depressed and weary. Father, we thank you, that you are lifting that today you are taking the weariness and the tiredness away from the humdrum of life the lack of Father we lack nothing. Lord, we may lack money we may lack material we may lack what the world is trying to give us and thank God that we lack that. But Lord, you are putting food on the table today. Lord, you are putting gas in the system. Lord, you are putting electric on that electric card father, you are stretching the fuel in the car. Lord, you know what we need to get through. So Father, we thank you that our God shall supply all our needs according to their riches in glory. Because God you created this world you spoke this world You created us. And Father we believe, father in six day creation, we believe in the power of the word we believe in the power of the spoken word, and we believe you are breathing over us today. We believe in the power of the living word. We believe that your word from Genesis to Revelation is healing. We believe it's history. We believe there's miracles. We believe in prophecy. We believe in creation. We believe in the birth, the death and the resurrection of Christ. We believe in the blood of Jesus, we believe in redemption. We believe Lord, but Lord helped me to understand. Lord, reveal your word to me this morning, reveal Your Word, through the stillness. Help us to be still and know that you are God. Help us to rest in the everlasting arms of the Father. Help us Lord to rest in the Scripture. Help us to find a place of rest. Lord, take the chaos away, Lord, from our thinking, the washing machine of my mind, Lord of everything spinning around, Lord, bring peace to people's minds today. bring peace to hearts today. bring peace to people's footsteps today, Lord, thank You that You carry us that you walk with us. Lord, you're in the fire with us, Lord. Lord, you're the fourth one walking in the fire. Lord, you're you're sending your angel to close the mouth as the lion in the den. As we're in the den of lions farther you're, you're the fourth one walking in the Fire Lord, as Meshech shamrock in the Bendigo walked in that furnace. You're in the furnace with us, Lord, father, you are holding back the waters of life. Lord, you are holding back the streams. Lord, you are strengthening us you are guiding us You are Lord building this you are you are stripping us back. I pray Father, that you keep me in the Garden of Gethsemane, Lord, that I keep seeking, seeking the voice of the Father, that I keep seeking the will of the father that I keep seeking the purpose and the plan. Lord, I just pray, Lord, as we come together this morning, as we break bread as we rest around the word of God, that there is power in the name of Jesus and Lord, we exalt the greatest name in heaven and earth this morning. We thank You Father, that we don't belong to the religious nests of the church, we belong to the kingdom of God. And we was created by the Creator we was brought into existence before the word existence, came into existence itself, before any physical, and before any material. And before time began, you see us law, because you created US law and my frame was not hidden from you as the psalmist writes, father your eyes in verse 16, Jesus Your eyes saw my unformed body. You see us before we came into existence, you see us you know every word that we are about to speak, you know, every action of our bodies, you know, our mind, you know, the cognitive processing, you know, you know what our adrenaline does to us, you know, Father, what our mind does to us. You know everything about our being our feelings, our understanding, you are God, and You created us and this morning, Lord, we just lay everything at the footstool, and we say Come Holy Spirit. Lord, sweet for our lives today. Sweet for our hearts law. We want to hear the line of Judah We want to feel the peace of the Holy Spirit as gentle as a dove just coming down resting on us, Lord. Father, we thank You for Your Word. Your Word is precious. Your Word is hope your word is life. And as our brothers lead us this morning, Lord in this service, I asked you, Lord, take us deeper into a walk with you today, Lord, take us deeper into a secret place. Every one of us today, in your beautiful name, amen. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you Holy Spirit. Thank you, Lord.
