Reverend Ben Cooper: 0:02

There we go. Yeah, we're back. We're back. Let's start it all over again. Good morning. And welcome. Wherever you are across this beautiful earth this morning at 944. We had to have a little revote of the good old internet this morning, whether you're listening via the power of podcast, or wherever you are, may God just bless you and strengthen you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. The Lord is with every one of us this morning, may God bless you and strengthen you wherever you are. There are a lot of people that are not well today. A lot of people that are not well at all suffering with all types of ailments. And wherever you are, whether you're working at home, whether you're in an office today, wherever you are, we just pray that God will lead lead you and guide you and strengthen you, as we just gather for coffee and prayer as we rest and be still and know that he's got many people away on holidays. Well, my two brothers are away today. May God bless Donnie, and Glen is not with us today. But God is with you. There is power in the name of Jesus, come on, let's just just rest and just pause and be still for a moment as we gather our thoughts as we just stretch out to him this morning. You know, the last few weeks, there's been a really strong word in my heart and that word has been peace. And that word continues to abound in my mind and my thinking, and I pray that wherever you are today, peace will abound in your heart, whether you're at home, whether you're just finishing the school run, whether you're at work, and whether you're just capturing this now, or you're gonna be listening to this via the power of podcasting in a week's time. I just pray for peace over your life that you will find strength. And you will find rest for your innermost being that you will never give up. You will never give up when you have the courage to press in. And you have the courage to walk strong in the name of Jesus, you know, there is always hope. There is always hope. So wherever you are, let's just just be bowed in prayer this morning, we're going to have some prayer time we're going to turn the first scripture I have this morning is from the Old Testament, and I'm talking to Andy, just before we came on air this morning for this broadcast before we press the buttons, the book of Joshua, I feel that there is a need for peace across this nation, I feel that there is a need for rest. And I also feel that there is a need for courage. And I pray that you will find the courage in the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, the courage and the strength just to continue just to continue. You know, the Bible says all have sinned are falling short of the glory. It is not referring to continuing to keep failing, but to continue to keep pressing in. So I ask and I pray wherever you are, at this moment in time as we are just gathering on the word and in the word and through the word that you will just feel the love of God that you will have courage in your innermost being that you will feel the courage of God that you will just continue to push to press to, to whatever means and however you look at that. And as everyone is joining us online this morning, just I'm just going to repeat a couple of things this morning, just why we're seeing everyone just jumping on this morning. There are a few areas of lack that I believe that we are lacking in the UK that we're lacking peace, we're lacking leadership in many areas. And I do believe that we need courage to stand up and to be strong for what we believe in. And whatever world that you work in whatever situation you're in, I pray that you will just find complete rest and peace. You know, when we find peace, we also find courage. When we find courage, we find strength. And that's not in our own ability. But that is through the strength of the Holy Spirit and the power of God working within you and the peace of God. You know, when Christ comes in the steps into the room, on a few occasions in the New Testament, where he steps into the room, he speaks to Thomas and before he speaks to the audience that is before him. He addresses their fears, he addresses their worries here he addresses them via and he says Peace be with you. So that word is still very strong this morning Peace be with you and upon you. Wherever you are across this earth may the peace of God and the love of God and the power of the Holy Spirit continue to guide you into strength in you. But as we find peace and as we find rest and as we find and as we sit in as we be still in the Word of God also, but that gives us courage. And I just want to encourage you this morning to be sisters and brothers whoever you are whether you're dropping onto these, this social network at the moment whether you're capturing this broadcast for the first time whether you call yourself an atheist and you've just accidentally clicked into this broadcast or this these two strange looking men on the on the mics talking about Jesus. God is with you wherever you are. I just pray you know the word Cohen incidents What an interesting word now that come out of the test tube of the dictionary coincidence? Does it really exist coincidence? Or is it predestination but wherever you are this morning may the peace of God and the power of the Holy Spirit strengthen you and guide you. And I we want to encourage you this morning. I want to encourage you this morning just to just to continue to be you just to continue to press on continue never to give up. Let's not patting ourselves on to honor another model of a human being let's focus on Jesus the man Christ Jesus, let's just look at Christ and and maybe do some Christ, ology some studying of Christ looking at Christ, the man Christ, the Savior, Christ, the Redeemer, Christ, the God, our King, all wrapped up in in Christ, however, you want to look at that theologically this morning. But it just keeping it very simple. This morning, we're going to break bread, we're going to take a carpenter and he will lead us and bring us to all that sort of stuff that we do. But what we want to encourage you this morning to be brothers and sisters, human beings have courage, to never give up in the workplace in your life and your situations to be strong to be bold. So as we turn into the book of Joshua, as we come before the Lord and as we're in prayer this morning, as you hear all the bells and the whistles from this studio, but as I look out across the studio window over there, and I look at the power of nature, you know, and just see God just in the trees in the in the air, you know, the way the wind blows the way that everything you know, God is God is with us, wherever you are this morning, and I just I just pray again, and I've got to keep repeating myself. I just pray for peace upon your life. Whether you're an agnostic, whether you're a believer or a non believer, you call yourself a humanist, you whatever way a spiritual person, a believer, and I'm not talking about Justin Bieber, I'm talking about a believer in Jesus, come on world. Come on. Let's get straight into the scriptures. We've got our brother Donnie, jumping online. Now, on the other side of the world. Good morning, Donnie, may God bless you and everybody online this morning that's joining this broadcast. But the scripture I'm going to go to is Joshua, chapter one, Joshua chapter one. Firstly, in chapter one, verse three, I just want to read this, I will give you every place where you set your foot, your territory, got to be really careful and and do agree with me with this, we gotta be very careful how we present words this day and age in which we live. Got to be careful, because there has been many years, many, many generations that have been preaching and teaching, taking the land back, taking this back, taking that back and taking that content, taking that text out of context. But when you look at that, it says, I'll give you every place where you set your foot. And that's not a prosperity, preaching and teaching, evangelical, Pentecostal. Push. This is the simple fact that the scripture is is speaking loud and clear that God is with us wherever we are. And as God spoke to them about from the desert, to the Lebanon and right the way down to the great river of the Euphrates, every place that the soul of your foot shall tread upon is your territory. Gotta be very careful. And I'm learning to teach to talk to be very careful, our our I use my expression of speech because of words have different meanings this day and age and you gotta be very careful how you present things. But I really believe that this Scripture is very relevant for where we are now. To keep walking. The psalmist says in Psalm 119, Your word is a lamp unto my feet, a light for my path. So his word is before us, His Word has gone before us. His word is always before us. So wherever you are across this earth, at 953, here in the UK, wherever the sole of your foot shall tread upon your territory, the area, the parochial stretch, maybe when you look at just