Good morning and welcome. Thank you so much for joining us here this morning wherever you are across the earth may God bless you and strengthen you. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ. We were just pray for each and every one of us this morning. Oh Lord help us. What is this world all about the world is nuts. You can find this on I Heart Radio, you can find us on Buzzsprout, Spotify, I Heart Radio, you can find us on many social platforms, and the world is still nuts. This is the day that the Lord has made I shall rejoice and be glad whatever your press is across life today God is with you, wherever you are, God is with you. And the world might look a little bit wonky, a little a bit wobbly in a few places. But that is just according to the Word of God and welcome to everybody jumping on line this morning. As you're with us, may God bless you and strengthen you. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. It is Wednesday morning. It is coffee and prayer. There's three of us in the room plus the other three father son Holy Spirit. So there is six of us here today and uncountable angelic activity. But we're missing that really holy one. And one that glows. Our brother Randy is on mission this morning. So wherever he is mission or work, may God bless him and strengthen him as he gives out the Bibles and everything that goes on along with that ministry. And as we said earlier, you can find us on many social platforms as people are jumping online this morning. May God bless you and strengthen you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Whatever your press is across life this morning. God is with you if we can turn to Psalm 27 verse one, Psalm 27, verse one, are you afraid? Are you worried? Are you down for Id feel negative this morning? Do you feel a little bit down this morning? God is with you. You know, there's a lot of issues. And there's a lot of things within the UK, especially things happening around the world. But God is with us never give up. Never, ever give up. God is with us. But let's just be bowed in prayer. We'll read that first text out. And we're in Psalm 27, verse one, the Lord is the light of my salvation whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life, Whom shall I be afraid? It speaks about being afraid. And it talks about fear. So whatever your situation is, wherever you are, this morning, I pray that you will just feel the peace and the joy of the Lord shall be your strength. You know, the other evening, Monday evening, we were looking at the word peace and how much I needed that, at that particular point was just beyond human understanding and reasoning. So the joy of the Lord is your strength this morning, I pray that wherever you are, that you will just feel the presence of God and the Holy glory that is just on your life and never be afraid. Never. It's so easy, though, isn't it when people say don't be afraid, what you're worried about what you're, what you're concerned about. Each and every one of us is built very, very different. But each and every one of us has certain buttons and certain things going on within our live. And I just want to try and encourage you as we do this morning. to never give up to never, ever give up. Just keep pushing and just keep pushing and never, ever give up. There is always a way, you know, God protect you. And God makes a way where there seems to be no way But Psalm 27 verse one, and it says The Lord is the light. Or it says in the NIV that I should say the Lord is my light and my salvation. Two things. He talks about light and he talks about salvation. Jesus says I am the light of the world. And it talks about salvation. And we know that Scripture also says that God is our rock and he is the rock of all ages, and He is the light of our salvation and He is our God. So sometimes I just need to remind myself that I belong to Jesus. I belong to the king and sometimes I just got to leave things at the cross. But isn't that easy for someone to say, Oh, just take it to the cross. Don't worry, just leave it at the cross. But, Lord, how do I leave stuff at the cross? Lord, how do I how do I bring this stuff to you? How do I do it? Lord, add I get it out of my crazy mind some days or how do I get it from my head? To the cross, Lord, how do I how do I do that? God knows our thoughts. He knows our thinking. He knows our understanding. He knows who we are. He knows every area of our lives but God God is with you. And thank you for joining us this morning across the earth and may God I just strengthen you and guide you. Psalm 27, for those that are just jumping on line at this moment, The Lord is my light and my salvation whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life, Whom shall I be afraid? What a beautiful few words just put together there by the psalmist. The Lord is my light and my salvation. So he's my guide, he's my strength. He's everything that I need, he is my light, and he is my salvation whom shall I fear? There's nothing in this world that I should be fearful of. There's nothing around me I should be fearful of. Then he goes on. He says, The Lord is the stronghold. That and really interesting words that he dropped into there. He's the stronghold