thank you for joining me today on a daily christian prayer podcast with myself . Reverend ben cooper recorded live here in london , england . This is our five minute time of prayer , renewal , strength and encouragement in the word of god . May the spirit of the living god carry you today , wherever you are , as we gather for these quick-fired prayer sessions . Oh , may god strengthen you . Brother and sister , can you click the show notes and if you could just read those show notes and just read the prayers , uh , the areas of the 10 prayers , the bullet points that I'll put up there , can you please read those areas because I really believe that they will bless you . I know we're busy , I know we're in the quick-fired five minutes and sometimes we don't get time to read the show notes . But also in the show notes , can you click that ? Buy me a coffee , just click that . Three pound a month , in the name of Jesus . Leave us a review , but without further ado .
Speaker 0Do you need peace ? Do you need peace in anxiety ? The Spirit of the Lord is over you and we are in Matthew 11 , verse 29, . And this is what it it says take my yoke upon you and learn from me , for I am gentle and humble in heart and you will find rest for your souls . Let's read that again , lord . Help us to understand this . Take my yoke upon you and learn from me , for I am gentle and humble in heart , and you will find rest for your souls . Today , lord , I need , I need rest . Today , lord , I need the Spirit of the Living God over me .
Speaker 0Lord , we're praying for anxiety across the world . We're praying for these anxious thoughts that we may have . That we will overcome anxiety , lord , father , we pray that you will not delay , that you will come with your power , your glory , your mercy , spirit of the Living God . We pray for such an outpouring tonight , today , wherever we are , that the love of God will be so strong over each and every one of us that we will know that our Redeemer lives and because he lives , we can face tomorrow . So , lord , we pray for calm in fear today . We pray for
courage in worry . Today . We pray for strength in uncertain hours and moments in which we live , lord . Also , we pray , lord , for sleepless nights . Lord , help us to sleep . Lord , will you help us to sleep in the name of Jesus , father , through these quick-fired five minutes , lord , help us to sleep and find rest . Our bones are tired . Our fingers are aching , lord . Our minds are exhausted . I pray for those that feel that they've hit exhaustion . That you will carry them . In the name of Jesus , as we trust in God's care . Today , lord , as we lean into the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords , I thank you , there is freedom from anxiety . In the name of Jesus .
Speaker 0Lord , break these anxious cycles in our lives . Break this anxious thought . Lord , break all these anxieties , all these doubts , all these fear . Father , will you give us stressful day release , lord ? Give us release from stressful days , father .
Speaker 0We need , lord , to be free from stress . Lord , in the season of stressfulness , lord , can you break that ? Today , lord , can you bring your holy glory , father , we need clarity , lord , in the confusion of life , glory , father , we need clarity , lord , in the confusion of life , we need clarity . In this world in which we live , father , we need understanding and reasoning . We need your glory , your power , your mercy . Today , lord , let this be the day , let this be the day that the Lord has made . I shall rejoice and be glad , but today I need healing from anxious thoughts , lord . I need faith in God's promises . Lord , I want to make this a life application . Lord , through this prayer time . I come to you , lord , when worry arises . Help me to stop and to breathe and to speak .
Speaker 0Matthew 11 , 29 . Lord , let me picture Jesus lifting up the burden from your shoulders . Let me picture this today that God is lifting this weight from my shoulders . He's
lifting the yoke , he's lifting it up . Lord , he's given me freedom . Give me freedom today , lord , I thank you that there is power in your word , but , lord , I need freedom . And Lord , you invite us , Lord , to learn from your gentleness , from your humility . Lord , you're calling us , lord , into salvation , but today , but today , lord , we pray for anxiety that it will be broken , that it will go .
Speaker 0At the name of Jesus , we long for your love , we long for your mercy , we long for your goodness , we long for your favor , we long for your strength , spirit of the living God , I pray , lord , that you will break the monotony of life . Lord , sometimes can I say this Lord , it feels so boring , lord , it feels just this drumbeat . I feel like a robot . I can't live like a robot .
Speaker 0God , I want to live in freedom , I want to live in the joy of the Lord . I don't want to be a slave , dear God to the world , I don't want to be a slave to my culture , to the ministry , to the church , to religion . Lord , I want to be free , lord , we want to be free from worry , we want to be free from doubt , free from anxiety . We need God's peace and calm and trust and courage and rest in the Lord . Jesus Christ . Father , we thank you that your word is power .
Speaker 0But , lord , free us up tonight , free us up this morning . And in the middle of the day , the middle of the night , lord , I pray that you will take these night tremors away . You tell us to take up the yoke of thyself and learn from you . Help me to learn from the word of God , help me to learn from my king , help me to learn from the scriptures . That I will be free from anxiety , I will be free from stress , lord , you tell me , for you are gentle and humble in heart , and I will find rest for my soul .
Today's prayer , god , is that all of us find rest for our souls , that we find peace in the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords , spirit of the living God . I pray for my brothers and sisters , the listeners across the world , that they will find rest in the Holy Spirit across the world that they will find rest in the Holy Spirit . They will feel the power of God in their lives . Bless them from the crown of their head to the sole of their feet , amen . Thank you for joining me today . My name is Reverend Ben Cooper . May the Lord bless you and keep you until tomorrow .