geographically, when you look at the stretch that we have in our life, it's probably just a small stretch that we just the travel stretch that the parochial walk that we have, the area in which we live is probably just a limited area. And I just say to you this morning, don't limit yourself, don't limit yourself. Don't limit yourself to what you see that's just in front of you. Because the best is before you the best as before you and wherever you are today, the best is before you and we want to encourage you and we pray this morning for the love of God and the power of the Holy Spirit. But God says I will give you every every place where you set your foot as I promised Moses. So as the promise has been given, the promise is still going on for us and for generations to come and tell the Lord's return And it says in verse five, no one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life as I was with Moses, so will I be with you, God is with you, as God was with Moses and Joshua, and David and everyone through from Genesis all the way through to this day, this second, this heartbeat that you're in now, God is with you. He says, I will never leave you nor forsake you. So there is no there is not. And there will never be a separation from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus, nothing can separate you. So for those that are feeling very separated, that is a mindset. It's a mindset. So I've got to change my mindset. Because there is nothing that can separate me from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus. And then we go down a little bit further, and it says in verse six, Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land or swore to their ancestor give you says, Be strong and very courageous, and it keeps going on meditate on this book, day and night. And as we pray, let's just bow our heads, wherever you are, whatever you are doing, just just, you know, let's just pray this morning for a few things. I pray, this is on my heart, we pray for peace. We pray for courage. We pray that that our mindset will not limit us because God hasn't limited us who the sun sets free is free indeed. But the compass that we set ourselves can be very limiting the sat nav address can be very limited. We can limit ourselves by what we just look at that is in our gaze in and are in our in our vision at this moment in time. But I just want to let you know don't don't limit yourself. Be bold, and be courageous. Be bold, and be courageous in these days in which we live. Never give up hope. So there are a few things on the prayer on the prayer list this morning. hope, peace, boldness and strength, the word of God lead in so I've rambled a fair bit this morning, 11 minutes and 59 air he's gone again, rattling around there in his old cage sitting down on the end of that desk there. Come on, let's pray. Father, in the name of Jesus, we pray for the power of the Holy Spirit, to lead us today. For Andy and myself and for everybody that's behind the scenes this morning, in the church father through the food project for the community hub, Lord through the allotment project that's going on through to seed to play project through to charity shop, Lord, all the different ministries and the frontline mission stuff that's going on. On the other side of these walls. I just pray that you will bless everybody that is connected Lord, in the work and the mission of this church. And in myself, everybody online this morning, Lord, we consider Lord we know that everybody online even though we might never see them, Lord, they are part of this ministry, we are part of the kingdom. We all belong to the same God in Israel, we are children of the living God. And as the scripture says, Even though I can't be with you in bodily form, I'm with you in spirit. So we encourage each other whether you're on the other side of the Earth this morning, or whether you're on the other side of the wall, or whether you're at the church or allotment working on the seat plate project, whether you're ministering somewhere else across the world, whether you're at a desk, whether you're like our lovely brother Donnie, that he's got his speedos on sitting on the polls side at the moment looking really powerful in the name of Jesus. Our Lord, help my lip Sunday Lord, please God help me Lord some days. Father, in the name of Jesus, we pray for the power of the Holy Spirit. We pray, Lord, that you will strengthen each and every one of us that the fire of God will descend into lives today, Lord, that you will bless us wherever we are, Lord, every one Lord that is in this church, everyone is out of this house, everyone that is working across this world. Lord, I pray for the missionaries around the world. Lord, I pray that you will give them courage that they will be strong and courageous missionaries Lord around the world. Lord, we pray for those that are working through humanitarian aid Lord, we pray that you will deliver Lord that and they will be able to get through everything that's got to be done. We pray Dear God, also for those that are delivering the gospel to the four corners of the earth today, Lord, that you will bless those that you will give them boldness and courage. We pray for those that are home today. Everybody on line all those that are still father can't get out of bed today or those that are weary and tired, Father, bless them, give them strength and give them courage. For all those that have been up early today. They're all those that haven't been asleep all night because of fear. Lord, give us boldness and courage for all those that are not well all those father that are working at home Lord the the workforce that is working at home today, keeping this nation moving through different areas of work, we pray that you will bless them we pray for all those Father God that are waiting on social housing, Lord that you'll give them boldness and courage and strength to hold it in that position. We pray for those loads that are looking to remortgage and to move and to switch out of areas we pray that you will be with them locally. Pray for those that are in business. We pray, Father, that you will be with those that are in business today, Lord, that you will strengthen them. We pray for those that are looking for work, Lord, that those that are changing jobs, those that are at home working, those that are retired, those that are on school runs. Father, we pray, Father, right now for all humanity within this, this nation and the far stretch world, as well. We pray, Father, as homes are being built across the world We pray, Father, for this government, we pray, Lord, the prayer list is so long, father, but you are such a good and a powerful God. And all things are possible to those who believes Allah we believe in miracles today, and we bring the church family online Lord, whoever is dropping into this service at this moment, wherever they are, whether agnostic whether atheists, whether humanist, whether just an atheist, whatever it may be, and all the believers, or the brothers or sisters, Lord, whoever is capturing our voice today, we pray that the fire of God and the presence of the Holy Spirit will give us peace will give us boldness will give us strength, will refresh us will restore us, there will be healing, there will be goodness, Lord, that we will feel your presence father, and Lord. Lord, keep this internet into the simple things of technology. Lord, keep this internet plugged in today, Lord, Come Holy Spirit, Lord, the practicalities of life. Lord, all those that are relying on the internet that work at home, Lord, let the internet flow today, Jesus, Lord, all those that just need the practical help law. We always praying for the spiritual things. We're always praying for these big spiritual things. But Lord also help us in the practical areas of living. Lord, what we need to get through our work environment, what we need to get through our day, Lord, regarding the vehicles we drive, Lord, let the vehicles be be correct and working correctly. Lord, the vehicles that we use for work, the technical gadgets we use for work, the way that we connect around the world, Father, Lord, we pray, Lord, that there will always be a connection will always get through. So Lord, every area of life is important. Everything is important to Christ, everything is important in every area of our life. So Lord, we pray for all those that are bogged down with work stresses, we pray, Father, that you will take the work stress away, the fears away the doubts away the worries. So that's why it's really relevant, and he's going to carry on now. So there are just a few areas that I just spoke about this morning. Peace. Every place that your foot shall tread upon, is your territory, boldness and courage. And, and as we go further in this is prayer morning together, because you are with us, and we are with you, that God will give you courage and in the courage you find peace, and in the peace you find courage. God bless every one of you in Jesus name, Amen. Good morning, and good morning.

