Good morning, everybody. Thank you so much for joining us on this broadcast. Wherever you are across the earth this morning, we thank you so much for your lives, whatever your day may look like. Just remember that God is with you wherever you are, and do not be afraid, do not be afraid. We're going to turn straight to the Gospel of Mark chapter four and reading from verse 40, verse 40, of Mark chapter four. And for anyone that is afraid this morning, anyone that is worried about what they are seeing through the monarchy, through life, through church, for business, for home, through wherever it may be, whatever your situation is, this morning, please, please do not worry, there is always a way forward. You know, as we focus on The King of kings and the Lord of lords, as God is with you, whatever your situation is, across this earth. God just continued to guide you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, you can find us on Buzzsprout, Spotify, I heart, radio, Amazon, music, and so many other platforms. But if you're joining us this morning, across the socials, thank you so much for joining us across the other side of the world. Whatever your situation is, I really believe in the word of God. And as we sit as we stand, as we rest, as we be still this morning, whatever your day is looking like, remember Christ has gone before that there is nothing new under the sun. He is with you with trouble, he is with you in good, the bad the ugly times that all them times, Welcome, guys, to everybody that's on the mics that's gathering around the word of God this morning. But as we just rest, and as we be still we pray for healing over your lives, we pray for peace over your lives. We pray for blessings over your lives. We pray for miracles, over and within you wherever you are this morning, let healing abound in your body. But let's just get straight into the Word of God. And I'm just led to Mark chapter four, Mark chapter four, verse 40. And it's it's such a simple scripture this morning. And this is what Christ is saying to His disciples. And if you are a believer, Christ word is speaking directly to your heart today. If you are a believer, this is what Jesus is saying to you. And he said to his disciples, Why are you afraid? Why are you so afraid? I just pray that wherever you are, that you will not allow fear to run your life that you will just trust in the Lord thy God with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding, as the scripture says, but to trust in Christ. So let's just be bound in prayer. We're here for coffee, we're here for prayer with ever communion, we're here for the Scripture. We're here because we are gathering in the name of the Lord. So whether you're at your desk, whether you're at home, whether you're just coming back from school, run, whether you're commuting, whether you're travelling, wherever you are, across this earth this morning, whatever your life looks like, let's just pray together, let's just stand together, let's be still together, whatever your life looks like, let's just take these moments out, you know, as you're capturing this broadcast right now, or, or later on today, or through the world of podcast in a week later, whenever it may be. Yeah, good morning, to someone that's joining us across the other side of the Earth. I can see you there. From Pakistan, I believe God bless you and your ministry, your life, and whatever is happening in your world, and all those in New Zealand, all those across the world at this moment. Thank you so much for joining us, as we are gathering around the word of God. But I feel that this is on my heart this morning. And Jesus said to His disciples in Mark, chapter four, verse 40, and he said to his disciples, Why are you so afraid? So if we are afraid, remembering what the Scripture also says, perfect love drives out all fear, perfect love, the love of God, the love of the Father and the Son, the Holy Spirit. We are living in very precarious times within the world within the UK, and wherever you are, whatever government you are under, is the government for Christ or is the government for itself that is the question that we are looking at within our hearts today is the system filled with the power of God? And when I say the system, we understand what we are referring to, to the leaders of the nation that we are in, are they God fearing? Or are they for the world? Are they for humanism? Are they for Christ? Are they for whatever they can gain or are they for the people? You know, are they for the church? Or are they for themselves? Whatever and wherever and whoever and wherever Part of this world that we are this morning. Let's just bring our governments before the Lord, let's bring our leaders before the Lord. Let's bring those in them awkward situations this morning leading nations leading governments leading businesses, leading whatever it may be if you are a leader, I pray this morning that you will feel the love of God and the power of the Holy Spirit in your life and you will lead with godly wisdom. And you will lead with wise holy counsel because that's what we need here in this nation, we need leaders that will lead with godly wisdom that will lead with a godly heart that will lead with the Word of God with everything with about commandments about everything wrapped up in the Word of God, you know, without going in too much depth of how we should lead and what we should lead with. But we know what we are basically saying in this coffee impress a father this morning, because anyone feels afraid today. If anyone feels fearful today, if anyone there God is just in a place lot of worry and anxious thoughts about their bodies, about them their financial stretch about their children, about their marriage, about their