Good morning and welcome. Thank you so much for joining us on this broadcast today, wherever you are across this earth, my God bless you and strengthen you. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ. We thank you so much for your lives, whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever you may be doing right now, may God just be with you today, because this is the day that the Lord has made. We shall rejoice and be glad we thank God for this day. How are you feeling this morning? How do you feel this morning, weary and tired? Exhausted, maybe a little bit overrun with life. Your beautiful children are off on a holiday. You're busy looking after your children. What are you doing today? Because whatever you are doing, God is with you wherever you are. We just pray for peace today. The trials and the tribulations of life, the circle of life, whatever is going on in your life today. God sees everything. And we pray this morning that we will find peace, that we will find hope that we will find rest. For our innermost being as we just gather around the word of God for you're joining us on this live stream. broadcast this morning, wherever you are, we thank God for your life. Thank you for joining us for being with us this morning. Because this is the day this is the beautiful day, no matter how we feel, no matter how our body is telling us we feel maybe a little bit downcast, maybe a little bit. We're a little bit tired. However you feel this morning, we don't go by feelings, we go by faith, you know. And if I allow my body to react purely on my feelings, I'll probably be in quite a bit of trouble. But we go by faith that just shall live by faith. So wherever you are today, I pray that your faith will increase and then we say to ourselves, how does our faith increase? faith comes from hearing the message and the message is heard through the word of God. So is the Scripture it is the word of God, you know. But I want to take us if if we can if you have a Bible as we join us for coffee and prayer this morning to two Corinthians chapter 12, verses eight through 10. Many may know that. And we're just waiting for those people still hopping online this morning. Yeah, good morning, we see you. Wherever you are across the earth this morning. Thank God for your life. I just pray, Lord, that You will just bring peace to everybody that's jumping online this morning. Good morning, good morning, all those that will capture this podcast a week later down the line. And you can find us on Amazon music and bass sprout and Spotify and so many other social platforms and podcasting platforms when you can capture this stuff and we pray that you will just share all this out. So whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever way and however you get these broadcasts, we thank God for your life. But maybe you could put yourself into this position this morning. Maybe there's something in your life, maybe there's something going on around your life. Maybe there's things happening within the family, we're married within church within the educational system that your children are in, maybe this thing is just happening within you. Maybe you're you're praying this tool of prayer, maybe you're having this conversation we've got this morning, and sorry, and two Corinthians chapter 12. verses eight through 10 says Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me My grace is sufficient for you for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses so that Christ may arrest upon me. That is why, for Christ's sake I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships in persecutions, in difficulties for when I am weak, then I am strong Lord, help me Lord, to understand verse 10 father because what it says there that is why for your for Christ's sake it light Lord helped me to delight in my weaknesses. In the insults of life, Lord in the hardship in the hard press of life, Lord, Lord, especially when the insults Come, Lord when the back biters and the backstabbers Lord and the dogs are grabbing our ankles. Lord, help us Father to hold it Lord in the Word of God. So Lord, anyone this morning Lord, looking at this verse 10, this morning father, and that they feel that they've got the four major areas coming towards them how hardships, insults, persecution and difficulties. Father we pray for those that are wrestling with insults Lord, those that are wrestling with the back biters, the backstabbers Lord the the issues laudium workplace, bullying, whatever it may be going on, on the insults Father God for those that have insults coming in into their lives We pray, Lord, that you will strengthen them and bless them in the mighty name of Jesus and Lord on the next one in Father we pray for those that are struggling with hardships the Lord that are going through some real hard Jewess journeys, really hard footsteps, Father, we pray that you will be with them. We thank You, Lord, the steps of a good person are ordered by the Lord and Father, we thank you for Psalm 119. Lord, that your lamp is a light unto my feet a light for my path. So Lord, for those that are insults, and those that are in hardships, and for those who are in persecution father, I don't believe and I struggle to understand this morning, that the West could be in any shape or form of persecution. All I can see Lord is just a gentle wave coming maybe from a certain area but low when I think of persecution, I go straight away to the persecuted church to the underground church. And Lord, I pray for those that are being persecuted today for those persecutions that are coming believers way I just pray that you'll strengthen him and bless them those that are in foreign lands that are going through real hard us persecutions, that their families are being torn because of their belief in the God of Israel. So Father, we pray again, for these three words that we spoken about insults, hardships, persecutions and father the difficulties. The last one that he writes about the difficulties father, every one of us faces many difficulties of life, and we bring them to you this morning, we lay them at your footstool. So Lord, there may be a few of us that may say, Well, I can strike the pen. On every, every one of those every four