Andy Hammond: 17:53

Good morning, everyone. Just carrying on from where Ben left off, he also mentioned hope. We have this hope in Christ in Christ Jesus. Going back to Joshua or one. Joshua had real stress, I think, when he had to take over from Moses, here he was taking over from an amazing leader who was just so strong. And here he was young Joshua, he must have felt quite insignificant. Was he up to the job completely? Here is God talking to him in Joshua chapter one. And we had this discussion before we came on air that God had to remind him four times be strong and courageous in that chapter one, Be strong and courageous. But what stood out for me is in verse seven, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law. Be careful to obey all the law My servant Mays Moses gave you do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful. Amen. I think that's relevant, certainly to us, as a church. We need to be witnesses. We need to be seen obeying the law. And when I say the law, I mean, what sin scripture, amen. Thank you how we deal with that and to how we express our love for each other, when you jump over to the New Testament is Christ. He, he concentrates so much on on love. It was his love for us that he went to the cross and died. And he sets the example for each one of us how we love one another how we as church work together in unity, which is such a powerful witness to in quotes the world around us. I heard some statistics the other day that our country was at 66 million now. Yeah. 4% are only going to church. Yeah. 4% 4%, which is just a drop in the ocean isn't it can't You can't, so that we have such? Well, I call it a responsibility. We've got that responsibility to be witnesses to all those around us. And I think as someone said, the way that we conduct ourselves, the way we show love for those around us, showing our love for those who don't know Jesus, yeah. It should make them question their own unbelief. Amen. Yeah. So that that is part of us being