life, about their ministry about their home place. Lord, I pray to God for for everyone this morning that is joining us on this broadcast. We pray for those on the other side of the world wherever they sit, wherever they walk, whatever is going on in people's lives today. I pray that you will lead us, Lord and we will have Godly counsel around us Father that we will have wise counsel, Lord that the word of God will be pressed upon the tablet of our heart but Lord this morning, as you tell us through Your Word in Mark chapter four, verse 40. And he said to his disciples, Why are you so afraid? And then Jesus goes on and he says, Do you still have no faith? Lord, I pray this morning that my faith will rise, Lord, Lord, if we are looking for healing, I thank you that our faith Lord is rising. If we're looking for the miracle, our faith is rising. Lord, if we are looking to you, our faith is rising. Because faith comes from hearing the message and the message is heard through the word of God. So Lord, we thank you that our faith Lord is lifted when we're in the power of God's Word. We thank you that when we worship when we praise you, when we come before you, Lord, when we have the conversation for the power of prayer, Lord, we bring everything to your life of our lives before your throne this morning law we lay everything at your footstool, it's morning, children, marriages, relationships, home life, our parents, our sisters, our brothers, our work colleagues, our brothers that are with us in this broadcast. Everybody online father we Lord, can we use this terminology, Lord, we we bring a big blanket prayer this morning, Lord, Father bring all of us peace. We just pray for peace across every nation that we're in. We pray for peace in governments, we pray for peace, Lord, in the system of life, we pray for peace for those that are in turmoil. Lord, in their in their health, we pray for those that are worried about their mental health. their well being Lord, we pray, Father, that you will touch hearts today that hearts will be healed. Lord, that forgiveness will Lord will abound, Lord, that we will forgive. And we will lay anything down that is disturbing us love from our past at the cross of Calvary. Because Lord, what have we got to fear of as Jesus said to His disciples, Why are you so afraid? Now? What my eyes and my heart is drawn to? And that scripture says so afraid? Not just afraid, but so afraid? I'm so afraid today I'll be in that position that we are afraid of what's happening? Are we afraid of what's happening around us? Are we afraid of what's happening in governments in in the monarchy? Are we afraid from what we see on the TV the weather system? Are we afraid of Universal Credit? Not not coming our way quick enough? Are we afraid for for housing situations? Are we afraid for our work? Are we afraid for our families? What is it that's putting fear in our bodies so low? Wherever it is, we pray that you will remove that Lord, Father, if we feel tired today, remove the tiredness, Lord, if we are weary today remove the weariness. But Lord, we are children of the living God and we are blessed and highly favoured. And Lord, we thank You Father, that you directly spoke to your disciples and you said, Why are you so afraid? So Lord, whatever that is, upon any one of us within any one of us, upon our Natural Humanity, Lord, if any one of us is afraid, Lord of what's happening in religion and church and in, in, in education, if we're afraid, because we're off to university if we're afraid because we're going to new schools, if we're afraid because the home life is stretched, if we're afraid because the pressure of work, the pressure of living, if we're looking after a family member, if we're caring for someone low, we're tired and we're exhausted and we got to do everything around the house and we're worn out We pray for all those that are caring for their loved ones. We pray for those that are just exhausted with life. Those father that just feel torn and weary and and just feel that this humdrum life what is it all about and all those that are asking the question, Why, Lord, Lord, why, Lord, I'm afraid but I'm not sure quite why Lord, I woke up this morning, and I don't feel myself today I feel a bit off points that fill a bit under the radar. Lord, please help me Jesus. So Lord, anyone, Lord, that to us is just saying Help me Father, Lord, guide me, Lord, be in our families, be in our home life law. Be in in the ministry, Lord, help us as we lead help us as we work help us as we, as we just live. And as we tread the boards of humanity. Father, I pray for all those that just feel that they're on the boat, and Christ is in the boat and Christ was asleep with them. They got ahold of him and they woke him up from verse 35. Through to verse 41. They shook him they woke him up, and they said, Teacher, don't you care? Does anyone this morning have that on their heartbeat? Jesus? Don't you care about me? Don't you care about me, Lord, you're, you're with me. But Lord, I feel like you've switched off, Lord, you're with me, but I feel like you're asleep. Lord, you're with me. But I feel like Lord, you're you're not focused on me, Lord, you're with me in the boat at this moment. But you're snoring Jesus, Lord, you're, you're with me. I'm the one that can see the storm coming in this Squall. I can feel the waves and how can you sleep Jesus and I'm petrified of the storm. Really, really a powerful interest in Bible study. That is Jesus calms the storm. Jesus told them, let's go to the other side. So he knew what was going to happen. Christ is with you in the boat of life. Christ is with you. In in your culture, in your life, whatever is going on Christ is with you. And he's not asleep. He's not asleep. He sees