Yeah, I can see you. Thank you so much wherever you are this evening, to join us online, you can find us on Buzzsprout, Spotify, and I Heart Radio, and so many other platforms and for those that are in the world of podcasts, and thank you so much for sharing everything that we do here for the 1000s of downloads across this globe, but you're joining myself, Reverend Ben Cooper as we just sit as we be still, as we are sitting in very unusual territory at the moment, we are sitting in very unusual territory. We've never been this way before. We have not anticipated to go this way before. And wherever you are, I just pray that you will just hold on to God's word. So we're going to turn into the book of Joshua, Joshua chapter one. If you're going to stay with me this evening, Joshua chapter one. Yeah, good evening. I see you on the socials wherever you are, across this earth as we break bread together tonight, as we just gather around the word of God as we just be still, and know that our Redeemer lives where ever you are at this moment in time, let's turn to the book of Joshua chapter one. We are in the Old Testament, we're in the Old Testament, Joshua, chapter one, you'll have to forgive me over left my glasses on the last pulpit I was in earlier on this afternoon, they are sitting in the chapel on the pulpit. So I have the most tiniest Bible with the tiniest words, and my eyes are tired. So let's, let's turn to Joshua chapter one. Joshua, chapter one, verse eight, very simple, very simple, Texas evening. And I pray that wherever you are, that you will just hold on to the Word of God, whatever your situation is, whatever you are going through whatever your feelings are, whatever your stretches across the earth, whatever your focus is, at this moment, whether your focus has been derailed because of what's happening through the Mauna Kea, and government departments and political agendas. And everything is going on. I just pray that, that you will just focus on the Word of God because of the word of God is yes and amen. Your word that you have in front of you the Word of God and before you is everything that we require to get through this life, you know, and whatever life has presented to you to this very hour, to this very day, your historical stuff. God has always been a plan. God will get you through. He is your Redeemer, he is your rock. He is your salvation. He is your King above all kings. Now, the book of Joshua, chapter one. It's a very powerful book. Because there's clear instructions coming out. There's clear instructions being delivered from the God of Israel speaking right down in to Joshua's heart. Now the word of God landed in his heart, the word of God rested in his heart, the word of God just was upon him and within him. And you can see that Joshua is is a man that came under strict authority through God's word that he stood on God's word they, he didn't sway to the left or the right, he focused on it. And interestingly, in a certain part of this part of the text, sorry that we're in. It talks about meditating, meditate on the Word, then night, take God's word. And just sit, sit in that presence. Sit in that word, use it as a prayerful time, wherever you are, and just take God's word and just just get it in through your eye getting in for your air gate, get it onto the tablet of your heart, we are living in very unchartered territory. We are living in very uncharted waters. We are like that vessel that has been set to sell. We're out on the ocean of life. We are out from the shoreline, we are almost in the darkness of a storm. But there is always hope. You know, there is always hope never ever give up. You know, we are looking for what we're looking for in this nation. We are looking for I believe, strong leadership. We're looking for strong leadership. Where there yes is yes, and there no is no. And what is said is delivered. And that whether that we find that in church, we need that in church, we need that in political areas. We need that in markets. We need that in business. We need that in education. We need leaders that will lead us and leaders. strong leaders are the ones that have been nurtured from grass roots that have come from grass roots that have seen the fabric of life that have come through and ducked under the barbed wire of life and suddenly just found themselves in this position of leadership. But I just want to gently lead you into verse eight of Joshua chapter one. And it says keep this book of the law always on your lips, meditate day and night so that you may be careful to do everything written in it, then you will be prosperous and successful. Have I not commanded you be strong and courageous. There are many people at this moment in time. Maybe looking at the fabric of life, just looking across the blanket looking across the meadow looking across the platform of what we see. And you see this this this, this system moving you see everything happening at once and The greatness of the system, the way everything is flowing and the way everything is moving. And I pray tonight that we will hold on to God's Word. We thank God for what is happening across this nation, what is happening across the world. But there are many that will be looking at the system and really relying on the system, and really putting everything they've got within the system and infrastructure, of everything that's going on. But I want to encourage you tonight to put your strength and when I'm in strength, everything that you've got everything within your innermost being everything acrossed into the hands of Christ, hand everything over to Christ, learn to walk with Him. When I'm referring to myself as well. I'm learning to work very differently. As a believer, I'm learning to walk very differently as a son of the living God. I'm starting to realise how fragile life is how precarious situations are when I look back in life, and I see where God has kept me and what God has delivered me from and what he set me free from and how he's put that standard out and situations have come against me that I never thought possible. How will I get through this impossible situation? How will I deal with this Goliath? How will I deal with this Jericho How will but it's actually God that deals with it. And now I'm sitting where I sit in time and look back and think to myself, thank you, God that you delivered that you made a way in the desert you made a way where it was almost impossible, you open doors that were impossible for man to open, you closed doors, you protect me, you looked after me, you made a way in the wilderness and I believe that we are at that position at this time, you know, we are in a wilderness place that the nation is, is hungry for leadership is looking for answers. And there are many that are looking across life across the meadow. And the reason I mentioned the meadow that the you know, the gentle Meadow is a meadow groves are different colours, the different ways that nature uses the meadow for it to for it to grow and for it to pollinate. So, we need we need to grow but we are looking we are looking clearly for for clear leadership, we are looking for protection, we are looking for leadership, we are looking for hope. Humanity's always looking for hope. Now take Christianity out the equation, take all that out of the equation. And as we sit where we sit as in, in our human form, if we were still gaze across the audience of life, and look across that meadow, we see the beautiful meadow flowers just moving and twisting and moving to weigh the water towards whatever way the wind blows. You know, sometimes that wind comes in and it blows so hard, it almost knocks