thank you for joining us today , wherever you are . May the lord bless you as we gather for this daily prayer podcast with myself , reverend ben cooper , recorded live here in london , england , for our quick five minute commuter push across the world . Wherever you are , let's bring encouragement to our lives . Let's bring peace to our neighbors . Let's ask God that he will take us to a place of
freedom . Do you need rest today ? Do you need rest for your life ? Are you agitated ? Are you finding that your sleep is getting worse ? Are you finding you're almost sleeping with one eye open and you're just telling yourself that you're sleeping ? I want to declare the word of God over you today . I want to speak Psalm 4 , verse 8 , and this is what it says in the peace I will lie down and sleep for you , for you alone , the Lord , make me dwell
in safety . You are not alone . You know God will give you rest . I pray that as you stand up , as you breathe , as you walk , that you will find rest in the name of Jesus , wherever you are today . Please , brothers and sisters , do not allow the complicated way of life or the complexities of life . Do not allow the worries and the fears . You know you've got to rest in the word of God . You've got to rest in God . It's like that great disciple that leaned into the bosom of Jesus round the Passover table . We've got to lean into Jesus . I'm telling you now , sister and brother , from the bottom of my heart we've got to lean
into the word of God . Father , in the name of Jesus , we thank you for the brothers and sisters around the world and we ask you , god , that every one of us , us here in the studio , lord , those that are listening , wherever we we are , that we will lean into Jesus because , lord , we're tired . Lord , we are tired . As a world , as a nation , we are tired . Lord , we are exhausted . Lord , we're at the end of the tarmac . Father , we need you because our bodies are weary , our hands are tired . Lord , our eyes are sleepy . Lord , we need you . Our brain is exhausted , our thinking is overloaded . Lord , we are weary of worrying about money , of life , relationships . Lord , we need rest today and , lord , we declare rest , we declare the presence of God over our lives . We , father , we ask you now that we will feel the power of the Holy Spirit in our body . Today , we will feel the word of God , today , that we will find , lord . The tiredness , the weariness , the exhaustion , the doubt , lord , the tears , the mental health issues , all that anxiety will lift . We thank you that there is a lift today and we have rest and renewal in the mighty name of Jesus Christ .
Speaker 0I thank you , lord , for the psalmist , I thank you for the power of the word of God , I thank you for the writer of Psalms , I thank you for David . I thank you for the prayers of David , lord . I thank you that Psalm 4 , verse 8 , says In peace , I will lie down and sleep , lord . I pray for the listeners that they will lay down and they will find peace in sleep , lord , that they are not alone , lord , that they are not alone , that the spirit of the Lord is with them . I pray that their sleep will be sweet . I pray that they will find rest . I pray that they will find , lord , that anxious thoughts are gone . That when they wake up in the morning , they will feel peace in their lives . When their eyes open , lord , when their body starts to be alert of the morning hour , lord , I pray that every time they close their eyes and then they open their eyes , they will feel the covering of God . I pray that they will feel the covering of the anointing of the Holy Spirit . I pray , lord , that we declare God's protection and his rest and his safety over our lives . I pray , lord , for those weary spirits . I pray for God's protection and his rest and his safety over our lives . I pray , lord , for those weary spirits . I pray for God's calming over our lives
right now . I pray that sleep will be sweet .
Speaker 0In the name of Jesus , I ask you , father , for peaceful sleep , renewal of the spirit , safety in Christ , calm in worry , covering at night when we close our eyes , wherever we sleep . I pray , lord , lord , I ask you that we will have the covering of the Holy Spirit , lord , that we will find that our place of rest is peaceful freedom from fear , rest in God's presence , healing of weariness , strength for tomorrow , god , we need strength for today , strength for tomorrow , lord . Our daily prayer is Lord , give us our daily bread . Give us this daily bread today , lord . We need sustenance , lord , we need the word , we need feeding , lord , we need watering . We need the river of life over our lives . And , lord , we're going to make this an application today , lord , and we speak this word over our lives . And , father , we thank you for the power of God .
Speaker 0And right now , lord , we declare Psalm 4 , verse 8 , at night , in peace , I will lie down and sleep because God keeps me safe .
Speaker 0God is keeping you safe , sister and brother . God is with you wherever you are . The spirit of the living God is over your life and we pray together , we stand together , that god will give us rest when we sleep . You know , if you shut your eyes for 10 minutes , 15 minutes , three hours , whatever it may be , I pray that the lord , when our eyes open , that we will find that we are refreshed and we are restored . I pray that the sleep that we get will recharge the batteries in our innermost being , that the God that we serve will bring peace in the place that we rest .
Speaker 0So , Father , we thank you that wherever we rest , there are angels on each corner of our lives , that our sleep will be sweet and the fire of God and the anointing of God is over our lives . Come , holy Spirit , stir us today , in the mighty name of Jesus Christ , may the glory of God be over you wherever you are . Sister and brother , you're born again , spirit filled , and I pray that the peace of God will carry you and when you wake up , you will find that you have had the best sleep , that you feel that you've woken up with the glory of God in your life , and you will never fear the terror of night , nor the arrow that flies that day
. But God will restore all the years that the locusts have taken . May God bless you today . Thank you for joining us . My name's Reverend Ben Cooper , and may the Lord keep you and bless you until tomorrow .