the beginning from the end the end from beginning He is a bright morning star. And he is the King of kings and the Lord of lords. And sometimes it feels like just like the disciples, we have to go up to Jesus and almost shake him. But don't forget that to physically get hold of him and wake him up. Teacher they shouted out Teacher, don't you care if we drown? It feels like maybe it's just me it feels like at the moment that we're almost a full flood stage. At the moment. In the UK, there is lots of things happening, that it feels like the Thames is about to burst its banks, it feels like the river is overflowing into lives into situations it feels like there's a lot of pressure. It feels like a you know, workplace is expecting people to perform, you know, marriages in marriage out of marriage, whether you're in a relationship out of relationship, in church, out a church, whatever your life is, at this moment. I believe that there are many believers actually saying, Why, Lord, why, Lord, we might be saying, Why Lord, and I would imagine if I was in this situation with these guys in the physical presence of Christ, I think what they are doing is asking the question that we have as well, but they physically shook him. Why, Lord, why? Why you are the creator of heaven on earth. Why is this storm on us? Why is this situation happening? Why do I feel unwell? Why do I feel tired? Why are these waves breaking over my boat today? Why Jesus? Why, Lord, help me? That is the question, isn't it? Why? Because Jesus says that to them. Why are you so afraid? What is it? What is it disciples? What is it Ben, what is it? What is it system? What is it brother? Why are you so afraid? Whatever it is, if you can't put your finger on that this morning, if you can't work that out, or you're always struggling to work out, and it's been burning for a long time, and it's been a slow, steady burn, in your mind, in your head or wherever, just just say, Lord, I just I don't know why. I actually don't know. I think it is a combination of everything just flooding me. A combination of the lacks the gifts, the bats, the wires, the pains, the aches, that you feel uncomfortable in your body today, is there pain upon your body, just hand it over to Jesus? Why Lord, but let's just remind ourselves also, that he says I will never leave you nor forsake you. He's with you to the very end of this age. His love is unconditional. And remember what that that great writer wrote Three times I pleaded with the Lord. But he said, My grace is sufficient for you. So Lord, if I'm in pain, your grace is sufficient. If I'm weary, your grace is sufficient. If Lord I feel a bit unusual today, your grace is sufficient. Because when I understand how powerful your Grace says, Your grace and Your love and Your mercy overrides everything else. So Lord, keep me in the Word. Keep me in the Word. Keep me in the Word keep me in. Keep me in because sometimes Lord, I'm tired and wobble out though. Keep me in Lord keep me on the potter's wheel. So Father This morning, we pray, Lord, as you ask your disciples the questions, why? Why are you afraid? What you're worried about? What you're worried about? Christ is asking the question this morning. Why? Why are you? Why are you so afraid? Actually, Jesus, I'm not quite sure. I think it's everything, Lord. I think it's a combination of just living in this time in which we are alive. And I believe Christ is saying this peace be with you, as he came back, and if he stepped into that room for Thomas, Peace be with any one of you this morning. I got peace, transcend your pain. May God's peace transcend an arch over your fears and your worries and your doubts. May the love of God just be wrapped over around within you. May God's power and His anointing just refresh you today. Let I pray that the word of God will sustain you that the word of God will will just carry you through that is love and His mercy. If your body is aching, God is with you. If you are tired, God is with you. If you are weary and downtrodden, because of what God is, with whatever your situation is, let's just remind ourselves that God is with every one of us. Father, bless us all on the mics off the mics in the house out there out, Lord on the broadcast, not with us on the broadcast wherever we are, father. As you ask the question across this nation, why are you afraid church? Are you afraid believers? Why are you afraid UK? What are you worried about? I'm not sure, Lord, maybe it's a combination of everything. Everything is just coming to the left, the right, the front and the back. The Northeast, the south and the west. Lord. Come, Lord, help us we pray. In Jesus name. Amen. Lord, thank You, Father. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you,
Donny Stockburn:God's good. And I want to read you a letter in prayer. Stay in prayer that God guide me two days ago, and hits titled, don't be afraid of the hard times. Ben's just been preaching on that we don't meet or have any words to each other before this session. Just goes to show you how accurate these these prayers are Lord. So I just want to read you this letter. It touched my heart so much I thought, please got it attached to everyone else's. And its title is don't be afraid at hard times. And it says seasons, when we cry God, well, I if you don't help me, I will die. I can't do this anymore. I need you now, times when doubt and fear come in Lord and all the what ifs. But look back. Every time through the tough times, God has been faithful. And afterwards, we have become more faithful, even died a bit to ourselves. We have tried harder. So in more than so in more than ever we did when all was well. Much more than these, those times when we go in was easy. We have to go through them. It's part of