is, above all human strength. He is He is above all natural abilities. He is your stronghold, you know. And if you turn into Psalm 91, and you can read that beautiful first part of that Psalm as well, the Lord is the stronghold of my life, every area of my life, every millimeter, every facet, every corner, every part of my life. God is with you. And I just want to encourage you this morning, whether you're at university, wherever you're at school, whether you're college, whether you're at home, whether you're just feeling down this morning, whether you're at work, wherever you are, whatever you may be doing this morning, let's just remind ourselves, the Lord is our light. He is our light. The psalmist writes also in Psalm 219, Your word is a lamp unto my feet, a light for my path. You know your word is your word, your word is yes and amen. Your Word is everything. Your Word is my beginning, your word, is everything that I require. So the Lord is my light, and my salvation. And what I love about this is that you know what God gives us salvation. God saves us. God rescues us, God heals us, God guides us. But as we was talking off air this morning, you know, it's never removed from us, the situations are not removed. We are strengthened in the storm. We are encouraged through the scriptures in the storm. So whatever your storm is, this morning, be encouraged that there's a word for you, whatever your stress is, this morning, be encouraged that there's a word in that problem for you. You know, God doesn't remove it. He says, My grace is sufficient for you. And sometimes we can wrestle with that word blog. What does this great what is this great all about? I got a bit of a human understanding of it. I've got a bit of a bit of a platform on it. But Lord, I need to see it and I need to understand it more Lord, not just read it across the page, Lord, I really want to feel it. I want to see it Lord, I want it to be tangible or I want to smell the grace low because I need unlike Thomas today Jesus will unlike Thomas, unless I see him unless I will not believe I love Thomas when you think about Thomas, what a strong character, the boldness he wasn't frightened to talk in front of his earthly friends. He wasn't frightened to say unless unless I see him I'm not gonna believe you can have your belief system but I'm an individual, I need the miracle I need to see Jesus. If I do not see him, I ain't gonna believe it. And that's the end of it. You know, it there is there is something as a lesson there is a we know there are 1000 sermons wrapped up in that scripture of John with with with Thomas and as we've said, I think I don't label him as Doubting on label him as a you know, a strong, a man that has been honest and truthful. And speaking from his heart and just being completely open and being completely honest. And that's what I love about the characters in the Bible. When you look at them, they're not the stained glass window Church of England approach where they're up in there up in the up in the air, you know, holding a little lamb a little staff and I got lovely flowers and roses around and when you really look at the characters when you really look at the characters in the Bible, the Prophets when you look at a brand when you look at Moses, David, the prophets coming all the way through look at the Kings look at when you look at the characters of the human beings because that's what I've got to remind myself I am a human being Believe it or not, I am a human. I was birthed. I didn't come in on a fluffy cloud and laid in a manger I was birthed through that that canal that everyone comes in. And you know what's interesting is we come in the same way we go out the same way in and out. Doesn't matter how rich how poor doesn't matter what my age doesn't matter where I am across the world. You know, we see that recently last week with Her Majesty, you know, we all come in and we all go out the same way. But I just pray this morning if you feel like Thomas, hallelujah, if you're a protocol hallelujah. If you feel like a bit like David this morning, hallelujah if you feel like Moses, whoever and whatever you want want to Jake Have you might want to align yourself to one of the characters you know. But just to let you know, he is your rock, he is your rock. God is your rock. He's your light, he's your salvation. He is your King. He is your Redeemer. He is your rescuer. God loves you. God loves you as you are, you know, just as you are, he saved us as we are. And we are changing because of him not because we have the strength and the capabilities. But he's his love His unconditional love for us. You know, that beautiful part in the Scripture. His love endures forever, his love endures forever. His love endures forever over and over and over. So I'm just going to pray this morning. I'm going to hand over Glen to dawn this morning. And we pray for Andy today that God will guide him as they are given out the glorious Word of God as they are mission this morning and May God strengthen them and be with them as they hand the Word of God out. So let's just be back bowed in prayer wherever you are at your desk at home. Walk in, you know, we know people capture this later on this evening this