the life out of the meadow. And I feel tonight that there are many that just feel like they've had their their collar knocked out and they've had everything pushed out of them. God is hit you hard, so hard and and you feel like you're being rescued. And you feel like you're like God has to do a rescue mission on your life because of what you see of what you're fearful of. But I just want to let the scripture that we're in tonight, I'm trying not to go off on one tonight. I'm trying to keep it simple. I'm trying to keep it easy, without going too far into something that is taken a lot of strength to understand and think about, because I think at this moment humanity across this nation is really emotional, is almost tired is almost weary. On top of we have Brexit we got COVID Now we got the monarchy issue, we've got the government issue. We've got stuff breaking out when you look at the big hitters that are hitting us, the fuel crisis that the issues around the world the fighting that's going on, you know, I really believe that humanity is tired and is weary, and is really looking out for answers that that we are grappling with in the dark that we are trying to pull answers in, just to try and find that place of rest and peace. But I just want to guide you tonight to the Word of God because the word of God is your strength. The Word of God is your your food, the word of God it is your yes and amen. Your Word, the Word of God that you have in front of you whether it's in paperback form, whether it's in tablet form, I'm referring not to pharmaceuticals, I'm referring to electronical devices that you are using. The Word of God is your source, the word of God is your strength. The Word of God is your health. The Word of God is your your rescuer. The Word of God is your saviour, the word of God is your Redeemer, the word of God is everything. You know, Jehovah Jireh, Jehovah Nissi, Jehovah shalom, Jehovah Rapha, here's my PC is my healer is my guide. He is my strength, he is everything that I need. And I honestly feel and I believe I should say, believe not not so much feel, because feelings are of this earthly vessel. But I believe in my belief system, I believe in my my faith in God, I believe in the word of God. And what I believe tonight is that we are of that Joshua Joshua era, that era that that position that that posture, that many have said that the church to a generation has already happened? Well, I actually believe that we are just seeing the Joshua generation starting to spring up like new shoots light and light light across the meadow grass. You know, I believe that there is a new colour, I believe there is a vibrant colour coming into this nation. You know, it seems to be black and white at the moment, it seems to be quite dark and quite bleak. You know, the winter is coming in looking across the studio, windows, I cannot believe it's actually dark this evening. And it feels like summer has just gone. And what we are finding the winters and the seasons are changing and switching. And everything that we have seen over the last week, if you take the last weeks actions that we've had within the world within this, within this nation we've had, we've had the Prime Minister leave a prime minister coming in, we've seen the photos of Queen Elizabeth the Second shaking hand with the new prime minister welcome Maria. And then all of a sudden, we know a few hours later upon the Queen's death, and then suddenly we've got the king straightaway. And we've got all this stuff happening in London and for Aberdeen, and across the world as well. Everything the world is looking on the UK, you know, we're seeing everything through its military power across the southern parts of the world, the fightin and everything's going on in Ukraine and Russia. There is a lot of pressure on humanity. And I just want to try and give you comfort tonight that there is always hope the world is being stretched. It feels like it's a sponge, it's almost been it's been tightened and it almost we're we're at that stage where we're, we're being run out we're like for wrung out to dry sort of speak. But we're in verse eight of Joshua chapter one, it says, Keep this book of the law, always on your lips. Keep this book, keep the Word of God always on your lips. The Bible says out of your belly shall flow rivers of living water, I keep speaking a word. Whatever I feed myself I become I've got to feed myself the Word of God. I've got to get this word inside my innermost being. The Bible says faith comes from hearing a message and the message is heard through the word of God. So I got to get the word into my innermost being I mentioned about the Joshua generation. There has been many ministries over the years has said that we are and we have seen that Chuck Joshua generation, but I believe that we are just at the birth pains at the birth stages of seeing a Joshua generation really rise up because I see what I and what I what I perceive and what I grapple with, with my faith is very something very clear. I see the riverbanks of trouble I see the riverbanks of the River Jordan, I see almost a river that is impossible to cross without God, without God. But God is expecting us to walk right to the, to the edge of the riverbank, and not just to the riverbank, but to actually put and to stand within the Jordan River to to get so close to the issue to get so close. You can feel the issue around your legs, you can feel the Torah and you can feel the pressure. But I honestly believe in my innermost being that we are going to see such a powerful move of the Holy Spirit through the power of the Word of God, through the God of Israel, people are feeling deflated, people are feeling rejected, people are feeling worn out, you know, people are sleeping and, and they are trying to rest. But as they resting as they sleep, they wake up, they're still tired. There's an exhaustion. There's a fatigue that we've never felt before. There's awareness that we never felt before. There's such an emotional roll across this nation. It's like a wave that has come over this nation that has crashed down onto the shoreline and over into the boat of the UK, excuse me, where emotions are raw. But I just want to encourage you whether believer or non believer, get yourself a Bible, because I'm speaking to anyone that is capturing this live broadcast at this moment in time. And we understand that a lot of people capture this stuff across the world and especially in in the area of podcasts, you know, keep this book of the law, always on your lips, I've got to keep the Word of God, I've got to keep speaking it. I got to keep believing it. I've got to keep out of your belly shell flow rivers of living water. The Old Testament writer writes something really profound, very prophetic and very powerful. He says Your word is like honey on my lips. It's very sweet to taste. It tastes nice. It feels right. And as I speak the word of God out of your belly shell flow rivers of living water, the writer writes, but it says clearly, I want to stay in Joshua, I just want to hope and pray that God will allow me to stay in this position position this posture tonight of Joshua chapter one, verse eight, keep the Book of the Law, always upon your lips meditate day and night. Now when we talk about meditation. Meditation has very unusual layers at this moment and the meditation that the scripture is speaking about very clear, that we see before us is not in the sense of yoga not in a sense of deep mid tation as the world looks in it, not in transcend or meditation, not in meditation as in mythological Greek gods the way they meditated or, or or looking to the