the vise. In those hard times we seek Him more than ever before. We need to grow in faith. This is the why it happens. This is why we grow. It's not in the good times. It's not in the easy times when we seek God. But most of all in the hard times. Even though hard these those times are a blessing. We will all go through our times. We can even rest in those times. Not just knowing God is faithful, but experience in his faithfulness. let God work in your life. He has a plan and he is faithful. Lord, that study no one will work for you. I just want to read you this. He said in this you greatly rejoice, though for now for a little while. If you need to be you have been grieved by various trials, and that the genuine so that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold, that perishes, though it is tested by fire may be found to praise honour and glory of God. One Peter one, verse five, verse six down to verse I. And, Lord, that that is so true Father God, that we are going through our times now and tough times. Facing things that perhaps our generations have never faced. But certainly they did. When us on the Earth Lord and your disciples went through these hard times, and Lord, we do cry out, and we wonder what's going on. But here it is, Lord, is your work. We have to go through those times, to test and fire are faith, there's no other way. But to go through those troubles, Lord, and which is praise you that you've given us His word, this let alone, this letter that I've read you was written by a man in prison right now for for preaching the gospel on the streets. He's been in prison for 70 odd days for preaching the gospel, exactly. Like in the days of the disciples. These days are the same. And the answer is the same. For me, he's getting into the prayer, prayer, we're getting to the prayer, Lord, drag us in there, drag us in their feet. First father got into the prayer room, where the battle has gone against the spirits in dark spirits in high places. Far, God, you said, the world is not against flesh and blood. So far, God, we pray that the prayer room will become more and more, used Father God and allow the enemy we'd love to shut that down. But thank God we put on prayer. My prayer today is the prayer room, the prayer of the war, the Father God, and that your children, your people, in order, even when they are in the water, like Peter sinking beneath his waves, and they can't even get their hand above the water, Lord, that you will reach down and pull us up for God in your gives it strength. And sit us up and fill us with Your glory will fill us with the Holy Spirit. Thank you, Lord, I pray that we will get in that prayer room, Lord, and we will battle and we will be persistent and consistent. Yes, little prayer for God. And now that these hard times were going through your blessing Lord, they're blessing our lives. They're growing our faith and making the strongest. That's the reason. So this land rights. Don't be afraid at hard times. He's in prison going through them. But he's been blessed in all sorts of ways. And it'll be the same for us. So far, God, when we face whatever we're facing, as Ben pointed out so many different ways. We're facing troubles Lord, Father, God reminds us now this morning, that these this is all part of your plan. Fairly good that you take us through troubles, and we do cry out God, where are you? I can't stand no more. I'm gonna give him I'm finding this that any of all those things finally got. You've heard them all before. And you know the answer for God, that this is the way you will strengthen our face. This is the way you will make us stronger. And assignments for Paul Lord even gave up his life if we gave ourselves up with his in so much trouble. And he said, why did why did God let this happen? It was strengthened me so he could send me anywhere into any place. I could surrender my whole life to Him. The thought of God we just pray in Jesus name. This is the way this is the why Lord, this is a wider, stronger five. This is the reason a so don't be afraid of the hard times, though a blessing from God. God will make them a blessing her life. So far, God we asked you now to get us in that prayer room alone and to do battle to do war, which we're in Lord, Father God, I pray for everyone who's hasn't even got the strength to pray now. Right now Lord, God, write down and Father God or pray you. pick us up, pull us up. And Lord breathed that life into us. Breathe Your Holy Spirit into us. Fall God revive us. And Lord, we ask this in Jesus name. Amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Amen. Thank you, Lord. Thank
Glenn Walsh:you, Gia. Bet all's I'm looking at to chronicle 17. This is around the time of Ahaz. So if you read the end of one kings, you'll see he has with his wonderful wife chairs about worship demonic forces and led Israel a straight Jehoshaphat Jehoshaphat his son succeeded him as king and strengthened himself against Israel. First thing he does strengthened himself against Israel, his brothers. This is the craziness. He strengthened himself against his brothers. Why? Because of the demonic influence coming from his brothers. So when you've got a you have, you've got Elijah, Elijah, you've got all that going on. You've got the prophets of Baal fire from God consuming them all. You've got a larger fleeing for his life fit your full, the man of God fearful because of the Jezebel and the Jezebel spirit. But this is what Jehoshaphat does. Okay. They talked throughout Judah, amen. Take him with them. The law of the Lord. They went around to all the towns of Judah and taught the people and they see is two Chronicles 17 Verse 10, the fear of the Lord fell on all the kingdoms of the lands man surrounding Judah. Yes, Lord so that they didn't