Donny Stockburn:Yeah. Do you wake up in the morning, me and Ben was talking this morning about seams. And when Wednesday mornings, soon as I get out of bed, or even in bed or get a two hour job? abuse from the enemy and accusations? Who do you think you are? And what do you think you are, you're going to church, you call yourself a Christian. All things you did keep reminding me all those things. With non stop too hard. I'm sure you're familiar with it if you're Christian. And I just want to take you to a few scriptures to scriptures that will say something that says completely the opposite of our thank you to the ones that acts 20 Verse 28. And it's speaking to God's Church. It says, The shepherds over and overseers have God's Church, which he has bought with his blood. Amen. That's what we are shepherds and overseers of God's Church, bought with the blood of Jesus as as a different story in it. And then I want to take you over to Luke 10, verse 17, to verse 20. And Jesus has sent His church out, and that's us. He sent him out, and he is given them all over to Jen about what to do and what not to do. And this, this is the comeback now. And we're in verse 17. And he says this, then the 70, returned with joy sign, Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name. That makes it something more than a failure than even the demons are subject to us. And He said to them, I saw Satan fall light lightning from heaven. Behold, I give to you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, let the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven. That's who we are. That's the power God's given to us. Amen. Lord, that's where he's placed us. Thank you. And one of the most powerful ways, perhaps you don't see yourself as going out on the streets and stuff like that. But one of the most powerful ways I've ever learned to intercede in into people's lives and being a shepherd in so many ways, after 45 years of walking with Christ is so prayer. Prayer is one of the most powerful ways is to intercede into people's lives and bring change into our lives. Our sin, miracles, have heard of miracles, and watch miracles. So prayer answered to prayer, even this week. Supernatural answers from God, the power of prayer, so I just want to pray, continue a prayer that I was sitting out in the middle of a cornfield the other day, and God began to speak to me and I'll just carry on this prayer law I want to intercede into into the church life are all Christians, right? So I'm going to pray for a new boldness, a new boldness in his church, a new boldness. Lord, I asked you to bring a new boldness into your church into the lives into us, Lord, You've called your shepherds into the lives that you have set out to intercede into people's lives, to bring your glory to build your church father got a new boldness, a new rising up. I had to write these things down on my phone as I was getting a new rising up against all God's enemies. Something awesome. Thank you, Jesus. And we see that in here, it says, Even as spirits was subject to you, amen. Has the power that God gives to us. That's who we are in Christ. And so a new boldness in wising up against God's enemies, and a new rising up against all things that oppose God, a new boldness, but a boldness like that was given to David to fight Goliath, the boldness that was given to Israel when I was about to enter into the promised land. For the second time there was there. And it was a boldness. God had given them a boldness, he said, I've laid it all out thought it all. You just go into that kind of boldness we're speaking about now, Lord, we we need that boldness in our in our lives Lord, but it God spoke to me about that day, not about our boldness of you know is spears and shields and swords and stuff like that. But it was in boldness that was the face of God, that is love would be in us. That would be the boulders we go out with that God loved us and God's love was in us. And we could take that love out that amazing love that goes far beyond anything human father God that that would be with the boldness we go out with Shawn is to go and see a Father God of doing your will and speak in your will. That love of God in our hearts, Father, God would promote that new boldness in us, Father God, pray for those things are prayed that they will come in your church Lord, I pray they will come into the places in this world, oh, Lord of godless into far, far off countries Father God, places in Africa, places in India place in Pakistan, places in China Father God, I pray that the boldness will come into all your servants working there. That boldness, love Lord, alert, new, new new boldness, Father God, the same that these disciples had when I went out and came back rejoicing that even demons just was subject to them. Father God, we just pray for this to come in your church, coming to individuals, Father God, let them taste and see that the Lord is good. Lord, we asked you, I asked you, Lord, for boldness in your church now, I ask this in Jesus name. Amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Amen. Thank you. Thank you, Lord. Wonderful Father, we bless you this morning, Lord. Thank You, Lord, that pays the balance sheet. Thank you, Jesus. Boldness, Lauren. Peace, joy, strength in you this morning, Lord, You are a forgiving God. You are the creator of heaven on earth and in the stillness and in this place. Lord, arrest today Lord in our life. We thank You, Lord, that there is healing. We thankfully there are miracle, we thank You that Your love is abound in We thank You, Lord, that your your hand is on us. Your love is within us that your word is is within us to Lord and your your presence. Lord is everywhere as the psalmist says if I go to the lowest depths of the earth, you'll be there. For rice, the heavens you'll be there. Lord, if I to the left and the right, you're there, wherever I go, you are there. Where can I escape from your presence? His presence is with us wherever we are today. His love is with you, wherever you are. And I just pray that the love of God will strengthen you and guide you and strengthen you. I pray, Lord, that You will just continue to move in your presence Lord in lives and hearts and minds today, Lord, Father, we thank you. We just say thank you this morning for