of those areas of what the writer is writing, I can actually bring a line to every one of those insults, hardships, persecutions and difficulties. But Lord, I thank You, Father, that their angels father, put to flight Father, I thank You, Lord, that there are angels put to flight law concerning our lives that will lift us up in their hands. So Lord, I thank you that as we pray as we walk, Lord, as we, as we be still and know that you're gone, but Lord, I also pray for those that are in verse eight Three times I pleaded with the Lord, please take this away from me. Please, Father, I can't go any further with this. Lord, this messenger Lord, this issue, Lord, I can't go any further Lord carrying this burden. I can't law can you remove this message? Can you remove this ailment? Can you remove this situation? Can you remove this person? Can you remove this situation, Lord, this area of my life please Lord three times I pleaded with the Lord and I prayed and I prayed and I prayed and I prayed for a week I prayed for a month I prayed for half a year I prayed for a full stretch. I kept praying so those that are in verse eight, this morning of two Corinthians chapter 12, Three times I pleaded with the Lord, to take it away from me. But he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you. I just want to let you know this morning that God's grace, the grace of the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, God's grace is so strong on your life. God's power is so strong over you and within you. And it says in the next line of verse nine, it says but he said to me, for My grace is sufficient for you. For my power is made perfect in weakness. Thank you Jesus. Lord, we thank You for Your Word. We thank you that Your word is alive and sharper and and a double edged sword. And this morning, Lord, we pray for those that are going through insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties. We pray for those for the four areas father that are mentioned in this text, Lord, that you will touch those Lord, those that are struggling with life, those that are going through mental health issues, those are the going through marriage issues, those that are going through ministry issues, those that are going through issues with their families, with workplace bullying, those Law, God that are that are just not well this morning, father than many areas of life father we bring before you today and Lord, we thank you Lord, who the sun sets free is free indeed. So Lord, as we come before you in the coffee and prayer as we sit as we be still, as we rest in the presence of Almighty God, we thank you for everybody on the other side of the lens this morning. We pray Father that You will touch their homes and their children and their workspace and their lives and their thinking and their understanding. Lord just Come Holy Spirit we need God and our King in our lives love we need our God and in this nation Father we pray for all those that are struggling with difficulties in their lives with just the general circle of life the general living issues of life Lord, the stretch of monetary that the stretch of of school clothing, the stretch father got of the feel the stretch of the food that just a stretch of life, all those that are facing difficulties this morning, Father help us In our difficult issues in our lives, Lord and all those that are struggling with hardships, or those that are in persecution on the other side of the globe, we pray, Father that you will be with them. And all those that suffer insults or those that have been bullied, whether at school, whether at home, in marriages, in relationships, or those that are under and having their lives Nasta cystic controllers, we pray that you will remove the controllers from lives today, Lord, Father, we pray that you will make away where there seems to be no way Father we pray in this morning. Well, we believe in miracles. And Lord, we thank you this morning for what you are doing in the name of Jesus across this nation. Every household we believe that God you are breathing in. We believe that you are breathing into every house we believe that you are breathing into every business, every school, every college we believe, Father that you are breathing in and through Dear God, the corridors of Westminster We thank you Lord, if we are in hardships, you are with us Lord, if we're in persecution, you are with us. If we are in difficult areas of life, you are with us, Lord, if we're going through insults, Lord, if we are being insulted Lord, whether that is on the wider circle of life, whether that's the next layer down, or whether that's the inner circle, Lord, whether and whoever are bringing insults to our lives. Lord, you tell us very clearly in the book of James that the tongue is a smallest muscle in the body, but the most dangerous, it will either lift us or it will leave or destroy us a father if there are people in our lives that are using vocabulary as arrows to try to destroy us or bullets that are firing words Lord, of frustration, of insults. Father, if anyone is speaking bad over us and into our lives, Father, we pray that you will remove them people at the name of Jesus. Lord, we do not want to be around Lord people that are driving us down to the ground that speak bad over us, Lord, we do not want our ears to hear, Lord, we do not want our eyes to see father surround us with people in our lives, Lord, that a God fearing. surround us with people in our lives, Lord, that are full of grace are full of mercy surround us with people in our lives, Lord that will just touch our hearts, Lord with sound clean, clear wording that will lift us when we're tired. Father, we're tired of being tired, and then someone firing a bullet at Lord our back. We're tired of having backstab stabbers in our lives or when we're tired and exhausted and we can feel we can feel the tenderness Lord of the word in So Lord, I pray, Lord, that everyone in our lives Lord, Father God that you will filter, Lord, you will hold back any bad word that comes against us in the name of Jesus, that you will remove the insults. Father, we understand that insults can be harder than the difficult of life we can understand that insults can be harder than the hardships the