make war with Jehoshaphat some Philistines but Jehoshaphat gifts of Sylvan tribute, and the Arabs brought him flocks, this Jehoshaphat getting on with the business of God, not allowing that ungodly influence from his own. What's supposed to be spiritual brothers influence him instead, they taught the fear of the Lord. Jesus say, Don't fear those who can kill the body then do no more. Yeah, but feeding him after killing the body can also help the fear of the Lord. Good. thing is we go on with the story. There's later on. And where was it? Verse 15. This is Josephat. And that basically, they're surrounded by Moab. Anyway, yeah. This is what the Lord says, Do not be afraid, or discouraged or moon, because of this vast army. Do you sometimes look out your window? What on earth can I do? What look going on Lord? And God says for the battle is not yours, but God's. The battle is not yours. God's. And then later on, he says, this is two Chronicles 20 Go out and face them tomorrow and the Lord will be with you. Isn't that our promise? God is with us. Always. He's always with us. It's his battle. He has purchased us with a price we belong to him, where his treasured possession on their own fights. For our attention. What ungodly influence is trying to bring us down. What things are we holding on to that we're scared of letting go off? Wherever our real security? Yeah, I mean, God that cannot be shown up and do not fear those. There are so many people throughout history, who've lost everything who surrendered their lives to the flames or to the source. Because of Jesus. Yes. And we look at the first martyr, Steven, thank you. Are you standing in? What did he say? Where was his vision? What was he saying? It's almost as though he was oblivious to the stones. He says, I say the Son of God, seated at the right hand of the Father. That's where he was. That's where his focus was. And that's where the Spirit took him. So Lord, we do pray that we would be like Jehoshaphat. Lord, that we would take your word seriously. And we will continue to preach to teach what your word says is true. Not what people want the word to say. What your word actually says, Lord, we want to thank you, Lord, that we are yours and you are ours. And nothing can separate us from you. Lord, we thank You that You've promised to be with us in every circumstance of life. Yes, father, and then we see you face to face. You are peppered of Great Price. There's nothing else Lord, there is nothing else. Thank you for redemption. Thank you for salvation. Thank you for your grace, thank you for forgiveness of our sin. And thank you, Lord, that you have rescued us from ourselves. And we pray for your peace to reign over all those who are fearful when they look at the windows rather than seeing a vast army. Let them say, I look to the hills. Where does my help come from? It comes from the Lord. Yes, these battles are not ours. They're yours. And you'll be with us. Always succumb Holy Spirit, God give us then peace that transcends all understanding. And let us see things as they truly are under your authority.
Andy Hammond:Just thank you that we can come before you today. We can come before you because you've always promised to be there to stand and cover our backs. You cover the direction in which we go. So long Father, we just lift to you today. Solomon who's in hospital at the moment, we see this prayer requests from joy. Father, we ask, we don't know what the situation is, but we asked for a complete healing for him, that you will be with him that your spirit will raise him up to there will be a miraculous healing for him. And we are saying in the powerful name of Jesus. Amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Thank you, Lord. Thank you for miracles law.
Andy Hammond:Thank you. Thank you, Glenn for taking us to two Chronicles. I've also had two Chronicles open but different is not exactly the same. I just feel the time of where our country is at the moment, bearing in mind what's going on with Queen Elizabeth dying and Charles coming to the throne. And in two Chronicles seven. This is when Solomon finishes building the temple. And King David wasn't allowed to build a temple, because he had blood on his hands because he was a warrior, and had fought many battles. God said to him, Your son Solomon will be will build it. And there is this well known verse in two Chronicles seven, verse 14. And I think this could be a situation now for our own country. Yes, so where we are at the moment. There's a grief that has gotten across our country, at the loss of Queen Elizabeth who was, I believe, a servant of God. And it says here in verse 14, If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and compensate my face and turn from their wicked, wise, help me love, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. Amen. Thank you, what a call for all of us at the moment, that we should come humbly before God and ask Him to forgive us for all our sin, all the wrong things that we do, the wrong things that we think and the things that we don't do, because we can do it by omission as well. We We pray, Father, that you will come until our land. We we the whole country is in turmoil with in economic terms, we pray, Father, that you will come and build up our land that you will bring comfort that you will bring healing. So many people I speak to a need a special touch from God, a healing from God. And Father, there are barren places in our country at the moment heal when we need healing. We need just people coming and turning to you, Lord, we pray that now there will be an amazing turnaround of people looking to you, who've gone away from you, Father, I feel that there is a whole swathes of people in our land who have turned away from you. And we