Thank you for joining us today on our daily Christian prayer podcast with myself, Reverend Ben Cooper, recorded here live in London, England, for these quick fired, five-minute commuter prayer wherever you are today, whether you're running backwards and forwards between the coffee machine, cutting the grass, taking the kids to school, whatever you are doing, the spirit of the living God is over your life. And we pray that the power of God and the love of God will be with you. Thank you for joining us today. Thank you for partnering with us. And you can find us on the good old internet on dailyprayer.uk. If you need to send us an email, you can find us on info at dailyprayer.uk. Thank you for partnering and being part of this listener-supported family as we lock shields to faith. You know, it's really important to know that your three pound monthly gift helps keep this daily prayer podcast moving in the name of Jesus Christ. May God bless you and strengthen you. Wherever
you are right now, the Lord is your shepherd, and we want to let you know that we're in Psalm 23, verse 1. You know, and this little series that we're in at this minute, you know, these six prayers that we push out today, the rhythm of the shepherd's heart. Let's find the rhythm of God's heart, let's find the heartbeat of God. You know, you lack nothing. I lack nothing. According to Psalm 23, verse 1, the Lord is my shepherd. I lack nothing. He is our shepherd. We lack absolutely nothing. But I know how you're feeling. But as we recall this here live in London, England, where faith meets the world in a daily prayer and global hope. There is hope today. And we're going to dive straight into prayer. Psalm 23, verse 1. The Lord is my shepherd. I lack nothing. Father, I thank you that you are our shepherd, that you lead us, Lord, and we want to hear the rhythm of the heartbeat of God. We want to feel your very presence in our lives. We want to see the power of God being manifested in every situation that we're in. We want to feel the love and the presence of the Holy Spirit. Right now, God, we pray that the fire of God, the love of God, will descend on each and every one of us. The Lord is my shepherd. We
claim this intimacy with our God. We walk with the God of Israel. Father, guide us, protect us, provide for us. Father, we thank you that you alone are our God. And Father, we pray that you will dismantle this lonely feeling, that you will dismantle this fear feeling, that you will dismantle all the doubts and the worries, Father, and the chaos way that we may be living. But Lord, we pray that the love of Jesus Christ, Lord, will reveal who we are, that you are our shepherd. But Lord, if we have lost our identity, Lord, if we have lost, Lord, if we are in lack, if we feel that there is something missing in our lives, Lord, I pray right now that the Holy Spirit will lead us, Lord, by spirit and in truth. That we will walk in paths of righteousness. But we believe today, we believe at this hour that the Lord is our shepherd. We lack nothing. Psalm 23, we thank you for the prayers of David. We thank you for the word of God. We thank you that the word is yes and amen. And Lord, we want to tell the world that the Lord is my shepherd. I don't need anybody else in my life because the Lord is my shepherd. I'm not looking for anybody else in my life because the Lord is my shepherd, and I I lack nothing. But
Lord, if I stay on the social medias, Lord, if I look at the friendship groups around me, Lord, I will feel, Lord, that I am lacking everything because Lord, the social networks, Lord, are telling me a lie, that everybody is living a dream except myself. So Lord, I will always be in lack when I look at the social networks, but Lord, I am not lacking anything when I walk with the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. And I pray today for anyone that is putting their life and their self-worth on social media. Lord, that they will come away from social media and they will trust the shepherd's heart because Lord, you are the shepherd, and Lord, we are your sheep. And I thank you today that we lack nothing. And we have found our identity in the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. But Father, I am never going to find my identity, dear God, in a group on uh social media. I'm never gonna find my identity, dear God, on Facebook. I'm never gonna find my identity on Insta. I'm never gonna find my identity on TikTok. I'm never gonna find my identity amongst the crowd because Lord, I will be absorbed by the crowd, and the crowd is living the dream except me. So Lord, I do not want to live the dream of the world. I want to live the kingdom. I want to live by the king's heart. I want to live by the heartbeat of heaven. I want to live by the whisper of God. I want to live by my shepherd. I want to live by the king of kings. I want to live by the word of God. And Father, I pray, Lord, for the family of brothers and sisters in this network, in this area of prayer. We pray right now that the presence and the love of God will come down. Lord, we cannot find our identity in the crowd. Lord, we get lost in the crowd. We get lost on social media. And today, Lord, we pray that the shepherd will reveal himself, that you will call us. Father, we also tell ourselves that we lack no good thing. And we believe that there is revival in our hearts. We believe that the shepherd's voice is giving us rest today. Lord, you know our path. You are restoring us. You are our God, and you are leading us in paths of righteousness with perfect care. Lord, I thank you that our journey is
just beginning in the name of Jesus. Our journey is just beginning. Lord, our social media journey is finished. But our beginning in Christ is right now. Lord, we thank you that you embrace us with your unfailing love. But today, wherever we are, Lord, heal the brokenhearted. Lord, touch those that feel rejected and fearful. Lord, let nations discover their identity in the shepherd's heart. Father, we pray right now for the love of God and the confidence, Lord, that we will walk in the Holy Spirit. Bring comfort, Lord, to those that are lonely with your presence. Lord, strengthen every one of us in the name of Jesus Christ. Lord, release your love over all of our lives today. But Lord, we want to tell the world around us, Lord, that you are our shepherd. We want to tell the world that our Father is our Father. We want to declare right now across the airways that I know that I am loved by the Lord, my shepherd. In him I lack nothing. Tell yourself you're lacking nothing. Tell yourself that I don't need social media. Tell yourself that I'm not putting my self-worth, that I have lost my identity in social media and I've found myself in the word of God. Brother and sister, do not put everything you've got into social media. Do not allow that to sponge you in. Do not allow that to draw you in. Just find yourself in the word of God. Get in Psalm 23, get the rhythm of the shepherd's heart in your life. Get the rhythm of God because God is telling you who you are. Not social media, not the world, not the crowd of life, not your family, your friends, your brothers or your sisters, your husbands or your wives, nor your pastors. You know, you will find your identity in Christ because you lack nothing in him. May the Spirit of the God that we serve carry you until tomorrow.