morning, this hour whenever you may be capturing this broadcast. I pray that you will turn to Psalm 27 and you will find rest in this scripture. The Lord is the light of my salvation whom shall I fear the Lord is the stronghold of my life, of whom shall I be afraid Father in the name of Jesus? We come to you right now in the powerful name the greatest name in heaven on earth. Thank you for my brother, Don opposite and I thank you for my brother Glen. And I thank you for Randy that's not with us today. Thank you for everybody online. I thank you for all of our lives, Lord, even the people that we never see eyeball to eyeball but we know that there are underlying Lord all those that are under the sound lord of this, this voice this morning that are miles away. 1000s of hours away by aircraft, little touch their hearts in the name of Jesus, Lord wherever they are across the other side of the globe. Lord, strengthen them in their families, bless their house, bless their lives, Lord, all those that are in the church this morning, Lord is all everything is breaking out within the church thank you for everything that's going on here. Thank you for every church within the UK but Lord we ask You that You will breathe in every denomination. We pray Father that Lord that you will breathe Lord down the spine of the UK Lord that you will breathe life into this nation. We bring them we bring the leaders before you we bring the churches before you we bring the Education Department's before you we bring business we bring family life we bring the universal credit issues father the leadership issues Father, this nation is crying out for a savior. We need a king Lord we got one Lord with two legs, two arms, two eyes walking around but law we need the Savior of the world. We got the human one that we need. I can see Donnie check in on their Lord. Yeah, Lord, help me Jesus, please. So we got one but we want we want the greatest one. We want the king the King above all kings. And I'm not being disrespectful. I'm not being disrespectful at all, you know, thank God for the king of this nation. God bless him and strengthen him in the name of Jesus. So I'd want to fill them out shoes, that's for sure. But Father, in the name of Jesus, we come before you and Lord we pray. We pray, Lord, that your word father will penetrate our heart today that your Word will penetrate our skin Lord, that we will know who we are. And Lord, we know that who we are in Christ Jesus and no weapon forged against us shall prosper. But right now, in the powerful name of Jesus Christ, bless the monarchy. Bless the politicians, bless the system. Lord, bless the church, bless this nation. bless everyone that is in this nation this morning, wherever they are, strengthen everyone whether they wear a crown, or whether they're pushing a broom, whether they're walking, whether they're running whatever people are doing, it doesn't matter what our career is because our career and our jobs and our money and our notoriety means nothing because we come in the same and we go out the same so Lord what we have on the in between can often they take us away from you the more we got, the more we're caught by the world. So Lord, strip us back of all worldly stuff. strip us back of worldly thought, strip us back of a worldly desires strip us back Lord of the hunger, maybe of what the world is offering or because the Bible says each man is drawn away by his own loss of Father Lord, I pray, Lord that you will put our lust in a jam jar and tighten the lid up in the name of Jesus. Come Holy Spirit. Come Holy Spirit. We need to Jason's we got to be real me lord. We've got to be real. We got to be absolutely real because the psalmist says I know every word before you even spoke it before any thought You thought I know you're gonna think it before any physical stretch on this earth. I know where you're at be. Lord, you know everything. So why would I want to try and hide things? Why would I try and put things in in corner so you can't see it. Lord, you see, oh, you created all you are in all your about oh, and You are the King of kings and the Lord of lords. And I thank you for everybody online. Thank you for the leaders of this nation. Thank you for all businesses. I thank you for schools, colleges, I thank you for everything in this nation. Lord, I pray that you will bless everything, Lord, and you will move through everything. But Lord, open our eyes. Lord, we don't want to be on the Mayas Road, Lord and, and be kept from seeing Jesus. Lord, open our eyes this morning. Open our eyes please God, open our eyes we want to see open our heart today open our thinking, Lord, give us revelation or knowledge but bless Donnie and Anandi this morning. And Glen, everybody around us everybody in our lives, Lord, wherever and years or whatever school has gone into whatever whatever setting he's going into today to deliver the the Bibles We pray, Lord, that you will make away make away Lord, Father, all those that just feel weary today. Bless him. The father was a hand over to my two brothers, Lord and as they lead us through communion and prayer and scriptures. I just pray father for peace, peace, for the monarchy, peace through politicians, peace through human culture, peace through live peace through businesses, Lord, anyone, anyone today Lord that is breathing. Lord, let us just feel the love of Christ. In Jesus name. Amen. God bless you, my brothers, in the