all things. Come Holy Spirit, refresh, those need refreshing, strengthen those that need strengthening. Lord lead those that need lead in heal those that need healing. Lord, as it goes on, and on and on, father be with those that feel that they're the well of Jacobs, well, we keep drawing, we keep drawing load from the stagnant stuff we keep drawing from the old stuff we keep drawing from religion, because Jacob bill will stay where Jacob was. But Jesus said you need to live in you need refreshing. You need to live in water come to me, all of you that are thirsty. Come to Jesus. Come to Jesus this morning walk to Jesus. How does that look how it's easy to say that isn't it? But what does it mean? What does it mean to come to Jesus, Jesus has come to me all of you that are weary and heavy laden, I will give you rest. Surrender is not a physical Walk is a place wherever you are at this moment. Wherever you are now and just say this. Lord, I ask you, that you will draw me closer to you, Lord, because as I walk the journey of life, I want to walk it closer with you. As I walk this journey of life, Lord, Father, I want to walk it closer and more holy. I want to be Lord in your culture of praise. He says isn't it for someone and the preachers and the teachers all of us to shout out just follow Jesus. But teach me how to follow Jesus teach me to abide in his word teach me show me show me. So I have given someone a bag of seeds and save them seeds you're going to live on but if they just stay in the bag of seeds we need to teach someone how you plant a seed how your water a seed how your watch the seed How you nurture the seed and it grows. So Lord, help me. Help me father. Come Holy Spirit. Yesterday. Help us walk. Help us to walk into your presence. Help us to walk with your presence. Help us to walk, as you said before, as you said to Abram, walk before me and be blameless, or Lord that put shivers down me back. Holy Spirit, walk before the and be blameless, Come Holy Spirit. You are gracious, you are compassionate. And you are a loving God, and you are bound in love, you are slow to anger as the scripture says. Yes. Thank you for that. Lord. Thank you for your presence. Thank you for your goodness. Merciful Father. Merciful Father, we thank you for the miracles this morning. Miracles, Lord, we believe in miracles. In Jesus name, amen. Thank you, Holy Spirit. Thank you, Father.
Andy Hammond:Just have some verses from Scripture. Some of the more known one, sir, John 316, For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. Amen. And John, in John 640 says, for my father, Father's will, is that everyone who looks to the sun, and believes in him shall have eternal life. And I will raise him up on the last day. That's good news, man. That's, I can always remember years ago, as a young man, the translation of the Bible came out the good news version, that it was so many years ago now, probably about 60 years ago, 50 years ago that that news, that good news version came out. And that's why it was cool, good news, I think, because it proclaimed that gospel, that gospel of Christ, coming to earth, God's Son, and paying that price, so that we could have life. Amen. And in Romans 323, For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus, Amen. Lord, redemption. That's when you redeem something, you pay the price, the full price, and Christ has done that. He's paid the full price for our sin in the past, a current sin and the sin that we will commit in the future. Jesus has paid the price he's redeemed us, yes, well, and we get a picture of the slave in the marketplace. And someone comes along and pays the full price. And that slave is made a free man. Thank you, jeez. And that's how we, in our relationship with Jesus, we can be free. No more that burden of sin, we have life. And Scripture tells us that we will have life in all its fullness. In Romans 10, verse nine, it says that if you confess with your mouth, Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart, that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. Now, do you want Jesus as Lord of your life? And do you believe that God raised Him from the dead? And if you accept that, if you believe it fully in your heart, then you will be saved? What does saved mean? What does it mean? It means that we know what our destiny is. Life can be difficult. And well, the whole world has hasn't known anything like the last couple of years has it? And we, we've come through that. I meant Thank You, Jesus, through and our walk with Jesus cell. For a lot of people now their walk with Jesus has got closer. Thank you. Yes, we've all we've been walking in step with him. If I can express it that way, we walk in step with him. And I just thank you, Jesus, for what you've done in our lives. Thank You that we can sit here in front of these microphones and proclaim who you are, that you are the Son of God, the Son of the Most High that you came to earth, that you became a man. And that that term Son of Man, is so profound. Such a profound name for Jesus summer man. So we thank You, Father, God, that You sent Your Son. And we thank you, Jesus, that you were obedient to Your call. That you were obedient right to the end, that death on the cross, the worst death that anyone could imagine at that time. So cruel. But you are steadfast in your love for us. You were steadfast. So Father, we pray that we will be steadfast in our love for Jesus, at this time. keep us strong. Help us to hold on when times are difficult. Help us to follow our call. You've called each one of us. And when when you do call, we know it. Yes, long can hear it. Amen. And we know it when we get off track. But you call us back. You're patient with us. We thank you for your patience that you stand on white. How marvelous that is, you stand and wait for us to come back. Your call is gentle. And it can be fierce at times to your A Good Good Father. As that song goes, you are good good father. And we thank you. So Father, we pray for all those who are struggling at the moment. And if you are struggling, I recommend that you sit quietly that you open the book. Open your book of Scripture. And that song that Ben read early on is is a good place to start.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Thank you Jesus.