Reverend Ben Cooper: 21:46

Christians are interested in that and very interested,

Andy Hammond: 21:49

and we need to do that. And can I also look at Haggai. If that's the way you say it, I say, hey, go. But this is what the Lord Almighty says, In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea, in the dry land, I will shake all nations, and the desires of all nations will come and I will fill this house with glory says Lord Almighty, the silver is mine. And the gold is mine declares the Lord Almighty, the glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house. So we've got greater things to come. That's such an amazing promise, the promise of the new house, and we need to reflect Christ's glory. And you may say, Well, I'm not really up to that. How can I be that? But the clue? And the answer is, we have Christ in us. And he, whenever we trip up or fail, we have an advocate. You know, and that description in the New Testament about Christ being our advocate is taken from the court. Thank you. And he represents us, so we don't have to speak. We have someone who speaks for us. Isn't that fantastic that Christ can speak for us. And he brings us life. Yes, Landy promises it, we're gonna have a life in all its fullness. But we got to have walk in the light as well. And in one, John, chapter two, it says, Jesus Christ, the righteous one. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, not only for ours, but also for the sins of the whole world. Wow. The whole world. And that's open to each one of us to reach out. And we not we might not be called to go across the other side of the world. But we're certainly called to our neighbors. We are called to our street. We are called to our neighborhood to be that witness. And my dear children, it says, I'll write this to you so that you will not sin, but if anybody does. We have one who speaks to the Father and our defense. Amen. Thank you. Wherever the advocate comes in. He speaks to us in our defense. How marvelous is that? And, Father, I just pray this morning that we can come Before you, because Jesus is there, representing us. He speaks on our behalf. He speaks in our defense. He will say, when the time comes, this one knows me. Thank you, Father, that when we appear before you, yes, Jesus will be there, saying This one is mine. This one is mine. And that's what it is all about. Because we're wasting our time otherwise. Amen. Thank you, Jesus is the one. And Father, I just pray that you will raise up your church, that you will come by your Spirit, bring your power in the same way that to you did with that description, in Acts at the beginning of Acts, when Peter stood up before the crowd, and spoke powerfully, here, he was a lowly fisherman, uneducated fisherman who spoke powerfully because he was filled with your Spirit, He came, and all those people turned to you. And that was what sometimes is known as a birth of your church here on Earth, that you were able to bring people to you. We that's what we want to see revival now come to your church, so that people will know you will live for you will serve you and all those folks now who are trembling, because of fear of running out of money before the end of the week, yes, true, very true. Not knowing where they're going to buy food, or how they're going to buy food. Every time they go to the supermarket, they see price increases. Father, we ask that to you have mercy upon us. Have mercy upon us as a nation, we cry out for mercy for our leaders, our prime minister, our government, it all seems to be in turmoil at the moment, but we want you to be lifted. Hi, Father, we thank you for those Christians in government, those MPs who stand for you, raise them up, let them be strong. Let them be powerful witnesses for you. Turn your nation back to you, Lord, turn your nation back. We sent out to missionaries from this land. But now the missionaries come to us I do. pray, Father God, that there will be a reversal of this so that we as a Christian land will stand for you. We thank You, Father, for being with us. We pray that we can turn to you and give us strength. We thank you that you loved us so much that you died for each one of us. We stand upon what Scripture says, we stand on the Bible. May this be a land where they people everywhere, will turn back and pick up your book when your amazing book. And father is. I know that this book. I always describe it as a dangerous but when I give it to people, I say be careful when you read this, because it will change your life. Come on. And that's what we want followed. We asked you to change us. We need changing. We haven't made it yet. Change us more into your lightness we pray so that there will be a powerful outpouring in our communities. We pray for our community here Swanley and the local council decisions will be made that are in line with your great plan. We pray for our MPs in the locality that they will follow you they will know you Father, they will have an experience of who you are. And that love that you show to each one of us, as they will realize and experience your love for them, and that lives will be radically changed. That word radical, yeah. We need to be Radical Christians in this space. We need to be radical in our approach in our love. Let us show radical love to our neighbors. And this will be such a turning point in our land. Come, Lord Jesus we pray, Come, Holy Spirit. Fill us afresh with your power. Amen.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 30:53