physical hardships. Lord, we understand, Lord, the insults can really drive us down. So whether that's the inner circle of our life, whether that's the framework of work, whether that's at school, our career, college, whether that's in university, or marriage, or if that's anyone in our lives, Lord that is bringing insults and bring in a bad word against us Father, we pray, Father, that you will remove them at the name of Jesus, because Lord is tired of hearing the same drumbeat. Lord, we're tired father of being beaten down with someone else's opinion in someone else's word. And Lord, we need the Word of the living God. So Lord, whether we're in insults, hardships, persecutions or difficulties, Lord, I thank you as the site as the writer writes law, in this New Testament scripture, for when I am weak, then I am strong. So Lord, when the hardships are on us and the insults and the persecutions, and the difficulties I thank you that it is character building. I thank You, Lord that is enduring. I thank You, Lord, that as we go through, Lord you will strengthen our hearts our minds. But Lord, as we come before you, Lord, in this broadcast this morning across the earth, I thank You, Lord, for those that are struggling because you're with them in a struggle. You're with them in the struggle of life, Lord, as the tidal wave crashes down today. I thank You, Lord, that You lift us up, Lord, that we will not drown in just a general circle of life, Lord, that we will be able to stand low because your word is stronger than any hardship, any persecution, any difficulties, any insults. Your word Father God is sharper than a double edged sword. So today Lord we pray that Your Word will come in, your Word will come in Lord like a flood, your Word will come in like rivers of living water, that your Word will strengthen us that your word father will wash through us and over us, Lord, we want to hear the line of Judah we want to feel the power of the Holy Spirit. So all those that feel weak this morning I pray, Lord, that they will be strong, or those that feel tired this morning I pray that they will feel joy, or those that feel fearful they will feel peace in their heart today or those that feel weak within their bones and within their structure of their life. I thank You, Lord is when we are weak, then I am strong. So Lord in the moments of doubt, in the moments, Lord of collapse, in the moments, Lord of shaking, in the moments, Lord God have almost given up. I thank you, Jesus, that there is power in the greatest name in heaven and earth. And at the name of Jesus. Every knee shall bow. Lord, this is a good day. This is a powerful day. This is the day Lord, that the Lord has made I shall rejoice and be glad. So Lord, let there be a stir in in our hearts that I pray, Lord, my prayer this morning, Lord is to strengthen all those that come under the catch catchment of two Corinthians chapter 12, verses eight through 10. Lord, Three times I pleaded with the Lord for you to take it away from me. But he said, My grace is sufficient for you. For my power is made perfect in weakness, then I will post all the more gladly about my weaknesses so that Christ's power may rest on me. So that is for Christ's sake, why I delight in weakness in insult in hardship and persecution in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. May God bless every one of you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, as we hand over to our brothers this morning. And as we welcome Glen and Dawn and Andy, into the house of the Lord for this livestream broadcast, wherever you are, they got your strength in you, in His Glorious Name, Amen.
Glenn Walsh:As you were saying, many things have been there were things that really struck me out on revelations three. So revelations three, and I'm going to paraphrase it because I believe this is for certain people where you've already spoken into. And it starts at Verse eight, I know your works. Behold, I set before you an open door, you said that God would make a way where there is no way. And I believe God is saying that he is going to open a door for you that no one is able to shut. And that door will ever take you out of the circumstances or give you the power to go through it. Amen. Because it goes on to say, I know that you have but little power, you know, you're weak, you know your weakness. And yet you have kept my word and not denied My name. God's pleased with you. You've endured, you've carried on, you've add insult, but you're still standing. Then he says, Behold, on Mike, the lawyers, he says, the synagogue of Satan, those who say there are Jews, but are not. And they lie. God is He saying to you, the liars will be humbled before you. Behold, I will make them come down before your feet. And they will learn that I have loved you, you belong to Him. When people say many things against you, when people stand up against you, because you stand up for Jesus. Stand firm, man, he'll humble them. You don't have to do anything. Just stand firm. Then it goes on in verse 10. To say, Because you have kept my word and endured patiently. I'm going to deliver you Oh Gary's phrasing that. Come on. Lord, I'm gonna deliver you. Yes, Lord, we thank you for your promises. We thank You, Lord, that all we need do is press into you hide under the shadow of your when you've said you've promised that never a We alone. Never will you leave us never where you forsake us. You are with us. Always a Lord, for those who are standing up for you, in whatever circumstance, show them that they're not alone. You're with them. I pray for your anointing to be on them. I pray, Lord, that you'd give them words of knowledge, words of clarity, words of wisdom, that they would speak against their adversaries with truth. That cannot be changed that cannot be broken. Let your anointing Come, Lord. Lord, we do pray for deliverance Lord, I ever open a door that leads them to pastures new, or open a door that your anointing upon them, changes the circumstances. Amen. So Lord has been prayed earlier we know we're weak, but your grace is sufficient for us. And when we're weak, your strength is made manifest in the anointing of your Holy Spirit. So come Lord Jesus, by your Holy Spirit, and anoint your servants. Amen.