Andy Hammond:And so I'm often 39 It was verse 13, to 18, who read and it's good to get into the Psalms. A lot of them written by David, what character he was a man after God's own heart. And I pray this morning that whoever, wherever you are, that you will be men and women after God's own heart. That you will follow your own destiny that God has given you. He will. He promises never to leave you. He will always be with you. If you've made that declaration, Jesus come into my own life. I accept you as my Lord and Savior. Holy Spirit come and fill me with your power so that I can walk that narrow road with you by my side. How powerful is that? Well, I know from my own experience that once you make that declaration, Jesus never leaves you. It's Holy Spirit is always with you. He strengthens you. When you're at your lowest ebb. He picks you up when you fall. He restrains you when you get over exuberant. Wow, what a god we have if you want to fire him, just do that short prayer that I read. Thank you. Thank you, Jesus. Thank You for Your Word. And there's a verse in Romans 10. That is a call on people's lives to go out and tell the good message. How can a preach unless they are sent? Thank you. It is written, How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news. Once you come into relationship with Jesus, then there's that call upon your life. Thank you need to explain what you believe in to your friend, to your neighbor, to your wife, to your husband, to your children. How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news. When I became a Christian many years ago, the person who led me to Christ, His last words to me were now go and tell someone what you've just done. Go and tell someone. And that's how the gospel was taken around the world. Because someone has told someone else what they have done, they have committed their life to follow Jesus. And you'll never regret it. You will never regret this step.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Thank you, Jesus,
Donny Stockburn:and yellowing. Sometimes you we think nothing of ourselves. We consider ourselves nothing. But the truth is that we are God's shepherds on this earth. God has given us the right and the boldness to come live in to the holy of holy places. To ask him, to intercede into people's lives. And that's our position. That's the platform in which we pray from. And Lord artists Pray, he will set people free for today from that thought that they aren't nothing really they are way down the line. They're sort of Christians, but you know, they just need that boldness father, I need that boldness to know who they are in Christ, to know that they are redeemed, that they have been cleansed, they've been set free for all sins, they are made holy and righteous. Father, God knows the platform from which we pray, Lord, within seed into people's lives, to power, with all authority, Father God, not on creeping about outside the holy of holy places open that God will notice. We're in there. Right now. We are shepherds, thank God. God has made us holy. God has made us clean. God has given us power. God has entrusted the kingdom of God to us. Thank you. Lord, we just pray that you will rise us up and give us that spirit of boldness, Father, God, the Lord is unstoppable. The blood has set us free. But the love of God is the thing that opens the doors to people's lives. Follow we pray for that the boldness to go Lord, and with that love of God, that incredible love of God, Lord, that will be the cause of our bonus, Lord, that we have such a loving us, Lord, that we just can't stop it. And I asked these things in Jesus name Father God, lies it up standards on that platform of True Father God, and get rid of those that lie in that accusing voice out of the lives Lord, I pray in Jesus name. Amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Father, we thank you Lord for this prayer time this coffee and prayer together Lord this communion time together. As we just sit as we be still with we may be working capturing this live stream service Father, we thank you. That was we present prepare Lord, to break bread together to take this cup father wherever we are across the earth this morning. Lord, we pray and we ask you that you bring us to a place Lord of just surrender. A place of surrender a place where we just hand everything over Lord it can be so difficult father How to handle something overload that is within slots sometimes it's so difficult to, to place it at the footstone. Lord, sometimes it can be so difficult to lay it at the cross because Lord, I can't physically get all of this stuff within me Lord, I've got to almost speak it out. I've got to present it out loud. I've got to verbalize it loads the Lord carry us. I pray this morning and all those Lord that are churned up within themselves. I thank You, Lord, that you are giving them peace for all those that fell in turmoil this morning. All those that feel worried about their financial crisis that surround them all those that are worried Lord about what's happening within the church or those that are worried about what's happening within the political arenas of life, within culture, within society, law, just the general worry of life. Lord, we pray that you will remove the general worry of life that will be extracted, and Lord, that we will have complete peace and we will have boldness that we