thank you for joining us today on a daily christian prayer podcast with myself , reverend ben cooper . Wherever you are across this world , let yourself know right now , let your heart know , that god is with you and there is rest and there is peace coming your way , and I pray that god will give you rest and hope . In the mighty name of Jesus Christ , wherever you are across this world , may the spirit of the living God be over you and carry you . In the mighty name of Jesus Christ , thank you for joining us today . Wherever you are right now , this is our five minute time of prayer . We will bring encouragement , peace and biblical truth into everyday life situation . As I always say , thank you for your prayers . We pray for you , you pray for us and we lock shields of hope . If you can and you've got a moment , please read the show notes . Really important that you read those show notes and , uh , just get into those , get locked into those show notes . And also , if you can support us via rb christian radio , click that hyperlink . Buy me a coffee three pound a month . So simple and so easy .
Now , without further ado , let's just jump straight into the gospel of matthew , chapter 11 , verse 28 the prayer for rest and renewal . Come , holy spirit , lord . We come to you right now , lord , and we pray . We pray , lord , through Matthew 11 , 28, . Come to me , all of you that are weary and burdened , and I will give you rest , father . We need rest today , lord . The world is busy , life is busy , lord , we got so many plates that we are spinning . We need rest in the name of Jesus . So , lord , help us to come to you , lord . Show us , lord , how to get to you . Show us how to read the scripture , lord , reveal your word , lord , through revelational knowledge , and we stand as brothers and sisters across the world and we believe in the fire and the power of the Holy Spirit . Lord , you tell us through the gospel of Matthew 11 , 28, . Come to me , lord . We walk to you , lord . How do we walk to you , jesus , lord ?
Speaker 0I believe that we walk to you , lord , by reading the word of God . So , lord , I pray that we will be brothers and sisters of the word . I pray that we will read the word , that we will walk in the word , that we will look through the word , lord , and the word will carry us , lord , and the word will give us miracles after miracles , blessings after blessings , healings after healings , peace after peace . Lord , we thank you that your word is yes and amen . But , lord , we're learning to come to you , we're learning to surrender because , lord , lord , oh Jesus .
Speaker 0It is a tough world , lord , out here , and , lord , we have to lean into you . And right now , lord , we are learning to come to the cross of Calvary , not to church , not to ministry , but we're learning to leave all that stuff behind . We're learning to come to the cross of calvary , not to church , not to ministry , but we're learning to leave all that stuff behind . We're learning to seek ye first , the kingdom of god and his righteousness . We're learning to walk with jesus . So , lord , I want to walk with jesus . Lord , I believe the , the listeners , the brothers , the sisters want to walk with jesus . So we come to you and we are weary and we are burdened .
Speaker 0And , father , we thank you that at the cross there is a place where we will find freedom . In the word of God , there is a place where we will find hope , lord , in the word of God . We thank you that . It's where the rucksack gets left , it's where the suitcases get left , it's where the pressure , the get left . It's where the pressure , the worry , the doubt , the fear , at the cross of Calvary , through the word of God . So , lord , I pray , lord , that we
will be men and women of the word of God , that we will stand on the word of hope , the Lord , that we will be your witnesses to the four corners of the earth . And when we are weary , we thank you that you are strong , lord . When we go through the valley , lord , we thank you that burdens are lifted , because the joy of the lord is our strength and we search the word .
Speaker 0Today , lord , for weary souls , whoever feels weary , we pray that they will rise on wings as of eagles and father . We pray that they will find renewal of strength , peace in weariness , rest in christ , relief from burdens . Lord , we thank you that the joy of God is with every listener today and the strength Lord is being restored to them . Lord , there is comfort in hard times , lord , I thank you that you are our daily bread . And today , lord , we pray , lord , for daily renewal of the soul . Lord , we pray for calmness of heart , wholeness in Christ , that the fire of God will come down in our lives and we will make this a life application . Lord , that we declare today , we speak this aloud over our lives .
Speaker 0We declare the gospel of Matthew , chapter 11 , verse 28 . I come to Jesus and he gives me rest
. Brother and sister , say that to yourself today . I come to Jesus and he gives me rest . Our Father , I thank you that there is rest in you , that through the word of God there is hope . Through the word of God there is healing . Through the word of God there is freedom . We declare freedom over our lives and we speak right now .
Speaker 0Spirit of the living God , make a way where there seems to be no way , lord . We understand Lord . What is impossible with man is possible with God . Make a way where there seems to be no way , lord , we understand Lord . What is impossible with man is possible with God . So today , lord , we come to you and we seek the Father's heart . We are looking for the whisper through scripture , we're looking for that radical move . Lord , we're hanging on to the word of God and , lord , we stretch up , we stretch out and we stretch in today , because peace is the way forward . Come Holy Spirit , father , we thank you that we prayed through the gospel of Matthew , chapter 11 , verse 28 . Come to me all of you that are weary and burdened , and I will give you rest as we close this right now
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Speaker 0I want to encourage you right now to get into the word of God . I want to encourage you right now to get into the word of God . I want to encourage you right now to stretch into Jesus . Forget church , forget religion , forget the ministry . I'm calling you now to be a Jesus follower . Go and follow Jesus Christ , the first , the last . He is your king , he is your redeemer , he is your rock , he is your Jehovah Jireh , jehovah Shalom . He is the king above all kings . Be a Jesus follower . Be that Jesus follower . Be braggadocious , be a radical Christian for Jesus Christ and follow him , because he is the way , the truth and the life . No one comes to the father except through me . May God bless you . Thank you for joining us today . My name's Reverend Ben Cooper . May the Lord bless you and keep you until tomorrow .