Donny Stockburn:Amen. Thank ya. Got a weather forecast sort of thing. In the Bible is the rains it speaks about the rains, and he uses it as a symbol of change, or the Holy Spirit. had during the week, I was setting the farm where I live over the fields right in the middle. And I looked at as normal towards the west, and they refunded me was a whole field full of pumpkins or getting ready for autumn. And as I looked at him, I've watched them grow over the months since they were little seeds. And now they are looking on Monday morning, and it was absolute devastation before me, it was just all dried, cracked, and almost uncollectable filled full of pumpkins. And, and that's what happens when the Holy Spirit is left out of stuff. And that that picture of those fields is a picture can be in our hearts, when the Holy Spirit is quenched, or is left, as as in this nation, Lord, in schools, in the places of learning in the hospitals, everywhere, find a good way of quench your spirit. And we see it now Lord, there is a there is a drought in the land, Father God, everything is scorched up, nothing is growing properly, to get full size, Father God, and we find in our own lives as we look, there's all sorts of things, our faith dries up a bit, little cracks appear, and the office is very, very small. There is a picture of our lives, as it is now, in this day and age series. COVID times father got this nation is almost godless, a Father God and we have suffering to the results of it now, Lord, there's crazy stuff going in on his schools, and the hospitals and stuff like that, Lord, the things that we never thought we would ever see my generation, Father God, and they're in now because of this lack of God's Spirit in us, Father God. So what can we do about it? In the Bible days, that cried out, and that's what God these are the days of crying out. These are the days now where God's Church must cry out, and bring back your spirit Father God, because when the rains fall, everything grows, we grow. Amen. When the rain falls in our life, fall God it says that even the desert will bloom. far you are the God of life. We just pray now Jesus, Lord, that you will come, we your spirit, the rains will come in our life, Father God, and revive us as they need to do right now, on our own farms and lands of this country, Lord, we see the results on the land. But we don't see the results in their lives when God is not there. It's fruitless is barren. When the wind falls, when a vine falls, then even the desert will bloom and fall to God, which is going to pry now that you'll bring back your Spirit, Lord, into your church, into your living church. Father, God, we pray, like from the very top, Lord, Your Spirit will come that men will be filled with your Spirit Father, this father, thing and your will will be done and the fruit will come again and the land will blow this land will bloom. In parliament, in schools in places of learning and education. In hospitals thought of God, the crazy stuff will go in the godless this stuff will come. We asked it into our individual lives as well Lord, sometimes we get worn out. And Father God is suffering these days, spiritually speaking Father God, and which is asking now in Jesus life. I gotta you can hear the sobbing in our hearts. You can hear the cry of our hearts Father God. Lord, I pray that you will come now and look into each of our hearts. Your children's hearts for God is an ike a cry to you, Father God, come, bring the vines bring the Holy Spirit back into our lives. Father God, if we have quenched him forgive us, Lord, Lord, we were allowed to do anything about it. Any more than a garden is able to look after itself. We need the Father. We need the gardener. He Jesus said My Father is the gardener and a little bit asked you to come back. Fill us, Lord, fill us like the rain is filled my water buckets last night. Fill us to overflowing Father, let them flow over the top. Bring back that spirit. You promised us Lord, bring him back. Bring him back. Fill your church with the Holy Spirit and power Lord. And Lord let us get back to godliness that we had the blessing of the Lord, Lord on our lives Father God, we pray we cry out to you now Lord, look into our hearts father going into your church, looking good and Leah the sobbing and crying and the longing for your spirit. had to come back into us. Father God, bring us to life. Thank you for allowing us to live longer. Bring the food back, bring the glory back. Let it run the love back into those places. Father God, bring the sanity back. We ask this in Jesus name, amen.