will know that our Redeemer lives and because he lives we can face tomorrow. So Lord, we thank you for whatever is lying ahead of us and whatever is in front of us, you have already gone. The journey has already been done because you have created you know our footsteps, you know our path. The word is before the word is to the left, the word is to the right, you are within us, you are around us and Lord, a natural thinking, our natural understanding the natural me cannot grasp this supernatural presence. But Lord, I thank you for the power of the Holy Spirit. And through the power of Revelation through the power of your word. Father, I thank you, that the Holy Spirit Lord through the teachings of Your Word through the God of Israel, Lord, you draw us to understand Lord and we will never understand all things because your ways are higher than our ways your thoughts are far beyond our thoughts. But this morning, Lord, bring bring this wretched buddy of mine Lord, closer to you today though, bring my thinking Lord, bring this bring your stuff that's in me that's churning around me Lord, bring it Lord I lay it Lord helped me to lay it show me how to lay it down. Show me how to physically Late Show me Lord teach me. Lord helped me to bring this to the cross of Calvary daily moment every second of my life, Lord. And Lord, I believe that through the power of speech, the Lord on this morning has come to the table, as our brothers will lead us in the breaking of bread and take another cup. Father, I ask you that you will forgive me of my sins. Lord, forgive me of my sins, Lord, cleanse me and wash me in the Crimson Tide of the blood of Jesus. Lord, as I break bread, I understand that this bread symbolizes the body of Christ. There's a taker, this cup, I understand that it's the crimson, it's the blood of Jesus. And God, as you told Moses, are you gay, clear instruction down in the book of Exodus, put the blood over the doorposts put the blood over the lintel of your house, the blood will be a sign. Thank you, Jesus, that the blood is the sign of salvation, we are washed and cleansed in the blood of Jesus Christ, shed on the cross of Calvary. And I thank you for redemption. I thank you that we are bold this morning. Boldness in a way to say Father, forgive me for I've sinned and fallen short of your glory. And I'm not worried about the world here in what I say I'm a sinner. saved by grace, I am washed in the blood of Jesus. Father, I thank you that everything is now to the cross of Calvary. Thank you this morning. Bless our brothers as they lead us in this prayer. Come Holy Spirit. Stir us today, Lord, let there be a stirring in our hearts Loyce let us smile from within Lord, let us feel the love of God. Let us fill that hope. Let us let us Lord, walk closer draw us Lord, thank you for all of us today we pray in the name of Jesus. Amen. Wherever you are today across the earth as we come to this time of breaking bread together, get yourself a piece of bread or a bit of ryvita or better cracker, whatever it may be, you know, just it's symbolic. Get yourself ready to take the bread and wine this morning fruit shoot whatever that may be. Whatever that may be just just brothers and sisters just as we come before the Lord. We worship him this morning. And we just rest in the presence of Almighty God. He's the King of kings and the Lord of lords. He's worthy of all praise in Jesus name. Amen.
Andy Hammond:Yeah, follow it just as we come to take the bread and wine. I have the scripture from John chapter 11. And we're into the state where Lazarus had died. And Mary and Martha the sisters obviously so so upset and grieved by this. And we have the story in John chapter 11. And one of the sisters goes to Jesus. And it says here on his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. And Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, when many Jews come to Martha and Mary to comfort them, in the loss of their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him. But Mary stayed at home. Lord, Martha said to Jesus, if you had been here, and my brother would not have died, but I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask. Jesus said to her, Your brother will rise again. Mouth, Martha answered, I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and my life. He who believes in me will live even though he dies, and whoever lives and believes in me, will never die. Do you believe this? Yes, Lord, she told him, I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who wants to come into the world. Amen. Thank
Reverend Ben Cooper:you. Father, we
Andy Hammond:just thank you for that scripture. Yes, Lord, thank You that is gone out over the airwaves, that the power of your scripture, and we pray now that people who hear it and will subsequently read it may well believe that you are the resurrection and the life and whoever believes in you will have life, life eternal. And Father, we just take this break now to remember that you are the resurrection and the life.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Amen. Thank you, Jesus. Thank You, Holy Spirit. Thank you, Lord, we bless you. Thank you for this law. Wonderful god. Oh, Jesus, we worship you this morning. We praise the greatest name in heaven on earth. Yes, thank you, Jesus. Thank You, Lord. Thank You, Father, we bless you this morning. Thank you for the bread Hill.
