thank you for joining me today on our daily christian prayer podcast recorded live here in london , england . My name is reverend ben cooper and it's a privilege to pray with you , to stand with you , to walk with you and wherever you are today , as we join , as we lock shields of hope , as we're in this daily devotional prayer time together , the spirit of the Lord is over you and over me . If you can consider supporting this listening ministry , supported outreach of RB , christian Radio can you please consider supporting us by buying me a coffee just three pound a month . Click that hyperlink . Please have a read of the show notes , leave us comments , send us texts into the studio , emails , all the razzmatazz that goes along with technology .
Speaker 0But without further ado , let's get straight in . You know we are living in a time when we've got to be contenders of the faith . You know we've got to stand up for the gospel of hope . You know we've got to stand strong . So right now we're going to pray and we're going to read through Jude , chapter 1 , verse 3 . I feel compelled to write to you and to urge you to contend for your faith that the once the way we used to be entrusted to God's holy people . Spirit of the living God , help us to be contenders of the faith . Help us , lord , to understand that we haven't got a jump in the arena , we've just got to give , get spiritual boldness and strength in truth , in god's word . So , lord , I thank you that the battle belongs to you . But , lord , let let us be strong and bold enough to let the world see that we are contenders for the faith , that we believe from genesis to revelation and that the holy spirit
is with us today . So , wherever we are , let us be contenders , lord . Let the world see that we are ambassadors , that we believe in the scriptureenders . Lord , let the world see that we are ambassadors , that we believe in the scripture , that we believe from Genesis to Revelation , that we believe that God's word is an absolute . So , as we stand firm , as we stand firm on faith , as we stand firm on the word of God , give us boldness like lions today , lord , let us hear the whisper of God in times of trouble . Lord , help us to stand upright , to stand strong and to be bold . In the name of Jesus . Let the world see that we are Jesus followers . Let families see that we are Jesus followers . Let the workplace , let the school , let the rhythm of life . Let them see that we are Jesus followers , that we are braggadocious , that we are filled to the full measure , that the living God is living in our lives .
Speaker 0Lord , give us courage to stand up , lord , for our belief . Give us courage , lord , to put on the full armor of God . Give us courage to strength , lord . Give us that strength , lord , in temptation , when someone is goading , someone is trying to lead us off the wrong path . Give us boldness to witness the gospel of hope . Lord , help us to persevere in trials . Give us faith in uncertain days . Help us to be obedient to the word of God . Oh Jesus , come on , god . I pray for us today , lord , that we will wrestle with the word , and the word will give us that breakthrough and the word will shape us . Keep us on the potter's wheel . Spirit of the living God , send your fire , send your glory . Give us the resilience under pressure to hold our peace . Lord , when we're under pressure right now , lord , I pray for anyone under pressure at this moment that has just come out of the office , come out of school , come out of a relationship , coming out of church , coming out of any setting where they've been under the hammer of pressure .
Speaker 0Give them the boldness to smile . Give them the boldness to smile . Give them the boldness to stand upright . Give them the boldness to say I'm walking for Jesus . No weapon forged against me shall prosper . I'm blessed and highly favored . You can bring words to me . You can do what you like .
Speaker 0Be like David right now . Be like that David . Be like the shepherd boy that ran down to the Goliath and bring that word to the devil right now . Bring it to the giant of life . Bring it to the walls of Jericho . Be solid on the word of God . Never give up in your faith . Be like David and tell Goliath now you come against me with sword . You come against me with word . You come against me with javelin . You come against me with your fierceness . You come against me with your stature , but I come in the name . Come on , world , wherever you are . Come on , you're born again . Let's tell the giants to fall at the name of Jesus .
Speaker 0Give us confidence , lord , to run down to the valley . Lord , we don't want to hang around with King Saul and the brothers up on the hillside . We want to run down to the Goliath . We want to pick up that stone , we want to put it in the sling and God , you are guiding that stone . Today , lord , the devil is a liar , lord , and we thank you that there is purity in our heart and our mind . Lord , we thank you that there is unity in the body of Christ . We stand bold and strong on the word of God
and Father . Wherever Goliath is , you will find us . Wherever you find the valley , you will find us , because we are bold like lions . We're strong in the power of the word of God . When I am weak , then he is strong .
Speaker 0Lord , I pray right now as we get boldness , as we get wise , lord , when challenges arise , we speak the word over our lives . We declare , declare this book , jude , chapter one , verse three . We declare this word , we make this a life application . I am convinced that the faith that I follow has been entrusted to me and the spirit of the living God is calling me . Lord , I thank you today for the book of Jude , chapter one , verse three . I declare I will not be taken out . I declare I will find boldness . I declare healing over my life . I declare that Jericho is falling . I declare that giants are falling . I declare healing in my bones . Fear goes , anxiety goes , and I speak the word and I pick up the sword of the spirit , the breastplate of righteousness , and I stand strong in the gospel of hope . Today , because my God lives , and because he lives , I can face tomorrow
. May the spirit of the Lord be over you today until tomorrow .