Amen. Father, as we just be still this morning, within ourselves as we're busy at work and as Andy is saying, to be radical believers for Christ, to stand up for what we believe in. So Father, we pray for the power of the Holy Spirit that you will give us boldness that we never had before. Lord, to stand on the Word to walk Lord in all your ways, father Your ways are just Lord and Father we thank you that Your word is refreshing your word is power, your word is life. Your Word is hope your word is future. Lord, Your Word is is is all that we require. So Lord, I pray that we will be brothers and sisters of the Word of God, Lord, that we will pray in the words through the word Father, that we will rest in the Word of God, Lord, that we will walk father at a greater depth with you though that we did God will get into your Word that will be found in the living Word of God Father, as whether we read with our, our eyes that we listen, Lord through electrical devices for electronical means father, I just pray Father that we will find that the Word of God is is beating in our heart, like those on the mass Road, their hearts were beating, because they had walked with Christ a Father, we pray that the word of God will come alive in our spirit, that the word of God will guide us in all of our ways that your Word will strengthen us, Lord, we believe in healing. And this morning we pray for all those that need healing. Lord, we've spoken about courage we spoken about your love God, we spoken about peace, Lord, we spoken about hope, and the future but Lord, the now right at this moment in our breathing existence as human beings, and Lord as we are human beings, the human race, we are saved by grace. So Lord, we are believers. In Christ, we are believers in the deity we believe in Christianity, we believe in the fundamental points. Lord, we understand Father, that You created the heavens and the earth. We believe it, we walk in it, we stand in the Word of God, but Lord, healing, Lord, this area of healing Lord, Father, all the fake faith healers, we've seen out there all the fake ministries that we've experienced Lord out there regarding healing, Lord, all that stuff about send me a prayer, crop cloth and $5, and you'll be held in the name of Jesus. Lord, we need your word. Now, farther, we do not need to send anything abroad to the other side of the globe. Lord, what we need further is to get our eyes locked in the Word of God. We need to get our heart locked onto the Word of God because you are a healer. Lord, we thank God for the structure of the biblical church, and the power of the biblical church and the power of prayer through the biblical church. But Father, I pray that you will give us eyes to see ears to hear. And Lord, I pray also that you will give us wisdom, Godly wisdom, to know what ministry is of Christ. So, Lord, for all those that have been caught up in the faith healers, I pray, Father, that you are a healer. It is only you that can heal us. It is only you that can Deliver us, Lord, you never charged for prayer. Lord, you never charged for healing. You never charged for anointing So Lord, if anyone is charging us for a bottle of holy oil, What's all that about Jesus? If anyone is charging us for a healing cloth, What's all that about Jesus? If anyone else is is charging us for deliverance, what is all that about Jesus? Because, Lord, I do not see anywhere in your Word where you charged a human being for salvation. You paid the price. You brought us in you healed us, you saved us, Lord, I thank You, Father for that great dialogue, in the word about 30 pieces of silver because it was given back, so Christ can't be bought with money. wasn't bought with money. There was an exchange, there was a transition, there was a given. And there is a really powerful story, a very powerful, biblical fact that's not really explored a lot. And as we do this through prayer is that the Father gave the son, the father gave the son, for God, so loved the world, he gave, so there is a given there is a free giving, there is a given, we will not find in any text, that the cost of prayer has a price on it as in liquidity, or financial gain. It is free, who the sun sets free is free indeed, 30 pieces of silver, there was a transaction, there was a Rumble in the Jungle with 30 pieces of silver, but that was given back and it bought the Field of Blood. And we know exactly what happened there. We don't need money to follow Jesus. You don't need to go to another ministry that's charging you a few quid for prayer, because that can't be of Scripture. Prayer is free. Prayer is free. Prayer is free. You can't charge for prayer. You can't charge for healing. You only need to go to the New Testament and look at Simon the sorcerer, what did he see? And what did he say when he see the laying on of hands? How much do I need to give you to have that and that disciple turned around and went May your money die with you, I rebuke you, you cannot buy the gift, you cannot that is so powerfully written in the Word of God, you cannot be you cannot buy you cannot be trying to give transaction you cannot. You cannot you cannot. You cannot use liquidity and money and notoriety and platforms to manipulate. There has been many ministers that have been manipulating I've come off the off the track a minute here, but I don't think that I have to a degree because I'm just trying to encourage you to keep in Jesus keep in Jesus, I will fail you. I will fail you I will let you down. But Jesus, we've been talking about courage. We've been talking about hope. We've been talking about encouragement, we've been talking about the Word of God we've been praying about we've been looking through prayer through conversation this morning. And God is speaking clearly to you. God is speaking to you and to us this morning. He's telling us don't give up in hope. Keep in the Word of God be of courage, be of strength, be of boldness, look what Andy said be radical, that is a word that we are almost frightened to use, because of certain areas of strength it might hold in radicalization, we are not referring to that we are talking about being fast and strong in the Word of God, radical for Jesus, completely believing in what you believe in, completely standing up strong for the gospel of Jesus Christ. No doubt the algorithms will pick up that language that we've used this morning, and we will get a little tug from above, not from Jesus, from the ones that say we own the cloud. You don't actually own the cloud. God created the cloud. He is the King of kings and the Lord of lords. And brothers and sisters, we're encouraging you to be strong in the Word of God and be strong in the Word of God. And the assignment Donnie would say it, Glenn would say if they're here, I'm saying it we all say it be strong in following Jesus Christ. He is the same yesterday, today and forever mortar healing this morning. You don't need a prayer cloth from the other side of the world. You don't need to send that money to that preacher and teacher to get a little prayer card. God is with you. God is with you. Get yourself a Bible. If you can't afford a Bible, my brother on the other side of the table, we'll get you a Bible. It is the word of God it is free. He is holding it up and the word of God is free. And salvation. There was a price but he paid the price. So there is no need for liquidity for cash. There is no need for transactions. There is no need. The price was Jesus. And he loves us. And he spoke about love the love of God this morning. We're coming to the table. So we've got scriptures we still got we still got time on our side. We still got 20 minutes. We're gonna push for the hour today. We still got we still got 20 minutes. Let's relax. Wherever you are. I pray that you will relax. I pray that that fear will go out now. out, and he mentioned the word love. And in the Gospel of John it says perfect love drives out all fear. perfect love drives out all fear. It comes back to the Word of God. It comes back to the cross. The cross is central to Christianity. The Christ is central to Christianity. The cross is your healing place. The cross is your salvation. The cross is your history. Your cross is your present, your cross is your future. It is everything the cross is the core is the center. Christ is the center. You know, we're not looking at the fabric or the timber. We're not looking at the cross and worshiping the world. It's what it is, as in the fabric. We are looking at what it represents the cross. We were saved at the cross, we were held at the cross. You were delivered at the cross. Look what Jesus said on the cross. It says that he made a public spectacle of all principalities, and authorities. He disarmed He disarmed the dark forces. He disarmed sickness and disease, He disarmed it. He disarmed it, you are free, you are healed. Believe for your healing. Believe for your miracle. Believe that the Word of God is working within you believe that the addiction to alcohol, drugs, sex, drugs and rock and roll is broken. Believe in miracles believe in the word of God. Don't believe in me don't believe in Andy don't believe in, in the denomination believe in Jesus Christ of Nazareth, believe in the word of God. Keep in the Word of God. He is the WAY the TRUTH and the LIFE. Jesus says I am the seventh I ams. So I pray as we are in this position of prayer, through conversation because that's what prayer is. We've all been in prayer meetings. We've all had prayer. I pray. I literally pray for my heart, that God for the power of revelation will open that word of God up to you today. And you will find peace and encouragement in His Word. Amen. Amen. Amen. Lord, Jesus.