Glenn Walsh:Amen. Thank you Jason Schreyer of Moses, thank you, which is a real Amen to Donnie, it's so similar to what you just prayed a prayer of Moses, the man of God, this is Psalm 90. Return, oh, Lord, how long? Have pity on your servants, satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our lives? Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us. And as for many years, we have seen evil. Let your work be shown to your servants and your glorious power to their children. Lord, we want to see your beauty. We want our children to bask in your power. Yes. Let the favor this acts the world here for five the translators beauty. And I prefer that actually, come on, let the beauty of the Lord God be upon us. Lord, let your beauty be upon us. Yes, we've seen your manifest beauty through Jesus the Word became flesh on Wow. Wow, what a healer. We want your beauty in your church is the We want your beauty in our lives. We want those who, when they meet us to meet with you. We want to meet with you. We want your presence in us, through us all around us. We want your church to be a place where people experience that Shekinah glory once again, the glory of the Lord. Lord, you say where even two or three are gathered, you're there. Thank you that you're here with us this morning. Thank you that you're with those who are listening today or tomorrow. Lord, meet with them by your spirit. Let the beauty of the Lord God be upon us and established the work of our hands upon us. Yes, establish your workload.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Thank you, Jake has changed his own hallelujah father just want to take us to Jeremiah very, very quickly. Jeremiah, chapter 18, verses one through 12. I'm not going to go on the whole stretch of that. But this obviously speaks about Israel. And we get the wider picture of the shaping and everything that goes on there. But I just want to just want to stretch out this little bit here in verse one. So Jeremiah chapter 18. This is the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord. Go down to the potter's house and now I will give you a message. So I went down to the potter's house and I saw him working at the will. I just want to let every one of us know that we're working progress. We're work in progress. It is God that will shape us it is the master that will shape who we are clay in his hands. It's not the other way round. He works in he shapes us and I just want to speak to anybody this morning that was getting frustrated with your physical being and your mental understanding and your cognitive process and and your character. You are work I am work all of us for and everybody in this building this morning. Correct me I don't mean build on I mean, church. You know what I'm saying? That's under the fabric of this roof. today. We are all work in progress. The master is at work. His hands are wider than our problems. We will always be in the center of his hands. It says so I went down to the potter's house and I saw him working out the will that you feel like life is spinning out of control. I wonder? I just wonder could that be God just spinning me working on me on the potter's wheel? Verse four, but the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred. I've got many imperfections. But he is dealing with my imperfections. I've got many areas where it talks about this clay being marred in his hands. Isn't that interesting that the clay that the master had in his hands was work in progress, but it was marred and scarred as he was working with it. So the potter formed it into another pot shaping it, shaping it as it seemed best to him. I often wonder, God this pain that I'm feeling this reshaping, Lord? Is this you Lord spinning the will getting my attention squeezing out of me Father, the madness, the brokenness, the pain for me, because we are work in progress. We are always going to be working progress. We are always Gonna be work in his hands. The word of the Lord came to me and said, I will do this as the potter shapes, I will shape. As he says, he looks at the clay look like that. That great text is an enormous text, you know to throw into the conversation today when the Lord of the When word of the Lord came to me, he said, Can I not do with you Israel? If he can do that with a nation? If he can do that with the fabric of a nation? What more can you do with me? As the pot as declares the Lord like clay in the hands of the potter, so are you in my hands Israel, if God can shape a nation, if God can deal with corruption, and idol worship, in a nation, that he breathed into being how much more then you break it down from the nation, through the governments, for the governments for the structure for the structure, and then you come to who Who do you come to you come to the human being. We are working his hands. But so often we can beat ourselves up trying to change ourselves trying to change our own circumstances. We often sit on the wheel and try and shape ourselves and then try and deal with things ourselves when actually being on the wheel with a potter's wheel was a safe place to be, it can be an unusual place to be in the hands of the master. Because he is dealing with stuff. And he is shaping us. And shaping and change can be very difficult. I believe for many for many. There is enormous change coming. There is a new wind blowing. The season of change is upon us. From your culture, your workplace, your family life. There is a new breeze blowing, there is a new wind blowing down the corridor of life. Don't be frightened to embrace it. Lift the sow, lift the sow. Don't fight the change. Don't fight the storm. Because God is in the storm. God is in the wind. God is in the sun ray. God is in our DNA. And you know exactly what I'm saying. God is in everything. God is about everything. He knows the end from the beginning, the beginning from the end, he is everything and He created everything. He knows every element of life. He knows every atom that is buzzing around the world. He is in everything, because he is everything. And he is the God of Israel. And if he shaped a nation that was idolatrous, that was doing evil practices. If he can shape and change a nation, how much more can you do for me? How much more can you do for us? We are work in progress. He sees our character. He loves us unconditionally. But Lord, keep shaping me today. Because Lord, I need to be shaped I need to be shaped by the father's hands the Masters hands farther let me feel the wind of change. Let me feel Father, this change of direction let me not be frightened to step into a new day. Lord helped me break out of the circle of the monotony of the robotic way of living in this westernized nation. Lord, I believe that we are in a breakout season. But the breakout season fills a very unfamiliar time. Because there is a window change. The seasons are changing, the weather is changing, life is changing. So Lord, I thank You that You are the same yesterday, today and forever more your word is the same. Calm Holy Spirit. shape us in the storm. shape us in the sunrays shape us into the vessel. shape us into that vessel Lord. Lord, I'm frightened to change I'm frightened to be reshaped. I'm frightened to be on the potter's wheel. Simply because, Lord, I have to come under surrender. Complete handing over completely You're walking by faith. And Lord, I'm living in a world as you fully know. That goes by feelings that goes by structures that goes by systems. Lord, we need help. And thank you that you are rescuing many today that you are a rescuer. You are rescuing people from abusive relationships. You are rescuing people from abuse, abusive workplace issues. You are rescuing people from issues and trials and tribulations. You are with them in their trials and tribulations. You are their strength. You are their fortress, you are out rock, you are our Redeemer. And your grace is sufficient for us, I believe and he's got a scripture, we're going to end it over to the most holiest one in the room at this moment. His countenance has changed. He's met with the Lord this morning. And the my good friend.