moon and the stars and using astral projection and outer body X appearances and all that stuff that goes along with, with the word meditation. But when you look at what God talks about meditation is to take His Word, His scriptures, to read it. And as we read it, to pray through meditation is about prayer is about speaking about praying the Word of God, over and into my life now, not in the way of a true evangelical Pentecostal style preaching, you name it and claim it not beating that drum at all. But when I look at meditation, so it's not talking about transcend or meditation, it's not talking about out of body experiences. It's not talking about grave soaking. It's not talking about meditation that goes with yoga, and Eastern and mythological gods of the Eastern world. It's not talking about that when meditation is mentioned in the Word of God, it is talking about the prayerful way that I present myself to God and I say, Father, I believe in your word. And Lord, as I as I reflect on your word, as I take your word in from my eye again, through my air gate, Lord, my body is in a position of letting your word rest in my innermost being the Bible says, Be still know that I'm God. So I gotta be careful how I look at the word meditation, you know, on what is the meaning? What is the biblical meaning of meditation? What does it mean? Where does it come from? What is its root form? Where does it actually come from? What is the power of this word of God, that it is speaking about meditation is a very powerful, powerful instrument that a human being should use. Now, many churches have looked at this, and many ministers have taken this. And also, they've mixed it with a loose, mythological presentation. Of of, there are ministers out there that will push almost out of body experiences of, of transcend or meditation. Now, we got to be very careful about the area of spiritual walk in spiritual life. You know, and prophecy as well. We gotta be very careful about prophecy. There are stuff that is out there, you know, even when you when you look at certain ministers and certain prophetic ministries, they they talk very prophetic, obviously, because they're talking about the prophetic word. And a prophetic word we understand what speaking prophetically is, but it can be very careful because within the prophetic world, and the prophetic framework that is out there, talking about meditation and out of body experiences, and levitation, and everything that goes with it got to be very, very careful, because the Bible doesn't talk about it like that. But there are ministers out there that are skating, and saying very close to the border line, are becoming a cultic. Practice, there's a very fine line. So it's really important to understand what meditation through the word of God is meditating on the Word of God. I hear God's word. As I read God's word, it goes in through my eyes. Again, it comes in through my ear gate, as I speak it I hear it, I hear the sound, I hear the power of God's Word, the sound waves. Got to be careful how I present that to you tonight. So I got a meditate on the Word of God on the Scripture, what is it? I take the word in and I let it rest within my spirit, I say, Lord, what are you saying to me? Lord, You are telling me to be strong and courageous? Father, how do I how do I compute that? How do I translate that? How do I unpack that? How do I look at that because, Lord, we are living in unchartered territory, Lord, there is a sense, Lord at this moment that we are, we are sailing without any leadership, because of everything that's going on everything that's happening within the systems and within the approach of life at this moment, we've got to make sure that as an individual, I stay steadfast in God. Because this ship, this vessel of the UK, is sailing almost without, without strong leadership. There's bouncing backwards and forwards. There's always mariners to guide a little bit, but what we need is a captain. What we need is someone that will lead we will authority, we need someone that is strong in leadership, that will lead in power and authority. Now, the Bible take takes us really and it speaks, it's really clear, Be strong and courageous. It takes so much to be a believer, and to be strong and courageous. He mentioned this, be strong and courageous, Be strong and courageous, be very strong and courageous. Meditate on this word, do not let the word What don't I let leave my lips is the word of God, I got to take this word, I got to take the living Word of God from Genesis to Revelation, understanding it is very different to to read in it. So I read it, and it is for God to let this earth so this mindset, my body to get into grapple with the understanding, I can understanding I sorry, I can understand it to a natural level to the ability of my academic stretch across the earth. But what I need is revelation or knowledge You need God to reveal this book that is supernatural, that is beyond human understanding that is beyond the test tube of science on a God's word to be revealed to me. So because because as I look across this life as I, as I look into the entire UK, I've got to make sure that I don't get fixated on certain agendas in certain areas of life. I got to keep my eyes fixed on Jesus. I keep my eyes fixed on Jesus, because if I don't keep my eyes fixed on Christ, when I could be like the disciple that jumps out of the boat, I hear Christ calling I hear his words speaking. I hear the word edify. And I hear the word strengthening. I hear the word, speaking into my innermost being speaking to the soul of me, the innermost being. The Bible says, love the Lord thy God with all your mind or your body, with all your strength, and with all your soul, four major elements of life, that Jesus tells us very clearly speaking about the book of Deuteronomy, chapter six. But Deuteronomy says, love the Lord thy God with all your heart, all your body, and with all your mind and strength and in your innermost being. So when you look at the text, and when you when you look at that, I gotta love the Lord thy God with all with all my fibre, with all my being. And as I love him, as I rest in Him, with all my mind, with all my strength, with all my focus, with all my hope, with all my innermost being, I've got to get myself in this word of God. I've got to saturate my innermost being with the Scripture, I've got to get this word in, whether I listen it through electronic means whether I listened to it through my own voice, through reading it back, whether I put it through the airwaves, at home, whatever it's coming through the sound system, I got to get the word of God in my innermost being, because we are in a famine, period. And the book of Amos talks very clearly about the Word of God. We are in a famine, period, and I believe that we are in that famine, period. But amongst the famine, period, there are the Joshua's and the Caleb's. And there is at Joshua generation that is moving in certain people's lives. And I pray that wherever you are tonight, that you will find strength in God, that you will find strength in the Scripture. So what I love about God, and it has nothing to do with my academic stretch. It has nothing to do with my my understanding of my reasoning of life, it has nothing to do with my skill set. It has nothing to do with my natural ability and my logic, my my process in my thinking, and my philosophies and my understanding of this earthly life. You know, God is a supernatural garden. And if you believe in God, you will clearly understand that He said, Let there be light. And there was, excuse me, within the scientific world, you know, to believe