Glenn Walsh:Psalms with you when I was looking at Psalm 136, wherever it starts, give thanks to the Lord for He is good. Nice guy doesn't get along so glad God is good. And then for his steadfast love how Jesus endures that ever. The Psalmist then goes on 26 times in Psalm 136, to say, his steadfast love endures forever. God's love endures. We think that endures, means enduring. It goes through it, it goes through it, and it comes out saying I love I love I love. And I'm sure God puts up with a lot from us. He does. David picks it up as well. This is Psalm 138. So just moving across the page. So 138 Verse seven, though I walk in the midst of trouble, you're there. Though I walk in the midst of trouble you preserve my life, thank you for stretching out your hand against the loss of my enemies, and your right hand delivers me the Lord's will fulfill His purpose for me, and your steadfast love. Oh, Lord, yes, found yours forever. David gets it. And David went through it. But he knows God's love endures yes over us. He knows us completely. We were chosen in him before the creation of the world to be holy, and blameless in his steadfast love endures forever steadfast means not wavering. Thank you, zoning to the left or to the right. Thank you inconsistent,
Reverend Ben Cooper:Yes, father,
Glenn Walsh:up in the midst of them. And he said something. And I just want to stop there for that. And Father God, I pray now, I can you still love me. When I annoy everyone Yeah, let's go to Hebrews 12. Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and sin which clings so closely. And let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. Amen. Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith. Thank you, Jesus, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the phone of God. Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted in your struggle against sin. You've not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood who he shed his blood, amen. And his body was broken forwards. Verse 28 of chapter 12. Therefore, let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken. Amen. And thus, let us offer to God acceptable worship with revenue. All right, God is a consuming fire. Thank you, Jesus that we were purchased by you. There Someone whose body was broken, who died, who was whose body was surrendered to the tomb. And three days later rose again, Risen Christ, we do this in remembrance of you. Amen, Lord,
Donny Stockburn:thank you,
Reverend Ben Cooper:thank you Father
Donny Stockburn:which is take this, this blood is symbolic, glass on whatever symbolic of your blood Lord. I asked the question, when was all Satan's plans for victory shattered? All his plans? All the plans he had. When did they get shattered? What was the atom bomb drop? God dropped on him. scattered all his plans, broke all his all his plans to have us Lord, where were they all broken? How did they all get by what was it you did, Lord, to destroy all the enemies plans. He was on that cross there who that blood of Jesus when this was shade. The moment this was shedload I mean, you gave up your life, Father, God, all his plans were broken forever and ever and ever and ever. And we became yours. Because your blood Lord, we receive life we receive your gift, god of God. And you took away all our sins, separate in between us in You, Lord could never been now. We are one with you, Father God. All third is blood is blood that redeemed us, bought us and can keep us and will keep us. Because you said it's finished. Everything is required. You did and is finished. And this is the blood who bought us food and eternal life, which is thank you Lord. In Jesus name. Amen. Amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:washed in the blood of Jesus. Thank You, Holy Spirit. Father, we thank You for this morning. Thank you for Glenn, thank you for dawn. Everybody online Lord and Father as we're just just in the stillness, Lord, as we're in the stillness this morning. Father, we just pray for those that are clicking in that just scrolling through the socials, Lord as we do. Because we do do that we just flick through and spend hour after hour Lord, and thank you, Father, this is no coincidence. Lord, we thank You, Lord, this everything is a God given opportunity. Because it's your plan to Father everybody that's clicking in Lord watching it now, broadcast later on today, a week, an hour, whatever it may be later on for this broadcast, we thank You, Father, for the power of technology that we're able to, to share the word to pray together to break bread together for those in Australia, Lord, all those across the other side of the world, that we can do this as often as you come together do some rooms of me and Lord, we were seeing the gospel Lord, fire around the world by the power of technology, reaching indigenous tribes in in areas of the world that we never thought existed. The power of technology. So Father, we thank You, Lord, for the way that you are using that, that we can see that Lord, another