Thank you for joining us today on our daily Christian prayer podcast . Wherever you are across the world , welcome to this prayer time . Welcome wherever you are . I pray that you will feel the love of Jesus . You are not alone . You are not alone . The Spirit of God is with you . It might feel empty , it might feel fierce , it might feel challenging , but God is guiding you through the valley of the shadow with you . It might feel empty , it might feel fierce , it might feel challenging , but God is guiding you through the valley of the shadow of death and the Spirit of God is with you . Thank you for joining me . As I just said , my name is Reverend Ben Cooper .
Speaker 0As we record this live here in London , england , just on the fringe of London , you know , on the outside of the M25 , if you know what that is , we , god , bless you wherever you are . You know this is live . This is straight out of the barrel of truth . We don't edit anything , with all the hisses and all the pops and all the crackles , with the sneezes , with the coughs , with me getting a bit tongue tied sometimes . We keep this going because this is real life . We are not in it for showmanship . We are not in it
for a performance . We are in it to win it for God and , wherever you are , never give up . Our life isn't a show , it's not a performance . It's real life . So these are real life situations that we're all going through .
Speaker 0Should we trust in God today ? Should we trust in the Father's heart , wherever you are ? I want to let you know Thank you . Should we trust in the Father's heart , wherever you are , I want to let you know . Thank you so much for sending your reviews in , thank you for the emails , thank you for everything that comes through to rbchristianradionet . Find us online and also thank you for those that click that hyperlink to buy me a coffee , you know . Thank you so much for £3 a month , as we are supported ministry listening , ministry , supported here . So , wherever you are , come on , I've got to get in . Come on , we've got to get in . Come on , rev , get in with you ,
let's get in .
Speaker 0Proverbs , chapter 3 , verses 5 through to 6 . Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding . In all your ways , submit to him , lord , help me , submit , and then , and then the Bible says and he will make your path straight , lord , no wonder my life is a little bit crooked . No wonder the pathway , lord , wiggles to the left and the right ? Spirit of the living God , remove that wiggle , in the name of Jesus , make my path straight .
Speaker 0Spirit of the living God , I want to trust in you with all my heart . But , lord , why do I find it so difficult , lord ? Why do I find it so difficult , lord ? Why do I find it so difficult ? Why does everybody else around me shout hallelujah and jumping up and down and praising God ? And inside me I'm quietly saying Lord , help me , lord , teach me to surrender , show me how to do this . Jesus stuff , bring me to the cross . Help me , god . My heart needs washing in the blood of Jesus . My mind needs renewing . My hands need cleansing .
Speaker 0Spirit of the living God , we come to you today . Help us to trust in you when all else is failing . Help us to trust in you when the political divide gets bigger . Help us to trust in you when the church starts to empty . Help us to trust in you when I walk in the church and I walk out two hours later feeling worse . Lord , help us . Jesus .
Speaker 0Spirit of the living God , we thank you .
That it's not about church , it's not about ministry . It's about walking in the presence of God and thank you that the presence of God is omnipresent , omnipotent . And today , lord , we trust in the Lord with all of our heart . We are learning , lord , and help us not to lean on our own understanding . Lord , I can't keep leaning on myself , I can't keep leaning in my thoughts , I can't keep leaning in arrogance and fear and doubt . And me , I can't lean on me . I've got to lean on you . Help me to lean into Jesus , help me to rest in the Father's arms . And right now , lord , as we pray , I ask you , father , that you will give us direction and guidance . Lord , that we trust in God's plan . That we have clarity in uncertain times , wisdom in difficult lifestyle choices . That you will give us strength to follow Christ . That you will bring peace to our heart , lord , peace as we trust in God , direction in family and career . Lord , that you will give us courage to submit to him . That we will find faith as we walk in your will and your destiny . Father , let there be an outpouring of your love over our lives . Today we pray that the joy of the Lord shall be our strength . But , lord , I need to make this
word a declaration and a life application . So , lord , through this prayer time , lord , I confess my sins and I come to the cross of Calvary and I say , lord , help me to trust in the Lord with all of my heart . He makes my paths straight .
Speaker 0Lord , I want to hear the voice of God . I want to hear the whisper of God . I want to hear and connect with the heart of the Father . I want to connect with the Father's heartbeat . I want to rest under the shadow of the Almighty . I want to be under the wings of the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords . I want to rest under the shadow of the Almighty . I want to be under the wings of the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords . I want to find that refuge . I want to find that safe space . Lord , I feel like we're wide open to the enemy's bullets . I find , lord , we are wide open to the axes of the world . I find , lord , that we're wide open to the arrows of the enemy . But , lord , I believe that there is a fiery hedge around us . I believe that there is a fiery hedge around us . I believe that the fire of God is around us .
Speaker 0I'm not going to listen to my mind . I'm not going to listen to the drumbeat of the world . I'm going to trust the word of God . I'm going to stand on the scripture . I'm going to trust in the God of all hope . I'm going to believe that sickness bows . I'm going to believe that fear runs at the name of Jesus . I believe that I am protected , that we are protected , that the angels of glory are put to fly at the name of Jesus , and I believe in Psalm 91 . I believe in Genesis through to Revelation . I believe your word is without error . But , god , in this skin that I walk in , in this earth suit , lord , help me not to live by my mind and by the rationale that is around me . Help me not to live by logic . Help me not to live by emotions . But , lord , you tell me that the just shall live by faith . Lord , I've got to live by faith , so I've got to trust in you .
Speaker 0Today I cannot lean in my own understanding . I cannot lean in myself . I cannot lean in my own understanding . I cannot lean in myself . I cannot rely on myself . I cannot rely on religion . I cannot rely on ministry . I cannot rely on humanity . I cannot rely on political drive . I cannot allow myself to be governed by this world . I've got to stand on the rock of all hope and Lord . Today I trust in the Lord with all my heart . And you make our path straight . Spirit of the living God , will you carry us today ? Yes ,
lord , you will . Will you anoint us today ? Yes , lord , you have . Lord , I pray that your word will come alive in our life and we will stand up , lord , as we lock into these daily prayer devotions , these six times . We we push it across the world through the course of the 24-hour day , lord , I pray for the listeners . Lord , that they will , their hearts will smile and they will know that jesus christ is alive . Lord , bless us today . Cover us in the blood of Jesus until tomorrow .