Andy Hammond: 42:11

Verse in to Timothy, verse seven, chapter one, For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, amen, but a spirit of power. Yes, law of love, and have self discipline. So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 42:33

Amen. Jesus.

Andy Hammond: 42:36

Christ has given us that spirit of power, and of love is good, isn't it? That power and love go together? And that's when we need to be discerning how we communicate with each other. We need to discern God's love. It's not about us. It's all about him. And Ben spoke about healing. Certainly, on Saturday, I'll be in my church. From 10 to 12, praying for healing for people. Yes, five people, free to come in. From the community from anywhere to receive prayer. And I believe in miracles. I believe in Michael, I believe that God heals. And that's that that's what it says in Scripture. Yeah. If, if you're a Bible believing Christian, that's what we're commanded to do, to pray for each other, to pray for healing, yes, to pray in the kingdom. And that's what the kingdom's gonna be, isn't it? We're going to be we're given that power. And that's what we do. But we have to be cautious also. Because there is that verse in one Peter Five, Verse eight, be self controlled and alert, because the enemy, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion. Yes, lion looking for someone to develop. Thank you. We resist in standing firm in the faith, how tight because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of suffering. That really brings us to a much wider spectrum of what's going on around the world. I don't know if we've got time to actually pray into all that. But we do. Consider our brothers around the world who are going through tremendous difficulties far more than in our land here. is poverty, there's lack of food. There's all kinds of things going on in Somalia, and places like that, where they've just got droughts, and no one can feed themselves. So we cry out for mercy and for provision from from our God that those lands will receive help. And Father, in some ways, I just don't know how to pray for that. It's such a difficult situation. But we do pray for our brothers and sisters around the world. Yes, father and father, we asked you to intervene in a miraculous way that you can. And you you love each one of us. You You have the power. It's not about us. It's about you. And so we asked you to come, Lord Jesus, come. Amen.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 46:13