scripture made that very clear. At the end tires, the word will reach all four corners of the globe. Lord, sometimes we think how could that ever be, but Lord, the power of technology, beaming around the world. So Father, we thank You that we're able to have this time together, not physical. But isn't it interesting what the scripture says even though I can't be with you in spirit, even I can't be with you, or even physical, I'm with you in I'm with you in spirit, and with you in full on with you with prayer. I'm with you. So even though we can't be in the same room together, we are in a roundabout way through the power of technology. So may God bless your home. If this has been broadcast your home today, God bless your home. If you are in the persecuted church around certain parts of the world, and you're capturing this on your device, may God bless you in the name of Jesus. If you're on the other side of the globe, God bless you too. If you're at work, if you're local to us if you are at home, if you come in and in and out of this, this church, this ministry God bless you wherever you are today. And however you're capturing this broadcast, May God strengthen you. May God guide you. God will bless you. If you're in a storm. Just smile because God knows the storm God is with you. Gonna ask Glenn if he would close in prayer and if Don's got a scripture if anything they want to share just before we press the buttons. And but Glenn's gonna just lead us and Don will just just round us up in a moment and we'll just see how we go. And God bless everyone and before we do go any further, I just want to mention the Bibles the Bibles we got the the Bibles that good news for everyone. Don's holding it up there. He's got a picture of Don's face on the inside. So it does hold you know, they're really, really important. If anybody wants a Bible, please get in contact with us. And we can get your Bible there's been a few being pushed out. So it's, it's, it's a great ministry. We know what it was called, it was known as Gideons. Now, it's been renamed as good news for everybody. So if anybody needs a Bible, we were just just just send this email in and just send us a contact for the socials. But you can we can get that to you. No problem. Glenn and Dawn are now going to press out the door.
Glenn Walsh:Okay. Psalm 139, verse seven, where shall I go from your spirit? Where should I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you're there. If I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost part of the sea, even there, your hand shall lead me back. Your right hand shall hold me. Thank you, Lord, that there is no way. No way you cannot be with us when you promise to be with us. Always. That is a certainty. Yes, Lord, wherever we are, wherever people listening are, thank you, Lord, that you are there with them. And we pray Holy Spirit for your blessing. Your strengthening your encouragement, and your anointing. Yes, Lord, Lord, would you revive us? You said, Jesus, you do not hide a light under a bushel. We pray that we would burn for you. Or we would shine for you that in this world of darkness, we'd see Your kingdom come even through us, Lord, even through us through the anointing of your Holy Spirit. So we declare Reviver slot in your power for your glory, wherever we may be. Amen. Amen.
Donny Stockburn:Yeah. And I'll just pray for this. Yeah, just God's been speaking about storms. today. I just want to play again for you, all you who in storms, all of us who are in storms right now storms that come light storms of anxiety, storms of fears, storms of loneliness, storms, all kinds of things, troubles that come out of nowhere, and sometimes been brewing for a long time. But suddenly, they come into being in our lives. Father God, I pray for everyone who's in those storms. Now that this word in here in Psalm 62 Verse a trust in him at all times. Amen. Trust in him at all times. Father, God, I pray that that will anchor them, Lord, that they will keep them afloat that they will make sure that they get through the storms, Father God, that they trust you that we trust you. It says there trust in him at all times. All times, not sometimes, all times soon as Storm day one to 14 the whole distance. Stay with God. Trust Him. Trust Him, trust His Word. In Jesus name, amen. Amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:There we are. God bless every one of you, wherever you are today may the hand that God always and it will be upon you have a wonderful rest of the day wherever your timezone is whenever you capture this broadcast. I pray that the love of God will always be upon you and it will He says I'll never leave you nor forsake you have a great day. You can find us on Buzzsprout, Spotify, I Heart Radio and Alexa and so many other social platforms and Amazon Music God bless. Take care. We'll see you this evening at 730. Online as we have our Bible studies and as time progresses, we are getting back to imperson communion as we're doing some of that already and in person Bible studies as well as online and in that house again. So God bless every one of you have a great day. Jesus name, amen. Thank you for listening
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