that God created the heavens and the earth, just out of the power of speech is beyond human understanding beyond the test view of life beyond the science beyond reason, and just believe now, Jesus makes it very clear, as he calls the disciples, I'm bouncing around from the old to the new at this moment, because I just want to try and encourage us, whoever you are, wherever you are. And for those that join us in New Zealand, and across the US across the other side of the pond, God bless you and welcome you this evening. I just pray that you will find encouragement through God's Word. Now Joshua was a young leader, being birthed into very unusual territory. And I believe God is birthing and God is bringing out leaders that have been, they've been hidden under the radar. Now God, he got his drawing them up, got his drawing out, and God is equip them. Joshua was a very interesting young man, he loved God's word. He loves God's voice. He loved being around the presence. When Moses was in that tent of meeting, Joshua just sat outside and rested in the presence. And Moses said to him, come on, we're out of here. So let's go. And Joshua did not want to leave the presence of the Almighty God. There is something very intriguing. There is something very interesting about this young leader, Joshua, he, he was put into a situation where Moses was taken off the earth, and God removed him. And it's interesting when you look at Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Second how our life was stretch, right up until the 11th hour, she was still working. And I would say not just working, but being the Lord's instrument on this work on this world, and that maybe I shouldn't put my opinion across the airwaves. But I believe that that our queen, Queen Elizabeth was, was a servant of God, the way she served the way she moved the way she was gracious the way she moved through humanity the way that and there's so much we can learn from her now that God has extracted so what I'm trying to say I'm talking about leaders, that here we have Moses and the Scripture is very clear, and it makes it so loud and it's quite brutal the way that it's presented. Now Moses, my servant is dead. Now there is a hand in over straightway to Joshua. Now, my servant Moses is dead if he was to read Joshua chapter one. and you will read the brutal way that he actually reads and I believe for myself, that's quite a brutal way that God has presented it. You know, now Moses is dead now so to speak. Now the oldest gone the newest come now, Joshua, don't look back at the Moses generation don't look how Moses done that, because this is new beginnings. And I believe that there are many in the in the position in the posture of seeing new beginnings in your life, whether you're in church, our church, whatever area we're in, we are living in very unusual territory at this moment. And time is escaping me as it always does. And I just don't want to ramble too much tonight. But I just want to let you know that the Bible, the Word of God, the Holy Word of God, the Roman word, the spoken word, Jehovah Jireh, Jehovah Nissi, Jehovah shalom, He is my God, He is my healer, he is my provider, he is my peace. He is my shield. He is my rock, he is my Redeemer He is my God. You know, we can go on and on and on and as as the Gospel of John, right, so clearly, the seven items I'm the door I'm the bread I Am the Beginning and I am the end I am the bride. He's, he's absolutely everything. When we study Christ, when we study God, and if you study Christ, Christ, ology and you you were to look at Christ as the man, but also, as you look at him as the Saviour of the world, and you look at the characteristics, and you look at the strength of Christ as a leader, he wasn't frightened in any way, shape, or form, because he was in the will of the Father. So this is where I'm just trying to get us to land tonight at this moment. We are in a position where we are looking for strong leadership and just in the socials, the scripture that we are in this evening is Joshua chapter one, and we are in verse eight, just down verse eight and verse nine, we are looking at leadership, we are looking at a transition from Moses, straight into Joshua, there was no messing around, there was a transaction and it will it happen straight away. God said, Moses, my servant is dead. Now very interesting that God uses the word servant, Moses, my servant is dead. It has finished the Moses era, the Moses time, the religious the way, the way that he operated that has gone now we are in this Joshua generation. When you look at the the earth, He stretched that the physical place that we are at this moment, when you look at the switching around of leadership, that we are seeing at this moment, when you see that the handing over of leadership at this moment in time, the speed that is happening, is quite unprecedented, where we sit at this moment in time, you know, Queen Elizabeth, second, has gone suddenly, we're in this new leadership. And as I look across the physical world, and I see the physical leaders, and also as I look across the church and I look across the spiritual platform, we are looking for the Joshua's and the Caleb's, to come out of the ashes of the carnage of the troubles and the situations that we are in religion is over and religion is finished. But the religion is still trying to dress everything up. And we are living in very powerful and spiritual times. Joshua was a very spiritual leader, he led very powerfully and he was very successful, because of what God told him, and he did not come out of the instruction of what God told him to do. He said, Be strong and courageous, Be strong and courageous, be very strong and courageous. Then he said, do not let this book of the Lord depart from your mouth, meditate on it day and night, then you will be successful and prosperous, is really important that if you are a believer, if you are on the socials, if you are joining this live stream broadcast, whether you're dipping in and out of watching what's going on across the world, and, and you find that you are landing onto Christian Broadcasting, or you might be on Spotify in different places, and capturing podcasts, and you're hearing the word garden, and spiritual activity and all the stuff, God is speaking to you because God is stirring. And in these last hours, there is a spiritual shift. And I believe that there are many human beings. I will use the word human beings and I won't say believers, and I won't say agnostics I won't say anyone that doesn't believe atheists, I'm just talking about humanity. Humanity is feeling there is a shift in the atmosphere. I use the word atmosphere, it's not a biblical language, but I will use the word atmosphere for the quickness of the English English language to present that to us tonight. There is a shift within humanity within the physical realms, and there is a shift within the spiritual realms. I honestly believe that what the events that we have seen and departing and the move there has been a shift within the physical world obviously, that we can see that very clearly through the events that are happening, but also I believe, that there has been a shift and I believe that I can sense it, you can sense it. You can feel it however you perceive that however you end anticipate and however you think that and compute that there has been a spiritual move, there has been a, there has been a spiritual shift in there has been a changing of the guard. So don't you understand what I mean? There has been a change in in the fabric of this world in which we live. And I just want to encourage you tonight to hold into the