ask now that you bring revival, people will come back to you that our churches have been empty. People have fallen away that churches will be filled again, wanting to come and find you to be able to be in relationship with you to be able to worship you. So we pray that now Father, that this will be sir. So we just say Come Holy Spirit. Come Holy Spirit, do your work. We pray that in your powerful name, amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Amen. Thank you, Father, thank you Holy Spirit. Father, we do pray, Lord, as we come to the breaking of bread and take another cut very, very soon. Father, we just pray for the leadership across this nation, Father that you were touched all the politicians everyone in the monarchy is Lord everyone. Lord in in some form of leadership in the church, out in business Lord, wherever whatever Lord, we pray for leadership. Lord on every layer of life, Lord across this nation, Lord that you will lift up leaders. Father, we will be leading Lord God there will be a leading with godly counsel. Father we pray, Father for those that just feel weary. Lord, again, those that need healing FATHER, LORD, just bring that healing law to their mind their body. In a most being Lord, Father, thank You, Lord, as we walk by faith I pray, Lord, that our faith will increase. As we hear the word of God we pray, Lord, that the churches will preach Lord sound doctrine that the word of God will come across all authority and power, Lord, that we will not hear sermons and preaching and teaching by opinionated world, orchestrated sermons, Lord God, but we will hear the Word of God the Father was to hear the words all the way that this nation will hear give us is to hear give us little give this nation is to hear the word world fall. that let every every heart hear the word let every ear, hear the word let every I see the word of God. Father through schools, through education through colleges, Lord through through the university as father for every layer of education all the way through Ofsted all the way through. We pray, Father, that the name of Jesus will be exalted that at the name of Jesus Lord, there will be power Lord. So Lord, we thank you for the power that is in the name of Jesus and every knee shall bow. We pray for strength for Lord, we pray, Lord for understanding we pray, Lord, that we will understand what it means when that that writer wrote Father, I pray I pleaded with you for three times I pleaded, I pleaded, I pleaded, I called I called. I was screaming out, I was shouting out I was praying out, Lord, I prayed and I prayed and I prayed. And you said your greatest sufficient, Lord, help us to understand how powerful your greatness help us to realise, Lord, give us revelation on the word grace. Help us to understand how powerful that grace is from the fall and what that means follow the power in that word alone, that your grace is sufficient for us. So Lord, this morning, all those that are crying out that are pleading that have got tears running down their face, Lord, their hearts are beating Lord because of worry, Lord of all those that are petrified what they're facing at this moment in time. We pray for those that are in hospital, those that are in prison, those day guard that are in hospices, those that have been nursed at bedsides at this moment, we pray Father, for for every area of care across this nation, Lord, physically, Lord, and also Father, we pray for those that just are at work, load that just felt so exhausted with everything that's going on. Those load there are home load all those load that have so much uncertainty net their focus at this moment, Lord, we pray that you will remove the uncertainty, Lord and you will bring peace to the house, you will bring peace to the workplace, you will bring peace to the college, to the university to the to the business set in law to the wherever there is peace needed, we thank you that peace is arriving and has arrived. So Lord, You tell us that you will never leave us as orphans, or those that just feel that they are an orphan that there is no one on this earth for them. We thank you that our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Our Father, You are our father and, Lord, let our hearts realise this morning that our Father is in heaven. And we are sons and daughters of the living God wherever we are, across this this world. Whatever we are doing at this moment in time, whether we are leaders in congregations, whether we call ourselves agnostics, whether we just skip into this broadcast. And we actually refer to ourselves, Lord, as non believers, as atheists, humanists, whatever it may be, Father, we thank You that Your word overpowers all those earthly terminologies. Lord, all those earthly labels that we put on ourselves, because Lord, we thank you that you are breathing life, you are the life giver. And this morning we bring before you, the family of the monarchy, Lord, we ask You, Lord, that we just look at them as sons and daughters of the living God. Every one of them in the monarchy this morning, we pray, Lord, that we will just lift their title above the head off of them today and just realise that their grandsons, their granddaughters, their children, their their sons, their daughters, their friends, Lord and they've they've lost someone in their life. And Lord, as they are in a goldfish bowl as the world is looking at them. Lord, I pray that you will shield them that you will carry them through bereavement today, Lord, we pray, Lord for the king, we pray, Lord, for for him today, all the way through his his line all the way through Lord, his genealogy all the way through his family, all the way through his life, even the ones that work in a palace, all those that serve the Queen, all those