Donny Stockburn:Here we take this blood. And Tom can skin wait for Matthew 26 is first for 26 hours. It says that as we were in Jesus took the bread and blessed and broke it. And he gave it to the disciples and He said, Take a seat. This is my body. Then he took the cup, and he gave thanks. And he gave it to them saying drink from it. All of you, all of you drink from it. For this is the blood of the new covenant, which has said for many, and for the remission of sins, who sealed in that new covenant? Yes, Lord God has sealed us in it. And you can get through the blood. We have peace, through the blood. Jesus purifies us, purifies us for most things from the blood. God has made us shepherds and overseers. And I love that one in Revelations, Revelation 714, when John is shown millions and millions of souls, and he asked Who are these? He was asked to these and he sought out? No, we would all who are they? And he said these are those who wash their lives in the blood of Jesus. Thank you. Oh, wonderful. That is, oh, I once spoke to a friend of mine. It was in obeisance. And he said, Oh, we do wonderful work. We do good work. We're Christians, and said, How can you say that your filthy works your rags can do what the blood of Jesus took the blood of Jesus. This is the only thing that can redeem us. This is the only thing you can cleanse us. This is the only thing that can open the doors who haven't. And Lord, we just give you thanks. Because you've finished everything that needs doing. And we are sealed in with your blood. And I thank you in Jesus name, amen. Amen. Thank
Reverend Ben Cooper:you Jesus. Father, we thank you for this time as we gather around the mics as we still know that you are God as we just rest in the presence of the God of Israel. Yes. Father, we thank you for unconditional love. We thank you for the power of redemption, salvation justification. We thank you for the power of the Holy Spirit, the Comforter. We thank you Father that you never leave us nor forsake us. You're with us to the very end of this age. Lord as we live in the days of Noah, as we live Father God in and turbulent times in the world, we think that the kingdom is the place that where our feet are on the rock because you place our feet upon the rock. So Lord, we thank you that the scripture Lord, yes, you place us on the rock. So this morning law and then we ask you, dear God, that we will realize that we will come to an understanding that you are the one that puts us on the rock, you are the one that puts our feet on the rock. I thank You, Lord, that we are not building any more on sand. But we are building on the rock. So Lord, our lives father are on the rock. We're resting on the rock. As the floods came, the streams rose, the rain beat against that house, but it was able to stand. Yeah, because it's on the rock. Thank you, Jesus, that you've placed us on the rock, the streams of life are rising. The issues Lord are beating against the house. But Lord, we're able to stand not because of the physical strength but because our feet are glued on the rock our feet, Dear God, we're grafted in. As the Gospel of John says, We're grafted in. We're in the vine, the vine we are in. But Lord, you still stripped back, you still strip us back. So Lord, keep us on the rock. Thank you, Father, that our feet are firm, upon the wrong. Thank you, Jesus, that we're on the word we're in the Word. We're standing. We're walking in and with the word Lord, all that all them scriptures. Father, we thank You for Your word from Genesis to Revelation. Your Word is freedom. Your Word is hope your word is life, your word is power. Your Word is hope your word is all that we require. For this walk on this physical. Father, we thank you learn. As you step back into the room for Thomas, you're in the room for us today. You're in our live for us today. Because you never leave that room. You never you never leave that room. They're gone. Yeah. You never leave us nor forsake us. You're in the room, you're in the lions den, you're in the pit with us. You're in that low place, you're in that place. Lord, you're you're with us. You've never backed out of that room with us, Lord, Your love is surrounding us. Your goodness father is upon us. Thank you, Holy Spirit. We're bringing this to some form of oppose just for a while. And we're gonna say goodbye in just a few moments. I'm just gonna let my brothers just lead us in a prayer. And however they feel led to bring this to a finish this morning.