Word of God. Because Joshua's Joshua was successful. He was successful through all his campaigns, because he held fast to the Word of God, there was a shift from the Moses generation to the Joshua generation, there was a shift there was a physical move, and there was a spiritual move, there was a physical decline, but there was a spiritual increase. Now, however, you look on what is happening across the fabric of the pages of this world, we are seeing a physical move. And we also may say that we are experiencing a spiritual move may be something that the atmosphere feels strange, that almost the airiness the quietness, the stillness, humanity is feeling that there is a there is a lean in towards a different degree, like one degree one, one shift, there has been left excuse me, there was one shift one degree, that's all it takes for serious change. And we are in a new might be within the UK tonight. Or you might be looking within the UK, the UK is seeing significant, significant sorry, physical change, but also experiencing severe spiritual enhancements, a strengthening you'd have to forgive me I've got a bit of a croak tonight. But there is a change there is a change within the areas of the heavenly realms, that's that's use it like that. Let's present it as the Bible tells us. The Bible talks about heavenly layers, heavenly realms, different layers of heaven, different spiritual spheres that are out there, different layers of heaven, different, different platforms, different different areas, John, John makes it very, very clear, he makes this very, very clear that when he makes a very clear presentation about heaven. Now, I honestly believe as we come to the table, there is a spiritual move, there is a spiritual degree that we have felt we've almost heard the, the crack if you call say that the snap in the breaking the moving humanity is stretched. So when humanity gets stretched when humanity gets taken to the wire, when humanity gets taken to the Jordan, when humanity gets pushed to the limit of its its own capabilities, suddenly you find that the spiritual move from Heaven gets stronger, because that's what God does, he takes generations through certain trials and certain testings and certain stretchings because the Bible tells us that it talks about being endurance and and going through the pains and going through the experiences and enduring and through the shipwrecks of life and through to the beatings and the weapons and the transformation and the kings you know when you look at the when you look at the Old Testament in the shifting of kings, the changing of the guard, so to speak, without using a terminology that we are seeing across the the airways at this moment in time, we are certainly experiencing a spiritual move a a crack in that like the atmosphere like a sudden bang like a jolt in a change. There is a changing I'm going to use that again. A changing of the guard there is a change in of leadership, there is a change in in the church, there is a change in in world there was a change in a monarchy changing in government, a change in in the sifting of the sands of the of the almost like the tectonic plates of life. There is a there is a move underneath our feet and many people are feeling very unstable. But I just want to let you know that God has put your feet upon the rock, he is the rock he is your foundation, he is your yes and amen. God is with you. He will protect you. He will guide you He will as Psalm 91 verses correct me is it 11 and 12, Psalm 91, verses 11 and 12. For he will command his angels concerning you to lift you up in their hands in all your way so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. I believe that we are in that position that we are that we are feeling that there is a lift there is a move almost How did I get into this position? How was I protected? How did my physical go from there from A to B without having a collision with with a car crash or a life changing experience? But the Bible says the Bible says that the point I want to get to in let's get down to this. We're in verse nine. It says do not be afraid nor be discouraged. For the Lord thy God will be with you you wherever you go. So he's telling us to meditate on the word there night, do not let the book of the Lord depart from my mouth, meditate day and night. And then he's saying, Do not be afraid for anyone that is afraid tonight, I just want to encourage you to look into the scriptures into hope, because God is hope. Look into the Word of God, there is hope. There is freedom, there is power. But we are experiencing something that we never experienced before every household, every relationship, every business, every every human that is breathing, now we are we are experiencing change, change is happening. Now what I have to do, I have to embrace the Word of God. And I have to go with the shifting of the tectonic plates in the spiritual realm, so to speak. There is a shift on this earth, there is a physical change, just as it was with Joshua and Moses, there was a physical and there was a spiritual demand, there was a spiritual in heightening in what's got to be done. And I believe that we are at this stage, I believe that we're at this stage to meditate on the Word of God day and night, God is extracting out of religion out of the bad report, because when you look at Joshua and Caleb, when they were sent out with the spies, they came back with a good report, they see the land, they seek equal opportunities, they see equal giants, they see equal promises, they see, everything was equal, but three quarters of the percentage that came back with them, told them that we are not able, but Joshua and Caleb said something very powerful and very prophetic over those that said, we can't they say we can, we can simply because our God is able. And I want to tell you tonight that your God, the God of Israel, the father of Isaac, Jacob, Abraham, the father, above all fathers that got above all gods, the King above all kings, the great I AM, you are able to achieve you are able to get through, you're able to see the breakthrough. And you are able to embrace the change because he is a God of yesterday, today. And forever more. His word says I am the same yesterday, today. And forever. His word stays the same. But humanity is changing. The fabric of life is shifting, there is serious change within the UK, there is a serious move physically and spiritually. There is amusing that again, I can't believe I'm speaking like this, there is a changing and a shift in a changing of the guard. We have got we have gone from the Moses to the Joshua, we are we are experiencing within the church fabric we are experiencing the Moses generation where Moses struck the rock for the first time. And he got the miracle, he come on the clear instruction. And then he struck the rock again later on. He struck that in anger. And God said to him, you are broke the faith. That is it. And I believe where the church has not come under the clear authority that has gone against and taken the word. And as struck in a rock. The scripture says don't strike the shepherd. You know, something very powerful. Something very prophetic is happening here. within the four walls of the vessel of the UK, we are in like an arc we are we are floating with water all the way around us. And I pray that God will give us the ability to the vessel that we're sailing in within this UK, but we need leadership. Now we are in a in a switch point, Moses when Joshua came in, but the in between place can be a very unstable place. We are transitioning from Moses to Joshua. So we are going from one physical leader to another physical