Andy Hammond:Here, good morning, good morning. I just was looking through one Timothy. And verse three, mentions God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved, and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, one mediator between golden men, the man, Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all men. And for this purpose, I was appointed a Harold. And Harold is someone who maybe has got a strong, powerful voice but is someone who declares and the message and the message today is that Christ Jesus is the savior. He gave Himself for all men are men and women of course, and children. He's given Himself for us, so that we could life have life, life in all its fullness. And in to Timothy the writer says, I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, amen. Which is in common all through the laying on of hands for God did not give us a spirit of timidity, a spirit of power, hallelujah of love, and self discipline, amen. So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord are ashamed of me and his prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God, who has saved us and called us to holy life. Not because of anything we've done, but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time. But it has now been revealed. Through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, thank you has destroyed death, and has brought life and even more immortality to light through the gospel. And again, it says, And of this gospel, I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher. I think it's incumbent on all of us to declare what the gospel is. And we should be communicators of that. We should be witnesses. And obviously it says, In the Gospels to say that we should be witnesses of what Christ has done, thank you for and we're not all called to be evangelists, or teachers. But we're all called to be witnesses of what God has done. So do not be timid, do not be afraid. When an opportunity arises for you to to declare what Jesus means to you. Just take it because you never know what your words what your words will have that impact on someone else's less right. So I pray Father this morning that you will do Give us that strength and power by your Holy Spirit to be powerful witnesses figure. And that wit, to be a witnesses is got that court room connotations that a witness speaks for the truth. And that's what we are empowered to do by His Spirit, to speak the truth of Christ, what he has done in your life, what he is doing in your life, and what he continues to do in your life. So we thank You, Father God, that you sent Jesus into the world. Amen. That that was the only way. And we thank you that Your Word also says that you are the Way the Truth and the Life and no one comes to the Father. Except through you. Yes. Except through the song. Yes, fine. pray, Father God, that you will open our hearts to receive more from you, those of us who are tired and weary, that you will come and bring strength. I do believe that there are many listening today who are tired and weary. Oh, yeah. Thank you, Jesus. Really can't see the way through all this. But Christ knows how you're feeling. He loves you. He loves him so much that He died for you. So turn to him. Sit with him. Ask God's power through the Holy Spirit to come and be with you to feel you, to strengthen you. To pour out your love, Lord Jesus to pour out your encouragement. Help us. Bring your healing power. Renew minds, renew body's strength, restore health. We thank You, Father for what you're doing now. Holy Spirit, do your work. In Your name, we pray.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Thank you, Jesus. Thank you Holy Spirit.