Andy Hammond:I just feel that there are a number of people listening who have have let their reading of God's word. Just slip a bit really. And God is encouraging you to get back into his word. Because reading His word is one of the most powerful way that God speaks to us today. And what prompted me to say this is is there's a verse in Hebrews four, verse 12, it says, For the word of God is living in any double edged sword hallelujah, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joint and marrow, it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. And those last couple of words here, attitudes of the heart, thank you, gee, isn't that something that need to be aware of in our own walk out attitude quite often. Is isn't quite right. And sometimes we're all guilty of our attitudes in our hearts. And we need to come back to God and just really sit before him and say, sorry, Lord, I haven't got it right. Come and be with me and correct me and help me to follow you. Help me to follow what your Word says, helped me to get connected with you more fully. And I pray that that will be so for all of us watching commerce, for the few who've slipped that we will get connected to God in a powerful
Donny Stockburn:way. Yes,
Andy Hammond:thank you. We need, amen. Amen. Thank
Reverend Ben Cooper:you Holy Spirit. Thank you, Father, thank You for this morning Lord. Lord will
Donny Stockburn:bless her lovely word there is the blood of Jesus look cleanses our consciences is the blood of Jesus that cleanses us from all sin is the blood of Jesus that has made us ambassadors on this Earth. You have made us so far to God. You have made us overseas, you have made us able to overcome the enemy. You have empowered your church Father God, Lord, I just pray that you will lift up. Every soul is listening now Father, God, every spirit, Lord, and put into us, that boldness, Father God, that you spoke about, a boldness in our spirits thought of God, take us into the truth, that take us up to the promised land that take us up to Goliath follow God, confidently, is our God who will do the overcoming is a God of surprise, all the power as he supplied the blood of Jesus to set us free from sin. Father, God, we just pray now, for all those who Lord have looked and viewed ourselves as being a little, little, little tiny person who says a pronoun in Far, far, far from that you have made us Lord, you have stood us on a rock, you have washed his clean with your blood, you're satisfied he finally got here. Yes, we are we deem well sealed with the blood of Jesus, we are empowered to go and undo the work in the enemy. You have made it so far to God. So our pride father, God, put that boldness in us to take hold of this truth. You've bought us to Lord. And we ask this in Jesus name, amen.
Andy Hammond:Just that word Ambassador clicked with me. And because you know, the word ambassador is it's all encompassing for a representative of the king or Monique. Yeah. And it says in two Corinthians 520, we are Christ's ambassadors,
Reverend Ben Cooper:thank you, Jesus, we do it.
Andy Hammond:And that's in one way, that's a responsibility that we have. Because we represent the king. We represent Jesus, wherever we go, we are His ambassadors, praise God. That is quite a responsibility. And the ambassador of a country represents what the Queen stands for, for the monarch. And I can make often decisions, and we can make decisions in the name of Jesus. Yes, we can in our prayers, in the way we conduct ourselves. Or we can declare healings, romantically, things like that just because we are his investor. He's called us to be that. So remember, as we come to a close here, that we represent the king and it's not a burden. It's it's a delight. Take him with us wherever we go. Amen. Amen. Amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Thank you, Jesus. Thank you Holy Spirit. We thank you so much wherever you are today for listening and for watching. Until that point, the camera lost battery power. But thank God that we still got voice a god bless you and strengthen you wherever you are across this beautiful earth today. God is with you. And you've been listening to coffee and prayer the word of the Lord. This is the day that the Lord has made I shall rejoice and be glad never give up. God is hope. God is love. All things are possible to those who believe you can find us on Amazon music you can find it on I Heart Radio. You can find it on Buzzsprout, Spotify, Apple Palais, you can find us on Google Alexa, every place that there are podcasts and platforms you will find us please share all this stuff out and for those that are on the social networks this morning, may God bless you and strengthen you everyone on holiday. Everyone out of the UK makeup strength for new today. All those inside the UK everybody working everybody just traveling and doing and living life wherever you are. He says I'll never leave you nor forsake you. I will be with you to the very end of this age. Thank you see you later on this evening as we study God's Word at 730 God bless. In the wonderful name of Jesus Christ,
Donny Stockburn:amen. Amen.
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