leader. We are going from one spiritual leader to another spiritual leader. However, you want to unpack that however you want to dissect that however you want to open up the envelope of what I'm saying tonight, God will give you the clear way to think and to read and to look into that. But when we look at church, we are losing and thanks be to God. God is removing the religious order because the religious order thought it knew how to strike the rock and to get from the rock what it wanted from the rock. But when you strike the rock in anger, and you don't strike the rock correctly with the with the instrument that God has given you, God will stop what is happening. He will not allow anything to happen that comes out of the authority of him. Now I believe the Moses generation and now I'm not referring to the monarchy here I'm referring to religion. gin and the religious order and the establishment and the process and the fabric of how we look at church, there is a serious shift in the spiritual environment that is around it. There is there is a serious move. And as I said, you can almost hear that the noise the the crack of the change of the spiritual environment, we have crossed over there has been a crossing over. There has been a quick shift in in the tectonic plates because when you look at how volcanoes happen, and how you look how the earth explodes from within, you don't experience the volcano straightaway, there is undercurrents there is movement and I believe there has been movement in the depths of the spiritual bowels of the UK. And now we are seeing a vote volcano eruption, about to to push out, I believe that we are going to see a spiritual increase in the spiritual presence of the Holy God of Israel. God is leading you God is guiding you, God is strengthening you. God is with you. We are seeing a change in leadership within the church, within business within political agendas, within the monarchies within the systems, we are seeing a shift for the physical Moses, Joshua, we are seeing the shifts, we are seeing the changes and with the changes of the natural changes in the natural fabric of humanity changing also comes a spiritual move, a spiritual move. So there is a wave, there is a wave of a spiritual way moving and changing. Don't be frightened of the change. Embrace the move, the move of heaven, through the word of God, because God's word is changing menu is changing the way we think it's changing the way that we act. It's changing the attitude of me it's changing how I am as a human being it is changing. But what's interesting, it doesn't change the character. What it does, it changes the outer layers. Your character is what God created. The inner you God knows everything about you. Now, I don't want to go down that that road tonight talking about characters. But we are we are looking very clearly at a at a shift in the spiritual tectonic plates that are under the bowels of the earth and the UK is reacting to the storm that had been created under the seas. And as it happens under the seas, the sea start to roar from underneath. And it takes a while for the vessel to react to what has been happening deep down in the bowels of the earth we are seeing that there is a spiritual change. There is a spiritual shift, and with the spiritual shift becomes a physical change. And I would encourage you tonight as we break bread together right now, in the name of Jesus Christ as we as we look out across the wilderness. As we look out across the meadow as you look out across the dark nests of the night as you look out as you as you feel the undercurrent such a lift in the boat that we're living in, hold on to God. How do I hold on to God? I hold on to God's through the living word the word sustains the word strengthens. The word holds the word up holds the word is your rock, the word is your Redeemer, the word is your saviour, the word is your strength, the word is your healer, the word of God is the beginning is the end. The word is everything that we require to get from the morning to the afternoon, the afternoon to the evening, the evening to the midnight, the midnight to the to the to the to the stretch in humanity that we are looking at at this moment, the midnight hour. There are many people having night tremors, there are many people that are having unusual dreams. There are all types of things happening across all types of cultures. There is a serious move at this moment in the name of Jesus. There is a serious move we have gone from different leadership's in the political areas within the monarchies within business. Within culture. There is a shift there is a change. And I'll say this again, as we come to the table. There is a changing of the guard. There is a move that we never thought we could possibly see. But wherever you are tonight, I would encourage you to hear what God's word says he is telling Joshua to be strong and courageous. You will be successful but he's also telling him that I believe God is speaking loud for His Word tonight as we come to the table. Do not be afraid. What you see happening in leadership. Do not allow the leadership change to affect your walk with God. Do not allow the environment that you see affect your Your faith walk do not allow the environment the shifting of leaders the shifting of of sands the shifting of the tectonic plates under the depths of the bowels of the earth. Now them shifts have happened. They happened many years ago. And we are seeing the undercurrents become waves and as the waves become greater than waves, they become a storm as the storm becomes greater, it becomes a hurricane, then it becomes a school, then it becomes a fierce affair tsunami and I believe that we are seeing the undercurrents of change moving and moving and moving. And now, as you look out across the world, you can see that there is a global storm happening. You know, the wind is blowing in different directions. And there are storms and there are catastrophic environments breaking out everywhere. But I want you to know tonight, do not be afraid. Now we're coming straight to Communion. We're going to break bread. We're going to take this cup, as the scripture says in Joshua chapter one, and I will give you the right reference Joshua chapter one, we have been in verse eight, and I'm looking at verse nine at this moment. It says, Do not be afraid, do not be discouraged for the Lord thy God will be with you wherever you go wherever you go. The omnipresent God is with you, the only potently omnipotent God is with you, the Father of Isaac, Jacob and Abraham, the God of all creation, that God is that is in charge of that the stars, the universe, creation, the depths of the ocean, he says, Do not be afraid, and do not be discouraged. There are many people looking at the changing of the guard, and being discouraged and being fearful of what they see. God is changing the leadership around the world, things are happening quickly, there is a shifting of leaders. And I also believe in the next few weeks, we will see a shift again of certain leaders, we are going to see an unusual change in leadership again, within the UK, there is going to be a sudden shift in leadership's in the political areas, we are living in very powerful, it's almost like we are living there are two worlds in existence, because we know there is there is a physical world and there is a spiritual world. And at the end of time, at the end of Age, the Bible makes it very clear that the two worlds come together and there are are like air bubbles and one is pushing into the other. And there is almost a breaking in from the spiritual, spiritual layers that are breaking into