that are going through bereavement, Lord, I pray, Father, that you will bring peace to them, all those that have had some form of work connection or those that have had some, some form of connection with Queen Elizabeth floor father, all those that suffer in bereavement Lord as we take the labels off. We are just human beings. We are just human beings. So all those across this earth that are going through one stretch of bereavement, bring peace to their homes today's look, whether there's the labour of the king over the door or label over the door. Just me, whatever the worldly label is, Lord, it still doesn't help us to get through the sense of loss of a parent of a friend, of a child of a brother or a sister, whoever that is, or those that are going through grief, all those that are going through loss. All those are that backhauled in pain this morning. Yes, father bring peace. So, Lord, as we come to the table, now, we come to the breaking of bread and taken of the cup, Father, cover us. Cover us, Lord with the word. Can I just give? Certainly,
Andy Hammond:some more scriptures I place him. In Joel chapter two. There's a heading there read your heart. Yes. And it says even now declares the Lord returned to me with all your heart with fasting and weeping and mourning. Read your heart and not your garments, returned to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. And he relents from sending calamity. So, Father, we just stone, as Ben has been praying about the royal family, as he was saying those words I just had the word unity for the royal family that they need to be gathering together in unity, all the issues that we've read about in the press that we can ignore that. But yes, they need to be joined together as a family. Thank you. Jesus brings Oh, we pray that for them now. And, Father, we just thank you that it is a question of where our heart lies. What, what do we believe? How do we feel when we look at our Saviour, his same range your heart, not your clothes. It's not to be an outward thing. In fact, it's to be an inward saying, Where where are we, with our hearts? What do we believe? How do we feel? And there is this is a command returned to me. Yes, father, and God is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, and abounding in love. He's draws out his love for each one of us. And do you want us to go into communion now? Yes, please. Father, we just although Glen's got a word to say.
Glenn Walsh:Something I can just say is be very careful who you make alliances with. You know, I'm still with Jehoshaphat. And he has and yeah, he has his son a Uzziah. Yes, file, the only two mistakes Jehoshaphat did because he really walked with the Lord was he made an alliance with Ahaz. And then with a like, I had some desire. And what it says, When He rested when eventually his life comes to an end Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of David, and Jehovah and his son succeeded and Miss King. Now Jehovah them the ways of Ahab, Jehovah follows. And he's Jehovah and king of Judah. It's when he established himself firmly over his father's kingdom. He then puts all these brothers to the sword. He, he goes into demonic, yeah, then demonic worship. The Lord of Rose, the Lord was against him. This is Chronicles to 2116, the Lord aroused against Jehovah and the hostility of the Philistines and the Arabs. And Elijah, the prophet writes him a letter sis, basically, he's Indian is not going to be good. And he dies of a bowel disease. These bowels literally fall out of his backside is it's after this the Lord afflicted This is verse 18, with Jehovah with an incurable disease of the bowels. Oh, in the course of time, at the end of the second year, he's bound was came out because of the disease and he died in great pain. And this is his epitaph. His people made no fire in his honour, as they had for his father's Wow, Jehovah was 32 years when he became king and he reigned in Jerusalem for eight years. He passed away to know one regret and was buried in the city of David but not in the terms of the king. Vigo therefore it all started Yeah, with an alliance with what was supposed to be God's people Israel, but they were not following after the Lord and read through the Book of Amos you'll see that the people who were following God or should have been following God, actually were not following God, and didn't even know when judgement was coming on.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Oh god Elba So
Glenn Walsh:Father, we pray that our allowance will be with you. Yes, father, not with the world and not with worldly influences, not even with those who call themselves brothers, but are not. Lords we pray that you would revisit your church afresh with your Holy Spirit and lead us in truth.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Thank you, Father,
Glenn Walsh:Lord, there's all through history man has saw all sorts of things, but not your Holy Spirit. Church is filled itself if symbolism with liturgical things, and the words are good. But they don't want your presence. They don't want your Holy Spirit, Lord, the sons of God are those who are led by the Spirit of God. Your word says that lead us so we pray, Lord, we will be led by your spirit that your church will be led by your Spirit. Jesus, you said, My sheep know my voice. They cannot listen to another. We want to be led by your voice. And we want to be those who don't only listen but do succumb Holy Spirit, revive your church, revive us, let us know that you're with us. Always. And when we go out to face our battles, we know that the battle belongs to thank you, Jesus for your promises over our lives. Yes,
Reverend Ben Cooper:Father. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Holy Spirit, wonderful guy.