Donny Stockburn:Just last night, while I was Evan Aveda just suddenly had to drop the Bible and reached down and picked me pin up and her writing these words for forgotten, get knocked out when you get old is in this this is her God will never ask us for what we have not got. And that wonderful. He will never ask us for what we have not got. He only asked us to trust him with what he gives to us. He's lovely. And it takes all the responsibility out and it's entirely on God's shoulders. And we just thank You, Father God, it's not what we do. It's all about what you do. Lord, what a wonderful testimony that is, in our life, follow God that we don't have to worry about. Where the strength is going to come from where the next good word can come from. It's all comes from you. You just asked us to trust you, Lord, that's all and and do what you give us loan us what you give us. But we can't do any of these things. Your word says that you told her disciples not to even bother to try until Powell Come on. Oh, Lord, that's what I'm praying for today. Your spirit, your spirit Lord, will come return to this nation. Father, God is the only thing that can changes. You're the only one who can change my tears, to joy. You're the only one who can bring that piece back. You're the only one who constrained and transform me. You can the only one who can correct all my faults. You're the only one who can make me humble and gentle like Jesus. I can't do any of those things. Sometimes I'll sit down and wonder how you can turn them loose seems impossible. But then I'll remember your words. All things are possible for you, your supernatural Lord. You're not bound by the world's rules that you made. You're outside that follow God's heart. See, I believe Lord, I believe it's possible to do all those things in me. And Father God, I know that you're willing, because that's why you came to this world to do those things in me. So Lord today, we pray we cry out with all our hearts, Father God for Chase to come in each one of us, Lord. Lord, we don't have to dry up no rivers, like the weather is out there. A lot of fields are We ask your spirit to come, lift us up. photobook lift us up, blow on us, Lord, and bring us to life. Lighten the fields our Lord when it rain comes like the desert does. When it blooms with rains come, we asked his Lord, we ask for these things. Now in Jesus name, amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Thank you, Jesus. Thank You, Holy Spirit. Thank you, Father, we bless you this morning. Come, Lord, Father, just bless us today. Lord, as we gather Lord around the table, fathers, we're going to break bread together, Lord, as we just sit as we be still we pray for our friends. We pray for our loved ones, we pray, Lord, for the people in the circle of our life. Everybody, Lord, that our eyes have come on the contact with everybody that has heard our voice. We bring everybody before us throne of grace to thy law and all retired, wherever they are for us or against us. Whatever. And whoever they may be, Lord, we just pray Lord, for humanity across this earth across this nation today. Little bit, bring the government's before you Father, we pray for the local governments today. Lord, I just pray that you will be with them, Lord, that you are just strength for them the decisions, the issues that they have to face. Lord, we thank you. And we bless you for them because they are in that position, because they are your ministers according to the Word of God. So Lord, as the scripture gives us a clear indicator, and a clear structure of those that are over us, as in leaders of the nation's father. Let them look in a word of God. Open our hearts, are they every minister
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Reverend Ben Cooper:of the word that is used of a politician, but Father, they're your ministers according to the Word. When we look at the structure of government positioning, for the power of God's word, Holy Spirit. We pray that you will move through Westminister, we pray that you will move through the Houses of Parliament for the corridors of decisions today. From national government all the way through to local government. We thank you for their life, Lord, we pray for blessings upon them in faith out of faith, Yes, Lord, we're not beating any political drum here. We're just asking you, Father, for those that lead this nation, that they will lead with a godly heart.
Donny Stockburn:Amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Father, I believe that we are sitting in in times, I believe that we are in a very privileged position to walk with you. At this particular time in life we are sees it seeing the seasons of change every second, Lord, we have come through many things. We have seen many things. But Lord, we need that golden King. In every household today. Every household, every church, every establishment, every denomination, every politician, every human being. Father draws closer Lord. We need peace. We need peace in our homes. We need peace in the workplace, we need peace. In leadership, we need peace in the church, we need calmness. But Lord, we understand where we sit according to the Word of God. So in the storm, father in, in the build up to what is coming. We thank you that you will strengthen us. But Lord, when we are weak, then we're strong. Because your word is sharper than a double edged sword. And your word Father God cuts through. We thank you that Your word is everything that we need. So as we come to the table now, Lord, as we break bread and take this cup, I thank You, Lord, as I lay my life down at the foot of the cross today, as I lay my life at the foot of the cross of Calvary. I thank you, Jesus, that you saved a wretch like me. I thank you that was saved. I'm saved by grace, through the artwork and the work and the overarching work of salvation. That beautiful word salvation, repentance, redemption, justification. Thank you, Jesus. Thank You, Jesus for the work. The work of salvation. Isn't the work of justification, the inward work and of the Holy Spirit. So today, Lord, I pray that you will give us the correct interpretation of your word. That we will feel your word, see your word and hear Your word. And your word Father, God will just bring us to that place of Thank you, father. Thank you, Lord. So as we're at the table, at this communion time, we thank you that you put this in place in the powerful name of Jesus. Amen.
Andy Hammond:Just some some words from one, John, as we come to the table, and if you've got a moment now, I suggest you get some bread and some juice so that we can celebrate what Christ has done for us. And from one John one, starting from verse five, this is the message we have heard from him, and clear to you. God is light. In Him, there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness we lie and do not live by the truth. But if we walk in the light, as He is the light, we have fellowship with one another thing can the blood of Jesus His Son purifies us from all sin. If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just, and will forgive us our sins, and purify us from all unrighteousness. Amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Thank you, Jesus.
Andy Hammond:If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar, and His Word has no place in our lives. My dear children, I'll write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father, in our defense, Jesus Christ, the righteous one. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for our house, but also for the sins of the whole world. So we thank You, Father, God, for those words of Scripture. Though those words have come down through history, and are still relevant today, as when they were written, although centuries ago, so we thank you for your word. Your infallible Word to us today. And we celebrate that great sacrifice so that we could have life by taking the bread today. Oh, man.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Thank you, Jesus. Thank You, Holy Spirit. Father, we bless you this morning. You are worthy Lord. Thank You, Jesus. We lift you up today, Lord, thank you, Jesus. Thank You, Holy Spirit.