the territory of the physical. And we are experiencing a breaking in a pushing in from the spiritual world coming into the physical, but because we have been driven so hard by economics, processes, measures, facts, statistics. And we have found that facts, statistics and measures, don't cut it when mortality is looking at you down the eyeball. The spiritual is breaking in to encourage you. Don't be afraid. Don't be discouraged. Let's pray. Father, in the name of Jesus Father, I thank you that we are gathered around the word tonight. And Lord as we hold on to the Word of God, as we be still and know that you are God that you are king, Lord, as the spiritual world is pressing in Lord like we never felt before. Lord as the spiritual world is pushing into the physical world as we are experiencing. Lord as we are seeing the leadership changing just like Joshua and Moses, there was a sudden change. But Lord, prepare us again for the next sudden change. Law prepare us for what lies ahead. The Lord as you prepare us, I pray that Your Word will be revealed and be speaking into our innermost being. So Father, as we gather around the table, I thank you for this bread that symbolises the body of Christ. And as I break bread together tonight, with brothers and sisters around the world, I pray that you will strengthen us in Jesus name. Father, I recognise this bread symbolises the body of Christ. And as the body of Christ was broken. For me according to the Scriptures according to the Word of God. When I see Lord God that redemption plan, from Genesis, accelerating through Exodus, coming all the way through the blood will be assigned. Exodus chapter 12, verses 12 The blood will be assigned put the blood of the lamb over the door post run the windows of your house, the blood will be a sign I thank you that the blood is a sign that we are safe to wash and cleanse us and heal us and guide us and strengthen us. encourage us, Lord, for Your word. Thank you that we are equipped for the days that lie ahead. Thank you, Lord, that new leaders are being birthed, Lord, we are seeing a, a shift in the world of leaders, world leaders, and within the structure of religion and church. But bless this bread Father, as we take this tonight in Jesus name, Amen. Wherever you are across this earth, I pray that the presence of God the fire of God, the Word of God, the holiness of God, will just come into your life. Like you've never felt that before. into your house, into your life, into your business, into your marriage, into your relationships, into your business world into your workspace. Wherever you are tonight I pray that you will find peace, as the screen says behind me on my shoulder, to Peace be with you. We need that tonight. We need that peace, that heavenly peace that transcends all human understanding. We need the love of the Father that the love of the Father that Agha pay love the arches over troubled, that love that seems to bridge across that that moat where the drawbridge has been pulled back through systems. God is stretching out and God is rescuing you tonight that I've been on the wrong side of the Jordan. And God is drawing you into the into the promised land. And as we take this cup, I pray that every one of us tonight will feel the love of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, that you will feel the very presence of the living Word of God amongst you. Now, the scripture that we looked at tonight is very clear is the book of Joshua chapter one, verse eight through to the beginning of verse 10. And what is very clear tonight he is telling us meditate on the word day or night do not let this book of the Lord depart from your mouth. Then he says on the back end of the tech tax roundabout, verse nine. He says do not be afraid and do not be discouraged. That is needed for us tonight. Do not be afraid and do not be discouraged by what we see in the shift in in leadership in the shifting of government's in the shifting of business, in the shifting of the stocks and the shares of life. In the shifting of the plans and in the natural platform and, and meadow of life. Keep your eyes on Jesus. And I pray that as we take this cup tonight, Father, I thank you as we take this cup washes and cleanse us in the blood of Jesus Father, I repent of my life for my weight. And say, Lord, I thank you that there is forgiveness in Jesus through the Living Word because the Living Word is our Redeemer. The Living Word is our God, the Living Word is our king. Thank you Father, that You are the King above all kings, in Jesus name, amen. cleanses us and washes. strip us back Lord. And I pray tonight, I pray for peace over all of your lives. We are in the Joshua generation, we have left the Moses generation now I'm not just referring to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, that beautiful servant of the living God. She was a servant of the Most High. Joshua is a servant of the Most High. Moses is a servant of the Most High. And we have been blessed with servants of the Most High. And God places leaders in these unusual times. God places leaders in God place Moses, God placed Joshua, God placed David. Now it will be really interesting to do a study on biblical leaders and how God used them and how God worked with them and through them. When I say with them that God put the leadership power within them to lead in in uncertain times. And I believe God is raising up. However, whatever way you want to look at that tonight God is raising up leaders in the spiritual layers of life to lead us spiritually through a very carnal situation. A very earthly situation a very physical situation. God is lifting up biblical leaders that will lead us powerfully through the wilderness of life and get us to the next destination. I believe that we have crust I'm referring to religion, I'm referring to God among departments, I'm referring to Mauna Kea, I'm referring to all the layers of life, I believe that we have come from a clear, Moses is Moses, leadership style. And however and whoever you want to put within that, Moses, my servant is dead. That's what the Scripture makes very loud and clear. However, however you want to take that, and look at that, and study and ask God, to unpack that in your innermost being, we now are in a John, Josh, Joshua generation. Now, that takes a lot to unpack that that can't be unpacked, within a couple of moments of living. We have got to be like watchmen on the wall, as the scripture says, We got to watch and we got to say, Lord, show us the spiritual leaders, show us the leaders that will lead by the word, show us the leaders that will teach through the Scriptures, show us the leaders that are obedient to the word. Now, this is very important to understand. There are leaders that are amongst us now spiritual leaders. Now, this is very important not to do with lifestyle choices, because all have sinned and fallen short their glory, but leaders that are not frightened of speaking about their own their own life experiences. And also to say, Hang on a moment, I'm able because he is able, I can't if he doesn't give me that strength. So it will be very interesting in what we see across this nation within the fabric of church, because that's what we're looking at, where God is lifting up the Joshua generation of leaders. The church thought that happened many years back, but we are at this gate, we are at this switching over. And it is the monarchy that has triggered it is the monarchy that has triggered a certain shift in generational leadership styles, but not just in monarchy, but also in the world of religion and church, and within the way that we view. So when