Yes, Father, Lord, I just had a moment now of just turning very, very quickly to Hebrews chapter 12. If you have a Bible, just turn to Hebrews chapter 12. And I can't turn it quick enough because the mind is ported back towards the back. Yes, towards the back somewhere in the back. Hebrews chapter 12, verse two, and they read it out. But we know well, many of us will know what it is, keep your eyes, keep your eyes on the author and the Perfecter. Keep your eyes on Jesus. When you look at that scripture, keep your eyes on keep your focus is Jesus rose to Jesus, Hebrews 12, two, could you read that and

Andy Hammond: 46:52

let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down on the right hand of the throne of God, and carries on consider him who enjoyed such opposition from sinful man so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. Yeah, Father, we thank you, that you perfect over our face. Thank you, James, and you enjoy the cross for each one of us. You've died there hanging on the cross, so that we could have life. And it says elsewhere that you said, so that we could have life in all its fullness, or you, you want us to have a full life? And thank you, Jesus. We thank you, for the writer of Hebrews. Such an amazing book. Yeah. Thank you all that's contained in it. We thank you. That you, you in fact, the previous chapter, it calls us to a call to persevere there is there that's the heading of paragraph in chapter 10. And it says in verse 24, let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us this is interesting, verse 25, let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another. And all the more as you see the day approaching. Now, it's my experience that people have started, and what was where they're coming back now. But because of COVID. People just, well, they went on to, it's very comfortable to sit in the armchair at home, and look at zoom. But there is a call here in scripture that we should not give up meeting together, come on, and that's meeting. In my view, it means meeting personally together face so that we can communicate with each other, that we can speak to each other, that we can pray for each other, that we can encourage one another, and that that's a command from scripture, do not give up meeting together. So all those who have you who have been sitting comfortably at home, when you should be at church with your fellow believers. Well, I suggest to you that this Sunday, you get out and get out there and meet up worship God. Be there amongst your community. Oh, man, you got to be there.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 49:53

I think I'll go to church this Sunday as well. Just one Yeah, I

Andy Hammond: 49:57

think I might go

Reverend Ben Cooper: 49:59

right. We're coming to the table in a few moments. This is we have an arm we've had 50 minutes of Pac scripture on prayer. And I just want to for those that have been following us for quite a while we're going to come to the table and we've been doing this for goodness knows how long me and Andy and the others were gathering before even locked down even existed. You know, we we've been gathering for prayer community for years and years and years before any of this comes together. And just by the grace of God, we just happen to pop online and do what we're doing. But just for those that have been following us the last few weeks, and everything that's going on, tucked away in the Old Testament, in Joe chapter 14. For those that have been with us here alien for a while now, I just want to remind us in Job chapter 14, verse one, mortals born of woman you know what I'm saying? I don't have time to go into that, you know, we are the human race created by God. So with a human being comes trouble and strain and worry and fear. mortos. The Old Testament writer, job 14 verse one, mortals born of woman are of a few days and full of trouble. They spring up like flowers and wither away, like fleeting shadows, they do not injure. First three, do not fix your eyes on them. Brothers and sisters, and you read that scripture out, fix your eyes on Jesus, we are mortals we are human beings. Don't fix your eyes on pastors and leaders. Don't figure fix your eyes on worship leaders don't fix your eyes. We understand what it means about being encouraging and using the biblical structure of church for what it should be used. That is correct. And that is 100%. Right? Because that's biblically correct. What I'm referring to is, I cannot look at the human being to get me my healing. I cannot look at the human being to get me to my destiny. I cannot look at the human being to get me to where I should be, as in the holy walk. I cannot look at humanity doesn't matter how great the theologian is, they all sinned and fallen short. It doesn't matter how great the preacher or the teacher is, through their vocabulary stretch. It doesn't doesn't matter how great a pastor may look in someone else's eyes, we are mortals. We have a life expectancy. We are flesh and blood. We are sinners saved by grace. What I'm trying to say again this morning, is let's not put so much strain on our shoulders. Because some preachers and teachers are telling us you are a little God. I am a mortal. I'm a human being. I'm a man, created by the King of kings and the Lord of lords. I'm a sinner saved by grace. I'm a child of the living God. But I'm a human being walking this earth for threescore years or 10, whatever, whatever the Lord Terry's mortos, Ghana and is done like you said. So when you look for we're coming to the table, we're coming to the table. We're coming to the table. I pray as we come to the table, God will lead you and guide you. God is with you. Let me tell you this, God is with you. Wherever you are my brothers and sisters, we are mortal. We are created. We are created we have been created by the Creator. May God strengthen you in the power of the living God. God is with you. Joe chapter 14 Verse One is a very brutal, and it's a strong and it's a reality text. We shall and we dance around the spiritual ones. But sometimes I just have to remember I am a human being saved by an eternal God of eternal grace of eternal hope. And I am washed in the blood of Jesus. So this is a great time to come to the table now come in as a sinner saved by grace as a mortal as a human being because the Bible tells us that we are the human race. And he created us from the dust of the earth from the bone. He spoke us intervene. But you are saved. You are saved. It's not the skin that saved it's not the bone that saved it's not this. This this vehicle this vehicle that we use to carry out in our most been it's the in a year is the inner you is your heart, it's the inner you. This this, this bone of flesh will, will hit the deck, this bone of flesh will, will dissolve and disappear into the earth. You know, all the stuff that goes along with death. Everything that goes along with that we are mortal. We are mortal. God made it very clear in the Garden of Eden. He said, straight out, straight out and straight to him to Adam, if you touch of that you will surely die. You can only die if you are a human. God never dies. God is forever. God created mortality. God created mortos God created heaven earth. God is the Creator. He is above death. Death is only around because of the Scriptures tell us why May God bless you and strengthen you. And we're coming to the table and he's gonna bring us to the bread into the wine. And let's just gather so let's use these moments that use these moments. We've got about seven minutes or so. So my god bless you in the name of Jesus. Amen. Amen. Amen.