Glenn Walsh:And he would like me to break the bread today. And yeah, let's remember people of God, we were bought with a price. Okay, ransom was paid. All our sin, all of our lives the whole. From before we were born, to we'd gone and passed away. And lives are hidden with Christ in God. And he was pierced for our transgressions, and crushed for our iniquities. The price of our peace was laid upon him. Yes, thank you when he was with his disciples that night, and they were going through the Passover meal together, he took the bread of redemption. And he said, This bread is my body which is broken for you. Yes, while he's paid for our sin in full, and the punishment that brought us peace was laid upon him. Thank you, Jesus, for paying the price for us. And we take this remembrance of all that you've done.
Close:Amen. Amen.
Glenn Walsh:No other plate, said the body and blood of Christ.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Thank you, Jesus.
Donny Stockburn:Yeah, what a perfect salvation. We have absolutely perfect, faultless. We're in it. And God has brought us into it. And Lord, this was a night when you drove in that table, your disciples, it says here, Jesus said, with fervent desire, of desire to eat this Passover with you, before I suffer a lot. The next night when you prep us, we could say he was the closest to disciples you'd ever been. You'd look forward to that night so far. So long, Lord, and Father, we just pray that you will draw us close, as close as they were to you right now, all of taking this communion, that we be as close to you as a world, not just in the physical, but in the spiritual as well. Thank you, Jay. And I just sat and wondered, last night, what would Jesus say? What would he say to me? If I was sitting around that communion table, knowing that we were going to be facing the same almost as the disciples, knowing that we will be involved in battles, Lord, when we would be receiving wounds of all things that lie to our spirits, and to our bodies and insults and stuff like that, Lord, knowing all those things, what would you say to me, right now, if we drew on your table? Oh, no, I just put down there. It's in two Thessalonians chapter three verse in Scripture says that Jesus would just lean across and say, As for you, brothers, don't grow weary of doing good. What a word that isn't it and rejoice in hope. And be patient while I'm coming soon. Fix your eyes on what I gave Abraham to fix his eyes on. He looked down that telescope through time through 1000s of years, and he saw your kingdom law He saw the day when you would wipe away all tears from his eyes. When it be no death or dying or anything. He gave everything up together, and soda we Lord, which is joining in his table, Lord, me his Thank You, Lord, your blood. This is a symbol of your blood and your life poured out for us, Father God, so that we would be able to enter into that eternal life kingdom that Abraham saw Lord, and went for. And we ask this in Jesus name, Lord, we will have thankful arts every night and every day of our life, Father God, in Jesus name, amen. Amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Thank you, Father, we just rest on you this morning. And Lord, we thank you for this time together, Lord, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ and Lord as we stand, Lord, on the threshold of a new hour of a new second in our lives, orders, every heartbeat Lord is beating. We thank you that you are in full charge of our lives. But Lord as we lay, Lord, everything before you this morning, Father, we pray that you will sweep through this nation, you will sweep for every heart, Lord, every area of life farther that you will draw us closer to you for the church, the establishments, government, every building, Lord, every historical cathedral, Lord, every church, every place that says this is a church, every leader Lord in in the kingdom out of the kingdom, sweep our hearts through Lord. And Lord as we get back into life from wherever we are, if we've just paused for a while for this broadcast. Lord, we just ask you, dear God, that you will just be with this nation, Father that we will have ears to hear you. Eyes to say you so far, thank you that Your word is sharper than a double edged sword and your word is yes and amen. So Lord, I pray that we'll be sisters and brothers of the Word of God that we will be living by faith or that we will just be focused on Jesus, the author, the perfecter of our faith. Thank you for this morning. Thank you for everybody on line today, Lord, the Lord as we come to this close. And as we just say, God bless to everybody, Lord, on his broadcast, we just pray Father that you will be with everyone. Everyone. In Jesus name, amen. Brother, Randy is just going to mention something about the Bibles that you can get, and then we're we'll be out.
Andy Hammond:Yeah, thanks, Ben. If you need a copy of God's word, just get in touch and we'll get a copy of the Bible or New Testament to you. With no cost at all. Amen.
Glenn Walsh:There we are. I've got a final word that I believe people need to hear today. Yeah. And it's take up your positions. Stand firm. And see the deliverance the Lord will give you. Do not be afraid. Do not be discouraged. Go out and face tomorrow, and the Lord will be with you. That's two Chronicles 2017 Stand firm. See the deliverance the Lord will give you face tomorrow, that he is with you.
Reverend Ben Cooper:There we go. Amen. And amen. Thank you so much to everybody. That's on this broadcast this morning. Everybody that has dipped in and dip towel on wherever you are my brothers around the mics this morning, everybody that's in the church that no one can see where they are. But they are around the house this morning. All you guys that are on the other side of the camera on the lens today with us. May God bless you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Do not be afraid. Do not be afraid for the Lord thy God is with you wherever you go. In Jesus name. Amen.
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