you take the major hitters that we've had recently, Brexit, the way that affected people, the physical transaction, the spiritual implications, then we come across into COVID, the physical rupture that we've seen, and the spiritual move, then we come into the areas of Mauna Kea, the physical moving, and the spiritual event, the sorry, the physical evaporation, and then the spiritual change. So we've had a few big shifts within government within Mauna Kea within humanity, within trade deals within the stocks and the shares and London shutting down, we have seen major physical but with the physical, becomes a spiritual. So there is when there is a big physical, there is also a big spiritual shift. This shift, the spiritual is for the better. We are awaiting the return of Christ, we are getting closer to the Return of the King above all kings. I pray tonight, that wherever you are, that you will be strong in the Word of God. You will give everything that you have within your innermost being. And I'm speaking to myself, give it to Jesus. Hebrews chapter 12, verse two very familiar, very powerful, very thought provoking, but above the thought provoking a very powerful text that is very relevant for where we are now. Because the Scripture does full provoke. It does spiritually encourage, it does speak to us, it does encourage us, it does chastise us. So when you look at what we've been experiencing the build up, I believe, I believe it or not think I believe it was at the very beginning of the changing of the shifting of sands from the very beginning of Brexit. And you might even go back to Afghanistan a bit back further, you will see a change in the atmosphere the undercurrents of the vessel that we're floating in. So if you go back to certain leaders, politicians, the way they operated and the way they spoke the way they lead into certain areas of life without going on the political drum, because we don't mix political we're spiritual because you can't it's like water and oil. You can't move the two together. The spiritual was the greater the spiritual is always greater over the physical. So what you could go back to Afghanistan, you could maybe take it back a bit further to when the governments of the UK decided to do that change within the fabric of of Israel, the shift in from Israel through the cutting off of the UK to Israel. That was a very that was a major spiritual move. as well as a physical, a very verbal verbalization of what the UK did and how it released itself, and it shouldn't have done and the way you look at that, but that that had to happen. And because that was written about in the book, so when the UK cut ties very, very vocally was it 1947 Someone left to check me when there was a, there was a change. It was a serious shift between Israel and the UK when that change came, we can see the undercurrents and I think what we are experiencing now, we are experiencing not for flight of the storm that has been created through political agendas, through the physical leadership that we see. And now we are we are experiencing the wave of the crash. Starting very possibly, when you look at the biblical speech, the biblical language between the UK and Israel, when when that become a change, a shift, physical shift, spiritual shift. Afghanistan, I mentioned Afghanistan, because that was a certain part of war, certain areas of that certain there was a certain certain spiritual shift and certain physical implications with that as well. And then we've had wars we've had smooth small wars and rumours of wars, everything out. And then we've come up to this point where we are we've had Brexit we've had COVID, now we've got the monarchy, so And thank God for, for that gracious leader that we've had Queen at Queen Elizabeth. And I'm not lifting please, I'm very respectful, and we never have enough time to speak about it. Very respectful of Her Majesty, the way she led Christ, the way she led Christ, her personal belief. And we need to unpack the fabric of that believer in the God of Israel. So what we have had from Israel, for the UK, cut him right back was it 94, you'll have to check that and going back and checking that myself when you look at that, and then you got Afghanistan, you've got political leaders involved in that. And then you've got the area of Brexit, there was almost a calmness or stillness, but there was rumours or was Brexit COVID, the situation through the monarchy, so we got physical and spiritual, physical and spiritual running together. And it's the same with the Moses and the Joshua, physical and spiritual, physical, and spiritual. And then we see that across a Calvary, we see Christ, the physical and the spiritual, moving together, you always have the physical and the spiritual. And you will have the return of Christ which will be a physical and a spiritual. So the physical and the spiritual go together. So we are experiencing, and I believe what we've experienced quite a strong move physically, but but stronger, spiritually, but because where we live in the greatness of technology, and the greatness of the human mind, and the thinkers and the computers, and the way technology is, and the way science is and the way mathematics is and the way quantum physics is being used at the moment to try and grapple with life expectancy itself. And the way that we think that we control life and then when suddenly, there is a change, a tectonic undercurrent change. Suddenly, humanity gets shifted in a way, they thought they had full control on its own mortality. And suddenly, when you see the image of Queen Elizabeth in the casket, with the flag draped over, understanding that she is in that vehicle, how thin life is, and how quick life is. So God is telling us tonight through the Holy Word, do not be discouraged and do not be afraid, but meditate on the word day and night. We are seeing a change in leadership. However you want to look at that. However you want to unravel that. However, you are asking God to reveal that we are seeing a serious change in the tectonic plates under humanity, shifting and changing the undercurrents change before you see the physical. So we are experiencing serious change within the UK and within the fabric of the of the world. Hebrews chapter 12 Verse two, keep your eyes on Jesus, the author and the perfecter of your faith. God bless you, God strengthen you, God guide you. And God leads you I thank you so much for joining us tonight, wherever you are. May God bless you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. I'm gonna give this voice a rest. I'm gonna get my tongue tuned for rest. May God bless you in the name of Jesus. We thank you from the bottom of our Whether you're in New Zealand, America, whether you're on the other side of this church capturing this live stream broadcast, or whether you are in the world of podcasting, you can find us tonight. Just look on the socials. Just look in Spotify. I Heart Radio, Amazon music just typed in. Reverend Ben Cooper is podcast reason which How'd you like that? So don't get caught up in all the layers of all the helium. Em is enormous denomination and everything is labelled up as Elam. So we decided to take that out and to label Artemis, Reverend Ben Cooper. You can find that and you can find all the discussing and talking about we've got new guests coming in. We've got we're going to press the world of podcasting a lot more as we accelerate as we walk further forward. Also on the socials Good night, God bless. May God strengthen you. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ. I'm out of here. Jesus name, amen.
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