Andy Hammond: 56:21

Yeah, thank you for just staying in Hebrews Psalm is there's a verse that I just love. We who have fled to take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly encouraged. We have this hope, as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure, enters in a sanctuary behind the curtain where Jesus who went before us has entered on our behalf, he has become a high priests forever, in the order of Melchizedek. As, as we know, the high priests could only be able to enter that place once a year, until we know also from my side that that curtain has been torn into now because of what Christ achieved, on the cross so we can enter into the Holy of whole is, and to be with our Savior. We thank you for that. We thank You, Father, that we can come before you. And we thank You for Your Word, which also says in Hebrews is sharper than any double edged sword. It penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit joints and marrow, it judges the thoughts and attitudes of our hearts. Yes, law. So we open our hearts before you this morning. You know each one of us. You know what we think even before we think you know what we're going to say even before we say it, thank you, Jesus. So we thank you, hallelujah, thank you that you have died. But most of all, we thank you that you have risen. You are now with your father I met and because of your resurrection, we know that we have that positive knowledge that we're going to be with you when it's our time. So we thank you for that and until or until you come again, which could be sooner rather than later. So but we we do take this bread and wine to remember your slot and what you have done for each one of us. And we take the bread knowing this represents your body that was broken and we break it remembering that you broke your body on the cross for each one of us so that we could have life. Amen, amen.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 59:50

Thank you, father. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you Holy Spirit Father, I just thank You Father and Lord as I sit in a stillness with Andy and everyone online in this in these moments, thank you for that the shedding of the blood of Christ. So Lord, as we take this cup washes from the crown of our head to the soles of our feet, Lord, Lord, I repent, Lord of every area of failings, Lord sin I bring before you the cross. I'll leave it with you today, Lord, and I thank you that I'm washed in the blood of Jesus with Andy and my brothers and sisters, everybody that may be online at this moment in time, whenever they capture this, we thank You, Lord, that we can take communion, because you tell us to do it in remembrance of they in Jesus name, amen. Thank you, Lord, thank you, Jesus. Well, the world that is before us, on these others, the other side of these mics at this moment in time, we pray that you will see healings and miracles. We pray that you will feel the presence of the Holy Spirit like you've never felt before. We pray that you feel the love of Christ like never before. We pray that you get peace, love, joy, understanding, all the fruits of the spirit, the gifts, everything, all the promises, and the yes and amen. But as we do that, keep going, keep going, be courageous, and be strong. As we say, Good morning, and God bless wherever you are this morning. It is 1045 1045. Here in the UK, we've had people join us and their work break and we've picked up all their messages, we can see that everybody that has joined and now we know there are people working that capture this, we know there are people at home that capture this. So wherever you have been this morning, wherever you are at this moment in time, God is with you. If you're on the other side of the world, God bless you if you're right in the locality of us now. God bless you. Father, we pray, Lord as we go and do whatever they got to be done, whether we can stay indoors today, whatever we are doing, Lord, whatever this situation is in our lives, wherever our bodies are at this moment, whatever we may be doing, I pray, Father, that you will lead us you will lead us into a deeper walk with you a deeper walk with You. Lord, help us to take our eyes off of the world and off of humanity. And put our eyes on Jesus. keep our eyes on Jesus. Strengthen us from the crown of our head to the soles of our feet. Fill us with Your glory over and over, Lord. So our cup runneth over. In Jesus name, amen. Amen. God bless you. We will see you later. We'll see you soon this evening at 730 for Bible study, for those that will join us online. Have a great day in the name of Jesus. And he's already said this morning, you can get a Bible from him. That is always on the table. And you know how to get ahold of him here and there. And he's easy to find. God bless every one of you in the name of Jesus. We'll catch you soon. Thank you for joining us this morning for coffee and prayer in the mighty name of Jesus and bless our brothers, not with us. Bless our sisters and brothers on the other side of the world. And God bless my friend Andy. Amen. God bless.

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