Donny Stockburn:Here. Thank you, Lord. Thank You for this command you gave us Lord, keep us in line with the truth and steadfast and shore. Arms steadfast, ensure I'm steadfast and sure that he will finish what he's began in me and everyone who belongs to Him, He will finish what he has begun. There will be times battles and, and stressing out and all the things we experienced as Christians, especially in these days, but he will finish what he has begun. And I'm looking down here now. But I don't deserve it, Lord, deserve it? Did Jesus ever asked anyone who was about to heal? Do you deserve this? He never asked that question ever. He just said you believe him. We believe, Lord, that this is your blood. And this is the way we get to heaven. By your sacrifice by you taking away our sins, and giving us your holiness. Had your righteousness that we may live with God forever and ever. We just thank you Lord. In Jesus name, amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Amen. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Holy Spirit. Yes Lord, cleanse us thank you Father Lord, I thank You Lord, I'm work in progress. And Lord, as I recognize areas of my life, Lord that need serious cleaning. I thank you, Jesus, that the blood of Christ Lord, oh, Lord, I just thank You Father. You are so beyond my human understanding, Lord, the quietness in this studio Lord, Your presence in people's lives today the stillness there's power in stillness there's there's power in silence. We love you, father, and I thank you, Jesus, that I am clay in your hands helped me lord. Strength for me, Lord. Continue to wash me, Lord, in the blood of Jesus Christ, amen. Thank you shared at the cross of Calvary helped me to lay pride down, helped me to lay any arrogance down helped me to lay unforgiveness down, helped me to lay Dagon, fears down, worries down helped me to lay everything down at the cross that your footstool because there's this freedom in laying it down. So the Lord helped me to lay it down helped me to bring it to your Lord not to hold things back. To think that I can deal with it, I'll do it. I'll manage it. helped me to be more obedient to Your Word. helped me to focus more on your word helped me Lord, to lean into you more, and not lean into myself. Lord, open my heart applaud, wider and wider and wider Lord. Empty may have made Jesus and pour yourself in more and more, Lord. Fill us all afresh today, Lord, thank You for this broadcast, Lord, I'm going to ask Glenn if he would just bring us to a place of a bit of a pause for for a while as we as we round this broadcast up, very difficult sometimes to, to bring it to some form of a full stop. And I've understood and I understand that you can't put a full stop on God because his work is always moving. So we're just gonna just press the button that takes us offline. But God is never offline. God is always moving. He doesn't rely on buttons he doesn't rely on on us opening the dirt door of the church. God is with us. 24 hours, seven days and when he's in the most been. He is the King of glory. He is the master. He is shaping you you're shaping me. Thank you, Jesus. God bless you, Glenn.
Glenn Walsh:Yet we'll close with Psalm 91. Just verses one and so I'm gonna again paraphrase it. We who dwell in the shelter of the Most High will avoid in the shadow of the Almighty. I was thinking even Peter shadow under God's anointing healed the sick. Amen. Think of that. He are we who dwell in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty mantra, we will say to the Lord, thank you, Jesus, my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust. Thank you, Lord, that trust is in you. Not in the fleeting things of this world, but unto the eternal, gracious, merciful, lover of our souls. God Almighty. Amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Amen. What can we say? What can we say we've reached that point again already. Wherever you are across this earth this morning. And before we actually come to a close very, very, very quickly, and they speak as quick as you can regarding the Bible.
Andy Hammond:As a copy of the Bible is available to you if you haven't got one or you need one or you've got a friend who might like one, just get in touch with us and we'll get one to you.
Reverend Ben Cooper:There we go. That was quick enough. That was very quick. Absolutely perfect. Wherever you are across this after day, may God bless you and strengthen you. We thank you for joining us for this broadcast. Today. You've been joining Donnie and Andrea and myself and Glenn. As we've just gathered around these mics as we broke bread together as brothers and sisters. Online in line donate Don't worry, it's okay. You understand what I was saying? Brothers and sisters online. I'm not looking at these two. They haven't got dresses on all as well when the name of Jesus Come on. Let's just say thank you, Jesus. What an awful fall. Donny, God help me. It's so good to be open to be honest. To have a little chuckle now and then because God is good. Wherever you are made the joy of the Lord be your strength. You have been joining us for brothers and In the Name of Jesus with the sisters and brothers online this morning for coffee and bread, we'll catch you very very soon have a wonderful day. May God strengthen you. You can find us on all the social platforms you can find us Buzzsprout Spotify, I Heart Radio, Amazon music and Alexa. God bless. Have a great day. And remember, God is shaping you in Jesus name, amen.
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